(F) Values in Action (VIA)
Empowering students to make a positive difference by serving the community with compassion, responsibility, and purpose.
(F) Values-in-Action (VIA)
VIA at ALPS provides opportunities for students to live out the HER3OIC values and to develop social responsibility through meaningful contributions to the family, school and the community. Through the process, the aim is for students to develop a sense of ownership and confidence in creating a positive impact on others in future. VIA Programmes include the following:
(i) Everyday Responsibilities
At ALPS, we emphasise “keeping the place cleaner than before”. All students are involved in daily cleaning of the canteen and their classrooms. At the end of each school day, students tidy up their classrooms on the playing of the “clean-up” song. Semesterly, students also take part in Glowing ALPS and take on a more thorough clean-up of their desks and classrooms. This inculcates in students responsibility and ownership in keeping their areas clean and tidy. Middle primary students are additionally tasked to brainstorm ideas to advocate the cleanliness of a particular area in school.
Student involved in cleaning canteen tables
(ii) Singapore Kindness Movement Project
Since 2016, ALPS Kindness Ambassadors have progressively promoted kindness with various focus each year. The projects aims to foster a positive culture centred on respect and empathy for others.
In 2018, the Kindness Board was put up to encourage students to share kind deeds which they have done.
ALPS Kindness Ambassadors project focus by year, 2016 to 2019
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
Kind & Clean Canteen | Super Words | Super Deeds (Actions) | Say “No” to Bullying & “Yes” to Kindness Campaign |
Students designed posters to promote kindness in the school community.
(iii) P5 VIA Project – Intergenerational Learning Programme (organised in collaboration with Family Central)
In 2019, the Primary 5 students embarked on a project to plan and implement a session to interact and share a skill with the elderly. The aim was to:
promote intergenerational bonding; and to
provide a platform for students to apply their leadership skills and the HER3OIC values.
Sessions planned in 2019 included fingerprint art, designing a tote bag, use of washi tape in decoration and terrarium-making.
Students had meaningful interactions with the elderly and reported high levels of satisfaction in leading this project.
(iv) Partnerships with MINDS, Superhero Me and Rainbow Centre
Selected Primary 6 students have volunteered to take part in exchange programmes to interact with friends from MINDS and Rainbow Centre. Superhero Me facilitated some of the exchange programmes. These aim to spark bonds of friendship between the students and to promote an inclusive culture in the community.
Students applied the HER3OIC values in planning activities during the interaction sessions and preparing tokens of appreciation for their friends.
