Five veteran race walkers organised a relay walk around Singapore stretching from Pasir Ris to Jurong. The 100-km route was completed in 13 hr 4 min, before dawn on 20 Sep 2020. They were R Subramaniam, 57, Tanaball s/o Ramasamy, 68, Jeyakumar s/o Ramasamy Dharmalingam, 64, Rajanthran s/o MK Subramanian, 57, and Perumal Thurairajoo, 58. The event was ... Read More »
The graduating Secondary Fours of Tanjong Katong Secondary School wrote down their thanks and wishes for the school. The comments were compiled and printed over the school logo and the 2m by 2m poster was unveiled on 25 Sep 2020. The students, calling themselves ‘Class of Acuity’ also donated a plaque to the school. Read More »
The Hip-Hop on Zoom video platform was conducted by Mark Kramer from the Philippines. The event was organised by Our Tampines Hub and Tampines West CSC on 20 Sep 2020. 147 participants were counted with their faces visible on Zoom. Read More »
As part of its National Day civic action, Bukit View Secondary School’s lower secondary students folded 13,000 origami hearts. On the origamis, they wrote words of encouragement and well-wishes for the migrant workers. Before sending to them, the students used about 10,000 hearts to form a 319m heart-shaped line on 11 Sep 2020. Read More »
Snow City Singapore has added new features to its winterland. Working with United Shooters, it added Target Shooting and Close Quarter Battle from 4 Sep 2020. Visitors can now enjoy a unique and exhilarating shooting experience with rubber balls at -13 degrees C. Read More »
Staff and students of Fajar Secondary School contributed packets of rice which would be distributed to some of the needy by Food From The Heart. Before the rice were carted away, 903 packets of 1-kg rice were arranged to look like a bowl of rice on 3 Sep 2020. The collage measured 6m by 5.5m. Read More »
Students of Poi Ching School made a total of 2,088 cards in appreciation of their teachers. The cards were displayed in the school hall on 3 Sept 2020, the eve of Teachers’ Day. Read More »
Ishani Shanmugam is 5 years 4 months, a K1 child at Sparkletots. She successfully recited 409 digits of pi without a mistake on 9 Sep 2020 in her home. She took just 3 weeks to work on the memorisation. Her parents are Shanmugam VS and Vennila. Read More »
Singapore Science Festival carried on despite the restriction on large gatherings. On 8 Aug 2020, 189 participants – mostly young students – logged on to the Zoom platform to experiment the effects of soap and food colouring on a dish of milk. The event was jointly presented by Science Centre Singapore and A*STAR. Read More »
