history is fun

Dear all,

Whilst History may be a subject that you will encounter only in the second half of the academic year, it is a critical part of your Online Project Work (OPW) component for Secondary 2. The end objective of OPW is to develop a heritage trail of the Katong area, hence it is essential that you must understand the history behind the Katong area.

Over the next few weeks, the history teachers will not only be giving you various hardcopy readings, we will also be posting various online resources that you would need to help you develop your trails.

The trails that you will/have been assigned are listed below:

Trail	Designated Areas in Katong	Landmarks to be covered during trail
1.	East Coast Beach area	Cotton trees, Coastal protection of the beach, Land reclamation, Big Splash area for recreation.
2.	Still Road to Frankel Avenue	St. Patrick’s School, Big colonial bungalows, Temples and Mosques in Telok Kurau, Siglap park connector
3.	Haig Road to Joo Chiat Road	Ceylon Road temple, Katong Shopping Centre, Roxy Square, Katong Plaza, Paramount Hotel, Katong Laksa, Katong Village, Red house
4.	Joo Chiat Road to Still Road	Peranankan restaurants and shops., Churches, Chin Bee Chin bakery, Peranankan style houses, Presidents’ house, Haig Girls’ School, Paper making shop, Lotus @ JC
5.	Mountbatten and Tanjong Katong	Bungalow, Sikh Temple, Sindhu House, Katong Swimming complex, Tanjong Katong Girls’ School, Tanjong Katong Secondary School, Punggol Nasi Lemak, Bird shop, Cheung Cheng High School
6.	Siglap Road	Siglap Centre, 4 - storey HDB flats opposite Siglap Centre, Siglap Community Centre - Centre of Performing Arts, Barber Shop at Woo Mon Chew road, Singtel Building, Siglap Cemetery, Opera Estate Primary, Restaurants
7.	Joo Chiat (internal) to East Shore Hospital	KTV lounges, Hotels, Peranakan houses, Roads such as Rambutan road, Chiku Road, Duku Road, Buddhist temple,
8.	Marine Parade Road	Tao Nan School, Katong Convent Primary and Secondary, Victoria JC, Ngee Ann Primary, Victoria School, St. Patrick’s School

To navigate to the relevant readings to the trails that you have been assigned to develop, click the relevant tags in this blog.

More to follow!

Best Wishes,
The OPW Sub-Committee