Friday 30/1/2009
Attire: Full Uniform

Things to bring: Wichita Kit, Wichita Black (No need PE pants)

Time: 2.45pm Fall in (321 flagpole to be erected)
Ceremony at 3pm sharp.
Venue: Old scout den
Other info:

Tomorrow the sec4(s) will be having their first CA test from 2.30 to 3.15, tomorrow IC for ceremony is Marcus Seet, after ceremony he will conduct footdrill untill the arrival of the PLC. As for the sec4(s), pls fall in at 3.30 in full u sharp.

Those who are going your re-hike on this coming saturday and sunday, please bring your full U along, as you will be changing out into half U after ceremony.

That's all for now. For those who've seen this msg,please help spread around, Attendance is compulsory

YIS JUSTIN :)
thanks

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

Hello Everyone,

Meerkat is here to wish everyone a happy and fruitful (collect more hongbao and contribute to scouts fund. hehe.) new year!

have fun and enjoy eating the goodies.

YIS,
ARDENT MEERKAT

Dear Scouts,
Firstly, Happy Lunar New Year!
Secondly, there will be scout meeting for both
Wednesdays and Fridays this week.

Wednesday 28/1/2009

Attire: Wichita Red + PE pants. For PLs, Wichita White + PE pants


Things to bring: Wichita Kit

Time: 3 o'clock fall in

Venue: Old scout den.

Other info: (Optional and reccomended) bring along a 30cm ruler ;)

Friday 30/1/2009

Attire: Full Uniform

Things to bring: Wichita Kit, Wichita Black (No need PE pants)

Time: 2.45pm Fall in (321 flagpole to be erected)
Ceremony at 3.15pm sharp.

Venue: Old scout den

Other info: Footdrill test, so be prepared ;)

That's all for now. For those who've seen this msg,
please help spread around :D
Attendance is compulsory (duh..)
So i hope to see your face then! :D

Thank you,
YIS
Jingyang

Dear Wichita Scouts,

There will be Scout meeting of Wednesday 21/1/09.

Attire: Full u.

Things to bring: Wichita Kit, Wichita Red shirt (No need PE pants)

Time: 3 o'clock fall in full U at old scout den
3 2 1 Flagpole to be erected.
Ceremony will start at 3.15 sharp.

Patrol in Duty: Rayfish

Others: -PLs please bring along your patrol logbook
-Justin and Derrick please bring the store list
-Dongkun please bring the book that the unit use to write down
names going for events and courses.

There will be no Friday meeting due to CNY celebration.
Please help spread this message around.

Thank you.
YIS,
Jingyang

Yo Scouts!
It's been a while we've done this due to
the PLC07's O'lvls.
but....

WHO'S GAME FOR STREET SOCCER?~!?

Venue: East Spring Sec Strt Soccer Court
Time: 8.30am, Sunday, 18th january.
Attire: Anything, Naked also can.
Bring: Lots and lots of WATER, 水, Minum Air

Not compulsory, but encouraged to come.
This will be a Wichita Relac-Relac Activity :)

If you're unsure of how to go thr, please call me, at 93629927.
Cya!

YIS,
Jingyang

Dear Wichita Scouts,

There will be no scout meeting this week due to OLE and Sec 3 camp.
Hope you all have a good rest.
Meeting will resume next wednesday and friday.
Please help pass this message around.

thank you
YIS,
Jingyang

Total Defence Namelist

CLASS, NAME, Award
2R2 NASIR BIN MD YUSOF Silver
2R2 SAM LIANG Silver
2C2 DYLAN LIM Silver
2R3 ANG YU FENG Silver
2R4 TAY YUAN LONG Silver
2R4 EDWARD LAU Silver
2R5 ALEXUS SAVIER GREGORY Silver
3R2 BENEDICT CHOONG Gold
3R7 MARCUS SEET DING QUAN Gold
3R2 CHIA HONG WEI DARREN Gold
3R3 HO QING XUAN NIGEL Gold
3R2 LAM ZHAO MENG Gold

These names above are the scouts involved in Total Defence.
There will be a meeting on 13 Jan Tuesday at 1400hrs
Venue will be read out during morning assembly in school.
PLs of the above members please inform them of the information.
Scouts that have read this message please help pass on the message too.

Thank you.
YIS,
Jingyang

PLC MEETING

-Spread out PLC among members to allow sense of belonging that we are allowed an opportunity to impart our knowledge to them. Members also won’t feel neglected

-Meetings must be pre planned, cannot have last minute planning. This is to show members that we are prepared as the scout motto instructs us to be. Otherwise they will find excuses to be slipshod with their planning.

*This year, one of the aims is to put more emphasis on members due to the lack of attention on the members because of NPC and DPC.

-Whenever you teach the members anything do not jump to the advance, don’t have the mentality that they know everything, always start from the basics and you won’t go wrong

-This year is the beginning of a new era of Wichita scout troop. We will concentrate on upping the standard of the troop. We are adamant on not settling on mediocrity but achieving our full potential. This is the mentality that the PLC and leaders hope to impart to the next PLC.

-As the current PLC are steeping down not at the March camp, but at June camp instead, this will give the PLC more time to pass down as much knowledge to the next PLC before they step up to the plate and take over

Following three points are the themes that this year will revolve around

Standardization- Different we may be, we still need to standardize some things to let members feel a sense of equality to a certain extent and belonging. In alignment to our troop motto of one for all, all for one, we have implemented something that was a practice in the past but got lost somewhere along the way. This practice is the equipping of a Wichita Personal Kit which every member regardless of rank has to bring for every formal meeting. We hope that we can continue this standardization mentality in different aspects of our CCA.

Sense of Urgency- We have observed that this has been a problem that has bugged our troop for quite some time. Most of the time, we only show our sense of urgency during camps, but what we are really gunning for is that urgency be present in every meeting.
Not only members, honestly everybody is guilty of that. So, we need to inculcate that mentality into us that urgency is one of the main priorities. Hence, allowing us to complete stuff within the time frame allocated.

Willingness to learn- Last but not least we would like to instill a love for the CCA into everyone. We want them not to come for CCA just to be in the motion. Our aim is to make them love coming to the CCA and not let it be a chore but a passion. We want to at least learn something every meeting they attend so they won’t go home empty handed or empty ‘minded’ so to speak.

YIS,
Kevin Tan (Scribe)

Annual General Meeting 2009

Dear One & All

Notice is hereby given for the Troop's Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2009. The details are as follows:

Ngee Ann Wichita Scout Troop AGM'09

Saturday, 10th January 2009
1030h - 1400h
Venue: Old Library (subject to change)

Please be informed that a normal Troop meeting will precede the AGM. Please get ready for Flag Break Ceremony by 0800h sharp. The Leaders will be making an appearance, so please brush up on discipline, bearing and turnout of uniform.

After the AGM, there will be a Lunch Reception to celebrate the past year of Scouting in Ngee Ann. VIPs will be invited. The Lunch will last until 1400h.

BTW, the AGM is NOT a tekan session. Leaders do not seat around you in a horseshoe formation in an isolate classroom during an AGM.



In Other News...

Thanks to everyone for their hard work and effort this week for the CCA Display. It's the time of the year where you can showcase your work and fun to others. I'm happy to say that of all the CCA booths, ours has been the most comprehensively entertaining, interactive and ambitious. In one word: FUN! Congrats to all!

Please rest up and settle back to reality that school has indeed started.

For our graduates, all the best for your O Level results!

YIS
Staunch Owl

Dear Wichita Scouts,

These are the dates for week 1's scout meeting.
January 7th and January 10th.
Wednesday and Saturday respectively.
Full attendance is expected on BOTH days.
Reasons such as 'Tuition, Parents letter, Busy, Family Problem..etc'
will not be tolerated.
Medical Certificate must state 'not fit for school/ not fit for CCA'
If your parents/guardian do not allow you to come for CCA
You must make a call to either :
Mr Joseph Teo at 94232496
Mr Hazmi at 90054405

For Wednesday, please bring along your full scout uniform with unit scarf.
And your PT kit, Red wichita shirt.
The scout meeting will mainly cover:
CCA display

For Saturday, It is a friday meeting postponed to saturday, 10 jan
because of the Annual General Meeting, or rather AGM.
Leaders of Wichita Scout Troop will be present.
Therefore tip-top discipline is expected.
Same goes with the attendance.
Please report at 8am in school. Full Uniform with Unit Scarf.
Bring along Wichita Black shirt.
It is expected that by Saturday your Uniform should be washed and cleaned.
If i can do it, so can you.
The meeting will mainly cover :
AGM

Anymore details about the saturday meeting will be posted soon.

Thank you.
YIS
-Jingyang

P.S, Please bring along your personal kit for SATURDAY MEETING.
Wednesday meeting is optional, i will give you all time to get the items.
Bt for saturday it will be compulsory already.

Dear Scouts,

Its abit too late for mi to post tis but...i hope u gif full cooperation to tmr bridge building.
I hope you a noe the reason y we are asking you to do all this..
The reason is simple.
You all r doing all tis so that the young ones will be impress in wad we had done and then will inspire them to think of wad they gona do in life...
well..i hope u r doing ur best in everything u do!!

YIS
Marcus

Scout Treasury Fund

Dear scouts,

I am here to inform you that all of you will have to contribute $2.00 to the the Scout Fund. I hoped all of you will come up with your own money. And just like last year, I will try to make this a 1-off payment, meaning that you would only have to pay this once.

I apologize for the last minute notice.

To all Panther Patrol Members, please stay back after meeting tomorrow. Thanks!!

Your sincerely,

Wong Zheng Xun (Saddist)

Dear Wichita Scouts going for night cycling,

Please meet at 7.30pm at opposite ngee ann sec school
void deck with your bicycle.
The meeting up at ECP has been cancelled because almost everybody
have a bicycle.
Please wear your Wichita Red shirt and prefably PE pants or any
sports pants, this is to prevent err.... rash at THAT place.
Let your ding dongs air Hahaha :D

Bring along your
-Poncho
-Waterbottle
or if u wan a rain cover for your bag.
very important.

There should be nothing else then. See you there!

YIS,
-Jingyang

Dear Wichita scouts.

With effect from 7 January, Wednesday onwards.
These will be a new set of things that all scouts are required to bring
for EVERY SINGLE UNIT MEETING.
-Test card
-Personalised scout logbook (No Jotterbook/exercise book)
Exercise book size with hard cover.
-Poncho
-Swiss Army Knife
-Stationeries
Items must be placed in a ziploc bag for convinience.
Items will be checked randomly during meetings
and anybody that fail to bring them will result in consequences.

You may ask why is there a need for such items.
Well, firstly, the first 2 items are already a neccesity in ALL scout meetings.
For the scout logbook, please try to personalise your book
and it is compulsory to find a hard cover book.
Believe me this book will be very useful in the future and
it will reflect very much about yourself. so be proud of it (:

Swiss army knife and poncho are compulsary even though they
will not be frequently used in scout meetings.
This is because it is to develop a sense of responsibility in yourself.
And that you will be responsible for your own things at all times.

These items, i repeat, must be brought for all scout meetings.
Its a practise that started long ago, but stopped halfway.
And now we're bringing it back to the Wichita Scout Troop.
Hopefully this will teach all of our men to become responsible and
have a sense of standardization throughout the unit. :)
Please spread the message around too thanks.

YIS,
-Jingyang.

Happy New Year to ALL!

Dear Wichita Scouts,

Happy new year to everyone!!! 2008 had been a great year. Let's keep working hard and make 2009 a even better year for all!

ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE! WICHITA!!!

Yours-in-Scouting,
Ardent Meerkat

N.Y. Boy Scout earns all 121 merit badges

From: http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-12-29-merit-badges_N.htm

NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. It's an accomplishment the local arm of the organization calls "an almost unheard-of feat."

Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge — for bugling — in time for his 18th birthday in November. He far surpassed the 21 badges required to achieve the elite rank of Eagle Scout.

He says he took about five years to earn his first 62 badges and then nearly doubled that number in a matter of months. He did it with the encouragement of his grandmother, who died shortly before he reached his goal.

The Binghamton University freshman was awarded his final badges on Dec. 19. He says he hopes to become a businessman and politician.

---While I'm not encouraging everyone to follow his example, it just goes to show that impossible is nothing if you put your will to it. Don't worry about having too small a sleeve to patch your badges!

Staunch Owl
1st Jan 2009 - Happy New Year to all!