Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[HappyBlueBear]

Our Y1 boys are back!!!

[3Ymom]

Any comments fr year 1 Ds on the orientation camp?. My son said it was worse than army camp, very rigorous, only given 2 min to shower etc..N those who brought pillow got confiscated.. Haha, the tough training has toughened him up too

[ngl2010]

DS's pillow was confiscated He said that they were given 3 minutes to undress, shower, towel dry and put on clothes.


DS said they had to run back and forth from the hall to the field with their backpack and barang-barang at least 5 rounds in order to instill in them sense of urgency. Last week DS said they must stand up and sit down repeatedly if they are not standing up or sitting down fast enough. I think it is good. I support the exercise/penalty for not doing things fast enough. :celebrate:

DS likes the orientation camp. He thinks it is more fun than his P5 camp :boogie: He got to know his classmates better

[Verysuperkiasu]

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Any comments fr year 1 Ds on the orientation camp?. My son said it was worse than army camp, very rigorous, only given 2 min to shower etc..N those who brought pillow got confiscated.. Haha, the tough training has toughened him up too

it's normal...during my ds time he said the same thing too....but they can look forward to year 2 Malaysian Montage - it's the best (according to my ds) really feel like going for holiday - stay in 4 or 5 star hotel, sight seeing. He even had time to take video of the ostrich farm (I thought it was quite nice and relaxing).

As for year 3 OBS...hmm....gotto see what he says tmr when he returns.

[Verysuperkiasu]

seaglass:

Verysuperkiasu:

Looking forward to tomorrow....our boys will be coming back from OBS.


Will RI upload photos for parents to view?

not that I know of, but u can go to the OBS facebook page.. got lots of photos there of students from different schools that went for OBS.

the latest photos are not up yet, but at least u can get an idea of what the place / activities are like..

ok..thanks for the info. I think Ri website should have gallery where pictures/photos of recent activities can be uploaded.

[3Ymom]

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Any comments fr year 1 Ds on the orientation camp?. My son said it was worse than army camp, very rigorous, only given 2 min to shower etc..N those who brought pillow got confiscated.. Haha, the tough training has toughened him up too

it's normal...during my ds time he said the same thing too....but they can look forward to year 2 Malaysian Montage - it's the best (according to my ds) really feel like going for holiday - stay in 4 or 5 star hotel, sight seeing. He even had time to take video of the ostrich farm (I thought it was quite nice and relaxing).

As for year 3 OBS...hmm....gotto see what he says tmr when he returns.

Thanks , I will let my ds know Abu the yr 2 montage.. Then he can look forward to it!! Do they need to pay. .? A pleasant surprised that the year 1 camp is free, and they had buffet dinner on the last day:)

[ngl2010]

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Thanks , I will let my ds know Abu the yr 2 montage.. Then he can look forward to it!! Do they need to pay. .? A pleasant surprised that the year 1 camp is free, and they had buffet dinner on the last day:)

I thought the Year 1 camp costs $80 which was deducted from Edusave? :scratchhead:

[Verysuperkiasu]

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Thanks , I will let my ds know Abu the yr 2 montage.. Then he can look forward to it!! Do they need to pay. .? A pleasant surprised that the year 1 camp is free, and they had buffet dinner on the last day:)

Yes, they need to pay...but subsidized I think...can't remember how much but quite reasonable. But check the validity of your son's passport in Dec. Last year, we ran into some problems as we didnt realise ds passport already expired. Was quite a rush. He submitted later than his classmates but luckily still accepted.

[HappyBlueBear]

ngl2010:

DS's pillow was confiscated He said that they were given 3 minutes to undress, shower, towel dry and put on clothes.

Luckily I didn't ask ds to bring pillow
Mine said his class was only given 30 sec to shower! :scared: And that's only once a day.

ngl2010:

DS said they had to run back and forth from the hall to the field with their backpack and barang-barang at least 5 rounds in order to instill in them sense of urgency. Last week DS said they must stand up and sit down repeatedly if they are not standing up or sitting down fast enough. I think it is good. I support the exercise/penalty for not doing things fast enough. :celebrate:

DS likes the orientation camp. He thinks it is more fun than his P5 camp :boogie: He got to know his classmates better

Yeah my ds told me the same too. He said the camp was torturous but fun. These Y1 were drummed repeatedly about the high standards of the school, need to have sense of urgency, etc.. The PLGs also told them a lot of stories about the boarding school :nailbite: ... His only complaint was the food was lousy! Dunno where the $80 that they paid went to. Hahaha.

Btw, I wonder how did those who who bought suitcases run back and forth with their barang barang? :scratchhead:

[3Ymom]

ngl2010:

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Thanks , I will let my ds know Abu the yr 2 montage.. Then he can look forward to it!! Do they need to pay. .? A pleasant surprised that the year 1 camp is free, and they had buffet dinner on the last day:)

I thought the Year 1 camp costs $80 which was deducted from Edusave? :scratchhead:

Oops..I am so blurred...I happily thought the camp is free..haha