SERVICE WEEK
We have been celebrating a fantastic Service Week across the Infant School! The children familiarised themselves with the different Services initiatives we support within our grades (K1, K2 and G1)...both here in Singapore and overseas. The main objective was to raise awareness of these initiatives both within the grade and across the Primary School. Through an intensive week filled with interactions and activities, we believe the children have started to think a fair deal about Service, what it means and how it impacts all of us.
On Monday, we visited the Grade One classes to find out all about the residents at Happy Lodge, why we visit them and what to expect. This helped us to focus on Service within our local community. We discussed ideas on the kinds of activities we might enjoy with residents and how to deal with some of the situations that often arise during the visits. In line with our current Reading Workshop unit, we created character studies of ourselves which we presented to the residents this Friday.
On Wednesday, we found out more about The Island Foundation in Indonesia and the Kuma School in Cambodia. Ms. Nora and Ms. Naylor made a presentation for the respective Services. We visited a number of classes to deliver “Kuddles for Kuma,” This was a lovely way to raise awareness of KUMA within our school community. Linking to our Writing Workshop unit, the children wrote persuasive letters to the Kuma children some real-life problems they face each day, namely litter in their villages and the importance of going to school every day. Our Kuma ambassadors will deliver these on their upcoming trip.
The highlight of the week was Wednesday’s “K2Athlon” where we wanted to see how many “Ks for Kuma” we could clock up as a grade team and see if, together, we could reach the Kuma School in Cambodia! The children did themselves proud and displayed great commitment, resilience and a real team ethic. I am not sure how many Ks we achieved but watch this space...and thank you to our parents who came down to cheer us on.
On Thursday, we concentrated on Service at school. We invited our G3 buddies to help write promises for ‘The Tree of Promises’ in the pod, pledging something we could do to be of Service to others at school. We also went up to the Grade One classrooms at lunchtime and enjoyed a shared lunch together.
Today, we visited the Happy Lodge residents with our G1 buddies. It was such a delight to watch our children interact with the senior residents...they were confident, thoughtful and caring and definitely brought a smile on the faces of the residents.
We finished the week by thinking about how ‘Service Starts with Me.’ We introduced the idea of a Service Diary which the children all took home in their blue folders this afternoon. We will let them explain these to you but, please be reminded, these are completely optional. The main purpose of the diaries is to encourage the children to engage in Service initiatives in and around their homes as they begin to appreciate the importance of thinking about other people and, hopefully, helping out whenever and wherever they can. If they raise any money, that is an added bonus but the main aim of the project is to raise awareness not funds. We also enjoyed another shared lunch, this time the Grade One children came down to our classrooms.
Lastly, Miss Imogen has uploaded Fazree’s Arts Festival photos onto each class page on the Primary Music Site. They can be accessed directly by clicking on the 'Music' tab link at the top of this page.
Have a great weekend!
We have been celebrating a fantastic Service Week across the Infant School! The children familiarised themselves with the different Services initiatives we support within our grades (K1, K2 and G1)...both here in Singapore and overseas. The main objective was to raise awareness of these initiatives both within the grade and across the Primary School. Through an intensive week filled with interactions and activities, we believe the children have started to think a fair deal about Service, what it means and how it impacts all of us.
On Monday, we visited the Grade One classes to find out all about the residents at Happy Lodge, why we visit them and what to expect. This helped us to focus on Service within our local community. We discussed ideas on the kinds of activities we might enjoy with residents and how to deal with some of the situations that often arise during the visits. In line with our current Reading Workshop unit, we created character studies of ourselves which we presented to the residents this Friday.
On Wednesday, we found out more about The Island Foundation in Indonesia and the Kuma School in Cambodia. Ms. Nora and Ms. Naylor made a presentation for the respective Services. We visited a number of classes to deliver “Kuddles for Kuma,” This was a lovely way to raise awareness of KUMA within our school community. Linking to our Writing Workshop unit, the children wrote persuasive letters to the Kuma children some real-life problems they face each day, namely litter in their villages and the importance of going to school every day. Our Kuma ambassadors will deliver these on their upcoming trip.
The highlight of the week was Wednesday’s “K2Athlon” where we wanted to see how many “Ks for Kuma” we could clock up as a grade team and see if, together, we could reach the Kuma School in Cambodia! The children did themselves proud and displayed great commitment, resilience and a real team ethic. I am not sure how many Ks we achieved but watch this space...and thank you to our parents who came down to cheer us on.
On Thursday, we concentrated on Service at school. We invited our G3 buddies to help write promises for ‘The Tree of Promises’ in the pod, pledging something we could do to be of Service to others at school. We also went up to the Grade One classrooms at lunchtime and enjoyed a shared lunch together.
Today, we visited the Happy Lodge residents with our G1 buddies. It was such a delight to watch our children interact with the senior residents...they were confident, thoughtful and caring and definitely brought a smile on the faces of the residents.
We finished the week by thinking about how ‘Service Starts with Me.’ We introduced the idea of a Service Diary which the children all took home in their blue folders this afternoon. We will let them explain these to you but, please be reminded, these are completely optional. The main purpose of the diaries is to encourage the children to engage in Service initiatives in and around their homes as they begin to appreciate the importance of thinking about other people and, hopefully, helping out whenever and wherever they can. If they raise any money, that is an added bonus but the main aim of the project is to raise awareness not funds. We also enjoyed another shared lunch, this time the Grade One children came down to our classrooms.
Lastly, Miss Imogen has uploaded Fazree’s Arts Festival photos onto each class page on the Primary Music Site. They can be accessed directly by clicking on the 'Music' tab link at the top of this page.
Have a great weekend!
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