Term 2 Updates

Term 2 is over!

RSVP is glad to announce that the winners this term for recycling newspapers are the Primary 3 and 5. Together they recycled a total of 179kg of paper while the Primary 4 and 6 recycled 149kg of paper.

Also Bukit Timah Primary pupils were diligent about recycling the drink cartons - we are pleased that they followed our instructions and almost every Friday, our 2 bins for Tetra Paks are full! Imagine that before this term, these cartons added to our landfills!

Next term, we will have 2 additional bins for plastic bottles and aluminium cans! We cherish every effort from all of you as you help keep our beloved school clean and save resources!

A RSVP leader's experience...

First, I would like to thank all of those who helped out at the booth on Earth Day, and many apologies for posting this late reflection!

When Mrs Chien first annouced that I would be working with HuiHao for the quiz booth, I had a mixture of excitment, joy and shock shooting directly at my brain.

What we had to do was prepare some powerpoint slides with questions relating to Earth. Later, we had to transfer the questions into this mind-boggling system. HuiHao and I had to edit the questions over and over again to make sure that there were no mistakes in the questions.

Finally it was Earth Day. We had to rush to the library at 8:30am and prepare the makeshift borders out of chairs and prepare the tables. At 9:30am, a few pupils stuck their heads in to see what was happening. But the best thing was that the response was crazy! Soon, the libary was a sea of bobbing black dots and was filled with mindless chatter!

After this, we all felt extremely good with ourselves as we had met with our expectations. And most of all, I would like to thank Mrs Chien and Miss Chitra for their patience and for those green, cute frogs!

I Am One of The RSVP Members

At the time when Mrs Chien said that RSVP existed, I was already excited about it.
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Many people in different clusters worked very hard for the BIG DAY !! I was in the quiz booth with Guan Jie.We learnt how to activate the remote controllers and decorated the library a bit. We spent a few hours choosing and putting the quiz questions on Power Point slides.

Then we edited over and over again.

When the big day come, we were actually not really well prepared as we JUST learned how the controllers are activated. When it was recess time, I got really EXCITED !!

Results were OVERWHELMING.. Many people participated.. ( until there were too many people). I was so tired but I could really feel the sense of achievement that we HAD made it for 2 days !!

For me... I think that we did not do it for the reward - it is for the sense of great satisfaction. I did it for the smiles and the excitement that many of our schoolmates had when they came for our quiz.

I hope that BTPS has more of this kind of fun activities for us. And, without those helpful team-mates, I would not have been successful in this quiz.. If not for the team work and efforts we put in, we would not have succeeded !!

Thanks a lot to our team, Ms Chitra... and... Mrs Chien for this RSVP club and the cute froggies !

Why do I Do It?

First of all, I like to do volunteer work as I can help people and in the meantime learn new things!! So I joined the RSVP club and also help to save the Earth.

My first job was to go up on the stage and I gave a speech on tetra-paks. Although it was my second time going on stage, I was quite nervous and I shivered when I faced the crowd who was staring at me as if there was something on my beautiful face=)...

So I plucked my courage and stepped in front of everyone and gave a speech. Finally it was over but I said to myself, "I did it! I did it !!!" A sense of satisfaction came over me...

Second, I was appointed to be the leader of the RSVP Recruitment. I have to work with Yong Zhi to set up the booth and decorate it. We planned so hard until the actual day. Another sense of satisfaction came over me when we saw the pledges and people who were so full of passion about Earth fill up the application forms.

Soon, the two days were over and we were all so happy to see the overwhelming response!!! We actually collected about 108 pledges!!!

To me, it is not the prize that I was waiting for but the satisfaction I get and the things I learned throughout all the activities. But of course MUST HAVE FUN!!!

Volunteering for RSVP

It was really fun and interesting to work for RSVP with my fellow classmates like Heng Yi and many more.

My first task was to give a speech on the recruiting of RSVP. As it was my first time I did not do well but I was happy that I had tried my best. Next I was one of the people in charge of the Quiz Corner.

I had to sacrifice my recess of playing soccer but I didn't mind as it was part of telling the pupils of Bukit Timah Primary School about their environment .

I was very happy when I got the adorable frog. I have learnt lots of things from this club . It is the best club in Bukit Timah Primary School so far.

My Experience as a Leader

I was very interested in RSVP immediately when Mrs Chien told us about it.

I was very excited about the RSVP big day after we had spent time and effort on the boards. We worked together as a team, coordinating well.

After the first day, many enthuastic people came with their pledges, either wanting to support us or to join us. We already surpassed our goal of reaching the amount of new members on the first day, which shows how enthusiastic BTPS pupils actually are.

I was shocked to see such a big crowd, which probably meant I wasn't really prepared for it I guess. After counting the pledges today, I realised it was actually quite a big number, 108.

This experience of being a student leader told me that it was a good thing that we worked together as a team, or it would have been hard to complete.
I hope that we could have more of such clubs in BTPS!!!! And of course, Thank you Mrs Chien for the cute froggie! ^^

Respecting Saving Valuing our Planet

Save Mother Earth

We Can Save Her by:

Not Littering
Not Wasting Electricity
Not Wasting Water

We Can Help Her by Saving Her
Ourselves!

My Pledge

I pledge not to make Earth like a great giant fire ball of toxic gases released with plastic like this

I promise not to let our Earth suffer from human-caused diseases such as Ozone layer depletion and global warming
(Although I don't think I can, I will try my best)

I will not let Earth become a shrivelled ball like this.

So. AM I IN?
YES!

Quiz Corner - EARTH Day 2008

Pledge From My Heart

I am a Green Citizen

I help to Reuse, Reduce and Recycle

I Love Earth and the Environment

I ALWAYS pick litter when I see it

So Be Litter-Free

Some More Amazing Pledges

Thank You for the Wonderful Support from our Leaders and Staff

Some Heartfelt Pledges

Pledge Booth - Earth Day 2008

Earth Day 2008