Projects Competition Semi-Finals Judging will be held as follow:

Date : 08 Jul 2008 (Tue)

Time : 8.00 am to 1.30 pm (some categories may extend beyond 1.30 pm)

Take note : Flag-raising ceremony and reading programme will be as usual

Detailed instructions regarding actual venues and what to do for the judging will be posted up on the EMB by the various category coordinators in due time. Please check your EMB often over the next few days.

To view the list of projects that qualified for Semi-Finals, please click HERE.

The venues that will be used for the judging:

Cat 1 : Experimental Research : SC1, LT@SRC, Auditorium Cat 2 : Non-Experimental Research : 3A1, 3A2, 3P1, 3P2 Cat 3 : Innovations & Problem-Solving : Seminar Room 2 (B204), Drama Centre Cat 4 : Resource Development : LT2, LT3, 4A Cat 5 : Creative Arts : Arts Studio (Level 3, SRC) Cat 6 : Language Arts (English) : The Space Cat 7 : Language Arts (Chinese) : 4G, 4H, 4K Cat 8 : Service Learning : 4I, 4J, 4L Cat 9a : Maths Research : MA1, MA2 Cat 9b : Infocomm Studies : CLab3 Cat 10 : Entrepreneurship : EP room (SALT)

Please read the following guidelines carefully.

If ......

you are involved in multiple projects, please arrange with the coordinators (email them or see them personally) to have your judging done in such a way that they do not clash you are involved in external competitions or you have official reason to leave school early, please make the necessary arrangement with the coordinators your judging finishes early, stay on in the same venue to learn from the others; you may raise questions or contribute constructive comments for your peers to improve their projects; you must not disrupt the proceedings though you are not involved in any projects judging, after the reading programme, report to the PE teachers to take attendance (Lower Sec pupils will proceed to the Drama Centre, while the Upper Sec pupils will proceed to the Auditorium). Thereafter, stay on in the respective venues to participate as audience

Classroom cleanliness ....

the following rooms will be used for judging: 3A1, 3A2, 3P1, SC1, MA1, MA2, 4A, 4G, 4H, 4I, 4J, 4K, 4L; the class committee of the above-mentioned venues, kindly help to ensure your classes are cleaned and arranged on Friday afternoon for the following Tuesday's judging also, please bring home your personal belongings and clear all items under the desk

During judging ....

judges will comprise teachers, and in some categories there will be student-judges who are senior pupils who have done well in previous years' projects please back-up your presentation, preferably with your thumb-drive for portability no mentor's name nor advisor's name nor institution's name to be revealed if  your operating system is VISTA, please save your work in 97-2003 format; our school's system is still not very compatible with Vista yet each venue will be equipped with a computer & projector with screen to aid you in your presentation presentation = 7 min; Q&A = 3 min please ensure that you are thoroughly familiar with the judging criteria for the semi-finals demonstrate your website (partial or complete) to the judges. Though the website may not be graded at this stage, it is meant to document the amount of research work that you have carried out so far. In the event that you do not have the opportunity to present everything about your project due to time constraint, you can still refer the judges to the materials or information in your website during the Q&A session at least 75% of your work should be completed; you may expect to be given some advice by the judges on how you can improve your project for the next round safe-keep your personal belongings and digital devices and laptop (if any) no one should be seen loitering around the school compound

After Semi-Finals judging .....

help to clean up and arrange chairs and tables back into position with permission from Dean/Studies, the afternoon lessons on 08 Jul (Tue) are cancelled, but 3rd language classes and EP3 resume (please check with your respective teacher-i/c) Semi-Finals results will be released within the week via the EMB and projects website respect judges' final decisions take note that the oral presentation for the Finals will be held on 15 Aug (Friday, Week 8, from 2.00 pm onwards). As you will be required to submit your web-report for judging at least 2 weeks prior to the Finals, you are advised to continue working on your web-report after the semi-finals

Plagiarism ....

please take the message of plagiarism seriously. No copying of other people's work or idea. If you do, you must acknowledge the source your project must have gone through vetting by your Mentor. This is to ensure that your work is original and does not infringe upon copyright matters

Thank you and good luck!