St Josephs Primary School: Focus Program – Catherine Charnley
In Feb/March 2008, the Sports Challenge team ran a program for a focus group of students at St Joseph’s primary school in Singapore. The program was run by coaches, Julian Walton, Catherine Charnley, Cameron Watkins & Siobhan Birmingham was run for 40 students from P3 and P4. The program covered aspects such as goal setting, problem solving, teamwork and personal development. Activities such as the Grid, Toxic Waste, That Matt, Abacus and The Great Egg Drop really encouraged students to get to know each other, take leadership when necessary, use creativity and have patience with themselves, the task and their classmates. The coaches had a lot of fun working with these fantastic and very friendly boys, the great egg drop was interesting, and despite the fantastic rocket made by one of the teams, unfortunately none of the eggs survived. The final part of the program allowed the coaches to give the boys a bit of a challenge with a friendly game of soccer and an introduction to Australian Rules Football. All in all a very rewarding and enjoyable program were experienced, and we look forward to catching up with the boys at St Josephs Primary in the future. A special mention should be made of teacher Ben Yeo who co-ordinated the program so professionally, thank you.
Ping Yi Secondary School: Leadership Program – Siobhan Birmingham
The Feb/March 2008 Singapore program concluded with a leadership program at Ping Yi Secondary school. The program was directed at the future leaders of the school, those already elected as captains and prefects. The students were split up into four groups on the first day and matched with one of our four coaches. The team challenges began with Swamp Crossing, followed by the Grid and Toxic Waste, which were both completed very well. The program also included “The Great Egg Drop” the teams took to this well and came up with some very creative designs to protect their egg. One group even managed to drop theirs from the third storey without it breaking! A fantastic effort. While much of the program was based around leadership, teamwork and problem solving, the students were also required to plan and organise an event for their school and learn a little bit about goal setting, and put it into practice by coming up with an academic and a personal goal which they believed was reasonable and achievable by the end of the year. Each student was linked to a mentor on our web site “epals” where we will be available (24×7) to support throughout 2008. The leadership program was embraced by the students and the coaches, the practical activities were completed with enthusiasm and real thought was put into all the written activities. The coaches had a great time getting to know the students at Ping Yi and thoroughly enjoyed helping them work towards becoming greater leaders of Singapore
Ping Yi Secondary School: Skill Testing Physical Education – Julian Walton
At Ping Yi Secondary School, we were involved in a Skill Testing (PE) Program and a Leadership Program. The PE Skill Testing showed off their many talents during the skill testing period (especially the Sec 4 group), and although some might have been initially hesitant to take part in some tricky gymnastics skills, everyone ended up participating with great enthusiasm, and some students found they were capable of performing skills they initially doubted they could.
This was so important for the development of P.E and Sport skills, which can be used in their CCA sports program. Mr Azlan (HOD) P.E along with Gabriel (P.E Dept) have been the driving force behind wanting the Ping Yi students to use their full potential in PE and showcase Ping Yi as a school of excellence.
Using our “World First” objective measures of P.E skills each student will receive a report card showing their individual skill level, compared to the school average and the National Average. The school will receive a full report outlining the key teaching areas and identifying the elite performers for sport. This was a fantastic opportunity for all involved.
The students learnt more about themselves, their peers, and how to approach different challenges in life. But perhaps most importantly the mentors had a great time, and we left Singapore knowing we had made a difference, and we had made some new and wonderful friends.
In Feb/March 2008, the Sports Challenge team ran a program for a focus group of students at St Joseph’s primary school in Singapore. The program was run by coaches, Julian Walton, Catherine Charnley, Cameron Watkins & Siobhan Birmingham was run for 40 students from P3 and P4. The program covered aspects such as goal setting, problem solving, teamwork and personal development. Activities such as the Grid, Toxic Waste, That Matt, Abacus and The Great Egg Drop really encouraged students to get to know each other, take leadership when necessary, use creativity and have patience with themselves, the task and their classmates. The coaches had a lot of fun working with these fantastic and very friendly boys, the great egg drop was interesting, and despite the fantastic rocket made by one of the teams, unfortunately none of the eggs survived. The final part of the program allowed the coaches to give the boys a bit of a challenge with a friendly game of soccer and an introduction to Australian Rules Football. All in all a very rewarding and enjoyable program were experienced, and we look forward to catching up with the boys at St Josephs Primary in the future. A special mention should be made of teacher Ben Yeo who co-ordinated the program so professionally, thank you.
Ping Yi Secondary School: Leadership Program – Siobhan Birmingham
The Feb/March 2008 Singapore program concluded with a leadership program at Ping Yi Secondary school. The program was directed at the future leaders of the school, those already elected as captains and prefects. The students were split up into four groups on the first day and matched with one of our four coaches. The team challenges began with Swamp Crossing, followed by the Grid and Toxic Waste, which were both completed very well. The program also included “The Great Egg Drop” the teams took to this well and came up with some very creative designs to protect their egg. One group even managed to drop theirs from the third storey without it breaking! A fantastic effort. While much of the program was based around leadership, teamwork and problem solving, the students were also required to plan and organise an event for their school and learn a little bit about goal setting, and put it into practice by coming up with an academic and a personal goal which they believed was reasonable and achievable by the end of the year. Each student was linked to a mentor on our web site “epals” where we will be available (24×7) to support throughout 2008. The leadership program was embraced by the students and the coaches, the practical activities were completed with enthusiasm and real thought was put into all the written activities. The coaches had a great time getting to know the students at Ping Yi and thoroughly enjoyed helping them work towards becoming greater leaders of Singapore
Ping Yi Secondary School: Skill Testing Physical Education – Julian Walton
At Ping Yi Secondary School, we were involved in a Skill Testing (PE) Program and a Leadership Program. The PE Skill Testing showed off their many talents during the skill testing period (especially the Sec 4 group), and although some might have been initially hesitant to take part in some tricky gymnastics skills, everyone ended up participating with great enthusiasm, and some students found they were capable of performing skills they initially doubted they could.
This was so important for the development of P.E and Sport skills, which can be used in their CCA sports program. Mr Azlan (HOD) P.E along with Gabriel (P.E Dept) have been the driving force behind wanting the Ping Yi students to use their full potential in PE and showcase Ping Yi as a school of excellence.
Using our “World First” objective measures of P.E skills each student will receive a report card showing their individual skill level, compared to the school average and the National Average. The school will receive a full report outlining the key teaching areas and identifying the elite performers for sport. This was a fantastic opportunity for all involved.
The students learnt more about themselves, their peers, and how to approach different challenges in life. But perhaps most importantly the mentors had a great time, and we left Singapore knowing we had made a difference, and we had made some new and wonderful friends.