Community

What we did during CCE lesson

We did two activities in total. The first one was the "I had never...." game. At the beginning, everyone had 10 fingers pointing outwards, indicating that everyone had 10 "lives". The objective of the game is to let everyone except yourself bend their fingers inwards, and the only way to do so is to give a statement such that the other players have done what you never did before in the form of "I have never...". For the second activity, from the first speaker onward, each person held a part of a ball of string and said 3 areas in which they already/wish to contribute in before passing the string to the next person until the last person had finished. At the end of the activity, the ball of string formed a web within the circle of students and teachers, which resembles the connection within a community.

How do the activities link to a community in real life?
For the first activity, until the end of one round, most of the players have all their fingers bent inwards. In this game, each player represents a member of the community. When all the players have their fingers bent inwards, this shows that even though everyone come from a different background and have different personalities, we still have similarities and we can come together as a community to work towards a common goal. During the second activity, there were problems faced when passing the ball of string around (eg. cannot reach, string not long enough), but in the end, we solved the problems and ended up succeeding in forming the complete web. This shows that when each and every member of the community contribute their part while working together and cooperating with each other well, we can achieve great things as a community.

Do comment your thoughts and reflections here. Have a nice day! :D

Marriage

What did we do yesterday during CCE lesson
We had an activity which requires us to form pairs. Some of the pairs have to be in opposite genders while some consisted of those of the same gender. Each pair was given 2 strings to tie each of their hands and legs together and were required to walk a certain distance. The mission given was to fold a paper plane using either the tied hands or the untied hands. Then the pairs were required to walk back to the original position. The last four pairs have to do a forfeit. 2 of the guys in the last four pairs have to be blind folded while catching the other 2 guys who were not blind folded under the guidance of their girl partners. In the end, those being blind folded successfully caught those not being blind folded. At the end of the game, we had a sharing session to allow us to think about the meaning behind the game we played.

What is Marriage?
Marriage requires both parties to be willing to commit and to trust each other. Marriage requires love, patience and forgiveness. It is a lifelong thing where one can find comfort whenever they are feeling low. Lifelong partners have to trust each other and be true to them. Both the husband and the wife are willing to share their joy, sadness and secrets with each other without feeling awkward or being exposed. During marriage, it is unavoidable to have conflicts. However, one have to accept their mistake and move on. When something goes wrong, both parties do not put the blame on each other. They will not focus on who's right and who's wrong. Instead, both of them will help to solve the problem and forgive one another. They will put in all their effort to treasure and appreciate the time spent with each other so that their love will last long.  Partners would grow old together and one should not abandon their partners when they grow old. Besides, they should also overcome difficulties together. One has to think clearly whether the other party is the right person whom they are willing to share their life with forever, to be able to understand what they are going through and put themselves into their pain. From the games, we had a short experience of what 'marriage' would be. We had to trust our partner and listen to them when it is necessary to. We also had to be cooperating with each other in order to achieve our common goal.

Link for CCE video " I wanna grow old with you " - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4_BivnrwM

First chapter

Our first really fruitful CCE lesson with Mr Teo!

Hi all,
this post marks the official start of our class blog, and this will be another platform for us to share our thoughts and pictures.

I believe it is the first time for many of us here to be treated to fresh fruits during CCE lesson. The game and the rewards really make the lesson much more interesting. At the same time, we are leading a healthy lifestyle too! Personally I really hope the future CCE lessons will be as entertaining too. A big thank you to Mr Teo for making all these possible :)

Cheers!