Tuesday 30 October 2012

Cambodia Trip Location Map

We will be in Phnom Penh throughout our learning journey. The map below shows the places we will be going.


Monday 29 October 2012

Cambodia Pre-Trip Fund Raising

For the past 2 weeks, we have been having an internal donation drive and our students have shown great passion and have been trying hard to raise funds from teachers and relatives for the following causes:


What the students have learnt from this interntal donation drive:
- Learn how to deal with rejection. (Shafie, 3N4)
- We have to be clear of the donation objective and be sincere in our approach. (Syakir. 3N2)
- Inculcate perseverance when pursuing our cause.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Cambodia CIP Trip 2012


Date: 03 to 09 Nov 2012
Who: 28 Sec 3 Students, 4 Teachers, 1 Coach, 1 Local Guide
Where: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Objective:  
  • To provide a cross cultural experience for students and to gain knowledge on aspects of culture, livelihood, practices of the community.
  • To inculcate school values of Propriety (礼), Righteousness (义), Integrity (廉), Self Respect (耻) and provide opportunities for character building on values such as compassion, responsibility, self-resilience, and servant leadership to deal with challenges in a tough environment during this service learning trip
  • To provide experiential learning for students to be engaged in the different aspects like planning, project management, etc. for the local community.
What we will be doing:
The learning journey will last for 7 days. On day 1, the group will visit Toul Sleng Genocide Museum and Killing Fields to understand about Cambodia's history in particularly during the Khmer Rouge regime. Day 2 to 5 is the service learning project at the project site. Our students will be painting the T-house and also taking up the role of a teacher to interact and conduct lessons for Cambodian children. On Day 6, there will be historical and cultural visits. On Day 7, the group will return to Singapore.