Resources for sharing
Day 1 of Exchange Programme:
Japanese Etiquette by SJSS Students
22.01.2016
The purpose of the sharing is to enable students of the Singapore Japanese Secondary School (SJSS) students to use English Language to communicate with students of Raffles Institution (RI), after they get to know one another after an ice-breaking game.
During the sharing of Japanese culture and etiquette by SJSS students, RI students asked questions after each SJSS group's presentation. SJSS students also get to learn more about Singapore's cultures in the topics presented when RI students discussed the similarities and differences between Singapore and Japanese cultures.
SJSS students were motivated to use English Language to comunicate and some RI students who learn Japanese as a Third Language also had the opportunity to practise conversing in Japanese.
Booth 1: School Manners: Timetable
Presenters: Aoi, Hana, Kie, Momoka
Class 1.1
Teacher-Advisor: Ms Jayne Soh
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Booth 2: Choosing the right kimono
Presenters: Minori, Ayano, Konori, Mai
Class 1.3
Teacher-Advisor: Ms Debbie Orofeo
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Booth 3: Manners at Home
Presenters:Yuki, Ayane, Haruka, Yuka
Class 1.4
Teacher-Advisor: Ms Jayne Soh
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Japanese School Culture
Related links
on "Japanese Etiquette - School Manners & Manners at Home"
Watch this Youtube video 'School Lunch in Japan - It's not just about eating!' and read the Straits Times article (Insight B5, 14 Feb 2016), 'To improve classroom, go beyond the classroom' written by The Straits Times Editor at Large, Mr Han Fook Kwang, who visited Raffles Institution in 2015 to give a talk. Mr Han is also an old boy of RI.
(L) Mr Han Fook Kwang and
(R) Mr Siu Kang Fook at
Raffles Archives & Museum after his talk at RI.
Source of article: http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/to-improve-education-go-beyond-classroom
Booth 4: Train Manners
Presenters: Anli, Ayako, Yuki, Yuka
Class 2.3
Teacher-Advisor: Mr Darren Hum
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Booth 5: Onsen
Presenters: Tomoko, Io, Maiko, Rin
Class 2.4
Teacher-Advisor: Mr Darren Hum
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Booth 6: Visiting graveyard
Presenters: Sakura, Aio, Nagisa, Amare, Akari
Class 2.6
Teacher-Advisor: Mr Eric Bala
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"With its deeply rooted cultural values and virtues that emphasise modesty and humility, Japan made me ponder how a progressive nation can continue to create a gracious society in this globally competitive environment."
Dr William Wan
General Secretary
Singapore Kindness Movement
Click here to read this Straits Times article, 1 March 2016, 'Let's aim to be competitive, yet gracious.' by Dr William Wan.
A related link to Booth 6: visiting graveyard
A world-acclaimed Japanese movie 'Okuribito' (Departures) won the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film (2009) and the Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademī-shō ) for Picture of the Year (2009). The movie theme revolves around treasuring our loved ones and ourselves, through a moving story of a musician-turned-nokanshi (encoffining master - a professional who cleanses and clothes a body). Through this movie, one learns more of Japanese culture of respectiving one's ancestors, a suitable link to the sharing of 'visiting graveyards' by SJSS Students.
Day 2 of Exchange Programme:
Science Workshop by RI Students
25.02.2016
SJSS Students will visit 5 Science Learnng Stations when they visit Raffles Institution on this second day of RI-SJSS Collaboration Project on Science & Cultural Exchange.
The experiments are all based on common Science topics in SJSS and RI Science curricula like cells, diffusion, osmosis and aqueous solutions.
The event is an opportunity for RI's Year 2 (Grade 8) and Year 3 (Grade 9) students to showcase several interesting science experiments. They will practise presenting scientific content to non-native English Language speakers from SJSS and sharing science experiments with the new friends they have made on Day 1 of the Exchange Programme.
This event will be a good platform for students of both schools to foster mutual appreciation for each other’s culture as well as forging a common interest in Science, which may open doors to future science research work collaboration between both schools and beyond.
RI Students who learnt Japanese as a Third Language also has the opportunity to translate part of their presentations into Japanese Language to enable better sharing of scientific terminologies with their Japanese friends.
The presentation slides were written in a mixture of both English & Japanese, with translated scientific terms!
STATION 1: Chilli Challenge (CC) & Salad's Secret (SS)
Presenters: 2M Darrell Lim Su Yang, 2J Shao Yang; 3L Emir Haady, 2B Felix Sun Zhiyuan, 2G Matthew Lim Zhi Long
Teacher-Advisors: Mr Ng Kai Yong & Mrs Chan Lian Ching
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STATION 2: Tamago Test (TT)
Presenters: 3E Lee Hern Ee & 2J Tan Xu Chen
Teacher-Advisors: Mrs Chan Lian Ching & Mr Joseph Chong
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STATION 3: Food Fun (FF)
Presenters: 3E Ethan Aw, 2J Lim Jie Yi Joel & 2P Justin Wong Tjen Kit
Teacher-Advisor: Mr Ng Kai Yong
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STATION 4: Are black inks black? (BB)
Presenters: 3G Ang Tze Yong Nicholas & 2G Hemesh Kumar
Teacher-Advisor: Ms Liew Li Pin
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STATION 5: Fingerprinting (FPRT)
Presenters: 3E Nathan Mar Teng Chou & 2J Jerald Siah Chi Ming
Teacher-Advisor: Ms Liew Li Pin
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Acknowledgements
For the the Programme on Thurs 25 February 2016, Raffles Institution Science Department would like to thank the Raffles International Office & Estate Office for their support of the event and
all Science Laboratory Technicians, whose hard work preparing the experiment materials for our rehearsals and actual presentations helped make the event a successful one.
Thank you!
