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Month: October 2017

POTTERY

Below are the equipments that we use to make the “clay pots”.

 

 

 

Here is a picture of my half-finished product:) waiting to fire…

IFP-CREATIVE SIGH

IFP TOPIC:

  • Creates an intervention that is designed to prevent the start or resumption of violent conflict by creating a sustainable, positive peace.

We came up with a sign “I know you’re always right. BUT PLEASE KEEP TO THE LEFT!” (for staircase)

 

OVERVIEW OF MY CAS

CREATIVITY: 

  • IFP (Initiative for peace)

Why IFP?

Because I believe peace is fundamental to the existence of all cultures and societies, I aspire to actively and personally partake in it. IFP provides me this opportunity. I hope in participating, I will build my self-confidence so as to continue making a life-long impact to others.

What is peace?

I think peace is a commitment to understanding, accepting and celebrating the difference. It is not just the absence of war and conflict but also a state of being free and happy.

My goal?

By discussing the issues about peace and conflicts, I hope that I can gain a deeper understanding of the world issues and learn some peace building skills. Not only that, I do hope that by the end of this year, I will have an opportunity to attend and organise one of the conferences and apply my knowledge. I really want to make an impact to other children around the world.

ART:

  • Pottery

I am quite interested in making clay pottery and I want to learn some useful skills of making a good pottery.

Global Concerns:

  • The Island Foundation

What do we do?

  • Help the local people in Bintan establish secondary income sources through the sales of craft items produced by the village community.
  • Focus on sustainable farming and fishing programmes, entrepreneurial projects, and literacy, health and nutrition projects.

Local service:

  • RDA (Riding with the disabled)

What do we do?

  • Being a side-walker, assist the disabled kids and support them. (holding their ankles)
  • Look after the riders and make sure they have good body balances
  • Interact with them and be friends with them

 

 

 

RDA Service

Today, I went to the RDA center and supported a rider called Ju Lei. When I first met her,she was very quite and shy…

We did some warm up actvities at the start to prepare her for the riding session. She has ridden a horse before so when I walked beside her, she was not afraid of the horse and sat straightly at the centre of the saddle. I hold her ankles for the first ten minutes because I was afraid that she could not control her body balance. However, she was very good at balancing her body and I noticed that after a while, she was able to ajust her body positions when the instructor asked her to bend her body to the front or do an aeroplane posture. She seemed quite confident when riding the horse.

Along the way, I tried to communicate with her and encourage her. I started with some simple questions like “How are you doing today?” “What do you like to do on the weekends?” “What is your favourite food?”… She seemed quite shy and she replied me with few words. It was my first time talking to her so I was also not that confident. Sometimes we just kept quite and walking… Later on, we did some activities together like throwing a ball into the basket. I tried to encourage her and I wanted her to feel more comfortable like I was her friend. I shared my interest and my school life with her. Gradually, I found that she was opening up herself and we had a great conversation.

I was very happy and proud today because I felt that she was opening up herself. Not only that, she could also ride independently and confidently. I found that she really enjoyed her riding experience and today could be a highlight for her.

For next week, I hope that she can share more with me and I am very happy to help her and communicate with her. I want to make her feel more involved. Moreover, I will do more stretching with her at the start as the instructor told me that her limbs are quite weak. I am planning to do some fun walking exercise with her.

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK!!!

LO 5 COLLABORATION (Working together to achieve an outcome)

First Mentor Trip-Bowling

Bowling for the first time and below is a video of me playing and a picture of the whole group…

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Passion Speech~IFP session

#Passion speech

During the IFP meeting, we did a soap box activity which involves all the students to stand in front the group and make a speech about your passion.

When I heard this, I felt very nervous and hesitated. I wondered: Does everyone need to talk for 1 minute? What should I talk about? Meanwhile, I looked around and I saw everyone had started writing. Then, I decided to talk about the inequality between rich and poor. I dropped down few points and the teacher asked us to move to another room and started sharing.

Who wants to go first? Silence echoed within the room…We all looked around and I guessed everyone was just afraid to go first. After a while, a girl got up and finally broke the silence. After that, many people got up and talk for 1 minute. Should I go? I am so nervous to talk in front of people. Do my accent sound good? What if I make many gramma mistakes… My mind was filled with these “excuses”. Finally, I had overcame my hesitation and I stood up, confidently, started to talk about my passion:

“Hi, I am Judy. I feel most passionate about the inequality between the rich and poor. Nowadays, the gap between rich and poor keeps growing. So there is a saying that rich get richer and poor gets poorer. It is actually a realistic phenomenon. Many poor kids do not have the access to basic education and they are even struggling for hunger. I think the government should give sufficient help for them. Another issue is that I feel like the society (the richer ones) are not giving enough respect to the poor. They think that they are more superior so the poor have the responsibility to serve them as they are the bottom ones. They do not care what poor people feel. ”

I find that sharing this is very important and meaningful as we get to know what other students think and their opinions towards that. I heard about many interesting aspects and issues about the world or even their personal life. Some are concerned about the gender inequality, some are passionate about racial issues, some like dance… This activity has widen our understanding about the differences and we understand more issues that we may not even notice or think about before. Moreover, I feel more confident about myself and I walked out of my confront zone–I could finally talk in front of the group. I did it!

I think understanding the differences is most important for PEACE building. Many conflicts happening including violent and non-violent are due to misunderstanding or bias. One should give others more understanding and talk about the problems calmly instead of using violent actions. Moreover, we should accept differences no matter who we are, where we come from or what our gender is. We should celebrate the differences.

LO 2 CHALLENGE (Undertaken new challenges)/NEW SKILLS (Developing new skills)

 

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