Showing posts with label primary school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label primary school. Show all posts

A Campaining We Will Go

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Exactly what we did the whole day of Thursday, 7/10/2010. We gave two mini talks in two different primary schools, namely SK Convent Green Lane and SK Bukit Gelugor.

Final planning before going over to our sister school
Going through the sketch for the last time

We really have to thank Pn. Mariani, headmistress of SK Convent Green Lane, Pn. Jenny, the Student Affairs Senior Assistant  of SK Convent Green Lane, the teachers of SK CGL who willingly accompanied the students in the hall, Pn. Tan Saw Lean, the head mistress of SK Bukit Gelugor and En. Nazri Bin Abdul Hamid, the Administration Head of SK Bukit Gelugor for allowing us to spread the message in their school about the importance of saving the Orangutans.

We started off the day in SK Convent Green Lane. As it was our sister school, we did not have to "hire" any transportation. We just had to use our trusty "Bus 11" (for those of you who don't understand what that means, look at yourself in a full-length mirror. See anything resembling the number 11? If you still don't get it, it's your two wonderful legs XD)

We arrived at their hall at a quarter to our appointment time to make sure that all the things, such as the LCD projector, PA system and laptop were all running in good condition. The students filled the hall pretty quickly. Our audience for the day were the students from Years 4-6.

The talk got going at 8.45 a.m. sharp with an introduction as to what we were there for, All the members were introduced as well. 3 of our members could not make it as they were unable to attend school due to emergencies. But thank God that we always have friends who are ready to stick by us. We managed to get 2 replacements for our introductory sketch. Thank You Jolene and Kellie!!

As I was saying, we had an introductory sketch to start the ball rolling as to how dire the state of the orangutans are. After the sketch, Rebekah carried on with the talk cum PowerPoint presentation. In her talk, Rebekah told the students all they needed to know about orangutans. For example, the literal meaning of orangutan, their lifestyle habits, their habitat and so on. After which, she highlighted the plight of this endangered species.
Rebekah giving the talk
Setting up our stall while the talk was going on

The students listening attentively

We were blown away by their response. Their overwhelming feedback gave us a lot of encouragement throughout the talk. After the talk and PowerPoint presentation, we proceeded to a Question and Answer session. The Question and Answer session was a two-way session. The students were given the chance to ask any question about what they wanted to know about this endangered species. After seeing that their minds were fed enough, we carried on with our turn of asking them questions. Any student who was brave enough to try their luck was to put up their hand at the count of 3.
The answer is..



Let me sign!

Jia Hui: Yes, what size would you like to buy?
I'm giving for a good cause!
A teacher making an inquiry
The teachers who were present in the hall lent us a hand in looking out for the fastest hand which went up first. Those who could answer were given a customized button badge, whereas those who tried but could not get the right answer were given stickers as an encouragement prize. They were so compelled that even our 5 quiz questions were not enough! They actually called for an encore! Unfortunately, we had to move on because we had already made an appointment with SK Bukit Gelugor.

The students were led to visit our mini stall at which we sold our orangutan themed merchandise. Students were also encouraged to sign our petition form and donate generously. After about 15 minutes, our teacher advisor who was with us at that time, Pn. Yon Zanariah, gave the cue to pack up and leave for our next destination.

Unpacking the car
"reporting" to the headmistress


On the way to the hall


We split up in to two cars. We would like to thank Mr. Koay for his helpfulness in chauffeuring us to and fro from SK Bukit Gelugor. As soon as we reached, we went to "report" to the headmistress. She was given the official letter stating that we would like to carry out our campaign in her school. We proceeded to the hall where the Year 5 and Year 6 students were waiting for us.
Thank you for your patience
En Nazri introducing us to the students



Great! They're paying attention

Doing our stuff

Doing her thing

Um....

Looking at our flyer

Signing the petition

We went through the entire procedure of acting out the sketch, giving the mini talk cum PowerPoint presentation, Q&A session etc. Although their response was not as enthralling, but we knew that our efforts were not in vain. Our message got through all the same.

After carrying out our assignment there, we headed back to, what we call our second abode, to catch many breathers and to count the spoils of our sales.

As a whole, we had an exciting and wonderful time, doing our best to put the message of saving the orangutans across to the younger generation. So that, in the years to come, we WILL definitely see a difference in OUR world that WE live in.


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Primary Initiation

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And so, after yesterday's episode of interview break-in, we commenced our campaign in the primary school (a.k.a our sister school, i.e. SK Convent Green Lane) this morning.

It started off with their normal routine of singing a patriotic song before their teacher - in - charge introduced us to the assembly. One of our teacher advisors, Pn Gan, briefly explained to the primary students what our campaign was about.
Pn Gan doing the introduction


Then, she presented us to the assembly to proceed with further clarifications. Lisa took over the mike (in actual fact, loud - hailer) and explained that their help was essential to the campaign's success. She made it short and sweet. I (Rebekah) was up there with her and noticed the awe - struck expressions on their faces.  It seems that they did not know about the dire state the orangutans are in. At least that's what I interpreted from their faces. Oh well, now we know how much work we have to do to get the message across. :) 

Lisa handed the assembly back to the teacher - in - charge and with that, we can officially carry out activities in our sister school, spreading awareness on the importance of saving the endangered species of orangutans.


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Recruiting the Juniours

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Not too long ago, we left the primary school to start a new life in high school..and in the process, be introduced to Add Math, zits and the need for co - curricular marks... but that's beside the point. Just yesterday, three of our group members were given the chance to revisit the place of our childhood (okay so technically we haven't exactly become adults yet but hey, who wants to get technical right?). Entering the primary school was like a walk down memory lane but Rebekah, Lisa and Rachel (that's me!) were not about to be deterred by the fond memories of primary schooling. With one objective in mind, we proceeded to have our first encounter with the Penolong Kanan Hal Ehwal Murid (PKHEM for short) of SK CGL. Gathering our courage, we knocked on the office door.

At first, we had hoped to meet with an ex - teacher because having been a former student, it would have been easy to build rapport. But luck was not with us and the fearsome Ms. Jenny stared us down as we crossed the threshold. Smiling politely (to be truthful I guess we looked kinda nervous) we advanced to her desk only to be greeted with a curt "Yes? What do you want?". Flabbergasted at this crisp greeting, we managed to pull ourselves together enough to mumble incoherently. Thankfully, Rebekah 'came to her senses' and hurriedly started to explain our part in the campaign and what it was all about. As we relayed our purpose and conveyed as best as we could, how the students could be involved in the campaign and how it would greatly benefit the orangutans, Ms. Jenny gradually lost her edge and listened attentively to all we had to say. After we had finished describing the project, the formidable dragon - lady gave us the thumbs up and encouraged us to start campaigning in the primary school A.S.A.P. Lady Luck had apparently smiled on us after all and we left victorious at having overcome another hurdle.

Today, we went to see the primary headmistress not wanting it to seem that we had bypassed her and gone only to see the PKHEM (boy, would that have been a fiasco). We had come at an inopportune time and interrupted an interview. Mercifully, our teacher, Pn. Gan stepped in and did the talking for us. Soon after that, she rejoined us to say that we had the been given the go - ahead from Pn. Mariani. All smiles, we did not hesitate to thank her and returned in haste to our Add Math class.

And thus, we shall be enlightening our younger counterparts about our campaign tomorrow. Being able to involve them will definitely be a major step in our operation.


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