Full Scout Uniform | X1 set |
Black Shoes | X1 pair |
T-shirts and shorts | Minimum x4 sets |
Socks & underwear | X4 |
Toiletries | X1 set |
Talcum Powder | X1 bottle, small |
Torch (with functional batteries) | X1 set |
Eating Utensils w/ mug | X1 set |
Mess Tin | X1 set |
Log Book | X1 book |
Test Card | X1 book |
Writing Materials (pens, pencils, OHP markers, protractor) | X1 set |
Watch | X1 |
Poncho | X1 piece |
Groundsheet | X1 piece |
Sandals/slippers | X1 pair |
Cap/hat (optional) | X1 |
Medicine for self (if any)* | Subject to leaders’ inspection |
Rags | Min. x3 pieces |
Plastic Bags or ziplock bags | ∞ |
Swiss Army Knife | X1 |
Personal Water Bottle (1.5l) | X1 |
Thermometer | X1 |
1. The Scout Law is the Law of the Camp
2. All campers and staff are to be dressed appropriately at all times
3. Participants are not allowed into ‘Out-of-bound’ areas
4. Respect the Camp Staff at all times
5. Upon meeting any camp staff, greet immediately without prompting
6. No Vulgarities and Fighting is allowed in this camp
7. No Vandalism of School/camp and public facilities
8. Smoking is NOT ALLOWED in this camp
9. Participants are NOT ALLOWED to wear sandals and/or slippers during the daytime; they are only allowed during bathing time and sleeping time.
10. Participants are advised to seek for First Aid if they are injured.
11. Report any sickness or injury to the Medical Officer-in-charge ASAP
12. Participants are to march or jog in a brisk and orderly fashion, as a Patrol, from point to point AT ALL TIMES
13. Participants are to maintain camp cleanliness and hygiene at all times
14. Participants are to wear their scarves AT ALL TIMES during training
15. Be friendly to Nature
16. No lights and movement in camp after Lights Out
17. No lamps, naked flames or flammable devices inside tents
18. No camp raiding (a.k.a. sabotage)
19. Participants are to maintain a strong sense of discipline AT ALL TIMES
20. Honesty and Integrity is expected out of all Campers and Camp Staff
Note: Participants who fail to comply with the Camp Rules and Regulations will be strictly disciplined.
Finally, some personal tips for the camp ahead:
1. BE PREPARED. I cannot stress this enough. Come with an open mind, positive attitude and bright smile to make the best out of it.
2. Patrols will be assessed on a series of challenges during the camp. Prizes await the winners, and unmentionable horror awaits the unprepared! Come armed with your skills, your whole patrol (it helps to have a big patrol!), and your Scouting savvy.
3. You are strongly discouraged from being valuables into the camp. Handphones and wallets will be locked and secured by the teachers at the beginning of the camp to help you safeguard your belongings.
YIS
Staunch Owl
Updates 25 May 2011
Youth Forum
There will be a Youth Forum conducted for our Youth members.
Date: (Sat) 28 May 2011
Venue: MPH, 3rd Level (SSA HQ)
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
This forum is only open to Sec 2 and Sec 3. Please inform your teachers whether are you interested to attend.
DPC Form
DPC participants please complete the individual program forms with your parents’ signature.
You get download the form from http://www.scout.sg/downloads/forms/programme/programmeform.doc
June Camp
As mentioned in the earlier posting, the Annual June camp is confirmed. Please note that attendance is COMPULSORY unless there are valid reasons.
The leaders will brief you during this Fri Meeting.
Thank You
Mr Joseph Teo
WICHITA SCOUTS OIC
Study Tips
Hi all, your exams are coming up, so I just wanna share a few tips to help you people study for your tests/exams.
Its very important to know what you want. And that includes your grades. What you should do is to write down the grades you want and put it somewhere where you see everyday. I put them on my pencil case, my file and my study table. This is scientifically proven, that the more you see your desired grades the harder you will tend to work.
Another important thing would be the correct mindset. For me, when I was doing my O levels, one major distraction would be to play soccer. However whenever I was tempted, I would tell myself that I want that As more than that 1 hour of soccer time, and I would go back to studying. Whenever I faced any distraction or problem, I would just tell myself, its going to be worth in the end.
However, that being said, you cannot study 24 hours. You need a break sometimes. Try to have a short 10 mins break every 1 hour, or something like that, depending on your attention span. Or go for an evening jog, or play a sport, just make sure you control yourself and the time you have.
You’d be surprised at how important this is. Think about it this way; if you have already understood what the teacher has said, and have no problems understanding it in school, you don’t have to restudy it again later.
A simple way to pay attention would be simply to right in front of the class. Ive been a student before, and its very tempting to want to sit at the back and talk with your friends, and play a fool, but you have other times for that. In secondary school and JC, I tried to do this; I sat right at the front for the first term and had good grades. After going to the back of the class, my results dropped a litt.e
Don’t be afraid to ask questions, thinking you will feel paiseh or stupid. It helps you to learn, and it might even help someone else who has the same question, but is afraid to ask as well. One advantage of sitting in the front is that you can ask a lot of questions privately to the teacher.
There are 3 main types of learning. Audio, Visual and Kinesthetic. Audio learning means you get and understand information easier when its said to you, or when you say it out loud. For example, I had a friend who would read aloud his SS and History to help him memorise. He would then record it and play it back to himself.
A Visual learner is someone who understands better when the information or content is being seen. For me, im a very visual learner so how I studied was I made colourful mindmaps for every subject, and drew little doodles next to the short and concise words. How it helped me was that during tests, all I had to do was to remember the colour and which part of the mindmap I need the information from.
Kinesthetic learner would be that you remember best by doing. For this case, what you would have to do is to simply practice a lot, and most importantly, KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING AND WHY!
You can actually go and search more about this on the internet. But one very important principle is that you must understand how to answer the question and WHY are you are answering it that way, because the questions and concepts can change, but the content are still probably the same.
What you should do is make your own notes. By making your own notes, it shows you understand and can consolidate what you have learnt. Your own notes should be short, straight to the point, and easy for you to understand. It should only be like 1 page per topic or something like that.
4. SLEEP
You’d be surprised how much sleep helps. You might not feel the difference if you stay up late one day, but if you do it over a long period of time, you will.
When I was in JC, I had a lot of work to do. So what I did was; for one week, I stayed up till 12 plus everyday just to finish more work. I got more work done, but the next day I felt very tired and couldn’t concentrate at all. So I didn’t really understand my lessons. Think about it this way, theres no point sleeping late to do work, knowing youll fall asleep the next day in class, and so your effort will be wasted.
The next week, I slept at 10.30 everyday, which is rather early, and there is a really a significant difference. Sleeping early gives your brain a rest from the days work and more importantly, it helps you concentrate during class, so that you don’t have to put in more effort to relearn stuff.
5. Exam Tips
Do Easy Questions first, don’t be afraid to skip questions, just remember to come back and finish them.
Sleep early the night before, chionging is no use, cause you will only remember the last few stuff.
Before the exam, don’t read textbooks, just read your own summarized notes.
Try to relax before exams.
I hope all the tips above have helped you. Please take note that different people has different studying methods and preference, so try to find your own. School gets tougher every year. But tough times don’t last, tough people do. So its all in the mind. If you want good grades, go work for it. Simple.
Yours in Scouting
Chandan
