Mother’sDayCelebrations
Amother is described as a person who “bring up a child
with care and affection”. To show appreciation to their
mothers, students in PALS gathered on 5 May 2017 to
preparea rangeof gifts for the significant lady in their lives
tomarkMother’sDay.
The students were provided with
ingredients for the DIY session to
make gifts such as organic lip-balm
and hand cream. The ingredients
chosen were purely natural such as
beeswax, organic coconut oil, organic
coloring powders (like beetroot) and
unrefined cocoa butter.
It was also an opportunity to educate the students on
the ingredients used in items sold off the shelves. The
process of handcrafting the items was not easy for their
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Defence Lionhearters
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littlehandsas it involvedheating,mixingandpouring. But,
the students persevered nonetheless.
Thebest gifts arenot bought butmade, with loads of love.
PALS is proud of all the students who stayed attentive
throughout the session to successfully complete the
Mother’sDay gifts.
Special thanks to staff of Handmade Supplies for the
handcraft session!
Social research and evidence in Japan andUnitedStates
have shown that children who were taught emergency
preparedness in school were less anxious andhadhigher
survival rates inanactual emergency situationor disaster
than thosewhowere not exposed to such preparations.
The student group Civil Defence Lionhearters from
Singapore Polytechnic organised a series of exciting
games and activities including “Disaster Master” on 31
March 2017 to increase the awareness of emergency
preparedness for the children inPALS. Seated in a single
file, a student first drew a card from the stack of ‘’disaster
cards” beforepassing the carddown the line. The student
seatedat theendof the linewould thenhave toguess the
nature of disaster.
Another activity that the students bonded over was the
building of their survival kits. Laughing heartily, students
proposed interesting items, such as mobile phones and
chargers, which they would bring to a deserted island in
the event of a disaster.
The students returned home that day gaining important
emergency preparedness skills and an increased sense
of self-esteem.
Did you know that our S$5
note features Singapore’s
heritage Tembusu tree at the
BotanicGarden? It isbelieved
that the Tembusu tree has
been there since 1859! This
interesting fact was shared
by volunteers from NPARKS
who visited the Children’s
Cancer Foundation on 26
April 2017 as part of PALS
Active Learning.
They came prepared with many learning aids such as
cotton and angsana tree specimen in ziplock bags. The
volunteers also, conducted many interesting activities
relating to the Singapore
Botanic Garden and shared
with our PALs students
about the many iconic
infrastructures in the Garden
thatwere theBritish, including
the “Bandstand”, anoctagonal
gazebo erected in the 1930s. Students were
handed the “Bandstand” cutouts to colour and construct.
PALS is thankful toNPARKS for taking the time toconduct
the interesting and engaging session for the students!
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