We’re kicking off Student-Initiated Learning this term! Make the most of HBL days and your free blocks to explore something new, build a skill, or deepen a passion. Your learning journey continues beyond the classroom. 

🌟 SIL Project Cycle (Across 9 HBL Days)

Dates: 15 Jan • 26 Jan • 13 Feb • 24 Feb • 11 Mar • 24 Mar • 9 Apr • 22 Apr • 4 May

🎯 Goal

By the final SIL day for Sem 1, every Sec 1 student completes:
✔ One MINI PROJECT
OR
✔ A curated set of tasks/activities that show growth in one area

Session 1: Explore & Decide

• Browse SIL ideas

• Identify an interest

• Select a SIL project/activities you want to work on

Suggested Activities

•STEAM: Build product using 3D printer or laser cutter, microbit to create solution.

•Foreign Language: Basic conversational skills in a new language.

•Sports: Sports leadership training or a fitness challenge.

•Aesthetics: Explore traditional and digital crafts such as crochet, origami, upcycling projects, embroidery, clay modeling, or digital illustration.

•Creating Google Site Portfolio

Still at lost what to do what to do? Why not visit the Geography SIL Website to get more ideas. Click HERE for the link

Output:
📍 Record goal + first reflection

Please click HERE to submit your ideas to your Form Teacher 

Session 2: Planning Day

• Set success criteria
  (What will “done” look like?)

• Break tasks into small milestones

• Gather tools/resources

Output:
📍 Simple project plan (3–5 steps)

Sessions 3&4: Learning & Skill Building

• Research or learn the basics

• Watch tutorials

• Practise core skills
  
  

Output:
📍 Try 1–2 mini tasks, capture attempt(s) (etc. Images, Video or artefacts)

Sessions 5: Midpoint Check-In

• What have I completed?

• What went right/wrong?

• What do I need to adjust?
  
  

Output:
📍 Midway reflection + photo/video evidence

Sessions 6&7: Make / Build / Create

• Produce the main artefact

• Stay hands-on (not just watching)

Output:
📍 Draft product (poster, video clip, prototype, practice recording, etc.)

Session 8: Polish & Improve

• Fine-tune work

• Add details or redesign

• Practise final delivery

Output:
📍 Final version ready to show

Session 9: Showcase & Celebrate

• Submit final artefact

• Upload final reflection

• Option to share in class

Output:
📍 Final reflection + submission
(“What I learned about myself as a learner”)

Please click HERE to submit to submit your final reflection and projects to your form teachers

🏁 Outcomes by May

Students will:
⭐ Complete ONE passion project
⭐ Build confidence beyond class learning
⭐ Practise planning, resilience & reflection
⭐ Start to see yourselves as independent learners