Nanjing Trip Day 5 & 6

8/8/2019 Nanjing Trip Day 5 & 6

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Day 5: School Assembly & Official Welcome Ceremony

Hong Yuan Middle school

gave us a grand welcomeduring the school assembly.

We were on stage andintroduced one by one to theschool by the MC.

A student representative from HongYuan Middle giving a welcome speech.

I was very fascinated at

Shirnise represented our school todelivery the Thank You speech.

how the students lined upand move in an orderly

manner to the field. They

were well disciplined andextended a very warm

welcome to us.


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In her speech, she mentioned the me

the 2 batik paintings which were la

presented to Hong Yuan Middle School.

anings of

ter

The gifts were presented to the

We had breakfast at the school cookhouse

diately after the school assembly.

Our buddies came to mingle with us

during breakfast. It was good to seethem again.

3 Vice Principals from Hong

Yuan Middle School at the end

of the speech.

Breakfast at the school cookhouse

imme


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Our first lesson was Tai Ji. We weretaught by the PE teacher. We addressed

him as Coach Liu. He was very friendly

taught us the basic steps of Tai Ji whichwere not too difficult to learn.

Thanks to the coach excellent teachingskill, we were beginning to look like

Tai Ji experts after only 20 minutes

of lesson. Ha Ha Ha !

School Mass Exercise

The school conducts mass exercise twice daily.

One each in the morning and afternoon. The

entire mass exercise session lasted for about15 minutes. It was amazing to see the entire

school population ran out of their classrooms

in an orderly fashion, assembled at the field,

carried out the mass exercise (stretching &

skipping) and returned to the classroomswithout a single teacher shouting or

instruction. The entire operation is

executed flawlessly using only music.Quite fascinating to watch!


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Day 5 & 6: Classroom Immersion

The students welcomed us to their class by

drawing Lyo and Merly (Singapore YOGmascots) on the blackboard. The whole

class clapped when I walked into theclassroom. I felt very touched by theirwarm and sincerity.

during group discussions. They

often questioned the teachers when they felt unsure. We ought to learn from them

The students are very hardworking

and they do not talk during lessonsunless it is a group discussion. They are (also) very active


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Here, the teacher still uses chalk and blackboard to conduct lessons.

The students have the courage tolead in front of the whole class. The

teacher will just stand at the corner

and watch the students lead the classas if they are the teacher. The only

time when the teacher has to step in

is when they encountered problem.This is a good learning experience

for me.

When a teacher asked a question,almost all students will raise their

hands to seize the opportunity to

answer. They are not afraid if theiranswer is wrong. This is quite

different in Singapore where most ofus are quite shy or afraid to answer

the question wrongly.


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The topic was on future of education. Mr Lau was invited by the teacher to give an

impromptu talk on Design and technology to a graduating class he was observing. Asnd English very well, Mdm Huang acted as his interpreter.

We visited Nan Hu Middle School as

part of our learning journey. Theprincipal gave us a very warm

welcome.

We were treated to a mini class concert as

part of the visit.

the students could not understa

School Visit


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The presentation items consisted of poetry

recital, playing of some Chinese traditional

toy, skit, songs etc. According to theteachers, all the items were planned and put

together by the students. It was a wonderfulshow.

We were asked to put up a

performance item at the last minute.

Luckily, our group was able to do ayou are very very good cheer

which we learned from Sec 2 camp.

Interaction time with students from Nan Hu Middle School.


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We visited Nanjing Jianye Senior High School thenext day. It is one of the top JC (4 stars) in Nanjing.

Briefing session with the school

principal and chairman.

A tour of the school facilities was conducted

after the briefing session.


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Form Class Forum at Hong Yuan Middle School

The Form Teacher period is conductedbi-monthly. This period is given to theForm Teacher for class interaction,

administration, briefing of important

events, discipline matter etc.

Group poetry recital is a common performance item.

On alternate weeks, the Form Teacherperiod will be used to conduct Form Class

Forum. During the forum, the class will

stage a mini class concert to showcase the

talents of the students in the class. Its mainobjective is to build class team spirit and

also to boost morale and confidence level of

students. Based on the theme given,Students are allowed to showcase their

talents in whatever areas they chose. Theforum is totally planned and organised by

the class with facilitation by the Form

Teacher.


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