Notebook Design Competition

Hi guys,
As mentioned before, we are trying to create a notebook for everyone of you to own and use. This notebook will include information like the calendar of events, Badges and Ranks, and other important information. This notebook will also be for all of you to use throughout your journey in RIRC. Thus, I am holding a competition to decide the cover page of the notebook! Here is your chance to leave your mark in RIRC!

Details:
Submission Date: Sunday, 13th December 2200 
LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED

Format: Whatever software you used to edit, AND a JPG or PNG.
Artwork should be 2 A5 sized (can be connected or separated)
Submit to: chiawsoong@gmail.com,abdulhadi.rcy@gmail.com

From the submissions, we will be choosing the top 3-5 artworks. These works will earn 500 points each for their platoons. Thereafter, suggestions will be given to the artist, and the final artwork will be put to the popular vote.

Have a great holiday, and let your creative juices run!

BIO

Newspaper Collection Drive 24 Nov 2015 Tuesday

Hi Cadets,

As mentioned during November Camp, we will be having newspaper collection drive on 24 November (Tuesday) from 8am to 12.30pm.

Please do note that reporting venue has been changed to Marymount MRT control station.

The following file is the consent form for the collection drive: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/191409952/RIRC/NewspaperCollection.pdf

Bring It On

Promotion Ceremony 18th Nov 2015

Hi cadets,

As the RIRC promotion ceremony 2015 is a part of the upcoming November Camp, we invite your parents to come down for the event.This ceremony formally recognizes your capabilities and is a significant part of your journey in RIRC, and we hope that your parents can share this moment with you. Hence we would greatly appreciate if you could inform your parents of the invitation and have them sign up on the google form before Sunday 2100. Thank you and see you in camp.

Bring It On,
Chew Yu Cai

Parent's Letter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/191409952/RIRC/Invitation%20to%20parents.pdf

FA Duty 7 Nov 2015

Hi guys,

02 Scouts will be holding an event on this coming Saturday from 10 am to 5pm in school. If you are interested, please notify Sun Han by 6 Nov 1600. 

For the sec 2s going for GMW, GMW takes precedence over the FA duty.

BIO

Gold Modular Workshop 7th Nov 2015

Hey guys,

There will be a GMW this Saturday. Here are the details.

Date: 7th November 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30am to 6.00pm (for FA/DM/RCK)
1.30pm to 6.00pm (for YABP)
Lunch will not be provided, cadets will be given time to take their lunch outside the school and will be allowed to leave upon completion of the workshop modules.
Venue: Admiralty Secondary School
Attire: Mufti (School T-Shirt / Red Cross T-Shirt with dark coloured track pants and school/track shoes)

Things to Bring (for FA/DM/RCK):
1. Writing Materials
2. Water Bottle
3. (Gold) Notes
4. Money for lunch
5. Completed and signed Silver Monitoring Form / SFA
6. Empty (Gold) Monitoring Form
** Name and School to be filled up upon submitting
7. Extra set of clothing (preferably dark-coloured, may be soiled) (for DM)

Things to Bring (for YABP):
1. Writing Materials
2. Water Bottle
3. YABP Notes (Bronze, Silver, Gold)

**Your Sec 3s will pass you your Silver Monitoring Forms before you sign up on Saturday, so try to come around 15 minutes earlier. Remember to print out the Gold Monitoring Form and the Notes (if applicable).

Namelist
FA:
Bob Loh
Neo Sun Han

DM:
Shang Wen
Chew Yu Cai
Jee Kuen Loke
Selwyn Ang

RCK:
Lin Hong
Dylan Yeo
Mike Xiong

YABP:
Ryan Lim
Joel Lam

BIO

November Camp 2015 Information

Hello cadets,

Today's briefing slides, consent form and pack list for November Camp 2015 have been uploaded here.

Please take note.

Bring It On!
~B64

Training on 4 November 2015

Hi guys, 

We have shifted training earlier tomorrow from 3.45 pm to 2.30 pm. Training will then end at 5.15 pm. Please spread this among your batches and make sure everyone has been informed about this shift. 


Bring It On!

Training 28 Oct 2015

Hi guys, 

We have shifted training earlier tomorrow from 3.45 pm to 2.15 pm. Training will then end at 5 pm. Please spread this among your batches and make sure everyone has been informed about this shift.
And good luck for your check and review. 

Bring It On!

Northbrooks RCY Performance Night

Hey guys,

Northbrooks RCY has invited us to their Performance Night. Here are the details:

Date: 6 November 2015
Time: 1900-2130
Venue: Northbrooks Secondary School (Parade Square)
Dress Code: Smart Casual (nothing offensive and revealing)

Those who are interested in going, please contact Neo Sun Han by Mon 2300

BIO

Training 26 Oct 2016

Hi guys,

Tomorrow will be the first training after your EOYs. It starts on the usual time of 3.45pm to 6.30pm. Please be punctual and remember your unit tee.

For RCYC participants (Zhan Bo and Shang Wen), please remember to bring your $50 tomorrow as well and pass it to Jonathan Heng by the start of training.

BIO

Y2 & Y3 Batch Games First Aid Duty Sign Ups

Hello cadets,
As you know, your Year Heads and Level Committees have planned batch activities as part of your post-exam activities. They require First Aiders for the Y2 and Y3 Batch Games.

As such, we will need 4 Y2s (certified with SFA) and 8 Y3s to take part as First Aiders.

Details for Year 2s:
- Date: October 27, 2015
- Time: 8am - 1pm
- Assembly venue: RI Y1-4 Canteen
- Attire: Any school-related attire

Details for Year 3s:
- Date: October 27, 2015 (school hours)
- First Aid Duty will function on a rotation basis
- Other details to be confirmed later

Please fill in this form before 9.30pm, Saturday (October 24, 2015) to sign up.

~B64

Platoon CIP 2015

Hey guys,

Exams are over, schools back! If you recall, only Iota's platoon CIP has been carried out. For now, as the LP comm is going through B65's LP Concept Plan, do take this weekend to review your Platoon CIP proposals.  The NCOs will be going on to help you.  I hope that we can conduct Epsilon's Platoon CIP around November 7th, and Omega's around November 21st.  Thus, please send the revised Platoon CIP proposal to the NCOs and VIs by this Sunday 25/10/15 2200.  Work together in your platoons and lets do a good job! (We also don't want to keep sending the proposals back to you guys for improvement)

DEADLINE: Sunday 25/10/15 2200
BIO

2015.11.07 GMW Signups

Hey cadets,

There will be another GMW (Gold Modular Workshop) conducted on November 7th this year. Only B64 and B65 are eligible to sign up. Here are the details:

Date: 7th November 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30am to 6.00pm
Lunch will not be provided, cadets will be given time to take their lunch outside the school and will be allowed to leave upon completion of the workshop modules.
Venue: Admiralty Secondary School
Attire: Mufti (School T-Shirt / Red Cross T-Shirt with dark coloured track pants and school/track shoes)

This time, there are:
3 vacancies for FA (G), YABP (G), RCK (G)
and 4 vacancies for DM (G)

Sign up at http://goo.gl/forms/hRF4YXBBTP by 28 Oct (next Wed). Signups are on a first-come-first-serve basis.

~B64

Inter UG Archery 22 Oct

Hi Cadets,

Inter UG archery and dragon boating is on Thursday, 22 October. However, in view of the haze situation, dragon boating has been cancelled. So do take note of this update, Brian, Cheng Kai, Hean Zhor and Zheng Wei. Hence please do not stay back for the dragon boating event.

As for archery, the event will still take place in school and please report to the stadium steps by 7.30 a.m. and please be punctual. The cost of the archery is $10 which has been subsidized. As for the things to bring, please bring a water bottle, the consent form (attached below) and the $10 cost (preferably in cash). Lunch will not be provided after the event so if you wish to have lunch immediately after, bring extra cash for lunch.

Thank you and try your best for the archery. But do have fun while doing so.

Bring It On,
Chew Yu Cai

Consent Form: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/191409952/RIRC/Inter-UG%20consent%20form%202015%20(final)%20(1).pdf

Inter UG Games Signups

Hey guys,

Mr Tay (our teacher-in-charge, in case you didn't know) would like to meet all cadets outside Staffroom 1 (the round tables) to talk about Inter UG Games (Archery and Dragon Boating) on the following dates:

Y1 cadets: 15/10/15 (Thurs) - 10.15am

Y2 cadets: 16/10/15 (Fri) - 10am

Please be punctual. This is compulsory. Duration for the meeting is less than 30 minutes.

All the best for your EOYs!

BIO

SANA course 19 October 2015

Hello cadets,

On 19th October, there will be a SANA course held near Compass Point Shopping Centre. SANA stands for Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association, and this course is necessary to obtain the SANA badge for you to pin onto your RCU. Some of the year 2s have gone for this course, so you can ask them to see what's its like.

One change from last year is that the full-day session has been split into two half-day sessions. So you can choose to go for either one.

We can send a maximum of 5 participants for each session, so register fast if you want to go. If you are interested, contact Sun Han sir before 11/10/2015.

Date: 19 October 2015
Time: 8.30am to 1pm OR 1.30pm to 6pm 
Venue: 2 Sengkang Square #05-01, Singapore 545025 (Beside Compass Point Shopping Centre)
Attire: Mufti (School-based/Red Cross-based Tee with track pants)
Things to Bring: Writing Materials

Note: Failure to attend the course after signing up, or failing to complete the survey after the course will result in having to bear the full costs (SGD $4.00) of the programme to the Singapore Red Cross Society.

BIO

Sports and Wellness FINALS

Hello cadets,

This post will be regarding Sports & Wellness Finals.

For Category 2 participants, congratulations for making it to the top 10. Details of the Prize Presentation Ceremony are below.

Date: 20 September 2015 (Sunday)
Venue: Bedok Community Centre, Hall
Address: 850 New Upper Changi Road Singapore 467352
Time: 1pm to 4.45pm
Attire: School Uniform (Participants for Captain’s Ball can remain in their PT Kit)
Things to bring: Water Bottle
**lunch will not be provided

For Category 1 participants, the date and venue of the Finals is the same. Note that Reporting Time is 10am instead of 1pm and Attire is Unit Tee & PE Shorts. Dismissal Time will remain the same and lunch will be provided.

For the 2 First Aiders, please report at 10am too. Here are some further details.
Reporting attire: Mufti (Unit Tee and Track pants with covered shoes)
Things to bring: Water Bottle
**Money
Writing Materials
Personal Medication
Certificate of participation will be given to cadets who offered their service as First Aiders on both the district games and finals.

To all other cadets, you are also welcome to come down to support our team. There are interesting programmes lined up for you such as the DARE Programme (Free 45 min AED & CPR Workshop) and the World First Aid Day Carnival. You can also watch the games and cheer for your unit-mates.

Consent forms for Category 1 and 2 participants as well as the First Aiders will be released at a later date.

BIO

November Camp 2015

Hello cadets,
November Camp 2015 will be held on November 16 - 19, 2015. Please keep these dates free. Further details regarding what to bring, etc. will be released after the EOYs. If you cannot make it, please send your excuses and evidence to rircbatch64@googlegroups.com by November 9, 2015. See you there!

Bring It On

SRC Humanitarian Exhibition 2015

Hello cadets,

As part of the upcoming Humanitarian Week, Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will be organizing the Humanitarian Exhibition. The details of the exhibition are as follows:

"Together For Humanity - The Red Cross Story"
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 to Mon, 14 Sep 2015
Time: 10.00am to 9.00pm
Venue: The Promenade, Level 9, National Library Board
100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064

Admission is free, Registration is not required.

This event is not compulsory, but do drop by if you are free/live close to the place to learn more about, and appreciate the impact of our Movement's collective efforts globally, and also SRC's Services to the local community.

The Red Cross stands today as the largest and the longest-lived humanitarian movement in the world endowed with a distinctiveness which derives from its fundamental principles, its values and modes of operation.

SRC, with its contribution over the past 65 years, has a special place in local history and stands as a leader to communities and organisations with humanitarian objectives.

Co-presented by the SRC and the ICRC in commemoration of their 65th and 150th anniversaries, this exhibition takes you on a journey through time, demonstrating the evolution of humanitarian aid and relief efforts locally and globally - amid conflict and suffering.

On the global level, the exhibition also showcases the aid brought to the people affected by armed conflict as well as disasters in conflict zones, by the ICRC.

Singapore Red Cross - 65 years of service to humanity
International Committee of the Red Cross - 150 years of humanitarian action

BIO

SRC Flag Day 2015

Hello cadets,

This Saturday, SRC will be holding its annual Flag Day event. Most of you have already signed up for either shift, so here are the details. Print out the consent form, get your parents to sign it, and pass it to Jonathan Sir on the before you go collecting.

Date: 12 September 2015, Saturday
Reporting Location: Red Cross House (HQ)
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut
Dismissal Location: Red Cross House (HQ)
Reporting time: 10am for 1st shift, 2pm for 2nd shift (if possible try to be there 15 min early)
Attire: Unit T-Shirt + PE shorts

Just like the SAVH Flag Day, you guys will be grouped. So stay in your groups at all times during the collection.

Shift 1 (10am to 3pm)
Alpha:
Oh Ming Song
Joel Lam
Hakim HS
Keng Yong Tan
Matthew Lim Zhi Long

Bravo:
Han Ruobin
Daniel Choo Kai Jie
Ng Shang Wen
Lim Zheng Wei
Chen Lei Yu

Charlie:
Tianxiang Liu
Jiang Yu Hang
Ryan Lim
Soong Rui Jie
Brian Choon Wei Hao

Delta:
Lin Hong
Alvin Wu
Loh Zhan Bo
Huang Beihua

Echo:
Chew Yu Cai
Jee Kuen Loke
Mike Xiong Qian Long
Mok Zhe Ming
Hean Zhor Sim

Shift 2 (2pm to 7pm)
Foxtrot:
Neo Sun Han
Bryant Li
Zhang Yu Chi

Golf:
Jonathan Heng Jun Yi
Jonathan Goh
Khor Eng Yeow
Lim Cheng Kai

BIO

Link for consent form:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/191409952/RIRC/Red%20Cross%20Flag%20Day.pdf