Scout Meeting on Saturday, 2nd July 2011

To All Ngee Ann Wichita Scouts,

There will be a Scout Meeting this Saturday, 2nd July 2011. Details are as follows:

Reporting Time: 8.45am
Attire: Full Uniform
Things to bring: Wichita Kit, Red Wichita Shirt and P.E pants

For the Sec 1s, if you DO NOT have your Wichita Shirt, please bring your PE Shirt and pants.

Attendance will be taken as per normal. Those who are absent without valid reason will be dealt accordingly. If you are unable to attend this Saturday meeting, please inform the Teachers before Friday, 1st July 2011. Thank you.

PS: GORILLA IS BACK!!!!!

YIS
Fareeq aka Hearty Gorilla

Post-camp Reflection

Dear All,

It's been about 3 weeks since the June Camp. To date, I have only received 2 reflection essays. While I did say during the camp that I don't want to set a deadline for the reflection, I am afraid I will need to set one now due to the poor response.

As such, you will have up to 27th June 6pm to send in your responses. I do advise you, however, to do it ASAP - the longer you wait, the more you forget, and the less sincere/genuine your reflections. So do yourself a favour and get it done right now!

Please ensure you send your reflections - original pieces only, no copying - to my Scouting mail account. Identify yourself, and state your class and patrol. Some pointers on what to write about:

1. what happened during the 4D3N

2. Your personal experiences

3. What did you learn?

4. How do you think you can improve?

5. Feedback about the camp and/or camp staff.

Have a good rest-of-the-holidays!

YIS

Staunch Owl

NAWST Annual June Camp 2011

Dear All,

Please note that the June Camp will officially start on 3 June 0800h. Please form up the horseshoe at the school metal flag poles with two flags ready for flag break: Singapore State flagand Wichita flag.

The camp will officially end on 6th June at 3pm. It may stretch depending on programme changes due to weather and other events.

The following is also a suggested packing list for those of you who are not aware of what is happening:

Note: This packing list is a reminder to what you have already been briefed on.

Personal Packing List

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

For money, do not bring more than $10 per camper. Come with your EZ-link cards topped up with approximately $10 in value (just in case you will need to run around outside school)...

The NAWST Rules are listed here as well, in case you have never heard of it or have forgotten it:

Ngee Ann Wichita Scout Troop Camp Rules and Regulations (estd. since 1994)

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

Fri Meeting

Fri Meeting

Please note that the meeting on 27 May 2011 will ends at 1730hrs LATEST.

Mr Joseph Teo
Wichita OIC

Updates 25 May 2011

Youth Forum

There will be a Youth Forum conducted for our Youth members.

Date: (Sat) 28 May 2011

Venue: MPH, 3^rd 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

Updates

Scouts Meeting
Please note that the scouts meeting will resume after your mid-year exams.
We will not be holding any scout meeting on Sat unless otherwise stated except for DPC Participants.

The next scouts meeting will be on 18May, 20May, 25 May and 27 May.

Please fall in at 1430hrs at our usual assembly area in half uniform and the meeting will end before 1830hrs.

DPC
Participants for DPC will have their usual DPC trainings. The next 2 sessions will be on 21 and 28 May. Training will start at 0800hrs.

June Camp
The Annual June camp will be from 3 June to 6 June. More information will be given in due course.

DPC June Camp
The DPC June Camp will be from 9 June to 11 June. Only the Participants of the DPC will be invited to the Camp.


Chief Commissioner’s Award Exploration Test (CCE/02-11: 24-25 June 2011)
I am pleased to inform you that the Chief Commissioner’s Award Exploration Test (CCE/02-11: 24-25 June 2011) is now open for registration.

Interested participants can download the Individual Programme Form from this link: http://www.scout.sg/resource/forms/

Please note that it is based on FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

Application form together with fees must be submitted to the Scout HQ by (Wed) 18 May 2011, 5.00pm. Late registration will not be accepted.

Should you have any clarifications, please contact Ms Madelene Seow or Mr Adrian Chua at Tel: 6259 2858 from Scout HQ


Regards

Joseph Teo
Wichita Scouts OIC

Study Tips

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.

1. Have Goals

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.

2. Pay Attention in class

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

3. Don’t be afraid to ask questions

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.

4. Know the type of learner you are

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

R.I. Campfire

We will be attending a campfire organised by the Raffles Institution Scout group. Please fall in Tomorrow at 3pm outside the auditorium to collect the Consent forms. The reporting attire will be FULL UNIFORM and the reporting time would be 5.30pm in school. The campfire will happen this Saturday. Please spread the word. Thanks:)

YIS,

YuFeng

23 April 2011

There will be Scouts this Saturday. Details are as follow:

Reporting time:7.45am

Reporting attire:Full uniform

Things to bring:Wichita Kit, Blue Wichita and P.E. pants

Same thing, Sec 3s are to ensure that the flagpole is up by the time the meeting starts. Thanks!

P.S. ALL Sec 3s, Please stay back on Wednesday. Fall in at the auditorium in your Red Wichita and P.E. pants at 3p.m. SHARP. If you are unable to stay back, please let Nasir know by TUESDAY. Thank you very much.

YIS,

YuFeng

16 April 2011

There will be Scouts this saturday. Details are as follow:

Reporting attire: Full Uniform

Reporting time: 7.45am

Things to bring:Blue wichita and p.e. pants, Wichita kit

Sec 3s pls ensure that the flagpole is tied before the meeting starts.

Thanks:)

YIS,

YuFeng