It’s the final week of the animation sprint and a lot of amazing folks made it to watch the Eagles showcase their hard work. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing to get here. The Eagles felt pressured towards the end. At the last hours, there was panic, tears and Eagles encouraged one another. The ES […]
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This week was special, because last week ended with Building Blocks, a session with all ActonKL parents. Held 3 times a year, the theme this time was Courage to Grow, inspired by Laura Sandefer’s book (the founder of Acton Academy) of the same name. This Building Blocks was designed to be like a book club
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It’s week 4 of our animation quest and the ES Eagles have made big strides in working together. For the ES Eagles, project time is finally no more a pain for them. We see the spark in some groups now and friction has lessened after the big discussion on how to work together and how
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It’s week 3 of the animation sprint and our Eagles are making good progress! This week, the MS Eagles were doing Foley. Recording sounds for an animated short using creatively produced sounds from badminton strings, body parts, mouth contortions and many more that we cannot begin to imagine. They Eagles were up to all sorts
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It’s the second week of school and our Eagles are in full swing! Because it is the animation sprint, guess who came? The creator of this iconic character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ireOC6hVoBE&t=1s We had a Hero’s Sharing from the most iconic of Malaysian animators! The creator of Sang Kancil, En. Hassan Abd Muthalib. The Eagles laughed,
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School starts again! A parent walked up to us and told us a story. “My son woke up, packed his bag and excitedly waited at the door to go to school — meanwhile my daughter was crying her lungs out and didn’t want to go to school. My son comes to Acton, and my daughter
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Usually, our blogs serving our community of learners. This blog post takes a public bent as we had 68 children embarking on an entrepreneurial journey with 29 of our Eagles (these are students of Acton Academy) during the 2018 Children’s Business Fair (CBF). The Children’s Business Fair is a yearly event. Children develop a brand,
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This year’s E-Ship Sprint is an odd one. Technically, it has two exhibitions instead of one. The first exhibition is this week’s Lemonade Standoff Challenge for the Elementary School (ES) and Investor Pitch for the Middle School (MS) on Wednesday 25th July. The second exhibition is the Children’s Business Fair on Friday 5th August. Moving
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End of Week 4. Five more days to the E-Ship’s Exhibition. And the Children’s Business Fair is in two weeks. Furthermore, the Middle School Eagles have to line up their apprenticeships before the Children’s Business Fair. Few Eagles were in tears. They were not sure if they were up for the tasks. It is overwhelming.
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Week Three. It is the mid-way point in this Entrepreneurship Quest. Last week, it was an exuberance of ideas and planning, akin to Simba singing “I can’t wait to be king.” Now, execution starts. Rush. Stress, and potentially exploring shortcuts. “Can I bulk purchase products and call it my own?” or even an innocent lie
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