Pre-departure Orientation ... Miss Kam

We had good fun and wonderful learning time getting together last week for 3 days. It's lovely to get to know all the participants and the teacher chaperones in a relaxing but constructive way.

In case you are interested in knowing what we have done to prepare ourselves for the fruitful experience ahead, you can read on:

WE ARE READY

Session 1

Date: 15^th July, 2014 (Tuesday)

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

1.          Ice-breaking game – getting to know each other

2.          Self-portrait – drawing a picture of ourselves to show and introduce who we are

3.          Writing task – introducing ourselves to the host family

4.          Role play – how we should do our self-introduction

 

Session 2

Date: 16^th July, 2014 (Wednesday)

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

1.          Games for learning to trust, team building and observation

2.          Research & presentations – investigate New Zealand culture, peoples, animals, climate, food, etc.

3.          Research & presentations – preparing presentations about Hong Kong

 

Session 3

Date: 17^th July, 2014 (Thursday)

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

1.          Posters design – how we should behave in certain scenarios

2.          Dramatic situations (act out) – preparing for foreseeable difficulties/ emergencies

3.          Manners; Gifts for host family

Self-portrait session: Who am I in my eyes?

Sharings of self-portraits

 

Everyone has a chance and the teachers couldn't escape!

    Hong Kong in our eyes

 

 

 

   The King or Queen of Room 433

  (Use of language: Can I have ...? / Would you mind +ing ...?)

  Kelvin creates himself a dramatic moment.

                                                

    Beginning of Day 2: What have we learnt so far?

 

Team building games

    We didn't win the games means we can do something else to learn another lesson!

 

An exciting game on eye-contact

 

               

            Another fun game on team building and problem-solving! The youngest makes the tallest.

 

   We all need a bit of drama when it comes to problem-solving.  Jimmy, what's happened?