[8 Apr] GOS Regular Session Reflection by Grace Lim

What is something impactful you learnt about the beneficiaries today?

gracelim11160 — 2024-04-08 03:49:46 UTC

What are some things you hope to improve on for the next session?

gracelim11160 — 2024-04-08 03:49:50 UTC

What did you do today that you believe made a positive impact on the beneficiary/ies?

gracelim11160 — 2024-04-08 03:49:54 UTC

Did your interactions with the beneficiaries improve from the last time you met them (if applicable)? If yes, how?

gracelim11160 — 2024-04-08 03:50:00 UTC

Reflection (Brandon)

2024-04-08 08:52:26 UTC

1) Something impactful i learnt about the beneficiaries today was that they were extremely happy to receive recognition as they were so happy when i praised them for their nice artwork

2) I hope to be able to cater to more of them attention-wise

3) I believed that being very open and friendly made the beneficiaries open up to me more, which made it more enjoyable for both myself and them.

4) NA

Reflection (Nicole)

2024-04-08 12:28:31 UTC

1) I observed that they are enthusiastic about participating in the DIY castanets activity and many are proactive in designing their castanets. I also realized that each individual has different attention spans and responsiveness towards instructions and stimuli.

2) I hope to be able to better interact with them and keep them more engaged in the activities and games.

3) I think that encouraging and guiding the beneficiaries has enabled them to complete and enjoy the arts and crafts activity more.

4) NA

Reflection (Tier)

2024-04-08 12:42:28 UTC

1) I think the beneficiaries' high levels of patience could be seen through how they glued the bottle caps to the cardboard strip. Even though the bottle caps kept dropping after gluing them on, none of them complained and simply tried over and over again. I think this is very admirable.

2) I hope to be more open with them and initiate more conversations.

3) I think spending time with them creating the artwork and playing games brought smiles and laughs for them.

4) NA

Reflection (Loh Yan Yu)

2024-04-08 14:43:21 UTC

I feel that the children are quite patient as they did not complain when waiting to use the glue and for the bottle caps to stick.

I hope to improve on being more proactive when interacting with the children.

I asked them more questions to better understand them and help make their castanets nicer.

Yes, they still remember me and wanted me to help them.

Reflection (Evan Lai Ze Xuan)

2024-04-09 08:01:08 UTC

The way I was impacted by the session is how friendly and bubbly the kids were, and their positive energy rubbed off on me. It was a good reminder to bring positivity wherever I go.

Through this session, I learnt how to communicate with children of this age group (sec 1) better, and had a better understanding of different types of disabilities and how to engage with them in a meaningful manner. One example I can give is when I was teaching a group of three of how to play pool, I realised that even though I was teaching the same game, I had to use different strategies to explain to them as they had varying abilities in motor skills and comprehension.

It was overall very fulfilling and enriching and I’m glad we were able to bring joy and value add to the children in our short time there.

Reflection (Zheng Rong)

2024-04-09 08:01:50 UTC

1)I learnt that they are receptive to learning new things and having fun thought they take awhile to open up to us

2)Hope to learn more about them and connect with them more in the next session

3)We taught 2 boys how to play pool and they seemed to have a natural talent at it. Hope to see 2 future 8 ball pool stars from Grace Orchard school.

Shawn

2024-04-14 05:17:52 UTC

1) I think the beneficiaries have great passion for their own hobbies and are not shy to share with us when we ask them.

2) One improvement could be having more time allocated to the icebreaker session. I think the time allocated was not sufficient and it was slightly hard to get to know everyone before proceeding to the art session

3) I think seeing them having fun and being happy while taking part in the art session, made me feel that I made a positive impact.