Kindness Week AAR --
Monday, May 08, 2006
Date: 8/5/2006 Time: 3.30 - 5.00 pm Venue: 4i ClassroomAll present including Mr Goh YYObservable facts:AdministrationDid not liaise early enough with Library
No feedback system
ProgrammesToo little programmes: Talk, Exhibition & Quiz
LogisticsExhibition put up last minute
Keeping of exhibits not well done
Good collaboration with Library
Prizes prepared late due to neglect
PlanningTalk and quiz announced too late
Exhibits & layout well done
Actual WeekReception of speaker for talk poor
Poor response for programmes
Talk was success, Q & A session well-received
No one collected their prizes from us
Assumptions/Causes:AdministrationAssumed library received proposals and plans for Kindness Week
Assumed ACE for participation in quiz and slogan competition will be given
ProgrammesPublicity not good enough
LogisticsTime management issues
Assumed we had enough time to put up exhibits
PlanningDid not prepare quiz early enough for early publicity
Did not inform students about talk early enough
Actual WeekAssumed speaker will know location / venue of talk
Did not see / vet PowerPoint beforehand
Late announcement of winners
Collective Proposals / Area for improvement:AdministrationContact Library earlier
Be more proactive in making sure Library receives documents
ProgrammesArrange more interactive programmes like gameshow
LogisticsPrepare prizes earlier and announce earlier
Higher budget for prizes
Ask for PowerPoint to be presented from speaker
PlanningPrepare quiz earlier
More publicity for programmes
Actual DayProvide feedback corner
Provide reception for speaker after talk
Entertain speaker better
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Kindness week started off with a talk by an invited speaker from SembEnviro. Though I expected many to turn up for the talk, the response was poor as only 50 students came for the talk. I feel that one of the main reasons that few turned up was that the talk was held quite late at around 3:30pm. Another reason was that students were only informed of the details of the talk the previous Friday hence few would have wanted to turn up. I think that if the details had been worked out earlier the talk could have been publicized over a duration of a few days so that the response could be better. It was also the first time I was hosting an eternal speaker and so I was a bit shy when interacting with him and bringing him around the school before the talk began. This taught me that effective communication was important in interacting with people.
As kindness week also included an exhibition of posters done by Secondary 3 students who had went to Changi Beach, I was also involved in the designing of the layout of posters and putting them up. I personally feel that a lot of effort had been put into the layout design and the group was very satisfied with the poster exhibition. I was also put in charge of the designing of quiz questions for the exhibition. Due to lack of time, I had to come up with the questions in 2 days time. Though the initial draft was not well accepted, I had to quickly make changes to the quiz layout, inserting pictures as well as questions that required more thinking. It really taught me to manage my time well to come up with the questions, planning the exhibitions and managing my hectic school schedule.
On the overall, I feel that the week had been a really meaningful week for both the students and us. It benefited everyone in raising the awareness of environmental conservation. Besides learning important skills in time management and communication, I also got to better understand my group members and my project. I’m definitely in favour of the school organizing such weeks in the near future.
By: Liu Jianghao
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