Dads Amazing at North View Primary School Singapore
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In 2009, together with a group of passionate fathers, Alex Devadass who is Vice-Principal of North View Primary School in Singapore began working on setting up Dads Amazing @ NVPS. The move was to inspire North View Primary School’s fathers to be more involved in their children’s lives through father-child bonding activities such as workshops, experiential learning and outdoor experiences. Dads Amazing activities have continued this year and recently, Alex organized the Dads Amazing Sleepover @ NVPS.Alex Devadass has been married for 10 years and has 3 children: Alycia, 4 years old, Josh, 17 months and Jay-Sean, 3 weeks old.
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NORTH VIEW Primary School
Direction
Access
Development
Success
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Direction
Promote the national awareness of Dads for LIFE
Increase the involvement of fathers in NVPS in their children’s lives
Pupils in NVPS to feel their fathers’ presence and influence – turning their hearts to their fathers
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Access
To reach and educate all fathers in NVPS about the crucial role they can play
Create opportunities and provide access for fathers into their children’s lives
Fathers to have impact on the children
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Development
Our first Fathers gathering and workshop on 25th July 2009. We had 13 participants.
Mr Edwin Choy, the founder of the Centre of Fathering was invited to facilitate the sharing and workshop.
NORTH VIEW Primary School
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Development
Father-Child Bonding Experiential Workshop on 15th August 2009.
10 father-child pairs participated.
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Development
Our Fathers focus group discussion and setting up of Dads Amazing @ NVPS on 31st October 2009. This time around we had 26 participants.
Fathers from St Hilda’s Primary School were present to share their experience and impact of setting up a Fathers’ Support Group.
NORTH VIEW Primary School
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Development
Dads Amazing Sleepover 12th & 13th March 2010. A total of 96 participants (44 fathers & 52 children).
We also had 2 pupils who were supported and ‘adopted’ by our staff to be part of the sleepover.
NORTH VIEW Primary School
NORTH VIEW Primary School
SuccessNORTH VIEW Primary School
She is very special to me &
I appreciate everything
she is
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I’m glad to be your father
and my love for you will never stop growing
He is an amazing kid with lots of talent, I never knew he had
them.
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If I’m given a chest of gold to choose between you, I’ll choose
you because you are my valuable treasure
Learning Points
More can be done
Impact will be felt by fathers
Learning curve must continue
Knowing that children’s lives will be touched
NORTH VIEW Primary School
The Future
Increasing our base of fathers (Inspire)
Creating meaningful experiences for fathers and children (Equip)
Enabling fathers to grow together as a group (Support)
NORTH VIEW Primary School
NORTH VIEW Primary School
Thank you
