After we enter the principal’s office, Tian Yi gets the ball rolling by giving an introduction of the group members and how we want to collaborate with the school.
When Tian Yi comes to the part of the learning journey that we are going to hold at the discovery centre or science centre if possible, the principal asks whether the discovery centre is suitable venue for a learning journey. The group replies that we have not acquired permission but are trying to do so, and the Learning Journey has high probability of being carried out if no unforeseen circumstances occur.
Next, after Tian Yi explained about what RE-SL was, he also told the principal that he and Ian had experience from last year’s RE program and that this project will go more smoothly.
After this, the principal asked us the location of our homes, for whatever reason that we don’t know.
Then, as the discussion proceeded the principal said that the Wednesdays are quite suitable, so tian yi goes on to say that a reason for us embarking on this project is due to the fact that the primary school science is split into three parts, namely chemistry, physics and biology.
Then, the principal says that the science teachers and others who are linked to the sciences could give us recommendations on how to improve or make the project more exciting. The principal next asked about last year’s Learning Journey experience and what he hopes to achieve in the project. Our responses were mainly leadership, how to communicate with different age groups, how to learn planning well etc. Then, after the sharing of experience, the principal starts asking Ian about his primary school and how he feels about the school. Ian suggests that the PE module take a change as there are no specific modules set for PE.
Just then, a science teacher comes in and asks for the modules that we are going to offer. Tian Yi tells the teacher that students would be conducting experiments and observation. There will be an inquiry about the materials that we will bring to showcase to the students and the working space we need is just roughly the size of one classroom. When the explanation for the experiments is being given it will be in a class but for the experiment it will be divided into four groups to facilitate better understanding of the modules that the students will embark on. The targeted ones are those who are generally better in sciences and YTPS has a science elite group.
The time taken to get to YTPS is 45 minutes and the Learning Journey transport matters have to be settled as inconvenient for students to get there themselves and due to the school having remedial on Wednesday the time has to be altered a little. After the project, the secondary objective can be to introduce RI as a potential school to try to encourage the primary school children to try to pick RI as one of their options when opting for a school. There will be a presentation at the beginning and the end of the course and the issue of certificates has yet to be decided, but is a possible option. A quiz will be given at the end of the modules to see what memory retention the students can get from the lessons and experiments and the prizes will be set at a later date. There will be permission slips issued to the primary school children who are interested as the time of the lessons can be late and the parents are to be informed. When the approval has been given the first presentation will be to try to draw students to come and sign up for the modules. The course will not be in the syllabus and is extra knowledge and therefore students are not required to acquire these facts beforehand.
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