Class Devotion 2008

CAS Activity: Class Devotion 2008 - "Modern Slavery"
Supervisor's Name: Miss Ng Sho Ching

This activity required my class, 5X, to work together with the common aim which was to produce a video decent enough to portray the theme of Modern Slavery. This video would be shown and explained to the entire school on the 27th of March. The purpose of such an activity proposed by the school would be to expose and educate the school to matters regarding modern slavery; to increase awareness amongst the student body about such issues.

In the process of making the video, besides the plot of the video, we had to decide the number of students that were to be directly involved and the venue of the video-shoot. In a matter of one week, we decided that it would involve approximately 15 students, and would be held at my house.

On the 16th of February, approximately 16 students came to my house to produce the video. We spent a total of 4 hours making the video. This time also included lunch as the time period was from 11am to 3pm, which collated to about 45 minutes. In this time, we faced several difficulties. Besides those relating to technicalities, we found it hard to organize scenes which involved the entire amount of people who were present at that particular time.

In the process of this activity, I learnt more about the characters of my classmates, and how they used the idea of teamwork to make this a fun and memorable success. If I could do this activity again, I would make use of a better quality video camera and limit the number of people actually needed. Also, I would request for a more appropriate theme, to match, or rather abide in, the Methodist name of our school.

Chinese New Year 2008

CAS Activity: Chinese New Year Class Decorations/Class Fashion Show 2008

Supervisor's Name: Miss Ng Sho Ching

This Chinese New Year, I, as an individual, have learnt things considered priceless. One of the many things was the teamwork achieved in many aspects. A few of the class went to Chinatown on the 29th of January to make purchases for our decorations. It amazed me as to how students both old and new could become such a strong team, agreeing on how to spend our budget and on what. When it came to decorating the class from the 29th of January to the 31st of January, a good majority of the class stayed back after-school-hours and even during break hours making unique and interesting crafts. On the 1st of February, the judges of each cohort went around each classroom and graded them according to their schemes. My class presented and explained the various decorations in a vibrant and colourful manner. We accomplished everything we'd hoped for, except for being the winning class, which wasn't what we were all about to begin with. We worked as a team; as a class. We put together our best efforts and made our class what was beautiful in our eyes. We bonded and got to know one another better and have since been better friends. We encountered a few difficulties during our decorations as our classroom was one of the biggest and we found it hard to fill the entire room with crafts. However, there was never one point in time that we felt we were failing to achieve what we set out for. During this activity, our form tutor, Miss Ng Sho Ching, was a great help to the class. She stayed back whenever we stayed back and joined in the class spirit. I feel that this activity benefitted the class as a whole in terms of teamwork and a better understanding of one another. It also benefitted the physical appearance of the school. If I could do this activity again, I would involve the entire class and would perhaps give a stronger attempt at trying for winning class.

On the 6th of February, our class participated in our school's Chinese New Year Fashion Show Celebration. Four members from our class 'show-cased' ourselves in our traditional Chinese costumes. In this, we managed to have fun and we learnt sportsmanship. We encountered difficulties in this activity. We couldn't find costumes for some people due to late notice and one of us fell sick, but still made his attendance. If we could have done this activity again, I would've purchased a better outfit to better represent my class.

Student Council '07 - '08

CAS Activity: Student Council, 16HIGH, 2007-2008
Supervisor's Name: Mr. Ronald Lim

In my last term as a student councilor, I hope to continue to act as a bridge between the students. I hope to learn more from those more experienced than myself, in terms of organizing events and such. I hope to establish better or stronger relationships on behalf of the student council with both the local and foreign population of ACS (International), and in turn be the bridge between both.

Rugby

CAS Activity: ACS (International) Boys' Contact Rugby
Supervisor's Name: Mr. Ronald Smith

This 2008, I hope to play a more significant and effective role in the team of 15. By this I mean learning to play a new position, once I have perfected my present role as a 'flanker'. To achieve this, I aim to attend trainings whenever possible (specifically more than 75% of all trainings). I make this statement because of my other committments such as student council and my personal health and well-being. In terms of competitive spirit, I hope to make the cut for the B Div' bowl championship and to advance further than the quarter-finals, which the team achieved last year. Amongst all this, I hope to forge stronger bonds with the rest of the team and to maintain my fitness all year round.

"Rugby... Enough said."