Club Assembly Nite

We will be having our 2^nd Club Assembly this week and NO meeting for the following week in view of the Lunar New Year.  I would like to take this opportunity to wish one and all a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year. 

Michael Chua,  E-Bulletin Editor

13^th February 2007

Statistics:

Attendance:  20/47  (6 make-ups) – 43%

100percenters: 18

Sunshine: $190

This Thursday.....

At your Dinner Meeting this Thursday 7:00pm, 15^th February 2007,

The Pines, 30 Stevens Road, Singapore 257840

Dear fellow Rotarians,

          Please join us this Thursday for a presentation by

"Wired for learning, Wired for Life"

Dr Doris Ang, Clinical Director, Irlen Dyslexic Clinic

Our speaker, Dr. Doris Ang is Clinical Director of Irlen Dyslexic Clinic; a multidiciplinary clinic for the evaluation and treatment of learning difficulties.  Dr. Ang's interest and concern for students who were underachieving and experiencing reading difficulties led to her PhD research.  Dr. Ang was clinically trained in Australia and she has extensive experience working with youth in schools as well as prison ministry.  She also serves as consultant to Barister Express, a Mental Health cafe funded by MCYS, Loving Care Support Group in Melbourne – a reach out program to the chinese community.

The synopsis of her talk is as follows:

“The brain is involved in everything we do and therefore must be considered in relation to motivation and reason for a person's behavior. The hard wiring in our brain construct our perception, feeling and behavior.  Brain imaging has allowed scientists to observe metabolic activity within specific regions of the brain during activities.  The brain is an electrochemical organ, its activity is controlled by currents and chemicals.  Human brains are at their most plastic during infancy. You can take away an entire hemisphere from a child's brain and the other will rewire itself. Learning is defined as the establishment of new neural network forming pattern of connectivity.  Let's find out whether we can modify the pattern of connectivity in a child's brain to enhance learning.  Is your child's learning affected by certain environmental stressors?  Can we enhance the functioning brain, or rewire for them to see and experience an entirely different world.”

On behalf of the programme committee, we look forward to seeing you this Thursday.

Yours in Rotary

Michael Chua
Programme Service Director
RY 2005-2007

Complimentary Buffet Dinner for members and spouse will be served. 
Parking complimentary.

We meet at 12.45pm onwards for lunch meetings
and
7pm for dinner meetings - every last Thursday of the month