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This is bi-monthly newsletter published by the Media Club of the School of Science and Technology, SIngapore.TRANSCRIPT
Bystudents Forstudents
O u r F i r s t
S S T M E D I A C L U B N E W S L E T T E R / N o v- d e c 2 0 1 1
O r i e n t a t i o n C a m p 2 0 1 1
Te a c h e r s ‘ D a y
R H D B a z a a r
A N D M U C H M O R E
2/Nov-Dec 2011
editors
OrientationCamp2011-Cherin
Teachers’Day-Gwendolyn
RHDBazaar-Wen Yue
Summaryof2011-Genevieve
OurVoices-Sandy
FunFacts-Bing Jue
GraphicDesign-Reuven
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2011’sOrientationwasindeedsomewhatmoreexcitingthanthepreviousyear,nottomentionanalmostcompleterevampintheOrientationprogramme.Forastart,thereweremorepairsofhands,nottheteachersbutthePeerSupportLeaders(PSLs).Aninauguralbatchdancewasalsoheld,tothesongofFireworks(byKatyPerry).Also,SSThas3newcheers,createdbythePSLs.
OrientatiOn Camp-Ch e r i n
Thisyear’sorientationtomewasreallyfun.TheOrientationgavemeagoodgraspofmyclassmatespersonalitiesandquirks.MacAt-tackwasalsohighlyusefulformebeingquitethetechnophobebackthen.Thecampwasthemostfunpartastherewereactivitiesthatwerescaryyettaughtmemoreaboutmyselfandmyclassmates,whomIwouldbespendingalotoftimewithwithinthenexttwoyears.
Terisha-AnnTanS1-09
IfeltuneasyattimesasIdidn’tknowmyclass-mateswell.,buttheOrientationgotuscloserandwegottoknoweachotherbetterthroughthegamesandactivitiestheygaveus.
LiuGuoJinS1-08
IamgladandgratefulthatIwasgiventhisoppor-tunitytobeaPSLfortheSecondary1studentsasIwasabletomakeuseofthisopportunitytoim-provemyleadershipskillsandcontributemyserv-icetotheschool.Additionally,IwasalsoabletobuildandbondrelationshipsamongtheSecondary1studentsandshowthemtheschool’sculture.
DeniseLimS2-04
Thisyear’sorientationwasablast!AsaPSL,itwasacompletelydifferentexperience,withtherolesbeingreversed.Ihadneverrealizedwhatthefacilitatorshadtogothroughforustillnow.Itwasn’talwaysfunandgamesforthethemandmuchworkwasdoneandef-fortputinbehindthescenes.Alltheleadershiptrain-ingthatwehadgonethroughwastested.
ChristianS2-08
4/Nov-Dec 2011
MsLim&MsSeahsmilingfor
thecamera.Nicecake.
Teachers’DayPerformances.MdmZuraidanamingretrosongsperformed.
Notonlytheteacherswere
entertainedbythetalented
performances!
Classparties&Gameswithteachers.209withMsTanandMsChoohere.
teaCher’s Day -Gw e n d o ly n
On2thSeptember2011,SSThelditssecondTeacher’sDayCelebration.Tostartoff,ourprincipal,
MrChuagaveaspeech:The2011Teachers’DayMessage.Studentsgavetheirgiftstotheir
respectiveteachers.Then,allstudentsheldaone-and-a-half-hourclasspartyfortheteachers.
Eachclassdecoratedtheirclassroomsintheirowncreativewaystowelcometheteachers.Food
werebroughtinbystudentsforboththemandtheteacherstoenjoy.
FollowingthepartywastheTeacher’sDayConcertwherebothSec1andSec2studentscould
featuretheirtalentson-stage.Inaddition,itprovidedaplatformforCCAclubstoshowwhatthey
hadlearned.SST’sWushuclub’sperformanceawedbothteachersandstudentsalikewiththeir
formandswordsmanship.AftertheWushuperformance,someSecondary1studentsperformed
thesong“NeverGiveYouUp”originallybyRickAstleywithcreativedancemovementsandhand
gestures.Followingthat,Secondary2studentandMediaClubchairmanAbusanghiscaptivating
medleyoftwopopularsongs:“PriceTag”byJessieJand“Perfect”byPink.Afterwards,Ming
Yong,aSecondary2student,playedtheamazingsong“WindSong”byJapanesecomposer
KotaroOshio.Then,therewasagameshownamed“Canyouseeit?”hostedbySecondary2
studentsHaoYangandVivek.Weweresupposedtoidentifytheteacherfromviewingapicture
showingapartofhis/heranatomy.SometeachersshownintheshowwasMrNg,MrJohari,Mr
Yeo,MsSeah,MrInghamandMrLam.Forexample,alowerpartoftheMrLam’sfacewasshown.
MrYeo’searwasshowntoo.Afterthisentertaininggameshow,therewasaengagingguitar
performancebysomeSecondary1and2boys.Theyplayedsongsfromthe1960’stoearly90’s
andteacherswereallowedtoguessthenameofthesongsplayed.OurSSTshowchoirgroup
performedainterestingsonganddanceitemofthesong“HeySoulSister”byTrain.
ThisTeachers’dayeventallowedustoappreciateourpassionateteacherswhohaveputinalotof
effortintothiseventandhavealotoffunatthesametime.
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Darts...SOCLOSE!!!
NerfGuns!
Shawntakingitintheface...thepersonwhocameupwiththisstallmustbeagenius
Canteenstalls...nyancat...catontoy
car...nicestallby2-03
OuryoungSSTentrepruenersmanningtheirstalls.Thecorridors,outsidethelibrary,Ourspace&thecanteenfullwithvendorsandcustomers!
raCial harmOny Day Bazaar-we n yu e
Onthe21stofJuly2011,TheSchoolofScienceandTechnology(SST)conductedaRacialHarmonyDayBazaarwhichwastoallowstudentstoapplyskillslearntinInnovationandEntrepreneurship(I&E)lessonsaswellastoraisefundsforcharity.TheSecondary2students,allwhomareveteransof2010’sI&EBazaarhadtoworkwithinabudgetof$80.
ThestallsoftheSecondary1studentsconsistedmainlyofgamesstalls.Therangeofdiversityofthesestallscametoincludenoveltygames,NerfgunshootingcompetitionsandS1-05hadastallwhereonehadtothrowwater-soakedspongesatavolunteer.
ThestallsoftheSecondary2classessoldmainlypacketdrinks,instantnoodlesandsmallsnacks.
TheSecondary2ssetuptheirstallsinandaroundthecanteen,whilethestallsfortheSecondary1classesweresetupinlocationsincludingbutnotlimitedtotheBasketballcourt,Ourspaceandtheexhibitionarea.NotableclassesincludeS2-09,whosoldbubbleteaandwasverypopular.Allofthemhadfunduringthebazaar.
6/Nov-Dec 2011
summary -Ge n e v i e v e
OrientatiOn Camp
3 days and 2 nights filled with fun just to welcome the Sec 1s
Sec 1s during Rope Course
Badge CeremOnyBadge Ceremony, where Sec 1s are officially announced into the SST family
Sec 1 Cohort waiting to recieve their badges
Cny CeleBratiOns
Mr Max Lam on stage with Lion Danc-ers
Time to celebrate the start of a new Chinese year with per-formances and Yu Sheng
CeleBratiOns@sst
The day for all those who had put in effort to be recognized
Mr Chua with the Guest-of-Honour
sst Open HOuse
Time to stop and take a look at SST’s modules and what we offer!
SST students showing a parent their work
natiOnal day CeleBratiOns
Let us all celebrate Singapore’s 46th birthday together as a whole school!
Enthusiatic teachers on stage
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traCk & Field meet
It is the day! Where we all compete with each other in an Inter-House competition and see who would turn out to be the winner
SST’s very own cauldron
a day@sst
It is the day where we all get a glimpse of our potential juniors, carefully selected by our teachers and the day where they would experience what it is like in a typical SST classroom
Student doing word splash on the board
Students working on iPads
Our Voices -Sa n d yThoughts of students on real-life situations...
iPhone4Swithbrand-newSiri
Love or Hate?
IhavepersonallyusedSiri,soonethingaboutSiriispronunciation,accentdoesn’treallyplayapart.So,IcanstillschedulemeetingsmoreconvenientlywithSiri.
I’mquiteconvincedtojustbuytheiPhone4butifitreallywouldhelpusinoral,Iwillconsidersincepronunciatingisquiteslurredaroundhere,evenforme.
Sirican’trecognizesomepeople’saccentslikemostspeechrecognitiontools,sotheiPhone4SisjustlikethenormaliPhonewithanextraS.Ifyouhavetoforceyourselftosayitclearlyit’llbeuselessandannoying.
JurvisTanS2-02
EuniceLooS2-08
PraveenS1-07
8/Nov-Dec 2011
Thelongestlivingcellsinthe
humanbodyarethebraincells
whichliveforanentirelifetime
Donkeyskillmorepeopleannuallythanplanecrashes
Onlyhumanssleepontheirback
IfthepopulationofChinawalkedpastyouinsinglefile,thelinewouldneverendbecauseoftherateofreproduction
DonaldDuckwasbannedfromFinlandbecausehedoesn’twearanypants
Fun FaCts -Bi n G Ju e
Ifyoumouththeword“colorful”to
someone,itlookslikeyouaresaying“I
loveyou”
Pictures courtesy of sxc.hu