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song called ‘Big Dreamer’ sung by TFBoys.  it offers student volunteers the opportunity
           Follow up next, a meditation session,  to further deepen their understanding of
           videos  to help  empower  students  with  the subjects they are teaching. It also allows
           more  motivation  to study  are presented.  student volunteers a unique perspective of
                                                                                                                                   TALKS
           Former participants of the Programme are  learning from a teacher’s position, while
           also invited to share their success stories.      also  letting  them  learn  valuable  skills  in
                                                             communication. Both sides are able to

                 The actual PLP programme happens  learn at the same time.                                                         TALKS
           after school hours. Both students and
           volunteers are required to stay back after              While  all volunteers  have  their
           school once a week, for the duration of  respective students to help,  it is  also  not
           one hour where they are free to ask their  uncommon for volunteers to team up and

           volunteer-in-charge       questions      about    teach together. Many find it much more
           their schoolwork or upcoming tests. The  efficient to have two students of differing
           volunteers do their best to help the students  abilities complement each other instead of

           with any problems they might have.                struggling alone. Teamwork is dreamwork,
                                                             as they say!
                 As one of the volunteers myself, I
           find this programme extremely helpful to                In a nutshell, this is a programme
           both the student and the volunteer. When  designed to aid students in ways only other

           a student does not grasp the concept  students can. Everyone has their own ways
           they  are  being  taught  in  class  due  to  an  of learning that are most effective for
           unfamiliarity with either the subject or the  themselves, and yet in a class of not less

           teacher’s teaching style, they are more likely  than 30, most teachers are unable to give
           to understand with the aid of a student  individual care to all their students. With
           volunteer that is closer to their age and  this programme, it is hoped that students
           more able to glean what it is exactly that  will be able to find the help they need and
           they do not understand. At the same time,  thus improve their academic performances.


                                                Reported by: Tan Ginny SR3B
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