Dududu

whas up guize

hope you've been doing plenty of 

ing.

Har, har. Yeah.

In any case, exams are in like TWO weeks time, and if you haven't been studying hard, then you should go kill y - err, I mean, follow our tips! 

1) Get out of your house. Yeah, seriously. Or rather, get away from your lousy no-good computer with that pesky internet that reaches out to you with tentacles to (rape you) keep you entangled and trapped within the mazes of irrelevant, redundant crap. And Facebook. Facebook is failbook. Get your puny butt off it. 

Instead, go somewhere else outside to mug! To the library! To the S.Rajaratnam Block! To a coffee-shop (I mean like Starbux not the hawker center kind. Though that works too)! To Mars and beyond!

Yep. 

And with this method you get to save on air-con fees if you head to places like the library wheeeeeeee

2) Study with friends. Make a study date. Arrange a place. Bam wham, and then you're together mugging in peace.

WHY THIS IS GOOD: 

-You're obligated to get your lazy posterior out and studying because if you stand them up or cancel on them you're being a Tom|Dick|Harry (read between the lines). Yes.

-If there's anything you're unsure of, you get to ask them about it. You also get to help answer their questions and that's like plus points to your friendship and all.

-It's a good excuse to go studying with a girl. Woohoo. Just make sure you spend more time looking at your work than her face (or below that).

3) Compile notes. If you're feeling lazy and don't wanna actually do any work, grab all your notes out, summarise them, put them online and SELL THEM. Or just share them around like a good Rafflesian would :) If you can properly summarise a set of notes, it means that you're able to understand it and aren't a completely useless 81jagvwa978y1>>???. Also, it's a good way to revise.

4) Don't let yourself slack off. Keep reminders everywhere. Paste a sticky (real one) in front of your computer, on your soccer ball, on your book covers, whatever. Keep telling yourself that exams are in two weeks time!!!!!!!!! That's right, >two<! Yep.

And that's about all from us (me)! If you need any help, feel free to approach anyone of us and we'll see what we can do :)

Good luck

SFA test

Hi guys,

For those who did not come to collect the consent forms for the SFA test, here it is.

For those who want some last minute practice, meet at the SR block at 1pm this Friday. Samuel and Zijun sir will be there to help you. For the rest of you, meet at 1.50pm at the raffles square. Transport will be provided to RCHQ where the test will be held. The test will last until about 6pm.

On a side note, congratulations to Yu jun, Reeve and Shawn for passing their EHL

Cheers,
B61

Useful first aid tips

Hi,

Just a heads-up to all of you who are interested in joining FACom, or in FA in general -
http://theunichannel.blogspot.com (the official RCY blog) has very useful posts under "Lightbulb" which give tips for doing well in FACom. While these are targetted at FACommers, they're useful to any first aider. So if you have time go ahead and read them.

On a side note, good luck for your EOYs! :D

It's official.
We've won.
Inter-UG 2012 -- Soccer.
Second place - RIRC.

This is history in the making.

For years, we've never broken past into the 1st-3rd placing for anything. Anything
But now, we've finally done it. We've made it. We've shoved it in the other UG's faces. Hey, look, RED CROSS got second and whooped your !@#$ in soccer. Suck it.
Congratulations to the soccer team! :D
Let's work towards first placing for next year, eh?

Bring it on

REMINDER FOR INTER-UG GAMES DAY

Dear all,

There has been a change in reporting location for inter-UG games tomorrow. This is a reminder that all of you are to report to the parade square at 3.45pm sharp

That's all, and all the best for the Inter-UG Games Day tomorrow!

B61

Trainings for Wk1 of Term 4

Hey guys just a reminder about the trainings next week,

Monday's training will be a Fun Training ( xD ) and Wednesday's training will be cancelled due to us participating in the Inter-UG Games instead, there's a excel sheet of who's participating in what event below this post so make sure to check that out!

Cheers!

Inter-UG games

Hi guys,

Here are the groupings for the inter-UG games

Cheers,
B61

Phoenix Quiz 5.1

Please comment the answer below with your name and platoon. First correct answer earns 20 platoon points.

Phoenix Quiz 4.3

Hi please comment the answer below along with your name and platoon

Evacuation (B) accreditations results

Hi,

Here are the results for the accreditations:

James, Kuan Yang, Harish and Jack passed the theory paper (15/19).
Everyone else failed.
No platoon points will be awarded for the theory results.

For practical, everyone passed except Jared.

Top scorers for the practical are Yu Chen, Chang Yi and Kuan Yang with 72/79. 

50 points will be awarded to Epsilon and 25 to Omega.

The overall top scorer is Kuan Yang, with 87/98. 25 more points will be awarded to Epsilon.

Don't worry about the theory results. We'll go through the theory again with you (after EOYs) and then take the paper again (but 6 more questions will be added (because 6 were voided for this paper)). 

CCL

Hi Guys,

This is just a reminder that this Saturday's CCL is from 8.00am to 11.00pm. Report at the S.Raja block foyer at around 7.50am in your unit T-shirt. Do be on your best behaviour as RGS and Coral Primary School will be there as well and you don't want to ruin our image in front of them.

Also, for those who did not come on Monday/lost their consent forms, download this soft copy and print it out for your parents to sign.

-B61

Term 3 Attendance - Final Reminder

Dear all,

This is a final reminder for those who have not submitted their excuse forms for trainings and special events they missed in Term 3 to do so ASAP.

Please scan your proof and excuse form (signed) and send to rircb61@googlegroups.com by Friday 31st August 2012 2359.

If you still do not submit your excuse forms by the deadline (except for special cases), the trainings and special events that you did not attend in Term 3 will be marked as absent without valid reason.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Cheers,

B61

Inter UG games

Hi guys,

As mentioned earlier, there will be inter-UG games on T4W1 Wednesday.

The 6 events are the half-marathon, soccer, basketball. frisbee, captain's ball and floorball. All events need at least 5 participants except for the half-marathon which needs 14, not including reserves


Since we will be short-handed (sec 3s need to referee some games, people ponning), most likely everyone will have to participate in a game.

As such, please send in ur top 3 choices for the inter-UG games so that we can assign you to the respective sports. If we do not receive anything, we will assign you any of the games that are lacking people. You will need to email your respective platoon mentors to state your choices.

Epsilon: sec 1s - Yimin sir (zhangyiminzhang@yahoo.com.sg)
               sec 2s - Jian Xing sir (jxjianxing@gmail.com)
Iota: sec 1s - Brendon sir (brendon_yeo97@hotmail.com)
        sec 2s - David sir (david_wwj@hotmail.com)
Omega Daniel sir (daniel.limwe@hotmail.com)

Please email your choices by tomorrow 2359

Meme of the week 2

Phoenix Quiz 4.1

Please post your answer below. 20 points is up for grabs!

Phoenix Quiz 3.3

Please comment below with the answer along with your name and platoon

Phoenix Quiz 3.2

Meme of the Week!

Phoenix Quiz 3.1

PHOENIX QUIZ!
Who founded Red Cross and when did he/she do so?

REMINDER (ATTENDANCE)

Dear all,

(edit: 21 August 2012 11.55 pm, New Attendance Tables have been reuploaded. Please check the pictures below for latest attendance records.)

We have reminded you guys to submit your excuse forms weeks ago. However, we have not received many excuses from you guys.

Please note that those who have not handed in their excuse forms, please do so by next week Monday.
This is to ensure that when you are absent, your absence is accounted for.

(Also, your Promotions will be held in November Camp, so please ensure you have a good attendance record!)

Here are the attendance records. Orange highlights mean that you have not given a hardcopy of your excuse for the trainings/events that you were absent, green means you have, and red means that you do not have a valid excuse.

Year 1 trainings (2 pictures) (latest)

Year 1 Events (latest)

Year 2 Trainings (2 pictures) (latest)

Year 2 events (latest)

B61

Consent form for Home Visit

Hi,

Here's the link to the consent form for the Bishan Home visit tomorrow. Really sorry for posting it up so late. We gave the teachers quite a lot of time to get it out, but for some reason there were delays so we only got it tonight.

Please print it out, sign it, and bring it tomorrow.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iciwy6qi9yth6pl/17082012%20home%20visit%20to%20Bishan%20Home%20for%20the%20Intellectually%20Disabled%20consent%20form.pdf?m

Paparazzi Photos! (4)

Hey RIRC,

Today, I was again observing you all during training. Again, I was impressed with some of the good behavior  which everyone should follow. In order to reward these deserving cadets, I have decided to award more platoon points! Here are some photos which I took:

In this picture, you see Year 1 Cadet Aloysius raising his hand to answer a question. This should be the way you all raise your hands to answer questions! 20 Points to Iota!

Here, we have Year 2 Cadet Jun Wei. He was spotted sitting up straight and paying attention to the Sirs who were conducting lessons. 20 Points to Epsilon!

Another Year 2 Cadet Gavin was also seen sitting up straight during a lesson today. 20 Points to Iota!

During Footdrill today, Year 2 Cadet Adam was seen in Senang-Diri. From this photo, you can see that the positions of his hands and fingers are excellent, forming a V-shape. Good job! 20 Points to Epsilon!

Do stay tuned for my next post! Until then...

Mr Paparazzi

B61

Papapaparazzi Shots [Double Bonus]

PART I: A BLaST FRoM the PAST !!

as RC Cadets,all of you should have a clear sense in the rich heritage and history of RIRC, in our archives alone, we have a collection of over 3 DECADES worth of yearbooks !! Without further ado, lets begin our journey to our past ...

^ See. That is the essence of our forebears, DISCIPLINE, unless you want to make your sirs angry, please remember to have   DISCIPLINE  © [MR. Josef Wong],   DISCIPLINE  can be found at all major outlet of heart, souls and RED CROSS, so remember your  DISCIPLINE at all times.

^ MANLINESS. Such is RIRC back in the olden days, everyone is buff and happy and content and buff, remember EXERCISE is an important part of RED CROSS, unless you want to make your sirs angry, please remember to have  EXERCISE © [MR. Kang, the science teacher],  EXERCISE can be found at all major outlet of heart, souls and RED CROSS, so remember your  EXERCISE  at all times.

POST SCRIPT: 20 PLATOON POINTS to whoever can name the platoon the above seniors are in.

FD (B) re-accreds and FD (S) uniform inspection tomorrow

Hi,

Sorry for the really late notice but those who have yet to pass their FD (B) or FD (S) uniform inspection, please bring your uniforms tomorrow.

Thanks.

CPR Resources

Hi All!!

Regarding the CPR lesson, some of the sec 2s have asked us to put the steps for CPR online.

If you guys need to find out the steps for CPR, you can find them on the emergency action plan found on treasure chest.

Here is the direct link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34928922/FA/Emergency%20Action%20Plan.pdf

Also, you can take a look at this CPR checklist. It has been taken from the CPR examiner's rubrics, so the examiners use this points for marking.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/850272/CPR%20Checklist.doc

If you have any other questions of CPR, please raise them to any of the FA specs.

SFA is coming up, and please do work hard!! You guys will only get one shot at it for this year!

Epsilon platoon CIP

Hi, 

 

This is a post on behalf of Epsilon again.

 

We are going to Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled for a home visit. During the visit, we will engage in some simple activities and games with the residents to cheer them up.

Date: 17 August 2012, Friday

Meet at: Canteen, 2pm

Dismissed at: Raffles Institution, 5pm

Attire: School Uniform

Things to bring: Water bottle and valuables (leave your bags in school)

First of all, some suggestions when you are there:

• If the people approach you threateningly, don't be frightened. Just lightly grab their wrists and "dance" with them. They will most probably get distracted and leave.
• If they ask questions you cannot answer such as "Will I ever go home?" or "Will my parents come visit me?", you must divert their attention by leading them to activities or changing the subject.
• If the people hit you, they are probably just beckoning to you. This is because their sense of touch is impaired and they feel that by hitting you, they are actually just tapping you. You cannot be scared and run away, just tell them kindly that if they want to beckon to you, just tap your hand.
• If the people want to go to the toilet, inform the staff that will be present there.
• If anything serious happens, tell the staff

For the 1.5 hours we have to engage them in activities, we have come up with 2 activities

Firstly, we will have station games including throwing ping pong ball into buckets, mini bowling, transferring water from one station to another

If this is a disaster, we will have musical chairs

If the station games fails and we have too much time, we will give out paper and ask the people to colour them. After that, we will show the people how to fold paper planes and then guide them through it slowly. Following that, we will ask them to throw the planes.

After that, we can end the activities and allow the residents to leave. We will then conduct debrief and clear up

This is a compulsory event and attendance will be taken. Absence without valid reason will not be tolerated.

Remember to submit your excuses to the batch group followed by hard copy of the excuse form to the sirs if you are unavailable on that day.

Consent form for flag day tomorrow

Hi guys,

Here's the link to the consent form - for those who are going, please print it out, sign it, and bring it tomorrow.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v8nql66bykmhpqq/11082012%20tp%20flag%20day%20consent%20form.pdf

The details of the flag day can be found in an earlier post.

August Gold Modular Workshop

Hi guys!

for those going for the workshop this Sat, here's the details:

Date: 11/8/2012 - This Saturday

Venue: Red Cross Campsite - Make your own way there

Time: 0900 - 1730

Attire: 

FD/RCK - Full Red Cross Uniform

Evac/FA/OA - Mufti (PE T-Shirt/RC Shirt + Track Pants)

To Bring: 

1. Water Bottle

2. Notes - Remember to download the gold notes from theUnichannel and PRINT them, mug them beforehand!

3. Writing Materials

4. Signed Silver Monitoring forms + Empty Gold Monitoring forms 

-> For sec 2s, come earlier to collect your silver monitoring forms from Samuel Sir there

-> Gold Monitoring forms can be downloaded off theUnichannel as well

Lessons will be conducted in the morning, and the accreds will be done in the afternoon. Lunch is NOT provided. There will be a lunch break in between, when you can go to the nearby hawker centre for your meals.

Please print the notes and MUG them before going for it this Saturday. Do mug your silver stuff as well, in case you had forgotten them! :)

Good luck in obtaining your first gold! 

Phoenix Quiz 2.2

yay

Hai guize,

happy National Day! Enjoy your 5-day awesome break (but don't fall sick cos we've training on Monday as usual)

Also, tune in to catch Shawn being buff during the parade (hopefully he's not too short that the camera fails to capture him)

Here's a complementary video for you :)

External collection (Flag Day) - Iota platoon CIP

Hi,

We're posting this on behalf of Iota:

The details are as follows:
Date: 11 August (This Saturday)           Time: 11am to 4pm
Meet at: Main Atrium, 11am sharp          Dismissed: Main Atrium, latest 4pm
Attire: PE shirt OR Unit T-shirt + PE shorts
People involved: RIRC Year 1-3 cadets
(those going for Gold Modular Workshops are not required to attend)

We will be posting the consent form here later.

As usual, if you are unable to make it or have to leave early or come late, please email your excuses to the batch group and give us a hard copy of the excuse form/parent's letter/MC next training.

Hi everyone, once again we are back with the next instalment of the Phoenix Quiz. Please participate actively and do your platoon proud. The previous winner was Gordon Wong because he was the first one with the correct answer, so 20 points to Epsilon

Epsilon platoon CIP

Hi everyone,

This is a post on behalf of Epsilon.

 

We are going to Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled for a home visit. During the visit, we will engage in some simple activities and games with the residents to cheer them up.

Date: Undecided as of now. A confirmed date will be released later.

Meet at: Canteen by 1pm

Dismissed at: Raffles Institution

Attire: School Uniform

Things to bring: Water bottle and valuables (leave your bags in school)

First of all, some suggestions when you are there:

• If the people approach you threateningly, don't be frightened. Just lightly grab their wrists and "dance" with them. They will most probably get distracted and leave.
• If they ask questions you cannot answer such as "Will I ever go home?" or "Will my parents come visit me?", you must divert their attention by leading them to activities or changing the subject.
• If the people hit you, they are probably just beckoning to you. This is because their sense of touch is impaired and they feel that by hitting you, they are actually just tapping you. You cannot be scared and run away, just tell them kindly that if they want to beckon to you, just tap your hand.
• If the people want to go to the toilet, inform the staff that will be present there.
• If anything serious happens, tell the staff

For the 1.5 hours we have to engage them in activities, we have come up with 2 activities

Firstly, we will have station games including throwing ping pong ball into buckets, mini bowling, transferring water from one station to another

If this is a disaster, we will have musical chairs

If the station games fails and we have too much time, we will give out paper and ask the people to colour them. After that, we will show the people how to fold paper planes and then guide them through it slowly. Following that, we will ask them to throw the planes.

 

(All activities are tentative as of now and are subject to change).

After that, we can end the activities and allow the residents to leave. We will then conduct debrief and clear up

This is a compulsory event and attendance will be taken. Absence without valid reason will not be tolerated.

Remember to submit your excuses to the sirs if you are unavailable on that day (once the date is confirmed).

Attendance Issues

Hi guys,

Here are the attendance records. Orange highlights mean that you have not given a hardcopy of your excuse for the trainings/events that you were absent, green means you have, and red means that you do not have a valid excuse.

Year 1 trainings

 Year 1 events

 Year 2 trainings

 Year 2 events

Those who were absent for newspaper collection, you know who you are. The deadlines for the excuses is Term 3 Week 8 Monday.

Newspaper collection

Hi everyone,

(This is a repost for easy reference).

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.

Attendance

Hi Cadets,

From now on, whenever you have missed trainings, you are expected to submit an excuse form (in hardcopy) the following training. Also attach a hardcopy of your reasons why you were absent (e.g. medical certificate, teacher's letter).

Here is the form that you guys need to use

This will take place immediately. Those who have already submitted an excuse for the days you were absent need not submit again. If you know you were absent on one of the trainings/events, please submit it ASAP. This is for your own good as we are not able to track whether you have a valid reason for missing training.

Newspaper collection consent form

Hi guys,

Here's the link to the consent form. Sorry for posting it up so late.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxuyzri455j07ch/Newspaper%20collection.tif

Please download it, print it out, sign it and then bring it to school on Saturday.

Also, please be reminded to send your excuses to the batch group, rircb61@googlegroups.com, if you will be absent on that day, stating your reasons.

Internal collection tomorrow

Hi everyone,



This is a post on behalf of Iota:

The internal collection for True Passion Healthcare (the CIP activity that Iota is doing) will take place tomorrow. They will need your help to go around to classes and collect money from people.

Date: Friday, 3 August (tomorrow)
Meet at: Main Atrium, latest 6.55am
(actual collection should start by 7am, but attendance has to be taken first, and the donation tins have to be given out)
Dismissed at: Main Atrium, 7.50am (students will be on time for normal lessons)
Cadets involved: ALL year 1 to 3 cadets


Attendance will be taken. Absence without a valid reason will be dealt with severely.


Iota cadets will be calling everyone up to remind them of this (due to the late notice). To save them time, if you have read this post, please acknowledge it by simply saying "read it" or something along those lines in the chatbox.


Thanks.

Paparazzi Photos (1)

Dear all,

During training today, I observed many cadets displaying good behavior and proficiency! I am impressed and decide to show you some photos which I have taken. I have decided that these cadets deserve platoon points for their platoons.

Year 2 Cadet Reeve displayed his excellent "hentak" technique where his legs are raised to 90 degrees. 10 Points to Omega

This is another example of good technique. Year 2 Cadet Andrew raises his legs up to 90 degrees during footdrill lessons. 10 Points to Iota

During Evacuation Lesson, Year 1 Cadet Benjamin was swift and quick in executing evacuation methods. Swiftness is essential is casualty evacuation! 10 Points to Omega

Year 2 cadets in squad formation. Look how smart and confident they look when they do not fidget in squad!

During Evacuation Lesson, Year 1 Cadet Yu Chen provided support for his batchmates when they needed help in executing evacuation methods! 10 Points for Epsilon

Good job everyone! Until next time, see ya!

Mr Paparazzi

B61

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!

Phoenix Questionaire

The Pheonix Questionnaire returns!
For those of you who don't know, the pheonix questionnaire is a question each week which you can answer to earn platoon points for your platoon. The best response will be awarded with additional points!
This week's question is...

What is the most important thing that you and your team should have during a firedrill? Why do you think so?

This "thing" can be anything: it does not have to be a physical object.

Each response is worth 15 points, while the best response is given 50 points!

Send in your responses by 3rd July, Tuesday, before 9pm to rircb61@googlegroups.com for your response to be awarded points.

~Your Sirs

Evac Silver Re-accreds

Hey guys! This wednesday we will be having the Evac Silver re-accreds. Those who did not pass the first time will have to take the accreds again this wednesday. So make sure to revise on your Evac and ace the test this time!

~Your sirs

Evac Silver Results

Hey guys! The results for your Evac(S) is out!

Below are the results of the Evac (S) Accreds:

Pass:

Reeve

Eric

Jun Wei

Li Yuan

Si Qi

Kim

Xinghao

Andrew

Failed:

Yu Jun (Prac only)

Jia Cheng (Prac only)

Mahesh (Both)

This means that everyone in b62 has Evac (S) other than:

1. Mahesh (need Evac (S))

2. Ryan (need Evac (B) & (S) Practicals)

3. Sakthivel (need Evac (B); need Evac (S) Practical)

4. Yu Jun (need Evac (S) Practical)

5. Jia Cheng (need Evac (S) Practical)

If you didnt pass, dont be discouraged. You could always mug abit more and ace it the next time!

~ Your sirs

Contact List

Hey cadets! There have been requests for the Contact List, and it has been uploaded. Sorry for the delay and any inconvenience it might have caused. The contact list can be found on the right side of the blog, below the search bar and to the right of the Blog Archive and the Platoon points list ( yes the dropbox link ). The document is password-protected, and you should all know the password by now, and dont forget about training next monday!

~ Your Sirs

Training Reminders

Hey guys! Just a small reminder, there will be training as per usual this Monday 25th June. The term has started and thus our trainings will commence as well, every monday and wednesday during the usual time. Term 3 is almost here so good luck for that as well!

~ Your sirs

Acestar camp consent form

Hi,

This is the link to the consent form for Acestar. Those who are going, please download it, print it, sign it and bring it to camp.

See you in two days' time, and sorry for uploading it so late.

Acestar camp details

Here are the details for Acestar camp.

Reporting time: 9th June, Saturday, 0900 hours
Reporting location: Main Atrium
Reporting attire: Mufti (PE kit)

Dismissal time: 11th June, Monday, 1300 hours.

Dismissal location: RI

The whole camp will be at RI. 

EDIT: Important details added. Do take note of them.

Here's the link to the packlist: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z24a60x1lxy0vtb/Ace%20Star%20June%20Camp%202012%20Cadets%27%20Packing%20List.pdf

Take note that you can just bring you school uniform and tie since you don't have your Red Cross Uniform yet (yes I know HQ is horribly slow with this kind of stuff...but I believe (don't quote me on this) they're coming soon).

EDIT2: Sorry for the incessant edits, but just to inform you that you can wear your PE t-shirts or house t-shirts for the camp.

Have fun, and make friends with people from other schools!

Platoon points and Best Sec 1 and 2 for Himara

Hi,

The long-awaited platoon points for Himara are here!

Epsilon: 610 points
Iota: 595 points
Omega: 565 points

We apologise for the delay, because it took us some time to collate the points and moderate them. We moderated the points a lot to prevent them from outweighing the platoon points earned during normal trainings too much.

Don't worry if your platoon lost out slightly - the platoon points are still very close, so it's still very possible to catch up even if your platoon is lagging behind somewhat.

As for the best sec 1 and 2, we've chosen Aloysius and Li Yuan respectively after some discussion. As such, Iota will receive 100 points (50 points for each). But don't be discouraged if you haven't won it, since you'll have a chance in future camps (like November camp this year). Learn from the winners and you might be able to be the winner next time (since we try not to let people win twice in a row).

There's no real "secret technique" or anything - just be enthusiastic, be a good batchmate or platoonmate to your friends, and be disciplined. We don't demand perfection or anything, and we believe anyone can get this award if only he gives his all.

We'll have some rewards ready for the two winners on the first training after the holidays (T2W1 Monday) :D. So don't pon training :P.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays!

Rendezvous with destiny to reign and to serve

Hi.
This is awesome. And funny.
Take it as DVOTW edition number <whatever it is>
:)

In any case, good job with surviving Himara. Unless you didn't come. In which case, boo.
We hope that you were really inspired by all the achievements of the past batches. Those people, our long string of our (spiritual) "ancestors", didn't have all our fanciful stuff to work with - no Facebook/twitter/myspace/friendster/telephones (omgwtfbbq how does one do it without telephones) or whatever it is. However, they still managed to achieve excellence with the unit -- and it wasn't by any miracle, or because people back then was magically infused with power two times more than what we have now. No, it's because they were committed. They were committed to RIRC, and they strove and fought hard to bring glory to the unit.
Keep in mind that they were the exact same ages as you guys are when they managed to win all those competitions, achieve all those achievements (hurr) and most importantly, develop themselves and others into people with fine, outstanding characters. If those people, lacking all the luxuries that we possess now can do it, so can you.

See you guys when school reopens. We hope that your warrior spirit's still there ;)

More awesome dance videos now to make up for the long hiatus :)

Yay. This guy's self-taught (i.e. loads of talent and all) and bloody pro. So yeah.
Anyways, here's one more with a VERY cool concept

That's all for this week. So yeah.


Himara!
Hoo-hah!
Sighing off,
~Your sirs

Committee chart for 2012-2013

Hi everyone,

Here's our new committee chart. If you have any questions about what each person is supposed to do, feel free to ask on the chatbox. But you should understand roughly what the chairperson and vice-chairperson do. The chief specialists and training executive will be the ones deciding how much you're going to enjoy your lessons and whether you get your badges. The projects executive is in charge of extra events like PN and such. Admin executive just does admin - logistics, attendance, keeping track of badges, money, etc. As for PMs, if you still don't know what they do...

We hope to be able to lead and serve you well as NCOs for the coming year, so do give us your support so we can bring RIRC to even greater heights.