Collection of funds

The centenary scarf costs $3 and the name tag costs $3.50. Thus, the sec 3s will have to pay me $3 whereas the rest will pay me $6.50. The reason why you are paying it to me is because I have paid the cost for all of you in advance. Please pass the money to me next week.

Founder's Day

As most of you should know by now, tomorrow 22 Feb is founder's day. Held in commemoration of the birth of Baden Powell, all scouts world wide celebrate this special occasion.

As such, we will be having a ceremony in the morning for all scouts. Please meet under the clock tower by 6.45am in the morning tomorrow. Do note that attendance will be taken. Also note that the attire is full scout uniform with the white scarf. There will be no activity on that day.

Overnight

Hey guys here are the details for Overnight Camp as stated in the briefing earlier:
Duration: 19 Feb (1530 hrs) - 20 Feb (1600 hrs)
Location: Gym Hall Atrium, Raffles Institution
Venue: Meet at Gym Hall Atrium in full scout u (for the Sec 1s, PE kit)
Sec 3s please report earlier, preferably right after school to get the flagstaff up

Inspection
There will be inspection during the camp. Inspection, for those of you who don't know, is a way of checking contraband items at the start of the camp (for eg. antisocial items such as cards, ipods, handphones etc.) Another reason for inspection can also be for airing your items but that is not the purpose of inspection for this camp. For this inspection, a much longer time will be given but this inspection will focus more on quality than speed, unlike previous years. Either another sec 3 or I will be sending the template for inspection soon. Please remember to standardise the inspection format among the whole level, or at least, among the patrol. This time, your bags will need to be water-proofed. A way to water-proof your bag would be to use zip lock bags, or just put everything into a garbage bag and dump it into your bag.

Parent's Session
On Day 2, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (which is your dismissal time) will be Parent's Session, where your parents (if they are coming) will meet 01 and be introduced to 01 and answer any queries that your parents might have. There will also be a sharing of experiences (for eg. the Cambodia CIP trip)

Cooking Race
There will be cooking race during Overnight Camp. Cooking Race, for those of you who don't know yet, is a competition where we cook food given a set budget/ingredients and it will be judged by 4 criteria:
- Presentation/Creativity 25%
- Sufficiency 25%
- Taste 30%
- Hygiene 20%
(Please take note of the hygiene portion! Even if our food tastes nice, is sufficient for the patrol and is creative and nice-looking, if we poison the J1s we still will not get first place.)[And you'll get pumped]
The ingredients for the Cooking Race will be bought during the camp itself and no ingredients are to be brought to the camp. The patrols are required to bring their own condiments though. Those who do have the condiments would you please kindly bring them :) Food without condiments is like facebook without mousehunt. Bad analogy, but you get the point (hopefully).

~~~PACKLIST~~~
Full Scout Uniform
- Beret (which includes beret badge)
- Scarf
- Woggle (please try and make sure it's not faded)
- Scout shirt (which includes applets [sorry I don't know the correct spelling])
- Scout pants
- Belt
- Scout socks
- Scout shoes
PE T-shirts 2
PE pants 2
Underwear Sufficient
Sports/Track Shoes 1
Socks Sufficient
Slippers/Sandals 1
Warm Clothing Optional
Toiletries
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- towel
Prickly Heat powder Optional
Box file (for storing certs) 1
Writing Materials
Water Bottle (1.5 L) 1
Torchlight 1
Spare batteries Sufficient
Poncho 1
Groundsheet 1
Ziploc/plastic bags Sufficient
Hanger (for scout u) 1
Multi-purpose knife 1
Insect repellant 1
Condiments (salt, pepper, sugar.... etc)
Extra stuff to take note:
- Please label your scarf and beret (IMPORTANT) and belongings that you don't want to lose.
- Please make sure that you have your full scout uniform (see above). This is very important as the scout uniform is a uniform that is meant to be worn without the loss of any part of the uniform. Wearing the scout uniform with even one part missing, even the socks/shoes, is disrespecting the scout uniform. So please check that you have your full scout uniform. If you don't, then get the missing parts ASAP.
- Please prepare for inspection ASAP.

Summary
- Prepare for inspection (which includes water-proofing your bag)
- Check that you have full scout uniform
- Pack your bag

Act on 17/02/10

Hi everyone,

Hope that you are enjoying the Chinese New Year celebrations!

There will be activity this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday (17/2/2010)
Reporting Venue: Gym Hall Atrium
Reporting Attire: PE Attire
Things to bring: Writing materials, scout handbook (Year 1s)

Sec 1s, please be reminded to study for your test! It is highly important so work hard and when you can play hard! Once again, happy CNY!

Act on 10/02/10

There will be activity this Wednesday, (10/2/10).

Date: 10 Feb 2010
Reporting venue: Gym Hall Atrium
Time: 3.30 - 6.30
Things to bring: Full Scout Uniform (incl beret), 1 pair of extra socks (sec3s only), change of clothes (PLs only)

There is muster parade, so do change into your uniform and report on time. We will be welcoming our new sec1s tomorrow, so bring along all your enthusiasm and have fun!

Act on 08/02/10

There will be activity on Monday, 8th February 2010. The details are as follows:

Batch Pioneering
Date: Monday (8/2/2010)
Reporting Venue: Gym Hall Atrium
Reporting Attire: PE Attire
Things to bring: Water bottle, Pioneering Design (Sec 3s)

Our new year one scouts will also be dropping by during this activity, so do give them a warm welcome.

Act on 03/02/10

There will be activity on this Wednesday (3rd February). The details are as follows:

Flagstaff for dummies
Date: Wednesday (3/2/10)
Reporting Venue: Gym Hall Atrium
Reporting Attire: PE Attire
Things to bring: Water bottle

Sec 3s, please remember to send your structure design to Anurak by Wednesday.