Victoria School Annual Sports Day

VS Annual Sports Day was held on Thu 5th Apr 2007 at VJC.
Here we see the B3 boys in the 100m Sprint.


In the heat of intense competition, the different houses all strove to pit their best against each other. In their bid to cross the finishing lines, we see some boys suffering from muscle cramps.
Here we see the hard working Red Cross boys at work- providing first aid, massaging athletes and yes, even a portable human shade shelter.


All in all, it was a sad day for our Whampoa house, despite our final moment of glory- coming first in the Staff Race, we were disqualified. Haiz... one of our staff runners was in the wrong lane, so despite my frantic dash across the finishing line, I also kena disqualified. Wah Lau... such is life.
But next year, we'll be back. WHAMPOA HOUSE! POWER POWER POWER....

Sec 2 PE- 2A Soccer

It's been awhile since we had some video posts (since the whole PE Department was engaged in an off-site Assessment training course)

Sec 2A was last seen doing soccer and learning how to retrieve floating objects in the school pond when we last saw them.

Today, we re-visit passing and do a pass and go drill, where 2 players are in a 4 square grid. Players cannot be in the same square with each other and each time they pass the ball they run to a free square and receive the next pass.
Later, they had to do it with 2 defenders intercepting

Lesson learnt today:
If you see the incoming shot aimed at me, it seems highly probable that PE teachers may have to wear motocycle helmets when teaching soccer. Otherwise, might kena concussion. :)

IP @ a Glance

Fri 30th Mar is our Sec 2 Meet the Parents Session.
Sec 2A's Form Teacher is Miss Lim In Siew, and I am the Assistant Form Teacher.
After Principal's briefing, Miss Lim and I intend to address the following issues:
1) Role of FT and AFT
2) Academic Options
3) CCA vs Studies
4) Class Climate

Hot topic for all Sec 2 students and parents will be the issue of the Integrated Program. Miss Lim and I will go into more detail on the various options during the session itself proper.
Meanwhile here are the links to the various websites of the school offering IP/IB:

1. NUS High School of Math and Science : http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg
2. Victoria Integrated Program (VIP): http://www.vjc.moe.edu.sg/vip
3. Temasek Academy (TA): http://www.tjc.edu.sg
4. National Integrated Program (NJC IP): http://www.njc.edu.sg
5. Raffles Programme (RP):   http://www.rjc.edu.sg
6. Hwa Chong Institution: http://www.hwachong.edu.sg
7. Dunman High Program (DHP Academy): http://www.dhs.moe.edu.sg
8. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent): http://www.acs.sch.edu.sg/acs_indep/
ACS(I) only takes in students from other schools after their Sec 4 Prelim Exams, based on their scores. Note that while students do not take the O Levels, if accepted, they will also not take the A Levels. Rather, they will take the *International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme *after their two years at ACS(I).

Sec 2A Soccer- How to retrieve a soccer ball

Today, Sec 2A began their Soccer module for PE.

We began with basic passing using the inside and outside of the foot; as well as receiving using inside and outside of the foot.

Things were going well when a sudden flash shower made us all dash for cover- so we moved to Plan B. We relocated to the canteen and continued our PE lesson there (making sure to arrange tables and chairs to prevent the balls from hitting the pillars and dirtying them; also to ensure that the boys did not kick the balls onto anyone i.e. staff, vendors or god-forbid, our principal:P)

As boys will be boys, sooner or later a soccer ball landed in the pond. So here is 2A's attempt to do an emergency rescue of a floating soccer ball:



From this clip, I was able to formulate some scientific observations about the working of the Universe in general :P

Mr Siow's Theory of Soccer Relativity
1) The volume at which you shout at the floating soccer ball is inversely proportional to the intended path of motion that you wish for it.
Shouting at a soccer ball tends to make it float in the opposite direction from where you intend it to go. Standing on the shore and shouting at the ball will NOT make it float back to you.

2) Strikers use feet to score, Goal Keepers use hands to stop
It is not possible for you to pick up a floating ball with your feet- you will have to use those things you call hands- you know, the appendages with 5 protrusions at the end of your wrists? Yes, you got to use your hand to pick the ball up.

3) Man who put hand in water get wet
Pond water might be murky. Pond water might be smelly. But pond water is definitely not deadly. You hand will NOT corrode if you touch pond water; neither am I asking you to drink the pond water. If you need to retrieve the soccer ball from the pond, it is likely that you hand will get wet.
That is normal.
Do no panic if your hand gets wet.
It will not fall off.
You do not need to call SCDF.

4) The resultant is the vector sum of two or more vectors. It is the result of adding vectors together. If displacement vectors A, B, and C are added together, the result will be vector R.
Splashing water to make waves helps to push the ball to the side of the pond but only if you do it from one side.
If all of you circle the pond and start splashing, the ball will stay in the middle of the pond. Which means .... Zero displacement, which means ... a lot of splashing but zero movement of ball.

5) Small man with long pole have better reach than Big man with small pole.
It is not only necessary to work hard but sometimes to work smart as well. Reaching and stretching will help extend your reach but won't lengthen you arms. Use the appropriate tools at the appropriate time so that your work and effort is always efficient and meaningful.