8 NE Forte 26 March 2014 VIA CONNECT - Values in Action Values in Action: Tray Return Ambassadors from Anderson Junior College Contributed by Anderson Junior College As part of our 30th Anniversary Celebrations, Anderson Junior College implemented a collegewide tray return project during lunch hours in 30 hawker centres on 19 February 2014, to signify 30 years of our school history in nurturing students with the Non Mihi Solum spirit, i.e. Not for Myself Alone, which has been an important part of our school identity. All 1600 students and 150 teachers volunteered as Tray Return Ambassadors in this project. Explaining to a patron the benefits of tray return Making sculpted balloons for a young patron to encourage tray return The tray return project was a student-initiated Values in Action project, which aimed to inculcate values and build social and emotional competencies in our students. Through our various school programmes, we seek to nurture our students into good individuals and useful citizens, as well as inspire them to show concern about the community and nation they live in. This project enabled students to develop a stronger sense of social awareness, individual responsibility and active citizenry. This was done by contributing to the nation’s efforts in enhancing social graciousness and environmental cleanliness in Singapore. This continues a long-standing college tradition of students being actively involved in the community through Service-Learning projects, and builds on the college’s focus on environmental efforts. For this project, our partners included the National Environment Agency and Yio Chu Kang Grassroots Organisations. To create public awareness of the Tray Return Initiative, the students developed various ways to encourage patrons to return their trays through placards, flash mobs, cheers and songs. After the project, students participated in a reflective session during their civics lessons to share their thoughts and learning experiences. NE Forte An array of colourful placards made by our students to promote tray return 9 26 March 2014 A flash mob from students to publicise the tray return initiative The JC2 students applied the Adventurous Thinking Model developed by AJC in this project, which included the phases of ‘Explore & Discover’, ‘Interpret’, ‘Ideate & Experiment’, ‘Plan & Implement’ and ‘Reflect, Learn & Celebrate. They prepared a proposal for this VIA project and thought of publicity strategies to convey the message of tray return to the public through placards and flash mobs etc. which are appropriate for the patrons. JC2 students also guided their JC1 juniors in the implementation process through seniors-juniors interaction session and during the project. All students have completed their reflections during their class civics session after the project by using the learning organisation (LO) tool of “Levels of Perspective” to enhance their learning. This allowed the students to see that instead of regarding the tray return project at the event level, they need to consider role modelling the tray return behaviour regularly to attain the patterns level. With the systematic structures in place, they can then further try to change people’s mindset that returning trays is not simply the responsibility of the cleaners but about individual responsibility. This eventually contributes to working towards the vision of a clean Singapore and gracious Singaporeans. For more information on the project, please visit http://www.ajc.edu.sg/aj_broadcast/newsroom_aj_currently_news_article.html#30thAnniversary
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