2 Programmes + 2 Awesome Schools in March 2008

Trybe brought two brand new programmes on 4th march & 8th march 2008.One was the Personal Effectiveness Workshop for Secondary 3 students of Bukit View Secondary School and the other was the Leadership Program for the class committee members of Tanjong Katong Secondary School.

Personal Effectiveness Workshop @ Bukit View Secondary School (March 04)
While traveling in Dy’s car we(The guys) were slightly lost around Jurong East area but luckily we had Steven Junior’s GPS Navigator phone to located our way to Bukit View Secondary School. The students were all taught how to cope with stress with their prior knowledge of their DISC profile as students with different DISC profile have different ways of coping with stress. “Strongman” challenge was also introduced in the program, a student from every class had to flex their muscles while carrying a dumbbell. After all the engaging activities in the classes the participants enjoyed a wonderful success story skit done up by some of our very own volunteers. Great job to everyone!!!





Leadership Program @ Tanjong Katong Secondary School (March 08)
After I entered the school gate, little did I expected to see many students coming to school early on a Saturday morning .Not only did I saw TRYBE volunteers but also the Tanjong Katong School Band with their nicely done up formation in their school’s field while playing sweet music with their instruments. As the program began, the students were a little puzzled on why they had been asked to go in to their classes in threes and at regular intervals. After half an hour the students all settled in to their classes with the males on stools while the ladies had to kneel on the floor and a special segment of the program named Albatross started. To me the Albatross segment was like a “ritual” as it was carried out in a language that we are not familiar of. The purpose was to explain that we can look at things from various points of view and to pass the message that different cultures does things in different way and that is not wrong.

Moving on after lunch was the game “HOW TALL IS ALFRED?” Students have to sit in a group of 6/7/8 without facing each other and they will try to solve the clues given to them by passing messages and decide how tall is Alfred? The game was so enjoyable that the students were asking to play again, this activity brought across the message that we must be specific when we say something to others as different people have different way of visualizing what we say. Many commented that it was a great way in teaching students about communication. At the end of the program not only did we had a rainbow skit, we also had a story on servant leadership for the students to reflect on themselves in the way the take up the role as class committee members. Cheers!!!!!




Posted on behalf of Yi Ming
(currently an intern for Trybe until end of March)