The competition will be held on August 2012 at Goodman Arts Centre (see map).

Further details regarding the competition will be sent via email respectively to schools by 11th June 2012.

Link: Spelling Bee Competition 2011

Mari mendalami falsafah dan maksud peribahasa bersama Pendeta Dr Muhammad Ariff Ahmad.

Peribahasa Bersama Pendeta: http://asas50.com/mas/

The Singapore Writers Festival is back and jumps right into the school year with Words Go Round 2012!

The Singapore Writers Festival celebrates literature in Singapore’s official languages – English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil – and brings together literary talents from home and around the world to a larger audience. Our last Festival was held 22 to 30 October 2011 and was a success with many Singaporeans and visitors, who enjoyed how the writers generously shared their ideas, stories and lives.

Words Go Round is our dedicated schools programme and it promises the same lively writers, stimulating discussions and exciting interactions. We started Words Go Round programme for the first time in 2011 and took writers to almost 3,000 students in 24 schools.

We look forward to engaging more students this year and getting them to enjoy literature, especially those created by our fellow Singaporeans. All this is part of our year-round activities leading up to the main Festival in November 2012.

Schools will be pleased to note that all Words Go Round events (except for the Workshops for Teachers) come under the National Arts Council Arts Education Programme (www.nac.gov.sg/aep) and are eligible for the Tote Board Arts Grant subsidy.

For more information:

• Download Full Programme
• Download Booking Form
• Chinese Malay, Tamil Programmes

The trainers involved were Mr Yazid Hussein, Mr Ariff Rizwan Sahab and Mr Fariz Husna Sajani. The trainers taught the students on the application as well as the appreciation of poetry. The students went through a step-by-step process from creating their very own poems to developing their Graftera to staging a performance based on a chosen poem written by fellow participants. They were closely guided by the facilitators from the ASAS ’50 youth wing on how to write, recite and apply poetry.

Objectives
With the objective to create awareness of poetry among students, The Gen Z Poet 2011, continues to bring forth Malay poetry to the youths of today.

Participants were taught on how to appreciate poetry through the language and style of writing as well as the different components in poetry such as theme, message and tone. They were also introduced to the fusion of literature and the arts called Graftera which is aimed to spark interest and intrigue participants to create unique works of art; creativity is therefore involved. Creating original works of literature and art are meant to build confidence within participants to further appreciate Malay literature.

Also, the introduction of the component on recitation of poetry in this workshop is to create awareness among participants on the appropriate ways in reciting Malay poetry. The intricate involvement of immersing oneself into the poetry and delivering it to an audience are taught to participants with the aim for participants to be well versed in poetry recitation.

Therefore, it is hoped that the exposure to the skills in creating poetry will foster a growth of interest and spur on an increase in the number of new literary works from participants.

Aftermath
The Gen Z Poet conducted at Geylang East Public Library was carried out smoothly and effectively. Participants were given a goodie bag that included books published by ASAS ’50 like Penyair Gen Z, Diari Hitam and Rama-rama patah sayapnya, a Gen Z Poet bookmark and badge specially created for the event.

Poems and Graftera portraying various themes were able to be produced by the participants. Some even went as far as to touch upon the topic of Islamophobia, thus signifying the broad range of issues brought forth through The Gen Z Poet workshop.

Participants also staged performances that involved singing, acting and poetry recitation, thus applying the content taught by the trainers of the workshop.

Overall, the event was a success and was seen as a platform to inspire the youth to continue writing poems and infuse art with literature.

Para pembimbing yang terlibat untuk sesi kali ini ialah pembimbing tetap Yazid Hussein, Ariff Rizwan Sahab dan Fariz Husna Sajani. Para pembimbing telah berjaya menyuntik minat peserta dengan memberi tunjuk ajar secara bertahap-tahap. Para peserta telah diajar tentang aplikasi serta apresiasi sajak. Pada peringkat awal, para peserta diajar cara untuk menghasilkan sajak. Sajak itu kemudiannya digunakan untuk menghasilkan karya Graftera dan akhir sekali dipentaskan dengan cara tersendiri mengikuti kreativiti masing-masing. Mereka telah dibimbing dengan lebih khusus dan secara perseorangan oleh para pemudah cara dari Sayap Belia Asas ’50.

Objektif
Bertunjangkan objektif utama untuk mendedahkan para pelajar kepada penulisan sajak, Penyair Gen Z telah mara ke hadapan untuk mendekati golongan remaja masa kini.

Para peserta yang mengambil bahagian dalam bengkel kali ini, telah diajar secara terperinci asas penulisan sajak seperti contoh dari segi bentuk, bahasa, tema dan perutusan. Mereka juga telah diperkenalkan kepada unsur sastera dari perspektif yang berlainan, yakni Graftera, sebuah gabungan sastera dan seni lukisan. Ia bertujuan untuk menarik minat mereka dalam bidang ini dan terus mencungkil kreativiti dalam menghasilkan karya sastera. Ia dipercayai akan menimbulkan keyakinan dalam setiap peserta untuk lebih cenderung dan meneruskan minat terhadap sastera Melayu.

Sesi deklamasi sajak pula diadakan untuk memberi pendedahan kepada para peserta tentang kepelbagaian cara untuk mendeklamasikan sajak. Ia juga bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kebolehan mereka dari segi deklamasi sajak menerusi penjiwaan serta cara sajak itu dipersembahkan agar memukau para pendengar.

Oleh itu, ia diharap akan dapat menggarap minat yang lebih mendalam terhadap dunia sastera dan menceburkan diri dalam penghasilan karya sastera agar menambahkan lagi jumlah karya sastera Melayu di dalam persada seni.

Penutup
Natijahnya, bengkel Penyair Gen Z yang diadakan di Perpustakaan Awam Geylang East telah dijalankan dengan lancar dan penuh manfaat. Para peserta telah diberikan cenderahati berupa penanda buku, lencana dan beberapa buku terbitan Asas ’50 seperti ‘Penyair Gen Z’, ‘Diari Hitam’ dan ‘Rama-rama Patah Sayapnya’.

Kuntuman sajak-sajak dan karya Graftera yang telah dihasilkan oleh para peserta pula menjangkau pelbagai tema seperti percintaan, kekeluargaan dan agama. Ini menunjukkan kepelbagaian tema yang berjaya dicungkil dan diutarakan melalui bengkel ini. Para peserta juga diberi kesempatan untuk mementaskan beberapa sajak yang terpilih melalui kaedah nyanyian, lakonan, deklamasi sajak seperti yang telah diberi tunjuk ajar oleh para pembimbing.

Secara keseluruhan, bengkel ini telah berjaya dijalankan dan dilihat sebagai pemula bagi golongan remaja untuk menyuntik minat dan meneruskan berkarya dalam dunia kesusasteraan.

Laporan Oleh:
Shaheda Salim, Siti Noraisha Mohamed Senin dan Sitti Maisarah Abu Bakar