40th Anniversary of Earth Day - 22th April 2010

Message from Earth Day Network:
"Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day."

Community Garden - Flower Arrangement / Collaboration with Brownies

The members prepared flower arrangement for the promotion ceremony for teachers promoted on 14th April. They were also led by members who were involved in the last year's flower arrangement interschool competition.

We collaborated with our school's Brownies in the Community Garden Project. We had a fun day collecting the recycled bottles, washed and cut them into flower pots. The brownies helped us to colour the pots. The coloured pots will be used for the letterings on the fences of our Community Garden.

Community Garden - Fruity Fun in midst of work

The members brought different types of fruits to their CCA session. During breaktime, they shared the variety of fruits including grapes, melon,apples,oranges,plums, as well as some biscuits and bread. It was an enjoyable healthy food session!

Earth Hour - March 27 2010

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome's Colosseum and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.

In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world's largest global climate change initiative.

Earth Hour 2010 takes place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the Americas will stand in darkness. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common - our planet. So sign up now( http://earthhour.wwf.sg/signup_ind.php) and let's make 2010 the biggest Earth Hour yet!

It's showtime! Show the world what can be done!

Preparation for Community-in-Bloom

In line with the Community-In-Bloom project, and as an extension to our present Science Garden, our club started to set up a Community Garden using the confined space next to the PSG room. It was bare in the beginning, but now it has partitions of different plants growing. The members learnt and enjoyed themselves during the planting process. They also collected bags of recycled bottles to be used for our TWPS letterings on the fences of the garden.

The Members in Action

Each member has a journal to jot down what they have learnt or to draw what they have observed. They also write down their own reflections after the actvities.

New Structure in the Club

A new grouping system is set up with the seniors leading the new members in their respective groups,namely Gardening, Science and IT. Three types of activities are carried out concurrently, and the groups rotate on each session.