Public Speaking Sharing by Mr. Eric Feng - 20th August 2010

Remember the Public Speaking Workshop that the Council organized in June? This time round, we invited the Master Speaker of the public speaking workshop vendor "Take the Stage", to speak to the Council as well as the CMCs on his personal life experiences as well as any encouragement he had for the student leaders. Mr. Eric Feng, a public speaker with many years of experience as well as many awards under his belt, was a captivating speaker who encouraged the student leaders to work towards their goals and not give up on their dreams. It was indeed an apt speech for the students who were preparing for their End-of-Year Exams.

Student Council Investiture 2010

Sorry for the delay, but here are the photos for the Student Council Investiture 2010!!

It was a day of pride for many parties, not only for the newly invested councillors themselves, but also for their parents (some of whom came down to grace the ceremony), the teachers and all the other Hendersonians!

Cheers and applause followed whenever a councillor received their badge and tie from the Vice-Principal, Mrs. Goh, while Mr. Simen our dear Principal, gave a passionate speech about what it means to LEAD.

Hui Yee, our newly invested President, gave a speech to mark the first day she takes over the office of the de facto Student Leader of the school. We can definitely trust her to take the Council to greater heights!

The current Exco members are:

President - Tan Hui Yee

Vice-President (Special Events) - Gina Toh

Vice-President (Pupil Matters) - Leung Ka Man

Secretary - Ng Hao Yuan

Department Heads ->

Special Events - Jarrat Leong

Pupil Welfare - Tan Jia Hui

Pupil Relation - Faustine Benedict

Level Heads ->

Upper Sec - Wong Weng Soon

Lower Sec - Poh Eng Kiat

Guided under the Council's ethos of SEI (Servant Leadership, Exemplary Conduct, and Integrity), the new Exco hope to see the Council taking on more roles in school, helping to make the school a better place to learn in.

Let's strive for excellence together!

National Day 2010

The Council has once again successfully completed any project. This time round, it is the National Day 2010: The Founding Fathers of Singapore project, which is endorsed by the National Youth Council under the Campus Changemakers scheme.

We first started off the project by announcing the inter-class competition criteria, which consisted of participating in honoring the founding fathers of Singapore by using essays, cartoons, discussion in forums, posters and doing of a quiz on a related exhibition. The response from the school was lukewarm at first, but they gradually warm up to the challenge. We had many classes participating in the exhibition quiz, which no doubt they could only complete by going around the exhibition and reading up on the history of the first decade of Singapore. Many thanks to National Archives Board for being able to supply us with the travelling exhibition at such short notice!

After consolidating all the entries and summing up the marks the different classes have obtained, we had 3 winning classes: 1E4, 3E1, and 4E2. These classes competed during the National Day celebration itself, participating in a Jeopardy-like quiz that presented questions that was obtained from the exhibition itself. In the end, the winning class is 4E2, followed by 1E4, and lastly 3E1. They won for themselves cash vouchers of $100, $80 and $60 respectively. These vouchers were purchased with fundings from Campus Changemakers, a project that aims to let students initiate and implement a (school) community project, funding them 80% of their proposed budget, thus giving them a headstart.

At the same time, during the National Day celebration, we also had a side quiz, some what like Who wants to be a Millionaire, where the entire school participated. Response was great, for the students, armed with the knowledge they have gained from the travelling exhibition, all vied to be the first to raise up their hands to answer the quiz. For both quizzes, after every question, our emcees took the chance to explain to the crowd about the background of the historical fact, thus educating the school on the contributions of the founding fathers at the same time.

One particular class that was worth mentioning is 2E3. Under the guidance of their form teacher, Mrs Alsagoff, they submitted around 10 posters, some of them very professionally done! In recognition of their effort, they were presented with a Special Prize during the celebration itself. Their posters will be posted at the NE Square soon, so do keep a lookout!

We thank the following councillors for their contributions:

• Advisors

1. Mei Yee
2. Ling Yi

• Coming up with questions

1. Mei Yee
2. Ling Yi
3. Eng Kiat
4. Clinston
5. Siti Aisah
6. Peiyi
7. Erica

• Coming up with sample posters

1. Siti Saidatul Fitri
2. Aafreen Fathima

• Emcees

1. Clinston
2. Erica
3. Fayiza
4. Angelica

• Quiz markers

1. Jiahui
2. Maple
3. Xiangzheng
4. Jarrat
5. Eng Kiat
6. Wee Kiang

Nothing could have been done without your contributions! Thanks a million! =D

From Mr. Chui, Ms Hu, and Ms Tay =)