[29 April 2014] Info Hub is closed.

Info Hub is closed today.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2014

The Young Entrepreneurship Challenge, YES 2014, is back!!

This year, the organisers are incorporating a new component in YES 2014 whereby the top three teams will be given seed money to implement their creative entrepreneurial business idea.  The theme for this year’s competition is therefore – CAN YOU SELL IT?

If you have a bright idea and can't wait to materialise it, wait no more. Test your entrepreneurial skills at the YES 2014!

For information on YES 2014, please click here.

Interested students please approach Mr Lam Hin Chew (lam_hin_chew@sst.edu.sg).

Morning Assembly for T2W6

Dear students, 

All students will gather in the MPH for morning assembly on Monday, 28 April to Wednesday 30 April 2014.

Secondary 1 & Secondary 2 students will return to class for lessons after morning assembly;

Secondary 3 & Secondary 4 students will stay in the MPH until they are lead to the ISH at 09:05 by the Presiding Examiners.

Talk by Ms Lyn Lee from Awfully Chocolate

Dear all,

There is a talk by Ms Lyn Lee from Awfully Chocolate during assembly tomorrow. After the talk, there will be a short half-hour dialogue session with her at Our Space. 

This dialogue session is open to all students. However, we can only accommodate about 20 students. If you are keen to find out even more and wish to have a conversation with Ms Lyn Lee, please email Mr Lam Hin Chew (lam_hin_chew@sst.edu.sg) by end of today. It will be on a first come first serve basis. 

There will be a short meeting immediately after tomorrow's morning assembly in the Gym for those who are interested. 

Thank you.

Youth Entrepreneurs Competition 2014

The annual Youth Entrepreneurs Competition is back again! If you are keen to participate, do approach Mr Lam Hin Chew.

National Youth Social Innovation Challenge (NYSIC) 2014

Solve a social issue Using innovative ways and creativity to make a difference! National Youth Social Innovation Challenge (NYSIC) 2014 is MY MAD COW's inaugural Social Innovation Challenge for Secondary School students. Participants will identify local social issues and attempt to solve them using innovative means. Participants will get an opportunity to attend a two-day workshop. On Day One of the workshop, participants will be brought on a day trip around Singapore to expose them to the social needs locally. Participants will learn use flu tips and insights about social innovation on Day Two. For more information, please visit our website or contact us through email. The sign up and registration link is provided here. *Students who are interested to sign up, please approach Mr Lam Hin Chew.

Copyright © 2014 MY MAD COW, All rights reserved.

Earth Day 2014

4 events to score more points for your House!

1. 1.    2014 SST Talent Showcase
2. 2.    2014 Inter-House Decorate & Display Challenge @the Info Hub
3. 3.    2014 Inter-House Cosplay Challenge
4. 4.    2014 Inter-House School Song Video Challenge

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1. 2014 SST Talent Showcase

This is an opportunity to showcase your talent. If you are good at singing, dancing, telling jokes, performing magic tricks, spinning tops or you have an Indie band that needs a platform for performance, etc., do come audition for a spot in the SST Talent showcase.

Auditions are on Tuesday 13^th May and Thursday 15^th May in the Auditorium, 2pm onwards.

House points will be given for all participants who get shortlisted to perform on Youth Day Celebrations, 4^th July 2014,12pm in the MPH.

Note: If your performance is a group performance and your group happens to be made up of people from different houses, you can still score points. For example, a band may have 2 red house participants, 1 blue house participant and 1 black house participant. The scoring will be adjusted to enable red house to have 2 times more points than blue house and black house.

2. 2014 Inter-House Decorate & Display Challenge @ the Info-Hub (leading to Inter-School Decorate & Display Competition)

This is to enable each house to show creative ideas and love of books, by working as a team of not less than 2 and not more than five people to decorate one section of the library. The decoration should be based on a theme related to a section of books or a specific corner in the info-hub e.g. Careers Corner or What’s New corner. This theme can be decided by the team and needs to be approved by Ms Patricia Ng.

The student team must produce their own display items and decorations. A one page outlining the students’ design ideas of what was carried out during the ‘make over’ process and pictures of the before and after make-over process must also be submitted.

Meeting to decide sections for each house to decorate and any questions on theme: 12^th May 2014, straight after school at 3pm, Info Hub.

Proposal of theme and choice of section of info-hub to decorate to Ms Patricia Ng patricia_ng@sst.edu.sg.: 14^th May 2014.

Period for putting up decoration: 19^th- 20th May 2014

Judging of displays: 21^st May 2014 onwards.

The winning design will then be submitted by 28th May 2014 for an Inter-School Decorate and Display Competition organized by CIVICA. There are book vouchers, certificates for first and 2^nd prize winners and a commemorative trophy for the first prize winner and the design will be featured in CIVICA’s Eureka blog.

Please approach your house captains and vice-captains if you are interested in being one of the participants of your house team.

3. 2014 Inter-House Cosplay Challenge

This is really to help us all appreciate the art of dressing up as a character and the finer details of performance to be able to portray a character.

Each house needs to send one representative for this challenge on 4^th July 2014 as part of Youth Day Celebrations. This will be included in a segment during the SST Talent Showcase performances.

Judging will be based on best characterization. This is to show how the character is closest to the original in terms of performance and costume. Well made self-made costumes will gain extra merit but store bought costumes are allowed. Cosplaying is NOT restricted to Japanese anime.

Each character is given a maximum of 1 minute to perform. The choice of performance is based on what your character is. For example: If she is a vocaloid, then singing and movement is expected or if the character is one from a first person shooter game then the actions have to be appropriate to that character.

An emcee can be used to introduce the character. Do remember not everyone watches the same anime, play the same games, read the same books or watch the same movies, so you might have to help the audience appreciate your characters better.

Music, sound effect or video can be used as accompaniment.

After 1 minute (includes emcee time), the performer must leave the stage.

If you are interested in representing your House in this, please approach your house captain or vice captain.

4. 2014 Inter-House School Song Video Challenge

Here is your chance to put something meaningful and visually interesting into our school song. You are allowed to use still shots, animation or anything that would be deemed suitable for our school song. The video must not contain obscene or vulgar materials/signs/ language or images.

Each house is allowed to submit multiple entries.

Submission date: 4^th July 2014

Winning entries will be featured. All submissions of decent quality will be awarded House points.

*Out-going and In-coming House captains please take note of deadlines and promote these events and ensure that you send in participants for each event to score significant house points.

                                                                                                   

Any further questions can be directed to Ms Patricia Ng, patricia_ng@sst.edu.sg or message her on Facebook or contact her during office hours on 65717414.

Common Test Briefing 22nd Apr

Dear students, please note that the briefing for the upcoming Common Test will be held during Morning Assembly on 22nd April 2014. The venues are as follow: Lower Sec: ISH Upper Sec: Auditorium Please report to the respective venues for your silent reading.

Titles on Environmental protection & Green products

 In commemoration of Earth Week, a thematic display of books on Conservation & protection of natural resources and Green products @ Info Hub.

Earth Week 2014

Dear students,

PSB in collaboration with the Environment Reps, will be organizing a series of week-long activities and quizzes to celebrate Earth Week 2014!  It is hoped that through these activities, we can increase the awareness of Earth Day and promote conservation and concern for our fragile environment. These also serve as important reminders that each of us has a part to play in helping to save and protect this planet we call Home.

So, what is Earth Day? 
Earth Day is an annual event which is held worldwide to save the environment and our resources like electricity and water. This event was first celebrated in 1970. It is coordinated by the Earth Day Network and celebrated globally with 192 countries actively participating! Click here for the theme of Earth Day 2014. 

Whats happening in SST? 

As presented this morning, some activities that will be taking place the whole of this week are as follows:

@ Start of the Green Wall Photo Competition (21st April - 25th April 2014)

@ Green Movement (22nd April 2014)

@ Make a Sacrifice #1- "No Air-con Day" (22nd April 2014)

@ Daily emailers with links to videos on environment conservation and quotes (22nd April 2014)

@ Quizzes by the Environment TDP Team (25th April 2014)

The power of saving the Earth lies in our hands. 

Make a difference today!

A joint collaboration between PSB and Environment Reps 2014.

SST House Elections

SST House Elections will take place on 21 April, Monday, at 2pm in various venues. The entire student population will be involved. It is expected to end by 3pm. The students in Sec 1 and Sec 2 classes will go to the respective venues after CE Period at 2pm and have to attend the elections.  Sec 3 and Sec 4 classes will go at the start of their CE period. TDP and remedial will resume after the elections. The venues for House Elections are:

Black	Blue	Green	Red	Yellow
ADMT Studio 1	ISH	MPH	Auditorium	Atrium

We apologise for any inconveniences caused. Thank you.
From: Sports and Wellness Department

Pose Questions to Your House Captaincy Candidates!

Have a burning question to pose to your House Captaincy candidates? Want to know how they would address certain issues in school? Why not just ask them? Fill in the following form and your question may very well be answered on Monday during the elections:

http://tinyurl.com/houseelection2014

If your question is selected, you will win a small token of appreciation, so go ahead and ask as many sensible questions as you like. Closing date: 20 April 2014, 11pm.

Thank you,
Mr Dennis Lam

New arrivals @ Info Hub

 Titles on Architecture 

 @ Info Hub

 

[16 Apr 2014] Info Hub(L5) is cordoned off in the afternoon.

Today Info Hub (L5) will be cordoned off for the event Journalism & Photography with Bill Frakes, Laura Heald.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

DSA-SEC Exercise 2014 Opens Tomorrow!

[14 Apr 2014] Book Display @ the Canteen

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Look out for the book display at the CANTEEN on Monday!  

 

Immediate check out services provided!

SOTA Open House 2014 : 12 April 2014, Sat, 9.30am to 4.30pm

Dear Sec 3 and Sec 4 students,

Kindly be informed that if you are interested to apply to SOTA after your O levels, you may find out more information at the SOTA Year 5 admission talk this Saturday on 12 April 2014, from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm. 

During the Year 5 admission talk, you will learn more about the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme and special programmes in SOTA to develop talent. 

At the SOTA Open House, you will also get to tour their facilities, chat with the teachers and students at the Curriculum Exhibition, and experience arts showcases and workshops.

You may also visit SOTA's website for more information.

Thank you.

Regards

Student Development Dept

[AWARENESS] Heartbleed Bug

Dear Students,

In the last 24 hours or so, a topic named the "Heartbleed Bug" had been trending on all major social media and all manner of hacking websites.

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

https://github.com/musalbas/heartbleed-masstest/blob/master/top10000.txt

Basically, it is an encryption flaw that affects "secured" traffic across multiple platforms. 

Google had came out to clarify that their system is invulnerable to this bug but it will not hurt to change your password "just-in-case".

http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.sg/2014/04/google-services-updated-to-address.html

Best regard,

ITD

Magazines @ Info Hub

 

Check out the latest issue of magazines

@ Info Hub