Saammmiky!: ACS Barker... The lone journey

Hey fellas,

Just went to ACS Barker for a presentation. Here's Mr Yong Ming I talked to.

Man their school is gorgeous! Huge spaces, water features, looks nothing like a school. More like a Chalet. Anyways, the response from ACS was excellent. They are really keen. However, the problems come with us having this module so late in the course. School's aren't able to readjust their timetables so that we can have a 2hr session during the school curriculum periods. Lessons learnt from the teacher who was the health coordinator. Things they liked were the bottom up approach as well as the leadership development issue. Ah, but I digress.

The lessons learnt....
Sustainability is key! Importantly we need to pull in all publics, this includes the schools teachers, the principle and the other publics in the school. So ideally, a school is like a sand box, after each batch, they try to upgrade where possible for better health and psychological wellness, based on the programs developed by the students. A good suggestion that came about was that if this was really successful, that a level event could be held and I suggested to have each class room convert their class room to a mini exhibition to promote ownership.

It would be great and for importance of sustainability for the Principle to go around and award the best class with the "world cup trophy" I mentioned. We need to work on sustainability issues! It would be fantastic if we could make this program instead of it being a EXTRA curricula activity to have it incorporated into the school curriculum. It is important for not only the students learn, but for the parents, school and all parties involved be a part of and endorse the program for it to be truly sustainable.

Anyway, here are some pictures taken.