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Fun Fit @ FGS<br />
Text by Quek Yan Ying<br />
Photos by Ang Bee Choo<br />
Aim and throw!<br />
One bright and sunny morning, Special<br />
Class students and their caregivers<br />
gathered within the school compound of<br />
Fernvale Gardens School (FGS) for a dose<br />
of healthy living in the form of “Fun Fit<br />
@ FGS”, a Level Activity organised by<br />
FGS teachers.<br />
A new initiative that was introduced this<br />
year, the Level Activity aims to bring<br />
together students, caregivers and teachers<br />
through a fun-filled school event, with<br />
the ultimate objective of encouraging<br />
interaction and collaboration among all<br />
parties. Each level—Junior, Senior and<br />
Special—would have their own respective<br />
Level Activities.<br />
Held on Saturday, 24 July, “Fun Fit @ FGS”<br />
kicked off with a tour of the school, where<br />
caregivers got to see what the school<br />
environment was like. This was followed by<br />
a session of mass exercise in the school<br />
hall. Students, caregivers and teachers did<br />
some simple stretching exercises while<br />
soft strains of relaxing music played in the<br />
background.<br />
09 mindspeak: the heartvoice of special people<br />
Soothing melodies were replaced<br />
by the jaunty rhythms of loud pop<br />
music that blared from the radio as<br />
students and caregivers, organised<br />
in groups, played friendly matches<br />
against one another. During one of the<br />
games called ‘Make-a-Face’, students<br />
in each group took turns to race and<br />
stick an eye, ear, nose or mouth onto<br />
a giant cardboard face without facial<br />
features. The first group to form a<br />
complete face with all the features<br />
would win the game. Shouts and<br />
laughter filled the air as teachers and<br />
caregivers cheered the students on.<br />
Next came snack time, which also<br />
provided a chance for students,<br />
caregivers and teachers to mingle and<br />
get to know one another better over<br />
food. After this, caregivers and<br />
students went to different activity<br />
stations to try out different activities<br />
that they could easily do at home. At<br />
one of the stations, participants learnt<br />
how to make home-made ice cream.<br />
At another station, colourful arrays<br />
Student (centre) tries to ‘make a face’ with the help of her<br />
caregiver (left) and FGS’ Occupational Therapist (right)<br />
Making a fruit salad as a family Working together to design recyclable bag<br />
of fruits were laid out on platters.<br />
A mini-competition was held where<br />
different families pitted their creative<br />
juices against one another to make<br />
the fruit salad with the most attractive<br />
presentation. The creative juices<br />
continued flowing at the Art and Craft<br />
station, where parents and their children<br />
used fabric paints to design recyclable<br />
bags, which they later brought home.<br />
Last but not least, a station showcased<br />
the different teaching aids that teachers<br />
used to teach the students in school.<br />
From this station, caregivers could<br />
pick up tips on how they could teach<br />
their children skills at home. A folder<br />
containing a list of websites suitable for<br />
the students was also distributed to each<br />
family.<br />
It is hoped that through this Level<br />
Activity, parents and caregivers would<br />
not only bring back ideas on how to<br />
teach and engage their children at home,<br />
but also strengthened relationships—<br />
between parent and child, and between<br />
parent and teacher.
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