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.