We presented our presentation and we got some tips from the teachers such as narrowing down our target group from year 3 to 4 students, ensure that we can also help students through the cyberworld since it will be more effective if we reach them through not only paper means, but also virtually. As for the CHAMPS lesson, we have already confirmed with Mr tan chuan leong that we are going to carry out our activities around the period of April to May and he has agreed to set aside time for us during CHAMPS periods on Wednesdays for 4 consecutive weeks.
We also have to confirm on what aspects of stress we want to do on because, as i have just realized, there are many aspects of stress, through the surveys on year 3 and 4 pupils and focus on these aspects and bring about benefit to our target group. This is indeed a learning point for me because i have always thought that stress does not have any aspects to it.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sharlene =D
we listen to 2 groups presentation and i picked up a few points throughout the whole lesson :
1. We must make sure we are clear of which specific target group we are doing on.
2. we must make sure that the methods we are going to use to implement the various aspects of health are effective because it is no point doing so when we are going to end up with zero percentage benefit to the students at the end.
1. We must make sure we are clear of which specific target group we are doing on.
2. we must make sure that the methods we are going to use to implement the various aspects of health are effective because it is no point doing so when we are going to end up with zero percentage benefit to the students at the end.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
reflection for 24th feb
our group presented our ideas to the teachers today. though the idea was approved, there were some areas that needed some tweaking. we had planned to use the school's CHAMPS lesson to conduct our activity, and the teachers told us we needed permission from the teacher in charge, Mr Tan Chuan Leong. Fortunately, he gave us the green light, but we would have to work with him for to make sure that our materials will not overlap, and to figure out the exact dates we want to carry out our activities. In order to learn how to manage stress effetively, i have decided to contact a few organisations to see if they are willing to coach us to impart the skills of stress management, and also, if possible, provide relevant materials and information.
Our initial target group were the year 1-4s of RV, but we decided to narrow them down to the year 3-4s of this year as the teachers pointed out it would be quite difficult to conduct lectures for all levels. especially when our assembly and CHAMPS time slots were different.
Also, we wanted to on academic stress, but it may not be the largest problem our target group is facing, therefore we have decided to come up with another survey to see exactly which area of their lives stresses them the most, so that we can come up with an effective counter-plan.
For our surveys, they will be done online, as the teachers commented that we did not utlise the area which teenagers frequent the most, which is the internet. we had plannned to only put up posters and pamphlets, along with conducting a series of activities, which did not involve the internet at all. therefore, we have decided to use the internet for the conducting of our survey, and probably even put up videos and articles on stress management on the internet. the vidoes and articles will all be placed in a blog, which makes them more easily accesible. we also plan to put up a tagboard on the blog so that participants can voice their opinions on our projects and suggest improvements that they want to see.
Our initial target group were the year 1-4s of RV, but we decided to narrow them down to the year 3-4s of this year as the teachers pointed out it would be quite difficult to conduct lectures for all levels. especially when our assembly and CHAMPS time slots were different.
Also, we wanted to on academic stress, but it may not be the largest problem our target group is facing, therefore we have decided to come up with another survey to see exactly which area of their lives stresses them the most, so that we can come up with an effective counter-plan.
For our surveys, they will be done online, as the teachers commented that we did not utlise the area which teenagers frequent the most, which is the internet. we had plannned to only put up posters and pamphlets, along with conducting a series of activities, which did not involve the internet at all. therefore, we have decided to use the internet for the conducting of our survey, and probably even put up videos and articles on stress management on the internet. the vidoes and articles will all be placed in a blog, which makes them more easily accesible. we also plan to put up a tagboard on the blog so that participants can voice their opinions on our projects and suggest improvements that they want to see.
LiHua's CID reflections
CID reflections for 20/01/09
Today,our group came up with an idea. We basically decided to do phyiscal activity. We wanted to promote exercise as a form of hip hop. We chose hip hop as it is currently part of the pop culture and it is cool to do hip hop. Thus, youths may find exercise in the form of hip hop much more enjoyable. We feel that this way, they would be more willing to exercise. I personally think that this is a much more effective way to promote exercise as it will show teenagers that exercise can actually be fun!
CID reflections for 03/02/09
Today, our teacher-in-charge, Mr Tan read our proposal. From his feedback, we realised that our project wasn't very realsitic as we would not have enough time and resources to carry it out. Also, our target group is too large, hence it would be hard to organise and carry everything out. I learnt that when we come up with plans, we must first consider many points to make sure that what we plan is feasible. If not, everything would be a totaly waste of time when we come to realise that the project cannot work out. There is really a lot to consider when when planning a proposal.
CID reflections for 10/02/09
After last week, we decided to do away with the first proposal. We decided to do STRESS. It is really important for as students to learn how to manage stress because we face a lot of stress. Stress can have negative effects on us. It will impact our studies and health. This time, we were not that ambitious. We chose a smaller target group that is much more managable.
CID reflections for 17/02/09
Today, we didn't do much. 2 groups presented their proposals today. From their presentations, I learnt certain things that will make our proposal much better.
CID reflections for 24/02/09
We presented our proposal today and it was approved! The teachers gave us many valuable suggestions,for example making use of the internet to help spread our message across. These suggestions will definitely help in making our project a better one.
Today,our group came up with an idea. We basically decided to do phyiscal activity. We wanted to promote exercise as a form of hip hop. We chose hip hop as it is currently part of the pop culture and it is cool to do hip hop. Thus, youths may find exercise in the form of hip hop much more enjoyable. We feel that this way, they would be more willing to exercise. I personally think that this is a much more effective way to promote exercise as it will show teenagers that exercise can actually be fun!
CID reflections for 03/02/09
Today, our teacher-in-charge, Mr Tan read our proposal. From his feedback, we realised that our project wasn't very realsitic as we would not have enough time and resources to carry it out. Also, our target group is too large, hence it would be hard to organise and carry everything out. I learnt that when we come up with plans, we must first consider many points to make sure that what we plan is feasible. If not, everything would be a totaly waste of time when we come to realise that the project cannot work out. There is really a lot to consider when when planning a proposal.
CID reflections for 10/02/09
After last week, we decided to do away with the first proposal. We decided to do STRESS. It is really important for as students to learn how to manage stress because we face a lot of stress. Stress can have negative effects on us. It will impact our studies and health. This time, we were not that ambitious. We chose a smaller target group that is much more managable.
CID reflections for 17/02/09
Today, we didn't do much. 2 groups presented their proposals today. From their presentations, I learnt certain things that will make our proposal much better.
CID reflections for 24/02/09
We presented our proposal today and it was approved! The teachers gave us many valuable suggestions,for example making use of the internet to help spread our message across. These suggestions will definitely help in making our project a better one.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
hueyyiing's 1st post!
here's my reflections. they're summarised for the three sassions we had (though abit late, i know.)
for our 1st group meeting 3 weeks ago, our teacher mentor, Mr John Tan commented that our idea was too hard to carry out and was unrealistic in term of finding suitable participants, and suggested we come up with another back up plan, just in case our proposal was rejected, so we wouldn't need to waste time coming up with another proposal. I realized that he had a point and we decided to come up with another plan, and that became our main proposal instead, which touches on stress. this project was much more feasible in terms of finding our target audience, but Mr Tan said that we were too "small-scale", because we proposed to only reach out to our target group by requesting form teachers to conduct stress-management lessons during out school's CHAMPS period, while during out 1sr proposal, we had wanted to conduct nation-wide lesson. therefore, my group decided that we would hold talks level by level instead. we didn't want to hold a mass assembly consisting of the whole school because we thought that the numbers were too big and our message wouldn't get across effectively. during that weekend, my group met up to prepare our powerpoint proposal using the SMART guide. for our third lesson with the teachers, we watched other groups present their ideas. the biggest problem that cropped up with the other group was the problem of an unclear target group, but i think our group shouldn't have a problem. we could also answer the other questions raised during the session, so my group concluded that our proposal should be fine, thus, no changes were made.
for our 1st group meeting 3 weeks ago, our teacher mentor, Mr John Tan commented that our idea was too hard to carry out and was unrealistic in term of finding suitable participants, and suggested we come up with another back up plan, just in case our proposal was rejected, so we wouldn't need to waste time coming up with another proposal. I realized that he had a point and we decided to come up with another plan, and that became our main proposal instead, which touches on stress. this project was much more feasible in terms of finding our target audience, but Mr Tan said that we were too "small-scale", because we proposed to only reach out to our target group by requesting form teachers to conduct stress-management lessons during out school's CHAMPS period, while during out 1sr proposal, we had wanted to conduct nation-wide lesson. therefore, my group decided that we would hold talks level by level instead. we didn't want to hold a mass assembly consisting of the whole school because we thought that the numbers were too big and our message wouldn't get across effectively. during that weekend, my group met up to prepare our powerpoint proposal using the SMART guide. for our third lesson with the teachers, we watched other groups present their ideas. the biggest problem that cropped up with the other group was the problem of an unclear target group, but i think our group shouldn't have a problem. we could also answer the other questions raised during the session, so my group concluded that our proposal should be fine, thus, no changes were made.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
We've completed our powerpoint slides to be presented this tuesday.
We decided to do on the stress aspect of mental wellness as we found out that RV students face stress due to work, CCA and many tests. Through our surveys, we actually found out that students face problems balancing their schoolwork, homework and CCA's and that they find school a stressful experience. Some students even go to bed late just to complete an assignment. As such, we ought to equip RV pupils with the right set of skills and knowledge in order for them to reduce their stress levels and hence, get better grades and have more leisure time as well.
I think our aims will be best achieved by posting phamplets and posters around the school at places where students frequent the most, give level by level talks in the LTs as well as conduct class activities during PDP lessons. It is important that the activities we do engage the students such that they will be willing to learn as it will definitely be beneficial to their emotional well being.
I've learnt that no matter which walk of life we are from, we will no doubt face stress at different points of time in our life. It is important for us to learn to cope with stress for too much of it can lead to depression and affect us for life. It will be a lie to say that i have never ever experienced stress, because i have. Stress can come from various external factors such as decision making, workload and the inability of time management. We ought to be aware of this and find ways to reduce our stress levels.
We decided to do on the stress aspect of mental wellness as we found out that RV students face stress due to work, CCA and many tests. Through our surveys, we actually found out that students face problems balancing their schoolwork, homework and CCA's and that they find school a stressful experience. Some students even go to bed late just to complete an assignment. As such, we ought to equip RV pupils with the right set of skills and knowledge in order for them to reduce their stress levels and hence, get better grades and have more leisure time as well.
I think our aims will be best achieved by posting phamplets and posters around the school at places where students frequent the most, give level by level talks in the LTs as well as conduct class activities during PDP lessons. It is important that the activities we do engage the students such that they will be willing to learn as it will definitely be beneficial to their emotional well being.
I've learnt that no matter which walk of life we are from, we will no doubt face stress at different points of time in our life. It is important for us to learn to cope with stress for too much of it can lead to depression and affect us for life. It will be a lie to say that i have never ever experienced stress, because i have. Stress can come from various external factors such as decision making, workload and the inability of time management. We ought to be aware of this and find ways to reduce our stress levels.
Job Allocations =D
Job Allocations
Huey Yiing (leader):
• Coordinator
o Liaising with HPB, sponsors and teacher-in-charge
o Coordinating meetings
Lihua and Luqi:
• Researchers
o Resources:
National library/ school library/ articles/ journals
Internet
Newspapers (articles and statistics)
Surveys/ interviews on students (year 1-4)
Sharlene
• Secretary
o Complies information
Huey Yiing (leader):
• Coordinator
o Liaising with HPB, sponsors and teacher-in-charge
o Coordinating meetings
Lihua and Luqi:
• Researchers
o Resources:
National library/ school library/ articles/ journals
Internet
Newspapers (articles and statistics)
Surveys/ interviews on students (year 1-4)
Sharlene
• Secretary
o Complies information
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