Chinese New Year 2008

CAS Activity: Chinese New Year Class Decorations/Class Fashion Show 2008

Supervisor's Name: Miss Ng Sho Ching

This Chinese New Year, I, as an individual, have learnt things considered priceless. One of the many things was the teamwork achieved in many aspects. A few of the class went to Chinatown on the 29th of January to make purchases for our decorations. It amazed me as to how students both old and new could become such a strong team, agreeing on how to spend our budget and on what. When it came to decorating the class from the 29th of January to the 31st of January, a good majority of the class stayed back after-school-hours and even during break hours making unique and interesting crafts. On the 1st of February, the judges of each cohort went around each classroom and graded them according to their schemes. My class presented and explained the various decorations in a vibrant and colourful manner. We accomplished everything we'd hoped for, except for being the winning class, which wasn't what we were all about to begin with. We worked as a team; as a class. We put together our best efforts and made our class what was beautiful in our eyes. We bonded and got to know one another better and have since been better friends. We encountered a few difficulties during our decorations as our classroom was one of the biggest and we found it hard to fill the entire room with crafts. However, there was never one point in time that we felt we were failing to achieve what we set out for. During this activity, our form tutor, Miss Ng Sho Ching, was a great help to the class. She stayed back whenever we stayed back and joined in the class spirit. I feel that this activity benefitted the class as a whole in terms of teamwork and a better understanding of one another. It also benefitted the physical appearance of the school. If I could do this activity again, I would involve the entire class and would perhaps give a stronger attempt at trying for winning class.

On the 6th of February, our class participated in our school's Chinese New Year Fashion Show Celebration. Four members from our class 'show-cased' ourselves in our traditional Chinese costumes. In this, we managed to have fun and we learnt sportsmanship. We encountered difficulties in this activity. We couldn't find costumes for some people due to late notice and one of us fell sick, but still made his attendance. If we could have done this activity again, I would've purchased a better outfit to better represent my class.