D) Staff Discussion on Terrorism

Date: 20 January 2016

Venue: AVA Room

Time : 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm

Please sit according to your respective levels and Mother Tongues teachers to sit in 2 mixed groups just like last Wednesday.

In groups, discuss the following questions:

Part 1: Responding as a community

1. How ready are we as a society in dealing with terrorism?

2. What can we do to prevent it?

3. How should we respond as a community in the face of a terror attack?

Part 2: Impacting our students

In the video, Minister Shanmugam spoke about vigilance (you may retrieve the video from this LINK HERE in OPAL),

1. What can we do as a school to uphold it?

2. How can you discuss with your students on this issue?

Presenters to share the views of the groups and Note takers, please key in your group's responses Below.

6 things to do in a terror attack: Advice from experts — 1. BE PREPARED 2. REACT QUICKLY 3. MAKE YOURSELF A SMALLER TARGET 4. FIGHTING BACK 5. AFTER THE ESCAPE 6. HELP ONE ANOTHER

ISIS social media post in May cites Singapore as possible target

Islamic State claims Jakarta attack, targets Indonesia for first time

S'pore 'has to boost efforts against terror threat online'

Terrorism: How prepared is Singapore?

Terrorism threat: 'You messed with the wrong country' must be our message — S'poreans can learn from the swift, collected way the people of Jakarta responded to the Jan 14 attacks, by rejecting attempts to divide society.

The 'We' in our National Pledge — This is excerpted from a speech delivered by the director of the Institute of Policy Studies at the Singapore Perspectives conference yesterday, which had the theme 'We'.