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IB News<br />
By Tanisha and Salena (IB1)<br />
Special Visit<br />
As a part of our CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) work,<br />
IB1 students have been making weekly visits to a special<br />
school, where children with Down’s syndrome and autism<br />
are taken care of.<br />
Each week, we prepare a different variety of activities<br />
including paintings, basketball, dancing and musical<br />
chairs. At first, we found it very difficult and challenging,<br />
as the children weren’t able to understand our instructions<br />
and some of us felt uncomfortable when the children<br />
would randomly come and hold our hands. However, after<br />
a few weeks, we were looking forward to the CAS<br />
lessons, when we would get to go to the special school.<br />
Every time the children would be very happy to see us, welcoming us warmly, which made<br />
us feel touched and emotional. We also take things to distribute to the children such as<br />
shirts, pencil cases and other stationery equipment, which they can then use.<br />
It was a great experience and taught us many things about life and how children with<br />
autism react to certain things. It has made us realise that it is not that difficult to bring a<br />
smile to someone’s face - and it made us feel proud to be able to do that.
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