Open House 2016

Springfield Secondary School had our Open House on 21 Nov 2015 (Sat).

Special thanks to Mr Chue Pin Fang, CI Zhi Wei and our 4 cadet leaders for their hard work.

We certainly believe that the parents and students present have a deep insight on Springfield NPCC (Sea).

May Springfield NPCC (Sea) continue to soar to greater heights.

CSI

Cadets had a day of fun at the Home Team Academy, examining crime scenes and obtaining clues and evidence to solve the crime!

Visit to CID

Today, a group of 12 of our cadets, along with 11 of Jun Yuan's cadets, visited the CID together. For 2 hours, we were introduced to various departments within CID. They patiently explained to us what they do, and answered our many questions.

Rafting

Today, the Secondary 2 cadets went to Loyang Regional Base for rafting. Here are some highlights of the day:

Building the raft together!

Raft ready to go!

Unfortunately, as the PSI was over 100, the cadets were not able to launch the raft. Nevertheless, hope they had fun working together to build the raft! 

Raising Awareness of the Yellow Ribbon Project

On 20th October 2015, Mr Mohamed Taufiq, a Housing Unit Officer who works in Singapore's prisons, came down to Springfield to tell our Secondary 2 students more about the Yellow Ribbon Project.


What is the Yellow Ribbon Project?
Simply put, the Yellow Ribbon Project is about giving ex-offenders a second chance at life.

The charismatic Mr Taufiq delivered an engaging and interactive talk, driving home the message that everyone makes mistakes. And that everyone deserves a second chance.

The students excitedly answering Mr Taufiq's questions. They won prizes for their efforts!

THANK YOU Mr Taufiq and the Yellow Ribbon Project for this informative talk!

THANK YOU Mr Eddie Chong for liaising with the Yellow Ribbon Project Team to help make this talk possible!

We look forward to collaborating with the Yellow Ribbon Project again in the future!

Springfield Annual Rock Paper Scissors Tournament 2015

Conducted on the 5th of September 2015.
This is the first time in 10 years where Springfield organised a competition. A very big thank you to all participating units for their support to make this happen,
3 cheers to all the participating units!

Not forgetting Miss Kee for the trophies and certificate of participation and our HO Jeremy for planning this funfilled event. 
Congratulations to all Winning Units! We hope to see you again next year!

Hands up for Team Springfield Officers and Instructors ! 

TILL NEXT YEAR!

Enjoy the photos! :D
                                     

Trophies for the Championship!!:D 

3rd Placing - Pasir Ris Secondary

2nd Placing - Jun Yuan Secondary 

Champion - Ngee Ann Secondary

Instructors Versus Teacher Officers Tournament 

View more photos @ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.941019015957279.1073741841.458834424175743&type=3

Values-in-action

For the Values in Action (VIA) programme undertaken by the NPCC (Sea) Unit, we had adopted the ECON Medicare centre located at Tampines Street 11. It is a newly build medical and recreational centre, tending to the needs of the elderly which include befriending, gardening, games and housekeeping services. The 20 cadets from Secondary One and about eight cadets from Secondary Three were heavily involved in a total of six sessions of VIA, during which the Secondary Three CLs closely mentored the Secondary Ones.

The sessions comprised of the following activities - Brisk Walking at the butterfly garden and  gardening on 3 June 15, Art & Craft which comprised of crafting bookmarks and photo frames on 6 July 15, teaching elderly flower arrangement on 16 July 15 to celebrate a senior’s birthday, Hari Raya celebrations with food, traditional songs and dances on 20 July 15, housekeeping and gardening with close guidance from the Changkat Community Club Women’s activity group on 29 August 15. There are also plans to bring the elderly on a trip to Sentosa in late October to round up the year’s activities and close collaboration with the centre.

It has been a really joyful and meaningful VIA involvement, as the cadets shared a lot of team work and camaraderie, at the same time learnt a lot of useful life skills like perseverance and patience when working with the elderly. They were also in awe with the stories from the elderly, and picked up new knowledge and awareness about the community after listening to the elderly and their life experiences. The cadets also worked on their communication and soft skills like time management and coordination when they planned and executed their projects and activities. The reflection and debrief sessions held after every session helped the cadets revisit their blind spots and helped them move forward to consolidate their learning and work harder and better for their next project.

Overall, the cadets really enjoyed their journey in VIA and looked forward to more sessions in the near future. The organisation has also been very forthcoming and we are keen to continue the collaboration. 

Contributor:
Miss Revathy Pachamuthu

Springfield Secondary School

Let's make this squeaky clean!

 Making Bookmarks with the elderly

 Exercising with the elderly

Gardening - getting our fingers green!

Great job everyone!