CCA for secondary one

[mummys.031491pore]

CuriousHippo:

Hi Skyed, u mentioned easier to get points in UG, does it apply to St John Ambulance Brigade? Out of the 4 UG that my boy's school offers, ie..NCC, NPCC, Scouts & St John, we may go for St John as it is once a week, on Sat. The rest are 2/3 times a week. Any advice ?

Hi CuriousHippo,
My DD no. 1 used to go to St. John Ambulance Brigade when she was in Secondary School. I think she received the senior staff sergeant rank or something by the time she was in Sec 4 and managed to deduct 2 points from her L1R5.
Her CCA was only once a week but her CCA gave her a lot of CIP opportunities. The CIP helped her earn a no. of badges which i think helped her with the CCA points.
The badges you earn depends on the activities the seniors arrange, i think. This was what my DD told me.

[CuriousHippo]

mummys’pore, thanks for sharing the information.

[kitty2]

protutor:

Hi, I used to be in infocomm club in Sec School. I was not a chairperson etc (I am only an exco), but my CIP hours are more than 100. I managed to get 25 leap points for 4 years, which was an A1 grade for CCA. So, it was still possible to score A1 even in club and society CCA

Thanks for sharing.Wonder what did you do for your CIP?

[Skyed]

Attending famine camp is an easy way for hours… Go once a year 30h given…

[kitty2]

protutor:

I was actively involve in CIP activities that my CCA provides (such as helping up in the technical area during an event), and I also participated in various flag days (which was actually offered to my school cohort) as well as class CIP. Our school expected all of us to reach at least 100 CIP hours, so it was quite naturally that all of us would achieve that given that so many opportunities were available.

:thankyou:

[kitty2]

Skyed:

Attending famine camp is an easy way for hours... Go once a year 30h given..

Sorry what is famine camp :?

[kitty2]

protutor:

Not all schools offer the famine programme. Is a camp where the students will experience how is it like without food for a period of time, to allow them to understand how the children in less developed countries feel when they are in starvation. I know Ngee Ann Poly does have this prog.

:thankyou:

[CuriousHippo]

sigh!..all for the sake of the 2 points, so generally most students will target to get that 2 points in a way, if not will be in a "losing start"… ;-(

[Skyed]

protutor:

Not all schools offer the famine programme. Is a camp where the students will experience how is it like without food for a period of time, to allow them to understand how the children in less developed countries feel when they are in starvation. I know Ngee Ann Poly does have this prog.

Hi I think you're mistaken. It's not offered by schools, it's offered by an organisation. You only need your school's permission to take part (because sometimes it's on a weekday where you actually supposed to go to school).

[Wings10]

Hi my son went for the cca trials and got into ‘shooting’. Is shooting a good sport? Not sure if we should appeal for tennis? He was short listed but did not get in tho he took tennis lessons for 2 years but mediocre.