Students Take Up Aeromodelling, Bonsai Planting As Part Of CCAs
SINGAPORE : Schools are updating their co-curricular activities to teach students valuable life lessons beyond the classroom.
Flying miniature aeroplanes takes skill, teamwork and dedication.
But it is the practical nature of this CCA that got students hooked.
Tiffany Alice Ramalingam, Member of Aeromodelling Club at Northbrooks Secondary School, said: "The one thing I enjoy is building the plane because it always makes me use my hands and I like to work with my hands a lot."
Aviation design and art are taught through building and painting scaled-down models of real-life planes.
Northbrooks is one of 21 schools in Singapore offering aeromodelling as one of its CCAs.
And staff say normal and technical stream students thrive in this hands-on learning environment.
Chua Sau Chuan, Head of Aeromodelling CCA at Northbrooks Secondary School, said: "After they get involved in this CCA, we see a lot of changes in them. They take things more seriously, especially they take their own initiative to come down to the workshop and build their planes by themselves."
The club's high-fliers now compete at the national level and the school hopes it could eventually lead to jobs in the aviation industry.
Even beginners can manage a lap on their own with some good training.
At Hua Yi Secondary School, students are kept busy looking after more than 200 bonsai trees.
The school started the garden in 1968 as part of the government's "Use Your Hands Campaign" and some of the trees are more than 30 years old.
Kong Yen Fong, Principal of Hua Yi Secondary School, said: "They require a lot of tender loving care, so in the course of their CCAs they have to put in a lot of time and effort nurturing the plants, and we hope that along the way they learn to appreciate patience, perseverance and commitment in completing tasks."
The students use their artistic eye to shape the trees and the unusual miniatures draw in members.
Debra Cheah, Chairman of Bonsai Club at Hua Yi Secondary School, said: "I was curious as it Is a different CCA from other schools. It is not sports, and I love plants and science."
With all the green fingers hard at work, the bonsai garden has a good chance of thriving for another 30 years. - CNA/de
Flying miniature aeroplanes takes skill, teamwork and dedication.
But it is the practical nature of this CCA that got students hooked.
Tiffany Alice Ramalingam, Member of Aeromodelling Club at Northbrooks Secondary School, said: "The one thing I enjoy is building the plane because it always makes me use my hands and I like to work with my hands a lot."
Aviation design and art are taught through building and painting scaled-down models of real-life planes.
Northbrooks is one of 21 schools in Singapore offering aeromodelling as one of its CCAs.
And staff say normal and technical stream students thrive in this hands-on learning environment.
Chua Sau Chuan, Head of Aeromodelling CCA at Northbrooks Secondary School, said: "After they get involved in this CCA, we see a lot of changes in them. They take things more seriously, especially they take their own initiative to come down to the workshop and build their planes by themselves."
The club's high-fliers now compete at the national level and the school hopes it could eventually lead to jobs in the aviation industry.
Even beginners can manage a lap on their own with some good training.
At Hua Yi Secondary School, students are kept busy looking after more than 200 bonsai trees.
The school started the garden in 1968 as part of the government's "Use Your Hands Campaign" and some of the trees are more than 30 years old.
Kong Yen Fong, Principal of Hua Yi Secondary School, said: "They require a lot of tender loving care, so in the course of their CCAs they have to put in a lot of time and effort nurturing the plants, and we hope that along the way they learn to appreciate patience, perseverance and commitment in completing tasks."
The students use their artistic eye to shape the trees and the unusual miniatures draw in members.
Debra Cheah, Chairman of Bonsai Club at Hua Yi Secondary School, said: "I was curious as it Is a different CCA from other schools. It is not sports, and I love plants and science."
With all the green fingers hard at work, the bonsai garden has a good chance of thriving for another 30 years. - CNA/de
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