Inter-House Decorate and Display Challenge Meeting on Thur 15th 2014

Due to a miscommunication, people went to the info hub looking for me on Monday.  The librarian was waiting for you to tell her you were there for the Inter House Decorate and Display Challenge briefing.

House captains or representatives for the Inter House Decorate and Display Your Info Hub Challenge, please meet Ms Manju, the librarian after school at 2pm to decide/draw lots for the area your house is decorating.

We will be extending the decorating period from 19-27 May 2014.

Ms Patricia Ng

Junior Student Council / Junior Peer Support Board Application and Selection 2014

The application for Secondary 2 students to join the Junior Student Council / Junior Peer Support Board is open from now till 23 May 2014 (Friday) (1 pm).

This is an excellent opportunity for students aspiring to develop their leadership skills, hence interested students are strongly encouraged to apply. The selection will take place in the first week of June and selected candidates will be notified of their selection dates by the last week of May.

Application forms may be obtained from the General Office or you may choose to download the images below. Hardcopy forms are to be submitted via the Submission Box in the General Office.

 For details, please approach Mr Keith Wee or Mrs Sin Chuen Chuen.

Sec 4 Physics SPA (Skill 1 & 2) in Week 10

Dear Sec 4s,

Please note that the topic for the Physics SPA in Week 10 is Electricity and Magnetism.

More details about the assessment will be released soon.

Reminder: If you are unable to attend any of the SPA practice sessions (see schedule here), pls inform your physics teacher asap, so that a make-up can be arranged for you.

Annual Health Screening (16 May to 27 May)

Annual Health Screening Dates

16/19/20/26 May

27 May is for absentees

Click HERE to view the class schedule.

Venue: Block B #03-01 and #03-02 (Level 3 facing Block C)

Time: during curriculum time (please refer to attached class schedule).

Important, please note:

(1) For Sec 1 and Sec 2 students, please come in PE Attire

(2) For new foreign students (Sec 1 and Sec 2), please bring your Health Booklet and Immunisation Certificates.

(3) List of Sec 3 students selected for Health Screening will be informed by Form Teachers. 

(4) Some classes may be late for recess and slightly late for dismissal.

Any queries, you may contact Ms Priscilla/ Ms Claire of General Office.

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Morning Assembly Fri 9th May

Morning assembly for Sec 2s will be held in the Auditorium on 9th May. All other levels please proceed to the ISH. Thank you.

Active@SG

Take advantage of this opportunity! Visit http://www.myactivesg.com/ to sign up now =)

8th YMCA Mandarin Speaking Awards Online Voting for S409 Zhong XinTong

Do visit https:8th YMCA Mandarin Speaking Award to view the videos of Semi-Finalists (Secondary & Open Categories) / Finalists (Primary Categories) who have agreed to participate in this segment.  Vote for them by clicking 'Like' button.

Voting commences from today till 28th May, 7pm.  The site will be unpublished after that to record the votes received for the individuals.  The participant with the highest vote for the 5 respective categories will win the Audience's Favourite Speaker Award and be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 30 May.

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Morning Assembly 8 May 2014 for Lower Secondary Students

Dear Sec 1 and Sec 2 students,

Please report to the MPH for morning assembly on 8 May 2014 (Thursday) before 7.40am.

Thank you.

Sec 4 Physics SPA Practice Schedule

Dear Sec 4s,

This is the link to the Physics SPA practice schedule (Term 2).

There will be a total of 2 practices which you need to attend. 

Please take a close look at it, and inform your Physics teacher in advance if you are unable to attend any of the practices; a make-up session will be arranged for you wherever possible.

Change of date of SST Talent Showcase Auditions

Auditions have to be postponed to the week after. This is due to a public holiday on 13 May 2014 and checking of Applied Subjects' scripts on 15 May 2014.

New date for auditions is on 22nd Thursday 2014 in the Auditorium, possibly from 9am to 1pm. It is the same day as School-Parent-Meeting (SPM). There is a sign up sheet outside the staff room. Please sign up as soon as possible so that I know how many of you are coming and I can then estimate how much time is needed for each audition & give you a better estimation of time to come.

 Ms Patricia Ng

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Normal Lessons Resume on 8 May, Thursday

Normal Lessons will resume on 8 May 2014, Thursday, for all Sec 1 and Sec 2 classes. There is an error in the Common Test briefing slides. Please come prepared for your classes. Thank you.

Mr Dennis Lam
Chief Presiding Examiner

Data in the City: Ideas Challenge

Ever had an idea for an app that uses government data to enhance the way we live, work and play in Singapore. Your idea could be the next big thing! Submissions are open from now till 24^th May 2014.

Date: Submission is open from now till 24th May 2014

Target Audience: Everyone  

Venue: https://ideas.ecitizen.gov.sg

[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.