Final Report and $$ issues

hey guys!

alvin and i went back to sch this afternoon to print and submit our report.. this is how our report looks like:

And focusing on the thickness:

And since ms liew is not in her ofc, this was wat we did to her ofc door after leaving the report in the CNM office:

And our treasurer asked me to give her the cost breakdown of e report as she gonna deduct a share from each of the 20 bucks that everyone gave her. So here's e breakdown:

$8.45- Report (Just the text alone)--> Alvin

$0.90- References--> Alvin

$0.60- Saammmiky Logo--> Alvin

$0.45- Contents Page--> Alvin

$6.00- Coloured photos in the report--> Alvin

$3.00- Binding--> Alvin

$ 2.05- Non coloured appendices--> Meihui (Tan)

$10.80- Coloured appendices--> Meihui (Tan)

$0.60- Cover page--> Meihui (Tan)

$0.80- Blue file for extra appendices--> Meihui (Tan)

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Total Cost of our report: $33.65

Cost per person: $3.70

so minghui, after u become filthy rich (haha) when we get the money from hpb, u return $ 16.30 to those who gave u $20. Then return $35.70 to Alvin (cos he paid $19.40 for the report then minus his share of $3.70 den plus his $20). For me will be $30.55. See i so nice calculate for u, cos i know ya maths is.. erm.. haha u noe i noe la..but pls check again too.. cos my maths may be ermm..ya know? As for those whom u owe them money or they owe u money, u go calculate yourself ya =p

and the final report is 248 pages= 160, 000 words (according to alvin)!

great work guys =)

cheers!

Meihui (Tan)

Accounts

To satisfy Shaun's curiosity... n to make accounts clear to everyone anyway...

Here's the expenditure for Nutrilicious

Yi Eng
A3 Nutrilicious Poster -- $8.55

Alvin
Paper Plates -- $17
(Please let me know how many packs u bought. not reflected on receipt. thanks)
Rubber stamps -- $20+
(Alvin ah... u haven passed me the receipts lei...)

Shaun
Bread + Lettuce +Cucumber + Pineapples + Serviettes + CHicken luncheon -- $$161.55
2 mural boards + 2 mural colour papers -- $$5.80

Minghui
Tuna + Cheese + Ketchup + Eggs + Capsicum + Fish Burger + misc logistics (alum. tray, containers, lunch bags etc) -- $134.32

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Our team started with S$180 (S$20 contribution by everyone).
Before Nutrilicious, accounts was in deficit S$3.18

Currently... it is deficit S$303.40 (not taking into account Alvin's rubber stamps yet)

Which means... I have not been reimbursing you all anymore for all expenditures in Nutrilicious.

So our team has spent a grand total of S$483.40 w/o rubber stamps yet.

Anyone else bought stuffs and have not passed me receipts??? Please do so.... =) Yea that's all.

Session 6 preview video

Hey just a preview.. so you all know what's in the video.. ignore all the undone part cos its still work in progress.. anyway added some stuff for session 5.. minus some for session 4..

By the way to the writers team.. two girls actually volunteered to give out the leftover HPB brochures to classes.. which is pretty good :)

Sandwich Making 1 Ingredients

Fruits/Vegetables:

Lettuce
Cucumber
Pineapple
Capsicum

Fillings:

Fried Egg (unhealthy)
Boiled Egg (healthy)
Chicken Burger Patty (more fats)
Turkey Ham (less fat)
Chicken Ham (processed meat not very healthy)
Tuna in Olive Oil (healthy)
Cheese (essential for kids to get more calcium -- we bought the REDUCED FAT cheese)

Sauces:

Ketchup
Mayo Lite (97% fat free)

think u can write the aim of this event as teaching the kids to make better choices. like choose to eat in moderation. eg. i like chicken ham but i put in cheese and more vege to create a balanced diet. and dont eat ham everyday cuz it's processed meat. and expose children to eating vegetables. eg. my video included the clip where nicholas was trying our sandwich that had the evil capsicum that most kids din like... but he liked it!

Conversation with Teachers

Raphael (Canteen Teacher - In - Charge)

Organization of Canteen

• Vendors function independently
• Not used to collaboration

Operation of Canteen Committee

• Decide on choice of food to be sold at stall
• Normally, it is the vendor who initiate the things they want to sell; while the school takes a passive role in accepting/rejecting the choice of food
• Discussion on selling more veggies/fruits
• To reach the HPB standard

Comments from teacher IC

• Price and business is important
• Collaboration for set lunches (fruits + main dish) seems improbable in the long run as pricing, consignments will become an issue
• Most students do not like fruits and veggies; past attempts to include a wider variety of fruits is not working as vendors have trouble selling off all the fruits they imported; this makes it less cost-effective for them

Recommendations

• It is not feasible for set lunches to be implemented due to the inherent structure of the canteen
• However, the school can take a more proactive role in initiating type of food allowed to be sold: More veggies etc in existing dishes
• With regards to fruits, teachers can conduct a mini-survey in each class to get a general feel of what fruits students would like to have (Raphael felt that this is possible to be implemented) --> Have a one day special fruits promotion

Gary Lim (PE HOD and Health Coordinator)

Exercising Machines

• Placed there two years ago
• Students were informed that they can use the machines through PE lessons; but they were not taught to use them
• Machines will not be repaired or replaced as they are not malfunctioning
• Rollers etc. are functioning properly; the cycling machines are the only ones with the problem, but they are not spoilt, just not "functioning properly" as the amount of pressure in the rides cannot be adjusted
• The initial objective is to have students use them during recess
• According to Gary, there is always a common group of students around the machines
• Cycling machines seems to be most popular among the kids (first one to be slightly not functioning)

Better incorporation into the curriculum

• Asked Gary about the feasibility of teaching students to use the machines better during PE; and incorporate it as part of lesson plan
• He thinks that this is a feasible way of better educate students in the use of machines

Thatz it for now.

Suggestions for proposal

Hi audrey & kate,

This is what I've written in the chapter 2 report, but I will make any changes according to the proposal you will be submitting to the teacher-in-charge. These are my suggested solutions which you may consider when writing the proposal (in bold). Do email me the proposal asap after you've written so that I can weave the proposal points into chapter 2 and 3. Thanks a lot!

(A) Within the school
(i) Exercise machines
Through our conversations with the students, the exercise machines outside the school hall were placed there since February this year but are no longer in working condition now. Such exercise machines are highly beneficial to the students’ health but it is disappointing that students are unable to use the machines.

Suggested solutions:
Our project team will submit a proposal to the teacher-in-charge to look into the issue of repairing the treadmill machines and encourage safety usage of it.

Analysis of findings about the food sold in the school canteen

· Unhealthy food
Junk food such as potato chips, twisties, salty or sweet tibits are sold in the first stall. Fattening and unhealthy food such as laksa, luncheon meat, chicken satay are sold too.

· Vegetables
Our team found out that there is only one stall selling vegetables in the school canteen and the stall is closed for a period of time. No salad is being sold too and there does not seem to be any vegetables in other dishes sold.

· Fruits
Only one stall sells fruits such as papayas, watermelons, pineapples and honeydews. From one of our sessions, we found out that the students complained that the prices of the fruits were rather expensive even though each slice of fruit costs 30 cents. The students explained that they did not have pocket money left after buying a main course or bread during recess. The students also said that they did not like the variety of fruits offered in the school canteen. This may prove to contradict with the school’s support of the “Fruittie Veggie Bites” campaign.

Suggested solutions:
· There is a need for the project team to teach the students about making healthy choices on food and also about moderation when eating less healthy food.

· The project team will look into this issue by discussing with the teacher-in-charge on the following feasible solutions to the lack of vegetables sold in the school canteen as well as the lack of interest in purchasing the fruits.

· Suggested solutions to be raised during meeting with the teacher representing the canteen stall keepers:
1) Encouraging the stall keepers to include more vegetables in the dishes.
2) Introduce salads as a meal item
3) Incorporating small slices of fruits into main meals to encourage the purchasing of fruits
4) Implement a fruits-eating programme that encourages students to consume at least one whole fruit per day or week.

Cheers,
MeiHui (Chen)

Meeting with Ms Liew

Hello peeps,

I've just went to meet Ms Liew today to ask her about her comments on our report. We sent her softcopy and she actually printed all out to paste notes and comments on the report. There are quite a number of stuff to change and edit in Chapter 1 and 2, but chapter 3 is alright. We need to do a more detailed environmental scanning of the canteen food. She also wants to know who is in charge of the maintenance of the treadmills. Other changes to be made to report include:
- a more detailed elaboration on 'own it, share it, learn it'
- linking theories to application to our case
- making recommendations on dates
-explanation on the sequence of ice-breaking, learning and education

Etc...etc...etc...too lazy to pen down everything...there are many nitty gritty details we will need to look into and edit. I will bring the report tml to share it with the writing team..... Jia you!

Cheers,
MeiHui (Chen)

Saammmiky 10 Min Video Sample

Sample for session one. Hope I got all the names correct.



Session two



Session three



Session four



Session five

i would go for the unfulfilment of some of the things under limitations - time constraint, not able to link up with the parental groups fast enough, costing, as well as down-scaling of program thus only involving 1 group (instead of across level, so the trophy idea was scrapped as at this stage, it wasnt cost-effective to make a trophy n jus for display, they can make it the next time they want to execute it across level)...

cos looking at the various grps for sustainability, we are looking more at the school context - the students, teachers, canteen owners.. maybe this is why parents are sidelined. but cld suggest that reaching out to the parents would be the next step of the program, other than integrating into the sch syallabus n making it across level)...

hope these help... =p

Sustainability issues

hey all,

was writing sustainability part of the report then realised that a lot of the things which we had initially discussed wasnt fulfilled..

our sustainability framework:

Students
- tool kit- change to sandwich builder?
- collar pin (No more)

onli sandwich builder?any other points i left out??

Teachers (this section is quite ok)
- training videos, report, prog booklet, hpb proposal

School
- Strat week outcomes
-class competition (challenge trophy) (No more)

will need to wait for strat week.

School subsidiaries
-canteen committee

will need to wait for the meeting with canteen ppl.

parents
- parent support group to help (No more)

so parents dont have a role? other than helping the kids with the sandwich preparation and monitoring their diet etc--> but how we gonna 'educate' the parents to pay more attention to their kids' diets?

need some help on this. thanks =)

Meihui (tan)

Stomp Aids Rockfestz

What is better than a good ol' game of twister? ;)

TMH the "traffic director"

Shaun and Yi Eng - hands all over

Shaun, Yi Eng, CMH - on your fours, ready, GO!

yupz, n here's all the pics i took that nite.

Great job, irene n ur team! ;)

n wat a feat, fellow protestors! hahhaa...