With
travelling restrictions set in place due to the Movement Control Order (MCO)
issued by the Malaysian government, a group of lecturers from the Department
of Commerce and Accountancy parked under the
Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF)
decided to sponsor virtual tour tickets to Melaka Crocodile and Recreation
Park for the kindergarten students. The FBF lecturers who sponsored the
virtual tour tickets were Che Siti Lazrina binti Md Lazim, Ku Nur Ilyani
binti Ku Abd Aziz, Mohd Danial Afiq bin Khamar Tazilah, Nabihah binti
Aminaddin, Zainon binti Md Yunus, Norhayati binti Md Isa, Nur Diyana binti
Ismail, Siti Nur Amira binti Othman, Sonia Johanthan and Kogilavani Apadore.
The virtual
learning tour was titled
“Welcome to our virtual tour to
Melaka Crocodile and Recreation Park
with Little Caliphs Kuala
Kangsar”. It was organised on 13 August 2021. The event was
conducted both physically and virtually. Four lecturers were sent to Little
Caliph Kuala Kangsar, while 50 participants including students from Little
Caliph and UTAR made a virtual tour to the Melaka Crocodile and Recreation
Park via Microsoft Teams.
As a project
under
the UTAR
Committee for Community Outreach (CCO) programme, the activity aimed to
promote a joyful learning opportunity in the classroom by allowing students
to virtually “visit” the Melaka Crocodile and Recreation Park in Ayer Keroh,
Malacca. Through the virtual learning tour, students were able
to understand the importance of caring for the environment and how it plays
an important role in the animals’ lives. They also had the opportunity to
learn about the threats to habitat and wildlife.
The event
kick-started with a welcome address and opening remarks by FBF Department of
Commerce and Accountancy lecturer-cum-Project Leader of the programme Che
Siti Lazrina. The opening remarks was followed by a speech from Little
Caliphs Principal Marne binti Ogol.
“Welcome to
the virtual learning tour. Today we will lead you to an interesting place
called the Melaka Crocodile and Recreation Park to see different animals.
First of all, I would like to thank all the committee members from
UTAR, the staff from
Melaka
Crocodile and Recreation Park,
as well as the
principal and teachers from Little Caliphs, Kuala Kangsar for all the
support and assistance in making this event happen.
Through this learning tour, I believe students will learn how
different animals are taken care of and how conservation efforts are carried
out,” said Che Siti Lazrina.
On behalf of
the Little Caliphs, Marne expressed her gratitude to UTAR for sponsoring the
kindergarten students and teachers to view the wild animals. “Despite the
ongoing MCO that was caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, our kindergarten
students and teachers are very lucky because we can virtually visit the
Melaka Crocodile and
Recreation Park. Thus, I would like to thank UTAR for organising this
webinar for our students. I am sure that our students will be very excited
when they see the fearsome and fascinating crocodiles from four different
species.”
Little Caliphs Principal Marne
delivering her speech
Before heading
to
Melaka
Crocodile and Recreation Park, UTAR staff conducted an interactive session
with the kindergarten students. The pop quizzes enabled students to learn
about all the animals related to the virtual visit. Besides holding pop
quizzes, the interactive session also included playing songs, watching
animal cartoons and answering fun animal trivia questions. The session also
saw an animal-related craft competition held for the kindergarten school
kids.
Group photo of the kindergarten
students (right) after the Animal Jigsaw Puzzle session (left)
Songs and
cartoons played during the interactive session
Che Siti Lazrina enthused, “The interactive session provides the opportunity
for hands-on learning. Our UTAR staff got the chance to engage and interact
with the students in a multi-sensory and highly interactive way.”
Animals Quiz during the interactive
session
The interactive session ended with a souvenir
presentation. The souvenir was handed to
Little Caliphs
Principal Marne
by UTAR lecturer
Siti
Nur Amira.
UTAR lecturer
Siti Nur Amira presenting a souvenir to Little Caliphs
Principal Marne
The virtual
tour was conducted by the staff from
Melaka Crocodile and Recreation Park. Plenty of facts and tips regarding the
animals were provided to the participants. The virtual visit also featured
a crocodile show and a
crocodile feeding demonstration. Other than the four different species of
crocodiles, the participants also got the opportunity to see other animals
such as emus, tortoises, deers, reptiles, raccoons and other wild animals.
During the tour session, participants also visited Miniature Malaysia where
they saw smaller replicas of Malaysia’s iconic buildings.
The reptiles
at Melaka Crocodile and Recreation Park
Participants enjoy looking at a tortoise
The supervisor showing the different
types of crocodile species to the participants
A virtual visit to the
Melaka Crocodile and
Recreation Park
UTAR lecturers with the
kindergarten students
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