PBS Workshop 2011

On the 21^st of November, the Interact Club of Wesley Methodist School organised a project in their school, called PBS workshop. At 8am, the interactors arrived at school and began preparing for the day ahead. When we were finished preparing, two of our interactors went to Pusat Bantuan Sentul to fetch the children. At 8.30am, they returned and the children were registered and separated into three groups.

After the registration, the children and the Interactors were gathered at the basketball court for an opening ceremony, conducted by Int. Pravin and Int. Tze Ying.

The first session of the workshop was an educational session. Each group went to a different station and they rotated around the stations so everyone got a chance at everything. The children were very interested in the activities and paid their full attention to what the interactors were instructing. The three subjects taught were Mathematics, Science and History.

After the educational session ended, it was followed by a short break and continued with a personal hygiene session. During the hygiene session, the children learned new things they didn’t know such as the spreading of bacteria and how to wash your hands properly.

The hygiene session was followed by another break and the Interactors prepared for the final session, which was the living skills session. In this session, the children were taught, basic survival skills, such as self-defence, how to cross a road, how to perform CPR, how to pick up an injured person, and how to extinguish.

The last session of the day was the Living Skills session. After that,a light lunch was served.

At the end of the day, all more objectives of the project and more were achieved. The day ended with smiles on both parties and a brighter hope for the children of today.

30 Hour Famine 2011

From the 30th July 2011 to the 31st July 2011, the Interact Club of Wesley Methodist School organized a communityservice project entitled the 30-hour famine. The event started at 10.00a.m. on the 30th of July.We started with an opening ceremony by our own principal, Madam Chia, at the ping pong area.Our heartiest thanks go out to Madam Chia for making her time to officiate the event. She congratulated all the participants who had decided to take the challenge to fast for 30 hours non-stop.After the event had been officiated,the activities begun!

We had a World Vision representative, Ms Elaine, who gave us a talk about the theme ‘Child Health Crisis’.She showed us a videoclip from the Famine Media Visit to Mae Sariang,Thailand. She also introduced us to World Vision and what the organization is doing and planning to do in the future.

Miss Elaine,World Vision representative

After that, we went down to the assembly ground and had our ice-breaking session. All participants and lined up randomly. As we started the game, each person had to find their own name tags with their names and group names printed.

Participants lining up according to groups

Int. New Wei Jing & Int. Kimberly Anne explaining the games.

We then had a ‘Simon Says’ game where everyone had to follow instructions. After that, each group came up with a war cry and we had a game involving the use of war cry and ‘bombing’ the other groups.After that, we headed back to chapel for another talk by Ms Elaine more about 30-hour famine. During the talk, there was an interactive session where participants shared some of their ideas about a story given.

Then, our station games started. There were 10 station games all together. All of them tested our teamwork and cooperation.

Passing beans along straws

Mini Obstacle Course

Blind Man face painting

Molding Game

Human Vehicle

After that, we were given some free and easy time. Then, we had a sketch game where each group would have to think of creative and practical ideas to escape from a quicksand using only 3 pocket-sized items. Some of the groups are hilarious with crazy ideas but not practical. However, every one of them did very well.Then, we had a short game called the ‘Limited Senses Game’ where each group had to line up according to their height, birthdays and other criteria without the sense of talking and seeing respectively. Next up, we have a game called ‘Completing the Tasks’ in which we have only 30 seconds to complete all the tasks written on the screen.

The last activity of the day was the war game.All participants were gathered at the chapel and were told that they’re going to watch a movie. However, when the movie was starting, a war siren was started which indicated the beginning of the game. Each group received an envelope and they had to go through 7 phases of hard challenges to reach the refuge area which was outside the school office. The war siren was put off at times and that was when the ‘guards’ started to catch people and put them into ‘torture rooms’. Scary music was put on throughout the game to bring up the atmosphere. Lights out was at 11p.m.

The next day,we woke up bright at early at 7 a.m. ' Not Having It All' was the first game of the day.Participants had to go through some sort of ‘ maze’ where the appointed ‘mother’ of each group had decisions to make. Each decision made would end them up in different situations. Through this game, participants would learn and experience how the poor mothers have to make hard decisions.

Next, we had a short break followed by a life game called ‘Alive At 5’. In this game, each group represented a country and they had to ‘work’ for money to stay ‘alive’ throughout the game. Participants would learn how the poor sustain their family and how hard is it to protect and raise a child to 5 years old.

Later, it was movie time. We watched 'The Kite Runner'. At 3:55, participants were gathered at the canteen, waiting in anticipation for the clock to strike 4. Finally, the moment that all of us had been waiting for arrived. 10…9…8…7…6...5…4…3…2…1! And everyone cheered and clapped joyfully. Everyone started digging into the food. After this, participants started cleaning up.



All in all, this year's 30 Hour Famine was a great experience. I am sure the participants learnt many new things and also learnt how to appreciate the simple things in life. A BIG THANK YOU to the committee for organising such a fantastic event!

Installation 2011

The Interact club of WMS held its 37th annual installation on 24th August 2011. At 2.30, the Interactors got ready at the school chapel. At 3.30, guests and Interactors from other schools arrived. This event was attended by Rotarian Andy Khoo, Rotarian Hardeep Singh,Rotarian Ajmal Khan and Rotarian Louis Paul.

The event started off with an opening ceremony where the outgoing Interactors held a burning candle and the incoming Interactors held an unlit candle. The outgoing Interactors then lit the candles of the incoming Interactors. This symbolised the passing on of light,so the Interactors can make the world a better place.This is also because the theme for the Interact Club of WMS for 2011/2012 is 'Lighting Lives'.This was followed by the singing of the Negaraku and the Interact song.After that,there were speeches by the Principal,the Rotary President,Rotarian Andy Khoo and by the outgoing Interact President, Int. Yeoh Kai Yuan.

Then,we appreciated the Form 5 Interactors by presenting them with certificates. Certificates were also given out to Caring Interactors.Then,the Installation of the Form 4 Interactors and the incoming BOD began.

Incoming Interactors

Outgoing Club Service Director & Incoming Club Service Director

Outgoing Funding Directors & Incoming Funding Directors

Outgoing Community Service Directors & Incoming Community Service Directors

Outgoing I.U. Directors & Incoming I.U. Directors

Outgoing Treasurer & Incoming Treasurer

Outgoing Secretaries & Incoming Secretaries

Outgoing Vice President & Incoming Vice President

Outgoing President & Incoming President

The incoming President, Int. New Wei Jing then delivered her speech. And here, I want to wish a big THANK YOU to the form 5 Interactors for your service to the club for the year 2010 and 2011. Thank you to the BOD for your hard work and dedication.You have indeed made the world a better place! (:

BOD 2010/2011

BOD 2011/2012

The event ended with some light refreshments in the canteen at 5.30.

We would like to thank the Rotarians, teachers and each and every guests who has attended our 37th annual installation!

Kids Carnival 2011

On the 16th of July 2011, Wesley Methodist Interact Club held its annual Kids Carnival. The objective of the carnival is so that children from less fortunate backgrounds can have a fun-filled day with the Interactors, while interacting with other kids and learning new skills. The kids from Pusat Bantuan Sentul,Praise Emmanuel Children's Home,Ti Ratana Welfare Society and Precious Children's Home were present.

When the kids arrived,we tried to make them feel as welcome as possible. The kids had to register themselves and they were divided into six groups,Pokemon,Phineas & Ferb,Mr. Bean, Dora the Explorer,Popeye and the ever famous Malaysian cartoon- Upin & Ipin. The carnival was officially started when Interactors opened colourful poppers from the 3rd floor. Of course,kids being kids, were delighted at the array of colours.

Then, there was a magic show. The magician showed the kids a few tricks, but the funny thing is, the kids figured it out before the trick was over. After that, the Ice Breakers started. The children started to get excited when ' The Chicken Dance' started playing. Since everyone knew the actions, the children had fun dancing to the song.

After the Ice Breakers, the children headed to the half Basketball Court for a creative session. In this session, dough is layed out for the children and they are provided with rollers and various toppings such as chocolate spreads,sausages,tomato sauce,sprinkles and chocolate chips. The kids were allowed to let their creativity run wild as they made their own customised puffs. Some even tried mixing chocolate spread with sausages and tomato sauce..how exotic :D

After the creative session, the kids got to play more games. The games included Musical Chairs, Freeze Dancing,Balloon On The Leg and The Newspaper Game. The kids got really into the games and they managed to work up an appetite,so lunch was next on the program.

When the kids were done eating, prizes were given to the winners of the games. Prizes were also given to the best participants. Hampers were given to all six groups, so even those who didn't win anything had something to enjoy. The kids also got one souvenir each,consisting of bubbles,sweets and a customised 'Kids Carnival 11' bookmark. Each child was also allowed to choose one soft toy to take back home. All in all, it was a great day. The kids left with smiles plastered on their faces and soft toys in their arms.

When the kids left, the Interactors stayed back to clean the school up. We had to pick up rubbish from the assembly ground and the canteen and soon enough, it was as clean as before. After that, as is tradition, the Board of Directors 2010/2011 decided to play a little trick on us. As we were taking our Form 4 Interactors group picture, they poured buckets of water on us. Soon, everybody was running around the assembly ground trying to hide for cover but no one was spared and everybody was soaking wet- including the BOD 2010/2011.

It was definetely a day to remember and although there were some minor hiccups,the kids had a great time-and that was the main objective

BOARD 2011/2012

Congratulations to all of you! I hope you all can live up to the expectations placed on you, live to give, bond with each other and make the world a better place. :)

New Wei Jing

Siek Ing Shaun

Niki Johari

Sarah Wong

Emily Wong

Jolene Hor

Fong Hsin Yue

Jonathan Lau

Khoo Tim Wai

Lor Kar Yee

Elaine Khoo

Nithya Sarah

All the Best! :)