Syazwani Bte Husin and Noorhayati Bte A Malek from IMI, Yr3 have shared with us their Student Intership experience at Damai Primary School.
Here are some photos of their experience:
From left to right: Ms Noor Faridah (SIP Liaison Officer), Syazwani Bte Husin (SIP Student), Noorhayati Bte A Malek (SIP Student), Mdm Goh (Principal), Mdm Haslina (Head of Dept)
It has been three weeks since the commencement of our internship. Working with the students and the staffs in Damai Primary School has been enjoyable thus far. We ensured that the trust given by the staffs in the school were proven. We were given tasks and responsibilities such as taking care of the students and also handle some of the school's administrative work. With that, it taught us to be more responsible. We were honoured to be given such a welcoming and entrusted role even though we were only interns in the school. It allows us to broaden our knowledge and exposed us to a different perspective apart from doing things that are related to our course.
Just last week, we went to Fort Canning with the primary 3 students for their Social Studies learning journey. This is indeed an enjoyable journey for us too, as we ourselves, are able to learn about the history of Singapore which we did not have an understanding of. It is a great opportunity as we had never been to Fort Canning and we could explore all the things and facts there. Another interesting task that we were given was to design the school’s year book which the school had decided to create an online one instead. Apart from that, we helped the Mother Tongue teachers to record their voices using Audacity, something that we have learn during one of our modules, and apply the skills taught to us. These recordings were meant to cater to the lower ability group of students who have difficulty in reading, understanding and pronouncing. Here’s to prove that Information Technology is very demanding and essential in the century. As Informatics & IT school students, we are glad that our skills can contribute to achieve what the school desired and this enables us to prepare for the working world in near future.
With the exposure and opportunity given, we felt as though we are part of the team and not only outsiders who came to get tasks assigned done. The tasks given are beyond what we learn in school, thus creating a wide exposure for us to know more about the teaching industry and what the educators are doing now to contribute to the society and mould our future country’s representatives. This makes us feel that we are not only here to work but we are also here to learn something new each day. For one of the weekly task, we were told to invigilate the Primary Sixes for their mock exams. Given this task, we realised that we are now contributing to the upcoming generation. The teachers here believed in us that we have the potential to lead the children here upon this task since we have gone through this phase. We are pleased to be given the chance to be part of this school and contribute to Singapore.
