DYSS Blended Learning / Student Initiated Learning

DYSS Blended Learning/SIL Site

About Blended Learning@DYSS

Blended learning in DYSS is about empowering you, Deyians, to take charge of your learning and to support you to develop self-directed skills through engaged learning in a seamless curriculum between online and face-to-face modality. Blended Learning is part of normalised learning routine, where you learn from home as part of your curriculum at your own pace.

This website can also be accessed via go.gov.sg/dyssbl

(A) BLENDED LEARNING

Blended Learning& SIL

Students will not report to school on that day, but will

- check in with form teachers at the start of the day to get ready (via Google Meet),
- be on task to start the day right by allocating time to complete their Student Initiated Learning tasks and
- actively learn through the assignments given by subject teachers on subjects assigned for that day.
- Sec 4 and 5 students will report to school from term 2 for all BL days.

Our blended learning schedule

8.00-8.30 am - Online Check in with FTs
8.30-12.30 pm - Home Based Learning (Asynchronous Work).
Students are to complete the day's work by 6.30 pm of the same day.
1 hour (or less) of the day - Student Initiated Learning (SIL) Activity

Blended Learning Days for 2025

Term 1

BL1 - 17 Jan (Fri)
BL2 - 31 Jan (Fri)
BL3 - 14 Feb (Fri) Online Check in will commence at 7.30 am for 14/02/25
BL4 - 28 Feb (Fri)

Term 2 (Sec 4 & 5 students report to school for BL from term 2)

BL5 - 4 Apr (Fri) Sec 4 & 5 students report to school

Special BL due to GE2025 Nomination Day - 23 Apr (Wed)

Online Check-in with Form Teachers at 8.30am
Sec 1-5 students need not report to school
Click here to refer to Sec 1-3 BL timetable
Click here to refer to Sec 4/5 BL timetable

BL6 - 25 Apr (Fri)
- Sec 4 & 5 students need not report to school, home based learning due to Arts Fiesta
- Click here to refer to Sec 1-3 BL timetable
- Click here to refer to Sec 4/5 BL timetable

BL7 - 2 May (Fri) (GE2025 Pre Polling Day)
- Sec 4 & 5 students need not report to school
- Follow the 16 May timetable
- 16 May BL day is now swapped to 2 May to facilitate Polling Day
- Click here to refer to Sec 1-3 BL timetable
- Click here to refer to Sec 4/5 BL timetable

Normal lessons on 16 May (Fri)
- This is a normal school day (not a BL day).
- All students will follow the odd week timetable.

Term 3

Normal lessons on 14 Jul (Mon) (students to be released at 1230h)
BL9 - 15 Jul (Tue)
BL10 - 16 Jul (Wed)
BL11 - 17 Jul (Thu)
Normal lessons on 18 Jul (Fri)
BL12 - 25 Jul (Fri) - Speech Day

Term 4

BL13 - 26 Sep (Fri) - Graduation Day

General BL Schedule 2025

Blended Learning Timetable S1-5

Sec 1 Blended Learning Timetable (only for Sec 1)

Sec 1 students please click the button below to access your BL schedule only for term 1. After term 1, your subject teachers will inform you directly regarding your BL work.

Term 1 Sec 1 BL Timetable

(B) STUDENT INITIATED LEARNING

Student Initiated Learning

Student-Initiated Learning (SIL) aims to

- enable students to exercise agency, explore their interests and passions, and learn within and beyond the curriculum, and
- develop students’ intrinsic motivation and nurture self-directed learning

SIL is an integral part of the school curriculum. The SIL learning experience can be summarized as school initiated, school curated and student initiated across the entire 4 to 5 years.

SIL Class Padlets (click below)

Sec 1 Padlet

Sec 2 Padlet

Sec 3 Padlet

Sec 4/5 Padlet