Home Skills Programme

Home Skills Programme 2024

A signature Programe in the CCE Curriculum at Fuchun Primary School is the Home Skills Programme. It started in 2006 with the intent to equip “latchkey” students with life skills. It has since evolved to allow opportunities for experiential learning through integration of other subjects while allowing students to continue learning practical home skills such as food preparation (e.g. making pasta, baking muffins), folding and packing their own clothes and simple cross stitching.

Through these authentic experiences, teachers also introduce various timely and relevant life skills such as Financial Literacy, New Media Literacy and encourage them to be more involved in the MOE Eco-Stewardship Initiative. Furthermore, the programme has also been refreshed to integrate Social-Emotional Skills such as Self-Control, Positivity and Self-Reflection in line with the rollout of the new CCE2021 Curriculum and extended learning to apply these skills at home. This allows students to better internalize learnings and incorporate these as part of their home routines so that they are more aware and appreciative of their caregivers at home. For instance, students learn the farm-to-table concept where they explore ways to reduce food waste at home and use school-grown greens through indoor hydroponics vertical gardens as ingredients to make their own salad.