First Batch of Trainers Certified in Drums Up for Active Ageing Course
Date: 25 Oct 2025
News Type:Event Highlights
School/Department: S R Nathan School of Human Development
The SUSS-Nunchi Marine Age Well Programme and SUSS Unilearn celebrated the achievements of the inaugural batch of 24 certified trainers who successfully completed the Drums Up for Active Ageing (Certified Trainer) course!
The certificates were presented by GOH, Senior Minister of State, Mr Tan Kiat How and Dr Kelvin Tan, Head of Programme of SUSS, during the IMDA Digital for Life segment at Heartbeat@Bedok on Saturday, 25 October 2025.
A special guest - 90-year-old Japanese supercoder, Ms Masako Wakamiya also joined us in the inaugural event. Ms Wakamiya, who inspired more than 100 attendees with her passion for lifelong learning and creativity, shared her fondness for rhythmic ball drumming. She also sportingly interacted with SUSS Alumni, students and community drummers, as well as three drumming students from National Cheng Kung University.
With these newly certified trainers, we can expect the rhythmic ball drumming exercise to expand within the active ageing community, reaching beyond the 38 Active Ageing Centres currently partnered with SUSS and People’s Association community hubs.
Find out more at: Drums-Up for Active Ageing (Certified Trainer) | SUSS.UniLEARN
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