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CONTENTS FAIRNEWS SPECIAL EDITION | ISSUE 15 EXPEDITION LEADER: WHAT’S NEXT? 2 SINGAPORE 4 HO CHI MINH 1 2 LAKE TOBA 26 GRADE 6 DP, GRADE 7&10 GRADE 7 SIEM REAP 34 BALI 4 4 CHIANG MAI 5 2 GRADE 8 GRADE 8 GRADE 9 S U R A BAYA 6 0 WUHAN 68 XI’AN 76 GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 10 The teachers and students have unlocked many milestones in these Semester 2 expeditions; here are a few of our favourites: • Grade 7 students travelled an altitude • Grade 9 students visited a new of 3000ft above sea level to explore location, Surabaya , and trip leaders the cultural aspects of Batak tribes in established initial contact with the Lake Toba and also made a difference leaders of Ciputra IB World School for in the lives of 100 orphans through future collaboration. independently planned and self-initiated • Grade 9 Chiangmai expedition service and action activities. braved difficult road conditions to make • Grade 7 students embraced the connections with Mae Wang tribal school challenge of walking up 811 steps to for an amazing first-hand experience of Expedition Leader: the Statue of Jesus and continued the service and action. tradition of spending quality time with • Grade 10 personal project MS. VALERYNNE CHANG the disadvantaged at Maison Chance. collaboration with Xi’an Hanova What's Next? All these exciting moments in Ho Chi Minh International School and Xi’an Hi-Tech were aired on Bernama TV. School. • Grade 8 students’ second pilot • Grade 10 team worked with Mr. It has always been our goal to provide students with an opportunity project using the BeEd Travel Educational Luc Pauwels (Wuhan Promotion to gain exposure in real world contexts, to open the door to lifelong Application that connects school Ambassador) to design interesting learning, inspiration, and discovery through travel. One cannot forget curriculum to any location, applying lessons at a private art studio, and how the students’ faces beamed with joy, mouths wide open in best teaching practices with mobile visited GREE (world’s No. 1 air-con technology, where students could manufacturer). The local media reported amazement, and the sparkle in the students’ eyes when they are enquire and reflect in Bali, all on their our students’ learning experiences in engaged with the local experts’ reenactments, live presentations, handheld devices. Changjiang Weekly and Changjiang Daily. and story-telling sessions. The courage, confidence and the ability • Grade 8 students have successfully • The DP cohort achieved stellar dug the 8th well for the Water Well Project performances by bagging 59 gold to be independent even in an unfamiliar land with a culture alien to in Siem Reap, bringing clean water to the awards, 88 silver, and 4 trophies at the ours, is the cornerstone of Fairview International School’s expedition. community. Regional World Scholar’s Cup, during the expedition to Ho Chi Minh. There are so much that the team of trip leaders and teachers can share about these academic expeditions; from debating ideas and embracing each planning struggle with grit, to the exciting days when Louise Boyd once said, that the real work of an expedition begins when you they witnessed their customised experiential learning came alive in return. Indeed. Moving forward, we are looking into improving the whole each individual trip, and till the birth of this travel journal… The stories and expedition experience each student can have, especially through the photographs could only capture snapshots of the plethora of events use of technology. We are excited to see the initiative bears good fruit taken place to inculcate a deep-rooted understanding of subject to enrich the journey of discovery of our students. Stay tuned for more… concepts as well as learner profile attributes and skills development. 4 5 TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS A Journey to the Lion City Singapore, also known as the Lion City is a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia. It is the most ‘technology-ready’ nation and a city with the best investment potential which is great for our grade 6 students to extend their learning on scientific advancement and experience how it impacts people’s lives and the environment. The students witnessed Singapore’s culture, experienced the awe-inspiring world of marine life in S.E.A Aquarium and learned about aquatic environmental problems. However, the most valuable journey was when they discovered different innovations and inventions due to scientific advancements that led to progress of new technologies in life sciences. – Ms. Shirly Belen NeWater Factory NARMITHA GUNALAN e visited the Newater technology and sterilisation. We were factory to learn about truly impressed with their technology W water treatment and advancement and stunned by knowing were shown the methods to clean how dirty water can be so clean but water through conventional treatment, most importantly, we learned that with microfiltration, reverse osmosis science and technology advancement, many problems can be solved. GRADE TRIP LEADER 2–4 6 MS. JP KAVISHA 181 4–6 ASSISTANT STUDENTS M AY 2 0 17 MS. SAMANTHA LEONG “THE WORLD THROUGH SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT” Filling up the booklet with diligence Students collecting information from the interactive board Students getting close to nature Students busy analysing how water is reused in Singapore 8 9 TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS NARMITHA GUNALAN Science and Beauty at the Gardens by the Bay ardens by the Bay was one beautiful at night when the trees come to of the most beautiful places life with spectacular lights and a sound G we visited in Singapore. It had show. The Super Trees use solar energy wonderful attractions and tourist spots. as their light source and rain water as One famous tourist spot was the Flower their irrigation system which helped Dome. It had a few thousand-year old us understand that with advanced What a gorgeous aerial view! olive trees and unusual Baobabs from technology we can use our resources the cool-dry Mediterranean. The next to create a better environment for amazing spot was the Cloud Forest all living creatures. From this visit, we with a 35-meter man-made mountain, observed that Singaporeans, being hundreds of different tropical plants scientifically advanced have solved from the Tropical Montane region and issues like water supply and pollution a large waterfall. We were transfixed by reusing and conserving their natural by the beauty of the place and never resources. I believe that we can solve thought that we would be impressed various global issues by creating Students analysing how the Super Trees even more until we came upon the environmental-friendly inventions. help transform and conserve energy Super Tree Grove. It was especially Observing different kinds of cacti How can we do our part to prevent extreme climate change? 10 11 TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS VIGHNESH MURALY & NICHOLA CHAN Science Explosion n order to know more about any living organisms. We believe that Scientific Advancement, we this could be of incredible value in the I visited the Science Centre. We near future as it can even aid in saving were exposed to the Omni Theatre, lives. The very cool discovery for us Butterflies up-close, Singapore was the Fire Tornado. The Fire Tornado Innovations, Bioethics and Defending is made of oxygen and hydrogen as Science. Among all of the advancements it needs flammable gas. We were of science there, the Thermal Camera brought around a tall cylinder and was very interesting, letting out a heat witnessed the whole thing till the fire sensor to sense any heat source in distinguished. It was truly an amazing experience! The visit to the Science Students testing out the effects of pressure on moving objects Centre helped us understand more about our central idea because there were a lot of information and examples Hold on tight, a typhoon is approaching! of how scientific advancements can help us in our daily lives. An encounter with butterflies Fire tornado on the go! I wonder how Singapore manages its waste so efficiently 12 13 TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS TRAVEL JOURNAL OF FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPEDITIONS The Rise of Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s centre of commerce and the country’s largest city by population. The country’s rich history of their war, discoveries and influence of foreign powers namely the French and American, was perfect for the students of Fairview to learn from. The privilege of exploring the War Remnant Museum, Cu Chi Tunnels, Christ of Vũng Tàu and Pho Da Pagoda were given to the students and they were astonished in learning the country’s war history and how it survived. The students understood the effects of the war and were glad that the locals had peace because of their belief in Buddhism. – Mr. Nicholas Manuel Agent Orange and the Will to Win ONG WILLIAM JIA JIANG e visited the Cu-Chi tunnels dug by the North Vietnamese during and the war Remnants the Vietnam War. The tunnels were less W museum on the 14th of April. than a metre tall and they were set three The visit was an eye opener for us on metres underground. We had to crouch the tenacity of the Vietnamese. The as we walked through the hot and dark tunnels were part of a series of tunnels tunnel, making it extremely difficult. It was an uncomfortable experience, to d p say the least, and the North Vietnamese had to endure this for days, throughout 13–17 TRIP LEADER 26 APR 2017 MR.