Jointly reported by:
Foo Zhing Yee Sr2ScA
Khoo Xin Yi Sr2ScA
22nd of July 2023, 8:00a.m. to 10:15a.m., a series of Soft Skill Workshops was organised by the Counselling Department in collaboration with various universities. All Senior Middle Two students participated in one workshop each, chosen by themselves beforehand, a first for the school’s Independent Learning Day.
According to Ms Kang Ruey Chyi, Head of the Counselling Department, organiser of the event, the series was held in order to cultivate and allow students to realise their potential with soft skills. It was directed towards Senior Middle Two students as quite a lot of them would be leaving after SPM, whereas they would learn interview and resume writing skills if they stay for Senior Middle Three.
Workshop by University of Sunderland
“Communication skills and presentation skills are a must for the students’ future.” After discussing with several universities, Ms Kang found it tricky when deciding what topics each university would present.
Ms Kang specified for the workshop to be more interactive and less talk-based. She also gave way for the universities to decide on their topics while ensuring that not many of them overlap.
On the topic of event announcement, it was the first time students were given the chance to choose which workshop they wanted to attend, a great leap towards giving students more independence in their co-curricular education. Naturally, challenges arose in supervising all 13 workshops.
To tackle this, the Counselling Department enlisted the help of carefully selected student helpers for each workshop. They were in charge of emceeing and helping the speakers with their setup.
Overall, the workshops received positive feedback from the students, most being rated 4/5 stars. Most learned quite a lot and had fun with their friends.
To end off, Ms Kang pointed out that Independent Learning Day, a weekly event day on all Saturdays, should be more autonomous and creative instead of just plain talks or rigid activities. She encouraged students to be the ones making decisions for their own education with teachers playing the roles of supervisors instead in Independent Learning.
Ms Kang Ruey Chyi in the Center
A huge thank you to Ms Kang, teachers from the Counselling Department and all universities involved for organising all the workshops.
Workshop Information:
| No. | Collaborative University | Workshop Topic |
| 1 | Sunway University | Developing Essential Life Skills: Empowering Secondary School Students for Success |
| 2 | Taylor’s University | Walk the Talk: Build Your Image & Confidence |
| 3 | Brickfields Asia College (BAC) | Critical thinking and creative thinking |
| 4 | Collaboration intelligence | |
| 5 | UCSI university | Unleashing your potential |
| 6 | Time & procrastination versus Me | |
| 7 | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) | The EQ Workshop |
| 8 | Stress Management Workshop | |
| 9 | 短视频爆火的 3 个秘诀 | |
| 10 | Turning Challenges into Opportunities | |
| 11 | University of Sunderland | Unlock Your Networking Potential: Building Connections for Future Success |
| 12 | Sleep Hygiene | |
| 13 | University of Bristol, UK | Communication is key, but why and how? |