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Fun Fit @ FGS Text by Quek Yan Ying Photos by Ang Bee Choo Aim and throw! One bright and sunny morning, Special Class students and their caregivers gathered within the school compound of Fernvale Gardens School (FGS) for a dose of healthy living in the form of “Fun Fit @ FGS”, a Level Activity organised by FGS teachers. A new initiative that was introduced this year, the Level Activity aims to bring together students, caregivers and teachers through a fun-filled school event, with the ultimate objective of encouraging interaction and collaboration among all parties. Each level—Junior, Senior and Special—would have their own respective Level Activities. Held on Saturday, 24 July, “Fun Fit @ FGS” kicked off with a tour of the school, where caregivers got to see what the school environment was like. This was followed by a session of mass exercise in the school hall. Students, caregivers and teachers did some simple stretching exercises while soft strains of relaxing music played in the background. 09 mindspeak: the heartvoice of special people Soothing melodies were replaced by the jaunty rhythms of loud pop music that blared from the radio as students and caregivers, organised in groups, played friendly matches against one another. During one of the games called ‘Make-a-Face’, students in each group took turns to race and stick an eye, ear, nose or mouth onto a giant cardboard face without facial features. The first group to form a complete face with all the features would win the game. Shouts and laughter filled the air as teachers and caregivers cheered the students on. Next came snack time, which also provided a chance for students, caregivers and teachers to mingle and get to know one another better over food. After this, caregivers and students went to different activity stations to try out different activities that they could easily do at home. At one of the stations, participants learnt how to make home-made ice cream. At another station, colourful arrays Student (centre) tries to ‘make a face’ with the help of her caregiver (left) and FGS’ Occupational Therapist (right) Making a fruit salad as a family Working together to design recyclable bag of fruits were laid out on platters. A mini-competition was held where different families pitted their creative juices against one another to make the fruit salad with the most attractive presentation. The creative juices continued flowing at the Art and Craft station, where parents and their children used fabric paints to design recyclable bags, which they later brought home. Last but not least, a station showcased the different teaching aids that teachers used to teach the students in school. From this station, caregivers could pick up tips on how they could teach their children skills at home. A folder containing a list of websites suitable for the students was also distributed to each family. It is hoped that through this Level Activity, parents and caregivers would not only bring back ideas on how to teach and engage their children at home, but also strengthened relationships— between parent and child, and between parent and teacher.
Outings to the Eastern Shores Text by Rosalyn Peng and Hema d/o Thenarassu Photos by ATDC and Hema d/o Thenarassu Ang Mo Kio TDC (ATDC) held its Annual Picnic at Pasir Ris Park on 17 June 2010. The event was sponsored by SCC 100, Church of Christ The King, which adopted ATDC since 2002. Animators of SCC 100 were led by Vice-Chairperson, Ms Rennie Ratna Achuthan, and Treasurer, Ms Agnes Ho. Gracing the event were Father Stephen Yim of Church of Christ The King; Father Stephen Yim cheered all participants of ATDC during the games and gave out prizes to our five lucky draw winners. Mr Keh Eng Song, CEO of MINDS; and Ms Mimi Tan, Chairperson of MINDS CSG. The picnic was a fun-filled one as volunteers and caregivers actively participated in the telematch relays with our clients and staff. Lunch followed and there was free and easy time for our clients, staff, volunteers and caregivers Off to the Singapore Flyer Text by May Lian Photo by MINDSville@Napiri The morning of 15 May began with a slight drizzle but that did not dampen the moods of everyone at MINDSville – Children’s Wing. Some 16 staff and 17 volunteers from Standard Chartered Bank took the 18 children for a ride on the Singapore Flyer. The Bank has graciously sponsored the trip and the children were obviously very excited at the thoughts of riding on the world’s tallest observation wheel. They stood in awe and wonder upon seeing the giant Ferris wheel and approached the entrance with much trepidation and glee. Once they got into the Flyer capsules, squeals of delight could be heard. Every child tried to spot and identify famous landmarks from 162m above ground – the Merlion, Marina Bay Sands and even faraway Changi Airport! The 30-min ride felt too short to be true and everyone reluctantly moved on to lunch, rest, games and some singing. A candid group photo for all the participants to CTDC’s outing at East Coast Park to mingle and interact as they walked along the sandy beaches. On 29 July, 42 staff, trainees and caregivers from Clementi TDC (CTDC) had an outing to East Coast Park. The group enjoyed the photo shoots and played various games. The caregivers joined in whole-heartedly with much dancing and singing. When many of the children asked when they could go on the Singapore Flyer again, we knew that we had made their day. That is all that matters. “Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.” Garrison Keillor mindspeak: the heartvoice of special people 10
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