Ice breaker - Poncho in the middle and calling out names.
The class starts at 1.30pm today, with 23 students altogether. Because of the new arrival, an ice breaker game was introduced to get them to familiarize with the names of one another.
The ice breaker:
1. Divides students into two groups
2. A poncho was placed in the middle so that the two groups cannot see each other
3. The facilitator ask questions such as "who in the team has the longest hair?"
4. Each team needs to find a representative without letting the other side knows
4. The team will then have to shout out the name of the representative when the poncho is lowered.
Kate's thoughts:
The ice breaker went on well, though it might not be a very active game. Facilitation was not tough, maybe because it was a hot afternoon.
There was only an instance when two boys (Nicholas and Makesh) were fighting over some card stickers. Apart from that, I would say the game went well.
Yi Eng's Thoughts
I think the game went pretty well. Some of the quieter ones were also pushed to participate in the game by their peers when they are the only one for that category. Everyone was pretty noisy.
*realised my previous additions were all gone.. O_o nvm. i would agree that the game got the students to work tgt n like wat yi eng mentioned, how they would select the most suitable candidate n thru this, all got a chance to play.
Focus group - Pictures Guessing Game
Students were shown pictures of different objects namely:
1. Hamburger
2. Milk
3. Mario
4. Salad
5. Brushing teeth
6. Potato Chips
7. Computer
8. Water bottle
While one student will hold the placard over his/her head (not knowing what the item is), the other students should help the student in the guessing.
Objectives:
- Make associations with the random items shown on the picture
- The randomness is to assure that we do not have a too narrow focus on food and nutriention alone.
The game did not go accordingly as students (from Xiao Meihui and my group) saw the picture even before hand. (Haha I agree. Think the paper was too thin). Nevertheless, we still retrieve some information from the kids.
Overall, their knowledge of the objects shown are good. It also illuminates certain perceptions of the objects shown.
For an instance:
COMPUTER - A girl said that she uses it everyday. For my group, a girl and a boy said they used 3hrs a day, another girl as long as she like, and a boy for one hr a day when his computer was not spoilt. They mostly use it to play games like Audition, Maple, offline games (some dont have internet connection) etc. As for projects, they sometimes do use computers for them but it is not often. For my group, i realised some differences btw the 2 genders. the 2 gals in my team said that they used computer for onli 1hr per day while the 3 boys said that they can use computer up to 7-8hrs per day, and one even said that he can use 24 hrs! all of them use it for games and not projects. when i asked them if their parents will scold them for using the computer for so long, they said no! their parents wont stop them at all..
MARIO - Everyone knows who mario is. When asked how many play computer games, all the boys and 1 girl in the group does. yup my group too. all of them played before n the 2 boys - jester and marquis (ignore the wrong sp) - even play warcraft. think their level of knowledge of computer games is pretty high.
SALAD - Students say that this is not sold in school. A girl reacts with "yucks" when asked whether she likes it. Haha one guy say he likes salad but does not know how to make it. my group (with eleanor) cldnt make out the pictures. some said spaghetti. could be their exposure to salad varieties are limited... Same thing, the 2 gals in my team like salad. But the boys.. haiz..they dont eat salad at all.. unless it is coated with mayonaise!!
WATER BOTTLE - Generally, students in the group bring a water bottle to school. This is good for the eight hours a day requirement. water bottle is a parent initiated idea, so when some of them lost it, there is no desire to replace it. Oh, for water bottle, i think there's quite a worrying trend. most of them said that they drink 1 bottle per day or sometimes even less than 1 bottle. they prefer sweet drinks/ soft drinks than water. even the 2 gals who i find quite 'healthy' from previous questions said that they find water plain and bland and yucky.. so when they are thirsty, they will drink soft drinks, and when they get thirsty again cos of the sweet drinks, they will drink sweet drinks again.. they jus refuse to drink plain water!
POTATO CHIPS - Students expressed that they like it very much. mine too, rem lai ling saying that she eats it regularly (looking at her size, its believable) yes, most of the kids in my grp like potato chips!
HAMBURGER - Mixed reaction. Some say they like some say they dont like.
the 2 gals mentioned she eat hamburger once a week, for the guys 3 times a week. and one boy said that he live western food and not hamburger??!! he said hamburger is unhealthy so he dun like. i ask him y he find hamburger unhealthy but dun find western food unhealthy.. and he was like.. errr... i dun noe leh.. i jus like western food..
MILK - My group like milk a lot. One guy say he drinks it everyday. Jess asked them if the school orders milk for them but they say dont have. mine had mixed reaction.
some of them said they drink milk once a day in the morning. some picky ones said they only drink flavoured milk like strawberry milk etc cos they taste better. n one boy even said he drink durian milk..?? i asked him where did he get such a weird kind of milk. he said his parents just use durian and use blender to make durian milk for him.. yucks. n one boy said he dun drink milk cos he see it as cow's urine..
Others - Hmm I asked them if they ate breakfast - 2 did not & 3 did eat bread. They normally had their breakfast during recess time which is around 9am. As for lunch, some did not eat lunch at all (wonder how they survive?). 2 ate chicken rice, 1 drank slurpee (he doesnt eat in school), 1 fasting and the other didnt eat. Also some said they like fries. Since the school dont sell them now, they buy from outside.
Although nothing is definite or conclusive, it does show areas of common problems that we can address. I do think that meals might be a problem - eating at the correct time / eating the correct type of food.
Break
Boxes Game
1. Four squares are taped on the floor
2. Answers to questions are placed in the four different squares (e.g. KFC, Macdonalds, Long John Silver, Burger King)
3. Facilitator will then ask questions "What fastfood do you like to eat the most?"
4. Students will then rush to the box of their choice.
Topics include sleeping hours, TV programmes, food eaten during recess and fastfood eaten
This is a bit messy as the boxes quite small to squeeze everyone in. It is quite hard to see how many students in each box too. Maybe we should have separated the squares like we did for volcano game so that it is easier to see how many are in each boxes. Also some of them we were shoved out of the 'hot' boxes just went to other boxes.
One thing we got from this is that some students do not eat during recess (other than fasting). Like this guy Kate asked, he said that instead of spending on food to eat, he actually saved the money up.
yes i would agree that it is a little messy. my fault that the planning didnt forsee this. from here, i realised they enjoy prize-motivated game - sad to say so - and they can entertain themselves pretty well.
here are some observations i took down during the game 9based on agaration cos quite hard to make out how many ppl are there in each square:
Sleeping time- most of them sleep ard 10pm-11pm. (girls esp).. Some boys were in the 'others' box and some shouted they slept onli ard 3am.
TV channels- Alot of them like cartoons! Few like channel 8 and U. some said they like kids central and less than said that they watched sports progs.
Lunch- Most had chinese food. very few ate malay food and 2 chose indian food. 6 of them were in snacks box.
Fav fastfood- Most like Mac and KFC. as compared to long john and BK.
Envelope Game
1. Students were given envelopes to wear on their hands.
2. They will then collect signatures and answers from their friends when being asked questions
3. Students who collect the most names will get a reward.
Topics covered: Dinner/Like/dislike food/Outdoor Sports
I leave the last two sessions to be elaborated by Audrey. Haha...
Generally the game went pretty well but some groups tend to stick together. Others just shout across the room and wrote answers themselves, instead of interacting by writing on each other's envelope. But some of them approached the facilitators and asked us, so I feel that is pretty good :)
We should have split the envelope into four distinct columns, because most students fail to understand the instruction of having to divide the answers according to questions. Hence we fail to gather the data we would like to collect since we cant differentiate btwn answers for the food questions. But Audrey said that the data could be used another way - to see what kind of food they are generally exposed to. But I think we havent collated data on that yet.
the envelops are with me, so i ll get down to it and hopefully we haf some useful data.
Others
1. We had to move from the fundamental room to the library games room halfway due to a dance class occupying the former. The 2nd room is much smaller and hence I feel it restricts movement. Also the room is much hotter. If I am not wrong, we will use that room every Wednesday.
i think this is an important point to note. one suggestion is to stack the tables, instead of jus shifting to one side. or maybe fold them up, if possible.
2. Not enough facilitators. We had 4 groups and 6 facilitators. Some groups had 2 facilitators. Was facilitating a group for the picture game so did not take much photos.
yesterday not in good condition, cldnt count.. -_-
3. Some students rather shy in front of the camera/vcam. Generally the environment quite noisy, not very sure about the sound pick up. May be hard to interview. One girl just totally dao us when me & Jess tried to interview her. Then when interviewing guy, all other guys come and disturb.
i was suggesting using less intrusive methods like digital cams..
Kate
Yi Eng
Audrey
& The Photos!
Showing the things they like from the picture game.(upload more photos another time. connection somehow vv slow)
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