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The Community Involvement Programme (CIP) was implemented in January 1998, requiring every student to complete at least six hours of community service every year. Volunteering not only benefits the community, but also fosters personal growth and development in children. In this blog post, we will examine the benefits of volunteering and community service on your child’s development.

1. Enhancing Social Skills

Engaging in volunteer activities allows your child to interact with a diverse group of people – not only the beneficiaries but other fellow volunteers as well. They learn to be socially aware and culturally sensitive when talking to others from different backgrounds. Within their teams, students learn how to build rapport through planning and executing volunteer activities, building healthy team dynamics. They also ascertain how to listen to the opinions and input of others and resolve conflicts peacefully. These interactions hone their communication skills, which is important when they are required to work in a collaborative environment in the future.

2. Building Empathy and Compassion

With relatively high standards of living in Singapore and the excessively sheltered environment they grew up in, it might be difficult for children to understand the struggles of others. Some might even be unaware that there are disadvantaged residents within our community who actively require assistance. Allowing children to step out of their comfort zone to participate in volunteer activities exposes them to different life challenges of others and helps students understand things from their perspective. This broadens their worldview and teaches them to lend a hand to the underprivileged and those in need.

These experiences are extremely relevant and helpful for your child’s language examination preparation as well. Real-life volunteering and charity examples can be quoted for English Oral examinations and even for Paper 1 Continuous writing to impress the examiners. Some questions where these experiences can be helpful is as follows:

East Spring Secondary School 2021 Secondary 4 Prelim

Paper 1 Q4: ‘The secret of happiness is to help others.’ Write about a time when this was true for you.

North Vista Secondary School 2021 Secondary 4 Prelim

Paper 1 Q3: ‘It is important in life to work towards being the best version of ourselves.’ What are some ways in which you think you can reach your fullest potential?

Paper 1 Q5: ‘It is impossible to foster strong community spirit in modern times.’ Discuss.

At this stage, your child might not feel confident in planning and writing stellar essays that will secure him/her that A for the English PSLE or O-Level examination. Fret not, as Writers at Work has an impressive repertoire of blog posts that covers a range of topics, from primary english comprehension tips to secondary situational writing tips and many others. Do remember to keep a lookout for our upcoming blog posts that will be helpful for your child’s English examinations!

3. Develop Leadership Skills

Volunteer activities are a prime platform to develop and hone students’ leadership abilities. When your child takes on responsibilities of organising beach clean-ups or craft sessions for the elderly at the nursing home, they learn how to manage and guide their team effectively. They learn how to listen to the opinions of others, take initiative to settle the preparation matters and make effective and efficient decisions. Hence, participating in community service can nurture your child to be a confident leader.

4. Gaining a Sense of Fulfilment

When students contribute to a good cause through volunteering their time and effort, they are able to witness first-hand the differences they have made to another person’s life. Beyond the act of giving back to society, volunteering leaves a remarkable impact on volunteers by empowering their personal growth. For some, this novel experience might seem intimidating at first. However, it is crucial to let your child discover these new opportunities and challenge him/herself to try something new. Volunteering is a journey of self-discovery and challenges volunteers to build new skills while learning about their own strengths and weaknesses. Your child could gain a sense of purpose and satisfaction through participating in meaningful causes they are interested in and making a change in their community. These experiences enrich their lives and provide them with a sense of fulfilment.

To sum up, encouraging your child to participate in volunteering activities can profoundly impact their growth and development. These life experiences allow them to gain useful skills and open up their worldview, benefiting them in numerous aspects of their life – academic and beyond.

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English is a compulsory subject which all students must undertake. However, mastering the English language is not something which happens overnight – it takes consistent practice and effort to learn the nuances of the language. Students must read more and practice writing to gradually improve. Cramming for a language subject nearer to the exams is an impossible feat. After all, Rome was not built in a day! Attaining such a skill will have positive implications for not only your child’s education in school, but also employment prospects in future.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

1. How Can I Help My Child With Writing Difficulties?

Firstly, identify the reason why your child has writing difficulties. At times, children have different problems, such as a lack of knowledge of the grammar rules or not enough variety in their vocabulary. At other times, students face difficulties in crafting a well-written plot. Then, after the problem is known, steps can be taken to remedy it and practice writing techniques.

2. Why Is Writing Difficult for Students?

Writing is difficult as students must grapple with many aspects of good writing at one time – grammatical rules, vocabulary choice, sentence structure, plot and character crafting – students can feel overwhelmed dealing with the many aspects of writing to produce a good essay as a whole.

3. What Are Poor Writing Skills?

Students with poor writing skills will make many grammatical and spelling errors. Moreover, there will be a lack of cohesion and coherence in their ideas. Ultimately, poor writing skills are most clearly seen when the student fails to communicate their ideas to the reader.

4. How Do You Motivate Elementary Students to Write?

Letting elementary students write creatively to emulate writers of books they love reading as a child could motivate them to write more as they will see it as an opportunity to unleash their creativity, much like drawing or colouring or doing arts and crafts.