First of all, I want to wish you all the best in surviving St. Nicks. Though seriously, there won't be many serious problems, because we're not the only ones that're going to help you. You're gonna have all your other jie jie men, and the PSLs, fellow classmates.
You'll make new friends, have fun, study a bit. And on the way make sure you don't lose yourself, be sure of who you are, never ever give in to peer pressure. We don't know what might happen next year, but we sure know it's going to be the last year we're going to spend in the old St. Nicks campus for a long while, so treasure all you've got.
If you ever feel lost, you can come to UGGSS for help!
Secondly, we'd like to thank all the juniors who'd replied to our tags and supported this blog, gave your feedback, added us on msn, thanked us for what we're doing. For me, I've learnt a lot through this blog, seen different people's reactions, felt happy, grew a little more confident of setting this up. You guys rock. Thank you too.
Both of us have been amazed at how much UGGSS worked for all of you. We first created it to help new juniors survive, but it turned out that new friendships forged on this blog, and existing St. Nicks girls begin to reminiscence on all her past years in St. Nicholas as she reads our survival guide. We both hope this guide will continue to dazzle and influence everyone that chances upon this. :)
We know as your work load gradually wraps you up like a cocoon, you'll all forget to visit this blog, and very soon this will be neglected, either by us, or by you. But we won't be sad, because gradually you'll emerge from your cocoon as beautiful butterflies, with nobody to cut your cocoons open prematuredly, because St. Nicks do things thoroughly and makes sure you grow in the right direction.
Banish all doubts and fears away, dear mei mei, because new friends will find you, and even if you're pretty much a loner in class, perhaps you'll find someone too.
Less than two days left to School. Loosen your belts, iron your pinafores.
Let the new year begin.
Yours Sincerely,
The Guide Writers '09 (St. Nicks Girl 1, St. Nicks Girl 2)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
STUFF TO BRING
Well, these are the OTHER stuff to bring..
1] I strongly recommend MARKERS :D
The class flag, and many other stuff will need deco :D
Group work will be REALLY REALLY needing those markers. SO STANDBY PEOPLE!!!!
[launching amo..]
2] Strepsils, serious
Wait till you see the canteen, its noisy..
3] A book?
During recess [its 45mins, fridays 1h - whoopedo!!!!]
If you don;t have anyone to hang out with, try a book. And peeps may approach ya :D
4] Er.. this may be a touchy subject, but, ah i'm just gonna sayit.
Always bring Extra Panadols and stuff that you would need lah.
Bring extra of those stuff, extra extra! Keep it in your bag and under the table in a pouch!
5] Cash?
You should save up a portion of your allowance for school class stuff.
Yep. There will be class funds, payments for class tees and stuff. D:
"ITS EXTORTION..."
6] WHEN THE TEACHERS ASK YOU, HOW MANY NAME TAGS YOU WANNA BUY.
Serious, get at least 3 name tags. For I have lost plenty...
7] Always bring a stash of full scap in your bag!
You'll be using lots of lots of sngs fullscap! [hugs the trees]
8] Bring extra clips and hair bands
If the teachers catch your fringe hanging, they'll ask you TO BUY one - straight to the bookshop.
A few dollars wasted.. That aint good man..
9] I strongly Suggest to put a few pieces of stationary -pen, pencil ect. in your bag
Cause v.pai sei if you didnt bring your school pencil box to school one day and ya gotta borrow D:
10] ALL TEXTBOOKS SHOVE IT UNDER THE TABLE
Mmmhmm. Yea, start bringing ur text books to school and leave it under the desk.
NO WORRIES. nobody will be interested in those math/sc/el/hcl... stuffed-horrible stacks of books. Organise it under the table, so you don;t have to keep lugging the stuff back and forth :D
Then if ya need ta study, just bring the ones that you need back home!
aka - bag = light = woopedo = sling bag a-ok!
Well... Top ten stuff :D
SNGS girl [TWO]
= Hehe = 3days!!!! = woopedo =
cca fair coming!!! = woopedo = art club!!!!
Hehe
1] I strongly recommend MARKERS :D
The class flag, and many other stuff will need deco :D
Group work will be REALLY REALLY needing those markers. SO STANDBY PEOPLE!!!!
[launching amo..]
2] Strepsils, serious
Wait till you see the canteen, its noisy..
3] A book?
During recess [its 45mins, fridays 1h - whoopedo!!!!]
If you don;t have anyone to hang out with, try a book. And peeps may approach ya :D
4] Er.. this may be a touchy subject, but, ah i'm just gonna sayit.
Always bring Extra Panadols and stuff that you would need lah.
Bring extra of those stuff, extra extra! Keep it in your bag and under the table in a pouch!
5] Cash?
You should save up a portion of your allowance for school class stuff.
Yep. There will be class funds, payments for class tees and stuff. D:
"ITS EXTORTION..."
6] WHEN THE TEACHERS ASK YOU, HOW MANY NAME TAGS YOU WANNA BUY.
Serious, get at least 3 name tags. For I have lost plenty...
7] Always bring a stash of full scap in your bag!
You'll be using lots of lots of sngs fullscap! [hugs the trees]
8] Bring extra clips and hair bands
If the teachers catch your fringe hanging, they'll ask you TO BUY one - straight to the bookshop.
A few dollars wasted.. That aint good man..
9] I strongly Suggest to put a few pieces of stationary -pen, pencil ect. in your bag
Cause v.pai sei if you didnt bring your school pencil box to school one day and ya gotta borrow D:
10] ALL TEXTBOOKS SHOVE IT UNDER THE TABLE
Mmmhmm. Yea, start bringing ur text books to school and leave it under the desk.
NO WORRIES. nobody will be interested in those math/sc/el/hcl... stuffed-horrible stacks of books. Organise it under the table, so you don;t have to keep lugging the stuff back and forth :D
Then if ya need ta study, just bring the ones that you need back home!
aka - bag = light = woopedo = sling bag a-ok!
Well... Top ten stuff :D
SNGS girl [TWO]
= Hehe = 3days!!!! = woopedo =
cca fair coming!!! = woopedo = art club!!!!
Hehe
Monday, December 29, 2008
Subjects (and how to sleep discretely in class)
OK. It's probably too early to drone on about which subjects are nice or which subjects are not, you're supposed to be enjoying your orientation. But since all the practical stuff has almost been covered (unless you have any questions) we think it wouldn't hurt to give you some overview of the school subjects. You can come back to this post when your lessons officially start. :)
I'm not going to talk about the normal subjects in primary school like Math, Chinese English and all that. =/
1) History. You'll be learning about ancient civilizations, which is the red textbook, so don't bring the Singapore History one to school! History doesn't involve lots of memorizing in Sec One, you'll be exposed to source based and inferring and all that. All in all, Sec One history is bearable. And rather interesting.
2) Geography. Nothing to fear, either. Except the maps. For common tests, you are required to memorize the locations of all the different Geographic stuff, like where all the volcanoes are, where is South America, where is Africa, where is Europe, where is the Amazon River, where is the Mississippi River, where is the Huang He.............. Geography should be nice, except for a few chapters.
3) D n T. Design and Technology. Depends on how you look at it. It requires you to know how to draw isometric figures, and I tell you that's pretty hard for me, and you're supposed to invent lots of different things, measure all the stuff, and when you leave the workshop your pinafore is usually brushed with sawdust or paint.
4) Chinese Literature. This is the lesson in which you copy the notes on the slides until your hand muscles scream, for a full hour, and at the end of it all your teacher tells you the slides will be available on Edulearn and you hiss and swear and curse all the ancient Chinese characters. Seriously, nobody pays much attention in CL classes, except the really, really interested ones. For me, most of the time I can't get what my teacher's trying to tell me. But there will be a test for CL at the end of the year, but if you memorize your notes and practice writing every single paragraph, and pour them all onto the page blindly on the test, you'll score. I memorized my notes with no comprehension of whatever those famous sayings were, I just wrote them down and I got an A. :D Not to say CL is a bad subject, I mean, it's good to know about ancient Chinese culture and all that, but it's extremely boring, so pay attention as hard as you can.
5) English Literature. Now this isn't as bad as CL, but it involves lots of essay writing and inferring too. English Lit. isn't really torturous, you just need to read your book more than twice, and do the worksheets you'll be given.
6) PE. Yes, this is a subject too. There will be tests at the end of some terms, in which you'll be answering true and false questions on PE technique like what's the right method for throwing a ball called, what's the correct stance if you want to pass a ball, and all the PE terms. You'll be doing PE projects too, but those should be rather easy.
How to sleep discretely in class
Sleeping discretely in class is going to be rather easy if you get a window seat. As far away from the teacher's standing point as possible. Prop your head up with your hand and pretend you're looking at your worksheets, and just close your eyes like you're thinking abotu something. Or you can slump forward and put your head on your hands, and if somebody calls you and you wake up just in time you can say you were just resting. Of course this will all depend on the strictness of your teacher. We do not recommend sleeping in core subjects like Science, History, Geography, Math, Chinese and English. If you're really tired, catch some sleep in CME. CME is really nothing much, it's only civics and moral education. If you find that your teacher is digressing and digressing further and further away from the main topic, you might want to sleep for a while. Of course sleeping in class is a blatant sign of disrespect to the subject and its teacher, so sleep only when you absolutely have to.
Subject reps
There will be different subject representatives chosen from the start of the year. One does not have to be good in the subject one is representative of. When the teacher asks for volunteers, just raise your hand if you feel you like that subject. Nobody will know each other during the first day of school, so be sure you're going to be committed to your subject rep position and do a good job for the class. Subject reps are supposed to help their teachers with stuff, give out stuff, collect stuff and go for subject rep meetings (if there is one) Some subject reps will also be chosen to give presentations during Open House. (OH BTW DID ANYONE REMEMBER SEEING ME AT OPEN HOUSE? I WAS IN FRONT OF THE ENGLISH NOTICEBOARD GIVING PARENTS AN OVERVIEW OF SN'S ENGLISH CURRICULUM!!! HAHA TOO BAD I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHICH ONE I WAS. :D)
Here's a guide for different responsibilities of the reps.
English rep: She is required to go up to the office every Monday to pick up a whole stack of Straits Times newspapers like a Garang Guni and distribute them to the class before lessons start. (The newspapers are very heavy, I tell you.) She also has the responsibility to relay all messages from the subject teacher to the rest of the class, distribute the worksheets, and collect homework. She also needs to make sure nobody hands up their work late by constantly reminding the class of their assignments. She might be chosen to present the English Curriculum to parents and daughters during Open House.
Math rep: Required to collect and give out worksheets, and to relay all messages from the subject teacher to the rest of the class, and make sure nobody hands up their work late. Might also be chosen to present the Math Curriculum to parents and daughters during Open House.
Science rep: Her task is pretty much the same as the Math Rep.
Chinese rep: Same as the Math rep.
Geography rep: Same as the Math rep.
History rep: Same as the Math rep.
PE rep: There are usually two of them. They're required to carry some of the sports equipment needed to the class, and lead warm up sessions. Constant reminders come from them to tuck in your shirt.
D n T rep: Pretty much the same as the others.
Art rep: Collect art homework, obviously. And remind the class to bring the materials for next week's art class. Another informal task is to bring extra drawing paper to lend to anyone who've forgotten to bring their own.
English Literature rep: Same as the others.
The reps' different responsibilities might differ from teacher to teacher, so these are just the basics. Being a rep means you are in charge of that subject, and you should be doing it whole heartedly.
I guess that's all for the academics. Unless you have any more questions, that is. Please shoot onto the tag board. Thanks!
Cheers,
St. Nicholas Girl (1)
I'm not going to talk about the normal subjects in primary school like Math, Chinese English and all that. =/
1) History. You'll be learning about ancient civilizations, which is the red textbook, so don't bring the Singapore History one to school! History doesn't involve lots of memorizing in Sec One, you'll be exposed to source based and inferring and all that. All in all, Sec One history is bearable. And rather interesting.
2) Geography. Nothing to fear, either. Except the maps. For common tests, you are required to memorize the locations of all the different Geographic stuff, like where all the volcanoes are, where is South America, where is Africa, where is Europe, where is the Amazon River, where is the Mississippi River, where is the Huang He.............. Geography should be nice, except for a few chapters.
3) D n T. Design and Technology. Depends on how you look at it. It requires you to know how to draw isometric figures, and I tell you that's pretty hard for me, and you're supposed to invent lots of different things, measure all the stuff, and when you leave the workshop your pinafore is usually brushed with sawdust or paint.
4) Chinese Literature. This is the lesson in which you copy the notes on the slides until your hand muscles scream, for a full hour, and at the end of it all your teacher tells you the slides will be available on Edulearn and you hiss and swear and curse all the ancient Chinese characters. Seriously, nobody pays much attention in CL classes, except the really, really interested ones. For me, most of the time I can't get what my teacher's trying to tell me. But there will be a test for CL at the end of the year, but if you memorize your notes and practice writing every single paragraph, and pour them all onto the page blindly on the test, you'll score. I memorized my notes with no comprehension of whatever those famous sayings were, I just wrote them down and I got an A. :D Not to say CL is a bad subject, I mean, it's good to know about ancient Chinese culture and all that, but it's extremely boring, so pay attention as hard as you can.
5) English Literature. Now this isn't as bad as CL, but it involves lots of essay writing and inferring too. English Lit. isn't really torturous, you just need to read your book more than twice, and do the worksheets you'll be given.
6) PE. Yes, this is a subject too. There will be tests at the end of some terms, in which you'll be answering true and false questions on PE technique like what's the right method for throwing a ball called, what's the correct stance if you want to pass a ball, and all the PE terms. You'll be doing PE projects too, but those should be rather easy.
How to sleep discretely in class
Sleeping discretely in class is going to be rather easy if you get a window seat. As far away from the teacher's standing point as possible. Prop your head up with your hand and pretend you're looking at your worksheets, and just close your eyes like you're thinking abotu something. Or you can slump forward and put your head on your hands, and if somebody calls you and you wake up just in time you can say you were just resting. Of course this will all depend on the strictness of your teacher. We do not recommend sleeping in core subjects like Science, History, Geography, Math, Chinese and English. If you're really tired, catch some sleep in CME. CME is really nothing much, it's only civics and moral education. If you find that your teacher is digressing and digressing further and further away from the main topic, you might want to sleep for a while. Of course sleeping in class is a blatant sign of disrespect to the subject and its teacher, so sleep only when you absolutely have to.
Subject reps
There will be different subject representatives chosen from the start of the year. One does not have to be good in the subject one is representative of. When the teacher asks for volunteers, just raise your hand if you feel you like that subject. Nobody will know each other during the first day of school, so be sure you're going to be committed to your subject rep position and do a good job for the class. Subject reps are supposed to help their teachers with stuff, give out stuff, collect stuff and go for subject rep meetings (if there is one) Some subject reps will also be chosen to give presentations during Open House. (OH BTW DID ANYONE REMEMBER SEEING ME AT OPEN HOUSE? I WAS IN FRONT OF THE ENGLISH NOTICEBOARD GIVING PARENTS AN OVERVIEW OF SN'S ENGLISH CURRICULUM!!! HAHA TOO BAD I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHICH ONE I WAS. :D)
Here's a guide for different responsibilities of the reps.
English rep: She is required to go up to the office every Monday to pick up a whole stack of Straits Times newspapers like a Garang Guni and distribute them to the class before lessons start. (The newspapers are very heavy, I tell you.) She also has the responsibility to relay all messages from the subject teacher to the rest of the class, distribute the worksheets, and collect homework. She also needs to make sure nobody hands up their work late by constantly reminding the class of their assignments. She might be chosen to present the English Curriculum to parents and daughters during Open House.
Math rep: Required to collect and give out worksheets, and to relay all messages from the subject teacher to the rest of the class, and make sure nobody hands up their work late. Might also be chosen to present the Math Curriculum to parents and daughters during Open House.
Science rep: Her task is pretty much the same as the Math Rep.
Chinese rep: Same as the Math rep.
Geography rep: Same as the Math rep.
History rep: Same as the Math rep.
PE rep: There are usually two of them. They're required to carry some of the sports equipment needed to the class, and lead warm up sessions. Constant reminders come from them to tuck in your shirt.
D n T rep: Pretty much the same as the others.
Art rep: Collect art homework, obviously. And remind the class to bring the materials for next week's art class. Another informal task is to bring extra drawing paper to lend to anyone who've forgotten to bring their own.
English Literature rep: Same as the others.
The reps' different responsibilities might differ from teacher to teacher, so these are just the basics. Being a rep means you are in charge of that subject, and you should be doing it whole heartedly.
I guess that's all for the academics. Unless you have any more questions, that is. Please shoot onto the tag board. Thanks!
Cheers,
St. Nicholas Girl (1)
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL *jumps up in the air and does a freaky grin*
RIGHT.
This is SNGSgirl TWO speaking.. hehe
First day of school is a coming, so folks, get ready! :D
Games -
the PSLs [sec three lovely jie jies] would play some really fun games with ya!
so be sure to wear SHORTS -
i fell down during this chair game once... =.= and i hope people didnt see anything =.=
Oh, then you'll have to remember all those new classmates names...
And you'll draw your very first CLASS FLAG :D to many future art-clubbers' delight :D
Then... do many many many cheers [i'll post them up at a later date]
And more games..
More cheers [aka screaming, thats where strepsils come in]
And more games..
More cheers [serious, STREPSILS]
and so on, so forth!
Clothing -
Even though there are lots of games, sweaty perhaps, but wear your blouse.
Yep.
no.1 = you'll look great in it :D
no.2 = its compulsory
no.3 = its because that day would be a FANTASTIC day! Filled with new buddies and stuff. you'll be greeting the school - so dress appropriately :D
Nope. pink, orange blah blah blah pins or hairbands. Black and Dark blue and grey only!
Nope. fancy earrings! Purchase your ear studs at the book store!
Nope. Fringe touching your noses. above the eye brows or pin it up.
Nope. Pinafore above your knees.
Nope. Socks down. MUST BE for all to see! [haha, rhyming!]
Nope. Belts cut off. STICK to your pinafores please! [gosh, i'm laughing like --]
Nope. Thats all i have to say. [oops] Whoopee!! [yep :D]
Eh.. Well - just to let you know, MEP class = loyalty. Drama classes will be announced in sec two!
Wierd subjects you're gonna take!
-Sec 1 level PE . all sec ones gather together to train for upcoming NAPHA
-music . guitar
-malay . language..
-drama . [term 3, term 4]
and more stuff and fluff :D
For now, just rock on :D
SNGS girl [2]
Signing off!!!!!!!!!!
-woopedo-
This is SNGSgirl TWO speaking.. hehe
First day of school is a coming, so folks, get ready! :D
Games -
the PSLs [sec three lovely jie jies] would play some really fun games with ya!
so be sure to wear SHORTS -
i fell down during this chair game once... =.= and i hope people didnt see anything =.=
Oh, then you'll have to remember all those new classmates names...
And you'll draw your very first CLASS FLAG :D to many future art-clubbers' delight :D
Then... do many many many cheers [i'll post them up at a later date]
And more games..
More cheers [aka screaming, thats where strepsils come in]
And more games..
More cheers [serious, STREPSILS]
and so on, so forth!
Clothing -
Even though there are lots of games, sweaty perhaps, but wear your blouse.
Yep.
no.1 = you'll look great in it :D
no.2 = its compulsory
no.3 = its because that day would be a FANTASTIC day! Filled with new buddies and stuff. you'll be greeting the school - so dress appropriately :D
Nope. pink, orange blah blah blah pins or hairbands. Black and Dark blue and grey only!
Nope. fancy earrings! Purchase your ear studs at the book store!
Nope. Fringe touching your noses. above the eye brows or pin it up.
Nope. Pinafore above your knees.
Nope. Socks down. MUST BE for all to see! [haha, rhyming!]
Nope. Belts cut off. STICK to your pinafores please! [gosh, i'm laughing like --]
Nope. Thats all i have to say. [oops] Whoopee!! [yep :D]
Eh.. Well - just to let you know, MEP class = loyalty. Drama classes will be announced in sec two!
Wierd subjects you're gonna take!
-Sec 1 level PE . all sec ones gather together to train for upcoming NAPHA
-music . guitar
-malay . language..
-drama . [term 3, term 4]
and more stuff and fluff :D
For now, just rock on :D
SNGS girl [2]
Signing off!!!!!!!!!!
-woopedo-
Sunday, December 28, 2008
A short note from the Guide Writers
I see many of you have gotten into your ideal classes! :D
Big hearty congrats to those who are going to the same class. :)
And thank you for telling us!
Oh yeah, for those that haven't told us yet, leave a tag! :D
Enjoy the rest of your December holidays. See you guys in School.
Keep well.
Love,
The Guide Writers :p
Big hearty congrats to those who are going to the same class. :)
And thank you for telling us!
Oh yeah, for those that haven't told us yet, leave a tag! :D
Enjoy the rest of your December holidays. See you guys in School.
Keep well.
Love,
The Guide Writers :p
CLASS ALLOCATION IS OUT.
Good morning, everyone! This is St. Nicks Girl (1) reporting from her house at 7.40 in the morning. As you can see, class allocation for Secondary One has already been uploaded on the school website. :D Check it out, wonderful people, and TELL US!! :D
I know this is a little extra, but I appear to be very hyper today. :)
Bye bye! Off I go to Choir Practice! :D
I know this is a little extra, but I appear to be very hyper today. :)
Bye bye! Off I go to Choir Practice! :D
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