Students Care Service

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Students Care Service
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Background Information

• Planning 3-Day Craft Workshop
• Total enrolment 13 kids
• Age 7 10 years old
• Some of these kids have learning difficulties,
  such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  (ADHD) and Dyslexia
• Each kid pays 2 for the 3-Day Programme

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Overview of Workshop

• Art and Craft Sessions
• Interactive Games
• Break Bites Preparing simple meals by themselves
• Sing-along Sessions

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Day 1

• Craft Bookmark and Mural
• Materials used Ice-cream sticks Macaroni
  (alphabets)Black Paper Crayon
• Break Bites Chocolate-dipped cookies
• IngredientsCookies and Melted Chocolate
• Games Win-lose-or-draw, Whacko
• Sing-along Session

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Day 1 - Reflection

• What we felt The kids are just like ordinary
  kids. At the end of the day, we discovered that
  indeed the kids do have some learning
  difficulties
• Some of them give up easily, and get frustrated
  if they are not able to complete the tasks.
• Some get distracted very easily, and cannot focus
  on completing their crafts.
• But by the end of the session, all the kids
  managed to produce the crafts.
• We can see that they enjoyed the break bites and
  doing the bookmarks very much.

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Day 2

• Craft Magazine Twirls and Collage
• Materials used MagazinesSatay SticksGlue
• Break Bites Peanut-butter and Jelly Sandwich
• IngredientsBread, Peanut Butter and Jam

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Day 2 - Reflection

• What we felt Communication-wise, there wasnt
  any problem, as we got to know them through Day
  1s experience.
• The crafts we did required more time and effort,
  but the children managed to finish them.
• We found out that some of the children have
  interest in doing crafts and are actually quite
  good at it.

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Day 3

• Craft Lanterns
• Materials used Crepe paper, wire, sticks, glue
  and magic pens
• Break Bites Fruit Salad (Fruits were brought by
  the children from home)
• Games Musical chairs, passing parcel
• Farewell session

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Day 3 - Reflection

• What we felt We felt touched that some of the
  kids wanted us to go back to conduct another
  session.
• Through the farewell session, we also found that
  they enjoyed the 3-day workshop very much.
• We felt quite sad that we had to say goodbye to
  them because we have built a good rapport with
  them.

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What we learnt

• We must know how to handle each and everyone of
  them because each child is unique.
• Some of them need a lot of attention and
  affirmation
• Some have a rigid mindset
• A few of them are very shy and tend to keep to
  themselves.

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What we learnt(cont)

• Even though there were 4 of us, we found it
  difficult to gain their attention and
  participation.
• Although they are not academically-inclined, they
  proved to be very good at crafts.
• The period of time is too short for us to
  understand them, in terms of their personalities
  and behaviors.

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What we learnt(cont)

• We should have implemented rules on the first day
  because some of them were misbehaving.
• We have to be stern with them at times.
• We lack fillers in the programme, and at some
  points of the workshop, we have to improvise our
  plan and make last-minute changes.

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Suggestions

• Always have a back-up plan
• Planning more fruitful activities, like outdoor
  games
• Find out more about the problem areas of these
  kids and be mentally prepared

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