Ms Feng helping Akmal's group plan and develop their drama segment derived from the comprehension passageHere at SWiSS we believe in achievement for all - achievement of all types, for all types of students.
Which is why our students are given a wealth of exposure and experiences in not just academic study and their Literacy through Drama programme, but we also hope to simultaneously stimulate all the aspects of creative intelligence - Art, Music, Inter-personal and Intra-personal projects.
Our students have been involved in various Art projects, the most recent one which was organised last weekend by the SouthEast CDC at East Coast Beach, to give them creative license to express themselves and to also build their sense of Accountability and engagement with their environment and others around them, promoting both creativity, purpose and teamwork.
Giving up their precious weekend, the blazing sun and tough competitors did nothing to faze our team of SWiSS graffiti artists! Led by the immensely talented Taufiq from 4T1, Umar, Farid and Ibrahim from 1T1 followed his directions patiently, earning them kudos from all their Art teachers who were there.
Great job guys!
Art was the first small step - after that initial foray, music became our next unexplored territory.
Music enrichment workshops which were targetted at our SWiSS class is ongoing every Saturday morning, where our students learn how to play their favourite pop pieces under the guidance of the one and only Ms Feng, where the language possibilities of teaching EL through lyrics is brought one step further to the realm where the music that moves those lyrics are then combined together for the student, making learning fun, practical and a rockin' good time! This is especially true for our international students from China who have been very engaged by this endeavour.
Ms Feng & Junqi from 2T1 rockin' it out @ TKSS BlackboxOther recent projects like the SPCA Learning Journey and the booth sale have also been able to foster better interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships among our SWiSS students - classmates who didnt used to work together started bonding and solving problems that cropped up together as a team, and displayed admirable responsibility when helping each other to take account of the sales that took place for the day.
Plus spending time with the SPCA animals has helped them to increase their awareness of the situation and plight of animals, forcing them to look outside of their own world view, and to develop empathy for those less fortunate than them - be it human or otherwise.
Plus our students are keen to form a weekly volunteer group to spend time with and ensure that the SPCA animals are not lonely and will always have a group of friends from TKSS SWiSS to visit them regularly - those who are keen, do let your EL teachers know and they will help to put into place the volunteer project with you!
But the intention to move our students from didactic one-way teacher initiated class-based learning, to extend their learning to beyond the classroom and into areas of character development and to include instances of hidden curriculum into our teaching and learning - has always been a SWiSS motive from the very outset.
Hopefully all these steps and initiatives will stay with the students and will benefit them positively at a later stage of their lives -
Here's to our SWiSS Team for a job well done so far!
Lets continue to work hard for our students, so that our students will continue to work hard for themselves and their classes, and for both of the teams to continue flying the SWiSS flag high and proud :)
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