My Scouting Journey
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International Friendship Day | Morning Story
This Tuesday, I managed to have a speech on international friendship to commemorate international friendship day in school. This was after weeks of preparation with Ms Tay, the teacher in charge of my presentation. Earlier this year, I signed up to be the speaker for this morning story, and was excited to have the chance…
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De:Xufto Camping Experience | Day 4
On the final day of Dexufto, we fell in at the TK Low hall and had our longest morning inspection yet, as we were unable to meet the strict time given to unpack all our items. After morning inspection, we had our breakfast, and got ready to be dismissed by taking down all our tents…
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De:Xufto Camping Experience | Day 3
Early in the morning, we were woken up by a fire alarm. Our seniors woke us up and rushed us to the MPC (Multi-Purpose Court) to fall in. Little did we know, it was a fire drill. After the fire drill, we had our morning inspection and ate breakfast. Afterwards, we cleaned up our campsite…
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De:Xufto Camping Experience | Day 2
For the second day of the camp, we went for a hike to various landmarks of Singapore. We had had our morning inspection before we had breakfast first. Embarking on the adventure, we plotted out different routes we could take to finish stopping by all the landmarks. Starting our hike… We stopped by many places…
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De:Xufto Camping Experience | Day 1
De:Xufto is a signature Phantom Scouts camp every 4 years. Known to be a tough but fulfilling camp, many of us looked forward to joining it. On the first day of the camp, I woke up early and prepared for it, eventually reaching school at about 7.40. Before the start of the camp, we talked…
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Scouts Trip to Malacca
Day 1 On the 1st of December, we went to Malacca and embarked on a 3D2N journey. After clearing customs, we went to Pay Fong School and met different scouts from SM Pay Fong, SMJK Katholik, SMJK Notre Dame Convent and SMJk Yok Bin. Together, we managed to know more about one another through the…
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Astronautics
Explain the purpose of space exploration including: – historical reasons – immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products There are many purposes of space exploration. Historical reasons for the purposes of space exploration are to advance in scientific research, and national prestige uniting different nations and…
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Civics
Requirement Notes Name and briefly describe the roles of the following appointments:President of SingaporePrime Minister of SingaporeSpeaker of ParliamentChief Justice of SingaporeMember of parliament of your place of residence The president must open each Session of Parliament and delivers an address laying out the key priorities of the Government. Apart from that, The President officiates…
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Scouts in Secondary School
As I joined Phantom Scouts a few weeks before this post, I realised how different scouting is in secondary school. Here is my experience in Phantom Scouts. Every week, we will have to fall in at the school courtyard in patrol, and carry on with our activities afterwards. In cub scouts, our seniors would be…
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We’re Back!
On 6 March 2023, Zelda, an ex-Senior Sixer from PGPS (Punggol Green Primary School) cub scouts, and I went to our primary school scouts and attended the CCA. Here is an overview of what we have done! On 2.10, Zelda and I met at the bus stop outside our school and went to the scouts.…
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Akela Award Presentation Ceremony
Yesterday, I attended the Akela Award Presentation Ceremony at the Girls Guides HQ. Here is a recount of what happened! On 6.15am, I woke up and watched the television with my family. As it almost reached 7.00am, I went to change to the scouts uniform and went to Bishan by car with my parents. As…
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What have I learnt as a leader?
Throughout my primary school life, I have been given leadership opportunities that shaped the way I am now. Here are some of the things I have learnt as a leader! Table of Contents: 1. How do we stop students from misbehaving? 2. What should leaders do? 3. Anything else? How do we stop students from…
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DSA Experiences
Having been accepted to Maris Stella High School, Edgefield Secondary School and Holy Innocents’ High School, I would like to write about my personal experiences going for DSA interviews in these schools. Maris Stella High School (Scouts) Although this is the first school I went to for my DSA interview, I found this DSA interview…
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Reflection throughout the years…
Along my journey in scouts, I have learnt various things from teamwork to leadership skills. Many people guided me from my parents to my teachers, and I could not become who I am today. 2019 It all started when I was in Primary 3, looking forward to choosing my CCA. I firstly wanted to pick…
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CLTC Reflection Day 2
Hi everyone! A brand new day has started, which means another scouts meeting! I hopped in the meeting on 8:30 and waited for the meeting to start. After I joined the meeting and went into my breakout room, we started the day by presenting to Mr Ang, the head Commissioner of Scouts, and managed to…
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CLTC 2022 Reflection Day 1
Hi everyone! Just now, I took part in the CLTC 2022, and I would like to reflect on what I have done! Something that surprised me was that Nixon (My previous CCA Senior), is our Facilitator for the session! Firstly, we got to plan about a camp and plan the timetable of it. We spent…
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Silver Arrow
Outdoor Scouting 1) Map & Compass a. Know at least eight map symbols and be able to find them on an Ordnance Survey or Topographical map – Group of rocks: – Airport or runway: – Picnic area: – Camp ground: – Cemetery: – Marsh/Swamp: – Road block: – Mangrove: b. Find 2 places of interest…
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How are you expected to be in scouts?
Hi teachers! I am making the presentation now, and thought you might want to edit the slides I have created while I complete the whole slides! Please access the slides using google slides at this link: Thanks and have a nice day!
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New website
Hello everyone! From the saying new year new me, I have changed the website name (it was jingyao.pgps-scouts.digital) to jingyaoteo.com (now teojingyao.com) for you to be able to remember my website more better! I have also changed the design of the website, and I hope you like it (cause I do) And also, have you…
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Cooking
Baking Advantages -More flavorful compared to boiling -Little amount of fat as compared to other methods such as frying and roasting -Lesser emissions of toxic byproducts like smoke Disadvantages -Time consuming as compared to cooking methods such as frying and boiling. Grilling Advantages -High intensity of the heat allows the food to be cooked faster.…
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Book Reader
Produce at least 6 books you have read recently, name their authors, and…. I have read harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the half-blood prince, and the harry potter and the deathly hallows by J.K Rowling. Also, I have read 3 issues of science adventures, by Anita Sebastian. be able…
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Hiking from Punggol Central to Kampong Lorong Buangkok!
Hello! I am going to blog about my family and I hiking from Punggol Central to Kampong Lorong Buangkok! Details Hike from Punggol Central to Kampong Lorong Buangkok and back to Punggol Central on 23 December at about 7:20am (total distance: 10km; total time taken: 2hr 41min) Journey Kampong Lorong Buangkok, here I…
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Hiking from Windsor Nature Park to the Tree Top Walk!
Hi everyone! I am going to share with you my experience hiking to the Tree Top walk at around 3.15pm on 29 December 21! Going to Windsor Nature Park We drove a car to the Venus Drive Carpark, and plan to walk to the Tree Top Walk. Journey When we first entered the walk, we…
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Gold Arrow
Outdoor Scouting Map & Compass 1) Use a Street Directory or Travel Map to plan a journey or a hike for your pack. Use a compass and one other method to find North in an outdoor environment. a) Journey to Singapore’s Southern Islands (Kusu Island, St John’s Island/Lazarus Island): – Take MRT to Marina South…
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More about Mr Ng Kai Yuan (Please read the Golden Arrow Post first before reading this!)
Caring about Seniors We watched a video about an elderly man called “Ah Guai”, a long-lasting customer who was given a delivery job by the hawkers in one of the stalls. He was old and retired so in order to keep him active, the hawkers requested his help with delivery He gets lost pretty often…
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More about Mr Xie (Please read the Golden Arrow Post first before reading this!)
As the head of health redesigning of Alexandria Hospital, he is constantly concerned about healthcare for future population. As there is a decreasing population of youths in Singapore, there are fewer youths to work in hospitals. He hopes that there would be more hospitals, doctors and many more nurses as many hospitals are short of…
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Thank you Teachers!
I am excited to tell you that I have gotten 2 awards in the award ceremony! I will like to thank all of my teachers for giving me chances, and that made me to what I am today! Have a nice day Jing Yao
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Journey to being a Senior Sixer is back with 2 stories in one!
I’m sorry… I love doing this series but something happened to me! I have not posted in months from now! So, to repay you, I will have to dig my memory and find out what makes me now! But first, let me tell you! I made a big jump from me learning in scouts to…
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Good Deed Day 2021
On 31 July 2021, my parents found out an advertisement about adopting the wish. As they were interested to know more about it, they went to this website: And it showed all the wishes everyone wanted to be fulfilled. After that, we immediately went to Popular Books Store and bought all the things that the…