CCA
CCA Percussion
I Joined percussion CCA (co-curricular activity) this term.
When I first stepped into the music room, everyone was very busy. The teacher of the percussion CCA, Mr James invited me to sit down. He then asked the students to bring out the instruments that they were playing from the music storage. Mr James told me to keep calm because the students were just very active and active means being creative which is good.
Most of the students had been there for one year already. Michelle Chong from year 9T is in charge and leader of the percussion group. She was the one who wanted Mr James to create this percussion CCA. Without her, we won’t be able to join this CCA. This CCA won’t even exist without her asking. So all thanks to Michelle Chong and Mr James for making this CCA possible!
Discover rhythms from around the world by participating in this loud and energetic percussion ensemble! This CCA is open to all secondary students.
By Joelle Soo, 7T
Challenge For Charity!
On their first challenge, unfortunate people had to “kiss a fish”, out of luck, and all selfless acts for charity. The dead fish getting cheers from the crowd, the crowd willing to see what they had paid for.
On their second awesome, eye-catching, brilliant challenge, more innocent victims had to suffer, and wear pyjamas to school. Cat walking like professionals, these selected people modelled their pyjamas. GAP! M&G! For Charity!
On their third, and much favoured challenge…… Shaving cream-pie challenge! PIE-IN-THE-FACE! A tragic (hilarious) incident of the much loved trick- pie in your face. (Unfortunately there was no actual pie so they used shaving cream instead.)
Their fourth challenge (and probably the one that earned them the most money) the Mr Giles challenge, enough money was raised to make a specific person (Mr Giles) Sing “Let it Go” from Frozen, do the Limbo, wear the school uniform, and dance to “Oppa Ganam Style”.
Their final and fifth challenge was possibly their best. THE DANCE! Mr Daniel and Ms Fay, Maneesha and Sharouk, Sonya and Kai. The ULTIMATE DANCE. LUCKY for Maneesha and Sharouk as they won the prize.
All the money went to charity all thanks to Victoria and Stephanie Soh.
Kiss The Fish Charity Challenge!
My sister, Stefany Soh and I are currently in the 1% Club CCA, which is a charity CCA. We decided to do something for the Cerebral Palsy Children’s Centre in Penang. After debating and discussing for days, we finally decided to hold a series of joke challenges in school for a few weeks, the first of which being the Kiss the Fish challenge.
In this challenge, the top 5 nominees have to kiss a real, cleaned fish! Ours was George, the Red Snapper.
Students and teachers from both STSS and TISS were encouraged to nominate anyone in school during break times (student or staff) to take the challenge. To nominate, donations of any amount are required. The top 5 nominees with the largest amount of money collected for them to do the challenge have to either do it, or pay the exact amount collected for them.
For this week’s challenge, after days of nominating and donating, our top 5 were Hounnesh from Year 9, Wei Vian from Year 9, Miss Christine, Dickson from Year 10 and Ian from Year 10. The challenge took place in the atrium, during lunchtime on Friday.
The following weeks’ challenges have yet to be confirmed. Regardless of the type of challenge, we hope that people will continue to give their encouragement and support for this program!
By: Victoria Soh (9S)
Camaraderie in Sweat
Football. It’s not just a sport- it’s a passion of ours! The girls’ football CCA is held every Thursday from 2:40 – 4:00p.m., by Miss Hannah. Mr Ben or Mr John takes over when she is not free. Despite the scorching afternoon heat, most of us still arrive at the Futsal Field on time, shiny with sunscreen. (In the first term, we used Soccer Experience for training.)
After the attendance is taken, Miss Hannah leads the warm-up, which usually consists of running laps around the field and stretching. After that come the drills- passing, shooting, defending and many, many others. Sometimes, a match or two is squeezed in just before the end, if we beg hard enough!
Sometimes, a few students from Year 8 come to help out, practise and even train us. We have fun matches, games, and of course, frequent water breaks! Football is definitely a team sport, thus enabling us to bond with our teammates while having fun simultaneously!
Most of the footballers are a fun, friendly lot, easy to get along and cooperate with. Jokes are cracked and laughter fills the pitch. After all, what’s football without a little fun?
In the second term, we often went for matches against Uplands, POWIIS, and Dalat. On the 22nd of March, Tenby sent two teams to Uplands and POWIIS respectively to participate in a football tournament. We were not very lucky, but learnt a lot from the experience. Win or lose, the experiences made us all stronger. Supporting our team members is far more important than the match outcome.
All in all, it has been yet another awesome year for us. We leave the pitch two shades darker but definitely ten times happier!
”During matches, we get that feeling that you have to do your best, you have to win no matter what. Doing so for your school, for your teammates, for our coach who’s screaming her lungs out from the sidelines and cheering madly even though it’s obvious we’re losing.” – A teammate
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