BB 85th Anniversary: Trooping the Color Parade and Ceremony

This post is meant for Platoon 2 and Platoon 3 (as of Year 2014) only.

Dear Boys,

As I have announced last week about the BB Singapore 85th Anniversary Trooping of Color parade and ceremony, the main event will be held in EXPO and this event seeks to bring together the entire BB family of Boys, Officers, and Teachers-in-charge from our 115 Juniors, Seniors and Primers Companies. Stakeholders such as parents, school leaders, church partners, old Boys and community partners will also be invited for the event. The target audience is about 6000 persons.

There will be an impressive display of pageantry for the Trooping of Color. This memorable parade seeks to bring the pride and camaraderie back to drill, and more importantly to commemorate the 85th Anniversary of the Brigade. The Chairman for the "Trooping of Color" committee is LTC Sng Meng Wah, Parade Commander for NDP 2013 and a BB Old Boy.

Below are the rehearsal dates, reporting time will be announce on a later date.

15th and 16th November 2014 (Selection; venue @ Amoy Quee Camp, HQ NCC)
22nd November 2014
6th and 7th December 2014
13th December 2014 (Reserve Date)
20th December 2014
17th January 2015
31st January 2015
1st Feb 2015 (Reserve Date)
14th February 2015
21st February 2015
27th February 2015 (Full Dress Rehearsal)
28th February 2015 (Actual Day, Ceremonial attire)

I understand that during December there might be family commitments such as overseas holidays, and also in view of the late announcement, this significant event will be up to every Boys' own will to be part of this 85th Anniversary celebration. Boys who are interested, please commit to the selection dates as stated. Those who did not turned up I will deem it as not interested.

Drill Stage 3 incentive and Administrative matter

As I mentioned, those Boys who went through this commitment will be awarded the Drill Stage 3. However, I wish to clarify that those with Drill Stage 1 will need to complete Stage 2 beforehand, and Boys will not be able to fast forward from Stage 1 to Stage 3 as the drill knowledge and practical wise is a large jump.

For those who already awarded the Drill Stage 2, you will be exempted from Drill Stage 3 Practical during the Stage 3 Assessments that are conducted in HQ level but still required to take Drill Stage 3 theory test in order to attain the Stage 3. Lastly, for Boys who do not have your Drill Stage 2 by the end of this year, you will not be able to benefit from this exemption as well. Different stages for Core Awards such as Drills can only be cleared yearly and Boys are not allowed to jump stage.

Please appoint an IC within those interested and liaise with the teachers regarding consent form and transportation matters. Information pertaining to training I will update through this blog and also the IC.


On a personal note, I wish that all of you guys can take part in this significant celebration representing 45th. I agree that the rehearsal dates are tough, but the experience and camaraderie will remain in your memories (NDP Boys can vouch for this). The last time the Brigade come together for such scale event was back in 25 years ago, if those who decided not to go, the next celebration of such scale no one knows when it will be. How I wish that I have the opportunities to march in such event during my time as a Boy.

For those who have no idea about the Trooping parade, here is the Youtube link to the recent SAF Artillery Trooping of Color. We are doing the same thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SejL406Pa-E

Lets not forgot Mr Jason Ting will be carrying our Company Colour!


- Sir Terence

CTC Reminders

This message is for CTC campers who did not attend the final briefing conducted Friday (6 June) at 11 am.

1. Please make sure that you have all items which are in the packing list ready for the camp.
2. Your items should be waterproofed. You need not pack it into the packets like RTC/LDC, but the items need to be neatly packed.
3. As you will have few opportunities to have a wet shower at the base camp, please bring talcum/prickly heat powder for powder bath.

Instructions for the actual day (14 June 2014)
1. Gather at school outside the AVA room at 12.30pm.
2. A "pasar malam" will be conducted and Boys who fail to bring all items will be told to buy/go home to get them.
3. Bus will pick us up at 4 pm from the school to Woodlands train station
4. Estimated time of arrival on the day back from Malaysia is approximately 1.30 pm. Please inform your parents to wait for your call before coming down to school in case of any train delays.

Lastly, insurance has been purchased by the vendor and they will be sending the serial number of each insurance policy for each Boy shortly. I will place the numbers on the BB blog for your parents to refer to. Your platoon ICs will whatsapp you once it is posted.

Prepare yourselves physically and mentally for CTC 2014. See you on the 14th.

BB Officers and teachers

National Day Parade 2014

Once again, the Boys' Brigade in Singapore has been invited by the parade organizers to contribute a marching contingent in the Parade and Ceremony segment. The marching contingent consist of 42 Boys, with an additional 5 Boys standing by as reserves. You are cordially invited to participate in this celebration of our Nation's 49th Birthday.

Boys who are interested, here are the criteria:

- Boys who are secondary 2 and above may participate in the marching contingent, though priority is given to the secondary 3 Boys. *Boys should be able to march correctly and in timing

- Singapore Citizen, preferably 1.6m to 1.7m in height.

- Boys should be medically and physically fit. eg. no back problem, no history of heat injuries like fainting under the hot sun etc.

- Boys must attend ALL training sessions and rehearsals, in addition to the actual parade, in order to be awarded the National Event badge as well as CCA points. Only valid letters from school may be excused during examination period.

- Boys who need to wear spectacles should only wear BLACK FRAMES and clear lenses (no transitional lens), or contact lenses.

Boys who are interested please indicate your full name and your interest in the chatbox by 24 March 11pm. Further instructions will be given to those successful applicants.

- Sir Terence

Drills Stage 2 Lesson Plan Submission

Platoon 3, please follow the template below for the lesson plans which you are supposed to submit to me.

1. Introduction (Tell me what drill movement you are going to teach, how long your lesson will be and where it will be held)
2. Lesson Content (Include a breakdown of what you are going to teach, the various methods you will use in teaching, the time allocated for teaching, practise etc)
3. Problems you might face (Can be anything ranging from bad weather to Boys with poor attitude. List out the problems and give me possible solutions to each problem.)

Save this as a Microsoft Word document (.doc format) and save in the following way

[RANK] [NAME] Drills 2 Lesson Plan Assessment [DATE OF SUBMISSION in DDMMYY]

Replace the brackets and the words inside with the corresponding information, so an example will look like this:

LCP Chow Ah Beng Drills 2 Lesson Plan Assessment 230114

Send your work to hongyou_1990@hotmail.com by 29 January 2014, 2359h. Spam my e-mail and I will spam you push-ups when we return from our CNY break :)


Mr. Liu Hongyou

Drills Stage 2 Assessment [Platoon 3]

Platoon 3:

Please note that your Drills Stage 2 assessment (instructional component) will take place this Saturday (18 Jan 2014).

You are expected to teach one drill movement (either static or movement drills) to your platoon. Assessment will be based on your instructional and commanding techniques. Please refer to the notes I have given you last year for pointers, dos and don'ts.


Mr. Liu Hongyou

E-Learning for 11/1/14 Parade

Hi Platoon 2,

You are required to attempt for Citizenship 2 this sat.

In groups of 4-5, you are to do up a PowerPoint presentation based on any of the following topics:

1. Literacy (in third world countries)
2. Poverty
3. Health
4. Hunger

In your PowerPoint slides, you are to:

1. research in depth on the topic you have chosen (e.g. Why, What, Who, When and Where)

2. provide supporting information (or statistics) in your research

3. think of solutions (How) to alleviate the problem you have identified

4. propose a way to implement your solutions 

5. maximum 12 slides

Your PowerPoint slides will be graded using the following matrix:

1. Content - How informative are your slides?

2. Clarity - How clear are your messages/sentences in trying to convey its meaning?

3. Creativity - How are your information presented?

4. Conclusiveness - Does your PowerPoint slides address the requirements stated?

Please send the completed PowerPoint slides to my email address (eusinbay@gmail.com) latest by 15th Jan 2014.

Regards,

Mr Bay