Phoenix Quiz #1

Email the answer to our batch's googlegroup!

or you can also comment below if you know the correct answer, do participate actively as there are many platoon points up for grabs!!!

Paparazzi Photos!

Hi all,

Do you want to earn platoon points for your platoons? Do you want to be featured in our blog? If yes, then here's your chance!

From next training onwards, do look out for your Sirs (*ahem*paparazzis*ahem*).

They will be taking photos of cadets displaying good behavior, discipline and attitude towards learning (and more...).

On that night after each training (or next day), 5 photos will be uploaded on the blog and platoon points will be awarded accordingly!

So, do keep your eyes peeled for the next few trainings!

Your Sirs

Phoenix Quiz

Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5p.m. come on to the blog. See you there...
More information on Monday during training

Term 3 Photos

Term 3 Training Photos are up!

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112935141341960900577/albums/5769862269894122561

Cheers!

How to write a proposal

Hi,

This is the rough format for a proposal. I know the PMs have probably been telling your OICs or 2ICs about how to write a proposal, but I guess an additional guide can't hurt.

Cover page - include the most important details (date, time, venue, etc.). Also write that the proposal is written by XX platoon, and of course the name of the event.

Overview and objectives - have a short description of what the event is about. Then, in point form, write out the objectives of the event (e.g. to promote platoon bonding, etc.).

Committee chart - include a committee chart with all the roles and the names of the people who hold them.

Safety details - discuss how you will manage safety during the event itself. You should include the safety protocols cadets are to follow during the events, as well as the safety procedures the organisers (your platoon) must take note of.

Manpower allocation - this is essentially a massive chart summarising exactly what each person in your platoon should be doing at a particular time. It should look somewhat like this:

Time           Venue                Activity             Name            Position              Role
0800 -       S. Raja Block     Reporting          Tom              2IC Admin         Take attendance
0815

Everyone in your platoon must be included in the manpower allocation table.

Activity details - most important section in the proposal. Include detailed descriptions of exactly what will be happening during the event itself. Basically, try to focus on what cadets will go through. It might help to think about it as such: what will I want to say when I'm briefing the cadets during the actual event? Write it down as if you were briefing the cadets, but in complete sentences of course (or point form).

The manpower allocation will mostly cover all the background work that might not be in the activity details. However, important information about some of the background work (e.g. where exactly the casualties will be hiding, etc.) should be included in the activity details. Please don't include things like where the logistics ICs should be though.

Logistics - Produce a table with the following format:

Item                       Quantity              Source                                                Remarks
Glowsticks              40                      Supermarket - Logistics IC will buy     ...

If your proposal is very complicated, an additional column for the activity that the item will be used for might be helpful.

Appendices (if any) - include any additional information, rubrics for competitions, etc. that is not essential to the proposal. These might be used by only 1-2 specific people.

 
 

Newspaper collection

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the oversight, but we forgot to inform you that newspaper collection will not be tomorrow. It has been postponed to next Saturday, 4 August.

Please report at the Main Atrium in your PE attire or unit t-shirt at 8am. There is no need to bring anything except for your water bottle and consent form (which we will be giving to you on Monday or Wednesday). The event will last until approximately 2pm.

We will basically be going from flat to flat in the HDB blocks opposite RI (blocks 101 to 116).

If you are unable to make it to this event (or have to leave early/come late), please email your excuses to our batch group, rircb61@googlegroups.com, or pass your excuses to us next Monday.

OA practical for B63 tomorrow

Hi,

Just a quick reminder for the sec 1s to bring the following items for tomorrow's OA (B) practical: Mess tin, solid fuel, matches.

Tomorrow will be the photoshoot for RIRC, so please report in your full Red Cross uniform if you have a complete set, or your full school uniform with tie if you don't.

CAC Drama Champions!

Hi,

For those who don't know, we got overall champions for the CAC drama (Category 3)! Congratulations to all the actors, stagehands, and anyone else who helped out.

Unfortunately, we did not get into the finals for CAC category 4 (shield), where we had to design an innovative product to help specific groups in the community.

On a side note, platoon points have been added for the inter-platoon relay, which Iota won. Epsilon came in second and Omega third. Iota thus receives 150 points, Epsilon 100 and Omega 50.

CAC Tomorrow

Hi guys,

A reminder that CAC finals is tomorrow. Meet at the main atrium at 7.15am.
Sec 1s, you guys are excused from founder's day
Those who are not coming, remember to pass us your excuse on monday if  you have not already done so.

For those who still do not have the consent form, here it is

See you tomorrow!

CAC Finals 2012 this Saturday

Hi guys,

There is CAC fianls this saturday, 21st of July. You are to meet at the main atrium at 7.15am.
Attire is unit-shirt and PE shorts for year 2s and 3s. Year 1s will wear full PE attire.
We need everyone to come as there will be a voting component for the finals. you wouldn't want the hard work of your fellow batchmates who have been working so hard these past few months to go to waste do you?
Let's also give our team our fullest support for the finals.

GO CAC!!!!

Cross Country FA Duty

Hi guys,

Sorry for this extremely late post but here are the groupings for tomorrow's FA duty

·         Lucas & Yi Cheng

·         Jarod & Jian Xing

·         Arun & Zijun

·         Harish & Samuel

·         Nathanael & Li Yuan

·         Vincent & Fintan

·         Chang Yi & Yue Howe

·         Jack & Jun Wei

·         Tianyi & Yimin

·         Kwang Kyu & Gavin

·         Sakthivel & Jia Cheng

·         Xinghao & Andrew

·         Mahesh & Siqi

·         Aloysius & Shawn

·         Yu Chen & Forster

·         James & Reeve

·         Saha & Joash

·         Rayner & Alphonse

·         People at base are : Fang Yuan, Brandon, Ryan Foo, Kian Guang, Vijay and Amos

Please come tomorrow, we need your utmost support
Although this is a little late, please brush up on your FA skills

Briefing for first aid duty for interhouse cross country

Hi,

On Wednesday's training (11 July), there will be a briefing for us first aiders for the interhouse cross country this Friday at the clock tower. We are to meet there at 3.45pm. Please remember to go there on Wednesday (even if you are unable to make it for the actual event) because all of us will be there.

If you are not able to go for the first aid duty for any reason, please send an email to our batch group, rircb61@googlegroups.com to notify us and explain your absence.

Evac and FD lessons

Hey guys, just a small notice. There will be Evac and FD lessons for both the Sec 1s and 2s on Monday, and OA(B) Practical for the Sec 1s and FD(B) Practical and UI for the Sec 2s who have not passed. For those who have, they will be having SFA revision as well as some soccer at the end of the training. 

The Sec 2s who do not have FD(B) are:

Andrew (Need FD(B) Practical & UI)

Adam (Need FD(B) Practical & UI)

Kwang Kyu (Need FD(B) Practical & UI)

Tianyi (Need FD(B) Practical)

Mahesh (All)

Ryan (All)

Sakthivel (All)

Yu Jun (Need FD(B) Practical)

Jia Cheng (Need FD(B) Practical & UI)

Eric (Need FD(B) Practical & UI)

Xinghao (Need FD(B) Practical)

Si Qi (Need UI)

 

Just take note of this, if possible. We realise that this is slightly late. Cheers!

Platoon points and accreditation results

Hi,

Just an update on platoon points and accreditation results for Wednesday's training:

All the Year 1s who took the OA (B) theory paper passed!

• Benjamin
• Dylan
• Yu Chen
• Harish
• James
• Nathanael
• Brandon
• Randy
• Vincent
• Chang Yi
• Jack
• Gordon
• Jared

There are five top scorers:

• Gordon
• Jared
• Benjamin
• Vincent
• Brandon

As such, Epsilon will receive 20 points, Iota 40 points, and Omega 40 points.

For the soccer match, Epsilon got 0 points (no wins), Iota 20 points (1 win) and Omega 40 points (2 wins). Fintan also gets Omega 5 more points for scoring the Goal of the Week. Congratulations!

The platoon points given for the elimination drill during the footdrill lesson are as such:

• Epsilon - 0 points
• Iota - 15 points
• Omega - 30 points

Congratulations to Omega for currently being in the lead! As for the other platoons, don't be discouraged. There'll be plenty of chances for you to catch up in the rest of the term.

Accident during fun day

Hi,

For those who don't know, an unfortunate accident happened during fun day and this caused Kelvinder to be sent to the hospital with a hairline fracture on his wrist.

So if you have facebook, please go and wish Kelvinder well. He probably won't be back in school for some time. Or you can express your well wishes on the tagboard.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and we'll see you next Monday (with your platoon flags :D).

Fun day

Hi,

Fun day is going to happen this Friday (6 July), from 1.30pm to 3.40pm. Please be attired in your PE kit or Red Cross unit t-shirt. Please also be reminded to take a heavier recess and a light lunch so you don't get stitches during the games.

For those who don't know, fun day is just a simple event organised by us for you to just have some fun, relax and bond with your batchmates through games and such. So we hope to see you there unless you have a valid excuse (please email our batch group, rircb61@googlegroups.com, if you have a valid excuse for your absence).

That said, hope you enjoyed the CAC performance today! The team has really put in a lot of effort (sacrificing some of their holidays as well) to train for it, so we wish them all the best for the preliminary round.

B61's New Mission & Vision

Hi All

Some of you might be curious or have been wondering about our new unit direction and focus under B61---after all it's a new start and hence a new beginning. We thus bring you this official update to provide everyone with a succinct and relevant explanation of B61's new initiatives and direction:

Mission & Vision

(Vision)--"to instill a sense of identity within cadets for the RIRC community, and to also build up their social relationships and sense of responsibility"

Firstly, our Unit vision---we seek to instill a greater sense of responsibility and identity within all of you for yourselves, your platoon, your Unit. We want all of you to not only feel a sense of familiarity and placing within your few short years in the Unit, but to actually help you to build up and foster your friendships and relationships with the RIRC community. That, we believe, is the more enduring and valuable benefit a cadet can derive in his time in the Unit, and with them we strongly believe that you will have a far more meaningful and memorable time in your cadet years. Have faith and trust your batchmates, your seniors and your juniors---they will be the people you will be interacting with for the next few years or so, and we hope beyond that. As a UG, we will also place a greater emphasis on your leadership and social skills, as we believe in their importance in supporting and helping you through your lives.

(Mission)--"to build up cadet proficiency and competence in the core areas of FA, FD and Evacuation, such as to build up our Unit's ethos of excellence"

As cadets of RIRC you have a responsibility and calling to uphold our reputation and capability to attain excellence---hence we will actively seek to build up cadet proficiency and competence under our leadership as we note that there has been lately a decline in standards of cadets' proficiency in certain subject. Additionally, we will seek to concentrate our efforts in attaining results in competitions---they ultimately serve as the true barometers of our Unit's proficiency and dedication to our cause, so we will take competition participation and involvement very seriously.

Due to the syllabus change about to be implemented by HQ (the details are still not yet finalized however) certain subjects will be sidelined (i.e FD, OA etc.) and instead a greater emphasis will be played on subjects or aspects like FA, Evacuation as well as Community Service. A new ethos and paradigm shift in HQ has necessitated the above changes, whereby the RCY movement will transition towards more active community service and involvement rather than disaster management capabilities (i.e evacuation). However, we will still uphold the core tenets of our Unit, which exists in the special capacities as a Red Cross unit and also a UG, namely: FA, Evac and FD. We believe that these subjects are an inseparable and unique aspect of every RIRC cadet, and we will thus similarly treat them as such.

Lastly, you guys have been briefed on our new focus on the platoon system---we hope you guys will take this opportunity to engage better with your fellow cadets, and build up better relationships with them, so that your time in RIRC will be a more meaningful one. And of course, to get more platoon points :) (Good job Iota--you'll get your reward on Wednesday)

Thanks and Have a Nice Day ! :)

Youth Day + Iota's reward

Hai guize, dis is David.
Ok yeah anyways a few things
1) For having the most platoon points, Iota gets a *secret* reward on Wednesday (huzzah)
2) Due to there being a Youth Day holiday tomorrow, there's no training for tomorrow (unless you're from CAC drama, in which case I'd BETTER SEE YOU THERE AH)
3) Happy Youth Day.
4) Here's a complimentary video for you. Awesome stuff.

On a side note, keep the answers to the Phoenix Questionnaire coming in! (Or else. Harrharr.)

Have a nice day.

Platoon Flags

Hey guys! Please get reminded that from now on you are required to bring your platoon flags for trainings. This will be effective as of now and thus you will be required to bring your flags from this wednesday onwards. If you have lost your flag or are not able to bring it for training, make sure you tell us! Have fun for your youth day holiday, cheers!