IT IS not true that schools focus only on sports co-curricular activities ("Schools' focus on medals results in limited sports choices" by Mr Tan Kok Lim; Forum Online, Monday).
For example, East View Primary School achieved a merit award in the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards in 2013, North View Primary School won the gold award for dance in the Singapore Youth Festival in 2012, and Xinghua Primary School's Boys' Brigade bagged a gold in the JM Fraser Award last year.
These are surely not sedentary activities but require team work and physical effort.
The reality is that schools cannot offer CCAs to meet the ever-changing needs of every student. Hence, it is the responsibility of parents to search for a school that offers CCAs that best suit their children.
Having the passion for a particular sport is the greatest motivation to pursue it for life. It is not a passion if the motivation is solely to win medals or rewards.
David Poon Soon Cheong
For example, East View Primary School achieved a merit award in the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards in 2013, North View Primary School won the gold award for dance in the Singapore Youth Festival in 2012, and Xinghua Primary School's Boys' Brigade bagged a gold in the JM Fraser Award last year.
These are surely not sedentary activities but require team work and physical effort.
The reality is that schools cannot offer CCAs to meet the ever-changing needs of every student. Hence, it is the responsibility of parents to search for a school that offers CCAs that best suit their children.
Having the passion for a particular sport is the greatest motivation to pursue it for life. It is not a passion if the motivation is solely to win medals or rewards.
David Poon Soon Cheong
