About

Hello!

I am Jing Yao from Maris Stella High School. From Punggol Green Primary School (where I started scouting), I created this website in hopes of sharing my scouting journey to everyone, and blogging about my personal experience. I aspire to continue my scouting journey and be the best that I can be.

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1. Cub Scouts (2020-2022)

I was honoured to serve Punggol Green Marlin Cub Scouts as a Senior Sixer, together with Zelda Chia. We had the opportunity to plan different events and help make the unit a better place for everyone to learn and enjoy scouting. One of the more memorable parts of being a senior sixer is having the opportunity to share and influence other people. For example, I used my website-making skills and shared them with my juniors, and conducted sessions to teach my juniors how they can create their own website to consolidate their proficiency badges.

Apart from that, being able to participate in the National Day celebration in school was also a very meaningful experience for me. I was able to take part in the flag-bearing segment of the national day event, and through the preparations for it, I felt accomplished that I could represent my school in this.

I have also got the chance to improve on my leadership skills through the Cub Scout Leadership Training Course, where we worked together with other schools.

On World Scouts Day, we have also hosted an online session teaching other cubs how to make pandan cake, which was an enriching experience for all of us.

During my three years in Cub Scouts, I managed to get the Akela Award (the highest achievement one can get from Cub Scouts), after vigorous preparation and going through an interview process. On top of that, I was also awarded the Chief Commissioner’s Award.

My Cub Scout journey was a very fruitful and eventful one, that shaped the way I am today. I chose to continue pursuing my scouting journey and decided to use Direct-School Admission (DSA) using Scouts. After selecting Edgefield Secondary School, Holy Innocents Secondary School and Maris Stella High School for DSA, I received my acceptance letter to all three of these schools.

I chose Maris Stella High School as my secondary school. From then, my scouting journey continued in the Phantom Scouts unit.

To learn more about my primary school journey, do read more on the “Journey to Being a Senior Sixer” blog series where I covered most of my experiences in Cub Scouts.

To learn more about my DSA experiences, go to this post.

2. Phantom Scouts (2023-2026)

As a member of the Phantom Scouts, I have taken part in many scouting activities. One of the more memorable ones was when I took part in the Dexufto camp, the signature camp of my unit, where I embarked on a tough – but meaningful journey of scouting activities.

To develop a greater cross-cultural understanding, I have taken part in international events, like the Malacca Trip back in December 2023.

For Open House, I helped make the infobooth wiki for parents and future Marists who are interested to join Scouts in the future.

I am grateful to be able to take part in many once in a lifetime events like these, and would continue to strive as a member of Phantom Scouts.

Apart from Scouts, I take stride in other areas in school. Here are some of the experiences I took part in. Click on the hyperlinks to find out more!

1. National Day Parade Military Tattoo
2. Student Leader Investiture
3. Assembly Sharing on International Friendship Day

I have also worked closely in the student council. As part of the Cooperate Communications department, I have worked on different Instagram posts for the Maris Stella Student Council Instagram page.

Working with a few student leaders for Marist Educators’ Day 2024 (MED), my responsibility for this event is to post updates on the MSHS Student Council Instagram page. I have also assisted with the interview video for the Primary Section, which allowed me to work closely with the Marist Digital Media Club members and forge strong bonds with new friends. From MED, I have worked on my communication skills with the interviewees, and working on a tight schedule.

As an English Marist Ambassador, I helped out in many school events like Open House, Mid Autumn Festival and National Chinese Short Film Competition. Having such an exposure allowed me to interact with many parents and improve on my communication skills.

To learn more about other experiences I took part in, feel free to check out my blog.

Here are some of the achievements I have attained from my education journey.

1. Leadership Awards

• Eagles Award (2021)

I was given the Eagles award, an award presented to people of different schools. Details of the award are as follows:

• Confident Leader Award (2022)

Since primary school, I have demonstrated my leadership skills as a Class Monitor and CCA Leader, where I learnt different important skills (e.g, communication skills).

• PGPS All Rounder Award (2022)

Together with Sallie, my head prefect, I had the honour of being one of the 2 students who received the PGPS All Rounder Award, that affirms individuals who not only does well in their studies, but also demonstrates the school values at a proficient level.

It is a testament on how much I have learnt from my primary school. I may not be the brightest student (especially compared to someone like my head prefect), but I have managed to attain different skills from my school that would eventually take me further in life.

• ECHA Award (2023 and 2024)

In every school, up to 2% of their students would receive this award aimed to affirm people who demonstrated good character. I have got this award for 2 consecutive years. Below is the information I pulled from the MOE website.

2. Chinese Drama

我是来自新加坡福建会馆文化艺术团的学生。从小，我每个星期都会参加他们的表演班。

在2020年，我有幸被选入了这个团体，从我的前辈那里学到了很多东西。虽然成为团员很辛苦，但我还是继续参加他们的活动。

我有机会参加许多话剧表演。值得一提的是，我参加了一部名为《动物嗨翻天》的话剧，并与我的团队成员一起排练了许多小时。

在观众超过一千人的情况下，还有当时的总理李显龙先生观看我们的戏剧表演，要进行多场表演确实是一种压力。然而，凭借成功的决心，我继续努力并成功地完成了表演。

It has been a joy being able to take part in such drama performances. We have developed a strong bond together with our members, and look forward to our future performances.

Together with the members, we learnt many invaluable skills. Apart from drama skills, we had to have the right mindset and mentality. It was always great knowing I had my friends with me in this journey.

As the Chinese saying goes, 台上一分钟，台下十年功.