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Dear Padlet,
Today the S1 cohort had an activity called Tea with PSB where we bond with the PSLs that led us for Sec 1 orientation. When we saw them we were very happy as it's been a long time since we saw them. The first activity was a game we played during orientation. The game was called Hunter fire(I think). We ran around and laughed until our stomachs hurt. It was definitely a fun experience for the whole cohort. Next we went to play dodgeball. Everyone was in the field and balls flew from one end to another. Some of us just stood at the back as we avoided the balls. Others just keep attacking at the other team. At the end of the game, both teams had the same number of people so we had to use the game scissors, paper, stone to settle this. In the end the opposite team won. After that we went back to our classes for reflection. We met our PSLs from orientation and they asked us a few questions about our life so far in SST. They gave us a pack of Milo and a lollipop and were super friendly. They have not changed much but for us, they thought that we have grown and also became closer friends altogether. After that, we played a game where all of us had to make a beat and keep saying one another's name. All of us could get the beat other than Wesley. Although he could not keep up with the beat he tried and our PSLs praised him for that. The Tea With PSB programme came to an end and I hope we can have such fun activities in the future.
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Dear Padlet,
Today the whole S1 cohort went to West Coast Park to pick up trash and put what we have learnt in the past 2 days to use. Everyone was very excited for this trip. We were given trash bags, gloves and tong. When we arrived at West Coast Park, we were split into 2 groups and started picking up the litter there. As what Wei Ning said yesterday, the cleaners did a very good job at cleaning the park as there was almost no rubbish in sight! We searched high and low for rubbish and manage to find some rubbish. We found things like plastic water bottles, candy wrappers, gloves and cigarette buds. We found the plastic water bottles, candy wrappers and cigarette buds along the sides of the walk way. We found the gloves at the work area where workers would wear gloves to protect their hands. We divided our trash into biodegradable and non- biodegradable garbage. We finish cleaning up at 10.30 and went to do reflection. We thought about who were cleaning up after us and how we can help them. After that, our teachers miraculously let us go to have a break at Mcdonalds. We walked all the way to Mcdonalds and bought food for ourselves. Once we were done, our instructor allowed us to go to the playground and everyone ran to towards it. We only had 5 minutes to play so it was not long before the fun ended. We boarded the bus back to school and were instructed to complete our reflections and make a card for either the teachers or cleaners. We got back to school and had an hour of break. During the break, everyone went to class and did what we were told to do. After we did our cards, it was time for our daily reflection. We went through on what we did today as well as the other 2 days. We did a presentation about our task and presented it to the class. Before we were dismissed, Mr Green made his own activity. We had to write a thank you letter and a apology letter to someone. After that, Mr Green gave everyone of seeds and wrote our names on the  packaging along with what he thinks represents us. We took a group photo together and were dismissed. This is where our Service Learning Workshop ends and I feel very sad. I will miss our trainer, Mr Green, as well as the fun we had. But through this workshop, I learnt many new things and those things helped to make a better person altogether.
Yours sincer

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Dear Padlet,
Today we had the second session of the service learning workshop. Today was a shorter day compared to yesterday as we will be ending at 2pm instead of 4pm. We assembled at the MPH as usual. The first activity of the day was called tallest structure. Basically we were suppose to make the tallest and the most stable tower with 25 straws, 1 balloon and 1 arm's length of tape. After we made our tower, it has to withstand 3 wind blows. We got split into groups of 6 or 7 to do this. My groups thought of having a stable base so we focused a lot on that. We were very proud on our master piece and had quite the confidence of winning. Other groups came up with creative structure and soon the stage was filled with straw towers. All the towers were tested and most of us passed. In the end, the coach picked the 2 tallest and most stable towers as the winners. After that we had a short break and went back our classes. We had to plan for tomorrow as we were going to West Coast Park to pick litter. Mr Green and my friend, Wei Ning, went there to check and said that the cleaners were doing a great job as there was no litter in sight! So got into our small groups and started discussing. My group were doing on safety precautions to ensure that everyone will be safe when we are at the park. We told everyone to beware of their surroundings and take care of themselves because you never know what's going to happen to you. Soon after, we did our reflection as usual and dismissed from school after that. Today was definitely an enjoyable day and I hope tomorrow's trip to West Coast Park will be as fun!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Dear Padlet,
Today the whole S1 cohort had this service learning workshop. This workshop lasted from 8.30am to 4pm. Initially, I thought I would be very boring and I would not be able to stay awake during the session. But instead of that, I had lots of fun playing games with my friends and instructor. So first we played an ice breaker. We had to draw a clock on a piece of paper and fill up all the 12 numbers with people's names. But only 6 of the names can be from our own class while the other 6 will have to be from other classes. Through this process I made many knew friends from other classes and at the same time learnt new values like Listening, Observing, Outcome and Knowledge. After that, we were introduced to our trainer, Janson aka Mr Green. We also played a few games with him and had lots of fun. Most of the trainers that I have come across are very fierce and strict but Mr Green was kind and friendly towards the whole class. Through the games, I got to bond with my class and got to know them better. We also watched videos that were touching and sad about service and I has really motivated me to be a better person.
We went back to class for a small reflection session. We had to come up with a small presentation on animal protection. Because we watched the wrong video, we had lesser time to complete the slides to our presentation but in the end we were able to give a good presentation. After that we got split into 2 groups. One group with Mr Thanapat and the other, which was my group, with Mr Green. He told us interesting stories that entertained all of us and got to better know him at the same time. I hope that the next session would be as fun. I really enjoyed myself today!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Celebration of Learning and SPM 22 May 2017

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Celebration of Learning and SPM 22 May 2017

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Dear Padlet,
Today my school had an event called Celebration of Learning where we showcase what we did for the past semester to our parents and schoolmates. My classmates spent a large amount of time on this just to make it perfect. We took some of the best work done by our classmates and showed them to our parents and schoolmates explaining clearly about the process of all the work. Our parents where impressed by the work we did and were proud of us for that. We also had SPM which was student parent meeting in short. It was when our teachers talk to our parents about our progress in school and how we are coping with the new environment. They will also talk about what we are strong or weak in and ways to improve or keep up. My teachers had many good remarks about me and said that all I needed was more practice and effort in the work that I am doing. I think that it really helped me know where my real mistakes were and also how to improve. I plan to work on that during the June holidays so that I can improve to have better results. In conclusion, today was a very fun and thrilling day for me.
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Dear Padlet,
Today was the day of our school's 8th track and field meet! It was held at Clementi stadium and everyone was very excited for the event. We all gathered at Clementi Stadium and sung the National Athem as usual. After that, we sat at the Grand Stand in our houses and waited for the events to begin. My friends and I were cheering very loudly for blue house, which was my house. All the competitors had good sportsmanship and did not complain about losing also did not brag about winning. The cheer leaders for the respective houses also did cheers that really surprised everyone. I personally think that the cheers from red and green house are the better ones. We also had the house cheer and everyone was very eager and enthusiastic while doing it. All of us shouted at the top of our lungs trying to be louder than all the other houses. Then, we went back to the events. Blue house won most of the events but the other houses were not lacking behind too much too. My friends from other houses came over to the blue house side to cheer to. The screamed and shouted until their throats were soar. In the end, blue house won. The blue house spectators were so happy they started jumping around and hugging each other. I was very happy too as I heard that that was the first time blue house has very gotten first place. As b the blue house captain walked up to receive the prize, we were screamed and shouted and were all very happy. This was my first sports day in SST and it was definitely a great experience to remember!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Dear Padlet,
Today my class had leadership training. We learnt about the Prime frame work. PRIME represents prioritise, respect, intelligence, management and elasticity. We also learnt how to manage time effectively as some of us have very poor time management and find it very hard to complete task on time. We also played some ice breakers like splat and human knot which were played during Secondary 1 orientation as well. For splat it was very intense as you need to react fast and if you are too slow you will loose the game. For human knot we were seperated into two groups as if we did it as an entire class, it would be super chaotic. We had to hold another person's hand and when everyone is being held on to, we would try to untie ourselves. We also had to work with different
scenarios, coming up with the best solution to prove that you can be a good leader. Some of us had different opinions so we had to debate on that and see who's reasons are more valid. We had a short break and everyone rushed down to the canteen to grab a quick bite. After the break we played more ice breakers and also played kahoot. We were tested on what we had learnt about leadership today to see how much we have absorbs from the session. I thought that the session was quite enjoyable and to make things better, we would be having another session! I hope the next session will be as fun or even better than this one. I am definitely looking forward to the next session!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Returning of papers (part 2) 16 May 2017

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Returning of papers (part 2) 16 May 2017

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Dear Padlet,
Today my classmates and I received our History and Biology papers. Same as yesterday, I was super nervous but I was already mentally prepared as I knew that I would not be able to get that sort of good grades I got during the Level Test. For Biology I improved but I was not that satisfied for my results. So during the June holidays, I would have to practice my Science a lot more to improve. For History, I was quite happy with my marks but I made quite a number of mistakes. If I had reduce the number of mistakes made, I would have scored a lot better. There were people who got really high scores and I felt very happy for them and congratulated them. For those who did not do so well, you should not feel too bad about yourself and I hope you would wake up and realise theat it is not to late to start studying now. Overall I was quite happy with my marks. They were not as low as I expected but at the same time not that high either. During the June holidays I would be studying and practicing what I am weak at and maintain what I am good at. I hope I would be able to score and get better results in the examinations to come! Hope all of my classmates would studying hard and have fun durning the June holidays!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Dear Padlet,
My classmates and I went to Seletar Golf Course to play some Golf! It has been a long time since I played so I was not as good as before. While I was there struggling, some of my other classmates were very good for example Kit Hint. Despite all that, I had a lot of fun over there and also got to spend time with my classmates. We went to the driving range to hit the Golf balls and it was quite a memorable trip. I did miss a few times and so did my friends. We encouraged each other and learnt from our mistakes. We used different types of Golf clubs to hit the Golf balls. We also had a small game at the end of the session where we had to use a putter to put the ball into the bounded area. Although it was very competitive, we managed to have fun at the same time. In the end, the group of boys won. We also learnt that Golf stand for Gentleman only ladies forbidden and I was quite shocked as I did not know that until now. It stands for this as in the past, Golf clubs were to heavy for the ladies so girls were not supposed to play Golf. But now, no matter what gender you are, you are welcome onto the Golf Course and play Golf. I hope that my school would organise more of such activities so that classes can have more enjoyable moments to remember!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia

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Dear Padlet,
Today my classmates and I received our examination papers back. I did not do as well as I did in Level Test but it was fine. I was very nervous and so were my friends so we kept assuring one another to stay calm and just relax. For most of the subjects, I did not do as bad as I expected but I did not scored as high as compared to level test. My friends did not too bad and some of them even scored A! I felt very happy for them as they worked hard and it all paid of. The two main subjects that I am quite disappointed in is Math and Science. My Science has not been that good since Level Test so it was not that shocking to find out that I did not do too well. But for Math, I was actually quite overwhelmed after receiving my paper. I felt very depressed and was not in a very good mood. But because I have good friends by my side, they comforted me and I felt a lot better about myself after hearing those encouraging words. After knowing that I am not very good in these two subjects, I was determine to study harder and at the same time smarter like what our Math teacher, Mr Johari, said. I was going to seek help from my classmates who have been consistently scoring good results so that I would be able to improve on my results. I hope I score better in the next examination which is Level Test 2 after the June holidays. Study hard and you will be rewarded!
Yours sincerely,
Adabel Teoh Yujia