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at first i assumed that i couldn’t communicate well with the elderly as i assumed that i wouldn’t have a common topic to talk about. but after the C3A project, i discovered that the elderlys are pretty up to trend and can actually converse with us and are really friendly. they had alot of good ideas that even we wouldn’t think of it so we shouldn’t just assume that just because they are old, they are oudated.

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C3A stands for "Council For Third Age" and ILP stands for Intergenerational Learning Programme"

The aim of this project is to promote life long learning and to forge intergenerational bonding between youths and seniors.

Our class taught a group of 20 seniors from AWWA about how design a mug of their own.

through this project, elderly will gain new knowledge on learn how to be more creative. while students learn how to interact better with the seniors and guide them.

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The biggest thing i learnt from the C3A is that i discovered that many elderly were not as stubborn and traditional as we thought. We could even share a common topic if we know them better. It is also very important to be patient towards them as it is also something that we must have in future when we interact with the others

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1. Introduction to C3A-ILP (eg; what is it? what is the objective? who are we working with?, you may use the slides attached for reference)

2. Activity that the class has choosen. (What's the rationale?)

3. Planning (What are the steps taken to achieve the objectives of the programme?

4. Training (How did the training by C3A helped us?)

5. Actual execution of the programme (When? Where? What was the programme like? What was done?)

6. Reflections of individual team members (At the beginning, while preparing, while executing, at the end of it)

7. Pictures to accompany each section (lots of pictures!)

8. Last but not least this is a guide, we would like to encourage our students to be as creative as they can get.

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At the start of the VIA, it was very awkward between the elderly and I. The initial mindset I had towards the elderly was that they were very traditional and do not know about recent trends. But after two days of interacting with the elderly, I found out that they are pretty up-to-date with technological advancements and internet trends. I also learnt how to communicate better with the elderly despite the generation gap.

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In the beginning, i felt nervous because i was scared if i could not able to communicate well with the elderly who i paired with. I thought it was hard to talk to the elderly but we still managed to talk a lot of things like what the elderly usually do when she bored and it was interesting to listen to her talking about her daily life. I realised that many elderly actually know how to use the internet to search for some designs for the activity. I also learnt to communicate with the elderly despite the generation gap.

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At first, two to four students were paired to one elderly to help and talk to them through the C3A.

Then, we started the lesson by having icebreakers to know the elderly more before teaching them to draw out their own chosen designs on a piece of the paper.

If the elderly had problem choosing their design, we will help them by suggesting some simple designs for elderly who do not know how to draw. Some other elderly are good at drawing so they used their phones to search for their favourite designs through internet.

After the elderly practiced drawing on the paper, they will begin to draw on a mug with markers.
It was difficult for some elderly to draw on their mugs so we assisted them while they were drawing.

For example, when they want a different colour of marker, we will help them to ask around for the coloured marker they wanted so they would only need to focus drawing on the mugs.

In the end, they managed to finish decorating their mugs and some of the elderly received presents for their wonderful piece of work.

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As a class, we had a good experience with the elderly and we had learn different things from the elderly. We also felt sense of satisfaction after teaching the elderly and we hope to have this kind of project again! We will get to better understand our seniors of a different generation and they were very friendly towards us without making us feeling awkward and we had a good time together

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The training helped us build up our confidence. By talking to the elderly , we got to understand and teach the elderly. The best part was that our class and the elderly exchanged information/experiences during the training.

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2) We conducted lessons for the elderly, teaching the elderly how to design a mug that they can use at home. Throughout the planning process, we came into 3 different groups to handle this project and everything goes well. We managed to guide the elderly how to design the mug effortlessly and they cooperated well with us

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The programme was held during the post-mye period in the classroom. When the elderly came, some of us went down to the foyer to fetch the elderly to our class. On the first day, we had some ice breaker games to know the elderly more so we would not be too awkward. Afterwards, we let the elderly to choose their design that would be drawn on the mug and sketch on a piece of white paper first as a draft and gauge for the elderly. On the second day, we executed the actual drawing on the mug. While the elderly are drawing, we were helping out the elderly if they face any difficulties. Time was fast and we ended on a good note and call it a day.