GB Flag Day

Time : 7.15am
Date : 9th Dec 2009
Attire : Full GB Uniform
Girls involved : All Sec 1s-3s ; Joy, Phyllis
Teacher in Charge : Mrs Tan

Report at Zhangde Primary School for collection of tins.

Drill Practice
Time : 8am - 10.30am
Date : 16th/17th Dec '09
Attire : National GB tee, School skirt, boots

*16th Dec is Drill Theory Test for Stage 1 and Stage 3! Please Study!

Drill Test
Date : 19th Dec '09

Report time to be confirmed.

71ST COMPANY 1st Sandwich Making Competition!
14/11/09

Our Participants:

2 PE shirt
2 PE shorts
1 school skirt
1 GB tee
2 home clothes
2 home shorts
3 sets of undergarments
Full Uniform (for Promotion Night)
Towel
Sleeping bag
Torch light
Personal medication
GB notebook and pen
Hanger
Toiletries: shampoo, toothbrush, toilet paper etc...
Slipper
Cap
Water bottle
Cutleries: plates, fork and spoon, cup
Plastic bags
Socks
ODT
Kiwi polish and cloth
1 black thrash bag
Insect repellent
Comb
Rubber band and hairclip
Pail and bucket
Survival cooking needs: food for each squad, tommy cookers toothpaste, lighter, oil etc...
*Food by squad leaders

Reporting attire: GB tee and skirt


GB Meeting on 14th November '09
Time : 8am - 12 nn
Date: 14 Nov '09
Attire: Gb tee with school skirt and nametag
To bring : BOOTS ; ingredients for sandwiches and receipts

Programme:
8am - 8.10am - Roll Call [Joanne]
8.10am - 8.45am - 5BX [Michelle, Faith]
8.45am - 10.15am - Drill
10.15am - 10.45am - Devotion [Ni Yi, Yu Pin]
10.45am - 11.30am - Sandwich Making Competition!
11.30am - 12pm - Refreshments ~ [Sec 1s to make drinks]
12 nn - DISMISSAL.

Groups for Sandwich Making Competition
Group 1: All Sec 3s (i/c Jaslin)
Group 2: Lydia (i/c), Hweeling, Xue Er, Jenniefer
Group 3: Yiqian (i/c), Kacey, Shi Hwei, Ming Ge, Thiri
Group 4: Alicia (i/c), Clarissa, Nicole, Michelle
Group 5: Vivi (i/c), Jolyn, Faith, Caroline
Group 6: Jianuo (i/c): Elsie, Chermin

Items Provided by Ms Pang:
Paper plates
Plastic Sheet Bread
Cheese
Margarine
Tomatoes

**Groups have to decide what other ingredients they would like to put in their sandwiches and buy the items on your own. Please keep all receipts and bring them on Saturday. Each group will make enough sandwiches to feed 5 people. Be mindful of how much you buy and don't waste food! You will eat the sandwiches for refreshments!


GB Meeting on 24 October 09
Time : 8 - 9 am (Devotion) : 9 – 12 pm (First Aid Course in AVA)
Date : 24 October 09
Attire : Gb tee and school skirt with nametag
To Bring : GB Notebook and Pencil Case

All Sec 2s will report only at 9 am in AVA for first Aid Course

*UPDATED
GB Meeting on 31 October 09
Time : 8 - 9 am (DRILL) : 9 – 12 pm (First Aid Course in AVA)
Date : 31 October 09
Attire : Gb tee and school skirt with nametag
To Bring : GB Notebook and Pencil Case

**Girls to fall in at Flag Pole at 8am. Boots should be worn during fall in.

GB Meeting on 7 November 09
Time : 8 - 9 am (Devotion) : 9 – 12 pm (First Aid Course in AVA)
Date : 7 November 09
Attire : Gb tee and school skirt with nametag
To Bring : GB Notebook and Pencil Case


GB Meeting resumes on 24th October.

Drill practice may be held next Friday.

All Sec 2s [excluding Caroline and Clarissa] to meet Miss Pang in GB room on 14th October, Wednesday, immediately after school.
Meeting should take about half an hour.

Pretty Girls & Ladies

Captain:
Ms Elsie Tan

Teacher(s)-In-Charge/Officer:
Mrs Tan Li Pei & Ms Arlene Pang

Junior Officers:
Charlene, Chien May, Pearl & Teri





Secondary 1 Girls:
Alicia, Chermin, Elsie, Faith, Jia Nuo,
Jia Qi, Jolyn, Michelle, Nicole & Vivi

Secondary 2 Girls:
Caroline, Doel, Elsie, Kacey, Kit Ying, Hwee Ling, Jennifer,
Jocelyn, Lydia, Ming Ge, Shi Hwei, Thiri, XueEr & Yi Qian

Secondary 3 Girls:
Jaslin, Joanne, Ni Yi, Patricia, Wan Yee & Yu Pin

Secondary 4 Girls:
Jasmine, Joy, Phyllis & Xinyi

Secondary 5 Girls:
Daphne, Jean & Shirley

One - Two - Three

Squad 1:
- Ni Yi [3F] [Sqd Ldr]
- Shirley [5A]
- Joy [4C]
- Xinyi [4F]
- Yu Pin [3D]
- Jocelyn [2G]
- Lydia [2F]
- Ming Ge [2C]
- Xue Er [2C]
- Alica [1G]
- Elsie [1D]
- Jia Nuo [1F]
- Jolyn [1E]

Squad 2:
- Patricia [3F] [Sqd Ldr]
- Jean [5A]
- Phyllis [4D]
- Wan Yee [3D]
- Elsie [2E]
- Jennifer [2E]
- Kit Ying [2B]
- Kacey [2E]
- Chermin [1E]
- Nicole [1G]
- Vivi [1B]

Squad 3:
- Jaslin [3G] [Sqd Ldr]
- Daphne [5A]
- Jasmine [4F]
- Joanne [3A]
- Doel [2A]
- Hwee Ling [2E]
- Shi Hwei [2G]
- Thiri [2E]
- Yi Qian [2B]
- Faith [1C]
- Jia Qi [1B]
- Michelle [1F]

In-Charge

NCOs Chairperson:
- Cpl Joanne Lew
NCOs Advisor:
- SSgt Shirley & Sgt Joy Wong

Adminstration I/C (Sec3/4/5):
- Cpl Yu Pin
Teacher I/C:
- Mrs Tan Li Pei

Adminstration I/C (Sec1/2):
- LCpl Yi Qian & LCpl Thiri
Teacher I/C:
- Ms Arlene Pang

GB NoticeBoard I/C:
- LCpl Elsie & LCpl Lydia

Drill I/C:
- Cpl Wan Yee / LCpl Kacey / LCpl Jocelyn / LCpl Xue Er
Drill Advisors:
- SSgt Charlene / SSgt Daphne Chan / Sgt Xinyi

Devotion I/C:
- Cpl Jaslin / Cpl Ni Yi/ Pte Kit Ying / LCpl Lydia / LCpl Doel
Devotion Advisers: - SSgt Vera / Sec5s

Recreation I/C:
- CPl Yu Pin / Cpl Patricia / LCpl Hwee Ling / LCpl Thiri / LCpl Shi Hwei / LCpl Yi QIan
Recreation Advisers: - Sgt Jasmine & Sgt Phyllis

GB Room Cleaniness I/C:
- LCpl Jocelyn / LCpl Elsie

Happy Toilet I/C:
Sec 3s

Upcoming Events

JANUARY 2009: LOVE
3 Jan: Welcome Back! Celebrations (Full U)
7 Jan: Sec1s Orientation cum CCA Open House (I/C: Pte Hwee Ling, Pte Xue Er, Pte Shi Hwei)
10 Jan: Meeting (Full U)
17 Jan: Welcome Party (Full U)
24 Jan: Welcome Party (Full U)
31 Jan: Chinese New Year Celebrations (GB T-shirt)

FEBRUARY 2009: JOY
6-7 Feb: Drill Competition Team Overnight in GESS (Senior & Pioneer Teams)
7 Feb: Meeting (Full U) (Leadership Conference: Sec4s only)
14 Feb: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
21 Feb: Meeting (GB T-Shirt) / (DI Qualifying Test @ GBHQ , 8am-1pm)
28 Feb: Meeting (GB T-Shirt) / (DI Course)

MARCH 2009: PEACE
7 Mar: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
14 Mar: Drill Competition Pioneers
21 Mar: Drill Competition Seniors/Juniors
28 Mar: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
29 Mar: Enrolment Service @ FFMC (Full U)

APRIL 2009: PATIENCE
4 Apr: Awards Ceremony (Christ Church Sec) (Full U)
10 Apr: Good Friday
11 Apr: No Meeting
18 Apr: Exams
23 Apr: UG Change Of Command
25 Apr: Exams

MAY 2009: KINDNESS
2 May: Exams
9 May: Exams
16 May: Exams
23 May: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
30 May LGT Challenge (Company I/C: 71st)

JUNE 2009: GOODNESS
5-6 Jun: Sergeants Weekend @ PLMGS (Sec3s only)
13-15 Jun: Corporals Camp @ ST Margaret's School (Sec2s only)
18-20 Jun: Boot Camp
27 Jun: No Meeting

JULY 2009: FAITHFULNESS
4 Jul: Meeting (Full U)
5 Jul: Youth Day
11 Jul: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
12-26 Jul: GB Fortnight 2009
13 Jul: GB Day (Full U in school by 6.40am)
18 Jul: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
25 Jul: P&D Service

AUGUST 2009: GENTLENESS
1 Aug: Meeting (Full U)
7 Aug: GESS NDP (Full U)(NCO I/C: Cpl Wan Yee)
8 Aug: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
9 Aug: National Day
15 Aug: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
22 Aug: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
29 Aug: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)

SEPTEMBER 2009: SELF-CONTROL
3 Sep: SANA Course (Sec2s only) (I/C: LCpl Lee Yi Qian)
5 Sep: No Meeting (Officers' Retreat - GBHQ)
12 Sep: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
19 Sep: Exams
26 Sep: Exams

OCTOBER 2009:SELF-CONTROL
3 Oct: Exams
10 Oct: Exams
17 Oct: Exams
24 Oct: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)
31 Oct: Meeting (GB T-Shirt)

NOVEMBER 2009: FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
7 Nov: GB Meeting
14 Nov: Gb Meeting and Sandwich making Competition
14-15 Nov: Drill Camp @ GBHQ
19-21 Nov: Annual Company Camp (I/C: Sec2s)
21 Nov: Ushering Duty at Fairfield Methodist Church

DECEMBER 2009:
9 Dec: GB Flag Day
19 Dec: Drill Test (Stage 1, 2, 3)
1-31 Dec: Christmas Outreach
25 Dec: Christmas

Drill Practices

Badge Work

Pictures

Secondary Fours & Fives 2009!

Dedications

Sec4s & Sec5s

Dedications for the Graduating Girls!

Dedications from sec1s

To Xinyi:

To Shirley:

To Daphne:

To Phyllis:

To Jean:

To Jasmine:

To Joy:

Dedications from sec2s

To Xinyi:

To Shirley:

To Daphne:

To Phyllis:

To Jean:

To Jasmine:

To Joy:

Dedications from sec3s

To Xinyi:

To Shirley:

To Daphne:

To Phyllis:

To Jean:

To Jasmine:

To Joy:

Prayer Points

Sec4s & Sec5s
*Pray for 2009

Pray for:
1. Recruitment - that the Girls coming to GB will be blessed and will be a blessing to others; that these new Girls will want to be in the GB Family
2. Drill Competition - for good health and a sense of pride and serious-ness in the practices ; and to bond with each other
3. 61st - that our bond will grow strong over the combined Drill events; that 61st Girls & Officers will blessed with good health
4. Good Health - that we will be in the pink of health and always cheer each other on
5. Courage and Fearlessness - to claim the school as GB's and to feel a sense of ownership and bring pride to GESS
6. Leadership - that our Girls are true & positive leaders in their circle of influence

71st Sharing

The Straits Times, 22 March 2008

The Straits Times 22 Mar 2008,
She joined for fun, but leaving was not so easy ATTRACTED by fun and easy money, Siti (not her real name), 17, a Secondary 4 school dropout, joined a gang two years ago.

At first, she was treated "like a queen". "The gang members would be very concerned about me and ask me why I looked moody. They took me to clubs and paid for all my expenses," says Siti, who never had such attention lavished on her before. Her parents divorced when she was six and she lives with her father. A store assistant who works 11 hours a day, he has little time for her. She speaks to her mother, a hawker's assistant who has remarried, on the phone once a week - mainly to extract pocket money.

Over two years with the gang, Siti loitered at Marsiling and Boon Lay, smoking, picking fights and selling illegal VCDs. She helped keep a lookout for the police, earning up to $200 a day for three hours of work. "The first time I ran from the police, I was scared. But the second and third time, it felt normal," says the lanky 1.62m-tall teen who has bronze-streaked hair.

All cashed up, Siti and her gangster friends would book hotel rooms in Geylang and down Ecstasy pills together. The rooms cost around $40 a night and they booked up to five rooms each time. "It was very fun. When the music was turned on, all I knew was to dance, dance, dance," she says.

During gang clashes, her self-worth and status soared, as she was deemed "a good fighter". Once, when a girl provoked a fellow gang member, Siti tore open the girl's shirt, stomped on her chest, then spat at her to show her "hatred".

She recalls: "The first time I fought, I was "somebody". At home, when I failed my exams, my parents would say: "You're a waste of money." But in my gang, I got a name for myself by fighting well. That's why I kept going back. My friends believed in me."

But eight months later, Siti got sick of bloody fights and having to flee from the police practically every day. She stopped answering gang members' calls and excused herself from meetings. But the gang would not let her off so easily. They issued an ultimatum - she had to have sex with all 15 boys in the gang, one after another, if she wanted to quit. As part of the ritual called "rolling over", they would also videotape her naked body and circulate it among their friends.

Most of the girls in the gang considered rolling over a "normal practice" and it upset Siti greatly. "Other girls in the gang can give the boys their bodies after knowing them for one or two hours, but I'm not like that," she says. So she begged her elder brother, who is 19 and with another gang, to help her leave without paying the penalty. His gang slugged it out with hers - and won. Siti's gang let her off the hook and agreed to "settle any future unhappiness" with her brother.

Siti, now a private school student, goes to Ain Society, a voluntary welfare organisation which helps youth at risk in Bukit Batok, every day. She has found new friends among the other troubled teens there. "We have the same kind of attitude and at first, we didn't like each other. But they're like mirror images of me," she says.

Last year, Siti obtained three N-level passes as a private candidate and is now taking a course in customer service. She is still afraid of running into her ex-gang members and keeps her head down whenever she passes their old hang-outs. But she has not looked back on her decision to quit. "I regret joining the gang, especially because I made my mother cry. She thought I gave my body to the boys. I thought she didn't love me. But she cried because of me so I felt I needed to change."

The Straits Times, 25 November 2008

The Straits Times 25 Nov 2008,
WHEN Shanti, 17, met Raj, 19, at their neighbourhood McDonald's through mutual friends, she thought she had found her Mr Right. He pursued her ardently, sent constant text messages and met her every day after school. But six months on, things went horribly wrong. He began hitting her and even threatened her at knife point.

Two years later, she turned to the Centre for Promoting Alternatives to Violence (Pave) in Ang Mo Kio, seeking help to end the relationship.
The counselling centre is seeing more people come in because of dating violence. In 2002, it had just two such cases. This year, it has handled nine. Ain Society, which helps youth at risk, has also seen an increase in such cases - from two last year to four this year.

In the most severe case, a teenage girl nearly jumped from a 12-storey building because her boyfriend told her to. These numbers are small. But, worryingly, in an informal survey of 2,200 secondary and junior college students done by Pave in 2003, 15 to 30 per cent of teenagers said they had experienced family violence and/or dating violence.

To nip the problem in the bud, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is ramping up efforts. Today, which is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, it is signing the United Nations Development Fund for Women's 'Say No to Violence Against Women' declaration. The declaration has been signed by more than 30 governments including those of Japan, Germany and Thailand. It seeks to end violence against women, a major cause of death and disability in women worldwide aged 15 to 44 years.

Today, Pave is holding a one-day exhibition on the impact of intimate relationship violence on youth and children at HDB Hub in Toa Payoh. It will also stage a roadshow about family violence outside Hougang Mall on Sunday. This will be followed by a dating violence awareness week, which includes relationship talks, during the week before Valentine's Day next year.

The MCYS has also teamed up with Ain Society to produce a television docu-drama on dating violence. The problem requires early and extensive intervention, says Pave family development head Seah Kheng Yeow, before it escalates into something far worse.

In July, former cleaner Prathip Selvan, 22, was arrested for the murder of an 18-year-old childcare centre teacher with whom he had had a tumultuous relationship. A recent United States study found that teens exposed to dating violence had a greater tendency to engage in unsafe sexual activities, substance abuse and attempted suicide. The victims were typically subject to violence that increased in frequency and intensity over time.

Social workers from both Pave and women's advocacy group Aware have found that in most abusive marriages, the violence started when the couple were dating, and escalated through the years. This is why, Mrs Seah says, it is vital to sound the alarm early.

Although the profile of aggressors differs, she says they tend to be controlling, display obsessive jealousy and blame their partners for their own violent behaviour. Some come from violent households where they were abused as children, or have low self-esteem, which is why they try to exert power to feel good.

Unfortunately, she notes, many victims of dating violence are often insecure and feel responsible for the violence inflicted on them. They may also feel too emotionally committed to the relationship to give it up, especially when they have had sexual relations.
'The two factors I've found as to why they stay in the relationship are that the victim needs love, and believes the aggressor's promises to change, even if he doesn't,' she says.

Fei Yue Community Services social worker Celine Koh adds that some victims have a 'saviour mentality', believing they can help their aggressors change. 'Some go on to marry their partners in the hope that they will change after marriage, although this rarely happens without intervention,' she says.

Counselling can help both victims and abusers understand the cycle of violence and break it. Victims are equipped with communication skills, built up in self-esteem and given help to develop a safety plan. Aggressors are helped to address denial, blame others less and challenged about gender stereotypes.

So far, Pave has seen two men come forward for help. One had several failed relationships and wanted to understand his own violent behaviour. Mrs Seah says: 'Violence is learned behaviour so we let them know they have the choice to communicate, be responsible and find resolutions, instead of turning to violence.' But change and letting go is tough.

Retail assistant Janet Li, 31, knows this all too well. Even though a fight with her boyfriend left her hearing impaired after he burst her eardrum, it took her 18 months to seek help and move on. 'I kept hoping he would change but it became a hopeless cause... I'm glad it's over,' she says. 'The two years felt like five years, and it was just not worth it.'

Helplines Centre for Promoting Alternatives to Violence (PAVe); Tel: 6555-0390 Family Service Centre Helpline; Tel: 1-800 838-0100

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