Yan Yi:

I believe this project undertaken by my group has matured me as a thinker, honed my communication skills, leadership, and crisis-management capabilities. Problems faced through out this project has presented me with a set set of problems and through conquering them I have learnt much more. Moreover, I have become a more learned person from the countless resources analysed and read, and more than capable of leading a mentally and physically healthy lifestyle. Lastly, I have realised that doing a good resource for the project isn't the target, but applying what we actually learnt into our lives, coupled with teh creation of a successful and brilliant resource for others in the ultimate goal.

Kai Jun:
This year’s project that I was a part of certainly posed a challenge for me. Unlike my project last year, a Category 7 Chinese Project which mostly involved doing research and just a little creativity, this year’s Category 4 Resource Development Project differed from the convention. What I thought I could do, I couldn’t. This project was more geared towards creativity in coming out with materials to build up a resource to help people. Even though it may brain-racking and nerve-racking at points in time to come out with something proper to present to our target audience, but upon seeing the positive feedback by the audience, it was a joy to us. Through project research and the surveys we conducted on our target audience, I have understood more about the problems plaguing Primary School students, such as stress. I have found out ways to deal with it, and of course deal with my own stress, such as going for a brisk walk, freshening up my mind. I have also learnt to empathize more with people suffering from the same kind of problems as me (again, such as stress). And I realize that some people have difficulty coping with these problems, so they struggle academically, therefore I have gotten a mindset that these people need to be helped. The project has made me more sensitive to the people around me, in terms of their needs and feelings.
A significant problem that I encountered was about the pilot testing. We had to pilot test our website on our target audience and elicit responses to find out how effective our resource was. To do this, it was important that we sent out emails to our Primary School teachers for permission. The problem was that the emails I sent out were never or hardly replied to. Any reply would be received after a long wait, a wait which took up too much of my time. Initially, I had assumed that no reply meant a “No” answer. I didn’t bother asking the teachers I had sent the first emails to what their decisions were. However, I soon felt that this lack of initiative to elicit responses from the teachers was detrimental as it would severely impact our pilot testing results (without the 3 teachers’ classes – the 3 teachers I had sent the emails to – the project’s target audience would have been reduced by nearly half, and the results of the pilot test would be much less accurate).
The action I took was something I had disapproved of at first – sending out another email specifically to ask for the teacher’s decision. At first I felt this would be inappropriate as it would seem to the teachers that they were being bugged. I reasoned that teachers also had their own schedules and classes, so receiving another email like mine would add to their frustration. But these were all assumptions. The only way to get a solid response would specifically to ask for it, so the teachers cannot deny not having seen this email, and would have no choice but to respond to it. Before receiving any response from the teachers, I told myself that if the teachers said no, then it would be too bad, then we would have to go full force on the students we had managed to include in the pilot testing group, ensuring that a maximum number of the students gave feedback. But at least we tried our best. If the teachers said yes, be it one teacher or both teachers, then it would be a bonus as there would be a bigger pool of students to turn to for responses.
Eventually, 2 out of 3 teachers I sent the second email to (the email asking them for their decisions) agreed to assist me and my project team members with the pilot testing. That meant an additional 60 students to conduct the pilot test on, a big bonus. It seemed that the action I took, sending out the second email, worked well. This was because the teachers would have no choice but to answer the yes or no question. This sort of strategy, the ‘bugging’ strategy, can be applied in any situation where time is of the essence and one is in need of something from someone, urgently. For example, any student who, just say 3 days before a test, emails his teacher his questions and queries about a subject (a whole list) and does not get a response in 24 hours, should, can and must email his teacher again to urge him or her for the answers to the questions. In such a desperate situation, bugging the person you are seeking help from may be useful, but of course not bugging to the extreme (for example, sending out an email to the same teacher once every 2 to 3 hours). It is a pity that I did not send out the second emails earlier, if not my project group and I would have gotten more time to compile and evaluate the responses. But other than that, I have been lucky to involve 60 of my ex-school’s students to help out with our pilot testing.
Thus, in conclusion, this project, being social in nature, has broadened my perspectives about the students who are experiencing similar problems as me, but are less capable of coping with it. Students in Primary School, Secondary School, students everywhere. I have learnt to look at these students not as weaklings, but as students who need help to cope. This project, albeit being a bit more troublesome, certainly helped to improve my character and attitudes.

Jia Wei:Our project is about encouraging primary 5 students to lead a healthy lifestyle by providing essential and interesting information to them on our website. Through this project, I have become more creative in coming up with new resources such as poster, memes and others. It has also trained my thinking and my ability to empathise with what other people need so as to develop the right resource for them to overcome their problems.
In the process of our project, many problems ranging to severe to minor surfaced. Some minor problems include conflicting views and tight deadlines whereas severe problems include teachers not willing to pilot test our website and many last minute changes. Strategies we used to solve problem is to first, consult our mentor and maybe coming together to discuss a way out of the situation. Usually, we do a vote on Facebook to come to a consensus. For the pilot testing problem, we decided to send to as many of our teachers as possible to increase the chances of them replying in favour.
In the end, we got 5 classes agreeing to pilot test our project. Consulting our mentor also allowed us to gain insights and new ideas for our project. I think the most effective strategy is coming together and discuss the problem, with everybody present, the problem would not be perpetuated. In real life, when there are conflicts, the best way to deal with it is to discuss and reach an agreement to prevent further misunderstandings. Other alternatives we have tried is to listen to only our leader or only one member of the group, which turned out to be a disaster.

Linus:As the saying goes, “There’s a first for everything" . This is the first time i embarked on a category four resource development project and it was indeed an extremely fruitful experience. We started our project last year, we wanted to do something on raising awareness about drugs in Singapore. However, it was rejected and hence we changed to doing a project about mental physical health. During the entire project, it was never smooth sailing , it was always full of ups and downs, conflicts and solutions and finally reconciliation. One of the most memorable moments was when I failed to follow instructions and sent an email to one of the teachers who was not in our intended mailing list. This was detrimental to our project's progress. Yanyi alerted me of my mistake which I am grateful for. To solve the communication problem , we made sure that we tagged each other in every post and constantly post updates alerting the rest about what we have done. This is to make sure that all of us are doing the right thing and not lagging behind. Meeting deadline is what most of us have problems with, undeniably I we had our fair share of this. To make sure that we adhere to such dateline , we constantly reminded one another through means such as facebook posts , MSMs. Lastly, on to pilot testing. Pilot testing was the most troublesome yet rewarding task. We had to constantly contact out teachers so much so that some of them reached the point of frustration. We had to proactively find multiple ways to contact the teachers such as seeking the help of another teacher. However, the outcome of a successful pilot test is still extremely rewarding as we have successfully equipped the students with the right knowledge and skills. Next, onto the hard skills. Resource development is not as simple was what i thought initially, resource development a lot like marketing in the corporate world , we first had to understand our target audience and know their need through the use of surveys. Next, we had to do thorough research such that we will not provide false information since we are responsible for the transfer of information. Also, it also requires the application of the skill we made learnt such as HTML programming for our website, the use of persuasive language in email and so on and so forth. Hence as a whole , this project is really a rewarding and impactful experience.