Tampines District: Overseas Exchange Program 2009 - Kulau Lumpur

Dear Scouts

Some details regarding the above mentioned event.

Date: 14 - 18 December 2009

Apart from the teachers, Jiang Li Sir will also be with us for this Major event. It is a Tampines district organised event, and we are the largest group, so you all better put in your best behaviour.

Do note that you are forking out $255 from either your Edusave or by cash and it is already a subsidised amount. Total cost is actually $385 as the difference is subsidised from using our HQ Scout funds. So, once you have committed, you cannot back out.

I'll be meeting you all on Thursday morning after the morning assembly to brief you all and to issue out the registration forms to fill. Also do check that your passport does not expire before June 2010 (There is a need of at least 6 months buffer from date of event).

Confirmed list of participants:

1. JONATHAN 2. GERALD 3. BING HUI 4. DESMOND 5. LUIS6. SHAHIDAH7. RASHIDAH 8. KASHVIN 9. MARTIN 10. SIDDIQ 11. HAZIMAH 12. KHAIRUNNISA 13. AI XUAN 14. HIDAYAH 15. ZI HUI
16. PEI YU 17. Danny 18. HAO CHUEN 19. HUDA 20. WAI MAN

Donation Draw Results (Squirrel Badge)

Dear Scouts

I have obtained the details of Donation Draw 09 from Mr Wong. The following will receive the various grades of the Squirrel Badge when we meet the next time round. Sec 1s can sew their Bumblebee and/or Squirrel Badge if they have achieved it. It is the only badge you can wear without a Scout Standard (You should get your Scout Standard if you passed the Year End Camp).

1. Luis
2. Jonathan
3. Gerald
4. Desmond
5. Rashidah
6. Ting Fang
7. Martin
8. Zi Hui

For those who did not obtain it this year, work hard for next year to achieve your Bumblebee (for Job Week) and Squirrel (for Donation Draw).

YIS

SL Jiang Li

SANA Course 2009

Dear Scouts

There are vacancies for the SANA Course. It will be on 13th Nov from 8.30am to 5.00pm. The venue is at Seng Kang CC (can take Bus Service No. 27 from Tampines MRT and alight opp Compass Point) and it costs $10. Payment will be done using the Scout Fund.

The list of people going are:

1. Nisa
2. Pei Yu
3. Zi Hui
4. Hidayah
5. Ai Xuan
6. Alfian
7. Gerald
8. Martin
9. Kashvin
10. Ting Fang
11. Zi Qin
12. Nishanth
13. Jonathan
14. Bing Hui
15. Austin
16. Justin
17. Danny
18. Hazimah

YIS

SL Jiang Li

Hougang Gangshow Photos

Here's few of our group photos.
To view other photos taken during the gangshow, click http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=110694&id=689793364&ref=mf

Weekly training this Sat, 19 Sep

Dear Dove Scouts

Please be reminded that there is training this Sat, 19 Sep

Time: 8.30am - 12.30pm

Attire: Half uniform + Dove Tee

Objective: Complete your Scout standards

Please bring your scout booklet too.

Patrol Leaders, please inform your members.

Mr Kenny Wong

12 Sep, Sat - Gangshow at Hougang Sec

Dear Scouts

Reminder of the gangshow this coming Sat.

Details are as follows:

Date: 12 Sep, Sat

Start Time: 6.00pm (meet outside sch main gate for the chartered bus)

End Time: est 10pm (chartered bus will fetch you all from Hougang Sec to Tampines bus or MRT interchange)

Venue: Hougang Sec (2 Hougang Street 93 s(534256))

Attire: Full Scout Uniform

Other info:

- Have to perform skit (incorporate songs or tunes from 1970s- 1990s to suit DISCOPOP theme)

- Take your dinner early (for the Muslim Scouts breaking fast would be over there at Hougang Sec)

- Please meet up this Wed morning (9 Sep, 8.30-9.30am) at Scout Den to confirm and practise your skit. Attire is Dove tee.

Sports Climbing Level 1

Dear Scouts

The much-anticipated Sports Climbing Level 1 will be held this Saturday, 5th Sep 09 from 10am to 5pm at SAFRA Yishun. I understand that it was written in the consent form that we will meet at 8.30am at Northpoint McDonald's. I am changing the reporting venue to Tampines Bus Interchange Small Mac. We will be taking 969 from Tampines Bus Interchange and we will alight at Blk 763 Yishun Ave 2 and walk in to SAFRA. Please bring enough money from lunch. Also be in proper attire (casual sports attire with shoes). You may also like to bring some clothings for changing after the course.

See you on sat at Tampines Bus Interchange Small Mac at 8.30am!!! DO NOT BE LATE!!!


Yours in Scouting

SL Jiang Li

Well done for those who had participated in the Tampines District Frisbee Competition held in East Spring Secondary School on 15 August, saturday.

We managed to clinch a bronze award after many rounds of competing with units like Oneida, White Stag and Wichita. Oneida emerged as the Champion followed by Wichita as 1st runner-up, congratulations!
Gerald and Jonathan, do take care of your little toe and wrist respectively. =)
GOOD JOB TO EVERYONE IN TAMPINES DISTRICT!

7 Aug 09, Fri Special training to get your Scout Standard!

Hey! That's our Dove Scouts in action at the NDP practise! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/boreddad/tags/ndp09/]

Hazimah with a beady-eyes fierce look, "Don't you dare see me girl and think you can bully me harr! I'll pull your nose hairs out and poke your eyes blind!"
[Managed to stumble upon somebody's flickr site and that guy took really a LOT of NDP practise photos]

Thumbs up for the NDP Dove Scouts who sweat and toil hard every Saturday for the big event next week!

Dear Dove Scouts

This Friday is National Day celebration in school and everything should end about 10 or 10 plus am.
We will have a short 2 hour Scout meet (11am-1pm) and JiangLi will be there to accredit you on the areas lacking for your Scout Standard and Advance Scout Standard. So remember to bring your Scout booklet and we'll all try to get you guys attain your Scout Standard. The Muslim boys can be dismissed at 12.30pm.

FYI, the following week Fri (14 Aug), we'll be having a test for the Cooks proficiency badge. Please look for your patrol leaders for more info. You guys got to plan and prepare 4 dishes (Appetiser, Main course, dessert and drink) in 1 hour at the Food Lab plus churn out your menu card with nutrition info. Phew! Not easy harr... It's like your Cultural Fusion thing. Isn't it great? You get to prepare and eat and get a badge for it! Haha... Not so easy... You've got to work for it. If you do not contribute in the planning and preparation, then you don't get the badge and no delicious food for you.

Also after the cooking and feasting and getting the Cooks badge for it, Jiangli and I will be judging your patrols and there will be winner's prize for the best patrol.

When this is done, the Frisbee comp people will need to practise for their comp next week while the rest will continue to finish whichever areas missing to attain your Scout Standard or Advance Scout Standard.
Frisbee competition participants (Louis, Gerald, TingFang, Martin, Desmond, BingHui, Nishanth, Jonathon)
If you have attained the requirements, then you can join them for the fun.

15 Aug, Saturday (8am - 12.30pm) at EastSpring Sec - All to go there to support the Tampines District Frisbee competition. The competition ends at 2 or 4pm I think, but if you can stay then stay, if not you can be dismissed at 12.30pm from there.

Attire is half-U for the supporters.

Meeting this Fri, 24 July 09

Dear Dove Scouts

Finally, our first meeting for the term. And this is going to be a super short term too.
[Please fall-in in full uniform after you've set up the mini flagpost behind canteen.]
This Friday's meeting agenda:

1. Return of sold donation tickets (Final submission is next week)
- Green Squirrel - Min 8 booklets
- Bronze Squirrel - Min 10 booklets
- Silver Squirrel - Min 15 booklets
- Gold Squirrel - Min 25 booklets
[This criteria is only valid for 2009]

2. Issue of Bumble Bee badges (for JobWeek)
- Sec 4s & 5s need to come if you want your owed badges. (For a short while only)

3. Total Defence (Silver) Course [1.5 hours]
- I will be conducting the course and if you want your Silver badge for this one, come with an open brain, pen and paper. Sec 4s who have not attained the Total Defence (Silver) are welcomed to attend.
Sec 3s who already have the TD (Silver) are to tidy up the Scout den and to plan for the year end camp activities. You'd get your shiny shiny Total Defence (Silver) badge after successfully completing this course.

4. Admin
- Tampines District Frisbee Challenge 2009
- We need to send in at least one team of 8 players for this (very) fun competition. Interested parties are to confirm and commit to the two dates. Cost is $40 per team funded by our (limited) funds.
- Stage 1 – Frisbee Clinic: Date: 31st July 2009, Fri
Time: 1500 hours – 1800 hours
Venue: East Spring Secondary School
- Stage 2 – Frisbee Challenge: Date: 15th August 2009, Sat
Time: 0800 hours – 1600 hours
Venue: East Spring Secondary School

Return of Donation Draw ticket and other matters

Dear Dove Scouts

Please be reminded that you have up to end of July to complete the sales of all your booklets. We will have collection every Friday noon after school.

Next week, CCA is officially able to start and get your green socks ready!! Yayy!

More details coming up soon.

Update - Kayaking 1 Star

Congrats to Jon, Nishanth, Gerald, Rashidah, Martin, Austin, Justin in successfully completing the 1 star programme!
Something to look forward in term 3.
If you've never been to Bt Timah, we're going to go hike it soon!
Yah... the sights will be the scary monkeys who would grab your plastic bag if you were ever carrying one. It is a lovely hill to climb though I know some of you are asking, "Why not Mount Faber? Isn't it taller... it is a mountain right?" Hhahahaa... You've done your Southern Ridges night hike the last time, so therefore you've seen Mt Faber...

Standard First Aid Course - 18, 19, 20 June 09

Attn: Gerald, Desmond, Luis, Ting Fang, Austin & Justin

I have signed you 6 up for the Standard First Aid Course at Siglap Sec (18, 19, 20 June - 845am - 6pm daily, Full Scout uniform).Will need to pass you the consent form and Edusave form when I meet you guys.I will call or SMS you guys up later to confirm a date and time for you to collect the forms from me. Also will try to get a set of reading material so you can study and practise.I might arrange one day before the course to do a bit of pre-practise soyou guys are not BLUR like sotong on that day.
Cheerio! And BE there early!

http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/videodemo/adult-cpr-video.html

P/S: For the rest of you Scouters, sorry guys. I can't sign everyone up as there is a limit of 6 persons and it was a rare opportunity offer from Siglap Sec Scouts as it is not easy to book a date and time for everyone to attend at Red Cross HQ (Near Dhoby Ghaut MRT). Will find another opportunity around Nov/Dec holidays period or maybe together with our Dunman Red Cross. TBC.

ERRATA - Kayaking 1 Star Prog

Sorry guys. Some error I need to highlight.
As for FOOTWEAR, when you are kayaking, you'd need to be wearing COVERED SHOES (preferably old ones which you can discard after the second day). That means you can go there wearing slippers or sandals, but change to covered shoes when you are going to kayak.

Kayaking 1 Star Prog - 6 & 7 June (Sat & Sun)

Attn to those signed up for the Kayaking 1 Star programme this coming Sat and Sun.
(Jon, Nishanth, Gerald, Eunice, Shahidah, Rashidah, Ting Fang, Martin, Hazimah, Austin, Justin)

Time: Meet at 8.30am at Changi Village bus interchange POSB ATM.

We will have breakfast at the Changi Village before walking to the Changi beach to the Changi PA Water Venture Centre for the course.

Other important info:
1. Swimwear - Girls are to bring your swimwear to protect yourself from the obvious. You are all going to get wet. Optional for boys, though you are encouraged to bring them too.

2. Clothing to wear during kayaking

- TOP - Scout Tee or any tee shirts (long sleeved would be good for protection from the sun) + a HAT or a CAP. Girls are to wear dark shirts if they do not have proper swimwear.

- BOTTOMS - Shorts or slacks

- FOOTWEAR - Any old pair of shoes to wear when you kayak, but you can come in slippers or sandals. They are needed to protect your feet from the very sharp rocks and shoes will get black and oily. You don't want to be walking home with sea water sloshing in your shoes.

3. Breakfast & Lunch at your own expense at the Changi Village for the 2 days.

4. It is NOT A CAMP. No overnight stay. Day 1 and Day 2, 8.30am-go there, 5pm-go home, 8.30am-go there, 5pm-go home

5. Bring SUNBLOCK lotion. It will burn... the sun will be merciless and burn...

6. WATER - Each are to bring at least 1 bottle of water (1.5L) or more. Adequate hydration is key to preventing heat injuries leading to heat stroke and such.

7. Those wearing glasses like me are to bring spectacle retainers like this (see image below) as once your glasses fall into the water, say Bye Bye to them forever. Bring Sunglasses if you have or want to wear them.

8. Extra clothing, towel and toiletries - You would need to bathe and go home in dry clothes right? DO BRING extra plastic bags to hold your wet clothes and shoes seperately.

Training on 28 May 09, Thursday

Dear Scouts

We'll have our last training for the semester before the start of the June holidays this Thursday.
Time is from 1.30pm till 4.30pm or earlier since the next day (Fri) we all have our Sports Day at Tampines Stadium.
PLease bring along your sold donation draw tickets for 1st round of collection. We'll commence training. Faridah will be around and need help in getting firewood done up.

To Sec 4 & 5 scouts>> Good luck and work hard for your O level mothertongue paper next week Monday!

For the sec 2 and above who need to make new nametags, please SMS me to order by Friday (29 May 09). I'm ordering soon.

Kayaking on 6&7 June, Sat&Sun

Please submit your kayaking registration forms and Edusave to Ms Alia as soon as possible as we need to submit the forms to the Changi PA Water Venture by this Fri.

Sec fours who are going, please give the form to Danny to collate and pass it to Ms Alia.

The above picture is something I found online of a group of people doing kayaking at Changi. A small tip, for those who want to reduce the sunburn on the arms, wear a light long sleeved shirt a large hat and lots of sunblock. I'll bring my sunblock for the two days.

I might join you all in the water. Remember, its a 1 star course which means you'd get a certificate and a canoeist scout badge.

The Little Boy Scout

Donation Draw time!

Want to get that squirrel badge?

Then start your engines and sell sell sell!!!

Strategy no.1 - Start with your teachers first and get them to buy at least a whole booklet, its only $10!! So cheap for a chance to win 20K cash!!

Strategy no.2 - Target your classmates.

Strategy no.3 - Your dad, your mum, your sis, your brother, your doting aunt, uncle, cousins etc. Charm them with your cutey eyes and mushy "pleeaase?".

Strategy no.4 - Target your block with people waiting for the lift. Haha.. Catch them unawares.

Remember, next week Thursday noon from 1.30-2.30pm outside Scout den for first collection of donation draw returns.

All the best for mid year doveys!
study hard and be the next Raymond!
=)