Last Thursday, the group continued our weekly discussions outside the staffroom. Two of our group members are away in China and I believed the discussion was still productive, although it could have been more fruitful with the presence of all the group members. We had a recap of our plans and future directives and tracked our progress. Learning that the prelims of the projects day competition is round the corner, we decided to advance to the drafting of the PowerPoint slides. Besides food drives and toy drives, we have also brainstormed on further plans for our project and came up with the plan of setting up an exhibition in our school. In my opinion, it fits very well into this project as it encompasses the objective of raising awareness among students in our school. This idea indeed includes some of the exclusive features of our project.

We learned more about learning objectives from our mentor and commenced on the reflections and learning journal for this particular project. Once again, we have showed progress by reminding ourselves to ponder and record this wonderful learning journey ahead. We would also like to infuse into ourselves the notion of learning through serving. Thus, we have come up with a “Quote of the Week” feature. During each discussion session, one of the members would contribute a quote in relation to service learning. Then, through this approach, we will add in our thoughts and opinions about the quote in our reflections. In my view, this feature of our project will reap intangible benefits and the true essence of serving the community would be cultivated amongst us to a large extent.

Finally, some problems cropped up. The group has sent out requests to allow our project to advance with the drives and start on the practical work. However, maybe Mr Sarizan is too busy but we are hoping that we would be able to get his reply as soon as possible so that progress can be made.