This document contains a questionnaire for a student to fill out as preparation for their Personal Project. The questions help the student identify potential topics of interest, such as hobbies, strengths, and issues in their community they feel passionate about. By answering the questions, the student determines they would like to help raise funds for an orphanage near their school by organizing weekly bake sales, with the goals of assisting the local community and learning how to better help others.

1. PERSONAL PROJECT INTRODUCTORY
QUESTIONNAIRE
The Personal Project, as you are by now aware,
requires you to take responsibility for your learning
by researching and investigating a project of your
choice. The following questions are designed to help
you work out what areas you might be interested in
pursuing.
Fill in Questions 1-9 before you meet with your
supervisor for the
first time.
1. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
Reading, Playing Piano, Using my computer, Taking
photographs, Listening to music
2. What are some of your hobbies or interests?
Helping out others, Playing Piano, Reading, Music,
Photography, Watch Movies
3. What are some of the things you do really well?
( e.g. act, play piano or soccer)
Play Piano, Reading, Drawing
4. What would you like to be better at?
I would like to be better at helping others
5. When it comes to writing, what types of written
assignments do you most enjoy and why?
I like creative writing, I enjoy it because I like coming up with
stories.
6. What types of written assignments do you least enjoy
and why?
I dislike writing scientific assignments because they are my weak
points.
7. Think about your school and wider community. Is there
any aspect of your community that really infuriates you?
(e.g. perhaps there are not enough tress in your local
park)
There are many orphanages in Beijing that need help to raise funds
for.
8. What social, environmental or health issues interest do
you think need to be addressed in the world.
I would like to address the community and service, or social aspect
of the world.
9. At this point in time, what are some of your ideas for
your
Personal Project? Include what you would like the final
result to be and what your goal would be.
I'd like to help a orphanage or community to raise funds, through
some school related activity.
10.What evidence exists to support your topic? Why do you
think this is an issue? Do some research ( background
reading or conduct a survey) to establish a base for your
project.

2. Our school have a field trip usually once a week to go to
Abba House. Near Abba house, there is another
orphanage called “Agape” which raises funds through
“Bakery Of Life”, and I would like to help “Bakery of Life”
raise funds by staging weekly Bake Sales.
11.How will your project ideas relate to the Areas
of Interaction:
Approaches to Learning, Community Service,
Spirituality, Health
and Social Education, Homo Faber, and
Environment? (Remember it must relate to two
areas other than ATL).
This project would be related to Community & Service, Homo
Faber and Approaches To Learning.
Community & Service: I am helping Agape, a orphanage
community, to raise funds
Homo Faber: Helping Agape through “Bakery Of Life”, which
bakes different goodies to sell
Approaches to Learning: This is a different way to learn how
to help others, by staging a Bake sale.
12. What are some of the preliminary activities you
will need to
complete in order to prepare for your personal
project?
I would have to get permissions from Agape, Bakery Of Life, The
School, The PTA, to stage the Bakery Sale. Also I would have to
organise the Bake Sale.
13.How will you research and set about completing the
personal project? What are the steps you will take?
Firstly I would have to research how to stage a Bake Sale and how to
make every student in the community aware that there is a Bake Sale.
Also I would have to research about the different ways of Food
Presentation, and also the different prices charged for the food.
14.Will you involve the community in your project? How?
“Agape” would be involved because I am holding a Bake sale to raise
funds for them, while “BISS” would be the community that I shall hold
the Bake Sales.
15.How will you present your personal project (i.e. what
format)?
It shall be in a PowerPoint Presentation, and a poster.