Programme for Active Learning (PAL)
PAL helps Primary 1 and 2 students grow through sports, arts, and outdoor activities. Find out how each domain builds confidence, curiosity, and teamwork skills.
Objectives of PAL:
Provides students with broad exposure to a range of sports and arts programmes in a fun and creative manner.
Nurtures students to be confident, arouse their curiosity of their surroundings and instil cooperation skills.
Creates authentic socialisation experiences for acquisition of SE competencies and facilitate holistic development.
Approach:
There are 4 domains to be completed in a year. They are Outdoor Education (OE), Performing Arts (PA), Visual Arts (VA) and Sports and Games (S&G).
PAL domain themes for Primary 1 and Primary 2
Domain | Primary 1 | Primary 2 |
|---|---|---|
Outdoor Education | Our senses | Environment around me |
Performing Arts | Our feelings through Music | At the parks |
Visual Arts | Colours of Emotions | Social network |
Sports and Games | I like to move it, move it! | Alice in Wonderland |
Each domain consists of 7 lessons, conducted over 4 periods. Learning resources and activities planned aim to develop the students in building their confidence, strengthening their social awareness and relationship management skills.
Through each lesson, students will learn more about themselves and their friends, and experience authentic socialisation experiences which allow them to acquire important life skills that will hold them in good stead in the future.
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Outdoor Education (OE)
We inculcate the joy of learning in the outdoors through meaningful activities such as exploring the environment (P1) to basic orienteering (P2).
Students also get to apply essential life skills such as packing for excursions and learning more about nature.
The interplay between the 5 senses for each OE lesson is enhanced as students are encouraged to observe their surroundings and enjoy nature at its best.
Performing Arts (PA)
Learning how to express their emotions through music and bodily movements make PA sessions an experience that students look forward to each week!
Students are exposed to various rhythm and tempo, different genres of music and the creation of different ethnic dances. The activities in each lesson serve as platforms for teachers to nurture confidence, curiosity and cooperative skills in students. Students express their creativity in performing arts through experiential learning in a fun and enjoyable environment.
Visual Arts (VA)
The freedom to create their masterpieces usually evoke plenty of laughter and create lasting memories in our students.
Using a variety of mediums, students treasure these moments in the classroom where they unleash their creativity to the fullest!
After each session, students will learn how to provide constructive feedback to one another, bearing in mind the school’s values of GRACIOUSLY. It is an important life skill that they will practise, being effective communicators who are gracious in their words and actions.
Sports & Games (S&G)
Children naturally love playing games and what better way to set them on the path of healthy living and inculcate the fun of being physically active if not via Sports and Games?
Students get to engage in various physical activities which require team work and perseverance. Students learn to cooperate with one another to achieve the goal and build trust amongst their team members.
