School Enrichment Programs

“Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing can happen to a great mind.”

– Sir Ken Robinson Ph. D.


School of Photography Singapore (SOP) offers a variety of Photography Workshops, Talks and Activity-related programs for schools. Conducted upon request, these programs are subject to the availability of the mentor and instructors. Photography Enrichment is offered in the following settings:

• In-school day programs
• School-based and After-school enrichment programs
• One day lectures

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Photography mentor and instructor Alan Lim unleashing the creative minds of a hall of students during a photography talk at Punggol Primary School
Curriculum and Philosophy

SOP recognizes that an important aspect of education reform is the identification of methodologies that build bridges connecting disciplines. Because the arts focus on the creative process, they offer unique possibilities for encouraging collaboration among students and teachers. Interdisciplinary teaching and learning are based upon a philosophy of education that emphasizes the exploration and discovery of analogies, relationships, and metaphors.

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Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status. Students are seen here looking at the world from a different perspective.

SOP’s approach requires students and teachers to apply the process of inquiry and integrate specific disciplinary skills and knowledge into a broader context. Innovative interdisciplinary teaching begins with questions, unites teachers and students as learners and investigators, and makes innovative use of community resources.

Goals and Accomplishments


Our Photography Enrichment program initiative enriches the school curriculum, demonstrates new methods of learning, enhances creative thinking and applies them to classroom learning, fosters self-discipline and personal responsibility, builds self-esteem, motivates the student’s quest for knowledge, demonstrates the intrinsic value of the arts in everyday life and identifies and develops talent.

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A photo by a student demonstrates creative thinking, problem-solving and well-balanced composition.

SOP is recognized for its unique creative educational programming. As a result, SOP has been invited by the Ministry of Social and Family Development and individual schools to establish after-school programs. The Photography Enrichment program continues to expand and SOP continues to assess and update our practice and methodologies for the benefit of our students and faculty.

Some of the schools we have worked with:
      • National University of Singapore
      • Nanyang Technological  University
      • Singapore Institute of Management
      • Saint Joseph Institute
      • Sembawang Secondary School
      • Bendemeer School School
      • Tanglin Trust School
      • Guangyang Primary School
      • Spectra Secondary School
      • Institute of Policy Studies
      • Whitely Secondary School
      • Saint Margaret’s Primary School
      • Singapore Polytechnic
      • Ngee Ann Secondary
      • Nanyang Academy of Fine Art

For inquiries please fill in the form below and we will get back to you ASAP. Alternately you can WhatsApp us at +65 8133 5134


ABOUT TRAINER:
All our courses/workshops are designed and taught by MOE registered SOP’s principle trainer and international award-winning photographer Alan Lim.
Graduated from the USA with a degree in photography, Alan is the formal Senior Executive Photographer for The Straits Times, he has more than 30 years of experience in the field and counting.
As an educator, Alan’s approach is fun, refreshing and inspiring, he is known as a very engaging trainer with a real passion for the craft of photography. The blend of his ability to distill very technical aspects into simple to grasp concepts and his generosity to share his decades of experience as a professional photographer made his teaching both invaluable and effective.

Alan’s work is showcased and published on numerous sites below where his versatility, prolific knowledge and experience in photography can been seen:

www.alanlimstudio.com
www.lensculture.com
www.mothership.sg
www.eleven.sg
www.museum.red-dot.sg
www.lomography.com