On 8 April, our school commemorated International Friendship Day (IFD). The assembly programme started with the sharing on the significance of IFD and ASEAN, followed by a briefing on 3rd ASEAN Schools Games. Other than enabling pupils to understand Singapore’s relations with other countries, another highlight of our commemoration programme would be the sharing by Mr Andrew of Mercy Relief. The sharing not only provides insights of the organization’s efforts in rendering help to countries in need, it also aims to let our pupils appreciate, and not take for granted what they have. After the talk, pupils are encouraged to “pay-it-forward” by sharing what they learnt with their family members and friends.
In line with this year’s IFD theme of “The World At Home”, and to help our pupils to appreciate other countries’ cultures, mini-exhibitions on various countries are being put up at the school library. Together with these exhibitions, there will be various experiential activities. For instance, for the mini-exhibition on Indonesia, pupils had the chance to try playing Sepak Takraw (a traditional sports of Indonesia) and for exhibition on Korea, pupils had fun making the origami of the traditional Korean hanbok.
Shared by Mdm Diana Ng
