Programme for Active Learning (PAL)

Objective

•         To provide students with broad exposure and experiences through fun and varied activities in Sports & Games and Outdoor Education, Performing Arts and Visual Arts.

•          To facilitate the well-rounded development of students in the five broad learning domains of physical, cognitive, social, aesthetics and moral.

•         To provide varied avenues for students to develop social and emotional competencies (SEL).

 Developmental Milestones

 Primary two students will:

·          Work in a respectful manner with others

 Key Programme

Conducted weekly within curriculum time, PAL provides Primary  2 students with a broad exposure in all four areas, ‘Sports and Games’, ‘Outdoor Education’, ‘Performing Arts’, as well as the ‘Visual Arts’.

 Using key strategies such as cooperative learning, experiential learning and motivational interviewing, the learning experience provide students an opportunity to develop various social and emotional competencies.

 The core of each lesson facilitates learning in the area of working together respectfully and enhancing interpersonal communication. For example, students learn to manage disagreements through appropriate words and actions while working on a common goal.