A mega-department Internationalisation Programme overseas trip was conducted by the Humanities, Science and the Mother Tongue CL Departments from 2nd -8th June 2010. The trip provided the 32 students an overseas exposure to deepen students’ knowledge and understanding of China’s Modern Technology, History, Culture and Geography through this cultural immersion trip. The meaningful and rich-learning trip formed an integral part of the educational experience of our students for them to develop a global mindset and cultural awareness.
At the same time, in line with the school’s vision of ‘Quality Minds, Caring Hearts’, the programmes and planned itinerary were specially designed to create a holistic internationalisation experience for our students and to launch them on a personal life-changing journey, combining academia with a school visit.
The six-day trip covered a two-day visit to Shanghai Gold Apple Bilingual School where students were immersed on space-rocket technology and aerospace studies and classroom observations for Chinese, Science, History and English lessons. The students had a hand in making and launching their rockets as part of the highlights of the school visit. In addition, the Maglev train ride which whooshed by at a speed of 301km/h put their physics learning to test.
The socio-cultural aspects of the trip saw the students traversing 5000 years of Chinese Civilization and understanding what makes the Chinese society and culture at the Shanghai Museum. They experienced and marvelled at ancient Jiangnan Mansion design and exquisite garden architecture at Yuyuan Garden Chenghuang Temple and the Seven Treasures Ancient Town.
The Bund, the boat cruise along Huangpu River and the night scene at the River Promenade got the students to view the world-famous piers of Shanghai and appreciate the foot prints left by its colonial leaders. With Shanghai expanding rapidly, the study on the concept behind designing Shanghai Metropolis at Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center was an eye-opener for our students. A learning journey to Chongming Island, Dongtan Eco-city with its cultural sediment of over 1300 years of history, natural landscape and artistic inspiration awed our students and let them see the importance of having an eco- balanced environment.
The trip culminated with a visit to the Shanghai World Expositions where we got to visit the Singapore Pavilion and our twinning YOG country, Slovakia. |
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