Ignite

IGNITE

Interest Groups for Nurturing and Transforming through Experiences

IGNITE aims to offer our P5 students workshops or courses that our P5 students can decide to take up based on their interest. The rationale for this programme is to give our students autonomy in their learning. When students are given opportunities to be independent, to be engaged and to pursue their own interests, they will be more motivated. When students have the ability to do that, they persist longer in the face of difficulties. They show more initiative and curiosity as well as develop a greater sense of confidence in their ability.

In Semester 1, P5 supplementary is not conducted. Instead, the time is given to the IGNITE programme. Teachers from Bendemeer were given the freedom to come up with their own interest groups to be conducted during the time. Some examples of the interest groups conducted are: Debate, Learning Japanese, Football, Inclusive Sports, Learning about Board Games, Fashion Design and Videography.

This year we are also able to benefit from collaborations with SAJC, CJC, Northlight and RI. Our students had the opportunity to attend a musical appreciation workshop conducted by the SAJC concert band as well as a cooking workshop conducted by Northlight. In Term 3, we are looking forward to workshops related to STEM conducted by CJC and Water Polo conducted by RI.

Students were given the autonomy to choose which workshops they would like to sign up for and can choose up to two workshops. The programme will culminate in the students sharing what they have learnt from the programme. Through this programme, we hope that our students find their X-factor and are motivated to learn in school.

Snapshots of the various Interest Groups

Fashion Design is one of the workshops offered to our students.

Students learnt nifty football skills from an FAS coach and students from Bendemeer Secondary School.

Teamwork is cultivated through group activities in Board Games.

Students are all smiles as they learnt the basics of speaking Japanese.

They learnt the fundamentals of videography in Shoot and Tell.

In Inclusive Sports, they learnt to play sports played by paralympic athletes. These activities allowed them to experience what being disabled feels like.

Students learnt the fundamentals of debate.

Girls also were given an opportunity to learn Girls’ Football under the guidance of a Football Coach from FAS.

Some of our students got a rare musical treat from the SAJC concert band. They even had an opportunity to be able to play some of the instruments.