Performance Night

Sec 1s and 2s, please send your song that you are using for your performances to the following email by tomorrow night ( 1 June 2009): editorial.rirc@gmail.com.

Good Luck for Camp, and may the best platoon win Term 2!

Venue to report

Hi all,

Consent forms have been uploaded yesterday.
Visit the bravehost website.

Please do note that the venue to report stated in the consent forms is wrong.
It is at clocktower, as told to you guys during camp briefing.

Guys, please spread to your batchmates and platoonmates. Help one another out.

SMO ppl, come back quickly, latest by 1210h.

Thanks.

Camp Performance

Hi all

Be reminded that camp is 2-4 June, (Tue to Thur), from 8am on 1st day to 1pm on 3rd day. Meet at the Clocktower. Those who have SMO, you MUST still report at 8am with your camp bags. You will be released at 9am for SMO and are to gather back at the atrium by 12pm.

Please remember to bring to camp your props and costumes for your dances. Remember to keep them simple, but not too simple till it doesn't look like a costume at all. There will be a final vetting during camp, so please ensure that you guys practice before coming to camp. You are putting up a show to a LOT of people.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask via the tagboard.

June Camp Consent Form

Hi all,

You can get a copy of the consent form from the sickbay letter rack tomorrow after school.
Spread the message around!

We'll be uploading the consent form soon, so to those who didn't collect from the letter rack, download it once it's up!

Thanks, and look forward to the camp! (not gloomily as if you're gonna be killed -.-)
A piece of advice from a dear RC boy who have experienced nearly 4 years in Redx:
Be optimistic, be enthusiastic, be ready! Just enjoy =)

On a side note, do take care of your health!
Don't be second (to contract swine flu), be the first best!

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W10 Tuesday)

Present: Han Sheng, Zheng Wei, Puneeth, Xi Rui, Benjamin, Zhe Yi --> pls rmb to sign in besides opening the sickbay...
Absent w/o excuse: Shu Qiao

Points: Omega +10

Amendments to sickbay duty attendance on T2W9

For T2W9 thursday, Saravanan has an RE project meeting so he was unable to come for sickbay duty. Please try to inform me directly if you're unable to come for duty, and this applies to everyone else too. Since all of you have my hp no., no excuse then.

For T2W9 friday, Brendan was present for sickbay duty. I'm sorry for being careless when writing the post. +5 points to Iota instead of 0.

Thanks,
Xin Yan

Outdoor Cooking

Hi all Sec 1s. Please try to bring your outdoor cooking stuff tomorrow (mess tins, utensils, solid fuel, atomic stove, matches). If you have any of the above items do try to bring tomorrow as we have a limited supply. However, if you guys do not have, do not worry because we will try to supply you guys as best as we can. Remember your OA accreds is on this Friday, so please go download the notes and study hard! Clarify any questions that you all have with Jia Wei or Sheng Wei in tomorrow's training.

Upcoming Accreditations

Evac (Silver) Accreditations
- For Sec 2s who have passed Evac (Bronze)
- Wednesday 27th May

OA (Bronze) Accreditations
- For Sec 1s
- Friday 29th May

Points will be awarded to the top scorer and those who score above 90 for both accreditations.

Good luck to all taking the upcoming accreditations.

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W9 Friday)

----------EDITED----------

Present: Brendan, Jie Hui
Absent with valid excuse: Deodatus, Wilson, You Sheng
Absent w/o excuse: Zi Qi, Daniel

Points: Iota +5

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W9 Thursday)

----------EDITED----------

Present: Hui Jun (replacing Jee Kinn), Li Hong, Yan Tyng, Xin Yan
Absent with valid excuse: Martin, Saravanan
Absent without excuse: Zhi Jie, Jee Kinn, Ho Yuxuan, Shao Tong

Points: Epsilon +5, Omega +5

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W9 Tuesday)

Present: Colin, Jeremy, Ke Yuxuan
Absent with valid excuse: Jia Wei, John
Absent w/o excuse: Soe Lwin, Sheng Yang

Points: Iota +5

June Camp 2009

Hi all

June Camp will be held from 2-4 June (Tuesday to Thursday), which is on the 1st week of the June Holidays. More details will be given during the last training of this term.

Note that attendance during camp plays a major role in your promotions, and has the highest weightage of platoon points. Campfire will also be held during this camp.

Try to shift your holidays to the 2nd week of the June holidays onwards, so that you won't miss this very enriching and fun experience with your batchmates and friends. . See you there!

IPC, Vetting

Hi all,

Take note, attire on Monday's training (FAEVIPC),
is mufti.
Mufti = Pe shirt + Dark blue/Black trackpants

Please remember that there will be vetting for your performances this coming wednesday,
so ICs, Soe Lwin + Ryan/Ching Wai, please ensure your batch is ready for it.

All the best for IPC and CCTs!

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W8 Friday)

Present: Wei Yang (replacing Kai Yan)*, Yan Tyng, Sheng Wei, Mark
Absent with excuse: Brandon
Absent w/o excuse: Vatsal, Nicholas, Deepanraj
Points: Iota +5

*Please get your own batchmates for sickbay duty replacements in the future.

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W8 Tuesday)

Present: Han Sheng, Zheng Wei, Zhe Yi, Benjamin, Shu Qiao, Xirui (pls rmb to sign in/out next time...)
Absent with valid excuse: (none)
Absent w/o excuse: Puneeth

Points: Omega +10

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W7 Friday)

Present: Deodatus, Soe Lwin
Absent with valid excuse: You Sheng
Absent w/o excuse: Brendan, Zi Qi, Daniel, Jie Hui, Wilson

Points: Iota +5, Omega +5

Please remember to sign in/out of the logbook whenever you're on duty, if not attendance will not be counted.

Wednesday Training

Please note that there is muster parade this coming Wednesday. Remember to bring your uniform.

Also, please be reminded that your vetting for campfire performances will be next week Wednesday, 20 May. Prepare and rehearse your performances by then.

All the best for your Math CCTs! (Get above 99% and claim 10 points for your platoon!)

IPC Evac FA

Hi all, below is the format and details for the upcoming IPCFAEVAC. This inter-platoon competition consists of 3 rounds, with all being practical/scenario rounds.

For Round 1 and 2, the focus is on the method of tying, but you still need to know the practical usage.

Below is the list of bandages that may appear during the competition for these 2 rounds:
Scalp Bandage
Arm Sling
2 Eye Bandage
Elevation Sling
Chest Bandage
Pressure Bandage
Open Palm
Neck Bandage
Jaw Bandage
Knee Bandage
Swathes (immobolisation)

Round 3 is in a scenario format, where you will start at the First Aid base before proceeding to Ground Zero.. At Ground Zero you will have to treat 3 casualties, then selecting 2 casualties with more severe injuries and evacuate them back to base. If there is still time after treating and evacuating the other 2 casualties, you can return to Ground Zero and evacuate the last casualty back to base. You will be given 30 minutes for this round. The location of Ground Zero will be revealed on the day itself.

Also, for this round, each casualty has 2 injuries, consisting of the following types:
bleeding
burns
fracture
environmental type of injuries (e.g. Head stroke, heat exhaustion, hypothermia etc.)

The evacuation route is quite long, so teamwork and coordination are very important.

Next up would be how you would be graded for the different components.

For first aid, you will be graded based on the following aspects:
Organisation
Teamwork
Sense of Urgency
Reassuring
Knowledge
Bandaging
Overall impression

For evacuation, you will be graded on the following aspects:
Organisation
Teamwork
Sense of Urgency
Knowledge
Execution
Overall impression

Since we have told you guys about the format, train hard and good luck for the competition! Most importantly, have fun!

WRCD 09

Here's wishing everybody a happy World Red Cross Day 2009!

World Red Cross Day

Hi all. Please take note that tomorrow, 8th May, is World Red Cross Day. Sec 2s and 3s, please remember to wear your Red Cross uniform. Sec 3s,you will need to report to school at 710am tomorrow at the canteen as you will be forming a squad. John will be reading the World Red Cross Day message and when he asks for all Red Cross cadets to recite the Red Cross pledge, all cadets are to stand up, raise their right hand and repeat after him. Sec 4s will not be joining you guys as they have HMT Prelims tomorrow. We hope to see all Red Cross cadets in their full uniform tomorrow as this will show to the school how proud we are towards our own CCA.

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W7 Thursday)

Present: Zhi Jie, Jee Kinn, Xin Yan
Absent with valid excuse: Li Hong, Martin
Absent w/o excuse: Saravanan, Ho Yuxuan, Shao Tong

Points: Epsilon +10

Campfire Performance

Hi all

Please note that the vetting for your performances (Sec 1s - Zombie and Ghost Busters & Sec 2s - Ninja) will be on Week 9 Wednesday (20 May), during training time. Please be ready by then. Your mentors are now:

Sec 1s, Mentor - Yan Tyng (Sec 3, 92711800)
IC of Sec 1 performance - Ryan & Ching Wai

Sec 2s, Mentor- Jason (Sec 3, 93797874)
IC of Sec 2 performance - Li Hong

ICs, please update your mentors everything that you have done so far and ask them should you have any questions regarding your performances. Note as well that the Overseeing Sec 4 will now be Martin instead of Shu Qiao.

Remember, we will be inviting a few red cross units from other schools to watch our performances, so put up a good show and prepare well! This is the only preparation that you need to do for the camp (apart from packing your bags), and camp is on 2-4 June, so start early!

All The best!

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W7 Tuesday)

Present: Colin, Ke Yuxuan, Jeremy, Sheng Yang
Absent with valid excuses: John, Jia Wei
Absent w/o excuses: Soe Lwin

Points: Iota +5

No Training

Please note that there is no training tomorrow, 6 May, due to Learning Journey.

Inter-Platoon First Aid/Evacuation Competition

Hi guys! As mentioned before, there will be an Inter-platoon first aid/evacuation held this term.

Date: Term 2 Week 9 Monday (18th May 2009)
Time: During training
What to bring: 2 bandages per person

This inter-platoon competition will have a large amount of points to earn, totalling up to a maximum of 300 and a possible bonus 30.
However, since this is a inter-platoon competition, individual proficiency in first aid and evacuation alone would not win the inter-platoon competition for your platoon.
The attendance of the platoon would be taken into account.
The attendance of each platoon would be expressed as a percentage, and the final amount of points a platoon would obtain is determined by multiplying this percentage with the platoon’s raw score from the various activities.

For example, Platoon A has 10 people and 8 people turned up for the inter-platoon competition and would thus have an 80% attendance rate.
During the competition, they earned 250 points.
Thus, the total amount of platoon points Platoon A would earn from the inter-platoon competition would be as follows:
250 x 80%/100% = 200
Platoon A would then earn 200 platoon points from this inter-platoon competition.

This is a good opportunity for any platoon to widen the gap or catch up with the platoons, so do prepare well for the inter-platoon competition.

On a side note, the higher the placing you get from the inter-platoon competition, the bigger a present you get! (no it has nothing to do with the platoon points)

Hougang Sec Campfire (More details)

With regards to Hougang Secondary Campfire, here are some points to take note of:

1.) It will be on the night just before our own camp. So if you're going, be prepared earlier, not on that day itself.

2.) (For Sec 2s only) Those who are going will get 10 points for their platoon. However, we are not forcing you to go. Go if you want to experience for yourself how a campfire organised by other schools will be like. Go expand your social circle XD Otherwise, you can choose to go for platoon points.

3.) There is a free buffet there! =D

4.) So far, only Hadi, Deodatus, Hui Jun and Clive are going. So for those interested in joining them, 'sign up'!

5.) More information (eg. your attire/performance to create) are posted earlier, so scroll down to read.

Interested people please inform You Sheng by this Wednesday 1900h latest.

Thanks.

Iota PM

Hi all

Please note that Martin will be taking over as Iota Platoon Mentor temporarily. This is because Shao Tong will be busy handling the upcoming RIRC Performance Night (the campfire without the bonfire).

Hougang Sec Campfire Invitation, Camp Dates

Here's something for you guys to read:

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Dear all,

I would like to invite your school to our Hougang Secondary School Red Cross Youth 2009 Campfire! Woohoo~! Just to let you all know, we are inviting Compassvale Secondary School, Raffles Institute, Serangoon Seondary School and Tanjong Katong Girls School. Hahaha! :) We would like each school to do a performance of either dance, song or skit which is at LEAST 3 minutes. The time for arrival is 1815 hours, and it should end around 2130- 2200 hours. Oh! And the BEST part is... there will be BUFFET after the campfire! Lol! XD It is going to be a fun filled event, so please come~ =D

DETAILS!
Date: 1 June 2009 (Monday)
Theme for the Campfire: Retro 80s
Attire: Anything which is related to the theme
Number of people: 10 (Including the VIs)
Bus to Hougang Secondary School: 43, 88, 101, 156, 325
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Is there anybody interested? Any sec 1/2/3/4?
If so, please inform any of the Exco Members on Monday ok?
Note that:
- Max. no. of ppl who can go is 10,
- You'll nid to prepare a short 3min performance (but this one can impromptu)
- It is just before camp =D

For your information,
do note that June Camp will be on 2-4th June.
Please keep those days free to attend a very very very fun camp =)
More information will be given later.

Thanks all.
Take good care of yourself!

EUA CSA

Hi Everyone

In case you do not know, our unit has achieved EUA Gold and CSA Gold once again (for the efforts of last year), hence making this the 9th consecutive double gold for us. Well done!

Lets keep this up! Everyone plays an important role in order to achieve this feat :)

Photos are up on Editorial

IPFaEvacC

Reminder: IPFAEVC is on Week 9 Monday. That's 2 weeks+ from now. Hope that your preparations had been smooth.

This IPC holds SIGNIFICANTLY more platoon points to be awarded than normal trainings.

All the best!

Sickbay duty roster

Hi all,

Please refer to the duty roster in case some of you are still unsure of your timeslot or simply feign ignorance.

Thanks.

Attendance for sickbay duty (T2W6 Tuesday)

Hi all,

The attendance for sickbay duty on 28 April is as follows:

Present: Han Sheng, Jeremy
Absent: Zheng Wei, Puneeth, Xirui, Benjamin, Shu Qiao

Points: Omega +5

Please remember to sign in/out on the logbook whenever you attend sickbay duty, or else your attendance will not be counted.

Thanks.

Footdrill Bronze and Silver Accreds

Hi all,

The FD Bronze and Silver Reaccreds for Sec 2s and 3s have been shifted to 0930am instead on 2 May. Please meet at the atrium, and bring along your RC full uniform. Sec 2s who half-passed and only need to retake Practical Section do not have to bring their uniform.

Please come to school in either PE attire or school uniform.

It will be expected to end by 1230pm.

For those who have passed, and would want to learn MORE cool stuff, come down too. FD IPC is usually held in Term 3...soo....