GOH Hee Peck (Mrs) @ Lim Hee Peck
Education in Singapore (Part 1: English),
Accession Number 001724
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 12
Total Reels
- Rose Marie Chng
Interviewer
- 05:37:33
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 12
Metadata
- 14 Oct 1995
Recording Date
- 00:29:50
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family background. St Hilda's School in Second World War (WW II). Class size, ethnicity of boy and girl pupils, Japanese lessons and singing, use of dialects by pupils. Impression of principal Miss Wilkins. Return to St Hilda's School after Occupation. Difficulty with English. Art classes and Chinese language in Standard 6. Transport. Changes when People's Action Party (PAP) came to power.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 12
Metadata
- 21 Dec 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:22
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Colonial government and teacher training. Description of St Hilda's school post-war uniform, badge, motto, founder and school's history. Sang the school song and hymn. Her routine and extra-curricular activities (ECA) as a schoolgirl. Camping and swimming in Singapore Swimming Club with her teacher. Principal and welfare of poor students. School canteen in 1946. The presence of Malay students before and after the People's Action Party (PAP) came into power. Description of teachers' dressing. Selection of prefects and monitors. Duties of prefects and guidelines on discipline.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 12
Metadata
- 21 Dec 1995
Recording Date
- 00:29:29
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Inculcation of discipline in St Hilda's School. Forms of disciplinary action taken. Actions which warranted punishment. Her opinion on too much homework being given to pupils and possible consequences of overloading. Disciplinary problems she faced as a teacher and her disciplinary actions. Welfare measures for financially poor or academically weak students. Evacuation procedure when she was at St Hilda's School during Second World War (WW II). Description of Mother's background.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 12
Metadata
- 4 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Her duties as a disciplinary mistress. Feelings on present day appointments of disciplinary heads of department. How she struck a balance between work and family. Feelings on her daughter's becoming a teacher. Inculcation of self discipline whilst a student. Description of role model teachers. Life as a student teacher in a government school. Her observation of senior teachers at work helped her as a young teacher. Her reasons for becoming a teacher. Family reaction to her many extra-curricular activities (ECA) as a student.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 12
Metadata
- 4 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:46
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Sports day when she was a student and teacher. Teaching methods of Chinese teachers when she was a student. Her teaching methods as an art teacher. Her favourite books and their impact. Relationships with other Anglican schools while she was a student and teacher. Reason for sending her daughters to Haig Primary School. Relationships between teachers and students. Students who have impressed her. Welfare of poor pupils at St Hilda's School. Duties of school chaplain. Students' views of her as a teacher. Welfare of academically weak pupils.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 12
Metadata
- 4 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:42
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Welfare of academically weak pupils. Description of school canteen when a teacher. Participation of Muslim students in religious activities of school before 1959. Description of prayer times in school as a teacher and as a student. Relationships between boys and girls at St Hilda's School. Her duties as a disciplinary mistress. Christian values she tried to inculcate. Size of teaching staff and school population. Reason for returning to St Hilda's School as a teacher. Description of Teachers' Training College (TTC). Her first salary. Ethnic backgrounds of staff and students. Social class of students.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 12
Metadata
- 9 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:27:57
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Visits of school inspectors. The meaning of crossing a bar. Her management of finances. Evangelisation in St Hilda's School and things that made St Hilda's School Christian. Mission Emphasis Week. Extra-curricular activities (ECA) for which she was teacher in-charge. ECA a compulsion. Activities of the Art Club. St Hilda's School's organisational structure and size of teaching staff. Duties of senior assistants. Appointment of principals. Why senior assistants reluctant to become principals.
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