Session 11: Closing Program

Objectives:

* To draw out the participants pledge of commitment to the HPS program.

* To participate actively in the closing program

Content:

* Parts of the Program

* Pledge of Commitment

Materials:

Cut-out of a child for every participants, plant in a pot, tape of soft music, cassette recorder.

Training Methodology:

A. Introduction/Mood Setting

* Set the mood of the activity by saying these:

* We are about to close the program and I'm sure we've got a lot of learning ad insights for ourselves and for our school. So let's start the session with this prayer:

Lord in this very hour we pray

For strength to live our best today

Draw near to us that we may have

The king of schools that are to be

For our school is our dream

Be child friendly, health promoting

Health practices, worthy values

Be with our children everyday

B. Activity

* Part of our learning is putting them into action.

* So this time you will write your commitment to the program individually. Be guided by this question. Post it on the board.

 - What do you commit yourselves to do

 - When you go back to your respective schools so that your school will be a Health Promoting School (HPS)?

C. Learning Points

* How did you feel while you are reciting the prayer?

* What is the implication of this training to you as a teacher and as a promoter of health?

Closing Program

* Ask everybody to arrange their chairs in a circle.

* Instruct them to bring with them their commitment. When everybody is seated tell them that during the commitment part of the program, everyone will read his/her commitment, and after reading he/she will post it in a plant placed in a flower pot at the middle of the circle.

* When everybody is ready, proceed to the closing program as follows:

I - Invocation

II - National Anthem

III - Opening Remarks

IV - Impression (by representative of the participants)

V - Challenge (by the facilitator)

VI - Pledge of Commitment

Before each participant read his/her commitment, the facilitator will say:

The past three days have bee full of experience which lead us to our roles in the promotion of HPSS. We have realized our shortcomings in terms of this program but we have explored what we can do so that schools will really be the kind of schools we want them to be.

With these realization, we have our commitment which we promise to fulfill and put into action so that our dreams will be realities in the years to come.

With this may I ask everyone to read his/her commitment

(Play soft music while the participants read the commitment)

VII - Distribution of Certificates

VIII - Closing Remarks

IX - Closing song: Auld Lang Syne

 

Let the participants stand, Join hads and sing Auld Lang Syne