Participate in the CDL-Singapore Compact Young CSR Leaders Award 2012 – Calling for future business leaders!

Dear Friends,

The CDL-Singapore Compact Young CSR Leaders Award is back for the second year after the successful inaugural launch in 2011!

Partnering the Singapore Compact for CSR, the competition is open to youths between 17 and 30 years of age.

The Award engages 10 Singapore-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from diverse industries who can possibly adopt your CSR strategies. Each team, comprising three to six members, will be submitting a CSR proposal for the assigned SME.  10 finalist teams will be given practical work attachment by the respective SME and mentorship by the CSR consultants.

Top three teams and remaining seven finalist teams will receive cash prizes during the opening ceremony of the International Singapore Compact CSR Summit on Thursday, 27 September 2012. 

Registration will be open till Friday 25 May.  We look forward to seeing you at the Competition briefing!

For details, please visit http://www.cdl.com.sg/youngcsrleaders. 

NUS GC2012 Prelims Paper

Dear all,

It was good to see you all at the Grand Finals! Congratulations to all schools and all students for performing outstandingly at GC2012.

As per the request of some teachers, I have uploaded the GC2012 Preliminary Round MCQ and Structured Questions paper for your reference. The link can be found on the left hand side, or you may access the paper here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByvC5j2qmyhReHllYk5EbUJUMGFteVJLMUhPd3RXdw.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Shona

GC 2012: Information regarding parking and reminders about GeoTrail and the Grand Finals

Dear teachers,

We hope that your preparations for the GeoTrail and Grand Finals have been going well! The NUS Geography Challenge 2012 Organizing Committee would like to remind you and your students that GeoTrail 2012 will be happening this Saturday, 31 March. Students are reminded to report at at 0730 hrs at the Fountain Square of City Square Mall in their YELLOW GeoTrail teeshirt and PE shorts to register for the event. A briefing will be conducted at 0815 hrs, and any team that arrives later than 0845 hrs will be disqualified. Also, students are reminded to bring along:

• Their I/C or EZ-link card for identification
• Individual indemnity forms for each student
• One signed copy of the Rules and Regulations for each team
• A full set of school uniform for the Grand Finals

Students are also strongly encouraged to bring street directories and bus guides, as this information will not be provided on the day itself. However, students are not allowed to bring brochures and notes for the trail. More information on what to bring and what not to bring can be found in the information circular. A thorough bag check will be done before students head off for the GeoTrail.

Please refer to the left sidebar on this blog for the information circular, should you require more details. Schools are kindly requested to read through the Rules and Regulations, and to bring along one signed copy for each school on the day. Any breach of our rules and regulations could result in disqualification.

Also, with regard to parking for the Grand Finals at the Shaw Foundation Alumni House (SFAH) Auditorium, teachers are strongly advised to park at Carpark 15, near Temasek and Eusoff Hall, and not at Carpark 14 (which is reserved for NUS staff). A map of the area is attached for your reference. The SFAH is circled in green, while Carpark 15 is circled in red. The closest bus stops and the buses that stop there are also indicated on the map. Should you require a more comprehensive map of the whole of NUS, you may visit http://www.nus.edu.sg/campusmap/.

Teachers are also advised to head straight to SFAH at 1530h for the Grand Finals. This is to prevent a crowd outside LT11, where students will be gathering and washing up before the Grand Finals. Rest assured we will have ushers to lead students to the SFAH.

The Grand Finals are expected to end at 1930, after which a buffet dinner will be served.

Thank you! Do email me if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,
Shona Loong
Vice Project Director (Admin)

Information regarding GeoTrail and Grand Finals

Dear all,

Please find HERE the details of the GeoTrail and Grand Finals rounds of NUS Geography Challenge 2012 on 31 March 2012. Kindly take a look through the document, as they contain important rules and regulations for the GeoTrail round. Any breach of these rules and regulations could result in disqualification.

Students are to report at at 0730 hrs at the Fountain Square of City Square Mall to register for the event. A briefing will be conducted at 0815 hrs, and any team that arrives later than 0845 hrs will be disqualified. All students are reminded to bring along:
Their I/C or EZ-link card for identification
Individual indemnity forms (attached to the Circular) for each student
One signed copy of the Rules and Regulations for each team (also attached)
A full set of school uniform for the Grand Finals
Kindly refer to the Circular for a list of other items that students are strongly encouraged to bring along, as well as a list of items that students cannot bring on the GeoTrail.

The GeoTrail will end at 1500 hrs at NUS. Thereafter, the Grand Finals will begin at 1545 hrs and will end at approximately 1930 hrs. During this time, we will be announcing the top three teams that qualify for the Grand Finals; these three teams will compete for the title of Champion of NUS GC2012. We will also be having a prize-giving ceremony for individuals and teams who have performed outstandingly in the Preliminary Round, Geo-Ad, GeoTrail and Grand Finals components. A dinner reception will be served after the event. Kindly refer to the circular for more information.

Thank you, and feel free to email us if you have any concerns.

Best regards,
Shona Loong
Vice Project Director (Admin)
NUS Geography Challenge 2012

Geo-Ad Sample Video

Dear students,

We hope that preparations for the Geo-Ad and Geotrail components have been going well! To help you with your video, we have uploaded the sample video for Geo-Ad 2012 onto Vimeo here. Enjoy!


NUS Geography Challenge 2012: Geo-Ad Sample Video from nusgc2012 on Vimeo.

The strengths of this video are that it has covered a range of geographical concepts related to urban reimaging in the context of Marina Bay. It is also engaging and interesting. However, the cons of this video are that it is far too long (remember to stick to the 5 minute time limit!). Some scenes were choppy, and the dialogue was difficult to hear because of the background noise. However, the team has overcome this constraint by using subtitles.

Also, we have uploaded the soft copy of the Geo-Ad circular. You can find it at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByqccRbTw6eGZnNURWpPS0pSSUd5RHlsQldXN3FWZw, or at the link on the left hand side of our blog. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at nusgc2012@gmail.com. We hope these things help you in your preparations for Geo-ad.

The Organizing Committee has great prizes up for grabs for the top teams in Geo-Ad, Geotrail and in the Finals round. Besides trophies and medals, we also have cameras, walkmans and headphones, so keep pressing on!

Finally, the NUS GC 2012 Organizing Committee is doing a survey based on our Preliminary Round. We hope that you will help us by filling in this survey if you have not already done so. The survey for teachers can be found at http://bit.ly/nusgc2012feedbackteachers, while the survey for students is at http://bit.ly/nusgc2012feedbackstudents. This survey will help us to improve NUS Geography Challenge in coming years, so please do fill it in and get your teammates to fill it in as well.

Thank you, and we hope to see you on 31 March for Geotrail and the Finals round! All the best with your preparations :)

Best regards,
Shona Loong
Vice Project Director (Admin)

Results of the NUS GC 2012 Preliminary Round

Dear All,

Thank you for coming down for the NUS GC 2012 Preliminary Round last Saturday! We hope that you had a great time with us :) We are happy to announce that this year, we had an unprecendented 94 schools competing in the Preliminary Round!

The NUS GC2012 Organizing Committee is proud to announce the Top 30 schools in the Preliminary Round, who have progressed to the next round of NUS GC2012! Congratulations to these schools, who have done well in both the Individual and Team components of the Preliminary Round. These schools are listed in alphabetical order:

1. Ang Mo Kio Secondary School
2. Anderson Secondary School
3. Anglican High School
4. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
5. Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
6. Bukit Panjang Government High School
7. Catholic High School
8. CHIJ Katong Convent
9. CHIJ St. Nicholas’ Girls School
10. Commonwealth Secondary School
11. Dunman High School
12. Greendale Secondary School
13. Hwa Chong Institution
14. Jurong Secondary School
15. Jurongville Secondary School
16. Maris Stella Secondary School
17.  Methodist Girls’ School
18. Nanyang Girls’ High School
19. Nan Hua High School
20. Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary)
21. Raffles Institution
22. River Valley High School
23. School of Science and Technology
24. Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
25. St. Andrew’s Secondary School
26.  St. Joseph’s Institution
27. Swiss Cottage Secondary School
28.  Tanjong Katong Secondary School
29.  Temasek Academy
30. Yuan Ching Secondary School

Kindly note that this decision is final, and we will not be making any changes to this list.

To the Top 30 schools in the Preliminary Round, kindly note that it is compulsory for you to participate in the Geo-Ad component of NUS GC 2012. Refer to our Geo-Ad Circular for more details, and we look forward to receiving your submissions on 19 March.

To the schools who did not make it into the Top 30, do not be discouraged. We hope that you will continue your journey with NUS Geography Challenge by participating in the Open Category of Geo-Ad. If you are interested in participating in the Open Category, do email us at nusgc2012@gmail.com by 12 March. Schools who participate in the Open Category are eligible for the same prizes at the Top 30 schools: the Top 10 videos, Best Directed, Most Creative and Most Popular (more details about the 'Most Popular' award will be released later on). We hope that you will join us as there are attractive prizes to be won!

If you have any queries, please email us at nusgc2012@gmail.com.

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you once again for participating in NUS GC 2012. We hope that you have a great time filming and exploring the Marina Bay area!

Best regards,
Shona Loong
Vice Project Director (Admin)
NUS Geography Challenge 2012

NUS Prelims 2012 location

Clarification regarding e-invoices

Dear Teachers, 

For schools that have requested for an e-invoice during registration, we have recently clarified this issue with MOE, and we regret that as e-invoicing is only applicable for government organizations, we are unable to issue e-invoices at the moment.

The NUS Geographical Society will be setting up an account as soon as possible, and e-invoicing will be made available at a later date. We will inform schools when the account has been set up. In the meantime, we highly recommend that schools pay by cash or cheque on the day of the Preliminary Round, after which we will issue a receipt on that day. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Do email us if you have any concerns.

Thank you, and we apologize for our oversight.

Best regards,
Shona Loong
Vice Project Director (Admin)
NUS Geography Challenge 2012

Preliminary Rounds

Dear all,

Once again, thank you for taking part in GC2012! Please find the link to the Prelims Circular for GC2012 on the left sidebar useful. If there are any queries, please email us at nusgc2012@gmail.com!

Just another gentle reminder, the registration will start at 7.30am outside LT11 on 25th February 2012. We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,
Loo Wen Bin
Project Director
Geography Challenge 2012

Dear All,

Thank you for participating in GC2012! My team and I are heartened to see so many schools participating in this year's Challenge. We look forward to seeing all on 25th February 2012!

Prior to that, please continue to look out for updates on this space and feel free to contact us via nusgc2012@gmail.com if you have any questions! The link to the Prelims Paper of GC2011 is available on the bar at the side should you want to refer. Also, the topics tested for Prelims were stated in the previous entry.

I hope you find this useful, and once again, thank you for your participation!

Regards,
Loo Wen Bin
Project Director