The Story of My Learning Starts Here !
LO6-Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance: As my commitment to RunningHour is coming to an end, I have realised the amount of changes that can be easily seen between the local community’s relationship with UWC’s. People with special needs face exclusion in the society not only in Singapore, but also around the World. Thus,…
LO5-Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively: Being in the service for one year, has been exhilarating, as I am able to see the impact the UWC community has on the local community. Around 10 new Grade 11 students joined this service, in which the first few weeks for them was to…
LO4-Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences. Students can articulate the stages from conceiving an idea to executing a plan for a CAS experience or series of CAS experiences. LO7-Recognise and consider the ethics implications of choices and actions Out of all my CAS experiences thus far, I feel that Taekwondo is probably the one…
Throughout the extended essay process, I pursued my original area of study but made minor changes to my research question from the original one. This was because I was able to raise interesting questions from my understanding and analysis of the two different subsets explored in this investigation. Also, I was able to understand how…
LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process Through frequent training, I have become more aware of my personal skills and capabilities. I have definitely become more open-minded in learning and adapting certain skills and have discovered areas of growth both physically and mentally. I will continue to push myself…
LO4-Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences. Students can articulate the stages from conceiving an idea to executing a plan for a CAS experience or series of CAS experiences I have regularly attended RunningHour since the past 1 and a half years, including summer break. Along the process, I was able to see some…
So far, I was successful in finding a dataset that represented a society and was able to identify the most influential node in the dataset based on Degree Centrality, Betweenness Centrality, and PageRank centrality. Throughout the investigation, I was able to learn more about network science, and specifically how these networks can represent interactions of…
LO1-Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth. I have learned a new move, in Taekwondo, called the “Spinning roundhouse kick”, and the appropriate stance for it. My Taekwondo skills are constantly improving, but it’s not at an extremely fast pace. Taekwondo requires strong physical and mental fitness, I am trying to improve this…
LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process: It is definitely challenging to memorise all of the steps for Black Tip, Red Belt, and Red tip, as for the Black belt examination you are required all. But, I was able to achieve this through effectively working outside classes when I’m…
LO1-Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process. Project Week has been a gratifying and thrilling experience. I personally feel that Project Week was one of the highlights of my learning journey at UWC. The first day we arrive we drove…