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During the week starting Monday 20th September, we held student orientation events on campus as a supportive bridge that was designed to help to prepare students for success in blended learning.
The orientation week was divided into two parts, in recognition of the fact that some of our students needed a gentle, more slowly paced reorientation to campus based learning, prior to meeting the entire year 7 grade level.
Students who were new to Global Jaya during this or the previous academic year were invited to a special small group campus orientation where students had the opportunity to meet each other, chat to their teachers, see the campus and begin to make connections.
This small group event was followed by an orientation event intended to bring together the entire year level for a few hours on campus.
The year level orientation event was constructed in a way that supported students as they familiarised themselves with life as a Secondary school student at Global Jaya. Each advisory class had a session with the year 7 counsellor, a chance to meet their teachers on a school tour and a fun icebreaker session led by the Head of Year.
The school tour was not only a great opportunity for students to see our beautiful campus, but also a chance to understand what the safety protocols look like in practice before blended learning started on the 27th.
In an interactive session with the counselor, the students met with Ibu Dece, the year 7 counsellor. Ibu Dece provided an opportunity for students to process their experiences during HBL as well as understand that their experiences were very similar to experiences shared by other students too.
The most popular activity of the day for many of the students were the fun ice breaking games that were led by the Head of Year. The games were designed to help students to relax and have fun with their classmates. We hoped that by creating opportunities for students to laugh together, old friendships would be rekindled and new friendships may begin to be formed.
As students entered school for their orientation events, many students expressed that they were nervous, anxious and worried. Almost without fail, students that participated in the orientation week exited campus feeling relieved, somehow lighter and more prepared to begin the transition to blended learning
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