IN TOUCH

King once said, "courage

is the power of the mind

to overcome fear".

Therefore hold firm to

our school’s motto

‘Success Through En-

deavour’ and our cour-

age to strive for excel-

lence. You must believe

in your ability to over-

come this seemingly for-

midable task ahead, be-

cause your teachers have

prepared you well for

this. It is now time for you

to prove to yourselves

that you have what it

takes to overcome this

challenge. All of us from

the school wish you all

the best in your coming

examinations.

Lastly, to our soon-to-be

alumni, we look forward

to you keeping in touch

with the school. Do con-

tinue to foster closer ties

with the school by join-

ing the school alumni so

that you can build a

stronger alumni that can

contribute to the well-

being of all BDSians.

Welcome to Term 4. We

have only recently cele-

brated our SG50 and we

should all be proud of

what Singapore has

achieved in the last fifty

years. Singapore has

come a long way in the

last 50 years and the suc-

cess that we enjoy today

is due to the sheer deter-

mination and hard work

of our past generations

and, in particular, our

pioneer generation, to

make Singapore a better

place. Our older genera-

tions had put their hearts

and souls to build the

Singapore of today be-

cause they had the firm

belief that Singapore has

the potential to be much

more than a slum or a

land of mudflats. As stu-

dents, you must also

have the same strong

belief that you have the

potential to create a bet-

ter future for yourselves

and Singapore.

You will soon be sitting

for your year-end exami-

nations. To help you do

well, our teachers have

been working very hard

to build a strong founda-

tion in your studies. Al-

ways believing in giving

their best, your teachers

have never waived from

their duty to guide and

develop you. Your par-

ents are behind you too.

They together with your

teachers will continue to

be there for you, to pro-

vide that additional assis-

tance you need to suc-

ceed academically. The

rest is up to you now.

You must approach your

examinations focussed,

well-prepared and with

confidence so that you

can achieve good re-

sults.

Graduating students will

see their secondary

school journey in BDS

coming to an end after

their preliminary exami-

nations. The task ahead

to do well at the national

examinations may look

daunting. Martin Luther

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Graduation Ceremony The Graduation Cere-

mony was held on 3

September 2015. It is

the day when we cele-

brate our graduating

students’ achieve-

ments in reaching an

important milestone in

their secondary school

life. In addition, it pro-

vides a great oppor-

tunity for them to show

their gratitude and

appreciation to their

teachers and school

leaders. The event

began with a montage

video which brought

back many good

memories since they

were in Sec 1. Gradu-

ating class form teach-

ers were invited on

stage to present the

graduation memora-

bilia to each student.

Our graduating stu-

dents had a wonderful

time and we would

like to wish them all

the best in their com-

ing national examina-

tions.

SEPTEMBER 2015 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4

BEDOK SOUTH SECONDARY

VISION

A VALUE-ADDED,

QUALITY SCHOOL

MISSION

We seek to:

BUILD CHARACTER

DEVELOP LEADERS

OF TOMORROW

SERVE WITH

CONVICTION

BDS ICARE VALUES

INTEGRITY

COURAGE

ACCOUNTABILITY

RESPECT

EXCELLENCE

CARE

Inside this issue:

Youth Celebrate 2

National Day Celebration 3

Singapore Youth

Photography Conference 3

Girl Guides East Division

Day 3

Inter-class Debate

Championship 3

Teachers’ Day

Celebration 4

Floorball ‘C’ Division 4

Event 2: National Championship

On 26 July 2015, our

school took part in the

Youth Celebrate! and

Official Opening of the

Singapore Sports Hub.

This event which was co-

organised by the Minis-

try of Education and the

Ministry of Culture, Com-

munity and Youth, was

officiated by the Guest-of

-Honour, Prime Minister

Mr Lee Hsien Loong.

This was a special event

for Singapore youth to

the East Zone at the Na-

tional Stadium, as part of

the joint sports event.

Led by our HOD PE/

CCA, Mr Wilbert Tan as

the Team Manager, the

E2 team defeated North

Zonal Champions 5-0 and

then beat West Zonal

Champions 3-1 in the

finals. Most importantly,

through the regular train-

ings, the team forged

strong friendship and

respect for one another’s

differences. The team

Our E2 Team has been

crowned the Zonal

Champions in the Jubilee

Cup Zonal Competition.

The team comprised 3

BDS students - Clarissa

Wong and Owenn Tang

(Sec 3E3) and Mac Char-

lene (Sec 3G) - as well as

Sec 3 students from

Bedok Green Secondary,

Bedok Town Secondary,

Bedok View Secondary,

Temasek Secondary and

Temasek Junior College.

The final chosen 14 play-

ers went on to represent

members also built great

camaraderie and team-

work. The team was

cheered on by our clus-

ter superintendent, Mrs

Susan Crossley. The

players received the Na-

tional Champion Trophy

from the Director-

General of Education, Mr

Wong Siew Hoong.

Event 1: Mass Dance Display

Our dancers’ experience

during the SG50 Youth

Celebrate and the Open-

ing of the Singapore

Sports Hub was unforget-

table indeed. Through-

out their journey in train-

ing for the mass display,

our dancers learnt a lot

about resilience and

team bonding. Since it

was a mass display, our

students learnt that team-

work, cooperation and

communication were

very important in deter-

mining the success of

their performance.

They also had the chance

to bond together not only

with the various dance

groups in BDS, but also

with those from other

schools.

This invaluable experi-

ence had further helped

each and every one of

our dancers to be a more

confident and disciplined

in future upcoming

events.

40 dancers from our

Dance Society and Malay

Dance were honoured to

have been specially cho-

sen to perform as part of

the largest item in the

mass display entitled

“Electrolites” for the

SG50 celebrations.

Our dancers started

practising as early as in

November 2014. Since

then, numerous training

sessions have been held,

mainly at PESTA.

In picture above: Vice-Principal Mr Andrew Kang with the dancers, encouraging the dancers before their actual mass

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BEDOK SOUTH SECONDARY

BDS in SG50: Youth Celebrate!

celebrate Singapore’s

50th anniversary and our

youth achievements in

sports, uniformed and

performing arts groups.

There were 3 events that

our school participated

in.

In picture above: E2 Superintendent Mrs Susan Crossley spurring the team on, moments before the finals with Team Manager HOD PE & CCA Mr Wilbert Tan and team .

Event 3: Aquatic Feats

In picture above: Owenn

Tang (3E3 of Badminton),

Clarissa Wong, Vice-

Captain of the East 2

Team (3E3 of Choir) and

Mac Charlene (3G of

We also had two repre-

sentatives in the record-

setting feats—Samuel

Lau (Sec 2B) and Stepha-

nie Chua (Sec 1B) - as

they participated in the

events for the most num-

ber of laps swum in one

hour and the making of

the largest flag at the

OCBC Aquatic Centre

Centre.

Our school celebrated

the nation’s 50th birthday

all donning in red and

white on 6 Aug 2015. The

event started with the

march-in by the various

uniformed groups with

the Singapore and school

flags. This was followed

by the singing of the Na-

tional Anthem and saying

of the National Pledge.

Two student emcees led

the school on the

‘Recollections’ segment,

recounting the key phas-

es in Singapore’s history.

The morning assembly

then ended with the mass

singing of ‘My People,

My Home’.

For the second segment, our staff and students immersed themselves in an enjoyable session, building their own idea of future Singapore using the ‘Build My SG’ Lego sets. The highlight of the cele-bration was the concert.

Splendid performances were put up by the various dance groups, together with a skit on the things that make us Singaporean and a video montage on well wishes for Singapore. Thor-oughly enjoyable was the sing-along session which focused on love for our na-tion. This session provided great bonding moments among students and teach-ers as many voices cho-rused together as a single BDS voice.

won the following awards: Tele-match Competi-tion 1st Position: Dancel Kiel Angela Cane Tugano (Sec 3F) Alyssa Akter Jiayi Chow-dhury (Sec 2D) Nur Sobrina Bte Mohd Fuad (Sec 2D)

Bedok South Girl Guides participated in East Divi-sion Day 2015, an annual event where Girl Guides from schools in the East Division come together to compete and display their talents and skills in the various competitions. Our guides have, through weeks of sweat and tears,

Sneha Handa (Sec 2D) Dessert Making Com-petition 3rd Position: Nur Natasya Bte Ghazali (Sec 2E) Alia Mohamed Zaki Shir-beeni (Sec 2F) Seow Jun Yu (Sec 1A)

Girl Guides East Division Day 2015

images based on the theme “Legacy”. Thanks to their creativity and willingness to excel, our students captured out-standing photographs and ended up winning 3rd and 1st positions in the junior and senior catego-ries of the competition respectively. More im-portantly, our students

enjoyed the interac-tion and camarade-rie with students from other schools. A talk by celebrity photographer Rus-sell Wong wrapped up the event, further stirring the students’ interest in photog-raphy.

Singapore Youth Photography Conference

On 1st Aug 2015, students in PA, Art Club and pho-tography interest group from our school partici-pated in Singapore Youth Photography Conference held at Anglo-Chinese Independent School. The students were randomly grouped with students from other schools, and were sent off to capture

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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4

In picture above: The

girls’ creation on dis-

play.

National Day Celebration

Inter-Class Debate Championship and effective communi-cators. We would like to con-gratulate the following students for their out-standing performance in the tournament. Champion Class: Sec 2A Christopher Saw McKaige

On 28 July 2015, the Eng-lish Language Depart-ment organised the Inter-Class Debate Tourna-ment for the Sec 2 Ex-press students. The stu-dents had a great time and gained more confi-dence in public speak-ing. Through this learn-ing experience, the school hopes to nurture more critical thinkers,

Chariya Yonging Prakap Park Jung Yon Nurul Atiqah Joelle Yeo Overall Best Speaker: Zachary Tan - Sec 2B Class Best Speakers: Chariya Prakap - Sec 2A Maryam Hamad - Sec 2B Lourdes Ikia Poh - Sec 2C Jocel Lim - Sec 2D

Appointment of Trainee Prefects

Appointment ceremony

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Teachers’ Day Celebration

This year, the appoint-ment of trainee pre-fects took place on 8 July. Nomination of trainee prefects began in April and the nomi-nated candidates had to seek endorsement from their parents and teachers. Shortlisted candidates were then interviewed before

they were appointed as trainee prefects. These trainee prefects are equipped with leadership skills and much is expected from them to be good role

models for their peers. As trainee prefects, they are expected to:

1. be good am-bassadors for the school 2. demonstrate a keen sense of duty 3. be positive role-models for other students 4. show a good attitude towards CCA and academic studies

National Inter-School Floorball Championships

2015: C Division

Our ‘C’ Division Floor-

ballers have done our

school proud as they

made their way to the

National School Games

Finals after many rounds

of fierce competitions.

This is the first time our

team in BDS has finished

as 1st Runner-Up since

the school team was

formed 8 years ago. It

was not an easy feat con-

sidering the increasing

competitiveness among

schools as floorball gains

wider interest over the

past few years.

To better support our

school team, transport

was provided for all stu-

dents who wished to sup-

port the floorballers dur-

ing the semi-finals. Our

student leaders also took

the initiatives to motivate

our supporters in cheer-

ing for our players at the

games.

The school is proud of

what the boys have

achieved through perse-

verance, grit and deter-

mination throughout the

season. For the boys' ex-

cellent efforts, they will

be receiving the SSSC

National Colours Award.

The ‘C’ Division Floorball team.

President’s Award for Teachers

IN TOUCH

The school would like to congratulate Mdm Hali-mah Bte Jumaha for being 1 of the 6 teachers who received the prestigious President’s Award for Teachers this year. A total of 7,820 nominations for 2,717 teachers were re-ceived from school lead-

ers, teachers, parents, students (both former and current). The recipients were then selected and shortlisted for interviews and considerations by a panel comprising promi-nent community members and senior officials from the Ministry of Education,

chaired by Mr Lim Biow Chuan, Chairman of the Government Parliamen-tary Committee for Educa-tion. Once again, we con-gratulate Mdm Halimah for her continual dedica-tion to the holistic devel-opment of our students.

This year, the Prefectorial Board came up with the theme “SHINE” for the Teachers’ Day Celebra-tion. Performers were se-lected from various clas-ses to put up a variety of impressive performances to celebrate the occasion . The Prefectorial Board and the Peer Leaders worked hand-in-hand to plan and

execute the Teachers’ Day Celebration. Besides, the Peer Leaders took the ini-tiatives to liaise with all the class chairmen to come up with the celebra-tion programme for their form teachers during the FT Time on 3 Sept 2015. In addition, the student population was also en-couraged to vote for their

teachers for awards such as The Most Caring Teach-er Award and The Most Inspiring Teacher Award. Interesting awards such as The Loudest Teacher Award and The Fittest Teacher Award were also included. The teachers were delighted and they enjoyed themselves tre-mendously at the celebra-tion concert.