2007
Browse highlights from 2007, including cultural immersion tours to China, Chinese New Year celebrations, and an Indian Cultural Carnival at NIE.
Cultural Immersion Tour - From Xi’An to Singapore 2007
On 6th July to 10th July 2007, 46 students and teachers, including their Principal and Vice-Principal, from Xi’An 38 High School came to Singapore for a 5-day cultural immersion tour. They went sightseeing on 7th and 8th of July, and visited places of interest like the Singapore Science Centre, Mount Faber, Setonsa, Zoological Gardens, Kampong Glam, Little India, Singapore River and the Merlion Park. On the last day, they also went to the Duty Free Shop to do some final shopping.
Among them, 20 students were attached to our school to attend 2 days of programmes and lessons. They first toured our school, had a better view on the school environment before they met their buddies to join them in class. In the afternoon, rock climbing activity and a basketball friendly match were arranged for them. On their 2nd day in school, they had the opportunity to bake cookies and complete an Indian rangoli. They also visited the Malay and Tamil Cultural rooms to learn more about their culture.
At the end of the tour, Xi’An students had a better understanding of the Singapore culture and the school learning environment. Our students also played as good hosts to their buddies from Xi’An. It was indeed an enriching and enjoyable trip for all. A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed with the Xi’An 38 High School. We look forward to meeting them again in the near future.
Cultural Immersion Tour to Beijing & Xi’an 2007.
From 25 th May 2007 to 1 st June 2007, Outram Secondary School combined with Hillgrove Secondary School and went on a Cultural Immersion Educational Tour to Beijing & Xi’an. In Beijing , students went sightseeing and visited the Great Wall of China , Summer Palace , Tiananmen Square , Imperial Palace and the Temple of Heaven . In Xi’an , students also went sightseeing and visited Forest of Stone Steles Museum, Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Pits, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Ming Walls and Hua Qing Hot Spring. The highlight of the trip was the visit to Xi’an 38 High School and the 2-night home stay students spent with their China buddy.
At the end of the trip, our students widened their horizon, gained a better deeper understanding of China ’s development, had a better understanding of the Chinese culture and history, and developed a greater interest in the learning of Chinese language.
Chinese New Year Celebrations 2007.
On the 16th February, the Mother Tongue Department teachers and students from different ethnic groups put up a dazzling performance in the hall for the staff and students as well as senior citizens from the neighboring estates.
The concert started with a lively rendition of 《恭喜恭喜》. The second item was ‘Zodiac Super band’, a skit cum musical item performed by twelve students of different ethnic groups.The students mimic the 12 animals from the Chinese Zodiac groups to the laughter to the audience. The concert continued with two beautiful dance items, namely Nirmala, a Malay Dance and 《香扇挥挥喜迎春》put up by our award winning Dance club.
Mr Chan Wing Fong from the Kreta Ayer Senior Citizen Club wowed the audience with a classic Cantonese oldie. The audience were most impressed with the martial art performance 《刀光闪闪贺新年》 put up by David Gammon from Sec 3/4. . After the song items, our Chinese Orchestra performed 《大拜年》and《庙会. The concert lasted for about an hour and ended with a song item 《恭喜恭喜》by all the teachers accompanied by the our Chinese Orchestra.
Indian Cultural Carnival at NIE 2007
A group of us, 13 sec two and three TL students, from our school participated in the Indian Cultural Carnival organized by NIE on 24th March 2007. We set up booth on Indian Traditional Games. The objective of the carnival was to give hands- on experience to primary school pupils who visited the booth. About 300 primary pupils visited our booth. We engaged them by demonstrating the various Indian Traditional games. These games really fascinated them as we could see from the enthusiasm they displayed. We also prepared quiz sheets for these students. The questions were based on the games information charts we prepared.
Our booth was the most visited booth and we thoroughly enjoyed imparting information to the young children. It was a meaningful experience that we look forward to having again.
By Uma Theivi
Sec 2/4