Raffles Girls' School Yearbook 2023 by Avant-garde Media Arts

LET OUR LIGHT SHINE!

RAFFLES GIRLS’ SCHOOL | YEARBOOK 2023

Contents 03

School Crest & Motto

Vision, Mission, Goals, Values

Principal’s Message

The RGS Community

105

Co-Curricular Activities

143

Events

165

Programmes & Competitions

191

Student Wellbeing

197

Heart for Advocacy

207

Creative Works

263

Autographs

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SCHOOL CREST & MOTTO The colours of the school crest are the standard colours of the House of Sir Stamford Raffles: Green, White and Black. The open book symbolises knowledge and the burning torch our commitment to forge character and develop life skills. The school’s motto, Filiae Melioris Aevi, emblazoned across the crest, is Latin for Daughters of a Better Age. It is our pledge to the community that girls who pass through the portals of RGS will not simply inherit a fine tradition but will actively forge a finer future for her community.

VISION, MISSION, GOALS, VALUES RGS Vision

To aspire, strive and dare to be active creators of a better age for all.

RGS Mission

Nurturing the high ability girl to be a leader who will realise her talents in service of nation and community.

RGS Goals

To develop fine character and well-being, nurture the intellect and fire the imagination of the RGS girl as a

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RGS Values People-Centred We put people first. Respect, care and trust underpin all our interactions. Principled We are fair-minded, take responsibility for our ideas and actions, and demonstrate integrity and moral courage in our behaviour. Passionate We believe that conviction, commitment and drive enable us to achieve excellence in all our endeavours. Professional We take pride in our work, accept responsibility for our own learning and exercise discernment and open-mindedness in our interaction with others.

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Person who is purposeful and aspires towards the greater good with integrity, empathy and resilience. Leader who values diversity, cohesiveness, and inclusiveness in exerting positive influence and impact on the community. Thinker who demonstrates a disposition for reflective and flexible thinking, and is willing to take intellectual risks, especially in the face of complex and ambiguous situations. Pioneer who seeks opportunities and embraces challenges with courage to innovate for the common good.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

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Ms Haslinda Zamani Principal

opportunities

extends its luminance to encompass

resonates

with open hearts and open minds.

our dedicated staff members as well.

profoundly as we reflect

Through this embracing of diverse

Just as students are the heart of our

on another year of growth,

experiences, our students inspire not

institution, our teachers serve as the

accomplishments, and the unwavering

only themselves, but also their peers

guiding lights, illuminating the path of

spirit of RGS.

and those around them to radiate

learning and personal development.

Light

theme, Shine,”

“Let

Our

and

approach

new

their brilliance and achieve their true This theme encapsulates the boundless

potential.

potential residing within each RGS girl.

We are all aware that the recent period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic

It urges them to embrace their talents

The theme, “Let Our Light Shine,” is

tested our collective strength and

beyond the confines of the classroom

not limited to our students alone. It

adaptability. As I look back, I am

astounded by the images of our life at

and curiosity. The RGS Blended Learning

2022. Equally deserving of recognition

RGS in 2020, the inaugural year at our

research project initiated in 2021 has

is Mr Chan Sau Siong, Senior Teacher,

new campus. The images remind us

now reached its third year, offering

who received the Outstanding Science

of the masks we wore, the individual

insights into systematic approaches to

Teacher Award in 2023. These awards

seating arrangements, and the creative

technology-enhanced,

highlight

measures we took, such as converting

learning.

personalised

their

innovative

teaching

approaches and unwavering dedication

our Performing Arts Centre foyer into

Science

inquisitive about the evolving landscape

images capture a significant phase in

of education. Collaboratively, they are

Earlier this year, Mr Shaun De Souza,

our journey.

exploring ways to leverage generative

Assistant Head for Talent Development,

AI in designing learning experiences.

earned well-deserved recognition from

Throughout this challenging time, the

For instance, the English department

the SAF for his remarkable contributions

resilience and flexibility displayed by

is harnessing AI to guide students in

to National Service. Moreover, I extend

our teachers stood out remarkably.

summarization techniques and creative

my congratulations to our colleagues

They became beacons of confidence,

writing feedback. In Science classes,

who were honored with National Day

navigating

territories.

generative AI has aided teachers in

Awards in 2022 and 2023. A special salute

innovative

pinpointing common misconceptions

goes out to those who have remained

strategies to ensure our academic and

and tailoring lessons to address these

integral parts of the RGS family for over

co-curricular activities thrived. When

effectively.

three decades. Their loyalty, expertise, and passion have not only nurtured

our teachers united to forge a path

The prospect of integrating technology

Daughters of a Better Age, but have also

to continued learning. Meanwhile, our

to enhance learning while preserving the

served as inspiration to us all.

Heads of Years, School Counsellors and

vital teacher-student interactions and

key personnel who look after student

nurturing critical thinking is exhilarating.

The commitment and professionalism of

development huddled together at Filiae

Our

our staff have been vital in surmounting

educators

understand

the

Center, strategising ways to support

significance of preparing students with

the

our students’ social and emotional

skills that equip them for a digital age.

the pandemic. I extend my heartfelt

well-being

months

Executive Function Skills, crucial in this

gratitude to all my colleagues who

ahead. These times demanded

hyperconnected era, have taken centre

stood strong when the times were tough,

great effort and adaptation from

stage in our curriculum. A task force of

shining even brighter amidst adversity.

our teachers, as they embraced

dedicated

Your

the

develop a comprehensive curriculum

dedication to our mission have been

world

digital

during

the

online

content

learning,

creation,

and

teachers

collaborated

challenges

brought

sacrifices

and

about

unwavering

complete with teacher manuals and

instrumental in bringing us to where we

tech support, all to safeguard our

student

are today.

students’ education and well-being.

have also been shared with other

I wish to express my deep pride in our educators and staff. They illuminated the

way

forward,

upholding

workbooks.

These

materials

schools within our cluster, extending

The synergy between our staff and

the reach of our commitment to quality

students has been pivotal in overcoming

education.

challenges.

our

Together,

embraced

our Braddell campus, undeterred by

commitment to our girls’ welfare and

Our

educators,

champions

the pandemic. We fortified the bonds

education throughout the pandemic.

excellence,

Their exceptional efforts and tireless

their

that define the RGS family even when

insights and practices beyond the walls

dedication exemplified the essence of

of RGS. The PeRL symposium, focused on

social distancing was essential. Student leaders displayed remarkable initiative,

the RGS spirit. Our journey was made

advancing pedagogies, along with the

organising

smoother by the unwavering support of

PED Talks, which explored data practices

fostering connections, and leading with

our EAS staff, particularly the ICT team,

in teaching and learning, stand as

kindness.

without whom these challenges could

testimonies to their commitment to

have been more formidable.

elevating education standards.

In addition to the challenges, the recent

It brings me immense joy to acknowledge

reinstated, forging a new normal. We

years

the outstanding achievements of our

sang together, cheered together, and

prospects for the future of education

teachers.

experienced the joy of unity once again.

at RGS. Our educators have embraced

of Science, was honoured with the

these opportunities with enthusiasm

Outstanding STEM Teacher Award in

generously

virtual

class

challenges,

With the relaxation of COVID restrictions, many of our programmes were swiftly

have

also

unveiled

exciting

Sundari

Prama,

Head

While some aspects of our routines have

the circuit breaker was announced,

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devised

engaging and relevant to our students.

they

consistently

during recess and lunch breaks. These

Together,

are

subjects

Our

uncharted

educators

making

a second canteen to ensure safety

in science and engineering at various competitions. Notably, two of our girls represented Singapore at the ISEF 2023 and performed exceptionally well. Our

commitment

innovation

and creativity has shone through in competitions like the Future Problem Solving

Program

International

Conference and the Odyssey of the Mind competition. Additionally, our RGS team emerged as national champions in the Robocup Championships, representing Singapore

the

World

finals

Bordeaux, France. In line with our commitment to fostering a tech-savvy generation, our Digital Education program has continued to produce remarkable results. Students like Jiang Tongyu from the Class of 2022 have earned global recognition, standing

winners

Apple’s

Worldwide Developers Conference Swift

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Student Challenge.

Amidst these remarkable achievements, what strikes me most is the genuine spirit of giving back. Our girls, as ambassadors of a better age, engage in community shifted, I believe they have changed for

The return of the Singapore Youth Festival,

the better. The introduction of fortnightly

National School Games, CCA activities,

Home-Based Learning days has added

and competitions in full format this

a new dimension to our flexibility.

year has been a cause for celebration.

Meetings now seamlessly transition to

These platforms have enabled our girls

the online realm, and Work-from-Home

to pursue their passions collectively,

arrangements for our staff have become

nurturing

effective. The concept of quality blended

character-building.

teamwork,

resilience,

and

learning has firmly taken root within our community.

Amidst this impressive landscape of achievements, it is essential to recognize

Our students have continued to shine in

our students who excel both nationally

various arenas. Their pursuit of excellence

and internationally. The SEA Games 2023

knows no bounds. The consistency of

saw two of our student athletes, Elle and

exceptional A-level results, including the

R’Yen, representing Singapore with pride.

most recent outcomes in 2022, serves as

They stood on the same platform as

a testament to the quality of education

distinguished RGS alumnae like fencer

RGS imparts. It fills me with immense

Maxine Wong and swimmer Quah Ting

pride to announce that Mei Fei Fei, a

Wen.

former RGS student, was awarded the President’s Scholarship for 2023.

Our heartfelt congratulations to our students who showcased their prowess

projects that transcend the classroom. Over 65% of our students have initiated community projects, highlighting their dedication to service. The

Infocomm

collaborated

Club,

with

Toa

for

instance,

Payoh

West

Community Centre to conduct STEM workshops

for

younger

students.

The Guitar Ensemble and Choir also played their part, imparting knowledge, and joy through music. Softball and netball teams hosted events, fostering camaraderie and fun among students from various schools. These endeavours are testimony to the spirit of unity and kindness that underpins the RGS community. Our outreach efforts extend beyond our immediate vicinity. We have embraced our neighbours and friends, creating bonds that go beyond the campus.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Initiatives

Management colleagues, I attended

Let’s take this moment to appreciate

Care Corner to our Lunar New Year

inviting

seniors

from

RI’s

that

one another, to savour the deep sense

celebration and planting cacao trees

commemorated the school’s legacy of

of connection we share and affirm

in collaboration with RGS Alumnae and

service and excellence. Congratulations,

commitment

Janice Wong highlight our commitment

once again, to colleagues from RI.

school. Let’s continue to hold on to one

Bicentennial

celebration

to community engagement.

our

mission

another as members of the RGS family, It really does take a whole Village to

and together, look ahead to the new

As we reflect on our journey and

Raise a Child, the entire community that

possibilities before us.

achievements, we cannot ignore the role

provides support, encouragement, and

of our esteemed community members.

authentic experiences to nurture the

Our

provides

young person. The trust and support

invaluable insights, steering us with

from our community is not something

wisdom and innovative perspectives.

we take for granted. We are deeply

We welcome five new members to

grateful for it. Our girls are able to shine

our Board this year, Mr Daniel Tan, Ms

because of the support from all in our

Shanaz Rauff, Ms Jeanne Stampe, Mr

community.

Board

Governors

Let us continue to let our light shine!

Ms Haslinda Zamani Principal Raffles Girls’ School

Hoong Yik Luen & Mr Vincent Toong. We look forward to working closely with

Finally, as we celebrate Founder’s Day,

them in the years to come.

let us reflect on how we’ve prevailed as a school through the recent covid

continued to grow and even make

partnership with parents, a cornerstone

new breakthroughs for RGS. I feel we’ve

of our success. The RGSA Council, led

grown close together too. Thank you

by the past president Ms Jeog Lee, has

colleagues and students, for the good

been an unwavering pillar of support,

work this past year. Well done!

contributing significantly to our efforts. As all of us know, this is a special year for Raffles Institution. Earlier in May, together with my Senior

in hand, have, despite the pandemic,

by Ms Koh Su San, who exemplify our

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years. Staff and students, working hand

the Parents for RGS (PRGS) ExCo, led

I express my deepest gratitude to

RAFFLESIAN AWARD WINNER

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Gan Kah Shuen Class of 2022

very good afternoon to Guest of Honour Ms

journey, not as a road map but to encourage you to chart

Amanda Chong, Vice-Chairperson of the RGS

your unique path.

Board, Ms Pearlyn Chong and the Board, Principal Former

Firstly, embrace exploration. I came to RGS with no set

Principals, Distinguished Guests, Teachers, Parents, and fellow

Haslinda

and

Deputy

Principals,

destinations but with a sense of adventure. This made me

Rafflesians. I am Kah Shuen from the class of 2022 and I am

curious, prompting me to join as many activities as possible.

incredibly humbled and honoured to receive this award.

In fact, many of the opportunities I ended up doing now were a result of these explorations. Had I not joined a STEM-based

I used to think there was a road map to a successful journey

entrepreneurship competition in Year 1 for fun, I wouldn’t

at RGS. But, what I’ve come to realise is there really isn’t one.

have found my passion for entrepreneurship and be building

So, today, I would just like to share some reflections from my

a startup right now. Had I not pushed myself to take on the

I don’t plan to pursue it professionally. Well it’s simple. It makes me happy to express my emotions through movement and the feeling of performing is exhilarating. By committing to things I genuinely enjoy and care about, I feel grounded and energised to drive on. Four years on, I am still journeying — making turns and sometimes detours. Regardless, I believe the most important thing is to be intentional in all our commitments and to give it our all to make the best out of our experiences. As a guest lecturer at the MIT research programme shared, “It is about the choices you make to take the chances that come.” So, as you steer your wheel, don’t forget to stop and ask yourself why, why, why? Finally, the journey of self-discovery may seem daunting, but it becomes much more manageable when we surround ourselves with people who are willing to journey with us, inspire us, and be our biggest cheerleaders. And luckily for me, I have found some of my best friends for life here at RGS, who have been there for me and with me through my various ventures and ups and downs — my classmates, CCAmates, House Comm, Tarbetians, SVIA teammates, and batchmates. I am immensely grateful for the communities I have found in RGS who inspired me to try new things together and reminded me that I am not alone. Moreover, I am a firm believer that friendship goes both ways, so be the friend you always wished you had and be there

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all my teachers

programme at MIT. My four years at RGS have opened doors

for enriching my learning beyond the textbooks and for always

to a plethora of amazing opportunities to explore, to go off-

pushing me to do my best. To my batchmates and friends, thank

the-beaten track and check out things that spark even the

you for growing up with me, for inspiring me and supporting me

slightest interest, and to venture beyond my comfort zone.

through it all. To my family, for giving me the freedom to explore

As the saying goes, there are many roads that lead to

and for always believing in me. RGS has been the best 4 years

Rome, so be bold in your exploration, blaze new trails and

of my life, and I hope it will be for all of you too.

keep your eyes and minds open to new experiences! If there is one thing you take away from this speech, it is the But, of course, our time is limited. We cannot possibly drive

importance of believing in yourself and putting yourself out

down every single road RGS offers. This brings me to my

there. You are your biggest advocate. You are in the driver’s

next point and my favorite question: why? Before I hit the

seat. So, buckle up, don’t be afraid to explore uncharted roads,

accelerator on any endeavor, I would ask myself why I am

ask yourself why you are taking this track and find your

taking this road. Many have asked me why I involve myself in

tribe! Above all, enjoy the ride!

so many activities; where do I find the time and what is the fuel that keeps me going? Well, here’s my answer — impact, passion,

Filiae Melioris Aevi.

joy. One, impact. My desire to create a tangible impact on the communities around me has been the driving force, propelling me to step up as Tarbet House Captain and to co-found two service learning projects. Two, passion. Our Science Mentorship project was completely different from what my team originally proposed. Despite the uncertainty and steep learning curve, our passion and curiosity to discover and innovate spurred us through the bumps and roadblocks. Three, joy. I spend 5 days a week in the dance studio, and people often ask I

dance

why so

much given

Gan Kah Shuen, Class of 2022

home where you can find your people.

weeks at the most life-changing Research Science Institute

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for one another. Sisters in learning, sisters at heart, RGS is truly a

journeyed across the globe to the US and spent the past 6

Science Mentorship Programme in Year 3, I wouldn’t have

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THE RGS COMMUNITY

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

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Chairman Justice Chionh Sze Chyi Mavis Judge of the High Court, Supreme Court

Vice-Chairman Ms Chong Lo Lan Pearlyn Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management Pte Ltd

Treasurer Mr Daniel Soh Retired

Secretary Ms Haslinda Zamani Principal, Raffles Girls’ School

Member Dr Kong Hwai Loong Specialist in Medical Oncology, Icon Cancer Centre Adjunct Associate Professor, NUHS/NUS

Member Prof Jackie Yi-Ru Ying Director, NanoBio Lab and A*STAR Senior Fellow

Member Dr Elaine Lim Hsuen Senior Consultant in Medical Oncology

Member Mr Christopher Gee Kok Aun Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies

Member Ms Ong Yeng Fang Global Market Head of SEA Managing Director Credit Agricole Indosuez

Member Mr Kwee Chin Wei Kevin Executive Director, Laguna National

Member Ms Mariam Jaafar Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

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Member Mr Lim Soon Hock Managing Director, Plan-B ICAG Pte Ltd

Member Mr Tan Tze Hui Daniel Lawyer, Holborn Law LLC

Member Ms Shanaz Rauff Investments Private Equity

Member Mr Hoong Yik Luen Co-Founder, China Portfolio Manager New Silk Investment Pte Ltd

Member Ms Jeanne Stampe Green Finance Resource Lead, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Member Mr Vincent Toong Partner Ernst & Young LLP

Parents for RGS Association (PRGS)

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First Row: Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Koh Su San (Chairperson), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms Cara Chan (Vice-Chairperson), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, PeRL & Community Engagement), Mr Kelvin Tan (Secretary) Second Row: Ms Jinnie Pang (Co-opted Member), Ms June Wong (Co-opted Member), Mrs Sharon Chung (Ordinary Member), Ms Goh Pei Pei (Co-opted Member), Ms Larissa Liang (Honorary Auditor), Mrs Celia Au (Assistant Secretary), Ms Cindy Goh (Ordinary Member), Ms Danielle Lim (Co-opted Member), Ms Kavitha Valliappan (Ordinary Member). Third Row: Ms Eunice Tay (Asst Treasurer), Ms Esther Koh (Co-Opted Member), Ms Jeanni Eng (Ordinary Member), Mr Kevin Cheah (Co-opted Member), Dr Chen Sheng (Co-opted Member), Mr Tan Boon Siong (Ordinary Member) Absent with apologies: Dr Frank Guan (Co-opted Member), Ms Winny Yap (Treasurer), Ms Lim Sze Wei (Nicole) (Honorary Auditor)

hat an exhilarating year it has been for the Parents for RGS Association (PRGS)! With the full relaxation of Singapore’s safe management measures, PRGS ramped up and organised even more exciting activities for the girls and their parents.

The 21st PRGS Executive Committee (Exco), who were elected at the PRGS annual general meeting on 4 March 2023, kickstarted the busy year with a series of breakfast dialogues with the Principals. These sessions gave parents from each year group an opportunity to discuss various topics of interest for their year. Parents found the sessions especially meaningful because the school leaders had set aside valuable time to address parents’ concerns, and they were frank and forthcoming at these dialogues. The Sports Fest held at the end of term 2 was the first major school event of the year where PRGS worked with the school to organise. The girls enjoyed the snacks and refreshments that PRGS had specially prepared to sustain them throughout the day’s activities. PRGS also helped man some of the games stations and participated in the Staff Novelty Race where we successfully defended our title and emerged as the winner for the fifth consecutive year! Racial Harmony Day in July brought lots of fun, not just to the students, but also for the 54 parent volunteers who turned up early in the morning to pack 1,700 individual traditional snacks for the girls. It was an immersive experience where the girls had the chance to visit a particular ethnic enclave which saw them learn about traditional games (zero point, five stones, kuti kuti, and hopscotch) and win $100 worth of prizes sponsored by PRGS; taste popular hawker fares (carrot cake, mee siam, and roti prata with potato curry); and try their hand at cooking traditional food items at the huat kueh, burfi and ondeh-ondeh workshops. The girls also enjoyed learning about Peranakan culture and ended their day with delicious potong ice-creams! August was an exciting busy month with the National Day celebrations, the Founder’s Day celebrations and the Staff Appreciation Day Lunch. This year’s Founder’s Day saw PRGS presenting the PRGS Award to two deserving girls who demonstrated good character and values – Megan Koh (412) and Rachael Yeo (408). PRGS was delighted to recognise these outstanding students for their exemplary character and values. In addition, PRGS also gifted RGS with a pair of balloon sculptures showcasing two students presenting flowers to the school. The balloons were a hit with everyone!

Throughout the year, many other activities were organised to engage both parents and their daughters. These included social activities like the walk to Passion Wave @ Marina Bay, the dance date with your daughter, and parenting talks (‘Stepping into the era of VR/AR and AI’, ‘Transition Talk (From RGS to RI)’, etc. PRGS also supported the school in the roll out of the inaugural GLOW programme to equip the girls with personal grooming skills for them to glow from within and grow into confident young ladies. At the request of the school, PRGS Exco members had the opportunity to engage with eager parents during Year 1 Orientation by sharing their experiences. With Ms Haslinda Zamani’s posting to MOE HQ, the PRGS Exco presented her a special photo montage and an e-board filled with heartfelt messages from the RGS parents for her farewell gift. We concluded the year by gifting a personalised thermos for each Year 4 student and a generous contribution to the school fund for organising Farewell Alma Mater (FAM). We wish the girls a smooth and fulfilling journey ahead as they graduate from RGS. PRGS is heartened to be part of you and your daughter’s journey at RGS. We are grateful to have the support from our members and the school leadership, which has allowed PRGS to work closely with the school to organise activities for the girls. We look forward to an even more exciting 2024 to bring out the best in all RGS girls.

Filiae Melioris Aevi. Mrs Koh Su San Chairman PRGS 21st Exco

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Staff Appreciation Day on 30 August was certainly the highlight for both PRGS and RGS. The RGS experience is made possible only because of the wonderful support from the teachers and staff who take immense care in developing our daughters and providing a fulfilling journey for all. PRGS showed their heartfelt appreciation to both academic and non-academic staff by organising a sumptuous lunch of Thai, Italian, Chinese, and Indian cuisines to acknowledge their hard work and treat them to a special celebration. Themed “When TV Comes Alive”, the multi-purpose hall was transformed with beautiful décor comprising handmade TV boxes, balloons, and other decorative items. The RGS staff certainly rose to the occasion with many decked in outfits from the Hospital Playlist outfits, Despicable Me, Princess, Super Mario Bros, Spiderman, MasterChef and other TV shows. The PRGS Exco made a grand entrance dressed up in Squid Game outfits and showcased an opening performance to the delight of everyone. Every staff member was also given a popcorn pack in line with the TV theme, and a personalised cushion to symbolise the unwavering support of “parents having their back”. Whether the staff are on the office chair in school or watching TV at home on a couch, just as the cushion cradles their back, it embodies our parents’ pledge to stand by them, complementing their relentless efforts in nurturing our daughters. PRGS also gifted a smash cake to RGS and a photo booth was made available where everyone took the opportunity to snap pictures of themselves dressed in various TV outfits. PRGS would like to thank its members who contributed generously to the appeal for funds, which allowed us to organise this signature event for RGS staff.

RGS Alumnae

At the RGS Alumnae’s (RGSA) 9th Annual General Meeting, the following members were elected to the 5th Executive Council: President: Ms Ang Peck Ngo (Class of 1979) Vice-President: Ms Mabel Tay (Class of 1996) 20

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Secretary: Ms Nadia Yeo (Class of 2002) Assistant Secretary: Ms Ting Hui Shan (Class of 2000) Treasurer: Ms Bella Chia (Class of 2012) Assistant Treasurer: Ms Law Shu Li (Class of 1991) Council Members: Ms Lee Twe Jeog (Class of 1979) Ms Sharon Anne Sim Soo Yee (Class of 1993) Ms Kathryn Harsono (Class of 2009) Ms Sharon Chong Chiew Foong (Class of 1975) Ms Prajwala Prakash (Class of 2008) At the first Executive Council meeting for the term, the following members were co-opted into the council: Ms Jennifer Loh Nee Sian (Class of 1992) Ms Emmeline Lim (Class of 1999) Ms Chua Shi Min (Class of 2008) Chic Chats remains a lively platform for alumnae to catch up and network with friends, old and new, in a casual setting. Our 19 April event was held for 24 attendees organised by Bella Chia and team at Small Tables, a sidewalk cafe co-owned by our Executive Council member Sharon Sim and her sister Sandra Sim (RGS Class of 1995), which served up a delectable array of authentic Asian cuisine. Jeog Lee and team organised the 2023 edition of our medical forum, where Dr Liana Koe (RGS Class of 2001) and Dr Adoree Lim (RGS Class of 1996) spoke on women’s health and thyroid conditions. The forum was very well received. Participants asked numerous questions, which were expertly handled by the two esteemed doctors. The Evergreen Lunch has been held every year since 1970. This year, the class of 1977 organised the lunch at our new RGS Braddell campus and representatives of the Executive Council attended the event in support. Jeog Lee presented RGSA’s vision and initiatives through the years since our inception in 2014 to the 500 alumnae at the event. It was heartening that many of the alumnae came forward to ask questions on how they could be a part of RSGA.

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year’s conference focused on “Building a

Janani

Sustainable Community.” The conference

the 2023 RGS Alumnae Award winners.

featured individuals who led or contributed

Having shown exceptional maturity and

insightfulness

beyond

and

communities that prioritise the well-being

heart

Balamurugan

were

selected

their

age,

the

development

sustainable

the

of our environment, our people, and future

community, these young ladies are highly

generations. The conference sought to inspire

deserving of the awards. For the first time,

us to see that we are all interconnected in

the RGSA Scholars will be mentored by RGS

responding constructively and innovatively

alumnae from outside of the Executive

to the environmental and climate crises,

Council - Ms Woo Lim Tzur and Ms Leena

paving the way for a sustainable future.

passionate

for

service

Pinsler, and we trust they will benefit from the mentorship and guidance from these

On 21 October, RGSA organised the inaugural

distinguished and inspirational ladies.

friendly tennis match which brought together alumnae and the school team. The event

At the RGS’ Appreciation Lunch for RGS

was well attended, and RGSA anticipates that

Partners on 18 July, Sharon Chong presented

sports will emerge as a widely embraced

on behalf of Exco 2022 our vision and

avenue for alumnae to maintain connections

initiatives. This was similarly well received

with the school, its students, and one another.

by the attendees, with many having a better RGS Alumnae has continued to grow in the

understanding of RGSA.

number of Lifetime Members who see the RGSA has sponsored the RGS Founder’s Day

value of being part of a strong network of

cake in alternate years since 2014. This year,

advocates of excellence to positively impact

it was our privilege to be able to deliver a

our school, alumnae and community. We

luminous multi-tier multi-flavoured cake

are thankful for the enthusiasm of RGS

surrounded by a host of cupcakes and

alumnae in contributing to RGSA and school

decorated

initiatives and look forward to even greater

diversity,

with

fairy

community

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Filiae Melioris Aevi. RGS Alumnae Executive Council 2023

Year 3 students Lee Yu Tong, Michelle and

SENIOR MANAGEMENT & TEACHING STAFF 2023

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(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: Miss Foo Ling Ling (Head, Professional Development), Ms Stella Picca (Head, English Language & Literature), Ms Lee Szer Yuen (Head, Languages), Ms Anna Loo (Head, Aesthetics), Dr Sundari Prama (Head, Science), Ms Magdalene Suey (Head, Physical Education & Co-Curricular Activities), Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar), Ms Goh Lee Kian (Director, Planning & Infrastructure), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships), Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Mr Joseph Toh (Head, Talent Development), Mrs Rachel Pang (Head, Character & Citizenship Education), Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad (Head, Student Management), Mrs Tan Yin Lai (Head, Information & Communications Technology), Ms Carmen Hoo (Head, Mathematics), Mr Mohammad Faizal (Head, Humanities) Row 2: Mrs Tan Kum Chee, Ms June Tan, Mrs Chew Meek Lin, Ms Nadiah Rusydina Binte Roslan, Ms Synth-Di Tan, Ms Nerine Ng, Mrs Hasanah Alfie, Ms Chang Jia Yin, Ms Hing Siew Bee, Mdm Cao Jiawei, Mdm Ng Peck Wee, Mdm Nuraini Bt Abdul Gapor, Mdm Mu Jun, Mrs Ng Jia Xiu, Ms Maggie Phua, Miss Ngiew Tian Hui, Ms Sharon Ong, Ms Chrislin Lee, Ms Lim Young Hui, Ms Ivy Toh, Ms Norazlin Binte Normin, Mrs Vivien Willamme, Mrs Sulastiri Anis, Mrs Leung Hui Leng, Ms Chia Wei Ling Row 3: Ms Roselind Mathews, Ms Shi Hai Yan, Dr Lim Ai Khim, Dr Choo Li Lin, Mrs Angela Teo, Ms Sharon Tan, Mrs Jassie Teo, Ms Tan Hai Nee, Ms Adeline Tang, Ms Yap Hsin Yan, Ms Audrey Chen, Ms Michelle Liu, Ms Sophia Sim, Ms Denise Tan, Mrs Alina Wee, Ms Syazwani Binte Amrun, Mrs Lucille Yap, Miss Neo Jia Hui, Ms Lee Tien, Ms Malyanah Mawar, Mdm Aliah Binte Mohamed Shariff, Ms Neo Yining, Mrs Mak Wai Ling, Ms Goh Li Meng

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Row 4: Mr Azahar Bin Mohamed Noor, Mr Koh King Koon, Mr Wong Chee Yeh, Ms Ling Shuang Ning, Mdm Tan Lee Khim, Ms Noorshidah Ibrahim, Ms Lin Yao, Ms Lim Huey Miin, Ms Cheong Szu Chuang, Ms Tan Yen Chuan, Ms Low Mei Ling, Miss Wee Xiumei, Ms Savethiri Arumugam, Ms Sandi Kum, Ms Tiffany Cheong, Ms Cindy Tiong, Ms Beatrice Yong, Ms Wang Siao Hua, Ms Nur Zakiyah, Ms Chang Chiou Yen, Ms Alfieana Alphonso, Ms Sandy Mo, Mr Tan Hup Yew, Mr Chua Han Hui, Mr Kumbalingam Uthaman Row 5: Mr Tan Ying Yang, Mr Yeo Jun Han, Mr Shaun De Souza, Mr Kevin Ng, Mr Yang Kian Hong, Mr Lim Shi Zhi, Mr Joshua Lee, Mr Poon Han Wei, Mr Nicholas Tan, Mr Navinesh S/O Thanabalasingam, Mr Asmizar Bin Abu, Mr Benedict Ng, Mr Yang Kai, Mr Lim Er Yang, Dr Jeffrey Lee, Mr Toh Teck Wei, Mr Chan Sau Siong Absent with apologies: Mrs Lai Siew Yong, Mr Yeo Puay Hong, Miss Ong Shu Juin, Ms Sia Bee Leng, Mr Mohamad Fadhly, Ms Audrey Tan, Mdm Safiah Binte Ani, Mr Kwok Zhen Yuan, Ms Norhuda Binte Mohamed Sadekan, Mr Raihan Bin Mohd Yassin, Mr Tan Wei Lun, Mr Joseph Lim, Ms Angel Lim, Ms Sharifah Alkaff, Ms Nora Kamsir, Mrs Lee Hwee Ling

THE RGS COMMUNITY

Principals & Deputy Principals (From Left to Right) Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement)

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Senior Management (From Left to Right) Row 1: Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development) Row 2: Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar), Ms Goh Lee Kian (Director, Planning & Infrastructure), Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships)

Executive Council

Council (From Left to Right)

Row 1: Ms Carmen Hoo (Head, Mathematics), Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar), Ms Goh Lee Kian (Director, Planning & Infrastructure), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships), Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Ms Lee Szer Yuen (Head, Languages) Row 2: Ms Norazlin Binte Normin (Assistant Head, Chemistry), Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad (Head, Student Management), Dr Sundari Prama (Head, Science), Mrs Ng Jia Xiu (Assistant Head, Mathematics), Ms Malyanah Mawar (Assistant Literature), Mdm Tan Lee Khim (Assistant Head, Languages), Mrs Alina Wee (Assistant Head, Physical Education), Ms Lee Tien (Assistant Head, Biology), Ms Chrislin Lee (Assistant Head, Co-Curricular Activities), Miss Foo Ling Ling (Head, Professional Development), Mrs Hasanah Alfie (Head of Year, Year 1), Mrs Sulastiri Anis (Head of Year, Year 4) Row 3: Mr Koh King Koon (Assistant Head, Mathematics), Ms Stella Picca (Head, English Language & Literature), Ms Magdalene Suey (Head, Physical Education & Co-Curricular Activities), Ms Cheong Szu Chuang (Assistant Head, Physics), Mrs Tan Yin Lai (Head, Information & Communications Technology), Ms Tiffany Cheong (Assistant Head, Citizenship Education), Ms Audrey Chen (Assistant Head, Student Leadership Development), Ms Anna Loo (Head, Aesthetics), Mrs Rachel Pang (Head, Character & Citizenship Education), Mr Wong Chee Yeh (Assistant Head, Languages) Row 4: Mr Yeo Jun Han (Assistant Head, Geography), Mr Mohammad Faizal (Head, Humanities), Mr Joseph Toh (Head, Talent Development), Mr Nicholas Tan (Assistant Head, English Language), Mr Lim Shi Zhi (Assistant Head, Service Learning), Mr Shaun De Souza (Assistant Head, Talent Development) Absent with apologies: Miss Ong Shu Juin (Assistant Head, Inquiry & Advocacy), Ms Nora Kamsir (Head of Year, Year 2), Mrs Lee Hwee Ling (Head of Year, Year 3)

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(From Left to Right) Row 1: Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar), Ms Goh Lee Kian (Director, Planning & Infrastructure), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships), Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies) Row 2: Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad (Head, Student Management), Dr Sundari Prama (Head, Science), Mrs Rachel Pang (Head, Character & Citizenship Education), Ms Carmen Hoo (Head, Mathematics), Mrs Tan Yin Lai (Head, Information & Communications Technology), Mr Mohammad Faizal (Head, Humanities), Mr Joseph Toh (Head, Talent Development), Ms Lee Szer Yuen (Head, Languages), Ms Stella Picca (Head, English Language & Literature), Ms Magdalene Suey (Head, Physical Education & Co-Curricular Activities), Miss Foo Ling Ling (Head, Professional Development), Ms Anna Loo (Head, Aesthetics)

THE RGS COMMUNITY

Academic Board

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(From Left to Right) Row 1: Ms Carmen Hoo (Head, Mathematics), Ms Lee Szer Yuen (Head, Languages), Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Stella Picca (Head, English Language & Literature), Dr Sundari Prama (Head, Science) Row 2: Ms Norazlin Binte Normin, Ms Malyanah Mawar, Mdm Tan Lee Khim, Ms Anna Loo (Head, Aesthetics), Mrs Tan Yin Lai (Head, Information & Communications Technology), Ms Cheong Szu Chuang, Miss Foo Ling Ling (Head, Professional Development), Ms Lee Tien, Mrs Ng Jia Xiu Row 3: Mr Wong Chee Yeh, Mr Mohammad Faizal (Head, Humanities), Mr Nicholas Tan, Mr Joseph Toh (Head, Talent Development), Mr Yeo Jun Han, Mr Koh King Koon Absent with apologies: Miss Ong Shu Juin

Student Development (From Left to Right) Row 1: Mr Joseph Toh (Head, Talent Development), Mrs Rachel Pang (Head, Character & Citizenship Education), Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Magdalene Suey (Head, Physical Education & Co-Curricular Activities), Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad (Head, Student Management), Mrs Sulastiri Anis Row 2: Mrs Hasanah Alfie, Ms Audrey Chen, Ms Laura Tan, Mr Lim Shi Zhi, Mr Shaun De Souza, Ms Tiffany Cheong, Mrs Alina Wee, Ms Chrislin Lee Absent with apologies: Ms Nora Kamsir, Mrs Lee Hwee Ling, Miss Karen Lau

Centre for Pedagogical Research & Learning (From Left to Right) Row 1: Miss Foo Ling Ling (Head, Professional Development), Mrs Lucille Yap (Head, Consultancy), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement), Mrs Tan Kum Chee, Mrs Chew Meek Lin Row 2: Mr Chan Sau Siong, Mrs Leung Hui Leng, Mrs Jassie Teo, Ms Sandi Kum, Ms Tan Yen Chuan, Ms Hafizah Jumat, Mr Azahar Bin Mohamed Noor Absent with apologies: Mr Lim Er Yang

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Aesthetics Department (From Left to Right) Mr Yeo Puay Hong, Mrs Leung Hui Leng, Ms Noorshidah Ibrahim, Mrs Lai Siew Yong, Ms Anna Loo (Head, Aesthetics), Mrs Lee Hwee Ling, Mrs Vivien Willamme, Mr Asman Bin Yusof Absent with apologies: Ms Denise Tan

THE RGS COMMUNITY

English Language & Literature Department

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(From Left to Right) Row 1: Ms Michelle Liu, Ms Ling Shuang Ning, Mrs Jassie Teo, Ms Stella Picca (Head, English Language & Literature), Mrs Tan Kum Chee, Ms Audrey Chen, Mrs Hasanah Alfie Row 2: Ms June Tan, Ms Bernardine Chong, Ms Nora Kamsir, Ms Chang Jia Yin, Ms Beatrice Yong, Mr Nicholas Tan (Assistant Head, English Language), Mr Joseph Toh, Ms Adeline Tang, Ms Yap Hsin Yan, Ms Alfieana Alphonso, Ms Sharon Ong Absent with apologies: Ms Malyanah Mawar (Assistant Head, Literature), Dr Choo Li Lin

Humanities Department (From Left to Right) Row 1: Mr Kevin Ng, Ms Tiffany Cheong, Miss Ong Shu Juin (Assistant Head, Inquiry & Advocacy), Mr Mohammad Faizal (Head, Humanities), Mr Yeo Jun Han (Assistant Head, Inquiry & Advocacy), Miss Foo Ling Ling, Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad, Mrs Lucille Yap Row 2: Mr Asmizar Bin Abu, Mr Lim Shi Zhi, Mr Mohamad Fadhly, Mr Azahar Bin Mohamed Noor, Ms Syazwani Binte Amrun, Mdm Aliah Binte Mohamed Shariff, Mrs Mak Wai Ling, Ms Roselind Mathews, Ms Audrey Tan, Ms Sia Bee Leng, Ms Low Mei Ling Absent with apologies: Mr Lim Er Yang

Information & Communications Technology Department (From Left to Right) Row 1: Miss Neo Jia Hui, Ms Neo Yining, Ms Malyanah Mawar, Ms Nadiah Rusydina Binte Roslan, Mr Mohamad Fadhly, Mr Tan Ying Yang Row 2: Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Mrs Tan Yin Lai (Head, Information & Communications Technology), Mr Yeo Puay Hong, Mr Nicholas Tan, Ms Sharon Tan, Ms Wang Siao Hua, Mr Tan Wei Lun, Ms Chrislin Lee

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Languages Department (From Left to Right) Row 1: Miss Ngiew Tian Hui, Ms Hing Siew Bee, Mr Kumbalingam Uthaman, Mdm Tan Lee Khim (Assistant Head, Languages), Ms Lee Szer Yuen (Head, Languages), Mr Wong Chee Yeh (Assistant Head, Languages), Mdm Nuraini Bt Abdul Gapor, Miss Neo Jia Hui, Ms Ivy Toh Row 2: Mr Kwok Zhen Yuan, Mr Benedict Ng, Miss Wee Xiumei, Ms Nur Zakiyah, Mdm Cao Jiawei, Ms Shi Hai Yan, Ms Nadiah Rusydina Binte Roslan, Mdm Safiah Binte Ani, Mdm Mu Jun, Mr Chua Han Hui, Ms Lin Yao, Ms Tan Yen Chuan, Ms Savethiri Arumugam, Mr Poon Han Wei

THE RGS COMMUNITY

Mathematics Department

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(From Left to Right) Row 1: Mdm Ng Peck Wee, Ms Maggie Phua, Ms Sharon Tan, Mrs Chew Meek Lin, Mr Koh King Koon (Assistant Head, Mathematics) Row 2: Ms Lim Young Hui, Ms Goh Li Meng, Mrs Ng Jia Xiu (Assistant Head,Mathematics), Ms Carmen Hoo (Head, Mathematics), Mr Toh Teck Wei, Ms Sandi Kum Row 3: Mr Yang Kai, Mrs Tan Yin Lai, Mr Navinesh S/O Thanabalasingam, Ms Wang Siao Hua, Ms Lim Huey Miin, Ms Chang Chiou Yen Absent with apologies: Ms Norhuda Binte Mohamed Sadekan

Physical Education Department (From Left to Right) Ms Chrislin Lee (Assistant Head, Co-Curricular Activities), Ms Tan Hai Nee, Mrs Sulastiri Anis, Ms Sandy Mo, Mrs Alina Wee (Assistant Head Physical Education), Ms Magdalene Suey (Head, Physical Education & Co-Curricular Activities), Ms Sophia Sim Absent with apologies: Mr Raihan Bin Mohd Yassin

Science Department

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(From Left to Right) Row 1: Mr Chan Siong Weng, Ms Cheong Szu Chuang (Assistant Head, Physics), Ms Norazlin Binte Normin (Assistant Head, Chemistry), Mrs Rachel Pang, Dr Prama Sundari (Head, Science), Ms Lee Tien (Assistant Head, Biology), Mr Chan Sau Siong, Mr Shaun De Souza Row 2: Ms Synth-Di Tan, Ms Sandy Huang, Mrs Angela Teo, Ms Nerine Ng, Ms Cindy Tiong, Ms Ng Hui Juan, Ms Angel Lim, Ms Sharifah Alkaff, Dr Lim Ai Khim, Ms Neo Yining, Ms Chia Wei Ling Row 3: Mr Tan Ying Yang, Mr Mohamed Ali, Mr Yang Kian Hong, Mr Joseph Lim, Mr Alan Teo, Mr Joshua Lee, Dr Jeffrey Lee, Mr Tan Hup Yew, Mr Tan Wei Lun Absent with apologies: Mdm Lin Yan, Ms Wong Su Zhen

Filiae Centre Crew (From Left to Right) Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Ms Ngeow Mei Yi, Ms Laura Tan, Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Ms Humaira Binti Salleh, Miss Karen Lau

THE RGS COMMUNITY

Executive & Administrative Staff

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(From Left to Right) Row 1: Ms Goh Lee Kian (Director, Planning & Infrastructure), Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar), Miss Yeo Soo Ling (Director, Student Development), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For Perl & Community Engagement), Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships), Ms Adeline Quek, Mr Morris Gabriel Row 2: Ms Eunice Tay, Ms Masturah Binte Abdul Aziz, Ms Vijaya Govindarajoo , Ms Chua Moi Leng, Ms Connie Kong, Mdm Lin Yan, Ms Evelyn Suah, Ms Teo Yen Li , Ms Ng Hui Juan, Ms Cindy Liu , Ms Sandy Huang, Ms Wong Su Zhen, Ms Clorisa Loh, Ms Hafizah Jumat, Ms Azreena Mohd, Mdm Zuraini Bte Mohammad Said Row 3: Mr Chan Siong Weng, Mr Jansen Ng, Mr Mohamed Yazid , Mr John Loo, Mr Asman Bin Yusof, Mr Muhammad Shahid, Mr Leonard Benjamin Louis, Mr Jamaluddin Johan, Mr Mohamed Ali, Mr Muhammad Ameen, Mr Hein Thant Thu Shein Absent with apologies: Mr Leong Fook Weng, Mr Mohd Nor Bin Ahmad, Mr Zhang Runsheng, Ms Christina Lee, Miss Karen Lau, Ms Laura Tan, Mr Chua Hai Lee, Ms Humaira Binti Salleh, Ms Ngeow Mei Yi

EAS Middle Management (From Left to Right) Row 1: Mr Michael Jalleh (Director, Academic Studies), Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar), Ms Chin Jen Fu (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies), Ms Haslinda Zamani (Principal), Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development), Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr For PeRL & Community Engagement), Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships) Row 2: Mr Morris Gabriel, Ms Evelyn Suah, Ms Wong Su Zhen , Miss Yeo Soo Ling, Ms Ms Masturah Binte Abdul Aziz, Ms Azreena Mohd, Ms Goh Lee Kian (Director, Planning & Infrastructure), Ms Adeline Quek Absent with apologies: Mr Leong Fook Weng

Admin Office Department (From Left to Right) Ms Chua Moi Leng, Ms Adeline Quek (Assistant Manager, Administration), Ms Eunice Tay, Mdm Zuraini Bte Mohammad Said

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Estate Department (From Left to Right) Mr Leong Fook Weng (Manager, Operations), Mr Jansen Ng, Mr Mohd Nor Bin Ahmad

THE RGS COMMUNITY

Finance, Human Resource & Procurement Department (From Left to Right) Ms Vijaya Govindarajoo, Ms Connie Kong, Ms Cindy Liu, Mr John Loo, Ms Azreena Mohd (Acting Assistant Manager, Finance), Ms Evelyn Suah (Manager, Human Resources), Ms Juliana Chia (Bursar) Absent with apologies: Ms Christina Lee 20

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Information Technology Department (From Left to Right) Mr Muhammad Shahid, Ms Teo Yen Li, Mr Morris Gabriel (Manager, Information Technology), Mr Muhammad Ameen, Mr Mohamed Yazid, Mr Hein Thant Thu Shein Absent with apologies: Mr Zhang Runsheng

Strategic Communications, Partnerships & Library Department (From Left to Right) Ms Clorisa Loh, Ms Masturah Binte Abdul Aziz (Manager Library), Mr Jamaluddin Johan, Ms Lee Su Yin (Director, Communications & Partnerships), Mr Leonard Benjamin Louis, Mrs Mary George Cheriyan (Deputy Principal, Ctr for PeRL & Community Engagement)

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STAFF DEVELOPMENT RGS STAFF

Teachers are key to RGS’ success and the school continues to place emphasis on recruiting, retaining and recognising top quality teachers committed to providing holistic education and nurturing the RGS girl. The staff strength as at 30 July 2023 stands at 168, comprising 128 teachers and 40 EAS; 99% of our teaching staff are graduates, of which 32% have Master degree and PhD qualifications.

FAREWELLS

NEW STAFF

We extend a warm welcome to the following teaching and Executive and Administrative staff:

RGS bade fond farewell to the following teaching and Executive and Administrative staff:

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Ms Adeline Tang Ms Alfieana Alphonso Ms Audrey Tan Miss Beatrice Yong Mr Benedict Ng Ms Cao Jia Wei Ms Clorisa Loh Miss Hafizah Binte Jumat Mr Hein Thant Thu Shein Ms Humaira Binti Salleh Mr Joshua Lee Ms June Tan

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Ms Laura Tan Mr Leonard Benjamin Louis Ms Low Mei Ling Ms Masturah Binte Abdul Aziz Miss Nerine Ng Ms Ng Hui Juan Miss Nur Zakiyah Binte Zakariah Ms Sophia Sim Miss Synth-Di Tan Ms Yogeswari D/O Ganesan

Ms Adelene Ng Ms Amalina Binte Yahya Mr Alwin Ho Mr Benedict Chua Dr Choong Tsui Wei Ms Daphne Chua Ms Elizabeth Lin Ms Farah Nadia Binte Jamalludin Ms Gina Soh Ms Khng Umay Ms Lee Jin Hui Mr Li Junxian Mr Lim Seow Yi

• Ms Mariya Nikolaeva Angelova • Mrs Michelle Quek • Mr Ooi Keng Khoon • Mdm Ooi Poh Im • Mrs Raihana Abbas • Ms Regina Lee • Ms Roslinda Chan • Mr Samuel Chan • Mdm Tan Bee Lain • Mdm Zhang Hao

PROMOTIONS We congratulate the following staff who have been promoted in April 2023: S/N 20

Name

Department Education Officer

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Mrs Leung Hui Leng

Centre for Pedagogical Research & Learning

Ms Michelle Liu

English Language & Literature

Ms Malyanah Mawar

English Language & Literature

Ms Stella Picca

English Language & Literature

Mr Mohamad Fadhly

Humanities

Ms Roselind Mathews

Humanities

Mr Yeo Jun Han

Humanities

Mr Mohammad Faizal

Humanities

Ms Nadiah Rusydina

Languages

Mr Poon Han Wei

Languages

Mr Chua Han Hui

Languages

Ms Lee Szer Yuen

Languages

Mrs Tan Yin Lai

Information & Communications Technology

Ms Sandy Mo

Physical Education

Ms Neo Yining

Science

Ms Norazlin Binte Normin

Science

Dr Lim Ai Khim

Science

Mr Yang Kian Hong

Science

Mrs Sulastiri Anis

Student Management

Mr Joseph Toh

Talent Development

S/N

Name

Department Executive & Administrative Staff

Ms Adeline Quek

Administration Office

Ms Teo Yen Li

Information Technology

Mr Gabriel Morris

Information Technology

Ms Wong Su Zhen

Science

STAFF AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

RGS STAFF AWARDS 2022

RGS LONG SERVICE AWARD YEAR 2022

MOE LONG SERVICE AWARD YEAR 2022

Mr Joseph Lim Science/ Education Officer Caring Teacher

5 Years of Service Mr Lim Seow Yi Science/Education Officer

5 Years of Service Mr Toh Teck Wei Mathematics/ Education Officer

Mr Mohamad Fadhly Humanities/ Education Officer Caring Teacher

Mr Muhammad Ameen Information Technology/ Assistant, Information Technology

10 Years of Service Ms Sandy Mo Physical Education/ Education Officer

Mrs Raihana Abbas English Language & Literature/ Education Officer Caring Teacher

10 Years of Service Ms Michelle Liu English Language & Literature/ Education Officer

Ms Farah Nadia Languages/ Education Officer

Dr Lim Ai Khim Science/ Education Officer Excellence In Teaching

Ms Rachel Goh Student Development / Head Character & Citizenship Education

Mr Mohammad Faizal Humanities/ Head, Humanities Excellence In Teaching

Ms Juliana Chia Senior Management/ Bursar

Ms Syazwani Binte Amrun Humanities/ Education Officer Friend of the Community Mrs Jassie Teo Centre for Pedagogical Research & Learning/ Senior Education Officer Learning Community Builder Mr Tan Wei Lun Science/ Education Officer Learning Community Builder Mrs Vivien Willamme Aesthetics/ Education Officer Mentor of the Year Dr Jeffrey Lee Science/ Education Officer Mentor of the Year Ms Teo Yen Li Information Technology /Executive Service Excellence

15 Years of Service Ms Tan Yen Chuan Centre for Pedagogical Research & Learning/ Specialist Mrs Hasanah Alfie Student Management/ Head of Year Ms Lee Su Yin Senior Management/ Director (Communications & Partnerships) Ms Eunice Tay Admin/ Officer Administration

Ms Haslinda Zamani Senior Management/ Principal

NATIONAL AWARDS (COVID-19) COVID-19 RESILIENCE MEDAL Ms Chia Wei Ling Science/ Education Officer

NATIONAL DAY AWARD 2022

25 Years of Service Mdm Nuraini Bt Abdul Gapor Languages/ Education Officer

Mdm Nuraini Bt Abdul Gapor Languages/ Education Officer The Long Service Medal

Ms Goh Lee Kian Senior Management/ Director (Planning & Infrastructure)

Mrs Leung Hui Leng Centre for Pedagogical Research & Learning/ Senior Teacher The Long Service Medal

30 Years of Service Mrs Sulastiri Anis Student Management/ Head of Year Dr Prama Sundari Science/ Head, Science Ms Chin Jen Fu Senior Management/ Deputy Principal (Academic Studies)

OUTSTANDING STEM TEACHER AWARD, OSTA (STEM) 2022 Dr Prama Sundari Science/ Head, Science

RGS SPECIAL APPRECIATION AWARD

OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TEACHER AWARD 2023

5 Years of Service Mr Chan Siong Weng Science (EAS)/ Attendant, Laboratory

Mr Chan Sau Siong Centre for Pedagogical Research & Learning/ Senior Teacher

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NATIONAL AWARDS (COVID-19) THE COMMENDATION MEDAL (COVID-19)

Ms Wang Siao Hua Mathematics/ Education Officer Excellence In Using ICT in Teaching

20 Years of Service Ms June Tan English Language & Literature/ Education Officer

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The development of our staff is of pinnacle importance and continues to be a key strategy in the school towards continuous excellence. Over and above the school-wide courses, seminars and workshops organised by RGS, our staff actively seek professional learning opportunities both local and international. Our RGS teachers also present papers and research findings in numerous conferences. Some of the highlights include:

AUG 2022 – JUL 2023 • Singapore International Science Teachers’ Conference (SISTC) 2022 • SARBICA International Symposium • RI Teachers’ Conference • Reading Symposium • Credit Suisse Global Supertrends Conference 2022 • LAMPplus: CLM (Part 2) – Character and Citizenship Education • 2023 Virtual WCGTC Biennial World Conference • World EduLead 2023 • Beginning Teachers’ Symposium 2023 • Teacher Leaders as Facilitators for Beginning Teachers’ Symposium 2023 • 15th International Science Youth Forum@Singapore 2023 • Singapore Perspectives 2023 “Work”

PROFESSIONAL UPGRADING

• Mdm Aliah Shariff successfully completed the Work Attachment Programme with National Heritage Board

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Singapore (ACM & Peranakan Museum) during the period of 03 January 2023 – 10 March 2023.

• Ms Chrislin Lee successfully completed the Work Attachment Programme with National Parks Board (NParks) during the period of 20 March 2023 – 26 May 2023.

Blended Learning Competencies Sharing

Ethos Conversations

PED Talks

Professional Learning Space

STEM in Biology - a sharing by Teachers for Teachers

Talk by Dr Caitlin Tucker

Open Classroom

5th PeRL Symposium The 5th PeRL Symposium took place on 30 June 2023, marking another successful gathering of educators at the RGS Campus. The RGS PeRL Symposium was first established in 2014, with the primary objective of fostering collaboration among educators, sharing best practices, and facilitating meaningful discussions on teaching and learning. The bi-annual symposium aims to encourage reflective practice and provide a platform for advancing teacher research in Singapore. This year’s symposium revolved around the theme of “Advancing Pedagogies to Steward Educational Change”. Educators from various institutions delved into the crucial topic of leveraging pedagogical approaches to drive positive transformations in education. The highlight of the symposium was the invigorating plenary session on “Technology and Education’s Next Frontier” led by Associate Professor Victor Lim Fei and Ms Fiona Lee. They shed light on the exciting prospects and emerging trends at the intersection of technology and education. Attendees were also offered the opportunity to engage in concurrent sessions and a stimulating forum, covering a wide array of topics presented by esteemed speakers. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the dedicated presenters and all the enthusiastic participants for their valuable contributions. Together, we continue to pave the way for a brighter future in education.

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STAFF WELL-BEING Staff Well-Being Committee (SWC) members are custodians of the school’s professional culture. To maintain that culture, SWC members:

(a) Facilitate on-going and open communication between staff members; (b) Promote bonding and camaraderie among staff members; (c) Cultivate a climate of readiness and openness towards learning, and the facing of new challenges in the profession; and (d) Encourage the adoption of a healthy lifestyle by staff members

Activities organised by the SWC include the Lunar New Year Lunch, Family Day and the Staff Dinner. SWC also organises workshops and talks on health issues for staff under the Brown Bag series. There is also a dedicated “Fruit Day” every month where fruits are distributed to staff. SWC also celebrates the birthdays of staff members during staff meets, liaises with vendors to provide quality goods and services to staff members on a periodic basis, and consults the staff for suggestions before implementing them.

Lunar New Year Celebration 20

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Hari Raya Celebration

Child@ Heart Day

Durian Party

Zumba

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Deepavali

Staff Dinner

lead boards

RGPB (perfectorial board) The Raffles Girls’ School Prefectorial Board (RGSPB) aims to develop Prefects to serve as custodians of our school values and Rafflesian culture, inspiring others to do the same. Keeping the flame ignited by previous batches burning bright, the Prefects bounced unique ideas off one another in various events and initiatives to strengthen bonds in the school community.

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In 2022, the Spirit Ignition Management Unit pioneered Spirit Ignition (SI) sessions, helping to foster a sense of school spirit, and making RGS feel closer to home. Prefects collaborated with the various Lead Boards (LBs), giving back to the community through encouraging plastic recycling in Ecobricks[1] and conducting good sharing practices in our S7 Cluster[2]. The Year 4s have also worked with the S7 schools to initiate the Lions’ Befrienders Initiative, volunteering to visit the elderly and give back to our society in meaningful ways. In 2023, we pioneered Raffles Runfair, where all students were able to band together under similar interests. Not only did this provide a platform for collaboration and interaction in the general student body, but it also encouraged cross-LB partnerships in the different Organising Teams.

As we brought back full-fledged activities, Prefects led various school-wide events such as Y1 Orientation, Rafflesians Unite Week, Open House, Class Centre and more. To support our fellow Rafflesians in their various National School Games events, Prefects also took up the role of Cheer ICs to ensure that the Rafflesians received support and cheers from the supporters. In addition, PB aimed to influence students to uphold school values and promote a welcoming school environment through initiatives like Morning Muse, where we aimed to brighten Rafflesians’ days during morning assembly by featuring words of encouragement from school staff. PB also assisted in creating practical cyberwellness guidelines to ensure students uphold our school values, the 4Ps, even outside of school in the digital space, something that has grown increasingly common with advancements in technology. Through shared bonds and shared memories, the Prefects learnt, bonded and grew together through times of adversity. Using their combined strengths, the Prefects worked together seamlessly as Student Leaders to bring out the best in each other to serve the school community in the best way they can.

Prefects cheering on the Track participants during the National School Games.

Prefects teaching the Student Leaders cheers during Cheer Training.

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A combined picture of Felices, Feurig, Ms Chen and Mr Lim gathering after the Annual General Meeting 2023.

The Year 3 batch of prefects, Feurig (fiery and passionate in German). They gather right before their Student Leaders’ Investiture 2023. They form the letter ‘F’ with their hands, which stands for family – a well-known tradition for every batch of Prefects.

The Year 4 batch of prefects, Felices (happy in Spanish).

The Prefects coming together after the RGS Initiation 2023. They stood holding candles lit up, signifying the continuation of a journey.

lead boards

PEER SUPPORT BOARD The Peer Support Board continues to cultivate a loving and supportive school community — a second family to each and every RGS girl. Peer Support Leaders (PSLs) in relation to the PSB’s mascot, the dolphin, live out their motto of ‘Riding the waves with you’ by offering support to their peers and executing initiatives that promote a genuine, heartfelt peer-support spirit.

Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Nora Kamsir Mrs Vivienne Willamme

Executive Committee:

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Chairperson (Welfare): Goh Jia Hsing Vanessa Vice-Chairperson (Human Resources): Ng Yennzy Vice-Chairperson (Outreach): Nieve Toh Jia Yi Welfare Head: Zhang Boya Human Resources Heads: Suchita Manikandan, Clara Pohw Jing Yi Outreach Heads: Thecla Viyoshi Magha Anagaleka, Lim Xin En Faith

PSB during the Student Leader Investiture 2023!

PSB, joined by the Year 1s (2023), celebrating the highlight of the Y1 Orientation – the Y1Orientation Concert!

Farewell GM for SPSL Batch 2023

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Class Center 1 OT!

Our Friends of Singa Open-OT carrying out their initiative to spread kindness and appreciation of SMRT and SBS staff!

lead boards

STUDENT CONGRESS Student congress strives to empower students to advocate for positive change in the RGS community and beyond. Through the collection and analysis of student feedback, Congress acts as the bridge between the student body and the school management.

Teachers-in-Charge: Mr Lim Shi Zhi Ms Norazlin Binte Normin

Executive Committee Members 2023: 20

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Speaker: Joni Ng Deputy Speaker (Human Resource): Alexis Choong Tongwei Deputy Speaker (Outreach): Kim Jisoo Outreach Head: Rashee Jha Welfare Head: Faith Lee Kye Yen

This photo has a special meaning in each Congress member’s heart as it was recreated in the exact same manner when the batch of ‘23 started a fresh term as Y3s and when they ended a meaningful term as Y4s. Just as every member holds their significant spot in this picture, each member of Congress strives to utilise her unique talents in service to the school.

Congress ExCo’23

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This photo features our Y4 Congress members when they were newly invested in 2022 as Y3s. Our Y4s have truly come a long way since then, and have consistently put in time and effort to serve the school as an integral part of Congress.

(Top-left: AT4, top-right: AT2, bottom-left: AT1, bottom-right: AT3) ATs, which stands for Advocacy Teams (ATs), are a significant part of our work in Congress. We have four ATs, which focus on Student Well-being, Dining Experience, Communication and Citizenship respectively. Our ATs are not only a platform for members to advocate for causes they are passionate about, but they are also a place where many friendships are kindled. Here are our members grouped in our various ATs!

TA R B E T

EAL & TENACITY ZEAL & TENACITY ZEAL & TEN

TARBET

TWINKLE TARBET AIMS TO SHINE THE BRIGHTEST!

Propelled by our zeal and tenacity, we aim to leave a shimmering trail of passion, love and enthusiasm for our house! We hope that every Tarbetian can twinkle in their own unique way, illuminating the lives of those around you! Together, let's light up the sky as... 20

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CAPTAINS' MESSAGE

Tarbetians oiiiiiiiiii! We are your 2022-2023 captains melanie and shanjun signing out! Thank you for being the most tarbetastic terrific and tenacious house members <3 we've truly had such amazing times with you and it's been an absolute honour. We'll miss you lots but are sure the new exco will take care of you all just fine! Always remember, our blood runs red :)

ZEAL & TENACITY ZEAL & TENACITY ZEAL & TEN

TENACITY ZEAL & TENACITY ZEAL & TENACIT Y3 HOUSE COMMITTEE

Vice-Captain (Human Resource): Koh Shan Jun (S4-01)

Vice-Captain (Human Resource): Tan Jia Wen Jeanette (S3-07)

External Outreach Head: Kaira Tan Yi Lin (S4-03)

External Outreach Head: Vanessa Fei Ruddock (S3-12)

Internal Outreach Head: Tan Xinyi (S4-04)

Internal Outreach Head: Shin Yee Han Thein (S3-13)

External Human Resource Head: Sebonti Biswas (S4-04)

Human Resource Head: Rino Hossian (S3-03)

Internal Human Resource Head: Elisa Tho Shi En (S4-10)

Welfare Head: Tan Yan Qi (S3-14)

Welfare Head: Xu Muhan (S4-13)

House Student Leader: Shannen Ang Xuan En (S3-13)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Banner - 3rd Sportsfest - joint 3rd

Interhouse Game Results: Proj Veritas - 1st Proj rEATuce - 1st Infocomm - joint 2nd RGSMile - 2nd Racial Harmony Day - 2nd Proj Out-now-in - joint 3rd

TENACITY ZEAL & TENACITY ZEAL & TENACIT

Captain (External Outreach): Janani Balamurugan (S3-03)

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Captain (Internal Outreach): Lim Seow Rae, Melanie (S4-10)

Y4 HOUSE COMMITTEE

BUCKLE

K L C E U B

EVE

AGE AND UNITY COUR

CAPTAIN'S MESSAGE

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BUCKLEANS WITH ME? Hey Buckleans! What a year it has been, filled with memorable moments as we finally resumed our House events in full swing after COVID-19 subsided. Though COVID-19 may have impacted some of our past events, we take heart in knowing that the indomitable Bucklean spirit continues to shine brightly, keeping us firmly united as a Genntastic family. Serving you all as part of House has been an absolute joy, and we are truly grateful for the opportunity. On behalf of our dedicated EXCO and the Buckle house committee, we extend our heartfelt thanks to each one of you for wholeheartedly supporting and relishing House activities. As we move forward, let us stand together with our hearts intertwined in pursuit of shared goals. Always remember, Once a Bucklean, always a Bucklean, because...

IHG

From: Chengyan and Sharleez

"THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON OUR SIDE!" 2023 R E N N A B

lift-off! r the grand fo y d a re t e G and bravery rmination te e d s' n a -off is no Buckle losive blast xp e is th g in facin g a space Undertakin small feat. on and s cooperati e ir u q re o ow mission als , just like h all involved g n o m a y r it e un work togeth Buckleans ieving h c a s y toward sl u io n o rm ha unity, we ourage and c h it W . ss succe unknown re into the tu n ve ly ld FF! will bo LE BLAST-O in a... BUCK

SIDE!"

ift-off! nd bravery t-off is no a space eration and w ust like ho r ethe achieving d unity, we n he unknow T-OFF!

sportsfest '23

buckleans @

ACHIEVEMENTS

raffles run fair

mass dance at open house '23

Sportsfest Overall Champions IHG placings: 1st for Shooting IHG Infocomm IHG RHD IHG Project Detri.MENTAL x We'reOnlyHuman IHG

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EVENTS

HOUSE COMMITTEE Y4 House Committee: Captain(HR): Yin Chengyan (S4-10) Vice-captain(Welfare): Sharleez Nadya Binte Mohamad Hidayat (S4-02) Welfare Head: Nuhaney Natasha Binte Ramli (S4-02) HR Head: Zhang Ning An Serene (S4-06) External Outreach Head: Wen Li Min (S4-12) Internal Outreach Head: Charmaine Lee Jia Yi (S4-14)

Y3 House Committee: Captain (HR): Sarah Wong Si En (S3-02) Vice Captain (Welfare): Sarah Wong Yu Wen (S3-13) External Outreach Head: Lee Guat Ghee (Li Yueyi) (S3-02) Internal Outreach Head: Annamalai Shruthi Sendhil (S3-08) Welfare Head: Akshaya Vijaygopal (S3-12) HR Head: Dilys Angelique Lau Yuxuan (S3-10) House Member (Welfare): Chan Fwee Leng Genevieve (S3-06) House Member (HR): Chloe Koh (Xu Shaohan) (S3-12)

F BLASTOF

RICHARDSON

BOLD. TRUE.

1ST IN BANNER!

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VISION

Embrace the era of a bo a tr e re th r e co ra e char o a ea the a o r e om e te tre th te b r rt a er a o r b e f a oar tr a te e o b e bor er o r em re b e th re ree e o a r e harmo tro er t e th for ettab e memor e a e e of home o e

OUR BLOOD RUNS BLUE IN OUR...

RICHARDSON REIGN! Richardson Executive committee House Captain: Hazel Tan Xuan Ting S4-14 House Vice-Captain: Ong Kah Mun S4-13 External Outreach Head: Abhineshwari Narayanan S4-08 Internal Outreach Head: Lucia Znidaric S4-02 Human Resources Head: Teo Hui Sian S4-07 Welfare Head: Tan Jen Ying, Kyra S4-11

Y3:

:Y4

House Captain: Tiffanie Lau Siew Teng S3-13 House Vice-Captain: Joshuanne Yeh Su En S3-06 External Outreach Head: Yeo Pey Wenn S3-01 Internal Outreach Head: Jin Bofang S3-12 Human Resources Head: Wang Ziyun S3-12 Welfare Head: Hajar Binte Mohamed Hanes S3-02

Open House‘23

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’23 s Fest t r o p S

Richardso n Comm 23-2 4

CAPTAINS' MESSAGE RICHARDSONIANS, ARE YOU READY? YEAH BABY YEAH! We are Hazel and Kah Mun, your Richardson Captains'23. It's been a pleasure to serve this blue-tiful House. Your love for our Home has brought glory and unity to Richardson. Our striking banner, high and proud, serves as a reminder of our victory and your unwavering passion. We hope you've enjoyed our House events this year and look forward to more! Our BIG blue kingdom wouldn't exist without our Boldest and Truest Truest team - Lucia, Hui Sian, Abhineshwari, and Kyra. We have full faith in EXCO'24 - Tiffanie, Hajar, Joshuanne, Pey Wenn, Bofang and Ziyun and their ability to strengthen our powerful reign. To our beloved HOUSE Comm and Teachers, thank you for making House where our Hearts are. THANK YOU for your trust in Richardson. We're confident that Richardson will remain glorious and undefeated next year and beyond! For the last time...

The brightest flames ALWAYS BURN BLUE!!!

House Challen ge‘23

WA D D L E

Wadd Captain's Message WHAT'S UP WADDLE!

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sophie ang

We are Sophie and Rhea, your Waddle Captains of 2023! With the easing of the pandemic, the restoration of physical events has truly made this a magical year. We hope that you have enjoyed this spellbounding journey with us. Continue to burn bright and seize every opportunity to have fun in House! Participate actively, cheer loudly, and support each other because that's what's brought us so far. Thank you for putting your trust in us to serve you in our WARM WADDLE FAMILIA. Always remember, even in the face of challenges, a true Waddlian stays strong and ventures on with pride in our stride.

rhea sharma

Love, Sophie AND RHEA Waddle captains '22 - '23

Vision This year's theme symbolises the fighting Waddlian spirit, unveiling the enchanting elements in us — our unique talents, skills and experiences — to break new grounds and reach greater heights. With a touch of whimsicality, a swirl of excitement and a growing tornado of strength, watch us create our yellow magic and be awed. Because this year, we’re performing... WADDLE WIZARDRY

Wizardry Wizardry

ExCO Members Y4 ExCO:

Captain (External Outreach): Ang Yu Xi, Sophie (S4-12) Vice-Captain (Human Resource): Rhea Sharma (S4-01) Human Resource Head: Natasha Lim Cheng Suan (S4-01) Internal Outreach Head: Clarisse Chee Qian Ying (S4-13) External Outreach Head: Teo Teng Yin (S4-08) Welfare Head: Tham Shu Min Rachel (S4-07)

Y3 ExCO:

s t n e m e v e i h Ac SPORTSFEST 3RD PLACE 1st : Proj OUT-NOW-IN 2nd - Infocomm Club 3rd : Shooting, Track x softball, proj: veritas, rEATuce, dentimental x we're only human

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Captain (Welfare): Chan Si Qi (S3-01) Vice-Captain (Human Resource): Akshara Suresh (S3-05) Human Resource Head: Gayathrii Manikandan (S3-03) Internal Outreach Head: Darshana Ganesan (S3-03) External Outreach Head: Lau Yan Jun Angelina (S3-13) Welfare Head: Samiksha Girish (S3-04)

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but always remember, that power lies within you.

Your Hadle Best, Captains y

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'22-'23

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H oc we adley reate a ral are pridentit ly b oud y ehin to d.

Just as a mix ed ba and wonder, w g brings about assortment ith People of differ Hadley comes diversity. ent backgroun ds, strengths come together and u interests and nite as one: Hadley — A blend of purple , a symphony of passion, a mix ed bag of surp rises — all unfolding be fore you, from us. Stronger as ev er together, un ited Hadlians will soar to new heights and be Every Hadlia yond. n pl our shared Ha ays a key role in orchestrati ng dley experience in 2023. With the inte rtw talents, our sea ining of our unique skills an d mle spread far and ss work, passion and joy w ill beyond. Hadlians, wit h th conviction, wil e guidance of our power an d l be very own show come the conductors of our stopping tunes , br the energy thro ugh our strengt inging forth h in diversity, pave the way to for our allurin g, whimsical…

HADLEY M EDLEY!

Hadley SLs

Year 4 Executive

Committee

Captain (Human Resource): Chew Yae Ting (S4-11) Vice-Captain (Exte rnal Outreach): Ta n Jingya Jiselle (S4-07) Internal Outreach Head: Felicia Ta n Ee Shan (S4-0 External Outreach 4) Head: Aathmika Viju-Pany (S4-0 Human Resource 5) Head: Daisy Liow Han Yi (S4-09) Welfare Head: M egan Goh Luay Min (S4-12)

Year 3 House Com mittee

Captain (Internal Outreach): Chiar a Jane Wee (S3-0 5) Vice-Captain (Exte rnal Outreach): Ch en Kaixuan Michelle (S3-14) Human Resource Head: Shaine Pa ng Wan Xuan (S3 -04) Welfare Head: Ch ang Rae-Ann (S3 -14) House Member (E xternal Outreach): Isha Suresh (S3-0 House Member (W 7) elfare): Adabelle Tan Siying (Che n Siying) (S3-08)

s t n e e m iev h c A

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CHAIRPERSONS YEAR 1 CHAIRPERSONS AND HEAD OF YEAR

Year 1 Chairpersons & Head of Year Head of Year 1: Mrs Hasanah Alfie

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YEAR 2 CHAIRPERSONS AND HEAD OF STUDENT MANAGEMENT

Year 2 Chairpersons and Head of Student Management Head of Student Management: Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad Head of Year: Ms Nora Kamsir

YEAR 3 CHAIRPERSONS AND HEAD OF YEAR

Year 3 Chairpersons & Head of Year Head of Year 3: Mrs Lee Hwee Ling

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YEAR 4 CHAIRPERSONS AND HEAD OF YEAR

Year 4 Chairpersons & Head of Year Head of Year 4: Mrs Sulastri Anis

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 401

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THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 402

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THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 403

“Don’t be

.” st believe afraid; ju 6 Mark 5:3

Never make decision

s out of fear. Only out of spite.

I'm a sin

ger, song -writer, ac actress, tor, athlete. Girl I'm everythi ng. ~Bre tman Ro ck

before “Real courage is when you know you're licked no you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through matter what.” Mockingbird a Kill To ― Harper Lee,

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even. Goofy Silly.

i know what i know i dont know what i dont know

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the most joyful person you ever met 😄😄😄😄

you, bricks at e throws When lif ay Jenga. Pl k. ea br take a

when they say smile but I look like pennywise

for me e, ace for m n keep a pl frank ocea l, ro nt -self co

better to work in the sink than sink in th e work

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Seeing stars�

I would like to thank my arms for always being by my side. My legs for always supporting me and finally my fingers; because I could always count on them.

ive" imaginat for the un "facts are crows — six of

“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” – Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Dune

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"Courage , dear he art" -C.S. The Voya Lewis, ge of the Dawn Tr eader

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20 and I mommy , I need my this alone ows it!” e who kn Season 3 don’t car rls Gi Gilmore Gilmore, — Rory

”I can’t do

man’s ure is meas una eyond ure." — L b it s "W st trea greate Lovegood

“Never be afraid to rea ch for the you fall, you stars becaus 'll always be e even if — Phil Du wearing a Parent-ch nphy, Mo dern Fam ute.” ily, Season 4, “Schooled ”

dont give up on your dreams, keep sleeping :)

"what do i tell my sis when she asks me for money? wo meiosis."

tp I am a ca

erson.

indow closes w when life door � it opens

Google who? I only know ch at gpt ✊

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 404

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THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 405

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THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 406

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THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 407

Mr. Asmizar

Ms. Yong

ALEXIS

AMANDA "living solely off my delusions"

ELENA "

us "dream of

CHERYL

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"capture this moment right now; our smiles in the picture are everything"

Mr. Lim

FAITH

"do everything in love"

TONGYAN

"wait, I can graduate ?!?"

HAILEY

HARSHINI

"what did the RGS girl say when she crossed the road?"

"i did it"

MAHA

MR. JONEL

"see you on the other side <3"

EN BI CECELIA

"Look like a Beauty, Slay like a Beast�"

JOY

"it's never t serious"

hat

KAITLYN "I am trying my best"

NICOLE "Goodbye forever"

"It only took 4 years of MSP to finally understand that train announcement"

MELI NDA " MELIN DA CAO"

VIDHYA SHRAEYAA

TUKIL "my funny bone isn't working what if i just put …" "I was born for eya its literally in my name"

"there is a universe in which I'm tall, it's just not this one"

JISELLE

"On Wednesdays (and Fridays), I wear purple. Sometimes SpinotheDino"

NATALLE .T S"yAoRurAdH o se o f hnin." sarahto

"good morning"

"work h ard, play har d, love yourself , adios."

JENN YIN

KAVINAYA

"I forgot this was due today; story of my life"

RACHE L

"there're c ountless stars in th e universe , but one su ffices"

JINGHUI TAN

Mr. Choo

"Stay happy, true and fun�"

Mr. Lim

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TAMILINI

WANQING

Ms. Neo

Mr.Chan

SARAH OH "life is short, live well!"

HUISIAN arm "I set my al I know so am 4 at when to p" go to slee

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 408

im out

Xing

(ง •_•)ง

when wet

You

Rae-En

i look away as blush covers my checks

Abhi

to 99 and beyond

did the sun come out or did you just smile

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Charis

Lim

my my FOMO FOMO is is the the only only reason reason II have have perfect perfect attendance attendance

Arshia

Nur

Liu

Khor

but I stay silly :3

Gladys Rachael

Yeo

Aadila Yan

Hai

De procrastinated this quote as well

I need to poop

Class, let's get ready for CLE

Rachel

oh no

Shaira

Qistina

are you april? because you're a fool

Sahana

Mahajan

my hyperfixations are the only things keeping me mentally stable

Maryam

Wei

alt + tab was my life saviour

how to live laugh linear law in these conditions

Nadhirah Natasha

Kai

Lim

Dr who belongs to this worksheet?

this one died a terrible death because he say wrong thing

Lim

Lee

the loss of sanity is what's keeping me sane

my homework isnt done but i certainly am :)

Chen

Ying

Leong

Lin

i sometimes have a box

just dont

onell

Clara

Lim

we ball

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Kumar

Elysia

3rd tallest but im st in your heart ♥

Yong

thank you for asking Me for permission efore you started Eating in class

Some

just because they fought, we have to learn two things

i trip often because i never look down on things

Lynette

Natasha

is my most responsible class (serious tone)

my voice is louder than all of you combined

inte

arou

eng

Ranice Lylia

more deeply in denial but at least i'm happy

and here we have a capitalist

Dharshni ing

Mysha

annan

LO E C E I FO E LO E CL

everything will be okay there is no other option

delusional but happy

Sumana

Quec

Aysha

Mrs

Anis

oman in EM (in every remedial possible)

Yin

Rithi

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 409

Home

TV Shows

Movies

Latest

My List

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Play

More Info

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Featured

Mrs Ng Jia Xiu

Ms Chang Jia Yin

Mr Joseph Lim

Ms Ong Shu Juin

'How do you stop over commitment? Stop committing!'

‘Ok, we’ll do fun stuff then. And live to regret it tomorrow.’

'I tell you, everywhere I go, there are people trying to get me to lose my job'

'Don’t bring (the yellow paper) to like… LJ, and then leave it at Changi, then it goes on its own globalised journey…'

Ms Sharon Ong

Mr Chan Sau Siong

Mr Tan Wei Lun

Mrs Sulastiri Anis

'You have to Rescue, Resuscitate, and Revive. First yourself, then your lit grades’

'Don't judge an organism by its chromosome number'

'Physics cannot earn money one'

“In the midst of winter, I found there is within me an everlasting summer.” ~ Albert Camus

Lu Shaoying

Breeze Ong

'What's wrong with taking the backseat?'

Daisy Liow

'may these memories break our fall'

Chloe Tay

'the dragon prince s1e7, 14:33 - 14:40'

Tan Siying

'I am (not) World Future Star!'

'Why what if, when you can'

Chloe Loe

Neo Xin Yue

Jane Mak

'Pls hand in your assignment.. tks..'

Betty Ding

'austin and ally s3 ep 2 17:03'

'shoutout to my last 2 braincells'

'Can't stress enough I'm stressed enough'

Zhong Ruoxi

Edrea Tan

Johannah Tan

Valerie Ng

'i hope you are well'

Nat Loh

'headbanging to from high olympus'

Rebecca Sim

'severe case of skill issue'

Cast list:

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ns cisio e d L. all FINA are

Yip He Hua

'Salient, salient points indeed!'

Guan Ziyue

'so long ninenine'

'until the end of time!'

'This is a successful face'

Cera Lim

'long live the magic we made'

"Let it come down." —Macbeth

Ji Hannan

Deborah Tan

babygworl

Jocelyn Chai

'finding x but questioning y'

Vera Wee

'karaoke isn’t about sounding good.'

Chang Zixin 'I came, saw, and failed to conquer '

babygworl

Elizabeth Ong

'it's about sounding terrible together.'

Cheryl Tan

"Just keep swimming" ~ Finding Nemo

Cao Leyi

Karissa Tan

'bring back $2 daiso pls'

'just live in the moment'

'I love chicken dead and alive.'

Victoria Chee 'mathsS, not math. wait only 6words--?!?!'

' braincells? rationed. sleep? deprived. hotel? trivago'

Maeve Teo 'Torch the haystack, find the needle'

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 410

410vely

Artists Search 410's Library

Ms Lim Young Hui+ 20

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“I'm talking to the whiteboard”

Diana

Anya

Celeste

"finally escaped the school obby"

"wooahae"

Krystal

Aleshia

Aretha

“due tomorrow, do tomorrow”

"aurCHEEWWWW"

"perpetAURlly confused"

Xingyu

Yuhan

Meredith

“AUTOMATIC side eye"

"BOMBASTIC side eye"

"when life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles!"

Vera

Wanjia

ZiXin

"I love good bagels. �"

"When's recess?"

"No amount of sleep will ever be enough"

"Life is like a game of chess. I don’t know how to play chess."

Dr Choo Li Lin� “The dupolili was bingabonging at the door”

Ms Sharifah Alkaff� “Where is the bee? I don't want it to go into my hair”

Mr Joseph Lim� “If your house is on fire, the only thing you should bring is your redox notes"

Mr Tan Hup Yew⚡ “I gave all of y'all presents – revision worksheets!”

Mr Yeo Jun Han� “Next time ask your boyfriend, are your diamonds from a legitimate source?”

Ms Ong Shu Juin� “Normative Ethical theory is different”

Ms Magdalene Suey� “Run now because I know y'all aren't going to run at home”

Your top mixes

410vely

Glenda

Elisa "I am

"perpetuAURlly held up by sheer will and a scoliosis brace"

Iris

Jacelynn

"Life is short, she is shorter -->"

"I'm not. Let me live laugh love in peace"

"I wanna go home"

Yuzhen

Alvena

Elisha

Janessa

Xinya

"I put the B in Asian"

"Leave the world a better place than you found it ❤"

"#skincancer"

"alexa play fly by Cravity"

"switzerland."

Chloe

Shaylea

Sze Hann

Zi Ern

Tessa

"I love Koalas!!"

"therapist on demand"

"If life gives you lemons, give them to me �"

"Honestly, I am a little hungry. "

"kpop isn't my entire personality but is my entire shelf"

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Melanie

Olivia

Chengyan "

e an

h "

" r cras na nes "

Anna

Ms Lim

" "

Broom "

"Ms lim's personal assistant"

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 411

1. Yu hann

My three favourite things are dance, Strings<3, and bread�!

2. Yae Ting Good morning world

3. ciara aa . aAA aa aAaa aAaa . AA aa aaa aaa . A aaaa aa aaa

4. elyse

stop looking at my photo you weirdo

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7. heidi

8. kelly

elyse is so cool (I am being held at gunpoint)

Self acclaimed "IRL anime girl"

And our memories don’t end here…

Math is my enemy

9. valerie

10. gerye

11. faith

12. elizabeth

5. zhunzhun 6. zihan

Never let your fear decide your fate ��

13. Jeannie Dural Low.

attractive prizes to be won for pronouncing my name right!

14. Zhiyi

make each day your masterpiece!!

Thank you everyone! 😊😊

15. Jessie

not the average crazy girl. be happy, it drives people crazy !!

there's good in goodbye

16. Nainika mango tango ��

17. Natalie we have chemistry �

21. Wenyu

I was born at a very young age

18. Nieve

19. Yunning

22. Sharmane

23. Yijie

no, we have bio next block ��

band kid era

This is not my cat

Do you want to procrastinate breathing

20. Shi ying it was my cat

24. Suyeon

� TOMBOY - HYUKOH

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25. Kyra

i have to deal with beans again

Mr Tan

what's (h)up physics™

26. Chelsea

27. Ariel

I do not chelsee

live laugh love (on tour)

Dr Lee

Mr Lim

Everything I know, I learned from dogs

Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle

28. Yixuan let me use brain.

Ms Neo

Waterfalls wouldn’t sound so melodious if there were no rocks in their way.

Mr Yeo

Geography is all around us so let's Geog on!

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 412

4 Take time to smell the flowers!

sophie 'Can we have snack time?'

The left side of my brain has nothing right.

The right side of my brain has nothing left.

celia How can I be a mature scientist when my brain is not mature?

Looking at your contact info

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Efficiency is the intelligent laziness

chelsea

cherelle

clara

LIVE SLUG REACTION

okay can thanks bye!

'Can you go to the toilet with me?'

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elke

I will remember and recover, not forgive and forget

zhiyue

I want to go home

rishmitha

chen ning

jane

Little moments, big memories

glenys

I'M STILL ALIVE

rachel

jolynn

Spill the tea

megan dispose your disposable income here

sarah

You finally stopped making that face!

yennzy

Tks Girls..Hv a lovely day…

shayna

leann

I was told to write something

xin ying My work isn't done but I am

cheryl

a mess in distress

fr wouldn’t have made it without my manifestation circles

suzanne

lauren

glenda

'Shannon Wang'

Intelligence is a weapon but i'm unarmed

IS THIS DUE 1159???

limin

xinyu

sharie

I'm not short, I'm just concentrated awesome

jiayi

SLAY!!

yiwei

shannon

make moments last :)

YEARBO 24

Vacay mode on

Mr Tan

Mdm Ng

Mrs Mohammad

Ms Sharifah

Not all of us can do great things, but we all can do small things with great love.

Happiness is in the present moment. The future has not arrived, the past is over.

Challenges are but opportunities. Everyone who comes through your path is meant to teach you what to be and what not to be.

Class 412 - A wonderful class filled with lovely, talented, beautiful and amazing individuals - Oh, the places you'll go!

Mr Azahar

Ms Neo

GLOBALISATION

Go for desserts to reverse stressed

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 413

Mariska Tanijaya

Tan Ruixuan

Xu Chenyuan

Ong Kah Mun

RGDbye 😢😢

I bend so I don't break.

(tall grande venti)

it’s been the wildest kah ride

Rae-Ann Lim I raelly cannot do this anymore

YEARBO 24

Cheryl Lim

Kimberly Teo

Charissa Heng

Rachel Ng

Shayna Ong

We did it!

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

ran for cross, chair and away from my problems

Oh My Goodness, this is so funny !

oh no! i dropped my prata!

Chloe Lee

Angela Xue

Cara Toh

Clarisse Chee

Janelle Lim

faLaLa in LaLaland

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time ;)

clarizzed ✨✨

I am like Zayn Malik from 1D, pretend to have fun for 4 years and then leave

Carissa Ling

Zhang Boya

He Tingli

Zhong Jinxuan

I think physics would have been way easier if the tree landed on Newton instead of the apple.

31584726

guys i think i'm going to the wrong institution 😦😦

Blunt pencils are really pointless :D

certified Teh Peng lover

Chan Chelsea Marie En-Hui mr yang, ...

Shu Yinjia

it's the sinus

Waited 33541 hours to graduate. But it's time to get ready for school again. Soon.

Shayna Cheong the open-hearted will inherit the earth

Xu Muhan

Wang Yunxi

Vera Lee

to our youth

\(._.)/

It turns out that You are the luck I Most want to keep �

( ° °

Oldies but Goldies

Mr Choo Boon Hwee It's not the results that matter most but rather the best effort that you put in that matters most

Ms Audrey Chen Live the life you love. Love the life you live

Ms Rachel Pang

Always be kind to yourself even as you push through life's challenges. You are stronger than you think you are.

Mrs Mak Wailing Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm - Winston Churchill

Mr Tan Wei Lun

Mr Yang Kai

Mr Azahar

Not all of us can do great things. but we can all do small things with great love

Before you change the world, you must let the world change you

Dr Jeffrey Lee

Thanks for being a wonderful (sometimes noisy) class!

Dogs leave paw prints on our hearts :)

Lim Ni

Candice Toh Nope, the view up here ain't different

Yeo Hui Yu

YEARBO 24

Ethel Kam Tien i roll on the floor and bite your ankles �

Xie Ning Xin an epic 4 years with epic people 😎😎

THE RGS COMMUNITY

CLASS 414

@thepieclass

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Rochelle

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no regrets, only memories !

5 working months to reply

im too short to reach my goals

im shorter than natalie

I pray for my enemies - for making me theirs.

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Xinyi

Genelle

Sara

Vanessa

Alyssa

it is what it is

buy one get 2 free!!!

no serious pls buy one

no one will buy the other 2

$01.19

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Allison

Ruijia

Phoebe

Katrina

Sin Yih

permanently brain fried <:3

permanently brain fried

survived the past 4 years on gummy bears!

give me gummies and i’ll be your best friend

I would rather feel alive with a childlike soul :D

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Charmaine

Hazel

Vera

Joyce

Ezann

Alamak, how come I suddenly got free prata ?!? $01.02

tom yum fish noodles

i like warm hugs!

oh, look at that. i've been impaled.

stitch is troubled. he needs dessert.

$08.24

$09.09

$11.05

YEARBO 24

$09.08

4.14 MEGA SALE!!

Chloe

Zhiyun

Yuyou

Hannah

rockstar minus the star, just a rock okay

my shoes are hydrophobic

time flies when we're having fun!

$10.04

08.30

$06.25

The possibility of all those possibilities being possible is just another possibility that can possibly happen.

$02.22

Enqi !

$08.29

Xin Yi

Tiffany

Jia Yun

One day, we'll look back at where we started and be amazed by how far we've come.

If I know anything about myself it is that i know nothing

long story short i survived

even this stresses me out

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BEST SELLING PRODUCTS

Mrs Pang

Ms Sharifah

Mr Asmizar

Mr Tan

Mr Toh

Dearest 414, me being your Chemistry teacher is like mixing two reactive chemicals together. There is an observable reaction and therefore transformation. Thank you for the experience in teaching your class full of curious minds and sweet smiles!

Dear 414, Best wishes for the next chapter! Learn from your experiences in RGS and forge ahead boldly.

I even went to watch Lion King at J8 a day a before e o e my History i to exam. e a And n of o course co e I failed ai e

What's hat Hup Physics h ic

Yes cake. Of course I baked it myself. e I have many an talents ta ent

414

Mr Yang

Mr Yeo Do you know what globalisation is? ~Mr Yeo as a chinese teacher

Ms Suey �

414

how come the point is on the curve? i’m a bit upset

$414.00

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Rinzen

YEARBO 24

YEAR 3 CLASSES CLASS 301

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: MARSHA SYARAH BINTE MUHSIN, YEO PEY WENN, NORDARWISYAH BINTE MUHAMMAD AKHBAR, CLAIRE-LEIA NG SHEAN EE (WU XUANYI), MR NAVINESH S/O THANABALASINGAM, PATRICIA CAYADI, NOMITA ANNA ADHIGUNA, TEO LE’EN ODELIA, QISTHI HAMDAN Row 2: AILSA ZHU JIA, FILOMENA LITANI MAGHA AMIELA, VANSHIKA VIJAY, MEGAN TAN JIAHUI, LIM KAI XIN ISABELLE, CHAN SI QI, NG JIA EN, HUN JIA MIN (HAN JIAMIN), XIONG ZISHAN, WONG CHI CHING JANICE 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: GAO WENYUE, NUR ARISHA BINTE NASEER, CHIN KHAI LYNN, LAI QI XUAN, LEONG SAU MAN WENDY (LIANG XIUWEN), MA JIAQI, JOLYNN TEO KAI XIN, GWYNETH TAY HUI NI, JOSEPHINE CHEE LI MIN, TAN DE TING TRINA, TEO YI HAN TARA NOT IN PHOTO: KAYLEE ANN SOO

CLASS 302

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: LE NHU ANH, MESHANA RAKESH VENKATESEN, SARAH QISTINA BINTE SOPHIAN HADI, LIM YI HUI CHLOE, MS MAGGIE PHUA, LEONG WAY SHANN CLARA, TAN JIE YEE MEGAN, JAMIE LI JIAXUAN, NUR ASYIFA’ BINTE MOHAMAD FARHAN Row 2: TAY KAI XIN, HAJAR BINTE MOHAMED HANES, ISHI CHOPRA, ALEXIS KWONG TJING TYNG, LEE YEE SINN (LI YIXIN), LIN SIHAN, HANNAH CHUA YUN HAN, TOH EN NING MICHEL, SARAH WONG SI EN, CAO RUNFANG, LEE GUAT GHEE (LI YUEYI) Row 3: NG JING EN NATALIE, NIDAWI KEJRIWAL, LERRAINE NEO LE XUAN, AARIKA SOIN, YEN RU-SHEA CLARA RUTH, EVIE ELIZA BINTE HAFIZ HASSAN, NAYNA NESHA D/O SURESH, BOY CHAI LING, SHIVANSHI SAH, SHAIKH MUSKAN, AYUSHI PANDEY NOT IN PHOTO: KHOO SOO YIN CHERIE

CLASS 303

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: EMILY WONG YING ERN, MINAMIURA SARAH, NGUYEN MY ANH MINA, ANNE MATHEA YAP EE KUAN, MS LOW MEI LING, REANN KHOR XIN LEI (XU XINLEI), KATE LAUREN LAM, TENG ZI XI THERESE, TEO TIFFANY Row 2: WANG YIXUAN, KATE ANG JIA RUI, YAN YU EN, CHLOE HUA (PAN JIAYU), DAI SIYI, LEE SZE-CHYI CLAIRE, IRENE EVA THOMAS, JANANI BALAMURUGAN, LISHA ANNIKA JAYA SHANKAR, CUI ANGELA

NOT IN PHOTO: DARSHANA GANESAN, HANNAH CHUNG XIN YEW

YEARBO 24

Row 3: VICTORIA TEO YUE TONG, HONG JIMIN, GLADYS KOH WEI LE, SONIA CHANG REI SHUAN (ZHANG RUIXUAN), QIU XIAOXUAN, RINO HOSSAIN, TAN RUI YIN, TANYA KHANDELWAL, LU XUEQI, NANDINI MANDAL

CLASS 304

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: KOH YU EN RAEANNE, SABBATINO ANGELA, JESUDASAN ARUN ANGELINE NISHA, SHAINE PANG WAN XUAN, MS WANG SIAO HUA, LOK YING-EN GABRIELLE, SAMIKSHA GIRISH, ANG KEXIN ALYSSA, SARAH JANE KESAVAN Row 2: TAN YU XUAN NICOLE (CHEN YUXUAN), JANETH TAN JIA MIN, NAMRUTHA SENTHIL KUMAR, CHLOE CHIN SHU-EN (CHEN SHU’EN), LAURYN LIAN ZI XUAN, JYOTI NARAYANAN ADITHI, RAMALINGAM RAGAVIGA, HASINI SENTHILNATHAN, MURALIKRISHNAN LISHANTHIKKA, SUPHAPHIT RUNGRUANGHIRANYA, KAY NG (HUANG KAIXIN) Row 3: CLARA GRACE LIM ZHI YUN, TAN WEN LING, JOY MILDRED SIM, KOH KAR XUAN KAYLA, LORRAINE TAN YANYI, LIM XIN LE ELSA, MANIKANDAN DEEKSHA, KEERTHANA S, NG SUAN YUAN JEANETTE, RACHEL GRACELYN CUACA, CHELSEA ROSABELL LOH NOT IN PHOTO: ZAFIRAH BINTE SABIR MOHAMED

YEAR 3 CLASSES CLASS 305

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: ASMITHA MURALIDARAN, WU SOPHIA, GRACE LING KOY, YEO YING XI REYA, MS NORAZLIN BINTE NORMIN, TAN ASHLEY, HU HUIYOU, TAN SI QI REBECCA, PANG JING QI Row 2: LIAO YICHEN, TEE HUI YIN TIFFANY LYNETTE, AKSHARA SURESH, ONG EE SHYEN ELLA, KOH YIN QI ESTELLE, XU ZIQIAN CRYSTAL, TEIA LEE EN TING, SONIA RAE LOKE JIA EN, GOH TING WEN (WU TINGWEN) 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: LE DIEU ANH, CHLOE LOW, TRINITY LEE JU HOONG (LI ROUYUN), TALEN SANJANA JOSEPH, AFRAH SAHANA MALIK, JIANG YILIN CORRINE, CHIARA JANE WEE, LI XINGHE, SMRITHI C IYER NOT IN PHOTO: CHUA CE LIA (CAI XILEI), HANNAH SOPHIE YEO KAY MAE, NICOLE NG HUI HONG

CLASS 306

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: RAJAGOPAL DHURGA DHARSHINI, YEAP JIA YI, DHARSHINI KUMARI MUTHURAJ, MOK YI XUAN ANDREA, MS BEATRICE YONG, MAGESH GAYATHRI, AISHWARIYA NAGAPPAN, LAI SHI YING, FILIPA AI LI HO Row 2: SONJA ISABELLE HIOENATA, PRATHYAKSHA NARAYANAN, JOY TAN HUI YI, JANHVI, XING FEICAN, TRICIA HO LI-ANN, JOYCE SEN LE NING, SREYA AREEKKARA PODUVATTIL, DANA HENG, LEE JIA XUAN EZANN Row 3: BHATTACHARYYA ATREYI, TENG NYEN PIN (DENG YANBIN), LEE YI EN, GLENDA SAM XIN YUN, CHEE SIYING CHLOE, GUAN XUEHUI, DRINAH SIM SI YIN, WAN JEAN SUEN CHLOE, ISABELLE ABIDIN HO NOT IN PHOTO: CHAN FWEE LENG GENEVIEVE, JOSHUANNE YEH SU EN (YE SU’EN)

CLASS 307

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: ISHA SURESH, GABRIELLA CHARISSA PUTRI, LAI REI EN, DIYA ASHIK, MS CINDY TIONG, SHI XIN YI, WANG SHIYUAN, KAIYISAH BINTE MUHAMAD ADIB, CLARICE TAN HIANG YEE Row 2: TAN JACINTH, VIDUSHI SINGH, OH KAI JIE (HU KAIJIE), LAYLA RARASATI KALUNA, VIKKI WONG ZIQI, STEPHANIE IRIN CHONG SHU FEN, BAI XINYI, SUI ZIQIAN, LEE RUI EN RIANNE, ALESHA SOFEA BINTE AHMAD, CELESTE KEIRA NG QI QI

NOT IN PHOTO: KAELYN HO XINYI

YEARBO 24

Row 3: MYESHA AMBERLY BINTE MONIRUZZAMAN, CALY ONG YI YUN, CHEN QIUYI, SHARANYA TIWARI, XIE NAI ER, LEE ENG KEE EUDORA (LI YINGQI), RIDDHI PRADHAN, CHIA ZHI - EN, TARA ALAYNA WEILIN BTE MUHAMMAD KHALID

CLASS 308

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: GRACE JULIANNE HARTAWAN, NEPHELE SHARON ANTONY, ONG XUAN HUI KEZEL (WANG XUANHUI), DHANMATHI PUGALENDHI, DR LIM AI KHIM, KEIRA-ANN SRINIVASAN, BATRISYIA ZAHRA BINTE HALMIE MATTAR, KAREN BENITA A, ANNAMALAI SHRUTHI SENDHIL Row 2: A’ISYAH KHAN BINTE IMAN NASSIR KHAN, TAN XUAN EN SHANON, FOO KAI QIN, SORA AISHA, RAMESH LEKHASRI, SRENIDHI PERINBANATHAN, AMELIA GOH, ADLYN BINTE RIZAL, SHAMITA BALAKRISHNAN, NOYONIKA SINGH CHARAK, ADABELLE TAN SIYING (CHEN SIYING) Row 3: GAYATHRII MANIKANDAN, DU GUORAN, CHERYL CHE YICHEN, TAN JIA EE CLARE, ELLEN MA YISHU, KAYLEA TAN (CHEN XINLIN), Z SALIHA ZAIB, KAYDON ARIANNE TAN, AANYA BAIDYA, YIP KEI NGA SOPHIA NOT IN PHOTO: NADIA GOH HSIN YU, PAN LUO

YEAR 3 CLASSES CLASS 309

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: KAYLAN LEE JIAYI, FU WENTAO, KYLIE CHONG, KEE YA HAN, MR POON HAN WEI, HO YING EN LUANNE, YEAP JIA YUN, CHLOE CHONG JIAYING, HO CHER-SEN Row 2: MEGAN PUAH, KEIRA KAYDEN SIA, CHUA QI EN NATALIE, ANG SHI JUN CHLOE, TAN JIA WEN JEANETTE, WU QINGXUAN, KNG LI LIN CRISTA, KATE LAU LE QI, EUNICE KOH KEXIN, SARAH NEO LING SHAN 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: TAN SHI QI JOVIE (CHEN SHIQI), CHEW RUI-YAN, LIM YAN JUN, LIM ZI WEI (LIN ZIWEI), SARAH LIM YING SHUEN, WENG LANG, XIANG SIYUE, CELINE GOH ZI YI (WU ZIYI), ZHANG YUETONG, TAN SI EN ALEXIS NOT IN PHOTO: CECILIA WONG SZE KEI (HUANG SIQI), SHI RUONING

CLASS 310

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: KAYLEA TAN KAI XUAN, WONG ZHI NING, ALYSSA AW YONG HUEY (OUYANG HUI), YANG WANGYI, MS SIA BEE LENG, TAN YAN TING JAPHANIE (CHEN YANTING), LEO XI MIN EMMA (LIU XIMIN), TEO HYUIN-EN EMMA, PHYO THINZAR KYAW Row 2: KHOO SHU YUAN, HONG XI YING VERNICE, CONSTANCE ALETHEA LAM, CAITLIN TAN YI RUI, FANG RUI SHAN, CHEN ANHAN ALICE, LEE WEN XUAN JANEEN (LI WENXUAN), ALESSANDRA CATHERINE SINGGIH, HENG YA XUAN CHLOE, TNG RAE LYNN, CLARISSE LIM YEE HUI Row 3: NICOLE LEE XIN EN, KRISTIE LIM XIN YAN, TEO JOON YI (ZHANG JINGYI), CHLOE NG KAI YI, ALYSSA GOH TSUI KAY, ZENG ZIQIAN, XANTHE GOH ENXI, NETANYA TEO, CHU WANGXIHAN, CLARE ZHUANG YU MING, DILYS ANGELIQUE LAU YUXUAN

CLASS 311

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: TAN YAN WAI DAYNA, ANNABEL LAU LI HUI, YO EE XUAN MELANIE JANELL, TAN LECIA, MDM MU JUN, CHIA JIA EN, WANG HAILUN, SHI XUANYI CLAIRE, TAN EN YAO Row 2: THIEN CHENG AN JOAN, GOH ZU YI, ZHANG YOUXIN, LIU MANYU, CHEW YU HAN CHLOE, LIU XITING, KATELYN LAI JIA YEE, LEE RENNY YI QI, WANG JING ER, LI YUHUA ASHLEY, GOH GA UN MUSE OK

YEARBO 24

Row 3: GU YI TING, AMBER YAO XI JIE, GOO YI CO, LIM XUAN YU JULIA, GRACE TAN YUTING, SUN YIXUAN, CHUA YUNXUAN, ZHANG RUIHAN, AURELIE TAN MIN TJUN, LU ZERUI, YEO XUAN HUI (YANG XUANHUI)

CLASS 312

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: NG JING HAN MEGAN, GE JINGYI, JUNE TAY YI QING, GWEN LIM YIXUAN, MS CHIA WEI LING, KAIYAMA SAYU, HO WAN HOON (HE WANYUN) CHARLOTTE, ZHENG JINGQI, CHLOE GOH ZHIYI Row 2: ZOE CHONG TZE YEE (ZHANG ZIYI), YAO XIANG YUN GERALDINE, KOH CHLOE (XUSHAOHAN), RUDDOCK VANESSA FEI, JIN BOFANG, ZHANG YUNXUAN, CHOW JIA JIA, CHEN SI YI, CELESTE YEO YING XI, NG YU YAN RACHEAL, JANELL YONG SHANNON Row 3: TAMMY CHEONG JING WEN, CHEW RU HAN CLAIRE, ANGELISE LIM LINXUAN, KATELYN SEAH JIA XUAN, WANG ZIYUN, ANNE CLARISSA WONG KAI YEN, GISELLE YEO, DEBBIE LEE EN NI, TAN YAN NING SERAFINA, LYCIA TAY, AKSHAYA VIJAYGOPAL

YEAR 3 CLASSES CLASS 313

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: MICHELLE WOON LE TONG, ONG MIN LI GEORGIA, THEN WAN YEE, WONG E VEE, MDM ALIAH BINTE MOHAMED SHARIFF, GE HANYUN, LAU YAN JUN ANGELINA, GABRIELLE CHAREONSRI (ZHANG XINYI), KATELYN KANG JIA XUAN Row 2: NG YA XUAN EVA, LEORA CHENG JING XUAN, SHANNON CHIA, CHEN YU RONG, TAN ZHI EN ANASTASIA, JIANG WU JULIA, ANG XUAN EN SHANNEN, CHIN PEI QI, ANG XUAN EN SHANNEN, ELIS KWONG KAI XUAN, VALERIE LEOW JIAQI 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: LI XINLEI, LEE ZHI YING, LU XIER, TIFFANIE LAU SIEW TENG, WONG YU WEN SARAH, KAYLYN TJHIN, WANG YUANXIN, SONG XIANGNING, SHIN YEE HAN THEIN, LIU ZHISHAN, YI YUHUAN NOT IN PHOTO: CHLOE LAETITIA LIM, TAN XUAN YING

CLASS 314

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: TAN YAN QI, TRICIA LEE KAI LING, CHLOE MING LEE, TANG WANYU HANNAH, MS SYAZWANI BINTE AMRUN, LOH PEI YUAN SOPHIA, LI ZIJING, JADE LIM (LIN SIJIA), TEOH ZHI YAO Row 2: LOOI EE XIN (ZHENG YUXI), EMILY ONG LI YAN, KAYLEE NGA XIN TENG, YU YI TONG, BIANCA SEOW RUO XI, WANG YUNWEN, CHONG CHLOE NOUF, SARAH ASHLEY TAN, KONG ZI YAU BERNADETTE (JIANG ZIROU), ERYN HO YING EN, ZHOU LINXUAN SOPHIA, TAY KAI LIN CHERIA Row 3: LOH SHING YEE EDITH, ZARA MOHAMAD ROSMAN, TNG SHIH AN, KAELYN YEO, CHEN KAIXUAN MICHELLE, DAI WENBEI, LEE YU TONG MICHELLE, CHANG RAE-ANN, ZHONG RUOXUAN, ANNIKA TAN XUAN RUI, LIANG ZIYU

YEAR 2 CLASSES CLASS 201

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: ABDUL RAHIM JAIYULABUDEEN JESRIN FATHIMA, TEO YU JIE, TAN XUAN EN SIDNEY, ELIZABETH TAN SOK OON, MS CHANG CHIOU YEN, JOVIA OH YU XIN, LEE JIA MIN, ETANA ALLY NG ZO WI, PRUDENCE SARAH HALL Row 2: ARIANA ANG MIN JIN (WANG MINJIN), LEE DUAN YI FAITH, VICTORIA KHOO MIIN-HSUEN, SHERIE TAN (CHEN XUANHAN), TAN JIA XUAN JOELLE, LEE YU XUAN MERYL, KIRTHANA RAVISHANKAR, RU YINGZHEN, JIN ZHIYAN EVA, PRAJNA GIRISH, CHEONG YIN YWAN JILLIAN (ZHANG YINGYUN), FU QINGQUAN, NATALYA TAN HWEE TING

CLASS 202

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: HANNAH AW MIN ROU, TAN YI XUAN, TANG LISHAN, JANE TAN ZI YUN (CHEN ZIYUN), MS SHARON ONG, LI WEIXI CASEY, NING ZIQING RACHEL, CHRISTINE LEE LIN SHAN, BACKIARAJ JAI POSHIKA Row 2: WOO YAN KEI RENEE (HU ENQI), GANESAN GABALIHA, KEYANNA NG YIN WENG, DASARI ANJALI, SUBRAMANIAN AVYUKTHA, WANG ZIHAN, ZHANG HAN YUE, MEI XURUI, B AARADHANA, KATHIRESH KANAHA VARSHINI, CLAUDIA LOW EE SUEN (LIU YIXUAN), GURKIRAN DHILLON Row 3: JANELLE SEE JIA XIN, PHUA SHI QI SHERNISE, LI XIN RAN, POH YU XUAN, PENG XINGQING, LIM XINRU BELLE, KAITLYN CHUA JIE MIN, YANG YI, MUN SIU YAN FAITH, TAN YU HAN (CHEN YUHAN), PRATYUSHA NUKALA MURALI NOT IN PHOTO: ANG RAE SHYN (HONG RUIXIN), EU KEI YI (YANG JIAYI), NAOMI LUM EN XI, PEH GISELE

YEARBO 24

NOT IN PHOTO: HSU YIH HUI DYANNE, ZARIFA RAJA

Row 3: YU YOURAN SERENA, CAO YONG XIN JASMINE, ZOU CHENGYU, JULIA CHIYO TAGUCHI, ELIZABETH CHOO RONG LE, RACHAEL ANG KANG HUI, SHERLIN JENELIA FRANCIS ANAND, CHENG NGEE HUI (ZHONG YIFEI), VIMALRAJ LAKSHMI HARINI, CHIEU LE XUAN, SOPHIE LEE JIA EN, VARADHA RAJ HARSSHITHA

YEAR 2 CLASSES CLASS 203

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: ZHOU SHUMEI, TAN XUAN EN (CHEN XUAN’EN), TANIA RAJ KANNA, KRISTEN CHAN, MS ALFIEANA ALPHONSO, KAITLYN TAN SHER TING, LEE SIO HUANG, KALEY CADENCE LIM ZI EN, CHUA EN HUI GRACIE Row 2: LU KAIXIN, HO YUEN LAM (HE WANLIN), KATE ISABELLE ONG, SEET SHIHUI GISELE, ZHAO ZIHAN, NIPUNA VAITHEESHWARAN, DENG FANGYU, AARTHIY SARAVANA KUMAR, JOVINA CHEONG, HAN ZIQIN, CLARA TONG RUI SZE, LEE SHUEN LIN NATASHA 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: BERNICE JOY SIM, ISHA THASHIN, LI RUIQI, LIU XINYI, ANYA MIN ER VAN DER BEEK, CLARISSA WOO SHI YING, YE CHANGXIN, CALLA LANA MORRIS, RANITA BERNADETTE D’SOUZA, LIM MIN AMELIA, AVA KRISTEN TAN NOT IN PHOTO: MIRUNALINI JAGATHESH, NIA MEHRY ZAHEDI, NICOLE ASHLEY QUEK XINYI

CLASS 204

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: ISABELLE CHIA ZI XIN, TOH XIN YI, CHOY JIA EN VANESSA, LEI RUINING, MR TOH TECK WEI, JESSYN OH JIA XIN, PANDIAN MALLIKASREE, LIU XINGFEI, RACHEL TAN SHI QI (CHEN SHIQI) Row 2: RAMESHKUMAR TEJASHWINI, TAN TZE EN RACHEL (CHEN ZI’EN), NEDUNCHEZHIYAN KRITHI, DORIS QIAN YANG, OLIVIA LIM EE-HUN (LIN YIHAN), SHANNON TANG SHI EN, NETHRA GOPIKRISHNA, LEE JIA YUN PAIGE, CHONG GISELLE (ZHANG XINNING), OUYANG YUHAN, JADE TAN JIE YING (CHEN JIEYING), ZHANG XIYA VIONA, KRISTEN GABRIELLE LIM, CHIA XUE-ER CHERYL) Row 3: GOH CHIRONG HANAKA, LIU SHUHAN, ALVA WONG XIN YA (WANG XINYA), MEGAN HENG (WANG JIAXIN), LAKSHANA RAJADURAI, LINDSEY CHOO YI CHENG (ZHU YIZHEN), M KAAVIYA, WEN ZIHAN, QIN YAN, LEYA AUBOYNEAU, CHAN WERN SYN SARAH, KAN CHIHIRO, SHIVANI MUTHU

CLASS 205

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: MITHRA ANANDARAMAN, TAMARA REIA TANG, WONG YI HUI BREANNA, YEAP WEI MIN, MRS VIVIEN WILLAMME, PUA XIN YAN CANDICE, WANG YULIN, ZHENG MINGJIA, RACHEL YONG HSIN MIN Row 2: RADHAKRISHNAN SUJITHA, KAELYN CHIA KAI LIN, JELYN HENG MIN YEE (WANG MINYI), NEVAEH SIM KAH YI, GUO MEI LIAN TRACY, YOU YU HAN, CHONG ZHI JUN (ZHANG ZHIJUN), LOK SHANN EN, LAKSHMI KANTHAN SRIVIKA, SHAN HAOYUN, REINA TAN YI RUI, ARAVINTHAN YATHURI

NOT IN PHOTO: TAN MEGAN

YEARBO 24

Row 3: JAMIE KANG WEN XIN, CLARA KHO, ALEENTA QUEK ZI LE, CARINA ZHU SHIYI, NG SZE YI, KARUPPAIYA BARANI NIVEDHAA, EDELWEISS TAN MAN XUAN, HU MUYI, GAO ZIYI, KARTHIKEYAN DIVYA DARSINI, R-JAE TONG KE EN, OU XINYU, RAMAMOORTHY LITHRAA

CLASS 206

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: LIN XINYI, TAN PIN FEI, MABEL YAP YENN MAY, GISELLE CHIAM KAI TING, MR CHUA HAN HUI, DENISE THAM XUAN HUI, SOPHIA LIU YUPING, MUTHUKUMARAN THANYASHRI, LEO KAIQI Row 2: CARIS CHAN GEK NOI (ZENG YULI), VENKATASUBRAMANIAN HAMSINI, GE XINYI, CHEN JEE MIN, DEIRDRE TAN EN JIA, ESTHER LI ZEYANG, LIM MIN YI KELLY, SELVAKUMAR KANISHKA, GRACE ZHU ZIQI, ARIVALAGAN ANANYAA, WANG XINLAN, ANANYA SREEDHAR, SOH PING LYNN (SU BINGLIN), ZHANG TINGYU Row 3: OLIVIA CHIA LU XUAN, STEFFI-ANNA LIM, PIA KAUR, VIJAYAKUMAR NIVEDHA, NG YI XUAN GERMAINE, ASHWANTHAA MURUGAPPAN, YANG YUNDI, MICHELLE KHOO HUI SIN, TAN YING XI, TAN JIE XIN, WANG SHUANGQI, KATE SUZUKI KOKOMI, WONG ZI EN

YEAR 2 CLASSES CLASS 207

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: CHEANG SU-YINN MEGAN, HANNAH JULIETTE LIM JINGYU, CAELIA ENERA SUGIYARTO, LIM YIXIN JOLYN (LIN YIXIN), MR ALAN TEO, CHONG CHYAN YU CRISTALLE, ANDI’ SYAFIAH BINTE ANDI’ KHALID, KLARISSA LEE SI HUI, SOH KIT-SEN Row 2: CORAELLE CHIARA LEE, ELYSE LOH TZE XUAN, FU QUANMING, YEO LI WEN, KWANG YAN CHIH (GUAN ENQI), NAWRAH BINTE NOH, STEPHANIE KATIE EIO, NUR AQILAH BINTE ABDUL RANI, HUANG QIAN, MAK QIAN YIN HAYLEY, CLAIRE JI XINGYUN, ADENA HYRA BINTE MUHAMMAD AZZAD, QIN YINUO 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: HUANG YUCHENG, ALLISON JANE CHNG JIA XUAN, HO AI GE, WENDY TAN JIA LE (CHEN JIALE), LI YUTONG, LEAENN-JOY TAN, DANIELLE THIAH (CHENG ZI’EN), REIA LEE RUI XI, NG RAY YEN (WU RUIYAN), LIM YANN WEN, KAITLYN TAY RUI YI, BOUDICA ZHAO JUN AYLIFFE, LIM YU EN GRACE

CLASS 208

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: WANG YUXIN, LENG JIA XUAN STEPHANIE, CHAN MEGAN STEFANIE EN-AI, CHEN SI RUN, MS NORA KAMSIR, TAN YUN JUN, XIAO YUXI, NUR AQILAH BINTE HISHAM, KLARISSE NG SHEE CHIN (HUANG SHIQING) Row 2: TOH HUI YING, GUO YUEYANG, ANDRIA PUTRI ANDE FARHAN, ANG ZI TING, OW JING XIN CLARISSA, WANG JIAYUAN, AMELIA TAY JUEY OON, JUNIPER LIM XUE LAN, LEE TZE JIET, WONG QI XUAN, ISABELLE CLARA LEE YAN, LUM YAN NING HANNAH Row 3: JIN ZIHAO, WEE KAI NING ALYSSA (HUANG KAINING), TAN YAN AN GEMMA, TEO QI EN TRICIA, TAN RUI XUAN, NG YU XUAN VERA, CHEN GUAN-YI, ZENG YIYAO, LIEW WEN XIN, LIN LEHAN NATALIE, AMANDA TAN XUAN HUI, THO JING WEN, DEANA SOPHIA BINTE FAHDLON NOT IN PHOTO: MR LIM ER YANG, SARAH LEONG MIN HAN

CLASS 209

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: KWEK JING YIH JOY, TALIAH CHEONG YENN YIN, WEI HONGFEI, CHAI CHANG XUAN CHERYL, MDM NGIEW TIAN HUI, HANNAH SIN, SOH KIT-ANN, KAVISHNA MAYA, QUEK ZHI YING (GUO ZHIYING) Row 2: VIA ATRINA BINTE MOHAMAD RIZAL, TANIA TEO XIN HUI, ZERLIELLE TAN (CHEN NING), ZHANG ZINUO, SOPHIE SIM, LUO XINDI, MARIKO ELISABETH CHNG OTANI, TANG ZIYA RENA, TEO WEI JUN (ZHANG WEIJUN), CHEW YIHUI ELIZABETH, ANA SOFIA BINTE HISHAM, CHIEW LETICIA XULE, RACHEL LIM

CLASS 210

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: LIM YU HAN (LIN YUHAN), SUZANNE LEE, TANG CHIAO YUAN, AAHANA ALFRED BAKSI, MR KEVIN NG, MEGAN TAN QING YING, CHAN WAN SZE KADY, JENNABETH HO JIA EN, GUMPALLI SANVI GITHA Row 2: JASLYN NGU YONG EN, LAKSHANYA AGARWAL, TOH VALELYNN, CHYE RUI XIN, CHOE KAH NING CELESTE (CAO JIANING), LEUNG SIN CHING, CLAIRE CHAN WEI ERN, KAYLA KAM CHUN LE, CHLOE SONG KE XIN, ZHU JIAJIA CHRISTINE, CIARA CHENG EE HSUEN (ZHENG YIXUAN), CHEN SHUYA, SOPHIA SAUNG YAMONE WAI, KAELY TAY ZI XIN (ZHENG ZIXIN) Row 3: JAANVI ARYA, WAGISHA WANI, KHAW YING XIN, KANG JING EN MICHELLE, WU YUEYAO NATALIE, LIM XI EN SARAH, CHEN ZERONG, SUN XI EVA, LEE TING XUAN CHANELLE, KYRA SEOW KAI HUI, PRINAKA LALA, DENG SIQI, HARSHITA MUKESH THADANI

YEARBO 24

NOT IN PHOTO: OU YANXI

Row 3: HAN SHIYUN, MIKAELA PAIGE GOH-EARWAKER, PANG WAI PENG JANELLE, ASHLEY HO JUN XIN (HE JUNXIN), CHUA SYM EYU, EOU YONG LE JIA (OUYANG LEJIA), MIAO ZIYI, LIAN SI RUI, LEE YI NING MEGAN, LEE QIN JULIETTE, CHIM YOKE HEI (ZHAN RUOXI), KAYLN TAN YUNLIN, ANG KAI EN JOAN

YEAR 2 CLASSES CLASS 211

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: HOH HUI XIAN ELISABETH, CHONG XIAO KUAN, LIM JIA EN ISABEL, CLAIRE CHENG CHU FAN, MS LIM HUEY MIIN, LU ZI XIAN CHLOE, EVELYN ALIMIN (LI ZHIRUI), PRISHA AGARWAL, NANDINI GUPTA Row 2: DESIREE LAI YE RONG, JOO CAI NI, LAUREN HO ZI RUI, KASHISH SINGHAL, TAN RAE, SARAH LEE ZI XUAN, LIANG HUAIYU, ZHANG XINYUE, DAI ZI HAN, JERNELL KWEK TZE RUI, TAN AN QI (CHEN ANQI), LIM JIA QIAN VALERIE, KAITLIN LEE YING XUAN (LI YINGXUAN) 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: TAY YEE TENG GWYNETH (ZHENG YITING), CORINNE LIM YU XIN, CHENG YU HAN, FENG CHENYU, LIU YIXI, TALIA YEO SOK BOON, LOW CHIN YAN, MUSTIKOVILA NAGA SHRIYA, VANISHA KRISHNA, NIKKI TAN JIARU, JONELLA HAU RYAE YING (HOU RUIYING), ESHAL SIJU, KEIRA MARIE MACKENDRICK NOT IN PHOTO: NG XIN HUI

CLASS 212

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: TRAN MY LINH, TOMAR ANANYA, LEE XING TIAN, IFZA NASIM, MS IVY TOH, STEPHANIE XIE XIN NING, LEE WENHUI ASTER, ALINA TAN KEE SUAN, TEO LING EN SARAH Row 2: LIN ZIXIN, LI NINA, TAN SHI HAN, SIM BOON HUI AMANDA, DONG ZHENGYANG, NEHA AWAN, WON KA YEAN JANE, LORRAINE TING XINYU (CHEN XINYU), BRIDGET WU MIN QI, HARITA RAYASAM, DANA ANG DE YAN, LONG SHI-QI GISELLE, ENG SZE HANN CHARLENE Row 3: ESTELLE CHOA KAI’EN (CAI KAI’EN), ANNIKA SHETTY, JOVELYNN KUNG JIELIN, ZHANG JIAYUE, LI XINPEI, ONG YINN-XUAN ATHENA (WANG YINGXUAN), TU MEIYI MARY, XU XIN ‘AI, CHLOE TAY YU HSIN (ZHENG YUXIN), TAN XUANTONG, TIWARI ANANTIKA, ZHOU ZIMO, FAITH TAN SHIN ERN (CHEN XIN’EN)

YEAR 1 CLASSES CLASS 101

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: SOH HAN JOANNA, WU XUANZI, WONG ZI HUI ADELE, AISHAH MUHAMMAD, MISS NEO JIA HUI, MS ADELINE TANG, FOO XIN YI NICOLE, LIBBY CHAN RUI QI, WU YOUYOU, WONG ZHIXUAN NICOLE Row 2: ALESHA NADIA BINTE ASRI BUDIMAN, ZARA SOPHIA BINTI AHMAD FAIRUZ, ELLIE BINTE ROY EZRA KOH, REBECCA PECK YU JIE, YONG XI NENG, LEIA XUAN SHUNMUGAM, TAN NGEE HWEE, SARAH ANN TEO ZHI RUI, TAN JING XUAN ERYN, JESSICA LIU ZI MENG, PEH ZHI EN, GRACE PHU MYAT SHWESIN, SARAH BINTE ABDUL JABAR

NOT IN PHOTO: GUAN YICHEN, ZHAI CHENGRAN

YEARBO 24

Row 3: RITA KAUR VAIDYANATH, LIN YOU MING, ZHOU LING, CHAN LE FEI CHLOE, WON ZHO YEAN JOAN, WU CHENJIA, JESSICA ISABELLA CLARK, LIU YILIN, PAN YU HUI, NG XIUYI ZOEY, SUN KESHI, CERISE MAH RUI SZE

CLASS 102

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: GUO YUMENG, CHLOE YANG RUI XI, ZHANG XIAOHAN, KHOO HUI NING, MS SHARON TAN, MS NUR ZAKIYAH, QUEENIE LEE XIN LEI, ALYSSA TEE XI MING, SNG JEAN, ISABEL KUAN YUN CHUN Row 2: EMMA KHOR YOKE TENG, FERONICA IIN BINTE ABDUL HAMID, HANNAH GRACE WONG, NOOR ALIZA PIA, LEE TZE YEN GABRIELLE, GRACE ZHAN, ONG LE MIN, SARAH AMIR GOH, MICHELLE WONG JIA QI, ANG JIA YING KARYN, CHEN JIAXUAN ATHENA, CHONG HALEIGH NORF, EILIYAH BINTE MOHAMAD RIZAL Row 3: SHIULI NATARAJ, DHIA DAHIYAH BINTE MUHAMAD REDUWAN, CLAIRE AU QI-EN, LI LAIYI, CHEN CHRISTINA, TAN JIA YUN, LI CHENGXIN, SOPHIE WONG YING XUAN, DIONNE PHUA XIN YING, YEO YANLING ALYSSA, TAO LINYU, NAISHA SINGH, JAYNA LIM WOON YUE NOT IN PHOTO: SHAISTAH NADIA BINTE MOHAMED HASIM

YEAR 1 CLASSES CLASS 103

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: CHAM SI QING, ULYSSE WONG JING TING, AALIYAH KHAYRA BINTE NOORAZMAN, SERENE IVA THOMAS, MDM SAFIAH BINTE ANI, MS YAP HSIN YAN, TAN EN-HUI ISABELLE, NAY CHI AUNG SOE, MELODY LOH KAI QI, LIEN PEI HSIEN ELENA FRANCINE Row 2: DU YILIN, GOH ENTINNE, TAN WEN YING SHAWNA MATTHEA, NICOLE NG CHYI SWAN, CLARISSA LEE, TAN YUROU JASELLE, SHI RUIQI SYLVIA, ISHANVI, ZHOU YULIANG, LIM JING EN, MAY LIN LIN, ANG YUE XUAN THADINE, JOAN SIM RUI EN 20

YEARBO 24

Row 3: CHARLENE POH QING WEI, WANG JINGTIAN, YANG ZIYI, LEOW RUI EN AMBER, GURNANI AVISHI, MICHELLE HUI JUN AYENI, LI PENGFEI, ANGEL WEE XIU YUN, GUO ZI YU KATELYN, FU XIANG YI IVY, WENG LEHAN, QUEK LI EN SOPHIE, LAURETTE CAYLINE LIM NOT IN PHOTO: CHERYL HO HAI YAN

CLASS 104

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: RITHANYA KUTTALA SUBRAMANIAN, ZHONG ZINING, TAN YU JOY, CHELSEA ANGELA KUSUMA, MS HING SIEW BEE, MS NOORSHIDAH IBRAHIM, ALICIA KOH SHU YA, KATELYN ANNE LIM JIA LI, LEE XIN YING SYBIL, SANJAYKUMAR SRUTIKA Row 2: SHANMUGAM SAILAKSHMI, RAGHU VIJAYALAKSHMI PRAMIKA, LIU XINMENG, QUEK SHU TING CELINE, DING YUFEI, LIU RUIJIA, CAO YILIN, AZELEA LI YUN’EN, MIAO ZIYUE, TAN LI XIN ALYSSA, CHAN LUO YI TALISE, CHANG ENXIN, SURIANARAYANAN SHIVAANI, TANVI DIXIT Row 3: SANG YIHAN, LIM RUI EN ASHLEY, HEE XIN YU, LIN XIUQI, MA JINWEN, CHIARA SHAYNA CHAN YING, ONG SZE QING GISELLE, TIFFANY LEE, ASOKAN HARSHASRI, CAI YIZHEN, ANGELINA REBECCA NG, THARSITA SELVARAJU, KYRA LEE

CLASS 105

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: LUO MINJIA, AKSHAYAH, CLAIRE WONG EN XIN, CHEN XUANLIN, MS SAVETHIRI D/O ARUMUGAM, MR JOSHUA LEE, GANDIKOTA PADMANABHAN MADHUSHRI, LOW JIA XUN, GAYATHRI SURESH HARISUGARITHA, ANGELA HON MAO XIN Row 2: WONG SI EN IZABELLE, DEEKSHITA SENTHIL, SHEN YU TONG, CHOH KAI TING, CHEN JUNLAN, CHUA XIN YI, JANANI KUMARESAN, KOO JIA LING, CATHERINE GOH HAO XUAN, CHEOK YIN CI, LEE CAI ZHEN, GEORGE BENJAMIN ANGELIN BERTILLA, CHUA YU EN OK

100

NOT IN PHOTO: BONG YUNG CHING

YEARBO 24

Row 3: SAI NIVEDITHA D/O SHANMUGAM, KAITLYN LUO KAI LIN, ZHANG MOTONG, GIA SKYLAR UY VELOSO, NG HUI SHYAN, HENG YEE LOU YOLENA, XIE QINGYANG, LIU JIANING, LAURA PHUA SHU WEN, LISA ZHAO JINGHUI, ANVITA ATHREYA, RACHEL LIM HUI EN, CHONG YAR HON

CLASS 106

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: CHEW RUI-MIN, LAETITIA WONG LEI, LOW WEI QIAN, LIANG YIXUAN, MR YEO PUAY HONG, MRS SENTHIL-LING SHUANG NING, JEGANATHAN MONICAA, CHARLOTTE LAUREN WU, HU CHENXIN, SI BIN RUI Row 2: NG JING QI GAYLE, WEI YIFAN, LI WU, KHAN MOHAMED SABRINA, HARINI GUNASEKARAN, LUTISHA RAJKUMAR, ZHANG JIEYU PAIGE, LEONG RUI YIN RAINIE, SUN QIYU, CHEOK EE XUAN, ELENA WIDJAJA, CHEN XINYAN, ANSLEY INESSA SUGANDA-CHIN Row 3: KONG LEA, TAN SHI ROU ISABELLE, MIRUTHULA KAMALAKKANNAN, MUKILAN ANAMITRA, NIVEDITHA ARAVINDHAN, JESSICA XIAO JINGHAN, MYRA PHUA LE YI, NICOLE LEE SHAN LIN, CALLY SIM ZHI YA, YU YOUNING, CHEN ZIXIN, PRIYA JAISANKAR NOT IN PHOTO: LEE QI XUAN VERENA, MIKAELA RAE NG

YEAR 1 CLASSES CLASS 107

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: JOAN ANNABELLE CHUA YI SHUEN, SESHA LIM RUI-ER, NG JING WEN ARIEL, AUDREY CHEE YAO RUI, MS SOPHIA SIM, SARAH TAY, SUMMER SAM ZI XUAN, KELLY LOO CARE LI, KALISTA KWOK XIN RU Row 2: TAN YING LIN ADELLE, JONG ZI SHIN ELYSE, TEH KAH YEN, KOH ZHI QIN SHAELENE, XU JIA’EN, CHEN MANXUAN, TAN YU YEN KATIE, NG YI YI, YONG JIE RUI CHARLOTTE, LU HANYUE, TEU JING HAN, TAN YI YIN ZOIE, MEGAN ONG JING YU 20

101

YEARBO 24

Row 3: LAI SI NING, KOH JIE RU, CLARISSA ASHLEY MAR, SHEN ZIXI, WANG YIXUAN, TAY TSHO THENG, KOAY PEI, ZHANG XINYI, MIKA LIM, ZHOU JIAYI, KAYLA YANG YI XIN, ASHLEY TANG NOT IN PHOTO: MS ROSELIND MATHEWS, LEE MIN-YAN VIANNE, MOE NAY WIN

CLASS 108

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: JANELLE NG SZE YARN, NG KAI LIN GWEN, LIM XYZEE, YAP HUI YIN, MR NICHOLAS TAN, MS LIN YAO, KHOO SHU NING, ASHLEY WONG, CHLOE NG JING EN, CHEN XIANGYI VIVIAN Row 2: VICTORIA LIM KAI ROU, HO SHIXIAN REI, LIN ZIXUN VIOLET, TAN TSE YU, KAYLA RYU YAP, CHOO YU CHING ZOE, YIN MANRUI, ALYSSA TAN YAN LING, GOH JING TING FAITH, CLAIRE ANWAR, GOH YU NA, LI DAISHAN ALICE Row 3: GILLIAN KOH BOEY LENG, JACQUELINE YONG CHEE YING, WANG ANRAN, YAN XIYUAN LISA, KOH YEE SIN, REN YUNQI, KUEH SHU EN, EVANNA WU, WU ZHENZHEN, GWEN TAN YU XUAN, KYLIE ONA, WANG JINGRONG NOT IN PHOTO: CHEW SONG EN PERSIS, KATE TJIA HUI-WEN, LIM HUI MIN

CLASS 109

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: NG SHI HAN, ERICA GRACE NG LIANG YI, RENEE TEH RUI XUAN, NATALIE HO, MS SYNTH-DI TAN, MISS WEE XIUMEI, KANG MIN WEI, LOO TSE TSUEN APRIL, EVA SEE YUXUAN, CHIA LIXUAN ERELA Row 2: KAYLA LOW KAI EN, ZHUANG YIYI ISABELLE, WU YANNI, MA XIANGYU, ZHOU ZI XIN, CHEAH KAI RU KENDRA, SONG XINTIAN, TAN ZI LIN ELVA, LEE WYNN ERN, CHEN LING FEI, NG ZI XUAN KYRA, CHUA YU TONG, SAGE OON, TEE KAI XIN VIVIAN OK

102

YEARBO 24

Row 3: CHUA RUI’EN SARAH, ZHU YINUO, ELIZABETH LOW JUNHUI, CHAN WEN XIN CHLOE, LI LEHAN, TEO ZHI QING CHARLOTTE, ZHENG ZIGE, KAU JING TONG, QIU YIXIN, SELMA REGINA YAP, NUR MISCHA FILASTIN BINTE MOHAMMAD FAIZAL, RACHEL KYLIE SETIAWAN, LOO ANNIKA YI

CLASS 110

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: PENG XILING, MAEVE THAM, SOH LE XUAN, SIM SI XUAN RIANNE, MDM NURAINI BT ABDUL GAPOR, MS NERINE NG, JOREEN LEW MIN XUAN, LEONG XI WEN ISABEL, AARNA SOIN, LIN XIAN YAO KIMMY Row 2: CHAN XIN-YANN BINNIE, CHEONG TING RUI MAGDALENE, GOH YING XUAN THADAR NWE, BOWAN XIMEIDE, ISHIKA THOLIA, CHNG MIN XUAN ASHLYNN, NG RUI HAN REIA, XU CHENCHEN, GRACELYN KAO YUN RU, GOH YEE XIN, TESSA YUANNE NG, NG RAEN, SOPHIA THAM LEMON, SEAH QI HUI ANNETTA Row 3: LIM SHEN QIANYE, NICOLE ZIHAN TANG, CHAVA VRISHINI, CHUA JOAN EE, ZHENG JUNXIN, SHEN ZI XIN AMBROSIA, BU JUE HUI GISELE, SHEN XINYUE, LIM ZHI RUI, YAN QIAOYU, VEEKSHA VISHAL ACHAR, FAYE NG, ARIEL FAITH WONG LE’EN

YEAR 1 CLASSES CLASS 111

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: KE YANQING, LEONG JIE YING ELISE, ENG YU XUAN, CHARLENE GOH XUAN YING, MR BENEDICT NG, MRS ANGELA TEO, JOANNE SHENG JUN EN, PANG YUE CI MELODY, KOH VOON YING, FIONA LEONG MUN LENG Row 2: GEORGIA NG LIJIE, JADE CHOW MEI SHAN, OWYONG HSIAO-HANN ALEXIS, LI SHANTIAN, CLARA YANG QIWEN, CHUA YU ROU ANNABEL, KAELYN TAN JING SHUEN, XU XINRAN, AGARWAL ANANYA HARSH, ERYNE THAM RUI WEN, EMMA XU QIAO YAN, NAGIREDDI DOORWANI SAI, LEE ZEE YEEN 20

103

YEARBO 24

Row 3: DISHA MANGALORE, HENG XUAN NI VERA, JIANG DANNING, RUTVI VISHAL MALAVIYA, LIN XIAOQING, SAANVI JAIN, CAI YUHAN, YAP HUIWEN YVONNE, CHONG ZI SIAN, ELITA LOH POH SUAN, SHEN YANXI, SUN YUXI, HONG MIN ETENIA (FANG MIN) NOT IN PHOTO: ALLYSHA TAN SHUAN YEE

CLASS 112

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Row 1: KOO YUN YE, YIK LE YI, KYRA CHNG KAI YAH, WATT SOOK MUN CAROLINE, MS MALYANAH MAWAR, SHERVELLE FOO RUI TONG, CHEN YILIN, OPHELIA NGU ZHI QING, LIU YUXUAN Row 2: TAN ROU YEE KERRYN, KALWAR MIHIKA KAMLESH, PODDAR NISHKA, YEO JUEN MIEN KEIRA, SAANVI SAREPAKA, LEE LIYI, LEE YING EN, ZHOU YANXIN, LOW YI SHYAN, TOH JIA XUAN, BOR YI JING, CHEN XINMEI, YIP QIN YU FAITH Row 3: YEN JIA WEI NAOMI, RHEA BAWEJA, ANNALEIGH EVE NG, DONG JIE, CHLOE LIM KAILI, RIANNE AKID LEE, LEE ZIQI MIRA, ZHANG JINGHAN, WU ZIYI, PAN YING EN, LIU TSU GAH RENEE, XU FANQI, XU JUN LIN KYLA @ MAY PHUU KHAING NOT IN PHOTO: MR KWOK ZHEN YUAN, DING JINGYI

LET OUR LIGHT SHINE!

104

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105

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Co-Curricular Activities

CCA

Physical Sports

BADMINTON

107

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Our shuttlers remained disciplined and perseverant throughout the year, forging strong communication skills with our teammates and refining our various talents and skills in preparation for the National School Games. Both B and C Division participated in the National School Games Zonals Championship, with both divisions emerging as South Zone champions. B Division also participated in the National School Games Nationals Championship, placing 4th overall. As a team, we tapped into our individual strengths and built a strong support system, allowing us to achieve commendable results. On top of that, RGBT has had an enriching year, collaborating with FaithActs Youth Hub to facilitate a Badminton programme to combat the increasing sedentary lifestyles of youths. During this programme, we taught the children basic skills of badminton. We are extremely grateful for the teachers, coaches and teammates that have stood by us throughout this year.

C Division South Zone Championship

B Division Nationals 4th

Teachers-in-Charge: Mrs Angela Teo Mr Kevin Ng Mr Hoe Duen Chang Mr Low Joo Tatt Coaches: Coach Yao Fen Coach Khiu Ke Wei

RGBT Birthday celebrations

Executive Committee Members 2023: B Division: Lim Rui Bin (401) Teo Pei Xing, Tiffany (414) C Division: Wang Jiayuan (208) Ang Zi Ting (208) Achievements: NSG South Zone Badminton C Div Champion 2023 NSG South Zone Badminton B Div Champion 2023 NSG Nationals Badminton B Div 4th place RGBT 2023

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Our ‘B’ Division team emerged as Champions in the South Zone during NSG 2023!

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mr Navinesh Mr Yang Kai Mr Lim Seow Yi

Coaches:

Our ‘B’ Division team with Coach Ong and Mr Navin during the NSG South Zone Finals!

Coach Lim Jia Min Coach Ong Theen Choo

Executive Committee Members 2023: Captain: Valerie Ng (409) Vice-captain: Rachael Lim (414) Welfare Head: Gerye Lam (411) Secretary: Ren Xinyi (414)

Our CCA VIA, Play Inclusive, which we carried out in collaboration with Lighthouse School

Our ‘C’ division team fought hard in the National finals game, and emerged 2nd overall. Fighting! Our ‘C’ division team won their zonal finals game,securing our title as South Zone Champions!

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RG FENCING Although RGS Fencing is a smaller CCA, we have had a very fruitful year with our fencers representing our school in the National School Games and local competitions. Our fencers have earned a total of 18 medals in local competitions and NSG in the past year.

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Furthermore, our fencers have travelled overseas to represent Singapore in international competitions. They have participated in competitions such as the Asian Juniors and Cadets Championship, Junior and Cadet World Championships, 32nd Cambodia SEA Games 2023, 2023 Asian Fencing Championships, and 2023 World Fencing Championships.

All in all, our CCA has pushed through challenges together and continuously supported one another. Be it overseas championships or local competitions, we are always there to support each other through thick and thin. When we face setbacks and difficulties in managing our studies, we help each other get back on our feet.

Our Achievements: 2023 National School Games Elle Koh: 1st (Epee), 1st (Foil), 3rd (Sabre) Helena Chan: 5th (Epee) Olivia Zhao: 9th (Foil) Evanna Wu: 1st (Sabre) Overall B Division 4th Place Asian Juniors and Cadets Championship Elysha Lim: 20th (Cadet) Elle Koh: 9th (Cadet), 3rd (Junior) Helena Chan: 29th (Cadet) 32nd Cambodia SEA Games 2023 Elle Koh: Team & Individual 1st Place

Teacher In Charge: Ms Chrislin Lee Our Fencers: Evanna Wu (108) Elle Koh (404) Elysha Lim (402) Helena Chan (405) Olivia Zhao (410)

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NETBALL

Our closely-knit Raffles Netball family celebrating Coach Xin Yi’s birthday together.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mrs Jonathan Mr Mohamad Fadhly Ms Nerine Ng Ms Chow Wai Hoong

Coaches: Ms Liu Xin Yi Ms Chng Li Li

Immense school support for our B Division NSG team at B Div South Zone Finals 2023

Executive Committee Members 2023: B Division: Captain: Ng Jay En Vice-Captain: Caitlin Ong Ya Xuan Secretary: Chloe Yeo Lue Gi Treasurer: Edrea Tan Hing Uan Welfare Head: Wang Yunxi C Division: Captain: Anya Min Er Van Der Beek Vice-Captain: Coraelle Chiara Lee

Achievements:

2023 National School Games Netball Championships (South Zone) • B Div (Zonals) 1st Runners-up • B Div (Nationals) Top 8 • C Div (Zonals) 1st Runners-up 2023 The Netball Academy Carnival C Division • C Div (Team 1) 1st place • C Div (Team 2) 2nd Runners-up B Division • B Div (Team 2) 1st place • B Div (Team 1) 2nd Runners-up 2023 Daisy Tan Netball Carnival • C Div 1st place 2023 Netop Netball Carnival • B Div 1st Runners-up • C Div (C1) 1st place

Our C Div girls clinching second place after an extremely well-fought game at their South Zone Finals

RGS Netball team in action, training hard for upcoming competitions and and carnivals

From tired eyes before training to lively spirits after, RGS Netball Team provides a unique, uplifting experience. 2023 has helped us emerge as a stronger, more closely-knit family that is deeply rooted in our unwavering passion for the sport. Netball, a game of speed, agility, wits, and resilience, has seen us through both our darkest times and our happiest ones. Through the numerous training sessions and external competitions, we have been taught not only to face but also embrace our challenges, and to push ourselves to become the best that we can be. It’s all up there!

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Rhythmic Gymnastics

Fun shot of our B’ division and C’ division Group Event gymnasts with our beloved coach

Teachers-in-Charge:

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Mrs Alina Wee Mdm Ng Peck Wee Ms Pan Shi Yun Ms Audrey Tan

Coaches:

Coach Shen Yang Coach Tan Jun

Team Picture at 2023 National School Games

Executive Committee Members 2023: Captain: Breeze Ong (409) Vice-Captain: Tan Rui Xuan (413) Secretary: Hannah Tan (414) Treasurer: Pan Annan (408) C-Division Captain: Kristen Chan (203) C-Division Vice-Captain: Jade Lim (204)

Achievements:

‘C’ Division Runner Up Individual Category • Joan Chua (107) - 3rd in ball • Sesha Lim (107) - 2nd in ball, 5th in ball, 5th overall • Kristen Chan (203) - 5th in ball, 1st in ribbon, 3rd overall • Kristen Lim (204) - Participated • Leya Auboyneau (204) - 6th in ribbon • Jade Tan (204) - 5th in ribbon Group Event Category • Melody Koh (103), Verena Lee (106), Kelly Loo (107), Zoie Tan (107), Sesha Lim (107), Joan Chua (107) - 1st FIG Optional Routine Category • Thadine Ang (103) - 4th in hoop, 4th in ball, 1st in clubs, 6th in ribbon, 3rd overall • Kaley Lim (203) - 5th in ribbon • Zhou Shumei (203) - 6th in hoop, 5th in ball, 4th in clubs, 6th overall ‘B’ Division Runner Up Individual Category • Clara Yen (302), Chloe Chin (304), Chloe Chong (309), Breeze Ong (409) - Participated • Sheer Ng (402) - 8th in hoop, 1st in clubs, 5th in ribbon, 5th overall • Tan Rui Xuan (413) - 3rd in hoop, 5th in clubs, 1st in ribbon, 2nd overall Group Event Category • Chloe Chin (304), Chloe Chong (309), Sheer Ng (402), Breeze Ong (409), Tan Rui Xuan (413), Hannah Tan (414) - 1st FIG Optional Routine Category • Megan Tan (301) - 3rd in hoop, 3rd in ball, 4th in clubs, 5th overall • Raelene Lae (405) - 4th in hoop, 2nd in ball, 5th in clubs, 6th in ribbon, 2nd overall • Pan Annan (408) - 8th in hoop, 1st in ball, 2nd in clubs, 2nd in ribbon, 3rd overall • Maeve Teo (409) - 2nd in hoop, 7th in ball, 1st in clubs, 1st in ribbon, 1st overall

Our final picture with the Y4s at farewell

Picture of our gymnasts at 2023 National School Games.

RGS Rhythmic Gymnastics radiates excellence, leaving the audience captivated by their artistry and precision. The countless hours of dedicated practice have fostered a bond that transcends mere teammates, evolving in a tight-knit family. Beyond each gymnast’s individual talents, what sets this team apart is the unwavering team spirit that binds each member together. Undoubtedly, this CCA has weathered through challenges and triumphs together, underscoring our unwavering commitment to achieving perfection.

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SAILING

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Achievements:

2023 National School Games Sailing Championship C Division Optimist Class • Overall Optimist Team Champion • 1st: Mikaela Rae Ng, 106 • 3rd: Nicole Ashley Quek Xinyi, 203 • 6th: Nia Mehry Zahedi, 203 • 7th: Ansley Inessa Suganda-Chin, 106 • 8th: Cheryl Ho Hai Yan, 103 B Division ILCA 4 Class • 2nd: Fang Si Wei Hayley, 403 • 3rd: Lim YuTing Elisha, 410 • 5th: Nicole Ng Hui Hong, 305 • 8th: Grace Ling Koy, 305 • 11th: Ou Xin Ying, 412 • 13th: Ong Ee Shyen Ella, 305 • 14th: Ariel Chang, 405 2023 Optimist World Championship • Nicole Ashley Quek Xinyi, 203: 131th overall 2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championship • Lim YuTing Elisha, 410: 47th overall 2023 ILCA Asian Open Championship • Lim YuTing Elisha, 410: 10th overall • Fang Si Wei Hayley, 403: 13th overall

2023 has been an exciting and successful year for the RG Sailing Team. With our CCA meet ups and birthday celebrations, we have strengthened our team spirit and forged fun memories. Through the year, we have embraced many hardships with determination and teamwork, working together to overcome challenges and triumphed. In the local and international competitions, our sailors have displayed impressive skills and sportsmanship. With passion and perseverance, our sailors have achieved great success. Beyond the competitions, our sailors have volunteered with the Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kuan Hospital, contributing back to society.

Our CCA VIA at the Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kuan Hospital!

Doing the Unite cheer with our RI seniors!

As we navigate the future, we will carry these skills and cherished moments from this year. We hope to explore new horizons and face challenges with the same enthusiasm and determination, achieving success year after year.

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SHOOTING Balance . Aim . Precision

VISION A warm community of passionate athletes who value sportsmanship and camaraderie

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Captain: Chan Sze Yin (407) Vice-Captain: Lim Ni (413) Vice-Captain: Ng Yi Poh (402) Secretary: Melinda Cao (407) To cultivate resilience of mind and body; Treasurer: Leong Yu Lin, Jonell (408)

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to develop women of calibre; to hone and refine the skills of balance, aim and precision

Chalet COACHES Coach Li Jie Coach Ding Xiyin

TEACHERS IN CHARGE Mr Tan Wei Lun Mrs Lucille Yap Ms Jiawei Cao

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ACHIEVEMENTS National School Games Year

Pistol

Rifle

2021

B division - 1st

B division - 2nd

2022

B division - 2nd C division - 2nd

B division - 3rd C division - 3rd

2023

C division - 1st

B division - 2nd C division - 2nd

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SOFTBALL HIT RUN SCORE Teachers in Charge: Ms Sharon Tan Mr Raihan Bin Mohd Yassin Mr Koh King Koon Mr Benedict Ng Coaches: Coach Gerann Coach Nicole Coach Csen B DIV EXCO: Captain: Natalie Koh Si Qi Vice-captain: Toh Yih Chern Discipline Head: Celeste Loo Xiang Yi Welfare Head: Chee Rui Lin Victoria Treasurer: Sarah Toh Si Min C DIV EXCO: Captain: Celeste Choe Kah Ning Vice-captain: Rachel Lim OK

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2023 was a year filled with memories and lessons. We are proud of and thankful for everyone in RGSB for everything, the games played, the trainings endured, the inside jokes made, the sweat and tears shed and the memories made. The best thing RGSB has given us is a family to go back to, and a place to belong...

...for the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack!

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SWIMMING

Despite being small in numbers, our swimmers stepped up readily and fought courageously in the pool, proudly donning our GBW tees. Up on the stands, we cheered enthusiastically alongside Raffles Institution, as one Team Raffles. This was truly an unforgettable experience filled with fun, tenacity, and sportsmanship. 116

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Teacher-in-Charge:

Mrs Jonathan-Tan Hai Nee

Executive Committee Members ‘22-’23:

Captain: Rachael Yeo Ying Xuan (S4-08) Vice-Captain: Klaire Ho Xin En (S4-04) Secretary cum Treasurer: Lynette Some Xuan Hui (S4-08) Junior Captain: Joelle Tan Jia Xuan (S2-01) Junior Vice-Captain: Rae Tan (S2-11)

Achievements:

• NSG B-Division 2nd runner up • NSG C-Division 1st runner up

As they say, festivals are meant to be celebrated with family. Back in December 2022, we organised a Year End Get-together, bonding over cakes, pizzas and gift exchange. This was also our informal welcome to the 2023 Year 1 swimmers.

Swimming is often thought to be an individual sport, with early morning trainings at 5.30am, decolourised hair and a great deal of self-discipline as part of the package. However, RGSWIM proves much more than that.

These student-initiated face-to-face pool sessions were introduced in 2022 and have since continued taking place at the MOE Evans Road Pool once a term. Through these sessions, we come together to celebrate our shared passion for swimming, forging deeper bonds with one another.

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TABLE TENNIS

Our team won double champions at the Zonal Championships after a tough fight. Ms Haslinda was present during the finals match and supported us throughout the matches.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Sandy Mo Mdm Hing Siew Bee Mr Duen Chang Hoe Mr Joshua Lee

Coaches:

Coach Wu Xian Feng Coach Ren Zhiyan

Executive Committee Members 2023: ‘B‘ Division Captain: Pey Kee Yen ‘B‘ Division Vice-Captain: Zhang Yiwei ‘C‘ Division Captain: Eu Kei Yi ‘C‘ Division Vice-Captain: Poh Yuxuan

Our RGTT team after a well-fought match in the National Championships, where the C Division team emerged as Champions, while the B Division team clinched second place. Nevertheless, we showed great team spirit and cheered our teammates on actively.

Achievements:

• B Division South Zone National School Games: 1st Place • C Division South Zone National School Games: 1st Place • B Division National School Games: 2nd Place • C Division National School Games: 1st Place 2023 has been a bittersweet year for RGS Table Tennis team. It has brought along many unforgettable experiences and memories which the RGTT team holds close to their hearts. Both our ‘B’ and ‘C’ Division paddlers did well in the SSSC National School Games Championships and emerged as the 2nd place and National Champion respectively. Although we did not achieve our goal of double champions this year, we are grateful for the moments that we had spent together preparing for the competitions and forging strong bond as a team. As we learn and reflect upon this year, we hope for the best and strive to scale new heights and break new grounds. We will continue to build a strong bonded team and work hard towards attaining our goals.

One of our many bonding sessions, combined with a termly birthday celebration. The team was happy to be able to bond more and finally relax after our competitions with their fellow teammates to improve team spirit and collaboration.

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RG TENNIS 2023 We Serve You Love

In the RG Tennis team, we value the essence of unity and togetherness, while simultaneously working to the best of our abilities at all times. Each member of the team brings unique skills and strengths to the court, but it is our shared passion for the game and unwavering commitment to success that binds us together. In both victories and defeats, we stand as a cohesive unit, learning from each experience and growing stronger as a team. RG Tennis CCA 2023

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ACHIEVEMENTS—‘B’ DIVISION 2023 National School Games 1st Place 2022 National School Games 1st Place 2020 National School Games Semi-Finals

ACHIEVEMENTS—‘C’ DIVISION 2023 National School Games 3rd Place 2022 National School Games 2nd Place 2019 National School Games 1st Place ‘B’ Division 2023

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2023 ‘B’ Division Captain: Eva Reiko Taguchi (405) ‘B’ Division Vice Captain: Joanna Hee (406) ‘C’ Division Captain: Zhou Zimo (212) ‘C’ Division Vice Captain: Lorraine Ting Xinyu (212) TEACHERS-IN-CHARGE Ms Sharifah Alkaff Ms Shi Hai Yan Mr Kwok Zhen Yuan Ms Magdalene Suey

‘C’ Division 2023

COACH Mr Gary Tan

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Track & Cross country

Our Track & Cross-country family roaring with pride at the National Stadium after our B division team maintained our 4th place overall for the second year in a row.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mr Raihan Bin Mohd Yassin Ms Mu Jun Ms Sophia Sim Ms Zi Jing Lin

Our cross country runners with big smiles on their faces before their run! B Division would later go on to win 6th place overall, with the support and encouragement from their peers. The sisterhood between our C division and B division girls was truly shown that day.

Coaches:

Mr Jacter Singh Ms Chan See Huey Mr Billy Antonio Eng Mr M Kumar

Executive Committee Members ‘22-’23: Captain: Kimberly Chew Pei Min (402) Vice-Captain (Sprints): Lim De Rui, Sumana (408) Vice-Captain (Long Distance): Wang Siang Ning, Shannon (412) Secretary: Lim Yee Chern Clara (408) Welfare Head: Heng Sing Yee, Charissa (413) Treasurer: Emma Huan (402) ‘C’ Division Captain: Subramanian Avyuktha (202) ‘C’ Division Vice-Captain: Claire Cheng Chu Fan (211)

We endeavour to overcome any challenges as one team, one family. These strong ties are what keeps us going, and we make sure no one gets left behind.

Achievements:

• B Division National School Games Track and Field Championships 2023: Overall 4th place • C Division National School Games Track and Field Championships 2023: Overall 10th place • B Division National School Games Cross-country Championships 2023: Overall 6th place • C Division National School Games Cross-country Championships 2023: Overall 5th place

Our lovely supporters cheering us on from the stands with handmade signs! The team could not have come this far without their encouragement and love.

The B division 4x400m team beaming with joy after securing 3rd place in the relay finals, maintaining their winning streak for the second year in a row.

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Trampoline Gymnastics FLIP, FLY, SOAR

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Achievements:

This year, our B division and C division teams represented the school in the National school games. A few of us took part in the National Championships and Singapore Open as well. To prepare for the competition season, we trained three times a week starting from October 2022. However, we faced a few challenges when the new year started. First of all, training time was reduced vto 2.5hours from 3 hours. We had to get used to a reduction in time spent on the trampoline and the fear of insufficient time to refine our skills. To make up for lost time, we intensified training and continued giving each other feedback. Secondly, one of our B-div team members was injured in February, leaving us scrambling to find a replacement just a few weeks before competition! One of the Y3 gymnast was pulled in to join the team. Alas, she too fell ill one day before the competition! Thus, the B-div team was one member less. On the day of NSG, we were a bundle of nerves and despite our setbacks, we did what we could and

National School Games Trampoline Gymnastics (2023) B Division Team - 4th • Binte Mohamad Farh Nur Asyifa (302) • Mok Yi Xuan, Andrea (306) • Lim Rae-En (408) • Wee Xin Hui Vera (409) • Johannah Tan Zhi Ying (409) • Lee Min Jia (405) National School Games Trampoline Gymnastics (2023) C Division Team - 2nd • Ng Rui Han Reia (110) • Elizabeth Tan (201) • Fu QingQuan (201) • Steffi-Anna Lim (206) • Boudica Zhao Jun Ayliffe (207) • Clara Lee Yan Isabelle (208) Individual - 2nd • Clara Lee Yan Isabelle (208)

Last picture of the whole cca with the Y4s

Y4 farewell

courageously completed our routines. The C-div team competed in the morning and finished with an impressive second, one of the best results the C-div team has ever achieved. We were heartened and encouraged when our seniors in RI came to support and cheer us on. The B-div team was awarded fourth place, a commendable result. Through this eventful journey, the team grew closer and more bonded, and we are proud of every member for supporting each other and persevering when the going got tough!

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Angklung Ensemble

RGS’s Angklung Ensemble was honoured to be invited to perform at the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at Esplanade on 30 June 2023, as part of the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2023 Celebrations! That was the CCA’s first ever invitation to grace the SYF Celebrations. 20

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mrs Raihana Abbas Ms Lim Young Hui Ms Noorshidah Ibrahim

Coach:

Ms Faridah Jamal

Executive Committee Members: Chairperson: Jolynn Yeo Yi Xuan (412) Vice Chairperson: Trisha Sivakumar (403) Secretary: Teo Teng Yin (408) Treasurer: Mahi Arya (402) Welfare Head: R Kavinaya (407)

SYF is an important biennial event the CCA looks forward to. A rehearsal was scheduled at the competition venue — SOTA’s Concert Hall — to ensure our members were fully prepared for the big day!

Achievements:

• Singapore Youth Festival 2023 – Certificate of Distinction • Participation in Silver Arts Concert (2018) • Performance for Rotary Club Singapore (2019) • Concert NOVA (June 2022) • Distinction in Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2017, 2019 and 2021, 2023 • Singapore Youth Festival 2023 Celebrations (Kaleidoscope) Performance, June 2023

Arts Assembly is held every SYF year, and this was the CCA’s first live Arts Assembly performance since 2019. Our members were extremely excited to present one of our 2023 SYF pieces, ‘Intan Terpilih’, to the school!

RGS Angklung Ensemble has been committed to shaping and cultivating the musical aptitude of each of our members since 1976. We aim not only to nurture a profound appreciation and passion for ethnic arts, but we also aspire to raise the Rafflesian spirit to greater heights through our music. At the same time, we are a supportive and tightknit community that fosters great camaraderie among our members and strongly encourage everyone of them to use their skills to give back to the community.

The photo shows what a regular practice session looks like for Angklung Ensemble! Sometimes, the instructor breaks the group up into sections to practice the pieces for the various upcoming performances, before bringing everyone back together to play as an ensemble.

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Art Club NO PAIN(T), NO GAIN

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mrs Lai Siew Yong Mrs Hasanah Alfie Ms Lin Zijing

Executive Committee Members ‘23-’24: Chairperson: A’isyah Khan Binte Iman Nassir Khan (308) Vice Chairperson: Lorraine Tan Yanyi (304) Secretary: Ng Jia En (301) Treasurer: Suphaphit Rungruanghiranya (304) Welfare Head: Pang Jing Qi (305)

Watercolor Painting Outdoor at Marina Bay Sands Shop!

Achievements:

On the Spot National Junior Watercolor Competition (August) • 1st prize: Adena Hyra Binte Muhammad Azzad (207) • Consolation prize: Liang Huaiyu (211)

The Y3s learned different techniques in floral arrangement with their partners from APSN school.

Some Art Club members from Y2 and 3 helped out at APSN for their Zentangle workshop.

2023 Art Club students participated in the On the Spot National Junior Watercolor Competition by the Singapore River.

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RGCO'23

Diyin section after the Y4 farewell.

Achievements: Participated and achieved 'Distinction' in Singapore Youth Arts Festival 2023 Inaugural Combined Schools CO Camp

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Instructors: Conductor: Mr Yang Ji Wei Bass: Mr Julian Li Cello: Mr Gerald Teo Daji: Ms Ong Ying Ying Dizi: Mr Ng Hsien Han Liuqin/Ruan: Mr Jon Rao Pipa: Chua Yew Kok Sheng: Ms Yang Xin Yu Suona: Mr Goh Wei Hong Xianyue: Mr Darrell Xin/Mdm She Ling Yangqin: Mr Patrick Ngo Ling Tze

EXCO members: Chairperson: Pan Wan Ting Christina Vice-Chairperson: Joy Tay Secretary/Treasurer: Yap Jing Hui Logistics Head: Lim Kai Wei Student Conductor & Xianyue Section Leader: Goh Chen Yu Daji Section Leader: Lu Shaoying Dizi Section Leader: Cheryl Lim Xin Yi Diyin Section Leader: He Tingli Tanbo Section Leader: Lin Xinya Shengsuo Section Leader: Oon Jie Jun, Chloe

Teachers-in-charge: Ms Wang Siao Hua Ms Beatrice Yong Mdm Cao Jiawei Dr Wong Joon Hwang

Xianyue section and our instructor, Mr Xin, during the Y4's last sectional this year.

Chuiguan section, consisting of sheng, suona and dizi players during Y4 farewell this year. As the wind players of CO, we always strive to ensure that our performances are mindblowing and breathtaking!

Daji and our rituals involving floors and circles

Tanbo Section, consisting of Pipa, Yangqin, Liuqin, Ruan and Guzheng players during Y4 farewell this year.

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CHOIR

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Ngiew Tian Hui Ms Anna Loo Ms Pan Shi Yun

Instructors: Ms Anna Loo Ms Mary Tan

RGS Choir at the 2023 SYF showcase.

Executive Committee Members:

Chairperson: Zhong Ruoxi (409) Vice Chairperson: Peng Jiayi (401) Student Conductors: Alethea Ong Joh Woon (401) and Natalie Loh Xuan Lin (409) Secretary: Shayna Cheong Sam Ee (413) Welfare head: Sahana Sakthiyappan (408) Section Leader: Chua Wei Xin (404)

Notable Mentions:

• Singapore Youth Festival 2023 – Certificate of Distinction • Performance during Open House 2023 • A Cantare X: Avanti (Annual Concert 2023)

Members singing and swaying to the music during a bonding session.

Over the years, RGS Choir has continued its strive for excellence in everything that we do. From the biennial Singapore Youth Festival showcase to being under the spotlight at our self-held concerts, our love for choral music has never faded. Through meaningful bonding sessions, we have built a strong sense of home and belonging in RGS Choir, which fuels us to carry on our motto of singing for the love of music. We would like to thank our resident conductor, Ms Anna Loo, our external vocal coach, Ms Mary Tan and our teachersin-charge, Ms Ngiew Tian Hui, Ms Anna Loo and Ms Pan Shi Yun for their valuable support and guidance.

Members of the publicity committee taking a bow at Cantare 2023.

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DANCE INTERNATIONAL

This performance was special as it was the last time our CCA would perform our SYF piece with all the original dancers. Not only that, this was the final official performance that the Year 4s would be doing in the CCA, making it a particularly emotional one for us.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Sandi Kum Mdm Safiah Binte Ani Ms Pan Shiyun

Instructor: Ms Ng Jingwen

June camp was an opportunity for bonding in the CCA amid hectic school life. This was also one of our first big CCA events involving the Year 1s.

Executive Committee Members: Chairperson: Lee Ziyao Vera Vice Chairperson: Zhu Yixuan Secretary: Genelle Gan Treasurer: Erin Helena Nur Effendi Welfare Head: Mariska Tanijaya

Achievements: SYF 2023 — Distinction

At this moment, we were all filled with anxiousness and worry for what was to come, yet overwhelmed with excitement to perform, and determination to do the school, our friends and family, and ourselves proud.

A bittersweet end to a long journey for our CCA. It felt surreal that the performance, which we had been working towards for nearly 6 months, had started and ended in less than 5 minutes. Rewatching the videos of our performance, we instinctively pointed out all the flaws and mistakes made, to the tiniest detail. Yet, there was no disappointment to be felt in the room. We were all proud of how well we had done, and certain of our success. This picture is filled with happy tears and soaring hearts, and of course, our amazing RGDI family.

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ETHNIC DANCE

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Savethiri Arumugam Ms Hsin Yan Yap

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Ananya Sinha Vice Chairperson: Neha Saravanan Secretary & Treasurer: Aathmika Viju-Pany Logistics head: Anshika Mathur Welfare Head: Harshini Haridoss

Achievements:

• Singapore Youth Festival [Indian Dance] - Distinction • Singapore Youth Festival [Malay Dance] Accomplishment • Participated in RGS Lunar New Year Performance • Participated in RGS Open House Dance Performance (Joget-Dandiya Medley)

We participated in the Singapore Youth Festival for Indian and Malay Dance. While embodying the values of passion and resilience, our teams clinched Distinction for Indian Dance, and Accomplishment for Malay Dance.

We performed a Malay and Indian Dance medley for our school’s Open House this year- a medley of Joget and Dandiya.

Our members taught an energetic Tamil folk dance to RGS students during the annual Racial Harmony Day celebrations.

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GUITAR ENSEMBLE

A picture of the entire CCA, with Ms Haslinda, Ms Chin, Ms Suey and all our friends who came down to support us at our SYF performance.

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Teachers-in-Charge:

Mdm Nuraini Bt Abdul Gapor Ms Shi Hai Yan Mdm Tan Siu Guan Mr Hoe Duen Chang

Instructor:

Our CCA practising hard in preparation for SYF.

Mr Chua Teck Seng

Executive Committee Members ‘22-’23: Annabelle Lee Jia En (401) Qiu Bixin (402) Teo Hui Sian (407) Prajna Mathaley (406) Sasi Priya Karri (403)

Executive Committee Members ‘23-’24: Kaylyn Tjhin (313) Karen Benita A. (308) Hong Jimin (303) Namrutha Senthil Kumar (304) Oh Kai Jie (307)

Mr Kevin Loh, a professional classical guitarist, came down to give our CCA members a workshop.

Achievements: SYF 2023 — Distinction

This year, our CCA participated in the biennial Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), performing two pieces conducted by our instructor, Mr Chua. Everyone in our CCA, including our teachers-in-charge and our instructor, put a lot of effort into this year’s performance, and we are very proud of our members to have achieved Distinction in this year’s SYF! We have also had many smaller performances throughout the year, including performing for our school’s Arts Assembly and Open House. Throughout the year, we have also had the chance to organise more bonding sessions during CCA, which allowed us to get to know one another better, and form new friendships. This included occasions like our March Camp, post-SYF celebrations and many others! In June, we also had our CCA VIA, where we

In June, beneficiaries from Beyond Social Services came down to our school to learn how to play the guitar as part of our CCA’s June VIA.

invited beneficiaries from Beyond Social Services to our school to spend time getting to know them and to teach them how to play the guitar. Overall, the year has been very fulfilling and enriching for the CCA, as we were able to try out a variety of activities throughout the year!

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Visual & Performing Arts

handbell ensemble

Our ringers before the EPL concert 2022! 20

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mdm Maggie Phua Mdm Tan Lee Khim

Conductor: Mr Damien Lim

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Shaylea Ng Tze Chi (410) Vice Chairperson: Phoebe Tan Ray Yen (414) Secretary: Katrina Lim Shi Hui (414) Treasurer: Athena Tan Jin En (405) Music Secretaries: Xin Le, Elsa Lim (304) Welfare Head: Cheong Jing Wen Tammy (312)

Comprising 33 ringers, RGS Handbell Ensemble, also known as Raffles Ringers, is a small but tightly knit CCA. Each and every member plays a crucial role in creating music together as a CCA. Besides requiring 100% cooperation, coordination, and teamwork, in ringing, it is also important that the ringers enjoy the process and feel the music! Our ringers were able to partake in a variety of performances, from the concert Extraordinary People Limited (EPL) in late 2022, to the Chinese New Year performance in school and the 2023 Singapore Youths’ Festival, in which the team was awarded distinction for. Our ringers worked tirelessly since early December 2022, constantly improving and refining their abilities, ringing together as a CCA. Through this experience, our ringers have not only been able to find joy in music, Raffles Ringers has also become family. Our sincerest gratitude goes to our Conductor, Mr Damien Lim, Teachers-in-charge, parents, friends and everyone who has supported and guided us along the way. We hope to be able to show that our passion rings true, and soar to even greater heights in 2024!

The Year 2s to Year 4s performing for CNY 2023!

Ringers after the SYF performance 2023 at SOTA.

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Our outing to Chinatown!

In 2024, we hope to continue telling the world our story, one photograph at a time.

TEACHERS IN CHARGE Miss Wee Xiumei Mr Tan Ying Yang

INSTRUCTOR Mr Jimmy Yong

EXCO'23 Chairperson, Wu Si Yun Ice Vice Chairperson, Vera Ang Rui Wen Treasurer, Seet Wen Yu Secretary, Elke Goh Si Hui Welfare Head, Marisa Binte Rizal

Our Exhibition photos!

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2023 has been an exciting year for Photographic Society, and only more fun-filled events are to come. Earlier this year, we released Time: an E-magazine, with photographs that display the impact of time through various themes, such as Architecture and Nostalgia. Another highlight of our year is definitely our outing to Chinatown! Since most of our training sessions are conducted within RGS, our photos were limited to the same few subjects. However, our outing to Chinatown was a breath of fresh air and allowed our members to capture different stories, while learning about Chinatown’s vibrant and bustling culture.

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raffles drama

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Sharon Ong Ms Ivy Toh Mdm Liu Huan Qing

Coaches: Ms Serena Ho Ms Jalyn Han

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Sarah Johnstone (414) Vice Chairperson: Lu Renyi (401) Secretary: Themis Lai (402) Welfare Head: Sun Yuxuan (405) Logistic Head: Elena Gan (404) Treasurer: Lu Xingyu (401)

Achievements:

• SYF 2023: “Don’t Cross the Line” - Distinction • Singapore “背水一战, Sink or Swim” - Accomplishment 2023 proved to be an exciting one for Raffles Drama, as the easing of COVID-19 restrictions allowed our CCA activities to return to normal. Raffles Drama welcomed 15 new Year One members, totaling a strength of 60 members across Years 1 to 4. To kick off the performance year, our members wrote and performed live during the Lunar New Year Celebration. The lighthearted show was centered around treasuring familial bonds during festive seasons. In particular, the full-scale return of the biennial Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Arts Presentation, one of the highlights of our CCA experience. Both items were devised and performed by our very own CCA members. “Don’t Cross the Line” depicted realities of the pressures people face from society, while “背水一战, Sink or Swim” was a commentary on meritocracy. We are also thankful to have been given the opportunity to perform both pieces during Arts Assembly this year. Our CCA members were also involved in our VIA collaboration with Project SMILE, a RGS Student-initiated VIA project working to provide healthcare for cleft

lip patients. Raffles Drama members conducted interviews with various stakeholders, such as parents of cleft lip patients and medical professionals, to understand their plights better. Through these interviews we were able to learn more about the challenges that they face as well as how they pushed through the difficult times. We used the responses from these interviews to devise small segments of a skit that was put up during SMILE’s concert, “Concert Illuminate”, this year. VIA events such as this allow our CCA to give back to the community with our skills and talents, as well as develop empathy and care for others. In order to promote CCA bonding and welfare, our CCA celebrates all of our members birthdays by writing messages to each of them and presenting these messages to them in their birthday month. During Lunar New Year, we also had our annual CCA Lo Hei that we had been unable to do since 2020 due to Covid-19. We were also very excited to be able to host our annual Arts Outing to Four Horse Road (四马路) on 22 August this year. Four Horse Road is a promenade theater performance situated across different historical buildings. Exposing our members to different theatrical styles and performance formats allowed us to expand our horizons and increase our love for the arts. Our coaches conduct training sessions for us to learn the importance of acting through body language and non-verbal cues, among other important skill sets. Our members also bonded both intra and interbatch within and outside of CCA, creating the close-knit Raffles Drama community we know and love today. Raffles Drama would like to express our sincerest gratitude to our teachers and coaches for their support and guidance throughout the year as well as everyone who has supported us by supporting the CCA during our performances.

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string ensemble

RGSE performed at numerous school events this year including Open House.

Teachers-in-Charge: OK

Instructors:

Ms Marietta Ku (Conductor) Ms Zhao Yu Er (Cello) Mr Eric Lee (Double bass)

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Emily Isabelle Tan (404) Vice Chairperson: Yuen Wai Mun Janelle (405) Secretary-Treasurer: Chek Yu Hann (411) Welfare Head: Ceinwen Kolwaski (406)

Achievements:

SYF Arts Presentation 2023 — Distinction

After months of hard work and diligent practice, RGSE is proud to have achieved Distinction at this year’s SYF Arts Presentation.

This year, the RGS String Ensemble (RGSE) continued to nurture passionate and committed musicians with a heart to serve the community. With activities restored to pre-pandemic normalcy, our members were able to enjoy more performance opportunities. In November 2022, our CCA was invited by an RGS alumnus to perform at the corporate dinner of a cyber security company, Mtech, allowing our members to experience playing in public outside the traditional concert hall. For 2023, our members performed for numerous school events such as the Lunar New Year Celebrations, the Open House and the Founder’s Day. We are indeed grateful for the many platforms where we could share our passion and love for music with others. In addition, we were afforded new enrichment opportunities, allowing us to grow to be even better musicians. In September 2022, our CCA attended a concert by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and violin virtuoso James Ehnes. This not only enriched our members musically, but also gave us an opportunity to bond over our love for music. This year, our CCA participated in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Arts Presentation. Under the guidance of instructors and teachers, we achieved Distinction while fostering camaraderie and emphasising the value of teamwork. This experience refined our craft and deepened our appreciation for ensemble music-making, leaving an

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Ms Denise Tan Ms Cheong Szu Chuang Mrs Hoe-Tan Tou Hwa

Our CCA was fortunate enough to attend an SSO concert together this year - a valuable bonding and enrichment opportunity!

indelible mark in our hearts and inspiring us to create more melodies that resonate with the world. However, we understand that music is not just about ourselves. In November 2022, the RGSE reached out to Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School (KCPPS) to conduct a morning assembly programme introducing film music to the KCPPS students. This experience gave us deeper insight into how we can empower our community through music and allowed us to experience the joy of service; it further encourages us to continue to serve the community! In conclusion, the many experiences we have had this past year have enabled us to learn together, form deeper bonds and grow as musicians. It has been an extremely fruitful year for RGSE and we look forward to the year ahead!

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Uniformed Groups

45th GIRLS' BRIGADE dragon boating for our made for adventure badgework!

our lovelý shirim plaýing at ýear 1 enrolment!

first time our companý won double gold for drill comps! 20

Teachers-in-Charge:

Mrs Lee Hwee Ling (Captain), Ms Ling Shuang Ning, Ms Tiffaný Cheong

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Officers:

Dr Sandra Tan (Chaplain), Ms Sandý Leow (Honorarý Captain), Ms Suvien, Ms Hannah Tan, Ms Karen Bau, Ms Judith Sharon

Shirim Instructors:

Mr Ong Weý Shi, Mdm Kalwant Kaur

Executive Committee Members 2023:

Achievements/Notable Mentions:

2023 Companý Gold Award National Drill Competition: Double Gold Award Southeast Asian Pipe Band Championships >Juvenile Contest: 2nd Place - Shirim Band >Tenor Soloists: 1st Place - SSgt Alýssa Liew Gýa Xuan (414), 2nd Place - Sgt Toh Wen Xi, Cara (413) Participation in GB Friendship Daý: Adopted and delivered wishes to residents at Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital & Nursing Home Pioneer Brigadier Brooch 2023: MSgt Chow Wing Hýun, Gracelýn (414), MSgt Lim Ser Ýee Megan (402), MSgt Eliana Tham (402), SSgt Janelle Gloria Jerome Jude Arokiaraj (403), SSgt Zhu Zhiýun (414), SSgt Lee Ze Pin Aretha (410), SSgt Faith Lee Kýe Ýen (407)

Chairperson - MSgt Chow Wing Hýun, Gracelýn (414) Vice-Chairperson - MSgt Lim Ser Ýee Megan (402) Vice-Chairperson - MSgt Eliana Tham (402) Secretarý & QM - SSgt Cherelle Wong (412) Band Major - SSgt Tan Wen Jun, Karissa (409) Phileo Head - SSgt Diana Chai Jia Min (410) Heralds Head - SSgt Sung XiuHui, Cherýl (412) Levites Head - SSgt Janelle Gloria Jerome (403) Agape Head - SSgt Taý Ýi Xuan, Sharie (412) Gideon Head - SSgt Zhu Zhiýun (414)

25th anniversarý with all GB alumni!

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Girl Guides

This is a photo of our entire CCA after Striping! Striping Ceremony is an important ceremony in Guides where Year 4 Guides will hand over their leadership positions and responsibilities to the Year 3 Guides.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Lee Tien Ms Chang Jia Yin Ms Nadiah Rusydina Roslan Mdm Tan Siu Guan

Executive Committee Members 2023:

Company Leader of 1st Company: Amanda Lim De Ying Company Leader of 2nd Company: Keira Natasha Simon Assistant Company Leader of 1st Company: Anya Lee Siyi Assistant Company Leader of 2nd Company: Chui WingHsuen Chloe

Achievements:

• Baden-Powell Award (17 recipients) • President Guide Award (3 recipients)

Guides are standing in a horseshoe formation for their Enrolment Ceremony, where the new Year 1s who have joined the CCA are officially enrolled as Guides after passing the Enrolment Test. This is a momentous occasion, as it marks the start to the Year 1s’ Guiding Journey and formally welcomes them into the Guiding Family.

This is the combined Uniformed Group campfire during May Camp. Guides sing campfire songs and perform at campfire, allowing Guides to bond through song and dance! Camps are important activities that allow Guides to bond and work on their skills, such as outdoor skills.

Gadgets is an important survival skill that every Guide must learn. During Gadgets lessons, Guides learn how to tie structures such as shoe racks and baggage racks with poles and twine. Here, Guides are working together to construct a clothing line!

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NATIONAL CADET CORPS

On 30 June 2023, RGSNCC celebrated its 56th birthday as well as the 122nd anniversary of the founding of NCC Singapore.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mr Joseph Lim Ms Lin Yao Ms Adeline Tang Ms Audrey Tan

Executive Committee Members ‘22-’23: Chairperson: Loy Xing-Yi Vice Chairperson: Rihanna Shahren Admin Head: Mohan Poornima Hansi Logistics Head: Navya Mahajan Treasurer: Guan Ziyue Training Head: Jane Therese Ng

During Y4 Farewell, our RGSNCC ‘23 batch took their last photo with the entire Company. Thank you Year 4s for all your contributions and hard work!

Achievements:

• Unit Recognition - Merit (2022) • Precision Drill Squad Competition - 2nd Place (2022) • Outstanding Cadet Award (2023) 2023 marks the 56th anniversary of RGSNCC, Singapore’s first all-girls’ NCC unit. Here at RGSNCC, we engage in activities such as footdrills, physical training and even live-range firing with the intent of instilling values of discipline, comradveship and care in our cadets. This year, we have forged unbreakable bonds with each other through participating in various competitions and organising our first overnight Annual Camp since the pandemic. We are grateful to all our juniors, platoonmates and teachers for making this such a fulfilling journey. To serve with pride and dedication, NCC!

Our Precision Drill Squad (PDS) cadets share their moment of joy with our principal Ms Haslinda (also an ex-NCC cadet!) after achieving 2nd place in the PDS championships 2022.

The members of our Freestyle Drill Squad (FSD) pose for a group photo in the amphitheater on the last training session of the competition season.

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NATIONAL POLICE CADET CORPS

Our unit standing in a UC23 formation on the second day of Unit Camp 2023! Our annual unit camp allows the Year Three cadets to step up and prepare to take over the unit by planning and executing the camp with the guidance of the Year Fours. It also provides an opportunity for the cadets to bond together and forge lifelong friendships and memories.

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Teachers-in-Charge: Ms Chia Wei Ling Mr Chua Han Hui Ms Neo Jia Hui

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Ranice Yong Vice Chairperson (Admin): Nur Lylia Natasha Vice Chairperson (Training): Kelly Aw Secretary: Maryam Qistina Welfare and Publicity Head: Kong Yu-Ann Drills Head: Nurhaney Natasha Campcraft Head: Esther Quek

Our 2023 campcraft competition team with their 1st runner-up structures! Our cadets learned a lot from the annual campcraft competition and they put in a lot of hard work and effort to practise multiple times a week, but it all paid off. They truly embodied RGNP’s high standards of dedication to serving with excellence.

Achievements:

• Inter-Unit Campcraft Competition 2023: 1st Runner Up • Unit Overall Proficiency Award Gold 2022

Notable Events:

• Inter-Unit Campcraft Competition • Total Defence Day • Police Coast Guard visit • NPCC Day • Crime Scene Investigation Competition • Unit Camp 2023 • Police Day Parade • NPCC Annual Parade As the first and only all-girls sea unit in Singapore, RGNP continuously strives for excellence and to uphold our core values of discipline, loyalty, integrity, resourcefulness, tenacity and civic-consciousness. As is inscribed on the backs of our shirts, the roughest storms test the strength of our anchors–reflective of the many challenges we’ve encountered and overcome thus far. May RGNP strive on to greater heights in the years to come!

The Police Day Parade was a memorable experience for three of our Year Two cadets as it gave them an opportunity to meet new people and train in a rigorous and demanding environment. Nevertheless, they managed to do a fantastic job and represented RGNP well. Here they are posing with their friends!

The National Police Annual Parade is an event to demonstrate the high calibre of our police force and allows cadets from different schools to come together to march in unison. This is a picture of our cadets after marching in the NPAP posing with Deputy-Principal Mrs Cheriyan, our OC Ms Chia and RGNP’s Cadet Inspectors.

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red cross youth

The Red Cross Youth contingent during the morning assembly to celebrate World Red Cross Day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of our founder, Mr Jean Henri Dunant. 20

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mr. Poon Han Wei Mr. Toh Teck Wei Ms. Low Mei Ling

Executive Committee Members 2023:

Chairperson: Xue Lerong Angela Vice Chairperson: Selvam Raja Tejal, Candice Toh Hui Wen Training Head: Baretto Chloe Agnes, Ding Xiang Er Betty Welfare Head: Ning Wanqing Logistics Head: Vera Poon Zi Yi

Achievements:

• Excellent Unit Award 2022: Gold • First Aid Championship 2023: Gold (Junior Team), Silver (Senior Team) • Ambassadors of Blood Competition 2023: Gold • Disaster Risk Reduction Championship 2023: Runner up, Gold with Honours

Cadets during the award ceremony of the annual First Aid Championships, where they are required to carry out First Aid in a case scenario to better prepare them for real life situations.

Cadets after the March Enrolment Camp, where the new Year One cadets are welcomed and inducted into the CCA. Senior cadets bonded with and guided their juniors through the camp and introduced them to our CCA practises.

Cadets at the end of the annual 2 day 1 night Training Camp. Through the camp, cadets trained various skills learnt in CCA and had the opportunity to learn from and interact with cadets from other Uniform Groups.

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Clubs & Societies

COGITARE CLUB

Dr Ong from Acumen Diagnostics sharing on COVID testing & vaccines

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Teachers-in-Charge:

Mr Chan Sau Siong Dr Jeffrey Lee

Instructors: Annika Liu Sun Xiaoqing

Executive Committee Members 2023:

Member facilitators and invigilators for our Y1 Selection Trials

Chairperson: Lim Yu Xuan Glenda (410) Vice Chairperson: Mai Shia Glenys Khor (412) Secretary/Treasurer: Tan Xin Ning Elysia (408) Programme Coordinator: Tay Wan Lin Chloe (409) Welfare Head: Abhineshwari Narayanan (408)

Cogitare kickstarted 2023 with a vibrant CCA orientation, Year One selection trial as well as CCA booths at the in-person RGS Open Houses. Our members’ shared passion for Math, Science and the Environment have inspired and bonded us during many of our school-wide events such as Earth Week, Biodiversity Week as well as CCA VIA projects. The biweekly CCA sessions that include STEM sessions organised by our members; gardening as well as Innovation & Discovery (I&D) sessions have enabled members to hone their scientific research and practical skills together with other like-minded members. In 2024, Cogitare will continue to soar to greater heights in scientific excellence while staying true to our motto, Ad Astra Per Aspera.

Completion of Y1 Selection Trials

Earth Week upcycling workshop with Guangyang Sec Sch

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Debate & Oratorical Society

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Teachers-in-Charge: Mr Alwin Ho Ms June Tan Ms Alfieana Alphonso Ms Tou Hwa Hoe-Tan

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Natalie Ang Vice Chairperson: Hui Yu Yeo, Hiranya Sai Priya Secretary: Ashmi Chatterjee Welfare Head: Xinyi Tan

Welcoming the Year 1s to our debate family!

Achievements:

• 2023 SSSDCs Quarterfinalists • 2023 EDCs 9th overall best team • 2023 RDAs Quarterfinalists 2023 has been a year of highs and lows for the Debate and Oratorical Society. Despite the frequent coach change-overs, we have remained passionate and dedicated to the sport of debating. We have forged unbreakable bonds and nurtured lasting friendships with our CCA-mates during competition season and training sessions. Through brainstorming ideas with our coaches during collaborative preparation sessions and spars, we sharpened our critical thinking skills and wielded our argumentative arsenal, bettering ourselves as debaters. Our supportive club culture has enabled debaters to create a strong support system, allowing us to build a strong sense of camaraderie and community, and creating a family, enabling our club to grow as debaters and individuals.

Saying goodbye to our beloved Y4 seniors, who always made debate feel like home.

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# RG Infocomm print("we make IT happen")

Celebrating Year 4 farewell with a pizza party and gifts from the Y3s.

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Achievements (2022-2023)

Computational and Algorithmic Thinking 2022: 9 Distinctions Better Internet Video Challenge 2022: Top 6

Executive Committee '23 The RGS Team at the National Youth Tech Championship 2023 at Google.

Chairperson: Shu Yinjia (413) Vice-Chairperson: Chelsea Ling Xinyi (412) Welfare Head: Mantha Akshara (405) Treasurer: Tessa Yap (410) Secretary: Tan Si Ying (409)

CCA VIA with the elderly at Xin Yuan Community Centre, teaching them about the FairPrice Group app and YouTube.

Teachers-incharge Mr Tan Hup Yew Ms Tan Yen Chuan

An experiential learning journey to A*STAR Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre.

RGS Team attaining Distinction at the 2022 Infocomm Media Club Youth Awards.

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Infocomm Media Club Youth Awards 2022: 1 Distinction award and 1 Accomplishment award

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Computational and Algorithmic Thinking 2023: 1 High Distinction and 9 Distinctions

In 2023, Infocomm Club was exposed to many technologies that are at the forefront of today's world. While learning and growing as a team, we built our skills - from artificial intelligence to design thinking - and used them to serve the community.

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RAFFLES MIND SPORTS

We performed exceptionally well in the National Schools Individual Chess Championships this year, with many of our members achieving outstanding results. This incredible journey provided us with invaluable learning experiences, new friendships, and a profound sense of pride in our collective effort. We commend all our members for their dedicated preparation leading up to this competition! 20

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Teachers-in-Charge: Dr Choo Li Lin Mr Wong Chee Yeh

Coach:

Mr Arlan Cabe

Executive Committee Members 2023: Chairperson: Nainika Gupta Vice Chairperson: Madupu Sanjana Reddy Secretary: Clarisse Chee Qian Ying Treasurer: Arshia Mahajan Welfare head: T.S. Priyankha

Being a small CCA has its advantages, such as a stronger sense of bonding and closeness. This photo captures our CCA during the recent Year 4 farewell party. It was the perfect opportunity for us to thank our awesome seniors for their contributions through gifts and cards, while allowing us to enjoy more quality time together as a CCA!

Achievements:

74th National Schools Individual Chess Championships (2023) • Individual (U14) - Overall 2nd, Zonal 1st - 205 Aleenta Quek Zi Le • Individual (U14) - Overall 8th, Zonal 5th - 210 Baksi Aahana • Individual (U14) - Overall 14th, Zonal 9th - 112 Yeo Juen Mien Keira • Individual (U14) - Overall 16th, Zonal 10th - 201 Zou Chengyu • Individual (U16) - Overall 4th, Zonal 3rd - 314 Kong Zi Yau Bernadette • Individual (U16) - Overall 6th, Zonal 5th - 313 Tan Xuan Ying • Individual (U16) - Overall 10th, Zonal 6th - 301 Leong Sau Man Wendy • Individual (U16)- Overall 12th, Zonal 7th - 411 Nainika Gupta • Individual (U16) - Overall 14th, Zonal 8th - 408 Arshia Mahajan • Individual (U16) - Overall 17th, Zonal 9th - 308 Foo Kai Qin • Individual (U16) - Overall 19th - 310 Tng Rae Lynn

During this sportsfest, our creativity and teamwork came to life as we embarked on the unique endeavor of creating a life-sized human chessboard. Our collective effort to design and execute this concept not only showcased our unity as a team but also left a lasting memory for everyone involved, demonstrating that chess can be more than just a competition – it can be a platform for artistic expression and unforgettable moments.

As a team of passionate chess players, we aim to develop our members into critical thinkers and learners who view setbacks as opportunities to grow and hone their skills. Raffles Mind Sports provides a platform for our members to pursue their passion in chess and gain exposure to competitive settings, encouraging them to take on challenges to stretch their abilities and develop their prowess in intellectual pursuits. At Raffles Mind Sports, we value integrity, sportsmanship and the hunger to learn -- to nurture daughters of a better age.

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2023

ROBOTICS INSPIRE ROBOCUP 2023

Robocup (2022 - 2023) Overall Champion School Soccer Lightweight overall 1st and 3rd Soccer Lightweight Most Popular Video (1st and 3rd) Soccer Lightweight Influencer Award (1st) Soccer Lightweight People's Choice (2nd) Virtual Robocup Asia Pacific overall 3rd Rescue Line Best Engineering Journal Soccer Lightweight overall 1st

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National Robotics Competition (2022)

Robomission Overall Champion Robomission Best Content Award (1st and 2nd) Robomission Best Presentation Award (1st) Future Innovators Judges' Award

INVENT INNOVATE INSPIRE Teachers-In-Charge Mr Yeo Puay Hong Mrs Leung Hui Leng

Coaches/Instructors Mr Kenneth Chow

Executive Members Chairperson: Rebecca Sim Zhi Ning (409) Vice-Chairperson: Tan Yu Rou (401) Inventory Manager: Lim Sin Yih (414) Welfare Manager: Hailey Sim Zhi Rui (407) Secretary: Chelsea Chan (413)

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YEAR 1

OrIENTATION WEEK

(3 – 6 January) Marking the start of their Rafflesian journey, our Year 1s participated in a fun-filled Orientation Week programme from 3-6 January specially planned by their seniors from the Leadership Boards. The week-long programme culminated in the Year 1 Orientation Concert, with each class presenting an original performance based on the orientation theme ‘Let our Light Shine!’, and the RGS Initiation Ceremony, where the Year 1s are presented to their parents for the first time as full-fledged RGS students.

MOTHER TONGUE

FORTNIGHT (30 January – 24 February)

In support of MOE’s efforts to promote student learning and appreciation of Mother Tongue Languages and cultures, our RGS Languages Department organised our very own Mother Tongue Fortnight for the whole of Term 1 Week 5 and 8. This year’s theme “Cultural Kaleidoscope” aims to foster in our students a passion for cultural learning through a series of diverse activities. These activities serve as the “lenses” in a kaleidoscope, offering students a hands-on opportunity to learn various cultures using their Mother Tongue Languages. Through this approach, we hope to strengthen their connection and sense of belonging to their cultural heritage, as well as to deepen their appreciation for their role within their respective societies.

Our students took part in a variety of activities, such as learning about the traditional Malay music genre of Dikir Barat, attending a session with the Malay Society Alumnae, performing the Tamil folk dance Kolattam, experiencing the Indian folk percussion performance called Parai Adithal, participating in a Chinese knot workshop, exploring tea appreciation, joining a dumpling-making workshop led by our Chinese Language Teacher Mdm Mu Jun, watching a movie screening of “The Kid from the Big Apple” and singing along to Mandarin pop songs by local band CurryPop.

Parai Adithal - Folk Percussion Performance

Tea Appreciation

SPOP by CurryPop

Dumpling Making by Mdm Mu Jun

Traditional Food Tasting

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Chinese Knot Workshop

Kolattam - Traditional Indian Dance

Culture & Drawing by Fu Chong

Introduction to Dikir Barat

Chinese Chess by Dr Lim Chau Sian

ENGLISH

language day

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(7 February) RGS’s English Day is a day set aside for students to immerse in the joy of the English Language through reading, writing, appreciation, and play. The theme this year was Out Of this World - to explore a world different from the one we presently live in, through the worlds depicted in stories. Students and staff were encouraged to dress up as a character from another world. Apart from dressing up, they also engaged in English related activities such as “Blind Date with a Book” (a book exchange reading activity), and completed a Book Quiz in their classes. Budding writers also had the opportunity of participating in an intra-school Microfiction writing competition.

UNVEILING OF HOUSE BANNERS (10 February) Presenting our House Banners for 2023! Each year, our five Houses capture their aspirations in their banner designs, which feature their House themes for the year, House mascots and values.

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Defence day

(15 February) The theme for Total Defence Day 2023 - “Together We Keep Singapore Strong” – focuses on the many ways we can put Total Defence into action in our everyday lives. Total Defence remains relevant to deal with the ever-evolving threats and challenges to Singapore.

These include misinformation, supply chain disruptions, and food security, which affect communities and Singapore’s way of life. Every Singaporean has a part to play in our daily lives to ensure that Singapore is prepared for crises and disruptions and that we remain resilient and united as one people.

LEARNING

JOURNEYS

WEEK

(6 – 10 March)

At RGS, LJ and RICE week is a crucial aspect of our Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) programme, providing immersive learning experiences beyond the classroom. We are thrilled that our girls were able to have an even more enriching LJ and RICE experience this year. OK

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Our students participated in a variety of activities such as volunteering to clean homes for the elderly and interacting with them through service learning (Year 1s), exploring a kampung (Malay village) in Malaysia and places of worship in Singapore as part of RICE (Year 2s). Other students learnt about the importance of sustainability in Singapore through

a visit to Gardens by the Bay (Year 3s), and gained insights into the challenges faced by Singapore’s air hub and how Singapore overcame it (Year 4s).

We concluded term 1 on a high note with exciting and experiential Learning Journeys and Regional Immersion and Community Exploration (RICE) trips for all our girls.

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Organized by our PE department, RGS Sports Fest 2023 was a blast filled with non-stop fun activities for everyone! From inter-house novelty relays to game stations and even virtual reality games, there was something for every student and staff member to enjoy! A special shout-out goes to the Parents for RGS (PRGS) for their amazing snack packs and unwavering support throughout the event. Your contribution made all the difference, and we’re grateful for your generosity! Thank you, PRGS! Hold on to your hats because guess who claimed victory in the crowd favourite event, the Staff Novelty Race? That’s right, the unstoppable Parents for RGS (PRGS) did it again!

As the day came to a close, the atmosphere was electrifying as our house cheerleaders took to the stage, delivering an unforgettable performance. The school cheers echoed through the grounds, uniting us all in a celebration of team spirit and camaraderie. After an intense half-day of thrilling games and friendly competition, we’re thrilled to announce that the overall Sports Fest Champion House for 2023 is none other than Buckle House! Congratulations to Buckle House for their outstanding performance and unwavering determination! A huge round of applause goes to everyone who poured their heart and soul into making this Sports Fest an incredible and memorable event for all!

RACIAL HARMONY DAY

(18 July)

The Ethnic Enclaves jointly organized by Parents for RGS, staff, and students provided an enriching and immersive experience. Our students delved into the significance of hawker culture, discovering its importance to our Singaporean identity. They also participated in engaging workshops, including a delightful baking session where they tried their hand at making Ondeh Ondeh, Indian Burfti, and

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Our students were captivated by heart-warming skits that touched their hearts and minds. “Hope: A Lost Phone” revolved around the value of international friendship, while “Flight: A LifeChanging Journey” reminded us of the power of unity amidst diversity. These performances left a lasting impression on their young minds.

Mini Huat Kueh. Additionally, they were treated to captivating performances by our talented Angklung Ensemble, Chinese Orchestra, and Ethnic Dance CCAs. The day was also filled with traditional games and inspiring discussions on Peranakan culture, led by our distinguished guests Dr Margaret Chan, Mrs Shirley Tan and Mr Krishnan Pillay.

Decked in an array of ethnic costumes, RGS students and staff gathered to appreciate the beauty of our diverse races and religions as we commemorated Racial Harmony Day with the theme “Singapore: Our Multicultural Mosaic.”

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Our Year 3 student leaders were invested into their new leadership roles at the annual Student Leaders’ Investiture. We were delighted to have Dr Seah Geok Bin (Class of 1982) to grace the event. Congratulations to all our newly-minted student leaders; and to all our outgoing student leaders, thank you for your dedication and service!

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NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION

(8 August)

“Go! Shine your light upon the world!” – 2023 National Day Theme Song

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The celebration truly echoed this year’s National Day theme, “Onward as One,” which calls upon each and every one of us to look forward confidently and move onward together to build our shared future as one united people. A big Thank You to all students, staff, parents, and alumnae for your support and contributions towards this awesome celebration!

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The concert segment featured the popular “LoveSG” and Fashion Parade items. The Year 4 classes put together creative and humorous skits, that highlighted their iteration of the Singapore Spirit.

Similarly, the meticulously designed Singaporethemed outfits by the Year 4 classes during the Fashion Parade had everyone in awe and sometimes, in stitches too! The concert segment culminated with the community singing of our favourite National Day songs.

In a sea of red and white, the entire Rafflesian family gathered as ONE to celebrate Singapore’s 58th birthday. The celebration commenced with a ceremonial parade led by our uniformed groups. We were honoured to have Justice Mavis Chionh, Chairperson of RGS Board of Governors, as our Guest-of-Honour. Representatives from the Parents of RGS Association also joined us for the celebration. The ceremonial parade culminated with the recital of our pledge in all four official languages and the singing of our National Anthem.

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On 24 August, our rooftop edible garden, generously sponsored by the Tanato Foundation, came to life. More than a garden, it’s an educational hub for sustainable planting and growth, aiming to nurture ‘citizen farmers’ among our staff and students.

This green haven introduces ‘Farm to Table’ and ‘Direct Source’ concepts to our school, fostering a mindful approach to food. Beyond our walls, it sparks a ripple effect, with students and staff becoming ambassadors of sustainability, influencing families and friends to cultivate more edible gardens across the island. Led by House Leaders, our Grow & Harvest initiative brings the Farm-to-Table concept to life. Through hard work and passion, staff and students have turned this project into a labour of love. Our modest yet bountiful harvests of vegetables and herbs, such as Okra, sweet potato leaves and thai basil, not only bring joy to our school but also delight canteen stall-holders who now enjoy the fruits of our collective effort.

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FOUNDER'S DAY (24 August) Celebrating 144 years of Nurturing Daughters of a Better Age!

We were honoured to have lawyer, poet and playwright Ms Amanda Chong (Class of 2005) as our guest of honour. What’s a birthday without a cake? We would like to thank Raffles Girls’ School Alumnae (RGSA) for the beautiful birthday cake and specially designed cupcakes! Our thanks also go to the Parents for RGS Association (PRGS) for the delightful balloon sculpture, and our educational partners for your gift of flowers and well-wishes. For bringing the entire community together, celebrating how the school has grown, and rekindling cherished traditions, we owe a heartfelt gratitude to our Board of Governors, Parents for RGS (PRGS), RGS Alumnae (RGSA), Programme Partners, alumnae, parents, staff and students.

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Joy filled the air as we celebrated our 144th Founder’s Day! The celebration was made even more memorable with the launch of our very own Edible Garden, sponsored by Tanoto Foundation who had also contributed generously to the construction of our Evelyn Norris Auditorium, and the 10th Anniversary of the RGS Consuming Passion - Memories from the Rafflesian Table cookbook, a fund-raising project initiated by former principal Mrs Carmee Lim and her RGS friends.

Pursuing Excellence with Joy (Speech by Amanda Chong at Raffles Girls’ School 144th Founder’s Day)

Good afternoon Vice Chairperson of the RGS Board of Governors, Ms Pearlyn Chong, RGS Principal, Ms Haslinda Zamani, ladies and gentlemen, my fellow RGS girls, It is a huge honour to be speaking at RGS Founder’s Day. It feels like it wasn’t too long ago that I was sitting in the crowd as a student in the amphitheatre of our old Anderson Road Campus. My teenage self would be shocked to find out that twenty years on, I have been invited as Guest of Honour. I was never in any major leadership position. I wasn’t a prefect, peer support leader or house captain. In fact, I may be the first Guest of Honour to have actually done detention — it was one of the highlights of my RGS experience. I cleaned toilets with my friend from English drama. We pretended to be the witches in Macbeth, stirring our pails with mops. It should be clear by now that I wasn’t one of the cool girls. I may also be the first Guest of Honour to have gotten zero for a test in RGS. In my defence, it was because I was too busy counselling a friend through her relationship problems with an RI boy during class. Ms May Tan, your deputy principal who was my chemistry teacher, wrote “See me” on my test paper. I was too terrified to see her. I guess twenty years on, she must have forgotten because she’s invited me to speak to you today.

I hope this brief account of my RGS days gives all of you hope that any one of you could be invited as Guest of Honour in the future, no matter what your disciplinary record or your grades look like.

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I thought very hard about what I should say to you today. I am an aging millennial, it has been a long time since I was in school. So I did some research by speaking to current RGS girls. I asked them to describe the Model RGS girl that everyone aspires to be. Here are some descriptions they gave me: 1. She has “a very high GPA” so everyone wants to be in her study group and share their notes. 2. But she is also “chronically online” and is the admin of many Whatsapp Groups which is the centre of social life. Somehow this doesn’t compromise her stellar grades. 3. She is “chio with good skin” as evidenced by her photos on social media. 4. She is “over-committed to multiple CCAs” and wins a lot of accolades in competitions. I felt exhausted by all these expectations. You girls really have it hard. In my day, we didn’t have social media, so we were free to live our awkward teenage years in peace. I struggled with terrible acne as a teen, but the camera resolution was very bad, so all our photos looked pixelated anyway. What kind of advice could I give to you RGS girls of today? The bolt of inspiration came a month ago, when I had to sit for an exam. It was my first exam in more than ten years. A proper handwritten exam. Three hours long. My inner RGS Girl was strangely excited. We all have the instinct to excel, and to strive to do our best. We are “Daughters of a Better Age” after all. I even felt nostalgic while studying for the exam, highlighting my notes in different colours just like back in school.

mediocre compared to everyone else in our year. We were not Science Olympiad kids or elite athletes on the school team. We were not musical prodigies with Grade 8 piano. We weren’t even sure we could pass our Math exam. There is a tendency for perfectionism in us RGS girls. We make excellence an extreme sport. 100% is never enough, we’re always giving 200%. Our toxic perfectionism manifests in a range of ways. Perfectionism can look like not being satisfied with an A-grade and berating yourself that you didn’t write “the perfect exam”. Perfectionism can also look like deciding that you won’t even bother trying because deep inside you are so afraid of failing. It is a wonderful and worthy thing to pursue excellence. But our desire to be excellent can enslave us when it turns into perfectionism. It can make us feel anxious and hopelessly inadequate. Is there a way that we can pursue excellence with joy? As I found myself hyperventilating over my own A-grade exam paper at the age of 34, I knew what I needed to tell you today. I did not want to tell you to be “better”, or to “strive for a brighter future”. I want to tell you that you are worthy, just as you are. Much has been said about RGS girls as “Daughters of a Better Age”. But let’s put the “Better Age” aside for today, because I want to focus on your identity as Daughters. Understanding you are a daughter is the key to pursuing excellence with joy. There are three reasons for this. First, Daughters know they are loved unconditionally. A daughter does not confuse her achievements or her grades for her identity and self-worth. When I was stressed about exams in school, my mom would say “Just try your best. So what if you fail? Fail then fail lah” and my dad would tell me to stop studying and just go to sleep. When you feel overwhelmed, remember that you have parents that love you and teachers who support you regardless, and want to see you happy, healthy and flourishing. You are so much more than your highest achievement or biggest failure. Knowing we are loved unconditionally, gives us freedom to explore what our purpose is. We no longer see pursuing excellence as a way of proving anything to anyone. School isn’t just about striving to achieve a 4.0 GPA. Instead, we are free to discover our strengths and weaknesses, to enjoy the journey of learning, and to pursue our passions out of love. Knowing we are loved unconditionally also helps us to realise that we don’t need to conform to any template of success. There is no “Model RGS Girl” we all need to be like. We recognise that we are each created uniquely and are placed in this world to contribute in our own special way. Second, Daughters know they belong to a family and prize relationships above all. Daughters recognise that our gifts and talents are not just to build our own CVs so we can get into the world’s best universities, but are given to us to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the people around us.

Then I got my exam back. I got an “A”. But there was a comment from the Professor, and it was the most triggering comment for a perfectionistic RGS girl like me. He wrote “This was the perfect exam, except for your answer to Question 1.”

When we think less about ourselves, and more about how we can serve others, it gives us a sense of perspective and purpose. We realise that the best gift we have to offer this world is not our intellect or skills, but our character.

My heart sank. “This was perfect…except…”. The word “except” rang long and heavy in my ears. It reminded me of all my inadequacies from my time as a school girl. The feeling of not having hit all the marks, of falling short of expectations, of trying my very best and still not being enough.

We tend to get stressed over circumstances we cannot control — like our exam results, or competition performance, or what other people think about us. But what we can control is the substance of our character. We can always choose to act with integrity and kindness, even when others are unkind. Acting with love is how we give the best of ourselves to the world.

It brought me back to a memory from Sec 2 — crying with my best friend in a stairwell in RGS. We cried because we feared we were

There is a scarcity mindset that can lead to jealousy and

unhealthy competition between women because we feel there may not be enough opportunities for all of us. My challenge to you is to keep your hearts tender, so you can genuinely support other girls and cheer on their successes. Some of the best moments of my life are watching my friends shine. I just wrote a play for a dear friend of mine from RGS Sindhura Kalidas and watching her receive standing ovations for her amazing performance made me so happy. Building relationships as you pursue excellence will only multiply your joy. Finally, Daughters know they are never alone and can always ask for help when they need it. We are conditioned to be self-reliant and to keep our problems to ourselves so we won’t be a burden to others. But asking for help is a brave act as it involves acknowledging our weakness. It is also an act of kindness to ourselves. We stop trying to carry a burden that can easily and gladly be shared with others. I encourage you to invite trusted adults and friends into your problems, instead of feeling like you have to solve them alone. It can be any kind of problem — from a difficult decision you have to make, a challenging friendship situation, or a mental health struggle. The truth is there are many people around you who want to help. You have an amazing team of teachers at RGS — several of whom have supported me in my own journey. There are so many resources and care available to you if you just reach out. When we see other people reacting to our needs with compassion, it also helps us to be more compassionate to ourselves.

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I hope that when you next hear the phrase “Daughters of a Better Age”, you will realise it is a statement of identity and not just an aspiration. Daughters know they are loved unconditionally. Daughters know they belong to a family and prize relationships above all. Daughters know they are never alone and can always ask for help.

Thank you and Filiae Melioris Aevi. Amanda Chong 24 August 2023

My hope for all of you is knowing that you are a Daughter who is worthy of love will be the firm bedrock of all your endeavours. You will not operate from a fear of inadequacy or the anxiety of perfectionism. Instead, you will have the freedom to act with love towards the people around you, build life-giving relationships, and to pursue excellence with great joy.

Daughters of a Better Age

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION

(31 August)

Just like Woody and the gang, we honoured the true heroes of RGS: our amazing teachers and nonteaching staff who make RGS extraordinary every day.

Our Year 1 and 2 Community Youth Leadership (CYL) students also joined in the act - presenting our staff with specially gift-wrapped apples by Heartware youth volunteers which included some of our students themselves. Each apple gift came with an appreciation card, jointly designed in collaboration with children from various social service organisations.

Staff members were treated to delightful performances by our talented students and specially organised class parties! Just like Woody’s badge, we presented special awards to our teachers!

To our beloved teachers and staff - your commitment to shaping the next generation of Daughters of a Better Age is truly commendable! Happy Teachers’ Day - you’re the stars of our show!

A special Teachers’ Day celebration was held, with a touch of Toy Story magic, led by our House Exco members! 20

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The annual RGS Community Fair serves as an excellent platform for the RGS community to learn from various alumnae, social service agencies, and fellow students while coming together to acknowledge their efforts in serving different communities. The theme for the Community Fair in 2023 is “Journeying Alongside The Community: Building and Sustaining Relationships.” Our Keynote Speaker, Mr Gerard Ee from Beyond Social Services, illuminated the concept of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and how it empowers those in need, aligning perfectly with Singapore’s vision of a more inclusive society. This year’s fair also featured the Maker’s Fair and booths that showcased the creative endeavors of student teams and Social Services Agencies, highlighting the innovative solutions offered to our community. The dialogue sessions with esteemed alumnae and representatives from Social Services Agencies fostered a dynamic exchange of ideas and experiences. Lastly, the Goalball experience, thoughtfully facilitated by the Basketball CCA, added an exciting dimension to the fair. All these multifaceted elements came together to inspire us to continue our journey of learning and reflection, working hand in hand to better understand how to engage with the community. They inspire us to reflect on how we can play our part in improving the lived experience of our fellow citizens in 2024 and beyond.

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Community Fair

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

(17 October)

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The much-anticipated annual swimming carnival made a return this year at the Raffles Institution Swimming Complex, creating waves of excitement and showcasing the incredible aquatic talents of our students. The event was a resounding success, bringing together over 190 participants for a day filled with aquatic fun and friendly competition. The highlight of the carnival was the Swimathon, a challenging event where participants swam tirelessly to complete as many laps as possible within a specified time frame. The collective effort of the participants resulted in an astonishing 3013 laps completed, covering a staggering distance of approximately 150 kilometers. The Swimathon not only showcased the swimmers’ endurance and determination but also fostered a sense of camaraderie among the participants.

Adding a touch of creativity and excitement to the carnival were two engaging novelty games organized by the RGS Swim CCA – “Build a Boat” and “T-Shirt Relays.” These games not only provided a break from the traditional competitive events but also brought out the participants’ teamwork and strategic thinking skills. Laughter and cheers echoed through the swimming complex as students worked collaboratively to construct boats and raced in the T-Shirt Relays, adding a playful and enjoyable dimension to the carnival. The success of the swimming carnival would not have been possible without the active participation and support of all the students, staff, and parent volunteers involved.

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Anticipation for the annual Netball Carnival, affectionately known as “NetCarn,” ran high among RGS girls. More than just a unifying force for classes and batches, NetCarn brought forth spirited competitions on the court—Round-Robin Netball and shooting—and off the court with Cheering and Banner Design contests. Graced with good weather, the carnival radiated joy and excitement.

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Hailing from over 110 different primary schools, the Class of 2023 marked the beginning of their Rafflesian journey at our new Braddell Campus in 2020 and now leave as lifelong friends and sisters-in-learning, ready to embrace the next chapter of their Rafflesian journey at RI. The Graduation Assembly, a formal affair witnessed by the entire school in the morning, set the stage for an enchanting afternoon as our girls were elegantly attired in perfect harmony with the ‘Enchanted Forest’ theme, celebrating with their classmates, teachers, members of the RGS Board of Governors, Parents for RGS Association and RGS Alumnae Exco.

ASSEMBLY

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all who contributed to the Lucky Draw prizes and other awards for our graduands, with a special shoutout to PRGS for gifting each of these girls with a stylish customised tumbler. Congratulations once again to the Class of 2023 on this momentous occasion. As you embark on the next chapter of your journey, may your path be illuminated with immense joy and fulfillment. Remember to let your light shine as one heart and one voice, forging a brighter future together.

FAREWELL ALMA MATER

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Programmes & Competitions

Programmes & Competitions 24th International Elementz Fair

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Elementz Fair

The annual International Elementz Fair, organized by Anderson Serangoon Junior College. provides a platform for local and overseas Upper Secondary and Junior College students to showcase their scientific research, as well as prototypes which can contribute to the betterment of society. The 24th Edition of the Fair was held online this year. Four Year 4 school-based research project teams from RGS took part in the competition. All were shortlisted for the final judging on 18 Apr 2023.

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Names of Students

Project Title

Award

Teacher-Mentor

Khor Mai Shia Glenys Liew Gya Xuan Alyssa Lu Zhiyue

Investigating the effect of plants in enhancing bioelectricity production of a microbial fuel cell

Gold

Dr Jeffrey Lee

Yap Tessa Yong Qing Ya Ranice Lim Si En Alvena

Simultaneous bioremediation of wastewater and generation of electricity using laccase enzyme

Gold

Dr Jeffrey Lee

He Zihan Poon Zi Yi Vera Yeap Ke Hui Ezann

Enhancing nitrate removal from mud with microbial fuel cells using differing amounts of aquatic weed compost

Silver

Dr Jeffrey Lee

Chai Hui Min Jocelyn Tan Zhi Ying Johannah Teo Yuumi Maeve

Optimising electricity and biofuel production in treating ammonium wastewater using a microbial fuel cell

Silver

Dr Jeffrey Lee

Through their research journey, the students learnt the value of group work, tenacity, and a systematic approach to understand and solve a problem through their projects. Congratulations to all the teams and teacher-mentors for their good work!

Chai Hui Min Jocelyn, Teo Yuumi Maeve, Tan Zhi Ying Johannah

Lim Si En Alvena, Yong Qing Ya Ranice, Yap Tessa

He Zihan, Yeap Ke Hui Ezann, Poon Zi Yi Vera

Lu Zhiyue, Khor Mai Shia Glenys, Liew Gya Xuan Alyssa

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Conference

The Youth Science Conference (YSC) is an annual event organised by the Gifted Education Branch, MOE, for students involved in scientific research under either the Science Mentorship Programme (SMP) or the School-Based Science Mentorship Programme (SB-SMP). The 29th YSC was held on Friday, 15 September at Nanyang Polytechnic. The conference showcased 8 SMP and 17 SBSMP projects from RGS. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to our teams for their outstanding performance! Science Mentorship Programme (SMP) Projects

Janhvi (S3-06), Jiang Yilin Corrine (S3-05) and Liu Xiting (S3-11)

Bhattacharyya Atreyi (S3-06), Shannon Chia (S3-13) and Kay Ng (Huang Kaixin) (S3-04)

Project Title

Award

Synthesis of Magnetic Iron Oxide

Merit

Expansion of Non-Mobilised Peripheral Blood Haemopoetic Stem and Progenitor Cells for Transportation

Distinction

Teacher Mentor

Ms Cheong Szu Chuang

Ms Carmen Hoo

School-Based Science Mentorship Programme (SB-SMP) Projects

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Project Title

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Teacher Mentor

Tay Yee Teng Gwyneth (Zheng Yiting) (S2-11), Jovelynn Kung Jielin (S2-12) and Lin Zixin (S2- 12)

Investigation of antibacterial activity of Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves and Garlic (Allium sativum) on Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria

Distinction

Dr Prama Sundari

Effect of Water Acidity on Plant Growth

Distinction

Dr Prama Sundari

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Nur Aqilah Binte Abdul Rani (S2- 07), Huang Qian (S2-07) and Qin Yinuo (S2-07)

Rachael Ang Kang Hui (S2-01), Yu Youran Serena (S2-01) and Clara Kho (S2-05)

Cultivation of Lupin Tempeh with Rhizopus oligosporus at different temperatures

Merit

Dr Prama Sundari

Poh Yu Xuan (S2-02), Feng Chenyu (S2-11) and Liu Yixi (S2- 11)

Supplementation of krill oil as treatment for β- amyloid accumulation in Drosophila melanogaster with Alzheimer’s disease

Merit

Dr Lim Ai Khim

Ang Zi Ting (S2-08), Guo Yueyang (S2-08) and Klarisse Ng Shee Chin (Huang Shiqing) (S2- 08)

Limiting the growth of algae using materials generated from dead leaves.

Distinction

Mr Chan Sau Siong

Feasibility of a Construction of a Formaldehyde Air Filter Using Corn Silk

Distinction

Mr Chan Sau Siong

Akshara Suresh (S3-05), Lim Yan Jun (S3-09) and Sarah Lim Ying Shuen (S3-09)

Programmes & Competitions 36th YMCA Plain English Speaking Awards

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Plain English Speaking Awards YMCA Plain English Speaking Awards (PESA) is an annual National speech contest organised by the YMCA of Singapore, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, the National Library Board and the Speak Good English Movement. Plain English Speaking is the ability to convey a convincing message to the audience with sincerity, clarity and in appropriate language. Effective speakers will have their own personal voice and style. Our students achieved the following results: Lower Secondary Category Amelia Tay Juey Oon

1st Runner-Up

Olivia Chia Lu Xuan

2nd Runner-Up

Upper Secondary Category Dhanmathi Pugalendhi

2nd Runner-Up

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Amelia Tay Juey Oon

Dhanmathi Pugalendhi

Olivia Chia Lu Xuan

Programmes & Competitions

A*STAR VJC Science Fair

* A STAR VJC Science Fair 2023 The ASTAR-VJC Science Fair is jointly organised by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) and Victoria Junior College (VJC). This fair aims to promote science research amongst student body. All entries must be investigative STEM related projects involving experimentation, data collection and literature review. This year, four teams from RGS participated in the Science fair. The judging was held on 11 July 2023 followed by the Prize Presentation on 14 July 2023. Project Title

Achievement

Mentor

Chang Xuan Cheryl Chai (S2-09), Soh Kit-Ann (S2-09), Pandian Mallikasree (S2-04)

Bioplastics supplemented with natural products as alternatives to synthetic plastic.

Bronze Award (Lower Secondary Category)

Dr Sundari Prama

Varadha Raj Harsshitha (S201), B Aaradhana (S2-02), Choe Kah Ning Celeste (Cao Jianing) (S2-10)

Growth control of algae in freshwater ponds using materials made from seafood shells.

Certificate of Participation (Lower Secondary Category)

Mr Chan Sau Siong

Lim Si En Alvena (S4-10), Yong Qing Ya Ranice (S408), Tessa Yap (S4-10)

Simultaneous Bioremediation of Wastewater and Generation of Electricity using Laccase Enzyme from Trametes versicolor.

Bronze Award (Upper Secondary Category)

Dr Jeffrey Lee

Goh Li En (S4-03), Tan Jen Ying Kyra (S4-11)

An alternative protein source made from waste from soy milk production

Merit Award (Upper Secondary Category)

Mr Chan Sau Siong

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Lim Si En Alvena, Yong Qing Ya Ranice, Tessa Yap

Goh Li En, Tan Jen Ying Kyra

Varadha Raj Harsshitha, B Aardhana, Choe Kah Ning Celeste (Cao Jianing)

Chai Chang Xuan Cheryl, Soh Kit-Ann, Pandian Mallikasree

Programmes & Competitions Biodiversity Race 2023

Biodiversity RACE 2023

Organised by Nature Society Singapore (NSS), the annual Biodiversity Race is part of NSS’ Every Singaporean A Naturalist (ESN) programme. The ESN programme aims to equip young citizen scientists with the knowledge and skills to identify and monitor our urban biodiversity. Our students participated in the NSS ESN Biodiversity Race on 31 May 2023 and achieved the following results: Secondary Category ‘Most Unique Observation’

2nd

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Farmathon 2023

Our Year 1 girls participated in the Farmathon Inter-School Competition 2023 from 12 May to 21 July 2023. Teams from various schools competed for the best business proposals to the challenge statements and RGS achieved the following results: • • • •

Seen Challenge (Statement 1) - 2nd Seen Challenge (Statement 2) - 1st Unseen Challenge (Statement 1) - 1st Unseen Challenge (Statement 2) 3rd

Organised by Methodist Girls’ School and Nanyang Girls’ High School, the Farmathon 2023 competition aimed to bring together students who are passionate about food and sustainability, and who possess a keenness for entrepreneurship and business pitching. The challenge statements revolved around food sustainability and security. Our girls were also invited to share more about their solution at the ‘Garden Guru’ event held at the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre on 26th July 2023, hosted by Mediacorp Personality Vernetta Lopez.

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Team 1 working on the Unseen Challenge

Team 2 Presenting at DBS Outdoor Foundation Theatre (26th July 2023)

Team 1 & 2 and their prizes

Team 2 working on the Unseen Challenge: 21st July 2023

Programmes & Competitions Future Problem Solving Program

Future

Problem Solving Program Congratulations to our students who represented Singapore in the Future Problem Solving Program International Conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA from June 7th to 11th. Scenario Writing Senior Division First Place

Team Global Issues Problem Solving (Middle Division) 5th place out of 57 teams

Coach

Ms Audrey Chen

Coach

Miss Foo Ling Ling

Student

Tana Leong Jia Wen (411, 2022)

Students

Ezann Yeap Ke Hui (414) Faith Lee Kye Yen (407) Pearl Puri (401) Sanvi Gupta (405)

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Team Global Issues Problem Solving (Senior Division) 2nd place out of 44 teams

Team Community Problem Solving (Middle Division) Project ConvetioNOT

Coaches

Ms Sia Bee Leng Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad

Coach

Mr Lim Shi Zhi

Student

Ling En Ru, Andrea (412, 2022) Arielle Goh Hsin Ern (412, 2022) Carolyn Por En Sze (412, 2022) Clarissa Tiara Tedja (412, 2022)

Students

Cheryl Lye Ying Yen (407) Chua Jen Ee (402) Lim Zi Xuan Janelle (413) Ong Kah Mun (413) Rachel Kate D’Souza (402) Calia Tan (403) Tan Xin Yi Hannah (414) Nieve Toh Jia Yi (411)

Programmes & Competitions NLB Historical Scene Investigation

NLB Historical Scene Investigation

The Historical Scene Investigation (H.S.I.) Challenge is an annual contest organised by the National Library Board, which promises an exciting experience for students to put their historical inquiry and research skills to the test. This year’s contest focused on Singapore’s road to independence between 1945 and 1965. Students chronicled the lives of Singaporeans during that time, stating the events that had a profound impact on the population. As part of their History Talent Development programme in RGS, our Year 2 girls participated in the NLB’s Historical Scene Investigation Challenge 2023. About 104 teams from various schools participated in this year’s contest. One of our teams won the 1st prize and was also presented with the Young Historians’ Award by MOE. The other RGS team also did very well this year, receiving the Gold certificate.

Team

Recipients

Award

Sisters in Storm

Ng Shee Chin Klarisse (S208), Chang Xuan Cheryl Chai (S209), Aaradhana B (S202), Isabelle Ong Kate (S203)

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Team Blaze

Harita Rayasam (S212), Tran My Linh (S212), Dong Zhengyang (S212), Choa Kai’en Estelle (S212)

Programmes & Competitions Odyssey of the Mind World Finals

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The OMers would like to thank our coaches, Ms Nadiah Rusydina Roslan, Mrs Sulastiri Anis, Ms Magdalene Suey, and Mr Nicholas Tan, as well as Mr Tan Hup Yew, Mr Joseph Toh (Head, Talent Development), Ms Yeo Soo Ling (Dir, Student Development) and Ms May Tan (Deputy Principal, Student Development) for their guidance and support. Special thanks to Mr Asman for his assistance throughout our odyssey!

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Outward Bound Singapore

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The girls went through an expeditionary programme that consisted of team bonding activities, land and sea expeditions. Students went through exciting and challenging activities such as Jetty Jump, Kayaking, Rowing, Sailing,

Our students have testified about the excellent benefits that they derived from participating in the activities. They had many opportunities to uncover their strengths and weaknesses, and develop tenacity and perseverance. Besides challenging themselves beyond their comfort zone, the element of fun was eminent especially in forging new friendships and camaraderie beyond RGS.

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175 RGS Year 3 girls embarked on this programme together with other Secondary 3 students from Bartley Secondary School, Edgefield Secondary School and Sembawang Secondary School from 9 – 13 January 2023. While the other 185 Year 3 girls embarked on this programme together with Bartley Secondary School, Sembawang Secondary School and Woodgrove Secondary School from 16 – 20 January 2023.

Cycling, Trekking, Outdoor Cooking, and many more. They were allocated to go through these activities either on the island of Pulau Ubin or on the mainland which included places like Punggol, Changi, East Coast Park and Pasir Ris Park. Our girls were grouped into Outward Bound watches, with each watch consisting of 4-6 RGS students and 6-8 students from the paired schools. Throughout the 5-day programme, they learnt about their own strengths and weaknesses, the importance of mental tenacity and embraced diversity through interaction, collaboration and cooperation. In addition, the camp also infused relevant aspects of service into the OBS learning pedagogy to further strengthen leadership, inculcate good character and values, enhance social and emotional competencies and promote critical thinking skills and effective communication.

A key feature of the RGS Co-Curriculum is the Year 3 residential programme at Outward Bound Singapore (OBS). This year, RGS continued to participate in the MOE-OBS Challenge Programme. The programme aims to develop ruggedness, resilience, confidence and build cohesion amongst our youths as they learn to embrace diversity. Using the outdoors as the ‘classroom’ for learning and development, the programme brought students of different schools together to interact, collaborate and overcome outdoor challenges.

Programmes & Competitions Problem X PX Challenge

Problem X PX Challenge

Problem X (PX) Challenge is a programme jointly organised by the Gifted Education Branch, Ministry of Education (MOE) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Incepted in 2020, the programme targets Year 2 to 4 students who demonstrate strong aptitude, passion and motivation for inquiry in Science and Mathematics. The focus for PX Challenge 2023 was regarding Green Energy and Sustainability — Hydrogen Gas as an alternative energy source. Students were tasked to produce a technical report to identify knowledge gaps of secondary school students about hydrogen fuel, explain the science of hydrogen production and utilisation, and produce a 15-minute video to educate peers on the viability of hydrogen as an energy source for Singapore. RGS registered five teams for the competition, of which one team was shortlisted for the finals. Under the guidance of their RGS teacher-mentors, the RGS team was achieved the Commendation award. Two other teams received a special award for their submissions.

Name of Students

Award

Teacher Mentor

Team 5

DAISY LIOW HAN YI (409), JOCELYN CHAI HUI MIN (409), JOHANNAH TAN ZHI YING (409)

Commendation

Ms Foo Ling Ling & Ms Synth-Di Tan

Team 3

KIM JISOO (406), REBECCA SIM ZHI NING (409), TAY WAN LIN, CHLOE (409), GLENDA LIM YU XUAN (410)

Special Awards (Video)

Ms Sia Bee Leng & Mr Tan Ying Yang

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CLARISSE CHEE QIAN YING (413), PHOEBE TAN RAY YEN (CHEN RUIYA) (414), SARAH OH (407), LIU SI YAN (407)

Special Awards (Video)

Ms Foo Ling Ling & Ms Synth-Di Tan

Team 1

RASHEE JHA (405), SANVI GUPTA (405), MAHI ARYA (402), PEARL PURI (401)

Participation

Dr Sundari Prama & Ms Sia Bee Leng

Team 2

NIEVE TOH JIA YI (411), SEET WEN YU (411), HE ZIHAN (411), KHOO YU YING VALERIE (411)

Participation

Mr Yeo Jun Han & Mr Tan Ying Yang

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RGS Team 5 presenting during the PX Challenge 2023 Finals

Programmes & Competitions

Raffles Policy Dialogue

Raffles

Policy Dialogue We were delighted to host the Raffles Policy Dialogue (RPD) on 8 March 2023. Led by the student organising team, the RPD is a dialogue session that addresses deep-lying societal issues in Singapore. Its aim is to promote youth awareness and encourage discussion on these issues at a policy level. This year’s dialogue, titled ‘Hustling Sustainably in a Future Workplace,’ featured an exciting panel of speakers, including our alumnae, Ms Rachel Eng and Dr Jade Kua. 2023’s RPD also marks the first time a face-to-face session was held since Covid-19 and we’re proud to host students from Beatty Secondary School, Deyi Secondary School, Guangyang Secondary School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School as well as Raffles Institution, over at our Braddell Campus. We would like to thank the speakers for their insightful sharing and to the participating schools for supporting our programme.

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Programmes & Competitions

Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair

RegeneroN International SCIENCE & Engineering Fair

Eight secondary and pre-university students represented Singapore to showcase their research projects at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2023, which was held in person in Dallas, Texas, USA from 13 to 19 May 2023. The Singapore delegation showcased four individual projects and two team projects at the ISEF, and clinched a total of seven awards. Two RGS alumnus represented Singapore at the recent ISEF 2023 in the Robotics & Intelligent Machines Category. There were a total of 98 projects in this category at ISEF 2023.

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ISEF 2023: Mirdhini and Yu Xi

Programmes & Competitions

Sangamam 23' All Arts Competition

Sangamam 23' All Arts Competition Our Tamil Language students participated in the inter school’ Sangamam ’23 All Arts Competition’ organised by the Raffles Institution Indian Cultural Society (ICS). 3 teams from RGS participated in the competition. Two teams made it to the finals and won the Sangamam Challenge Trophy!

Fusion Dance Competition

Dhanmathi, Shruthi, Wagisha, Sherlin, Atreyi and Shamitha

Champions

Tamil Couplet Recital

Cally Sim Zhi Ya

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Programmes & Competitions

Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition

The Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition challenges participants to transform their creative ideas into real flying machines, ranging from paper planes and unpowered gliders, to semi autonomous and autonomous, as well as completely unconventional flying machines! Two teams represented RGS at the Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition on 1st April 2023. Team Painted Bunting came in 3rd in Category B and Team Fantastic Flyers came in 3rd for Best Presentation in Category C1! Category B 3rd Overall

Team Painted Bunting

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Ifza Nasim

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Sim Boon Hui Amanda

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Tiwari Anantika

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Zhou Zimo

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Liu Si Yan

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Ning Wanqing

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Faith Lee Kye Yen

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Category C1 Best Presentation 3rd

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Bridget Wu Min Qi

Fantastic Flyers

Programmes & Competitions

Singapore Energy Grand Challenge (Youth) 2023

In late August, 31 RGS teams submitted videos for the Singapore Energy & Grand Challenge (SEGC), a competition organised by the Energy Market Authority (EMA). This year, participants were invited to co-create and build the energy system they envision for Singapore by 2050. For this year’s challenge, teams were required to submit a 3-min video, based on the challenge statement. Congratulations to the following teams: Team

Name of Students

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Quek Zhi Ying (Guo Zhiying) (S209) Team Potato

Chai Chang Xuan Cheryl (S209) Zhang Zinuo (S209)

Champion (Junior Category)

Lee Yi Ning Megan (S209) Keira Marie MacKendrick (S211) Team RGHikers

Liang Huaiyu (S211)

1st Runner-up (Junior Category)

Lim Jia En Isabelk (S211) Lisha Annika Jaya Shankar (S3-03)

Looi Ee Xin Luanne (S3-14) Ho Ying En Luanne (S3-09)

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Tan De Ting Trina (S3-01)

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Programmes & Competitions Singapore Junior Bio Olympiad

Singapore Junior Bio Olympiad

Introduced in 2016, the SJBO is organised by The Singapore Institute of Biology in collaboration with Science Centre Singapore, and supported by the Ministry of Education. This competition provides a platform for upper secondary students to challenge themselves further in the area of biology with emphasis on critical thinking skills. Our students achieved the following results:

Award

Recipients

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The top seven performing schools in the theory round were shortlisted for the practical round that was conducted at the Singapore Zoo on 16 August 2023. Amidst stiff competition from the other schools, RGS is proud to share that the following girls emerged as Champions!

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Wang Yunxi

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Abhineshwari Narayanan

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Lim Si En Alvena

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Khoo yu Ying Valerie

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Prajna Mathaley

S406

Programmes & Competitions

Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad

Introduced in 2010, the Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad (SJChO) is a competition organised by the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) in partnership with NUS, NTU, SUTD, IMRE and ISCE 2 and is supported by the Ministry of Education. This competition provides a platform for upper secondary students to challenge themselves in their chemical knowledge and skills. Awards are given to top performing schools based on the total number of individual awards won. There are three bands of top performing schools. At the 2023 SJChO, RGS performed admirably well and was placed in Band 3. Our students achieved the following commendable results:

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Programmes & Competitions Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad

Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad

Organised by the Institute of Physics, Singapore (IPS) with support from the Ministry of Education (MOE), SJPO is a competition for secondary school students, aimed at encouraging the study and appreciation of physics beyond the school curriculum. This annual competition provides opportunities for students to solve novel physics problems that require critical and inventive thinking. Our students achieved the following commendable results: Award (Individual)

Recipients

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Bronze

Honourable Mention

Award (Team)

Recipients

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Singapore Science & Engineering Fair

The Singapore Science & Engineering Fair (SSEF) is a national competition organised by the Ministry of Education, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) and the Science Centre Singapore (SCS). This year RGS submitted a total of 16 projects in the SSEF Main category and 3 projects in the SSEF Junior Scientists category. Under the guidance of the RGS teacher-mentors, the RGS projects received 2 Gold Awards, 3 Silver Awards, 1 Bronze Award and 3 Merit Awards. Six teams also received special awards for their projects. Congratulations to all the teams and teacher-mentors for their good work! SSEF Main Category Project Title

Award

Teacher Mentor

Hilary Chee Xin Yi (Class of 2022)

Marangoni Bursting of Volatile Binary Mixture on Viscous Liquid

Gold

Ms Cheong Szu Chuang

Ashmi Chatterjee (404), Kim Jisoo (406) and Glenda Lim Yu Xuan (410)

Applications of a Modified 3D Printer in Automating Laboratory Procedures

Gold

Ms Cheong Szu Chuang

Aathmika Vijay-Pany (405) and Quek Tian Yin Esther (405)

Innovative Anti-cancer Vaccine Design: A novel prioritization framework for neoantigen shortlisting

Silver

Mr Shaun De Souza

Abhineshwari Narayanan (408), Nainika Gupta (411) and Rachel Goh Rui En (412)

Tunable Laser-patterned Dynamic AgO Nano-twinklers: A Comparative Study of Nano-fireworks on ZnO Nanowires and Graphene Oxide Film

Silver

Ms Cheong Szu Chuang

Yin Yue (Class of 2022)

Inclined Sedimentation of Suspensions: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation into the Boycott Effect

Silver

Ms Cheong Szu Chuang

Vera Ong Liwen (Class of 2022)

Design and Analysis of an Autonomous Electric Wing in Ground-effect Drone for Ship Chanding

Bronze

Mr Shaun De Souza

Kiera Nadine Binte Muhammad Nazri (406), Goh Jia Hsiang Vanessa (414) and Kim En Bi (407)

Feasibility of Construction of a PM2.5 Air Filter Using Sugarcase Bagasse

Merit

Mr Chan Sau Siong

Khoo Yu Ying Valerie (411), Chee Rui Lin Victoria (409) and R Rishmitha (412)

Sustainable Hydrogen Generation By Degradation of Biomass

Merit

Ms Cheong Szu Chuang

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Michelle, Shannon & Riddhi - Merit

Liwen - Bronze

Programmes & Competitions Singapore Science & Engineering Fair

Singapore Science & Engineering Fair Junior Scientist Category No.

Name of Students

Project Title

Award

Teacher Mentor

Chen Kaixuan Michelle (314), Shannon Chia (313) and Riddhi Pradhan (307)

The Effect of Vegetable Peels as Filters of Water Contaminated by Face Masks

Merit Project

Dr Prama

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Kiera, Vanessa & Kim - Merit

Victoria, Valerie & Rishmitha - Merit

Hilary - Gold

Ashmi, Jisoo & Glenda - Gold

Yin Yue - Silver

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Singapore Young Physicists Tournament

SYPT seeks to bring students through a process of what physicists do, from research to modelling, experimentation and finally to an oral defence before peers and experts. It provides authentic learning experiences in the learning of physics. Participants of the SYPT stand to represent Singapore in the International Young Physicists’ Tournament. Our students took part in the SYPT 2023 on 4 February (Category B) and 11 February (Category A). Both teams clinched the Silver awards in their respective categories!

Category

Team Members Hilary Chee Xin Yi (402) Yin Yue (407)

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Silver, 3rd

Koh Shan Jun (401) B

Felicia Tan Ee Shan (404)

Silver, 5th

Peng Ruijia (414)

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Congratulations to the teams, the teachers and student helpers for a job well done!

Programmes & Competitions Singapore Youth Science Fair

Singapore Youth Science Fair

Singapore Youth Science Fair (SYSF) started in 2014 and is designed to promote science education, and attract mass participation at the Upper Primary and Lower Secondary levels. It is sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, and co-organized by Science Centre Singapore and Science Teachers Association of Singapore. The theme for SYSF 2023 is “Science for Sustainable Living” The objectives for SYSF are to: • Promote scientific study through investigative-type projects in science; • Encourage the use of creative and innovative methods in problem solving, and • Heighten students’ awareness and generate their interest in science research, and technology development. The award ceremony was held on 28 July at Science Centre Singapore. The following teams from RGS participated at SYSF 2023: Name of Students

Project Title

Award

Teacher-Mentor

Tay Yee Teng Gwyneth (Zheng Yiting) (S2-11), Jovelynn Kung Jielin (S2-12), Lin Zixin (S2-12)

Antibacterial Properties of Neem and Garlic on Escherichia coli

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Dr Sundari Prama

Lee Sio Huang (S2-03), Lei Ruining (S2-04), Ranita Bernadette D’Souza (S2-03)

Supplementation of Lion’s mane mushroom in the diet of Alzheimer Drosophila melanogaster

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Dr Lim Ai Khim

Hannah Sin (S2-09), J in Zhiyan Eva (S2-01), Clara Tong Rui Sze (S2-03)

Investigating the bioactive compounds present in Lion’s mane mushroom in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

Accomplished

Dr Lim Ai Khim

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SYSF: Lee Sio Huang, Lei Ruining, Ranita Bernadette D’Souza

SYSF: Tay Yee Teng Gwyneth (Zheng Yiting), Jovelynn Kung Jielin, Lin Zixin

SYSF: Hannah Sin, Jin Zhiyan Eva, Clara Tong Rui Sze

Programmes & Competitions STEM Playground 2023

STEM Playground 2023

On 16 November 2023, four RGS teams participated in the STEM Playground 2023 Grand Finale. Organised by Science Centre Singapore, participating teams were required to use materials provided to build catapults to launch self-made projectiles to hit the designated targets. Teams were scored based on their creativity, craftsmanship and design, as well as the accuracy of the shots. Congratulations to Team 3 who emerged as Champions: Team

Name of Students Kate Isabelle Ong (S203) Megan Lee (S209) Chai Chang Xuan Cheryl (S209)

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Student Wellbeing

STUDENT WELLBEING Filiae Centre Programmes Building a Culture of Care In the school’s comprehensive support and care system, every classroom teacher and student has a vital role to play. The Tier 1 objective is to empower all educators and students with essential skills and knowledge. This includes fostering positive relationships between teachers and students, as well as among students themselves. Additionally, emphasis is placed on enhancing social and emotional learning competencies in both teachers and students. Awareness of prevalent social-emotional challenges, behavioral issues, and

Student Wellbeing

learning difficulties faced by youths is also a critical aspect. Furthermore, understanding the school support system, care community, and available resources is prioritised. Throughout the year, various programs have been organized to fulfill these objectives and enrich the school community. These initiatives aim to enhance interpersonal connections, cultivate emotional intelligence, raise awareness about common challenges faced by students, and ensure familiarity with the available support structures within the school and its surrounding community. 20

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Here are some of the programmes organised this year:

In-Class Psychoeducation: Human Being, Being Human Series This year, we trained students to conduct a session on Thrive with Stress for Year 1 to Year 3 peers.

Hustling with the Helpers Our Peer Helpers conducted 3 sessions of Hustling with the Helpers in Term 4 to encourage the spirit of Sisters in Learning, Sisters at Heart. Around 80 students clocked in at least 3 hours of studying productively together in these 3 sessions.

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RGS Dreams Exhibition The Dreams Exhibition provided an exciting and reflective opportunity for participants to navigate the realities of pursuing dreams and overcoming challenges through a life-sized game board which symbolised the winding journey towards attaining one’s goals. Alongside the game, engaging booths provided invaluable insights for leading a more fulfilling and holistic life.

Education & Career Guidance Programmes Career Day & Work Experience Programme Alumnae and professionals from a variety of industries were invited to share more about their careers and industryrelated opportunities to our Year 4 students in March and Year 3 students in October. Our Year 4 students also participated in work attachments at various companies in June, November and December.

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Career Day

Career Day & Work Experience Programme

Lunch with ECG Counsellor Students can have lunch with the ECG Counsellor once a month to discuss their Career and Higher Education queries in a casual environment.

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ECG Talk - Opportunities in the Maritime Sector for Lawyers

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Project Honey n re

2021 -2022 online weekly sessions during the pandemic!

Monthly birthday celebrations!

Mid-2022 when face-to-face weekly sessions resumed!

2023 CNY Lucky Draw

2022 Christmas celebrations!

2023 Valentine’s Day celebration!

2022 Mid-Autumn Festival!

2023 National Day celebration!

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What started off as a six-month commitment soon developed into a 2.5 year long commitment to this project, in partnership with Care Corner @Blk 131 from 2021 to 2023. Despite comprising only two core team members, we were able to conceptualize and implement fun, innovative and interesting sessions that appealed to the elderly. Initially, we faced many difficulties as we were not able to meet face-to-face and interact with the elderly in Care Corner. However, we were able to slowly overcome various challenges along the way. We have forged many valuable memories with the elderly through various weekly sessions, birthday celebrations, festive occasions, all fueled by our love and passion for this project. In the end, it was all worth it after seeing the joy and smiles we bring to the elderly!

Teacher-In-Charge: Mr Lim Shi Zhi Executive Committee: Cheryl Lim Xin Yi (413) Rae-Ann Lim (413)

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Project Praesidio Proiect Praesidio advocates for mental health and aims to overcome the stigma surrounding mental health issues by normalizing mental well-being amongst youths aged 10-17. Through our members’ passion for mental health, we hope to play a part in building a future where our generation can practice self-care consistently and be more open to mental health issues. Please visit our @proj.praesidio for more information about our Project! Teacher-in-charge: Mrs Rachel Pang

Crochet workshop for members of RGS. Hopefu lly encouraging them to pick up a new skill to practis e self care!

Members Leader: Eva Secretaries: Patricia Cayadi and Loh Pei Yuan, Sophia Liaisons: Clarice Tan Hiang Yee and Shaine Pang Wan Xuan Publicity: Lim Yi Hui Chloe, Chloe Low and Shi Xuanyi Claire

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Day to encourage youths to Collaboration with Limitless for Flag mental health disorders. raise funds and help out people with

Exhibition At NLB to showcase our ebook “Pat and Friends’ Journey, a student’s guide to Mental Health” (made in collaboration with Project Helios [Hwa Chong Institution] and The Shyft Story)

Achieved 2nd Place at the National Future Problem Solving Programme 2022

HEART ADVO

Project SHOOTING STAR Teacher in charge: Mr Lim Shi Zhi On 24 June 2023, Project Shooting Star successfully organised Concert Astria. The concert (and donation proceeds) amounted to over $12,800; the amount raised will support our partner organisation, FaithActs after-school programmes for disadvantaged children under its care.

Some OT members with our volunteer photog rapher, Kyle, happily posing for a picture after a successful concert!

When we first came up with the idea to organise a concert, we had no idea how much effort it would take — we spent seven gruelling months coordinating extended volunteers, liaising with stakeholders and handling administrative details. The team truly bonded with the children at FaithActs and grew to understand them on a much deeper level, our perspectives shifting to see them as friends instead of beneficiaries. A fiery passion for service learning was ignited in each member as our experiences on the ground taught us how we could best utilise our existing talents to volunteer, and enriched our lives with newfound meaning.

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Project Shooting Star is immensely grateful to our volunteer performers and helpers for their unconditional support every step of the journey. We would like to thank our teacher-mentor Mr Lim Shi Zhi, as well as the administrative staff of RGS, RI and FaithActs for their continued patience in working with the team to make Concert Astria a reality. We also appreciate each and every one of the concert attendees, for spending a magical 2 hours with us and contributing to a cause greater than ourselves.

stage in a dance performance 9 FaithActs kids shone brightly on gh this concert, we were they had rehearsed endlessly for. Throu case these children’s talents, as able to provide a platform to show school programmes. well as raise $12.8k to fund their after-

But most importantly, we want to thank the children at FaithActs for putting in so much hard work for their stunning performance at Concert Astria. Over the course of our dance sessions with them, we saw initial reluctance and stage fright melt away to reveal passionate souls. We had never even dared to anticipate such high levels of enthusiasm and effort from each and every one of them. Beyond that, they were a constant reminder of why we were even hosting this concert, and what we were ultimately working towards. We are proud to have received the opportunity to realise this grand vision together.

The audience captivated by the enchanting performances of Concert Astria.

Kristine from FaithActs Youth came up with her teacher, Ms Celest, to share how Project Shooting Star has supported her.

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AWARENESS

Project SMILE RGS Smile Asia is a student chapter of the Smile Asia organisation. Smile Asia is a global alliance of charities working together to treat facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate, and the aim of our student chapter is to raise awareness for its cause in RGS and beyond.

The Cleft Collection initiative was initiated by the Awareness branch to allow RGS students to try their hand at using jagged cutlery to eat food. The purpose of this initiativ e is to spread awareness of the cleft condition and allow the understand the cleft condition in a more interact students to ive and impactful way, contrar y to our usual methods of advocac y. Many students understood and could better empathise with the cleft patients’ difficulties after this experience. Many particip ants have given feedback that the initiative was “meaningful and allowed them to step into the shoes of cleft patients”.

RGS Smile is segmented into 3 branches, namely Fundraising, Awareness and External Outreach. Branches are led by internal Vice-Presidents to plan and execute initiatives to raise funds, spread awareness and reach out to audiences beyond RGS.

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RGS Smile collaborated with RGS Drama CCA to hold an advocacy concert, where Drama CCA put up a skit to portray the lived experience of cleft lip and palate patients, and their loved ones. SMILE-Drama students at Singapore Management University interviewing Mr Justyn Olby, a parent of a cleft girl.

aising event during RGS Smile organised an internal fundr Asia. The team worked Valentines Day to raise funds for Smile ade crochet bracelets, and hard to package flowers and handm . This initiative has raised sort out logistics prior to the event . more than $750 for SmileAsia’s cause

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During the event, participants and volunteers alike enjoyed our planned activities, such as painting, ball toss, and so much more!

The External Outreach (ExO) branch collaborated with KK Hospital’s Cleft and Craniofacial Centre (CCRC) to organise a half-day-event - Smile Day Out. The team engaged cleft children from the CCRC to play fun and meaningful games with them. The RGS volunteers who were paired with the children left the event with a deeper understanding of cleft lip individuals. ExO followed up with a small addition to the Inter-House-Games where participants were challenged to perform duologues without their lips touching whilst being informed about speech impediments faced by Cleft individuals, such that students can better understand the challenges that cleft individuals face in their daily lives.

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Project TheWriteChance First founded in late 2021, Project TheWriteChance is a Y3-Y4 SVIA aiming to raise awareness and spark passion amongst Singaporean youth for the literary arts. We hold writing workshops in the holidays for our partner organisation, Ang Mo Kio Primary School, and have recently begun a partnership with FaithActs, reading to young children every weekend.

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Our workshops are run by our volunteers and core team, with over 40 volunteers who are dedicated to our cause.

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Project : THE WILD SIDE The Wild Side is a student-initiated values-in-action (SVIA) that aims to raise awareness about Singapore’s wildlife and raise awareness among youths on how they can contribute to the conservation of our vast biodiversity. Having carried out various initiatives such as weekly birdwatching, fundraisers, nature trails and many more, we hope to encourage other Singaporeans to learn more about Singapore’s beautiful wildlife.

Photo taken by Mr Tan Ying Yang. Members took part in the Biodiversity Race 2023, heldof The Wild Side Mo Kio Park, and two of our members, Jolynnat Bishan-Ang Yeo and Chan Sze Yin were also awarded “Most Unique Observ ation” for their observation of the hanging parrot.

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This year the team has conducted two training sessions: one for extended team members, DSA CYL and Biology RS students, and the second session for members of the Cogitare Club. Training our schoolmates to birdwatch has allowed the team to spread our love for bird watching.

Our core team is made up of members passionate about conserving biodiversity in Singapore! Bottom row (From left to right): Kim Jisoo, Sanvi Gupta, Phoebe Tan, Chan Sze Yin Top row (From left to right): Jolynn Yeo, Chloe Lee, Tammy Cheong, Yannwen Lim

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Below is a photo of a Grey Heron taken by Jolynn Yeo and Chan Sze Yin during the Biodiversity Race 2023.

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Triple C Programme The Triple C Programme, which stands for Care, Collaboration and Community, symbolises our deep desire to continue with this legacy of community engagement and partnership. RGS students are paired with their primary school mentees as they engage in service-learning projects with the SSAs. Our sincerest thanks to our partner schools First Toa Payoh Primary School and Kheng Cheng School for their continued collaboration. This year, the students conducted various initiatives in partnership with social service agencies such as ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC), Care Corner Singapore and Xin Yuan Community Care.

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Creative Works

Amar Bhitor O Bahire (Within Me And Without) By Ashmi Chatterjee (404) Preamble: My grandfather passed away in 2021,

I shifted closer to my mum and asked softly, “Ma,

and I was unable to attend his funeral at the time

are we going to Kolkata?”

due to extenuating circumstances as well as the ongoing pandemic. This is an adaptation of that experience exploring how difficult it is to hold onto

As the question left my lips, an answer rose up

one’s culture while living in Singapore, named

unbidden. I looked towards the pile of assessment

after my and my grandfather’s favourite Bengali

books on the coffee table, the Daily Dose of

song.

Mathematics, the Science Revision

–

Guide and the Intensive Math Drills that had been left unattended since that morning, and felt

When they said ‘expired’, the first thing I thought 20

something rear its head in my chest.

of was sour milk.

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Things would go back to normal the next day. I would wake up and board the MRT to school, I imagined the smell of it, pungent and acidic,

slotting myself into a middle seat between

and tried to reconcile it with the soft features and

strangers,

wire-rimmed frames that sat on dadu’s1 face, the

companionship, of fullness, lull me into a fitful,

slight rasp in his voice when he sang us to sleep,

forgetful slumber.

letting

the

temporary

feeling

and the faint smell of sugar from the mangoflavoured sweets he always kept in his bag.

That same ugly feeling rose up inside me, threatening to bubble out of my chest, as I told my mum that maybe

My mum was crying, sitting on the sofa in our living

we could visit next year instead.

room, holding onto her phone with trembling hands. The video on the other end was shaky, my

I found out the next day that dadu would be cremated

aunt from Kolkata cutting in and out, the sounds

that afternoon. As I peeled off the white blouse of my

of her sobs stuttering intermittently into a stinging

uniform and changed into a white kurta, my parents

silence.

called me into the living room to pay my respects.

“Boudi2, wipe your tears, he is at rest now,” my

I looked at the phone screen and watched the

mother whispered gently into the phone, and I

congregation of people on the rooftop of my house in

could not help but wonder how she could possibly

Kolkata mourn, as the desire to be among them hit me

know that when he lay a four and a half hour’s

with a dull, reverberating thump. The video was grainy,

plane journey away.

we were video-calling my uncle and the cell service on the rooftop was not the best. I made out figures in

There was a hollow feeling within me, an aching,

white sitting around the ceremonial fire, garlands of

breathing want that drew further with every

yellow and orange marigolds adorning its perimeter. I

heartbeat, into the recesses of someplace hungry

watched as my uncle represented my father, carrying

and cruel. I wished I could slip away as dadu had

out the ceremony that would typically be carried out

done, gone in a fleeting moment while we were

by the eldest son. I watched as my father clenched his

asleep on the other side of the world.

fists and relaxed them, letting out the quietest, softest, breath of air.

1 dadu: grandfather in Bengali boudi: sister-in-law in Bengali

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I vaguely made out a white cloth in the corner before the

My hands trembled as I downloaded a Bengali keyboard,

video flipped upside down and then cut to black, as my

bundled tightly underneath the covers. I let out a shaky

cousin holding the phone knelt down to pay her respects.

breath as the foreign letters slipped away from me one by one, and wondered, not for the first time, what it means to

Later on, when dadu was to be transported for cremation,

love something.

he was loaded onto a grey van adorned with flower garlands. The windows were tinted black, and I could not

As I looked out of the window, observing the silhouettes

see inside. I watched as my aunt walked after the van as it

of the HDB blocks outside, I wondered whether dadu was

left, jogged a few steps and came haltingly to a stop, as it

somewhere up there in the sunny, Singaporean sky.

turned a corner and drove out of sight. I wondered whether I would have run after him, to catch just a fleeting glimpse, if I had been with her.

I could not shake. I heard someone singing, amar bhitor

tumi, hridoy jure4. I tried to remember the names of Bengali folk songs that he used to sing, songs from grainy, black-and-white movies released in the 50s. I typed the titles out and hoped that my poorly transliterated Bengali words would dredge up some memory of my dadu’s face with his eyes closed, swaying in tandem with the music.

within me and without (adapted from Bengali lyrics) 4 you are, in my heart (adapted from Bengali lyrics)

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singing echoed in my ears, following me around like a spirit o bahire antare antare3, and I felt myself answering, acho

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I walked back into my room, and stray notes of dadu’s

After Class By Sim Jin Yen (404)

It was one of those nights my parents called “Feiyi

Seeing his name made me remember the bitingly

Night” - night of the flying termites. They came

cold air-conditioning of that pristine white room,

crowding around the ceiling lights, swarming in a

the rows of plastic chairs before rows of white

frenzied craze.

desks, clustered around a whiteboard, surrounded by white walls.

Shutting the windows, I resigned myself to hearing the thock-thock-thock of exoskeletons against

A world far away from the afternoon heat, but

glass. It was that April heat, when the air swelled

close enough for my students to crowd around

with a viscosity that made my old KDK fan blow a

the wall-length window of the room at breaktime,

humid wind, and my legs go sticky from sitting in

peering at the bus stop below, counting the taxis

a room for too long.

that went by, figuring out which one went to Sixth Avenue MRT - an innocent pastime that masked

Yet here I was - brows furrowed, biting the tip 20

their hunger for escape.

of my red pen, scrutinising sentences scrawled

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onto creased scripts, scribbling the occasional

“Mr Samuel, please help me mark this. I rewrote it.”

comment in the margins.

His bony arms reached out toward me, pleading.

I’d never seen a child’s eyes so pained before. At 11:59, I could take it no longer. I stood my creaky body up…

“But I… already did.”

…and kicked over a bucket of water. “Ma! What’s

“Please re-mark this one. Mommy says I need to

this?”

do better, last time was ‘unsatisfactory’.”

“Quiet lah, so late already!” Ma waddled out of her room. “For the feiyi. Leave this out, they will drown

How could I, when all I saw were his dark eye-

one.”

circles, his tired, shuffling gait? The way he dragged himself out of the classroom? The way

“Just ignore lah.” I peered into the water. Wiping up

he headed to his mother with a wan smile at

the mess, several dead insects stared up at me.

the end of class? How I just knew from the way

Somehow, they reminded me of my unmarked

his mother spoke to him, that there was so much

compositions.

more unsaid that went on at home? *

He didn’t even need to be in my class. I knew he had one too many after-school classes to be

My head was throbbing when I finished my second

worrying about. So why was he in my class?

last composition that day. I groaned, reaching into the biscuit tin tucked into a corner of my desk;

What was I doing to him, with my class?

the contents rattled hollowly before I fished out an *

expired bottle of Axe brand oil. Finally, last one.

The dull thumps of the feiyi against the ceiling lights echoed in my ears; haltingly, I fumbled for

Flipping over the last composition, I faltered; the fingers rubbing medicated oil on my temples paused.

my pen.

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The air in the room curdled, winding itself around me.

Hadn’t I led them to the bucket? All they’d been

It felt thick to breathe in, a treacly kind of humidity

looking for was light, and they died flying for a mirage.

that clung to the pores of my skin, hanging on, hanging on. I thought I’d closed the windows, but the

The buzzing stopped.

termites now swarmed in tens, smacking into the ceiling, banging so loudly I could feel the tremors in

I hadn’t realised Ma had been watching me. She

my bones.

looked at me strangely, a deranged man standing over a bucket of termites.

Please re-mark it, Mr Samuel. “Eh…you okay ah, boy?” Silence.

“It’s late. I want sleep.” I picked up the bucket of feiyi.

swarmed. I must tell him to quit. What kind of teacher

They swirled limply inside. “As you said, they will

tells his students to quit?

drown one.”

I slammed my pen down with a sudden ferocity. Grabbing the bucket at my door, I filled it to the brim; the water sloshed out, messily. The bucket crashed down onto the ground with a thud, right in the middle of the feiyi pool. “Die!” I screamed at the swoles of insects, “Just go and die already!” I watched, panting, as the feiyi drew themselves to the shimmering light in the water bucket. I watched as they plunged into the crisp water, only to emerge as bobbing, lifeless exoskeletons. A wave of disgust rose in my throat. Wasn’t it me?

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chin. “I thought you said just ignore.”

But I had to. The termites swarmed and buzzed and

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“Yeah. Okay.” I swiped away the sweat clinging to my

to mark? I was his teacher. I had to mark it. I can’t!

If I marked it, how many more would he give me

《黃連素》 By Tan Xin Yi (404)

increasingly

Seng’s eyebrows furrowed in an expression of

westernised, Huángliánsù was banned despite

mild concern. “Can you don’t make yourself sick

it having been used as traditional Chinese

all the time? You wait, I bring you medicine.”

Preface:

1978,

Singapore

medicine (TCM) for centuries because Western scientists claimed it was harmful to infants. The

Seng hobbled over to the cabinet where his jar of

government’s official stance was that TCM could

huángliánsù sat. He poured the herb into a mortar

only operate in Singapore if it adhered to Western

and ground it up carefully, expertly dissolving the

medical standards. The story is set on the day

powder in a cup of warm water. Holding the cup

huángliánsù was first banned.

with both hands, he crouched down beside the mattress. “Come drink some huángliánsù, it will make your stomach feel better.” The boy rolled over, facing

illuminating the dusty glass bottles of herbs

the wall. “I cannot sell anymore liao so no need

which Seng now cleaned with a handkerchief. The

stingy, just drink!” Seng set the cup down.

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A kerosene lamp flickered in the storefront,

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midnight air was still, settling heavily on his aged shoulders as he worked through each one with a

“Pa, I don’t want lah, I want to see a real doctor,” the

practised tenderness, a sort of silent respect for

boy lamented, looking away from his father. “All

the magic they contained, the oddly shaped roots

your herbs are not even backed up by science.”

and shoots to which he had devoted his life. A real doctor? Seng did think of himself as a real Seng let out a soft exhale when he reached the

doctor. He might not have understood the body

last one. The bright yellow huángliánsù filled its

the way those Western scientists did, but he

jar to the brim, a splash of colour in the otherwise

could connect to it in a way they could not. He

dismal medicinal store. As he gingerly picked up

had cured the ailments of his loyal customers for

the jar and carried it up the rickety wooden steps

decades because he knew to respect and work

to his living quarters, he could not help but think

with the body’s natural systems, and in return, the

what a shame it was that so much of this beautiful

body listened to him and his medicines.

herb would have to go to waste. And, it wasn’t just him who had used huángliánsù. The next morning, before the sun had risen, he

He couldn’t understand why the word of scientists

was already out of bed. For years this had been

who, frankly, were not even initiated with the

his routine, to wake up early and set up the shop

art of traditional Chinese medicine, could take

before customers would arrive, while his son got

precedence over generations of doctors who

ready for school.

had been successfully using the herb to alleviate sickness for thousands of years.

Today, however, the boy remained curled up in his mattress. “Pa, I not going school today. My

“I say it works why you cannot trust me? I already

stomach very pain…” He winced.

make for you, can you stop being stubborn and just drink?” Seng spat exasperatedly.

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The boy stood up jerkily, accidentally knocking over

That morning, as sunlight began to stream in through

the cup of huángliánsù in the process. He towered

the awning of the shop, Seng sat at the storefront and

over the small frame of his elderly father. “Pa, you

leafed through the ‘Doctor’ section of his phonebook.

don’t even know what these things actually do inside

“Pa is sorry for shouting.” he practised. “I only want

the body! The government banned huángliánsù

you to recover. It shouldn’t matter which doctor

because the scientists proved that its dangerous!

you choose.” He said it again and again to himself,

Why must you keep feeding me this disgusting stuff?

wishing each time that it would hurt less.

Are you trying to poison me?” But as he tucked away the huángliánsù into a cupboard, he wondered if his son was right, if the

son, feeling something hollow and ugly blooming

colourful jars that lined his shelf really were nothing

within him. The boy let out a pent-up breath, trudging

but the remnants of a culture long outdated. OK

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Silence permeated the room as Seng looked at his

father.

Seng knelt down and began to wipe at the spilled herb on the ground, feeling a quiet but growing sense of loss. The cup lay overturned at the foot of the rattan mat, empty and hollow, and he picked it up, carefully setting it upright on the table once again. He

wondered

the

scientists

who

readily

denounced the herb had ever even held its alluring bright yellow in their hands, if they even knew what it meant to his people. This was nature’s gift to mankind, a miracle of healing that no one seemed to appreciate, and he couldn’t grasp why.

Stir By Lai Qi Xuan (301)

immiscible. the waters ran deep in my rivers of thoughts, clear, cool, brimming with life. large, faceless beings impaled my water with oil. I watched it whirl, the globules never mixing. with a flick of a tongue, a change of tone. I drone out the nonsense syllables. “有在乖乖读书吗？来，吃多一点。” I reply in my mother tongue, weaving in the mother tongue they tried to teach 20

me. it scraped my larynx, poked at my cheeks. it wouldn’t mix,

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no matter how much I stirred.

a question - she wasn’t looking at me. suddenly, I recall my third language lessons in primary school. “Sekarang kerja rumah Banyak sangat ah” “Kan.” they laugh. I do not understand. the foreign substance is bitter in my ears, smothering my eardrums. my veins pulsated with emotion. I stir, it does not mix. I laugh. strike the liquid, smash the beakersimmiscible. in water I dare, against the current or with the flow. but watching the thick oil, I am but a child. stirring, stirring, stirring.

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Rite of Passage By Teo Yi Han Tara (301)

It is a boy’s nature to cling onto rusty training wheels, for fingers to tremble towards the sharp tongued steel of his father’s rifle muzzle to still, flinch, as distant chirping turns into the screams of an echoing gunshot the other boys— young men now find him, soft palms smoothing wet soil over yet another kill, snickering 20

as searing shame silences his one man eulogy.

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the young men cheer as his shaky fingers hoist up the gun as they chant in tandem, war drums beating bird waiting, beak going, shoot, shoot, shot. the others salute the steel bullet proudly gleaming between his ribs but his eyes stray to the faintly beating heart buried beside the winged carcass whose blood marks him as a Man.

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Lost in Translation (To Mother,) By Sonia Chang Rei Shuan (303) 妈妈1 – Most of what I write is meaningless but I write to reach us. This tumble of words find you aged seventeen, leaving home with a handful of dreams. It finds me, looking into a handful of rain to check if I am still your apparition, as all daughters are. Ma, for as far as my memory runs I’ve been in awe of the way you 20

caress words of our mother tongue like

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you’re teaching a songbird how to speak. But I taste a bit of forget-me-nots every time I call you mother in our mother tongue. When asked where are you from, do I tell them here, there, or nowhere? Do I tell them that I’m a hungry ghost2 from a place in limbo, ravenous for belonging? Do I tell them about the times I tried to unseam those English letters and inscriptions in Chinese ink until I bled out on the page – was it to make them mine or find a piece of myself? Do I tell them that diasporas of me are everywhere, how this halved body of mine is discordant dissonance – a cacophony – a blade that cuts a stretch of silence and years between us. But Ma, I write this poem from a body that bloomed in you. Your tenderness ignores seasons, thwarting explanation or what’s lost in translation – it’s a morning song that rises every day and cuts me

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a path to home. You teach me the most beautiful part of my body is the crossroads, conflation of cultures, and the ocean between our homes bottled up in the chamber of my heart. I can reconcile these shards of me now, Ma. I remember my name and reasons now, Ma. I do not embody divide, but the spring that seeped through it to create me. This tumble of words find you again, in motherhood, with a child wrapped in a piece of dawn cut from day. It finds me again: still bleeding from your soul and soil – where my roots intertwine.

colours named after us, where I can taste every song you bring to your lips & untranslatable flames fill our eyes.

妈妈: Chinese for “mother” In Chinese tradition, “hungry ghosts” are spirits afflicted with insatiable cravings, condemned to wander on earth in a state of limbo between death and reincarnation

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I’m telling them about a place of molten

When asked where are you from,

Whispers Beneath the Masquerade by Kaylea Tan (308)

at the dining table, hands clasped tight, heads bowed low, eyes closed from the light. Papa’s prayers fill the room, but the food turns cold, and stomachs grumble as time unfolds. it’s Sunday once more, and off to church i go. communion’s plain bread, lips pressed to the cup. what is the meaning of it all? if not a path i follow for Papa’s cheer. 20

doubts brew deep inside and God’s voice isn’t clear.

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dry-mouthed every prayer time, i just pretend and recite. in my heart, the repeated words take flight. it’s not as though God is really listening, right? the girls in school sipped coke today, but i dare not give in, else my scars won’t sway. temptation’s grip, my body’s remorse, will my repentance take an eternal course? despair arises, as my family crumbles. feeling burns on my skin, life’s burdens to bear. in dreams, i see blood; in walking hours, pain. where is this god almighty? my cries, in vain? my soul seeks answers, as shadows cast about. in search for truth, emotions cascade. amidst life’s complexities, my heart’s a masquerade.

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ENGLISH

Have a Love Sip By Amelia Goh (308)

Papa gave me tea to drink The tea twisted around my tongue My tongue burned “Kambili, you are precious. You should not see sin and walk right into it.” Papa is crying Papa loves me Papa would not hurt me It was my fault, my sins The idea soothes the pain 20

Until I could feel it no more

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You burned so brightly with love That you did not notice You stepped too close to my heart Its flames set my heart on fire too “Everything I do for you, I do for your own good. You know that?” I inhaled the smoke Until all I could do was cough So consumed with love, I was That I did not realise It hurts. It was only when love finally killed you That I knew There was nothing left of me To burn with love

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《雪》 By Liang Ziyu 梁子钰 (314)

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刚刚送走了硕果累累、落叶飘零的秋天，便迎来了北风呼啸，大雪纷飞的冬天。冬天很美，冬天的雪景更美。雪，是昨夜下的，今早我拉开窗帘，眼前已然是一幅银白色的画卷。透过窗户向远处眺望，呵，好大的雪啊！街道，树木，房屋全都罩上了一层厚厚的雪，万里江山变成了粉妆玉砌的世界。时隔三年，我终于再次回到故乡，再次见到那在赤道边不可能出现的雪。我盼望已久的雪，终于迈着轻盈地脚步来了。我雀跃着，欢呼着：“下雪了！下雪了！”老天爷仿佛知道我的心思似的，让我梦寐以求的雪下得更大。父亲带着我飞奔着冲下楼，迎接那缤纷的雪景。推开门，刚要踏出去，迈出的脚又不禁收了回来。晶莹剔透的雪花洒了满地，令我似乎有了黛玉“手把花锄出绣帘，忍踏落花来复去”的心情。当然，我不是林黛玉，也不是李清照，不然，我定会填一曲新词，作一首小曲。雪是寒冷的，万物在雪中簇拥着休眠，暂隐生机。树上再不见麻雀、鸽子的身影，耳旁亦无鸟儿的鸣叫，想必它们都在窝里安稳地冬眠着。枝头的柳叶、松针都微微垂下头，优雅地展示着身上晶莹的披风。地上的落叶、灌木也盖着一层厚厚的雪被，正酣甜地睡呢。冷杉苍松都变成了琼枝玉珂。榆杨换去穿了一秋的朴素的中山装，枫林则褪下了炫耀了小半年的火红的长裙。雪也是温暖的，亲朋好友在雪中团聚。大自然或许暂时沉睡，但人们肯定没有。恰恰相反，这正是我们最欢快的时候——快过年了！四处都已经张罗起灯笼、春联、福字等，在白色的世界中亮出一抹明艳的红。沿街的美食铺子林林总总，摊位上摆着的、锅里炒着的、手里拿着的各种美食蒸腾着袅袅白雾，映衬着片片雪花，让人仿佛漫步云雾之中，络绎不绝的游人们沉浸在这美景和美味之中，空气中充满了欢声笑语，和寂静的雪不但不违和，反而相映成趣。我们踏着雪，穿过街道和马路，走访一家一户的亲戚朋友。进了门，房屋把冷空气隔绝在外，暖气片的温度和火锅蒸腾的水汽瞬间逼退身上的寒冷。我们围桌而坐，父亲们推杯换盏，母亲们家长里短，孩子们玩耍嬉戏。这样的时光是冬天独有的，这样的快乐伴随着冬日的暖阳，使寒冷的冰雪逐渐消融。雪是寒冷的，它暂停了自然的生长；雪也是温暖的，“柴门闻犬吠，风雪夜归人”它象征着团聚。雪也有留恋，“一片冰心在玉壶”添置了她的娓婉；雪又是丰收的象征，自古就有“今冬麦盖三层被，来年枕着馒头睡” 的谚语；雪还是豪迈粗犷的，“千里冰封，万里雪飘”…… 下雪的冬日很冷很冷，但我们的心里很暖很暖……

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《小镇故事》 By Cao Runfang曹润芳 (302)

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周日下午，一辆银色奥迪驶入小镇，后面跟着一辆塞满家具的搬家车。洛臻望着窗外，小镇里天气又闷又热，一丝风也没有，大家都躲在家里避炎，显得小镇格外冷清。小镇里一排排的旧式店屋，半脱落的墙皮，高高挂起的电线，一张张淡了颜色的广告牌，洛臻像是穿越回了课本上所描述的90年代。路过了一片草坪，两个看起来和洛臻年龄相仿的少年在踢球，很小一片草地，一个少年穿着被汗水浸湿的白色背心满头大汗地跑来跑去，脸颊上挂着灿烂的笑容。阳光不偏不倚地投射在他身上，意气风发的少年在阳光下挥洒着汗水，这一幕像是洛臻幻想过无数次，望尘莫及的场景，却永远与他无关。 “臻臻，快把药吃了。“车拐进了一个胡同，妈妈下了车，打开了洛臻后座的车门。“一会儿妈妈带你去学校办个入学手续，晚上去夜市逛逛，感受一下当地的氛围。” 洛臻跟着妈妈进了新房子，坐在刚装好的书桌上，摆弄着新课本。因为他的特殊情况，以前都是妈妈在家教他，他摸着背包侧袋里大大小小的药盒，很清楚他现在活着都是奇迹，病情能够好转，已经是最好的结果了。搬家公司走后，妈妈带着洛臻来到了新学校，大门旁的墙上印着四个大红字：安才一中。门卫将他们带进了校园，面前是两栋老旧的教学楼，左边的印着”西楼“二字，右边的印着“东楼”二字。洛臻不自在地搓了搓手，这个像个报废了的大楼的学校绝对不是他想象中自己第一次上学的地方。门卫将他们带到了一扇印着“校长办公室”的木门前，随后便走了。门外发黄的墙上挂着一张告示版，上面贴着三个学生的照片。“市三好学生。。。”洛臻凑近看了看，左边那个笑容可掬的少年莫民有些眼熟，但还没等他反应过来那扇木门就打开了。办完入学手续，已经快是吃晚饭的时间了，妈妈便直接带洛臻到了附近的夜市。他们停在了一家卖拌面的店铺前，和左右排满人的店铺比，这家只有一个在厨房忙活的老奶奶和一个穿梭在人群中的少年，显得格外清凉。 “您好！请问您要点什么？”少年一路小跑到洛臻面前，挤出一丝微笑，熟练地把他们安顿在一张靠边的小木桌上，再把菜单递给他们。少年让洛臻觉得有点熟悉，洛臻歪着头盯着跑去厨房忙活的少年半天，少年明朗的笑容终于和他记忆里的一张照片重合了，他就是市三好学生之一！ *** 今晚的夜市不知为什么格外热闹，就连奶奶的店铺也来了不少人，包括一个总是盯着祁嘉看的少年。少年的那桌是奶奶帮忙结的账，祁嘉从店铺里看着他们，热情的奶奶好像跟他们聊了起来，跟着少年一起来的女士显然是个和奶奶一样的自来熟，

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笑着迎合着，而那个少年就没有那么幸运了，他尴尬地扣着手，低着头，时不时抬头向祁嘉的方向投去好奇的目光。晚上，祁家躺在硬邦邦的木床上，想起早上踢球时路过的搬家车，和车窗里望着外面的少年。原来来吃饭的那个少年就是他，而且还和自己一个学校，奶奶还答应了人家明天一起上学。去年胡同那里的房子开始装修的时候就有人开始传，说有个有钱人要搬来了。祁嘉一开始根本不信，但房子装好后他还是在好奇心的驱使下偷偷溜去瞄了一眼，虽然算不上豪华，但和旁边破旧的楼房相比，已经是他在小镇里看到过最好的房子了。他忍不住想，如果他的家境也能那么好，是不是他就不用每天在店里应付着客人，一天下来精疲力尽了。第二天早上奶奶将祁嘉早早叫起，把他带到了洛臻家附近的胡同外，和他们碰了面。奶奶和洛臻的妈妈聊了一会儿，便把洛臻交给了自己，让他们一起去学校。他们两个肩并肩地走着，一路沉默寡言，祁嘉突然觉得上学的路又慢又长。 “你被分到了几班？”平时话多的祁嘉实在忍不住问了一句。 “三班。” 祁家看了一眼洛臻，看来，他和身边这个少年相处的时间可要长了。

《没有永恒的美好》（诗） By Tan Xuantong 谭玄桐 (212)

美好无法握在手中握得越紧、流失得越快真正的美好没有永恒只会随时光流淌而飞逝

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再美的花朵盛开过就凋落再亮眼的星一闪过就坠落再灿烂的烟火却总是转瞬即逝雨中的泡沫一触碰后就破害怕结果还是害怕错过阳光在松林间穿过穿过许多如果如果如果没有明天给我浪费或沉默就让错过的不再错过抓住这个瞬间这个美好的终点是另个美好的起点足迹会化为属于你的回忆成为世界永恒的风景

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《红胡姬花》 By Yeo Hui Yu 杨蕙宇 (413)

夜幕低垂，灯火阑珊。 “连环杀人案最新发展：警方又在妍芳楼找到女子尸体，手握鲜红胡姬花。这已是两月内发现的第三具女尸体……” 街边咖啡店的电视映出一名女子脸色煞白，嘴唇泛紫，瘫倒在红木地板上。镜头转向她手里的赤红胡姬花，在周围深夜的黑漆里显得格外璀璨夺目。女子在街上赶路。她匆匆走过，不经意地瞥过电视荧幕，低声责骂自己太投入于工作，误了时间。寒风轻轻掠过她的发丝，卷起地上的落叶，“嘘嘘”地窃窃私语。街上万籁俱寂，唯独“嗒嗒”的脚步声打破夜空的宁静。 20

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女子骤然停下脚步。

“嗒嗒”声持续半刻，再止住。她的心猛地一跳。她加快脚步直奔到邻居陈奶奶的家，砰地一声紧闭家门，背靠着门急喘息，过了多时紧绷的肌肉才慢慢松弛。总算回到家了。之前那脚步声，只是她的幻觉吧……“陈奶奶？” 她轻呼，可屋里不见回应。她微皱眉头，四处张望。自从城里连续发生女子遭人刺杀案子，陈奶奶就答应让独居生活的她搬进她家里暂住。可深夜她能到哪？女子瞟见陈奶奶微敞的房门。她快步走上前，摊开房门，轻声走进去。她从没踏入陈奶奶的房间，不过看似一切正常，书籍整齐排在书柜上，床单披在床上—— 女子凝视窗边的一盆花。红胡姬花绚烂辉煌，一朵朵长得生气勃勃，颜色艳丽如鲜血。 “好看吗？” 她霍地回过头，只见陈奶奶不知什么时候站在房门前，屋里的灯光映出她嶙峋的影子，嘴角溢出浅浅笑意。女子仿佛全身被无形的力量僵住，只能眼巴巴地望着陈奶奶走过身旁，手熟练地折断出一朵胡姬花，再伸手把花递给她。 “送你。”

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《星光破茧》(歌词) By Du Guoran 杜果然 (308)

那天遇见你独坐小巷问你最近为何缺席课堂妈妈说你世界没有了光你送我的画笔闪着荧光说要珍惜世间万物绽放天黑前记下来和你分享

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没有一朵浪花不想歌唱啊没有一双翅膀不想拥抱太阳当一切终将消亡是否会迷惘苍穹之上，你是最亮的星光给我力量从此不再见你独坐小巷留下回忆中的微笑模样昨晩有只蝴蝶去了远方那些快乐往事在眼前晃我曾为你画上金色翅膀破茧成蝶吧请勇敢飞翔没有一朵浪花不想歌唱啊没有一双翅膀不想拥抱太阳当一切终将消亡也不会迷惘苍穹之上你是最亮的星光给我力量让我乘风破浪那些年少轻狂带着离别的伤深埋在泥土里开出新的希望有一天你会见证理想的光芒不只是我也带着你的梦想爱给我力量勇敢乘风破浪

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Imaginasi By Nawrah Binte Noh (207)

Bayangkan kamu seorang adiwira, Sekuat gajah dan luar biasa, Menembak laser dari mata, Menyelamatkan dunia yang terbakar. Kedengaran Tepukan berkumandang Bayangkan kamu mempunyai sayap Melayang sebelah pari-pari, Terasa angin memberus muka Menikmati pandangan yang istimewa. Pelangi muncul 20

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Adakah kamu rasa menarik berfikir tentang fantasi ini? Tidak? Apa telah terjadi? Dahulu kamu seronok berimaginasi Tentang apa sahaja yang minda fikirkan seperti… Puteri yang menyayangi Haiwan yang berbual Wira yang berani Dan Naga besar yang bernafas api Adakah kamu hilang imaginasi? Sudah matang dan berfikiran tinggi. Terpaksa membunuh imaginasi, Mengikuti masyarakat yang lenyap kreativiti Jangan bersedih. Ini bukan tamat cerita. Kamu masih bernyawa lagi Kamu tidak terlambat . Imaginasi tidur di minda kamu Nafasnya senyap Mindanya penuh idea. Adakah kamu akan membangunkannya?

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Sekuntum bunga di padang luas By Nur Aqilah Binte Abdul Rani (207)

Mata memerhati ke luar jendela; Seorang doktor, Penyelamat ramai pesakit, sedang menuju ke kerja Seorang pegawai polis, Wira negara, dengan uniform biru yang melambangkan perlindungan yang boleh diharap 20

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Mata memerhati ke luar jendela, Minda bertafakur …

Siapakah aku di mata masyarakat — rumput-rumput sebuah padang luas? Adakah aku akan menjadi seorang penyelamat ramai pesakit? Atau seorang wira negara? Walaupun mungkin aku tidak dapat menjadi seperti mereka, Tidak mengapa, selagi aku masih boleh menjadi seperti Sekuntum bunga di padang luas

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SAKIT By Shaistah Nadia Binte Mohamed Hasim (102) Aku memerhatikan rakan karibku, Nora, dengan penuh kehairanan. Dia tidak berdecit sedikit pun sejak aku memasuki biliknya. Tambahan pula, dia hanya berdiam diri dan tidak mahu menjawab soalanku. Dia hanya memandang ke arah lantai. “Mengapa Nora berkelakuan seperti ini? Beberapa minit sebelum ini, sebelum aku ke tandas, dia telah bergurau dengan aku. Tingkah lakunya amat membimbangkan,” bisik hati kecilku. “Nora, mengapa awak terdiam secara tiba-tiba? Adakah apa-apa yang berlaku?” aku mengulangi soalanku itu dengan nada yang perlahan untuk kali yang ketiga. Sejurus aku melafazkan kata-kata itu, air mata kelihatan mengalir di pipi Nora. 20

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“Aku meminta maaf,” bisik Nora sambil menyeka air matanya yang mengalir tanpa henti. Aku mati akal. Aku tidak tahu mengapa Nora menangis secara tiba-tiba, atau mengapa dia hanya berdiam diri. Aku hanya mampu memujuk Nora dengan menenangkan dirinya sebelum menanyakan kepadanya apa yang telah berlaku. Semuanya ini bermula satu minggu lepas... “Nora, lihat! Ibuku telah memberikan jam pintar ini kepada aku sempena hari lahirku semalam! Jam pintar ini amat canggih! Aku boleh membuat panggilan, menghantar mesej, dan bermain permainan video dengan menggunakan jam pintar ini! Kamu patut membeli jam pintar ini supaya kita boleh berhubung kerana kamu tidak mempunyai telefon bimbit,” aku kata dengan penuh rasa teruja. Nora menganggukkan kepala dan setuju untuk menanyakan kepada ibu bapanya jika mereka boleh membeli jam pintar tersebut sempena hari lahirnya, yang akan tiba dalam masa seminggu. Pada keesokan harinya, sebaik sahaja tiba di sekolah, Nora kelihatan muram. Aku mendekatinya dan menanyakan kepadanya mengapa dia kelihatan seperti itu. Dia mengatakan bahawa ibu dan ayahnya tidak mampu membelikannya sebuah jam pintar kerana sedang menghadapi masalah kewangan. Dia berasa amat sedih kerana kesemua rakan sedarjah kami yang lain mempunyai sebuah telefon atau sebuah jam pintar. Ada yang mempunyai kedua-duanya! Oleh itu, Nora selalu tidak dimasukkan ke dalam ruang sembang kumpulan di aplikasi Whatsapp. Dia berasa selah-olah dia selalu ditinggalkan oleh aku dan rakan kami yang lain. Aku amat mengasihaninya.

Perasaan kasihanku terhadap Nora bertambah apabila dia asyik memandang ke arah jam pintarku sepanjang hari itu. Yang membimbangkan adalah dia tidak berbual atau bergurau, walaupun dia dikenali sebagai badut kelas. Ombak kecewa memukul pantai hatiku setelah aku melihat tingkah laku rakan karibku yang selalu amat ceria. Oleh itu, aku bertekad untuk menyelesaikan masalah Nora. Tiba-tiba, aku mendapat satu idea. Aku membuat keputusan untuk menggunakan duit yang aku simpan untuk membeli sebuah komputer riba untuk membeli sebuah jam pintar untuk Nora. Aku tersenyum apabila membayangkan wajah Nora setelah aku memberikan jam pintar tersebut untuknya. Aku sanggup menggunakan wang yang telah aku simpan selama hampir setahun untuk membeli jam pintar tersebut untuk Nora. Lagipun, aku boleh menyimpan lebih duit untuk membeli komputer riba tersebut pada masa yang lain. Kegembiraan Nora lebih penting. Setelah sekolah tamat, aku terus ke kedai untuk membeli sebuah jam pintar untuk Nora. Aku membuat keputusan untuk memberi jam pintar tersebut kepadanya pada hari Ahad, iaitu hari lahirnya, apabila aku berkunjung ke rumahnya. Pada hari berikutnya, di sekolah, Nora tidak begitu sedih lagi. Namun, aku pasti bahawa dia masih berasa kecewa walaupun dia sudah mula berbual dan bergurau denganku seperti biasa kerana dia kurang bersemangat dan bertenaga. Aku tidak sabar untuk memberikan jam pintar tersebut kepadanya. Tidak lama kemudian, hari lahir Nora pun tiba. Perasaan gembira bersinar di wajahku semasa aku menuju ke rumah Nora. Setibanya aku di sana, kami bermain permainan video serta permainan kad. Namun, fikiranku asyik melayang pada waktu yang aku akan memberikan jam tersebut kepada Nora. Beberapa minit sebelum aku pulang ke rumah, aku membuka jam pintarku dan meletakkannya di atas meja di dalam bilik Nora lalu pergi ke tandas. Aku bercadang untuk memberikan jam pintar yang telah aku belikan untuk Nora kepadanya sejurus aku keluar dari tandas. Alangkah terkejutnya aku apabila aku memasuki bilik Nora. Dia tidak mahu berbual dan hanya memandang ke arah lantai. Aku menanyakan kepada Nora apa yang telah berlaku. Dia tidak menjawab soalanku. Namun, ketika aku mengulangi soalanku itu untuk kali yang ketiga, Nora mula menangis tersedu-sedu.

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Sebenarnya, aku sedang menghidapi penyakit kleptomania, iaitu tabiat mencuri yang tidak dapat dikawal walaupun barang itu tidak berharga atau tidak diperlukan. Aku akan mencuri barang-barang kecil rakan sedarjah kita setiap minggu untuk memuaskan keinginanku. Aku mengetahui bahawa perbuatanku itu salah, tetapi aku tidak dapat mengawal diri dan tabiat ini tidak pernah disedari atau ditangkap orang lain. Lagipun, aku sudah lama mengidam-idamkan jam pintar tersebut. Aku sudah lama mencuba sedaya upaya untuk mengawal tabiatku itu kerana tidak mahu persahabatan kita hancur disebabkan penyakitku ini,” jelas Nora sambil menyeka air matanya. Kakiku seperti terlekat ke lantai dan lidahku kelu untuk

Tanpa mengatakan apa-apa, aku mengeluarkan jam pintar yang telah aku belikan kepada Nora. Setelah aku memberitahunya bahawa jam pintar itu merupakan hadiah sempena hari lahirnya, dia mula melompatlompat kegembiraan. Kegembiraan berbunga di hatiku apabila melihat reaksi rakan karibku itu. Aku tidak menyesali keputusanku untuk membeli jam pintar tersebut untuknya. Dia layak menerima hadiah tersebut kerana menjadi seorang rakan yang setia. Aku akan membantunya mencari jalan untuk mengawal tabiatnya dengan memberitahu kaunselor sekolah tentang hal ini. Walaupun ada kemungkinan bahawa dia akan mencuba untuk mencuri barang-barangku lagi, aku hanya dapat berharap agar pisang tidak akan berbuah dua kali. Lagipun, aku mempercayai bahawa Nora akan mengakui kesalahannya jika perkara tersebut berlaku lagi. Aku bersyukur kerana mempunyai Nora sebagai seorang rakan dan akan memastikan bahawa penyakitnya tidak akan menjejaskan persahabatan kami yang rapat seperti isi dan kuku itu.

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“Sara, aku meminta maaf. Namun, aku mempunyai sebuah penjelasan,” jelas Nora. Sebelum sempat Nora menjelaskan keadaan, kelopak mataku mula bergenang dengan air mata. Air mata yang cuba dibendung itu merembes keluar juga. Sakit hatiku tidak dapat dijelaskan. Aku telah menggunakan duit simpanan yang hendak digunakan untuk membeli komputer riba yang aku idam-idamkan itu untuk membeli sebuah jam pintar untuk Nora. Namun, jasa aku itu dibalas dengan percubaan Nora untuk mencuri jam pintarku. Hatiku berasa pedih bagai dihiris pisau. “Sara, aku benar-benar meminta maaf. Namun, aku mempunyai sebuah penjelasan.

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Setelah Nora tenang, aku menanyakan kepadanya apa yang telah berlaku. Dengan perlahan, dia mengeluarkan jam pintarku daripada koceknya.

berkata apa-apa. Aku tidak menyangka bahawa Nora sedang menghidapi penyakit tersebut. Aku menyedari bahawa Nora harus mengawal tabiatnya setiap hari agar perhubungannya dengan aku dan rakan- rakannya yang lain tidak terjejas. Aku mengetahui bahawa usahanya itu lebih bermakna daripada usahaku untuk membeli sebuah jam pintar untuknya. Dia menghadapi cabaran itu setiap hari tetapi tetap bersikap positif dan ceria. Ini membuat aku lebih menghormati Nora dan lebih menghargai persahabatan kami.

Aku mati akal. Aku hanya berdiri kaku dan memandang ke arah Nora. Air matanya mengalir tanpa henti dan bahunya kelihatan terhinggut-hinggut menahan tangisan. Aku hanya mampu duduk di sebelah Nora dan memujuknya agar dapat menyenangkannya sebelum menyuruhnya menjelaskan apa yang telah berlaku.

Pintu Yang Dikunci By Adlyn Binte Rizal (308) Hari ini, aku bangun lewat. Aku terlena, enak dibuai mimpi. Cuti awam yang diberikan membuatku mahu bermalas-malasan di rumah sahaja. Katilku terlalu empuk sehingga aku tidak larat bangun. Angin pun mula menderu masuk dari jendela bilikku yang terbuka. Aku terus menyelubungi diriku dengan selimutku yang selembut sutera. Namun, bukan itu sahaja yang menyelubungiku akibat angin itu. Angin itu menggegarkan pintu bilik yang terkunci, di seberang bilkku. Mataku melirik ke pintu itu. Perasaan gelisah mula menyelubungiku juga. Bulu romaku meremang. Pintu itu dikunci buat sebab. Kestabilan diriku bergantung pada pintu yang dikunci itu. Aku tidak dapat kawal diriku dan peristiwa yang menjejas kesihatan mentalku sehingga hari ini, terbayang dalam mindaku. Air mata mula merembes keluar dari mataku sambil aku melalui peristiwa itu sekali lagi. 20

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“Aliyah! Mari makan tengah hari!” suaraku berkumandang di rumahku yang bertingkat tiga. Apabila aku tidak dengar balas Aliyah, aku pun menghala ke bilik permainan Aliyah. Aku pasti dia berada di situ. Mutakhir ini, dia asyik bermain dengan pintu bilik permainannya. Aliyah ialah anak tunggalku yang berusia enam tahun. Suamiku pula seorang yang mahir bertukang. Pada usia enam tahun, Aliyah ingin tahu pelbagai perkara dan asyik mengajukan soalan. Pada permulaan tahun, apabila Aliyah melihat pintu bilik yang sering dikunjunginya, Aliyah tertarik padanya. Suamiku pula mengajar Aliyah bahagianbahagian penting pada sebuah pintu dan bagaimana pintu berfungsi. Natijahnya, pintu bilik permainannya menjadi tumpuan utamanya. Buka, tutup! Buka, tutup! Entah apa yang dikaguminya. Apabila aku tiba di hadapan bilik permainannya, aku disambut dengan adegan yang lucu. Aliyah sedang memainkan peranan seorang tetamu dan tuan rumah pada masa yang sama. Apabila Aliyah membuka pintunya, raut wajahnya bertukar menjadi gembira dan penuh ekspresi, konon-kononnya dia sedang menyambut tetamu. Selepas itu, dia tergesagesa menukar tempat dan peranan untuk menjadi si tetamu pula. Ada kalanya, Aliyah sebagai tuan rumah tidak membenarkan si tetamu untuk masuk ke rumahnya. Si tetamu pula mengetuk pintunya bertalutalu. Aku ketawa kecil melihat kesungguhan anakku itu. Setelah aku puas melihatnya, aku pun mengulang panggilanku kepadanya, untuk makan tengah hari. Sebaik sahaja Aliyah melabuhkan punggungnya di meja makan, aku menggeleng-gelengkan kepalaku. Aku memberitahunya bahawa bunyi pintu dibuka dan ditutup, serta ketukan pintu amat mengganggu

lalu menyarankan agar kami berdua bermain di luar rumah bersama-sama selepas makan. Serta-merta, Aliyah mula melahap makanannya dengan rakus. Perasaan tidak sabar jelas terpancar di wajahnya yang bulat. Melihat gelagat Aliyah, pintu hatiku juga diketuk kegembiraan. Aku pun mencari kesempatan untuk bertanya Aliyah tentang hobi peliknya itu. Menurutnya, pintu itu memberinya rasa keselamatan dan terkawal. Membuka pintu itu terasa seperti menerima tetamu dan rezeki yang dinantikan. Menutupnya terasa seperti melindungi dan mengasingkan dirinya dari semua perkara buruk di dunia. Aku terpesona. Untuk seorang kanak-kanak usia enam tahun, Aliyah memang sudah boleh berfikir dengan matang. Dalam sekelip mata, kami pun melangkah keluar dari rumah kami. Aliyah berlari ke halaman rumah kami yang berumput. Kereta yang lalu-lalang di jalan raya berhampiran tidak banyak. Burung-burung berkicauan seolah-olah meraikan kami. Hanya setelah aku menjejakkan kakiku barulah aku sedar bahawa matahari amat megah pada waktu ini. Kulitku dibakar oleh matahari. Bintik-bintik peluh mula bercucuran di dahiku. Bau rumput yang baru dipotong menusuk hidungku. Tidak sabar rasanya untuk masuk ke dalam rumah. Walau bagaimanapun, aku tetap menepati janjiku dan bermain bersama Aliyah. Aliyah ligat melompat dan melambung bola manakala aku cuba sedaya upaya untuk menangkap bolanya. Pusingan demi pusingan, Aliyah berjaya mengalahkanku. Kedengaran hilai tawa dan perbualan yang rancak. Setelah apa yang terasa seperti sedekad, kami pun berhenti sebentar. Aku sudah mula membayangbayangkan jus tembikai. Kedahagaan yang teramat sangat mendorongku untuk menyeret kakiku ke dalam rumah. Aku mengarah Aliyah untuk menunggu kepulanganku tanpa bergerak. Aliyah yang sedang tercungap-cungap, mengangguk dan menyeringai. Di rumah, aku berasa lega kerana dapat berehat. Tanpa kusedari, aku telah meneguk lima cawan, penuh dengan air. Badanku baru mula membawa suhunya balik ke suhu normal. Tiba-tiba terdengar jeritan nyaring yang memecahkan kesunyian, dari luar rumahku. Hatiku disentak kejutan dan aku memecut ke halaman rumah. Pintu rumah kubiarkan terbuka. “Tidak….. Apa yang aku lihat tidak benar. Ini semua mimpi.” Aku mengulangi kata-kata tersebut pada diriku.

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Ambulans dan kereta polis tiba dengan pantas. Para paramedik, pihak polis, suamiku dan orang yang aku tidak kenali semua berkerumun. Para paramedik mengumumkan bahawa Aliyah tidak dapat diselamatkan. Pihak polis sibuk mengajukan soalan dan mengawal orang ramai yang menolak satu sama lain untuk melihat mayat Aliyah. Suamiku pula seperti hilang akal. Reaksinya seperti diriku. Apakan daya, tiada perkataan yang dapat menggambarkan kesedihan yang mencengkam sanubari kami. “Lylia, mari kita pergi. Kita akan lewat untuk sesi terapi kita,” sapa suamiku dengan nada yang lembut. Lamunanku tercantas. Perhatianku kembali pada dunia nyata. Aku mengelap air mata yang telah mengalir di pipiku dan bingkas bangun dari katilku.

Tiada cara lain. Aku mengunci diriku dalam rumah. Aku mengunci bilik itu. Itu pun tidak cukup untuk menghentikan trauma dan menyembuhkan kedukaanku . Aku merantai pintu itu. Aku tidak mahu berdepan dengan dunia lagi. Aku tidak mahu berdepan dengan bilik itu lagi. Kehilangan yang kurasakan amat perit. Tidak ada apa-apa yang boleh membawa Aliyah kembali. Aku mengunci segala kenanganku bersama Aliyah dalam lubuk hatiku dan mindaku. Aku tidak mahu menerima apa-apa. Aku tidak boleh teruskan hidupku. Aku mengunci diriku pada masa lampau.

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Aku tidak boleh menerimanya. Tidak. Tidak mungkin anak kesayanganku telah pergi. Baru sahaja aku mendengarnya buka dan tutup pintu berkali-kali. Baru sahaja aku bermain dengannya. Panik! Sedih! Marah! Pelbagai perasaan meledak dalam hatiku. Penglihatanku mula dikaburi mutiara-mutiara jernih. Aku masih terpaku di situ, masih cuba memahami keadaan. Encik Tan menelefon ambulans serta suamiku.

Aku tidak boleh pergi ke tempat-tempat yang kami kunjungi pada hari itu. Jika tidak, aku akan berasa kejung. Menjejakkan kakiku di halaman rumahku sudah menjadi sulit. Bermain bola sukar bagiku. Melihat bola membuat aku mabuk. Yang lebih kritikal ialah pintu bilik permainan Aliyah. Bilik permainan itu merupakan bilik kegemaran Aliyah. Pintu itu telah menjadi tumpuan terakhirnya. Aku tidak boleh memandang bilik itu lagi. Aku tidak boleh mendengar pintu itu dibuka. Jika tidak, aku akan menangis selama satu jam.

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Pemandu kereta itu menuju ke arahku dengan lutut yang menggeletar. Pemandu itu ialah jiran kami, Encik Tan. Muka Encik Tan pucat lesi apabila beliau menceritakan kejadian itu. Menurutnya, beliau sedang memandu keluar rumahnya. Pada masa yang sama, Aliyah yang kecil berada di situ, membungkuk sambil mengambil sesuatu pasti bolanya tergolek. Encik Tan tidak dapat melihat Aliyah dari cermin keretanya dan malangnya, Aliyah dilanggar.

Apa yang berlaku selepas itu tidak kami ingati. Semuanya berlalu dengan pantas. Sejak kejadian itu, ahli keluarga kami membawa suamiku dan aku menghadiri sesi terapi setiap minggu. Inilah cara mereka membantu kami menerima kejadian dan membangunkan hidup kami semula. Suamiku terpaksa sambung kehidupan dan pergi ke kerja setiap hari. Namun, aku belum boleh menerima segalanya. Pakar terapi itu menyatakan bahawa aku masih menafikan dan memikirkan tentang kejadian itu. Katanya, menafikan merupakan antara satu daripada 5 tahap kehibaan atau “5 Stages of Grief”. Benar katanya. Mindaku tidak henti-henti menerawang pada hari itu.

Aku tidak dapat menerima apa yang kulihat. Mulutku terlopong. Mataku membuntang. Aku ingin menjerit meminta tolong tetapi lidahku kelu. Otakku buntu. Badan Aliyah terkulai layu berdekatan sebuah kereta. Kepala dan badannya berlumuran darah. Darah yang merah dan pekat. Darah yang memancut keluar tanpa henti. Kakinya patah. Tangannya bengkok. Bola Aliyah yang asalnya berwarna biru kini diwarnai merah.

TULAR By Marisa Binte Rizal (404) 20.08.2029 Jika perasaan gelisah mempunyai wajah, akulah wajahnya. Jari-jemariku tidak putus cuba mencari sesuatu untuk memegang. Aku memerhatikan peserta lain dalam bilik itu dan mereka kelihatan tenang berbanding denganku. Aku mengambil nafas yang dalam untuk menenangkan degupan jantungku yang mengalahkan kelajuan kereta lumba F1. “Please take a seat, and introduce yourself. Remember that this is a safe space and you have permitted to being recorded during the entirety of this discussion. We will leave you in this room so as not to intimidate you. The topic for today is Islamophobia and feel free to expand the discussion any way. Take deep breaths and you may begin.” Ucapan oleh wanita yang mempunyai aksen British itu memecah monologku.

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Langkah yang diambil ke tempat dudukku dipercepat. Bunyi heretan kerusi memenuhi bilik itu. Bilik yang dikhaskan untuk perbincangan ini seperti malam yang tanpa bulan. Dindingnya hitam. Kerusinya juga hitam. Sumber cahaya hanyalah lampu yang digunakan untuk merakam perbincangan tersebut. 3,2,1. [0.01s] recording Pada saat yang pertama lampu merah mula memancar – menandakan kamera sudah mula merakam – bilik itu diselimuti dengan kesepian. Mataku melirik ke arah peserta-peserta yang lain. Semua sedang menunggu untuk sesiapa yang hendak memecah kesepian. Para wanita hanya menundukkan kepala mereka, dan lelaki pula tidak mahu dilihat sebagai seorang yang mulut besar. Aku tidak kenali tubuhku dan tiba-tiba, tanganku terangkat dan menarik perhatian mereka. Aku memperkenalkan diriku. [0.20s] recording Namaku adalah Aqsa. Aqsa seperti masjid yang terkenal di Palestin. Aku berumur 21 tahun. Aku berasal dari Singapura, tetapi telah berpindah ke Vancouver, Kanada pada umur dua tahun. Waktu pertama aku mengalami apa yang dinobatkan sebagai ‘Islamophobia’ adalah carut-mencarut sekumpulan remaja apabila aku hanya berumur 8 tahun. Aku tidak mengenali perkataanperkataan yang mereka gunakan. Maklumlah, kosa kata aku tidaklah meluas kerana aku hanya berumur 8 tahun. Tetapi, aksi ibuku yang menutup telingaku sudah cukup untuk mengenal pasti bahawa perkataan mereka bukanlah tanda sayang dan manja. Peserta yang seterusnya memperkenalkan dirinya. Namanya adalah Raihan. Raihan berasal dari Penang, Malaysia. Dia telah berpindah ke London, United Kingdom untuk melanjutkan pelajarannya di Universiti Cambridge. Pada pendapatnya, dia telah mengalami Islamophobia berulang kali sehingga tidak dapat mengingati waktu pertama dia mengalaminya. Dia melukis imej perasaan mengalaminya sebagai kanvas yang telah ditoreh dan dibiarkan sebegitu sahaja. Peserta yang lain turut memberi sinopsis tentang diri mereka dan menceritakan pengalaman mereka. Setiap peserta telah melakukan tersebut sehingga tertinggal seorang sahaja.

Namanya adalah Eliza. Dia berasal dari Vancouver, Kanada. Dia merupakan seorang yang baru memeluk agama Islam dan dahulu memainkan peranan sebagai pembuli yang pernah menunjukkan islamophobia. Mangsanya yang pertama dan terakhir adalah Aqsa. Aku. [5.13s] recording Dengan sebutan namaku, setiap kepala berpaling ke arahku. Mata mereka seperti jarum-jarum yang mencucuk. Aku tidak suka menerima perhatian seperti ini. Namun demikian, aku duduk dengan tegak dan memberi masa untuk Eliza menyambung ceritanya. Eliza menggelengkan kepala dan menudingkan jarinya kepadaku. Dia menginginkanku untuk menyambung ceritanya. Aku cuba mengelak dan memberi amaran bahawa ceritanya panjang dan amat membosankan. Meskipun begitu, tiada sesiapa yang mencelah dan setiap peserta seperti tertarik dengan cerita yang belum disampaikan. Peserta yang bernama Raihan bersuara,“Cerita ini pasti akan menyampaikan mesej yang penting dan mungkin akan tular.” Inilah kisah yang bermula 8 tahun yang lalu. 18.02.2022 Sekolah dilihat sebagai tempat bermesra dan meluangkan masa dengan rakan-rakan. Semua itu semata-mata penipuan untukku. Aku tidak pernah mengalami pengalaman tersebut. Tahun ini aku berumur 15 tahun. Kini, aku sudah cukup matang dan dapat memakai hijab untuk menutup auratku di sekolah. Resah dan gusar bersilih ganti memegang hatiku dan hatiku tidak tidak dapat melepaskan diri. Sepanjang perjalananku ke sekolah, aku memikirkan senario yang pelbagai. Hijabku akan ditarik. Guru-guru tidak akan menjawab soalanku. Gelak tawa akan didengar di bilik darjah dan setiap rakan sekelasku akan menghina penampilanku. Aku cuba sedaya upaya untuk melupakan senario-senario yang negatif tetapi gagal. “What are you wearing? Are you secretly hiding some weapons in your bag too?” Aku tergamam dengan perkataan-perkataan empunya suara pembuliku, Eliza. Mataku terbeliak. Mengapakah Eliza mengatakan sebegitu? Sebelum aku dapat menjawab komennya, rakannya yang berambut perang menambah, “You look even more hideous by the way.What use are you covering up when no one is looking at you?” Komennya diiringi dengan ketawa yang nyaring. Bibirku hampir melepaskan racun tetapi aku teringatkan pengajaran dalam Islam yang diajar oleh Nabi Muhammad — “Jangan berkata perkataan yang dapat menyakiti orang lain. Jika tiada apa-apa yang baik untuk diucapkan, berdiamlah.” Walaupun hatiku dilukai, aku berkelakuan seperti biasa dan mengulas senyuman simpul dan meninggalkan mereka. 11.08.2025 “Aqsa, what is the significance of fasting? Can I try fasting with you?” Aku tidak dapat percaya telingaku sendiri. Eliza? Yang selama ini tidak menghormati agamaku dan hanya menghina setiap perbuatanku sejak sekolah menengah?Eliza yang menyebarkan berita-berita palsu tentang penglibatan keluargaku dalam pengganasan 9/11? Eliza yang ….. Aku tidak mampu mengenali bahawa dia benarbenar hendak mengambil tahu tentang Islam atau hendak membuat lawak sahaja. Jelaslah, Eliza tidak pernah

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20.08.2029 Pada 20 Ogos 2027, Eliza telah mengucapkan shahadah di masjid yang berdekatan dengan rumahku. Hari ini mencecah 2 tahun Eliza sebagai seorang Muslim. Eliza yang duduk bertentangan denganku, mengukirkan senyuman yang semanis gula dan manik-manik tangisan menghiasi pipinya. Dadaku dipenuhi kapas dan aku mula menjadi sebak. Aku tidak pernah mempunyai peluang dan wadah yang sesuai untuk mengongsikan kisahnya. Kisahnya berbentuk harapan untukku bahawa seseorang yang berkelakuan Islamophobic tidak akan selalu berada dalam situasi itu. Kisahnya berbentuk harapan bahawa manusia mampu berubah. Kita tidak perlu bermusuhmusuhan sepanjang hidup. Fenomena Islamophobia ini hanya menghancurkan masyarakat kita yang berbilang kaum dan agama. “I found Eliza’s story really touching. I never thought someone who have spent their whole life bullying and tormenting you for your religion will embrace that same religion.” Seorang wanita yang berbangsa Cina mengatakan dengan suara yang halus. Peserta lain turut menganggukkan kepala mereka tanda setuju. “I think we can all agree that someone doesn’t always have to go down the same path as dear Eliza here, but her story proves that maybe Islamophobia can slowly be managed as the hater begins to learn more about the one they hate.” Seorang lelaki menyuarakan pendapatnya yang menyambut pendapat dan perbincangan yang lebih rancak. Kisah Eliza telah memacu perbincangan yang lebih meluas dan mendalam tentang topik tersebut. Aku turut serta dalam perbincangan yang hangat itu. Lidahku pantas menyampaikan pendapat, menyokong dan memberikan pendapat yang alternatif. [1h.45m.08s] end recording.

Berita hangat! Kisah yang tidak disangka ramai! New Yorks Time - An Islamophobic and A Muslim : an unexpected plot twist to a common story uncovered in a 45 minute Youtube video. Berita Terkini: Video rakaman oleh Hearme!, sebuah organisasi yang ingin memupuk kesedaran tentang isu-isu semasa, menarik perhatian ramai dengan kisah Aqsa dan Eliza. Telefonku dibanjiri dengan ribuan notifikasi daripada ibu bapaku, rakan-rakanku dan panggilan telefon yang tidak diaangkat. Aku baru bangun daripada tidur yang lena. Mataku terkebil-kebil melihat skrin telefon bimbitku yang terlalu terang. Aku menekan pautan kepada artikel-artikel satu-persatu. Setiap artikel menceritakan kisahku dan Eliza dengan perkataan yang lebih canggih dan tersusun. Jantungku tidak mengenali batasan dan berdegup kencang. Perasaan gembira, puas hati dan lain-lain bercampur di dalam hatiku. Kebanyakan artikel meraih sambutan positif. Terdapat segelintir pembaca dan penonton yang mengutuk kisah itu sebagai “palsu, hanya hendak menaruh kasihan dan mustahil!” Aku tidak mengendahkan komen-komen yang negatif. Setiap individu mampu memiliki pendapat sendiri baik salah atau betul. Yang penting, aku berpuas hati bahawa kisahku dan Eliza tular buat pengajaran kepada semua.

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Hari itu merupakan hari pertama Eliza membuka hati untuk menghormati agamaku. Aku tidak sangka dan hanya berdoa supaya ini dapat diteruskan.

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Malahan, Eliza sudah 18 tahun dan dia berupaya untuk mempengaruhi lebih banyak orang dengan wadah media sosial yang kerap digunakannya. Aku meletakkan komputer ribaku dan menghadapinya. “Are you sure you really want to know more and you are not going to mock me?” Dia berjanji dia akan menghormati agamaku dan aku mula menjelaskan.

Hos-hos perbincangan itu mengucapkan terima kasih dan memuji setiap peserta atas sumbangan masa dan tenaga mereka. Aku menunggu Eliza sebelum beredar dari bilik itu.

menunjukkan minat untuk mempelajari tentang agama Islam. Apakah yang mencetuskan minatnya kepada agama yang dibencinya selama hidup? Mengikut pepatah orang putih, ‘Islam is the bane of her existence.’

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அப்லபாழுது சிற்றுத் லொலை��ில், ஒரு லபண்மாணிி லபாிை பாலைறைின் மமால் நாின்றுலகாாண்டு, காடலை�மை பார்த்துக் லகாாண்டிருந்ொள். அ�ள் காடலை� ைசிிக்காின்றாள் என்றுொன் நாிலைனத்து, என் குடும்பத்துடன் ஆனந்ெமாாகா �ிலைைைாடிக் லகாாண்டிருந்மென். நாிமாிடங்காள் காடந்து மபாகாப் மபாகா, எனக்குச் சிற்று சிந்மெகாம் �ைர்ந்துலகாாண்மட இருந்ெது. அப்லபண், மசிாகாம் மொய்ந்ெ முகாத்துடன் காடலை� ல�றித்துப் பார்த்துக் லகாாண்டிருந்ொள். அ�ள் சிிலை�லைைப் மபால் ஆடாமால் அலைசிைாமால் நாின்றுலகாாண்டிருக்கா, நாான் என்ன நாடந்ெது என்று �ின� �ிலைழிந்மென். அத்ெறு�ாைில், அப்லபண், அந்ெப் பாலைறைிலிருந்து குெிக்கா முைற்சிித்ொள். என் காண்காலைை என்னால் நாம்பம� முடிை�ில்லை�! அெிர்ச்சிிைில் என் இரு �ிழிி பிதுங்காி நாின்மறன். என் உடலில் இருந்ெ சிக்ெிலைைத் ெிைட்டிக்லகாாண்டு, “நாில்லுங்காள்! நாில்லுங்காள்!” என்று லொண்லைட காிழிிை காத்ெிக்லகாாண்மட �ிலைைந்மென். என் மானத்ெின் ம�காம், நாான் ஓடு�ெற்கு ஈடு லகாாடுத்ெது. “இப்லபண் ைார் ? இ�ள் ஏன் இவ்�ாறு லசிய்காிறாள்?” என்பன மபான்ற ப� மகாள்�ிகாள் என் மானத்ெில் எழும்பின. என் லசிால், லசிைல், சிிந்ெலைன அலைனத்தும் அப்லபண்லைணிப் பற்றிமை இருந்ெது. சிிறுத்லைெ மபால் சிீறிப்பாய்ந்து பாலைற மமால் ஏறி அப்லபண் �ிழு�ெற்குள் அ�ள் லைகாலைைப் பிடித்து இழுத்து மாண்ணிில் மபாட்மடன். எங்காள் இரு�ருக்கும் மூச்சிிலைறத்ெது. நாிசிப்ெம் நாி��, நாாங்காள் ஒரு�லைை ஒரு�ர் உற்றுப் பார்த்துக் லகாாண்டிருந்மொம். அப்லபண் என்லைனப் பார்த்து ‘மபந்ெ மபந்ெ’ முழிிக்கா நாானும் அ�லைைப் பார்த்மென் . “ நாீங்காள் ைார்? உங்காளுக்கு என்ன ம�ண்டும்?” என, அந்ெப் லபண் சிற்றுக் மகாாபத்துடன் இெைம் படபடக்காக் மகாட்டாள். அ�ள் மபச்சிில் ல�றுப்பும் இை�ாலைமாயும் கா�ந்ெிருந்ென. இந்ெக் மகாள்�ிலைை சிற்றும்

எெிர்பாைாெ நாான் சுைநாிலைன�ிற்கு �ந்து, “என் லபைர் மாா�ா, நாான் ஓர் உை�ிைல் ஆம�ாசிகார்,” என்மறன். “ஆமாாம், நாீ ஏன் ெண்ணிீாில் குெிக்காச் லசின்றாய்? அது எது�ாகாினும் கா�லை� ம�ண்டாம். என்ன நாடந்ெது என்று கூறு” எனச் சிாந்ெமாாகாக் மகாட்மடன். “நாான் ஏன் உங்காைிடம் கூற ம�ண்டும்? உங்காை நாா…. நா.. நா.. நாான் எப்படி நாம்பு�து?” என்ற லபண், ெைங்காித் ெைங்காிப் பெில் கூறினாள். அ�ள் காண்காைில் பெற்றமும் பைமும் மசிாகாமும் நாிழி�ாடின. இலைெப் புாிந்துலகாாண்ட�ைாய், அந்ெ மாாதுலை�ச் சிாந்ெப்படுத்ெி, அருந்ெ ெண்ணிீர் லகாாடுத்து அமாைச் லசிான்மனன். அப்லபாழுதுொன் நாான் அ�லைை முழுொகாப் பார்லை�ைிட்மடன். என் �ற்புறுத்ெலின் மபாில், அ�ள் ென் காலைெலைைக் கூற ஒப்புக்லகாாண்டாள். “என் லபைர் கா�ா. எனக்கு ஓர் அலு��காத்ெில் பகுெி மநாை ம�லை�. என் காணி�ருக்மகாா ஓர் அலு��காத்ெில் இைவு மநாைப் பணிி,” என்றாள். ெிருமாணிமாாகாிை பிறகு. சிி� �ாைங்காள் கூட நாாங்காள் மநாைத்லைெ ஒன்றாகாக் காழிித்ெமெ இல்லை� என்று பு�ம்பத் லொடங்கா, நாான் லைகாத் லொலை�மபசிிலைைக் காீமழி லை�த்து�ிட்டுச் சிற்று லசிாகுசிாகா அமார்ந்மென். கா�ாவும் அ�ள் காணி�ரும் ஒரு நாாள் கூடச் மசிர்ந்து ெிலைைப்படம் பார்க்காம�ா, பூங்காா�ிற்மகாா, சுற்று�ாத் ெ�ங்காளுக்மகாா லசின்றமெ இல்லை�ைாம். எப்லபாழுதும், ம�லை� என்று இரு�ரும் ஓடிக்லகாாண்மட இருக்காிறார்காைாம். “நாான் ெினமும் அலு��காத்ெில் ம�லை� பார்த்து�ிட்டு, வீட்டிலும் �ந்து ‘மாாங்கு மாாங்கு’ என ம�லை� பார்ப்மபன். அ�ருக்குப் பிடித்ெ உணிலை�ச் சிலைமாப்மபன். ஆனால் அலைெச் சிாப்பிட்டு�ிட்டு எப்படி இருக்காிறது என்று ஒரு �ார்த்லைெ கூடச் லசிால்�மாாட்டார். மாடிக்காணிினிலைை லை�த்துக்லகாாண்டு சிொ சிர்� காா�மும் அெனுடமன இருப்பார்! ெிருமாணிம் ஆகாிை சிி� �ாைங்காைிம�மை என்லைன இந்ெிைா�ில் �ிட்டு�ிட்டுச் சிிங்காப்பூர் �ந்ெ�ர் இங்மகாமை பணிிபுாிை ஆைம்பித்ொர். இப்பிாிலை�த் ொங்கா முடிைாெ நாான் அ�ருடன் சிண்லைடைிட்டுப் ப� மபாைாட்டங்காளுக்குப் பிறகு, குடும்பத்ெின் சிம்மாெத்துடன் சிிங்காப்பூருக்கு �ந்மென்,” எனக் கா�ா நாாத் ெழுெழுக்காக் கூறிைமபாது அ�ள் காண்காைிலிருந்து காண்ணிீர் ஆறாகாப் லபருக்லகாடுத்து ஓடிைது. அ�ைது காண்ணிீாின் ஒவ்ல�ாரு துைியும் அ�ள் மானெில் இருந்ெ துக்காம், மகாாபம், �ிைக்ெி, ஏக்காம் ஆகாிை அலைனத்து உணிர்ச்சிிகாலைையும் ல�ைிப்படுத்ெிைொகா நாான் உணிர்ந்மென். ப� பணிிகாளுக்கு �ிண்ணிப்பித்ெ பிறகு, அ�ளுக்குத் ெற்மபாலைெை ம�லை� காிலைடத்ெொகாவும் கூறினாள். இப்படிைாகா இரு�ருக்கும் �ாழ்க்லைகா ஓடிக்லகாாண்டிருக்லைகாைில், சிமாீப காா�மாாகாத் ெனது காணி�ாின் நாடத்லைெைில் மாாறுெல்காள் இருப்பலைெ உணிர்காிமறன் என்றாள். ‘அ�ர் மாணிிக் காணிக்காில் ைாருடமனா லைகாமபசிிைில் இனிக்கா

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“இவ்�ாறு ெற்லகாாலை� லசிய்துலகாாள்ைத் துணிிந்து�ிட்டாமை, இெனால் உன் பிைச்சிலைன ெீர்ந்து�ிடுமாா? இெில் உன் ெ�று எதுவுமமா இல்லை�மை! இெற்காாகா�ா சிிங்காப்பூர் �ந்ொய்? உன்லைன �ைர்த்து ஆைாக்காிை லபற்மறாலைைப் பற்றி நாிலைனத்துப் பார்த்ொைா? உன் காணி�ர் இவ்�ாறு லசிய்ெொல் உன் �ாழ்க்லைகாமை இருண்டு�ிடுமாா என்ன? உனக்காாகா நாீ மபாைாட உனக்குள் துணிி�ில்லை�ைா?” என்ற மகாள்�ிகாலைை நாான் மகாட்காக் மகாட்கா அ�ள் மைாசிிக்காத் லொடங்காினாள். அ�ள் முகாம் மாாறிைது. அெில் நாம்பிக்லைகா மைலைகா படைத் லொடங்காிைலைெ நாான் கா�னித்மென். அ�ள் ென் ெ�ற்லைற உணிர்ந்ொள். “நாீங்காள் கூறு�து சிாிொன். நாான் எவ்�ைவு முட்டாள் ெனமாான காாாிைத்ெில் ஈடுபட்டு உள்மைன் என்பலைெ இப்லபாழுதுொன்

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உை�ிைல் ஆம�ாசிகார் ஆகாிை எனக்கு அ�ள் மபச்சிில் முழு நாம்பிக்லைகா �ை�ில்லை�. இந்ெ மானநாிலை�ைிலிருந்து அ�ள் எப்லபாழுது ம�ண்டுமாானாலும் மாீண்டும் எந்ெ முடிலை� ம�ண்டுமாானாலும் எடுக்கா�ாம். எனம�, காா��ர்காைிடம் லசிால்�துொன் சிாி எனத் மொன்றிைது. அ�ள் மாீண்டும் இங்கு �ந்து என்ன லசிய்�ாமைா என்று ைாருக்குத் லொியும்? ‘�ருமுன் காாப்மபாம்‘ என்பலைெப் மபா� நாான் பாதுகாாப்பிற்காாகா என் லொலை�மபசிிைில் எங்காைின் உலைைைாடலை�ப் பெிவு லசிய்ெலைெக் காா��ர்காளுக்கு அனுப்பிமனன். மமாலும், அந்ெப் லபண்ணிின் �ி�ைங்காலைையும் அெில் இலைணித்மென். என் மானெில், நாாங்காள் மபசிிைலைெ அ�ள் அனுமாெி இல்�ாமால் லொலை�மபசிிைில் பெிவு லசிய்ெிருக்காக் கூடாமொ என்று உறுத்ெினாலும் , நாம்மாால் ஒரு உைிலைைக் காாப்பாற்ற முடிந்ெது என்ற ெிருப்ெியுடன் என் குடும்பத்லைெ மநாாக்காி நாடந்மென். ***************

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“நாான் என்ன ெ�று லசிய்மென்? ம�லறாரு லபண்ணுடன் மநாைத்லைெச் லசி��ழிிக்காத் லொிந்ெ அ�ருக்கு, அ�லைைமை நாம்பி வீட்டில் ஓர் மாலைன�ி இருக்காின்றாள் என்பது எப்படி நாிலைன�ில் இல்�ாமால் மபானது? என் அன்பிற்கு �ிலை� இதுொனா? ஐமைா!!! அலைெ நாிலைனக்லைகாைிம�மை இக்காடலில் குெித்துத் ெற்லகாாலை� லசிய்துலகாாள்ை�ாம் என்று மொன்றுகாிறது. என்லைன �ிடுங்காள்! நாான் �ாழ்ந்து ஒரு பைனும் இல்லை�! என் �ாழ்க்லைகாலைை மைாசிித்துப் பார்த்ொல் எனக்குள் மமாலும் ல�றுப்புொன் ஏற்படுகாிறது! என்று கூறிக் கா�ா மாீண்டும் காடலில் குெிக்கா ஓட, நாான் அ�ைின் காைங்காலைைப் பிடித்து இழுத்து மாீண்டும் அமாை லை�த்மென்.

உணிர்காிமறன். உணிர்ச்சிி �சிப்பட்டு நாான் எடுத்ெ முடிவு ெ�றானது! நாான் வீட்டிற்குச் லசின்று அ�ருடன் கா�ந்துலைைைாடி இெற்குத் ெீர்வு காாண்காிமறன். இத்ெலைன நாாள் அ�ாிடம் இலைெப்பற்றித் ெீர்மாானமாாகாப் மபசு�ெற்குத் ெலைடைாகா இருந்ெது என் பைமும் ென்னம்பிக்லைகா இல்�ாெ ென்லைமாயும் ொன்! அ�ர் அெற்கு என்ன பெில் அைித்ொலும் சிாி, அெற்மகாற்ப என் முடிவுகாலைை நாான் எடுப்மபன்.” என்று கா�ா உறுெியுடன் கூறினாள். அங்காிருந்து அ�ள் வீட்டிற்குப் புறப்பட்டாள். ஆனால் என்னால் அ�லைை முழுலைமாைாகா நாம்ப முடிை�ில்லை�.

இனிக்காப் மபசிிக்லகாாண்டிருந்ொர். அலைெப்பற்றி அ�ாிடம் மகாட்டமபாது எலைெமைா கூறி மாழுப்பினார். அ�ர் மபச்சிில் ெடுமாாற்றம் லொிந்ெது. எனம� ஒரு நாாள் இைவு, அ�ாின் லைகாத்லொலை�மபசிிலைை எடுத்துப் பார்த்மென். அ�ர் ம�று லபண்ணுடன் பழிகாிக் லகாாண்டிருப்பது லொிை�ந்ெது. என் இெைமமா சுக்கு நூறாகா ல�டித்துச் சிிெறிைது. இலைெப்பற்றி அ�ாிடம் மகாட்டால் மகாாபத்ெில் என்லைன அடித்துத் துன்புறுத்துகாிறார். எப்லபாழுலெல்�ாம் இந்ெப் மபச்சு �ருகாின்றமொ அப்லபாழுலெல்�ாம் சிண்லைடயும் �ந்து�ிடுகாிறது. எனம�, இந்ெ �ாழ்க்லைகாமை ல�றுத்து�ிட்டது; என் �ாழ்க்லைகாலைை முடித்துக்லகாாள்ை�ாம் என்று இங்கு �ந்மென்” என்று �ிம்மாி �ிம்மாி அழுதுலகாாண்மட என்னிடம் கூறினாள்.

எெிர்பாைாெது By Tharsita Selvaraju (104)

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‘’என்னங்கா, ெைவு லசிய்து உங்காள் மாீலைசிலைைச் சிிலைைத்து�ிடுங்காள் எத்ெலைனமுலைற லசிால்�து! பார்க்கா முடிை�ில்லை�!’’ என்று என் அம்மாா சிலிப்மபாடு கூற, என்லைனத் ெிட்டிக்லகாாண்டிருந்ெ என் அப்பா, ஒரு நாிமாிடம் நாிறுத்ெி�ிட்டு ‘சிாி’ என்று அம்மாா�ிடம் பெி�ைித்ொர். பிறகு, அப்பா மாீண்டும் என்லைன ஏசு�லைெத் லொடர்ந்ொர்.

மபாதுமாானொகா இல்லை�. என் லபற்மறார்காள் என் ெம்பிமைாடு ஒவ்ல�ாரு பூக்காைாகா ைசிித்துக்லகாாண்டு இருந்ொர்காள். நாான் எலைெயும் ைசிிக்காாமால், ஆர்�மாில்�ாமால் நாடப்பலைெப் பார்த்ொம� நாான் மகாாபமாாகா இருப்பது எல்ம�ாருக்கும் லொியும். அப்படி இருந்ெமபாதும், என்லைனக் காண்டுலகாாள்ைாெ என் ெந்லைெைாலைை ஏொ�து லசிய்ை ம�ண்டும் என்று எனக்குத் மொன்றிைது!

என் ெம்பி எனக்குப் பிடித்ெமாான ஒரு சிிறிை காண்ணிாடிச் சிிற்பத்லைெ உலைடத்து�ிட்டான். மகாாபத்ெில், நாான் அ�லைன அடித்து�ிட்டெற்காாகா, என் ெந்லைெ என்லைன ஏசிிக்லகாாண்டிருந்ொர். நாீங்காமை லசிால்லுங்காள்! இது ைாாின் ெ�று? ‘லபற்மறார்காளுக்கு முெலில் பிறந்ெ பிள்லைைகாைின் மாீது என்ன மகாாபமமாா லொிை�ில்லை�. எது நாடந்ொலும் எங்காலைைத் ெிட்டுகாிறார்காள்!’ என்று என்னுள்மை நாான் முணிகாிைபடிமை, என் அப்பா ெிட்டு�லைெ ஒரு காாெில் மகாட்டு மாறு காாெில் ல�ைிமை �ிட்மடன். மெலை�ைில்�ாமால் ெிட்டு�ாங்கும் ஓர் காற்பலைனைான சிங்காத்ெின் உறுப்பினர் நாான்ொன் என்று கூறிைபடி, என்லைனத் மெற்றிக்லகாாண்மடன். ஆனால், நாாம் எவ்�ைவு ொன் அ�ர்காள் ெிட்டு�லைெக் காண்டுலகாாள்ைக் கூடாது என்று நாிலைனத்ொலும், அது நாம்லைமா உறுத்தும் ொமன!

‘’�ிலைைைாட்டான முலைறைில் என் அப்பாலை�ப் பழிி�ாங்கா ம�ண்டும். ம்ம்..என்ன லசிய்ை�ாம்?’’ என்று நாான் மைாசிித்ெபடிமை சுற்றும் முற்றும் பார்த்மென். அப்லபாழுதுொன் அ�ங்காாைமாாகா மானிெர்காலைைப் மபா� �டி�லைமாக்காப்பட்ட சிிலை�காள் என்லைனச் சுற்றி இருப்பலைெக் காண்மடன். மைாசிலைனமை மொன்றாெ என் மானத்ெில், அப்லபாழுது பைிச்லசின்று ஒரு மைாசிலைன மொன்றிைது. என் இெழ்காள் ம�சிாகா �லைைை, என்னுள் ஒரு சிிாிப்பு உரு�ானது. என் காண்காளும் கா�னமும் ஒவ்ல�ாரு சிிலை�ைிலும் இருந்ெ ஒட்டு மாீலைசிைின்மாீது லசின்றது. காாலை�ைில் என் அம்மாா, என் அப்பா�ிடம் லசிான்னது என் மானத்ெிற்கு �ை, என் அப்பா அந்ெ �ிெமாான மாீலைசிைில் பார்க்கா ஒரு �ிெமாான மகாாமாாைிலைைப் மபால் இருப்பார் என்று எனக்குத் மொன்றிைது. அலைெ�ிட முக்காிைமாாகா, அந்ெ ஒட்டு மாீலைசிகாள் அலைனத்தும் முறுக்கு மாீலைசிகாலைைப் மபால் இருந்ென. அந்ெக் மகாா�த்ெில் நாான் என் ெந்லைெலைைப் புலைகாப்படம் எடுத்ொல் அது �ாழ்நாாள் முழு�தும் ஒரு நாலைகாச்சுலை�ைான லசிை�ாகா நாிலைன�ில் இருக்குமமா, என்று நாான் உடமன எெிர்காா�த்லைெப் பற்றிலைல்�ாம் மைாசிித்து, காாற்றில் மகாாட்லைட காட்டிமனன். என்னுள் ஏமொ உற்சிாகாம் பிறக்கா, மாந்ெமாான என் முகாத்ெில் பிைகாாசிம் பிறந்ெது.

அன்று நாாங்காள் குடும்பமாாகாக் காலைைமைாைப் பூங்காா�ிற்குச்த் லசில்�த் ெிட்டமாிட்டிருந்மொம். காாலை�ைிம�மை ெிட்டு�ாங்காிைொல் எனக்கு ல�ைிமை லசில்லும் குதூகா�ம் குலைறந்து�ிட்டது. பெின்மூன்று �ைொகா இருக்கும் எனக்கு என்ன லசிய்�து என்றும், என்ன லசிய்ைக் கூடாது என்றும், அ�ர் லசிால்லித்ொன் எல்�ாம் லொிை ம�ண்டுமாா! என்று எனக்கு என் அப்பா�ின் மாீது மகாாபம் �ந்ெது. ெினந்மொறும் ெிட்டு �ாங்காிப் பழிகாி இருந்ொலும், குடும்பமாாகா ல�ைிமைச் லசில்லும் நாாைிலுமாா ெிட்டு�ாங்கா ம�ண்டும்? ‘ஹாா ஹாா!’ என்று காலைைமைாைப் பூங்காா�ில் இருந்ெ அலைன�ரும் சிந்மொஷமாாகா இருந்ெனர். அங்கு இருந்ெ �ிெ�ிெமாான அ�ங்காாைங்காள் அங்குக் கூடிைிருந்ெ ஆனந்ெமாான மாக்காைின் காண்காலைைப் மபா� ல�ாலித்துக் லகாாண்டிருந்ென. ஒவ்ல�ாரு�ாின் மானத்ெிலும் இடம்பிடிக்கும் அைவுக்கு அழிகாாகாப் பூத்ெிருந்ெ �ண்ணிமாைமாான மா�ர்காைின் �டி�லைமாப்பும் �ாசிலைனயும், எல்ம�ார் காண்காளுக்கும் மூக்குகாளுக்கும் �ிருந்ொகா அலைமாந்ென. சுற்றுப்பைணிிகாள் மாட்டுமால்�ாமால் உள்ளூர் பார்லை�ைாைர்காள் ப�ரும் அங்கு �ந்ெிருந்ெனர். ஆனால், அங்மகா இருந்ெ குதூகா�ம் என்லைன உற்சிாகாப்படுத்ெ

உடமன நாான் என் அப்பா எப்மபாது ஒரு சிிலை�க்கு அருமகா �ரு�ார் என எெிர்பார்த்ெிருந்மென், அப்லபாழுதுொமன காண் சிிமாிட்டும் மநாைத்ெில் அந்ெ ஒட்டு மாீலைசிலைை அந்ெச் சிிலை�ைிலிருந்து எடுத்து, என் அப்பா�ின் மாீது ஒட்ட முடியும். அப்பா அறி�ெற்குள் அ�லைை ஒரு புலைகாப்படம் எடுக்கா, நாான் லொலை�மபசிிலைையும் ெைாைாகா லை�த்துக்லகாாண்மடன். ஆனால், என் அப்பா�ிற்கு அருகாில் இருந்ெ சிிலை�ைில் ஏமொ ஓர் உைிமைாட்டம் லென்பட்டது. ஆனால், எனக்கு இருந்ெ ஆர்�த்ெில் நாான் அலைெக் கா�னத்ெில் எடுத்துக்லகாாள்ை�ில்லை�. ‘மாிகாவும் ெிறலைமாைான ஒரு�ர் சிிலை�லைைச் லசிதுக்காி இருப்பார்!’ என்று நாிலைனத்ெபடி, உற்சிாகாமாாகாச் மசிட்லைடலைைத் லொடர்ந்மென். என் முகாத்ெில் குறும்பு சிிாிப்பு பூத்ெது.

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ஆனால்,’ இன்னும் அெிகாமாாகாத் ெிட்டு�ாங்காப் மபாகாிமறாம்!’ என்று கா�ங்காிைபடி �ருந்ெிக்லகாாண்டிருந்ெ என் எண்ணித்லைெப் லபாடி லபாடிைாக்காிைபடி, அந்ெ ஆட�ரும் நாிலை�லைமாலைை உணிர்ந்து, சிிாிக்கா ஆைம்பித்து�ிட்டார். “என்ன ெம்பி! அந்ெச் சிிலை�ைில் இருப்பது மபா�, இது ஒட்டு மாீலைசி என்று நாிலைனத்து �ிட்டீர்காைா! ஹாா ஹாா! நாான் இந்ெச் சிிலை�காலைைச் லசிதுக்காிை சிிற்பி!” என்று அ�ர் லகாாஞ்சிம் கூட மகாாபம் இல்�ாெ லமால்லிை குைலில் கூறினார். அப்லபாழுதுொன் எனக்குப் பாெி உைிர் ெிரும்பிைது மபா� இருந்ெது. பின்பு நாானும் ஒருமுலைற அ�ாிடம் மானொை மான்னிப்புக் மகாட்மடன். நால்�ம�லைை, அந்ெ ஆட�ர் நாடந்ெலைெத் ெனிப்பட்ட அ�மாானமாாகா எடுத்துக்லகாாள்ை�ில்லை�. அென் பிறகு, நாாங்காள் அங்காிருந்து �ிலைட லபற்மறாம்.

அென்பிறகு என்ன நாிகாழ்ந்ெிருக்கும் என்று உங்காளுக்மகா லொிந்ெிருக்கும். �ழிக்காம் மபா�, என் அப்பா என் லசிைலுக்காாகா என்லைன ஏசிினார். ஆனால், இம்முலைற �ழிக்காத்ெிற்கு மாாறாகா, நாான் அலைெக் காாது லகாாடுத்துக் மகாட்மடன். இன்று நாான் லசிய்ெது லபாிை ெ�றுொன். எலைெயும் மைாசிித்துச் லசிய்ை ம�ண்டும். அலைெ�ிட முக்காிைமாாகா உங்காள் லபற்மறாலைை �ிலைைைாட்டாகாக் கூடப் பழிி �ாங்கா நாிலைனக்காாெீர்காள். இப்லபாழுமெ லசிால்லி�ிட்மடன். மகாட்டு நாடந்ொல் நான்லைமா உங்காளுக்குத் ொன்!

நாான் என் மசிட்லைடலைை ஆைம்பிக்கா, என் அப்பா அவ்�ிடத்லைெ �ிட்டு நாகார்�ெற்கு முன், அப்பா�ின் அருமகா இருந்ெ சிிலை�ைின் அருமகா லசின்மறன். ஒட்டு மாீலைசிலைை எடுக்கா, அலைெப் பிடித்து இழுத்மென். ஆனால், �ந்ெது ஒட்டு மாீலைசிைல்�! ‘ஆ’ என்று ஒரு காெறல் சித்ெம் ொன். சிிலை�க்கு உைிர் �ந்து �ிட்டமொ, என்று என் காண்காள் �ிாிை, நாான் ெிரும்பிப் பார்த்மென். அது சிிலை� அல்�, மானிெலனன்று அடுத்ெ லநாாடிமை நாான் உணிர்ந்மென். சித்ெத்லைெக் மகாட்ட அலைன�ரும் ெிரும்பிப் பார்க்கா, என் கான்னங்காள் சிி�ந்ென. ல�ட்காத்ெில் இல்லை�, அ�மாானத்ெில்! என் லபற்மறாரும் ெிரும்பிப் பார்த்ெனர். அந்ெச் சிிலை� மபால் இருந்ெ ஆட�ர் ெம் மாீலைசிலைைப் பிடித்துக்லகாாண்டிருப்பலைெயும், நாான் மபய் அலைறந்ெது மபால் நாிற்பலைெயும் பார்த்மெ என் ெந்லைெ நாடந்ெலைெ ஓர் அை�ிற்கு காணிித்து�ிட்டார். “எங்காலைை மான்னித்து �ிடுங்காள்!” லொிைாமால் லசிய்து�ிட்டாள் என்று எனக்குப் பெி�ாகா அ�ர் மான்னிப்புக் மகாட்கா எனக்கு அடி�ைிறு கா�ங்காிைது.

காானல் நாீர் By Sakthiyappan Sahana ( 408 )

உைசில் இல்�ா உறவு ஊலைங்கும் அலைமாெி பசிிப்பிணிி அறிைாக் குழிந்லைெகாள் பாாில் உண்லடன்று எண்ணிிமனன் காானல் நாீர்.

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ெமாிழ் பாடும் குைில் ெைணிிலைங்கும் சுபிட்சிம் புைைி மபசிா சிமூகாம் பு�ிைில் காாணி �ிலைழிந்மென் காானல் நாீர்.

மாைணிம் அறிைா மானிெகு�ம் மாாசுபடுத்ொெ லொழிிற்சிாலை�காள் உண்லைமா மாட்டும் மபசும் அைசிிைல் உ�காில் நாிெர்சினம் என்றிருந்மென் காானல் நாீர். காருத்ெ மமாகாத்ெின் லசிாந்ெம் மாலைழிநாீர் கானத்ெ இெைத்ெின் லசிாந்ெம் காண்ணிீர் உலைழிப்பின் லசிாந்ெம் �ிைர்லை� நாீர் இை�ின் லசிாந்ெம் பனி நாீர் மாலை�ைின் லசிாந்ெம் அரு�ி நாீர் மாாற்ற முடிைா உண்லைமா. காானல் நாீர். __________________________

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ெிசுத்ொள் By Selvam Raja Tejal S (406)

அடிச்சு�டுகாள் எல்�ாத் ெிலைசிகாைிலும் �ிலைைகாின்றன காண்காள் லொலை�மபசிிைில் ஒட்டிக்லகாாண்டு அக்காலைறைற்ற இந்ெக் கூட்டத்ெின் மாத்ெிைில் நாம்பிக்லைகாலைை மாட்டும் பிடித்துக்லகாாண்டு ஒரு�ர் அமார்ந்ெிருக்காிறார் இன்றா�து ைாைா�து ெம்மாிடமாிருந்து �ாங்காி�ிடமாாட்டாைா என்ற ஏக்காத்துடன் 20

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“ெிசு - ஒரு டா�ர்” மசிார்�ான குைலில் கூவுகாிறார் ஆனல், அ�ைது குைல் காாலைெப் பிைக்கும் லஹாட்ஃமபான்காலைைத் ொண்ட�ில்லை� வீணிாகாப் பார்ப்பெற்லகால்�ாம் பணிப்லைபலைை நாீட்டி வீணிாகா ஏமெமொ �ாங்குகாிறார்காள் ஆனால், பா�மாாகா அமார்ந்ெிருக்கும் அ�ைது �ைிறு ஒரு ம�லைை நாிலைறை ஒரு ல�ள்ைிலைை நாீட்டு�ெில்லை� ைாரும் **************************

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ஒவ்ல�ாரு �சிந்ெநாாைிலும் By M.B. Dharshni (408 )

�சிந்ெகாா�ம் பிறந்ெ நாாைன்று அம்மாா என்லைனப் பூங்காா�ிற்கு அலைழித்து புெிொகாப் பூத்ெிருந்ெ மால்லிலைகாகாலைைக் காாட்டினார் �ிாித்ெ லைகாகாளுடன் பூமாலைழிைில் நாின்று லென்றல் காாற்லைறச் சு�ாசிித்ெது எனக்கு மாட்டற்ற மாகாிழ்ச்சிி அைித்ெது அதும� என்னுலைடை முெல் �சிந்ெ நாாள்

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பனிபடர்ந்ெ நாாட்காள் என்லைன எப்படி உலைறை லை�த்ொலும் ஒவ்ல�ாரு ஆண்டும் அந்ெ �சிந்ெ நாாலைைச் சிந்ெிக்கா எழுந்மென் என் �ாழ்க்லைகா முழு�தும் மாாறாமால் அலைமாந்ெலை� அந்ெ �சிந்ெ நாாட்காள் ொன் என் எண்பொ�து �சிந்ெ நாாைன்று லைகாத்ெடிலைைப் பிடித்துக்லகாாண்டு இடத்லைெச் மசிர்�ெற்கு முன்மப பூக்காள் அலைனத்தும் ெலைைைில் சிிெறிக் காிடந்ென ெலைைைில் நாசிிங்காிக் காிடந்ெ பூக்காைின்மாீது ஓடிை குழிந்லைெகாள் ல�ள்லைை மால்லிலைகாைாம�மை ெலைைைில் ஓர் ஓ�ிைத்லைெ �லைைந்ெிருந்ெனர் என்னுடமன �ைர்ந்து �ந்ெ மா�ர்காள் அன்றும் எழிில் மாிகுந்ெிருந்ென முதுலைமாைில்கூட அலை� என் காண்காலைை �ிாிைச் லசிய்ென எனக்குப் புத்துணிர்ச்சிி அைித்ென ஒவ்ல�ாரு �சிந்ெ நாாைன்று பிறந்ெ பூக்காளுடன் நாானும் மா�ர்ந்மென் ___________________

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பாைஞ்சுமாப்ப�ர்காள் By Saravanan Neha (403)

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இைம் �ைெினில் ெம் பள்ைிப்லைபகாலைை பத்து மாணிிமநாைம் பாைஞ்சுமாப்ப�ர் மாாணி�ர் ஈன்லறடுக்கும் ெம் பிள்லைைகாலைை பத்து மாாெம் பாைஞ்சுமாப்ப�ர் அன்லைனைர் லை�ைகாத்ெில் மானிெனாய்ப் பிறந்ெ ஒவ்ல�ாரு�ரும் ஏமொ ஒரு பாைாங்கால்லை�ச் சுமாக்காிறார்காள் அது சுகாமாாகாம�ா சுலைமாைாகாம�ா இருக்கா�ாம் காாசுக்காாகாப் பாைஞ்சுமாப்ப�ர்காள் சிி�ர் மானபாைத்லைெக் காழிற்றி லை�க்கா முடிைாமால் அனுெினமும் சுமாப்ப�ர்காள் நாம்மாில் ப�ர்.

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ஒரு பாட்டிைின் சிட�ம் By Sarah Dharmarasu (406)

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காா�ா�ெிைான ல�ள்லைை மாிட்டாய் மாண் முழுதும் மாடிந்ெ மா�ர்காள் லமாாய்த்துக்லகாாண்டிருந்ென காெரும் லகாாசுக்காள் கூக்குைல்காளுக்கு இலைசிைலைமாத்துக்லகாாண்டிருந்ெனர் பலைறைாட்டக்காாைர்காள் அ�ங்காாித்துக்லகாாண்டிருந்ென �ண்ணி மாாலை�காள் லபாக்காிஷம் என்பொல் காண்ணிாடிப் லபட்டிக்குள் லை�த்ெிருக்காிறார்காமைா லபட்டிக்குள் உறங்கும் என் காிழி�ி புெிை நாாணிைப் லபாட்லைடக் காண்டு சிிாிக்காிறாமைா ______________________

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ெலை�ப்பு: ஆனந்ெம் By Tamilini D/O Mahendran (407)

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அல்லும் பகாலும் ம�லை� லநாாடிப்லபாழுலைெயும் வீணிாக்காா�ில்லை� குடும்பத்துடன் மநாைம் லசி��ிட�ில்லை� பணித்லைெ மநாாக்காி ஓட்டம் லசில்�ாக்குப் லபறத் துடிப்பு காஞசித்ெனமாான �ாழ்வு ஒரு காாலைசிச் லசி��ழிிக்கா ஒரு �ாை மைாசிலைன லநாஞ்சிம் எங்கும் �ஞ்சிகாம் லபாங்காி �ழிியும் லபாறாலைமா காண்லைணியும் காருத்லைெயும் மாலைறக்கும் சிினம் காா�ம் காடந்ெது �ைது எண்பது அை�ில்�ாப் பணிம் உ�லகாங்கும் புகாழ் - ஆனால் உள்ைம் ஏங்குகாிறது எெற்மகாா எங்மகா ஆனந்ெம் ? _____________________

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ல�ல்�ட்டும் மானிெமநாைம்! By Kamaraj Prithvika (401) & Aathmika Viju-Pany (405)

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பார்த்தும் பார்க்காாெது மபால் காாெில் �ிழுந்தும் �ிழிாெது மபால் ஆைிைம் �னங்காைின் நாடமாாட்டம் ஒவ்ல�ாரு மானிெலைனயும் பார்த்து புன்னலைகாக்கும் ஓர் இெைம் �ிற்றுத்ொன் உணிலை�ப் லபறம�ண்டும் என்ற ஒரு லை�ைாக்ைம் அ�ர்காைின் �ிடாமுைற்சிி காற்றுக்லகாாள்ை ம�ண்டிை பாடம் அத்ெலைன பைபைப்புக்கும் இலைடமை சிி� உெவும் காைங்காள்! ல�ல்�ட்டும் மானிெமநாைம்! _______________________

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