This year annual camp falls on the 23 November till 25 November 2008. It is the first annual camp I had attended and the first camp I went that was held at a resort. On the first day of the camp we did not straight away went to aloha Changi resort instead we went to the serangoon community club to attend a balloon sculpturing workshop which was conducted by Mr. Peh and two guest which joined us. He taught us how to do balloon dog, flower, teddy bear and more. After we were done on the workshop, we headed back to school which we were later divided into four groups. I, Li Cheng, Kailin, Afifah, Dheyanah, Shona mdm, Ivy mdm, Hong Kai, Ron, Ming Zhou sir and Wei Xiang sir is in group 4, Ninjas! After we were divided into four groups, we went for field cooking. Our food was canned food, rice and Maggie. Then we headed off to the resort with 2 groups in each bus. When we reach we went into our bunks. Boys in block A and girls in block D. Group 1 and 2 at the second floor and group 3 and 4 at the first floor.

After we settled, we were supposed to bring our bathing stuff but cancelled as it was raining. We went to group 1 and 2 girls bunk to play games at the balcony. We played human entanglement, maomao, something like wacko etc. When we told Jerry mdm that our group name was Ninja, she said it was taken and Shona mdm fought for the name and we got it!!! After the games, group 1 and 2 eat first and group 3 and 4 bathe. The queue was so long that I had to bathe with Kai Lin and we were the last one! Well, never mind. We had dinner but I could not finish it, too full I guess. We waited for Shona mdm to eat and at the same time chit chat. When time was up, we went to fall in and report and we dispersed for own practicing for the performance. We finished early so we played some games. 1 hour was up and free time. We chit chat for awhile and went to our bunks before lights out. Even though lights out, we were still laughing here and there. So we kind of slept late.

Some of us woke up at 6 to bathe. It was so good. We fall in at 7.35 and had pt. Then we went to our groups to have breakfast. We had bread and kaya. After having breakfast we did some preparation as we were going to changi beach. When we reach there, the first game we played was foostball. Group 1 and 2 was the first to go then came ours. It was so tiring as I was in the middle. We lost that round and then winner against winner. Then when we played against the losing team, we won. Yay, Ninjas!!! After the game, the boys went back to the chalet while the girls kept on playing. We played beach volleyball and monkey. While they were playing monkey they tried to sabo Shereen mdm. When going back to the chalet, Abigail fell down and Ginna tripped over and fall and Valerie slipped and fall. When we reach, we saw the boys, TOs and CIs were playing tug-of-war. After the game we had lunch and then played games like I sketch, musical steps etc. My group did not do that well for that but we manage to get 55 points for the Scavenger Hunt. All the points were for the war game. I was the commander so I must not get wet. We won to group 3. Thanks to Shereen mdm but lost to group 1. After the game we had a bath and then preparation for the performance for sec 4s. After the preparation we had dinner which is buffet. They ate lots of mango pudding that we even created a tower by stacking them on top of each other! After dinner we had the performance. The sec 1s prepared a song and skit. Sec 2s dance, then sec 2s and 3s performed a Graduation song. The sec 4s also performed a skit. We had a dress up game to be a warrior. At the end they brought in a cake for the sec 4s and then Shereen mdm showed them a clip she made. After the video, we went to Changi airport, terminal 3 to have an amazing race. We had a lot of clues there and the Ninjas made it first place! After we finished, we had one wrong answer and was given one-two min to find out. Ivy and Shona mdm ran and luckily they were on time. We had a bonus question but did not get it because two of them were wrong. So we waited at a corner to wait for the other groups. After all the groups arrived, we had a debrief and then went back. They passed around the cake and then we went to settle down for lights out.

We did not get to bathe the next morning as there was no time, so we just change and fall in. We had the same breakfast, bread and kaya but also with cake. After breakfast, sir told us that there was a tie between group 3 and 1 so they had to play tug-of –war. Group 3 wins which made them second and group 1 third. After the game we put all our belongings outside to get ready for area cleaning. We had a prize presentation after that. We could not believe that we got first! Applause to Ninjas! Then there were prizes given to other awards too. After receiving the awards we went back to school, put back some things, had a short debrief and went home. It was a fun camp I had. :D :D :D

Private Hany

On the 15th Nov 2008, a group of 35 students went for a hand puppetry workshop. The group consists of not only Serangoon Garden Sec NPCC Cadets; our friends from Hougang Secondary school, North Vista Secondary school as well as Montfort Sec also join us for the course.

The purpose of the workshop is to teach us how to make a puppet and it will be used by us, the motivator to motivate the audience. Through the workshop, I learn how to make a puppet and also how to motivate the people using our hand using our puppet.

I have enjoyed the workshop and it's really very fun!

CPL Chia Zhe Ming

On the 15th of November 2008, we went to People Association for Hand Puppetry Workshop. Those who went to the workshop will be going to Chingay on 30th and 31st of January to be a motivator. Some of the boys from Montfort Secondary School went with us too. We fall in in school at about 1pm and waited for the bus to come.

When we reached there, we found places to sit down and the tables was filled with socks and other decorations. We were told that Mediacorp was there to film us. The instructor introduced himself and taught us the procedures of making a puppet, some aunties were also helping out. The camera was filming us while we were making our puppets. The instructor showed us some puppets that he made to give us some inspirations for making our puppets. Everyone was busy making their puppets and they came out with many different cute puppets. :D

After making them, we were told to face the mirror at the back of the room, standing in a straight line. We were thinking of a name for our puppet and also told to communicate with the people by using our puppets. The instructor said that we need to project our voice while communicating and he also showed us many different moves using his fingers to express what he wanted to say.

I find this Hand Puppetry Workshop very meaningful and interesting, as I am looking forward to the 30th and 31st of January.

Private Kailin

First day of kayaking course was mostly about basics of kayaking, for example classifying the parts of the boat and paddle. We had to put on our PDF(Personal Floatation Device) and never remove it. Kayaking is fun but continuously paddling is really tiring. We covered up on basic paddling, capsize and did a little bit of swimming. After the end of kayaking, we had to rinse the boat, paddle and PDF so that it is clean for the next use.

The next day, we came for the course with our aching body. On the second day, we learned capsize-rescue, J-draw and bicycle-draw, and had our test. For my group, we had to kayak from shore to the Singapore Flyer and kayak back. Despite getting a terrible sunburn, kayaking was a splendid experience. I manage to overcome my fear of swimming, with the support from my friends, coaches and teacher, Miss Seow. Thus at the same time, I developed more on endurance and courage.

Private Nur Qurainah

SERANGOON GARDEN SECONDARY AREA 6
UOPA SILVER (2005)
UOPA GOLD(2OO6)
UOPA GOLD(2007)
UOPA GOLD(2008)
UOPA GOLD(2009)
UOPA GOLD(2010)

OVERALL IN-CHARGE-
MRS ERICA TAY

OTHER TEACHERS-
MR DAVID KWONG
MS RITA WONG
MRS CHEA YI SHAN
MR PEH CHIN KEONG

HONORARY OFFICER-
MR ANDY WONG
SENIOR CADET INSPECTORS-

CADET INSPECTORS-
MR WEI LONG (Ad Hoc)
MR ALVIN (Ad Hoc)
MR ALAN (Ad Hoc)
MS NADZIRAH (Sec4 In-Charge)
MR GORDON NG (Sec3 In-Charge)
MR ANG WEI XIANG (Sec3 In-Charge)
MS TAN WEI JING (Sec2 In-Charge)
MR CHUA WEI CHEN (Sec2 In-Charge)
MS TAY LI SHAN (Sec1 In-charge)