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


rewind March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 July 2011

Second Meeting Minutes by xiiaomiao Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 8:39 PM Discussion of Proposal #1 Date: 3rd March 2011 Time: 3.30 to 5.00pm Venue: Tanglin School Agenda: Discuss with Ms. Jey about our project proposal, seek out her opinion Clarify inquires about the school/project Tour around the school Generally know more about what the students are doing Possibility of holding sessions on school holidays Coming march holidays Not possible Too rushed Need to finalize proposal first June School Holidays Possible, given earlier notice Students will be engaged in school activities on the first and last week of the school holiday. Eg. Camp, excursion Holding sessions on week 2 and 3 of the school holidays requires Sending out consent forms Alternative arrangements Students might not be able to come for it Presentation of Proposal by Vignes Aims for the project Create useful lesson material Identify the common problems faced by the disabled The needs of special schools such as Tanglin Asking of questions Answering of questions Do they undergo an IQ test? Compulsory, students have to score within 50 to 70 to enroll in Tanglin school [Mild-intellectual disability] We shouldn’t judge them based on the test as different students have different background and skills they possess. 3 types of students: Stronger in literacy, weaker in numeracy Weaker in literacy, stronger in numeracy Weak in both areas Students ‘graduate’ to Delta Senior School upon fulfilling 2 for literacy, 2 for [I forgot] and 1 for numeracy for the test in year 4. The school maintains the stand that “IQ is changeable” Students are split into classes according to IQ Low support needs Medium support needs High support needs However, all of the students will benefit from Social Assistance training we proposed. Students like activities Can serve as “practice” Suggestions for Social Assistance training Etiquette Internal integrity [Moral values] Where would the venue be for such training activities? Classroom [subject to availability at that time] SPARKZ room Other info: Readings given are to widen our perspective Tanglin aims to educate students in 7 main areas: [or so I hope it is..] Self-awareness [Interaction with others] Self-regulation [Handling of emotions] Problem Solving & Decision Making Goal setting and achievement Communication Teamwork Internship [Not very sure about this] 2 New Subjects this year Vocational guidance Socio-awareness Both are new topics, so much teaching resources are required. Where our projects will be able to complement their learning and contribute to lesson materials ECG Portal set up by MOE Certain primary and secondary school students involved Seeks to guides students in job pathways Suggestion for vocational guidance: Try doing with parent’s job first; Easier to approach Qn: Shouldn’t we think about what jobs are suitable for them first? At this stage [in Tanglin school], the main purpose is to broaden their scope and allow them to try out/know different job pathways, even though they might not be suitable to engage in these jobs Do not limit them yet Also to ignite passion and goals in students Showing of previous videos made by teachers Was very effective, since the students are visual learners Students enjoy acting in the video However they are the younger students So the students selected for our project might not give such a positive response Video was short with minimal editing Recorded by Ranald (: BACK TO TOP ▲ 0 hugs