Welcome (: Welcome :) We are a group of students doing a service learning collaboration with APSN tanglin school.
Our team seeks to enrich the students by improving their literacy skills through weekly tutoring sessions
This small lil website serves as the blog of our group, providing us with a platform to express our feelings in the form of a reflection.
Clarence, Daniel, Hong Jhun, Ranald, Vignes


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Reflection-Day 1(Vignes) by viggy Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 8:03 PM Previously, we visited our VWO for the first time to meet with our external mentor as well as to discuss our project and the possibile topics we could undertake. I was filled with apprehension mostly  and was anxious to find out what our project would be about due to the challenges that we may face. We met Miss Jey for the first time and she discussed the different projects with us. Each project seems reasonable and feasible. However, what ran through my mind went along the lines of " We should do something really outstanding; something to stand out from the crowd". I was really quite interested in carrying out the project as most of them seemed interaction based. At that point in time, our group was thinking of creating a hybrid project. After having discussed possible topics, Miss Jey proceeded to take us on a tour around the school. We realized that the school is well-equipped with facilities necessarry for the personal growth of the students. For example, they had simulation areas, to simulate possible vocations that the students may wish to pursue. They also had certain areas for the students to relax such as a student lounge known as the Sparkz Cabin and a reading corner which also came equipped with a Fussball table and a table tennis area. I was rather impressed by the facilities as they seemed to be adequate in supporting the needs and learning of the students. We then went on a second visit, to determine one main project that we would carry out. After much discussion with Miss Jey we thought that video lessons on Vocational Studies and Social Situations seemed the best thing to do. We also came with the intent of understanding the workings of Tanglin School better and we also wished to learn about the students we would be interacting with over the 2 term project. Miss Jey was very helpful in answering our questions and even provided some references and notes to read. The material provided to us was regarding service learning, education psychology and breaking social stigma.  I found the notes very useful in several instances of brainstorming on the project. BACK TO TOP ▲ 0 hugs