Learning for Life Programme
Learning For Life Programme - ‘Lead With A Heart, Changemakers For The Future’
Oasis Primary School leverages on ‘Lead with a Heart, Changemakers for The Future’ to live out its mission. ‘Lead with a Heart, Changemakers for The Future’ - Our learning for life programme (LLP) focuses on building the character of the students through harnessing leadership qualities in every child. At the fundamental level, the school believes that every student can be a leader - being able to lead oneself both in words and actions. Our LLP is grounded on the timeless and universal concepts and principles of ‘The Leader in Me’, based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The teaching of these habits leads to transformational changes in how individuals manage self and work with others.
‘Lead with a Heart, Changemakers for The Future’ further creates many learning experiences as student take up the different student leadership roles that would require them to work with their peers and the community. Through the LLP, Student Leaders will be trained in Emphatic leadership and Design Thinking which will put them in good stead to take up projects contributing to the betterment of the school and community. The Student Leaders being proactive and motivated will also be proficient in initiating level and school-wide projects.
More importantly, the school aims to develop leaders who inspire all to lead with a heart guided by the school values of Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Integrity, Care and Harmony (R3ICH values). Through the student’s initiated projects and other purposefully designed activities, our students learn to be Active Contributor and Concerned Citizens.
Start It Right! Programme
Oasians welcomed 2022 with our signature programme, Start It Right! Each programme was designed to meet the needs of each level. The objectives of these programmes were
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Self-management
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Student Leadership - The Leader in Me
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Strengthening Teacher-student and Student-student Relationships
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Safe and Conducive Learning Environment
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School Wide Positive Behaviour
The Year Heads gave a Zoom talk for the respective levels where they welcomed the students back to school and set the school’s expectations. Together with their form teachers, the students planned their S.M.A.R.T goals and set targets for their SHINE@Oasis. Besides that, the students also decorated their classrooms together.
The students enjoyed the programme tremendously. They looked forward to school and were ready for 2022.
End It Well! Programme
The school was full of bustle and excitement on the second last day of school. All students from the six levels participated in ‘End It Well!’ Programme and tremendously enjoyed themselves. During the ‘Sharpen the Saw’ segment, besides revisiting the 7 Habits, students also relooked at their goals for the year. Some levels set S.M.A.R.T goals while others learn more about the Growth Mindset.
Everybody participated in the English Language segment of the ‘End It Well!’ Programme. The series of activities were planned for all the students to challenge themselves, synergise and collaborate with their peers. The lower primary students were involved in the ‘Stories Come Alive!’ while the middle primary students took part in ‘Wonka’s Mystery Box Challenge’ and ‘Wonder Escape Room (Virtual)’. The upper primary students immersed themselves in the ‘Mad World of Media’.
To end the day, the whole school synergised to clean up their classrooms during ‘Use Your Hands’ segment. Everybody was enthusiastic and looked forward to leave a clean classroom for the next batch. It was truly a day that ended well.
TLiM Lessons & TLiM Place-Based Learning
To develop Tier 1 self-leadership in all students, the school engages students in the learning of 7 Habits through The Leader In Me (TLiM) lessons. TLiM empowers students with leadership and life skills they need to thrive in life.
Primary 1 and Primary 2 students also undergo TLiM Placed-Based Learning at the school’s TLiM pillars to strengthen their understanding of the 7 habits through interactive activities and manipulatives.
TLiM Celebrations
During TLiM Celebrations, students will carry out various activities to consolidate the learning of the 7 Habits in The Leader in Me at the end of each year.
Some of the past TLiM Celebration activities include:
Primary 1 students practising Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind by stringing macaroni beads into a bracelet of a desired design. They also practised Habit 6: Synergize to solve a puzzle on the iPad with their peers.
Primary 2 students incorporated the 7 Habits to modify a lyric of a song of their choice. In the process of modifying the lyrics, students are also encouraged to demonstrate the 7 Habits.
Primary 3 students were engaged in Comic Strip making to practise Habit 3: Put First Things First and Habit 4: Think Win-Win as they complete the assigned task. Students were also given a chance to view their peers’ masterpieces in a Gallery Walk.
Primary 4 students applied Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood and Habit 6: Synergize to plan and demonstrate activities to promote an Inclusive Oasis. Students were given a chance to try out the activities planned by their peers from other classes.
Role Specific Training For Tier 2 Student Leaders
At Oasis Primary, we believe that every student has the potential to develop leadership skills, and the training of leadership skills should be intentional.
Therefore, the Student Leadership Committee works closely with various departments to conduct role specific training once a semester to equip Tier 2 classroom leaders with the necessary skills to carry out their duties.
Leadership Training & Changemaker Workshop For Tier 3 Student Leaders
To enhance our prefects’ leadership competencies, they will have the opportunity to undergo a series of training sessions in order to advance in their ability to think critically, problem solve and resolve conflicts.
Changemaker workshops is another important series of training for our prefects to learn and apply Design Thinking strategies to scaffold and facilitate the process of Changemaker projects.
Prefects Investiture 2023
Over the last 3 years, we have overcome many challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and we came out with creative solutions to ensure all teaching and learning experiences were not compromised. Our prefects have also continued to serve the school and create positive impact to the school community through their Changemaker Projects despite the constraints, living up to the spirit of Lead With A Heart, Changemakers For The Future.
This year, we are proud to appoint 111 prefects at our Prefects Investiture Ceremony. Among them are 8 senior prefects who have been promoted based on continued good performance and dedicated service, 7 Vice-Head prefects who were selected based on exemplary performance, and 3 Head Prefects who were voted in by peers and endorsed by the school staff to lead the prefects according to 3 sub-areas, Safe & Secure@Oasis, Sustainable Oasis & Holistic Wellbeing.
Head Prefects
Sub-area 1 - Chen Kian Kyle
Sub-area 2 - Sean Cheng Yue Kai
Sub-area 3 - Angela Oh Si Jing
Vice-Head Prefects
Sub-area 1 - Ng Sim Wun, Chloe & Lucas Toh Jing Hang
Sub-area 2 - Isabelle Cheng Si Yan, Kho Jun Ning & Sharifah Alya Zahra Binte Syed Mohsein Albar
Sub-area 3 - Ho Louis & Lim Pei Yu Trina
Changemaker Projects
The Changemaker Projects aim to nurture empathetic student leaders who are confident in leading their schoolmates in a series of impactful actions for a meaningful cause within the school and community.
In 2022, all our prefects underwent a series of Changemaker workshop. They learnt Design Thinking protocol during the workshop and conceptualised Changemaker projects to create positive changes to the people around them.
P3 Prefects Changemaker Project 2022 - Memory Box
Our P3 prefects decided to do a project to show appreciation towards their teachers in school. The prefects brainstormed the type of gifts to present to their teachers. After initiating a short survey with teachers to understand their needs, they decided to create memory boxes for the teachers, for them to keep thank you gifts, cards and notes from students, which will bring back fond memories in time to come. The prefects felt a sense of achievement and satisfaction as they were able to show appreciation to their teachers through the gifts that they prepared and presented
P4 Prefects Changemaker Project - Teachers’ Day Concert
Our P4 prefects exhibited their critical and creative thinking skills as they took charge of the Teachers’ Day Concert to show gratitude to their teachers. They took ownership to create their concert items collaboratively in their respective teams as they sharpened their leadership skills along the project. They showcased innovative mindsets to present creative performances. The project encouraged planning and decision-making as a team. Despite limited resources and time, the P4 prefects were able to put up an amazing concert successfully to celebrate the joyous day!
P5 & P6 Sub-area 1 Prefects Changemaker Project - Burst The Bubbles!
Technology becomes part of our lives as society progresses and people are exposed to real and unreal information every day. This motivates the P5 & P6 Prefects in wanting to help others to learn about the algorithm of search engines, and how to avoid filter bubbles so as to avoid unreal information online. The team created a video toolkit with an online game to educate fellow schoolmates. Level competitions were held for P3, P4 and P6 students to challenge schoolmates to participate in colouring contest, poster-making and comic-creation competition, to remind others to guard against unreal information. This project clinched the Silver Award in the National Cyberwellness Advocacy Challenge 2022.
P5 & P6 Sub-area 2 Prefects Changemaker Project - I Am An Upcyclist!
Our students noticed that single-use plastic items go to waste after food or products are consumed. Plastic waste is thrown at a rapid speed and this leads to large volume of plastic waste accumulated every day.
Our sub-area 2 prefects decided to create instructional video to teach on how to upcycle, and hold level competitions to motivate their peers to start upcycling.
The team put together a SLS toolkit that consist of various instructional videos to educate their schoolmates on the impact of plastic waste on the environment, as well as demonstrate ways on upcycling everyday plastic waste. This helped students increase their awareness and encourage positive steps to take in upcycling plastic packaging. Parents were very supportive of the project and many of them worked together with their children to create upcycled items to participate in the level competition.
This project clinched the Silver Award in the National Youth Upcycling Movement 2022, and prefect representatives were also involved to present their project experience at the 13th Be The Change Celebration.
P5 & P6 Sub-area 3 Prefects Changemaker Project - Gift of Love
Sub-area 3 prefects conducted interviews and researched on various issues elderly people faced and realised that loneliness and depression are quite a concern in modern society, especially for elderly who are away from their families in elder care homes.
In the spirit of creating positive impact to the community around, Sub-area 3 prefects decided on spreading festive joy and care through designing and creating of Mid-autumn gifts in the form of gift bags for the elderly of Brighthill Evergreen Elder Care Home.
The experience allowed prefects to gain understanding of societal issues and learn to care for the elderly.
Achievements
Year | Event | Award |
2022 | 13th Design For Change Singapore Challenge 2022 | Invitation to present at 13th Be The Change Celebration (Upcycling Project) |
2022 | National Cyberwellness Advocacy Challenge | Silver Award (1) |
2022 | National Youth Upcycling Movement | Silver Award (1) |
2021 | 12th Design For Change Singapore Challenge | Top 3 Award |
2021 | National Cyberwellness Advocacy Challenge | Silver Award |
2021 | National Youth Upcycling Movement | Gold Award |
2020 | 11th Design For Change Singapore Challenge (COVID related projects category) | Special Prize |
2019 | 10th Be The Change Celebration | Certificate of Participation |
2019 | LOO (Let’s Observe Ourselves) Award | Platinum STAR Schools Award |