| 14 September, for most
schools, was marked for remedial lessons
aimed at improving a student’s performance
in the final examinations, “N” level
examinations or co-curricular commitments
such as fund raising, exhibitions, tournaments
and so on. For the 200 students at the
Creative Computing Prize Giving Ceremony
at the Woodlands Regional Library Auditorium,
it was an educationally eye-opening and
fun-filled morning with the organizers,
Republic Polytechnic. In fact, some of
the students went away with unexpected
wins of sumptuous chocolates.
As early as 8 am, 2 hours before the actual
ceremony, bright-eyed student participants
arrived at the Auditorium for the customary
rehearsals. There were four participating
schools : Kent Ridge Secondary School,
Woodgrove Secondary School, Yishun Town
Secondary School and Yusof Ishak Secondary
School. The students settled down quickly
to the important task of learning their
cues from the MC and preparing themselves
for questions from fellow students about
their group’s entries for the Competition,
which proudly bore names like Snakehead,
Spiderman and Fire-fight.
It was not long before more fresh-faced
youngsters came into the Auditorium, chatting
animatedly among themselves as they waited
for friends or teachers. These early birds
were rewarded with two prize-bearing slips
of paper: one gaily-yellow poll slip called
the “People’s Choice” and
a response-seeking worksheet with several
pictures taken from an eating place.
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