Commonwealth Secondary School

Commonwealth Secondary School officially adopted the mangrove boardwalk in 10 November 2001.

Programmes and activities involved:

• Coastal clean up - Students undertake coastal clean up at least once a year ( on International Coastal Clean Up day).
• Mural paintings- Undertaking it as a community involvement project, the students paint up one shelter each year on a thematic basis along the Visitor Centre mangrove boardwalk. There are four shelters along the boardwalk. Two has been completed. The third shelter will be completed with murals by the end of 2003.
• Nature building - This activity is interesting and challenging for the students. Students are trained on the more common flora and fauna that can be found in the mangroves and the importance of a mangrove ecosystem. Students are trained both in station and group guiding, and thereafter are challenged to take on guided walks for both adults, VIPs on Sungei Buloh’s major events and school children. The nature guides also get involved in clean and green week, and other inter-school ecotourism projects and programmes that have tied in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in one way or another.
• Nature guiding equates nature awareness. A primary objective that we hoped to achieve through "Adopt-A-Park" is seeing the students be more aware about nature, about mangroves and the importance of their conservation. Through their involvement and activities, the students take these out and share it with their 'oikos' and the public.

Commitment, discipline and passion are core and essential traits of a nature guide, and the students have demonstrated it clearly in their involvement.