Jointly by:
Yee Wen Shuen (Sr1C)
Ng Ting Hui (Sr1ScF)
Thian Yi-Ming (Sr1ScD)
This is rather a special day for Junior Two students. On Saturday, 20 July 2019, instead of camping within their classrooms, these students received a privilege of being the first batch to experience “outdoor learning” as their class of the day has been transferred to the basketball court. Creating miniature racing cars by using recyclable objects has been improved to a new level. The ultimate creations that will soon open their mind and bestow them a new perspective and respect toward the disposable plastics.
This event has originated from the early years, the whole process counting as part of their school marks and result. Not only the students are able to gain experience in crafts, they also understand the principle behind the said project. Students are required to create a model racing car with usual plastic bottles, discarded wooden sticks, bottle caps and whatever they might need for their adventurous journey of creation.
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The students were split into groups; with each group creating one model that produces the best efficiency, goal is to cultivate teamwork and strengthen bonds among their fellow classmates. The activity is divided two different periods of time, so the students have a clear sense of time management and discipline, under the training that will assist them to work through pressing time and pressure in the future, allowing them to surpass their fellow peers in the society that they will eventually meet as a team.
Despite the cheerful atmosphere of the event, students in general took this seriously. They went to certain lengths just to secure that bottlecap on a stick. Students had brought in a variety of arts and crafts tools, which included a hot glue gun, wax and balloons. The lab had even been open for students to use Bunsen burners as a way to smooth things over.
“What’s the purpose behind this elaborate event?” The students responded with a bright smile on their faces, their expressions gleeful and relieved from the regular stress that they have experienced during normal school days. “Well, we learned about this in the physics class,” one of the juniors said. “The theory principle used to be quite difficult, but after this event, I’m able to understand this more easily and hopefully it will assist me in the tests we face in the future.”
When the day ended, these students left the school satisfactorily holding their newly created F1 model, comparing their projects to one another. Through this event, students were able to cooperate with one another and interpret commands much more easily. We would call this event a success and an enlightening one.
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