ACM Enchanting Learning Experience –Chinese Scholar Gallery

NUR IRDINA (5 RESPECT)

ZHANG HERAN (5 RESPECT)

AMIRAH ASHFAA (5 EMPATHY)

P. TANUSH (5 EMPATHY)

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Content1.Introduction

2.Rationale

3.Background

4.Our Project

5.Our Targets

6.Our Project Development

7.Solution Innovation

8.Project Results

9.Problems & solutions

10.Our Reflections

11.Moving Forward

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Introduction

Group Formation•Selected by our respective Form Teacher•Enthusiasm to join the ACM team•Showed our interest to do something for our

younger peers•Wanted to learn more about the its history•Assigned to different roles according to our strength

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Introduction - Rationale

•To contribute to society by giving the opportunity forparent-child bonding through engaging and innovativeWOW activities while they know more about thehistory of Chinese Scholar

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Introduction - Our StakeholdersStakeholders Potential impact on stakeholders

All members

• able to use the Design Thinking skills and various other skills that we have learnt

• able to design and create interactive and engaging activities for our Primary 3 parents and

pupils.

Primary 3 pupils

• able to learn something new apart from their usual classroom lesson

• able to learn about the resilience of the Chinese scholars when they were studying to become

scholars

Parents of primary

3 pupils

• able to spend quality time with their child and bond with them through the activities

conducted

• able to see that learning can take place anywhere

Teachers

• able to gain knowledge from the information that we provide

• able to see positive changes in their pupils in terms of resilience and being leaders of

characters

School Leaders

• able to interact with the pupils more closely

• able to to give the feedback directly to the pupils

ACM/ ACM Personnel

• able to receive more visitors

• able to change the mind set of some of the pupils who feel that museums are boring

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Background

•The Chinese Scholars needed to master these4 Academics before they graduate to becomescholars.

•4 Academics are:

Qi Academics – Strategy Academics

Shu Academics – Calligraphy Academics

Hua Academics – Painting Academics

Qin Academics – Music Academics

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Our Project

No. Questions Yes No

General

1 Have heard about Chinese Scholar Gallery in ACM? 1

(1.4%)

69

(98.6%)

2 Would you like to visit the gallery and learn about the Chinese Scholar? 41

(58.6%)

20

(41.4%)

RESULTS OF OUR PUPILS SURVEY

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Our Project

CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAM TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSES

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Our Project

5 WHYS TO ANALYSE THE FINAL ROOT CAUSE

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Our Project1.Music

3 Chinese scholars enjoy music. Do you enjoy music? 53

(75.7%)

17

(24.3%)

4 Chinese scholars learn to make music. Would you like to make or create your own music? 44

(62.9%)

26

(37.1%)

RESULTS OF OUR PUPILS SURVEY

No. Questions Yes No

1 Do you think poems and Music can be combined in our activity? 30

(100%)

0

2 Do you think that P3 pupils would enjoy making music using household items? 28

(90%)

2

(10%)

3 Do you think that making music in ACM gallery would be fun? 27

(90%)

3

(10%)

4 Would making music with parents give an opportunity for parent-child bonding? 30

(100%)

0

RESULTS OF OUR PARENTS AND TEACHERS SURVEY

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Our TargetsGoals Target

Target

(%)

School Vision

(V)

School Mission

(M)

School Values

(V)

Strategic

ThrustsMotivated

Learners

Critical

Thinkers

Leaders of

Characters

Lifelong

learners

Responsible

CitizensWise Enterprising Gracious Responsible Resilient Open 1 2 3 5

ACM

E1 –

To Educate

Engaging our pupils

as well as the

parents to

appreciate historical

bearing on

character

development.

80

Reinforcing of

school values: Wise,

Enterprise,

Gracious,

Responsible,

Resilience, Open

(WEGR2O)

80

E2 –

To Enrich

I’ve enjoyed myself

in the learning

journey.

80

E3 –

To Entertain

Providing an

opportunity for

parents to bond

with their children

and to be involved

in their learning.

80

Fostering a stronger

relationship

between parents

and their children.

80

LINKAGE OF TARGETS TO SCHOOL VMV AND GOALS

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Our TargetsGoals Target

Target

(%)

School Vision

(V)

School Mission

(M)

School Values

(V)

Strategic

ThrustsMotivated

Learners

Critical

Thinkers

Leaders of

Characters

Lifelong

learners

Responsible

CitizensWise Enterprising Gracious Responsible Resilient Open 1 2 3 5

PW PW grades

Planning and

Thinking Process80

Teamwork 80

Product 80

Oral Presentation 80

LLP

C1 - Curiosity

ST1 KPI 2.1e %

pupils achieve B

for Curiosity

75

C2 -

Confidence

ST2 KPI 1.5 %

pupils achieve B

for Confidence

75

C3 -

Cooperation

ST3 PI 1.1.2 %

pupils achieve B

for Cooperation

75

LINKAGE OF TARGETS TO SCHOOL VMV AND GOALS

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Our Project Development

FLOWCHART ON STEPS IN DESIGN THINKING

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Our Project DevelopmentSteps How we implemented the steps

Emphatise

Conducted surveys with target audience to understand their wants

and needs.

Conducted presentations with parents to attain feedback and

improve our ideas

Define Identified root problems through questioning

Ideate

(Brainstorm)

Brainstormed for ideas on how our target audience will be able to

have an Educational, Enriching and Entertaining trip to the

museum

Prototype & Test

Experimented on various household items to be used to create

music

Came up with a variety of poems

DESIGN THINKING STEPS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STEPS TABLE

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Our Project Development

Calligraphy

Academic

Use calligraphy

brush to copy a

poem

Create a poem

Match poems to

the respective

academics

Arrange words

to form a poem

and recite it

BRAINSTORMING TEMPLATE TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

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Our Project Development

BRAINSTORMING TEMPLATE TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Music Academic

Make

a musical

instrument

to create music

Create music using

household items

as musical

instruments

Use music app on

iPad to create

music

Learn to play

a musical

instrument

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Our Project Development

No. Criteria StatementsC1 provide interaction opportunities between child and parent

C2 use materials which are low cost and allowed in the museum

C3 not time consuming

C4 teach pupils skills to be used in the future

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Our Project Development

No.Criteria

SolutionC1 C2 C3 C4 Total

1. Create a poem 4 4 1 3 12

2. Use calligraphy brush to copy a poem 4 1 3 2 10

3. Match poems to the respective academics 4 4 3 1 12

4. Arrange words to form a poem and recite it 4 4 3 3 14

Music Academic

No.Criteria

SolutionC1 C2 C3 C4 Total

1. Learn to play a musical instrument 2 1 1 4 8

2. Use music app on iPad to create music 3 3 1 3 10

3. Make a musical instrument to create music 4 2 1 4 11

4.Create music using household items as

musical instruments4 4 4 4 16

Calligraphy Academic

GRID ANALYSIS OF CRITERIA SETTING

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Our Project DevelopmentStakeholders Feedback

School Leaders

+ audience have an opportunity to recite the poem to the

music that they have created using household items

- alet the child bond with their parents first before combining

into a bigger group.

- ashould have more than one poem for the entire activity

ACM Personnel

+ innovative because never seen such activities conducted in

the gallery

- ahousehold items that we have chosen for the activity

created sounds that are almost similar

- look for household items which would produce tingling

sound and higher pitch

FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS

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Our Project Development

OUR ACM PW GANTT CHART

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Our Project DevelopmentDuration Activity

2 mins Welcome note (Mdm Junainah)

15 mins

Gallery tour with audience:

Shu Academics – Calligraphy (Heran)

Qin Academics – Music (Irdina)

Qi Academics – Strategy (Tanush)

Hua Academics – Painting (Ashfaa)

4 mins

Activity briefing

Activity briefing – Poem (Ashfaa)

Activity briefing – Music (Irdina)

Preparing activity materials (Tanush and Heran)

Issuing group stickers (Mdm Junainah)

20 mins

Activity and testing (pupils and parents)

Arranging words to form poem

Reciting poem to the created music using household items provided

Facilitate and assist any pairs that needed assistance. (respective area pupil facilitators)

Reminding pupils and parents to refer to the guidelines in the ACM LJ booklet

Demonstrating the way to use the household items to produce sounds

2 mins Activity closure (all facilitator)

WORKFLOW OF ACTIVITIES FOR GALLERY

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Solution Innovation

Innovative because:

•no other group has incorporated poem which is part of English Language and Music that can be related to the ACM gallery

•uses household items that are easy to get at home

•activity instantly made the gallery come to life

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Solution Innovation

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Project Results - Achievement

Pupil and parents playing the

music that they have created

Parent-child bonding

during the arranging words

to form poem activity Parent-child happy faces

after completing

the activity

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Project Results - AchievementGoals Item Target

Target

(%)

Results

(%)

Alignment

to ST

1 2 3 5

ACM

E1 –

To Educate

Engaging our pupils as well as the parents to appreciate

historical bearing on character development.80 100

Reinforcing of school values: Wise, Enterprise, Gracious,

Responsible, Resilience, Open (WEGR2O)80 100

E2 –

To EnrichI’ve enjoyed myself in the learning journey. 80 100

E3 –

To Entertain

Providing an opportunity for parents to bond with their

children and to be involved in their learning.80 100

Fostering a stronger relationship between parents and

their children.80 100

PW PW grades

Planning and Thinking Process 80 93

Teamwork 80 100

Product 80 100

Oral Presentation 80 94

LLP

C1 - Curiosity ST1 KPI 2.1e % pupils achieve B for Curiosity 75 96

C2 -Confidence ST2 KPI 1.5 % pupils achieve B for Confidence 75 93

C3 - Cooperation ST3 PI 1.1.2 % pupils achieve B for Cooperation 75 97

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Project Results – Impact on StakeholdersStakeholders Potential impact on stakeholders

All members

• created meaningful activities that incorporates music and we WOW activity that both parent

and child enjoyed doing together

Primary 3 pupils

• would be able to do the activity again at home with the other family members

• demonstrated resilience when creating the music

Parents of primary

3 pupils

• parents saw the school’s effort to encourage family bonding and would give their full support

to all school’s programmes in the future

Teachers• Music or English Language teachers could make use of our activity as part of their lesson

School Leaders

• Prepared us for the future by equipping us with the life-long skills such as Design thinking tool

• raise the school’s image as visitors to the museum stood around to look at our activities and

listened to our presentations during the gallery tour

ACM/ ACM Personnel

• activity brought the gallery to life and it was witnessed by parents and the members of public

• Members of public were able to see ACM’s partnering schools

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Project Results –Impact on School

School’s VMV Potential impact on stakeholders

Motivated Learners

• pupils and parents took part actively in our activity and recite the poem to the

music that they have created together

• worked well together as a pair and as a group

• our team encouraged each other and helped one another to complete the project

• we faced the obstacles together and were willing to learn whatever we could

through this project

• PW cost savings

Critical thinkers

• pupils were able to choose from the limited resources given to them which were the

household item to produce the appropriate sound that they wanted

• think on our feet at that point of time and adapting to challenges

Leaders of

Character

• pupils displayed good behaviour at the museum.

• displayed sportsmanship they presented their music piece as a group

• our team also showed leadership when we led the Primary 3 pupils and their

parents

• we learnt to be patient and caring to the people who visited our galleries

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Problems and Solutions

• To have a longer gallery tour add more short stories that we have learnt

• Pupils only copied the poem that they have successfully arranged provide them with the other jumbled poems from other

groups

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Our Reflections –Irdina

• built confidence

• learnt to be more responsible and resilient.

• wiser in making decisions

Heran• was able to catch up with the rest despite of being sick on the

first two days of the presentation

• helpful members

• become a more resilient, open and responsible person

• more willing to make new friends with pupils from other classand races

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Our Reflections –Ashfaa

• gained more confidence

• do not feel nervous anymore

• become wiser in making decision

Tanush• a more open person

• more confident to make more new friends

• enjoyed learning the proper ways to present in front of a crowd

• aloof at the very beginning but my team members guided mealong

• gained more confidence when presenting

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Teacher Advisor Reflection

• more confident when presenting in front of a big crowd

• portrayed school values - more resilient in dealing withproblems

• take feedback positively

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P3 Pupils’ Reflections –

Aditi P. (3 Progress)• a band playing the music

• enjoyed myself

• first time doing an activity in amuseum with my mum whodoes not quite like music

• the best thing about the ACMLearning journey was that I gotto have a bonding session withmy mum

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P3 Pupils’ Reflections –

Lutfan Amsyar Saiful Bahri(3 Innovation)

• happy because I got to learn toplay with household items

• used recycled plastic bottles toplay music with my siblings

• managed to complete activity withmy mum’s help

• love to make music with my mumbecause we had never done thatkind of activity before

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P3 Parents’ Reflections –Mrs Hermantino (Mother of Nurul Syafirin from 3 Progress)• learnt the importance of teamwork and communication in order for the

activity to be done easily

Mrs Tan (Mother of Edmund Tan from 3 Innovation)• enjoyed learning the different sounds produced from the different

household items

Mrs Anand (Mother of Arvint from 3 Innovation)• activities has made her understand her son’s behaviour and interest

better

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Moving Forward

• next group of pupil facilitators could explore other subjects thatcould be linked together that ties in with the history of theirgallery.

• our reflections and experiences could be documented for thefuture ACM PW pupils to read on

• invited us to share our experiences with next group of pupilfacilitators

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Pupils and Parents Group Presentation Video

Chinese calligraphy done with a brush,

Learnt by all the scholars from a teacher;

Beautiful characters written without a rush,

To express scholars poetic nature.

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