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Announcement

Sports Fiesta 2010

The Sports Fiesta is back! Let the GAMES begin!

The preliminary rounds will start on 26 July, Monday. Please refer to the games schedule below. Players are to be in proper PE attire (class t-shirt with GESS shorts is acceptable). Please report to the venue on time.

Please check the PE notice board for updates.

Excellence, Friendship and Respect

Games Schedule

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games

YOG updates

GESS has many exciting YOG activities lined up for you! Approach your PE teachers if you would like to find out more!

Games Schedule

READ! Singapore 2010 @ Gan Eng Seng School On 18 July 2010, join Mrs Carolin Tan, our Principal, as she reads online! National Library Board (NLB), together with Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) presents READ!IT at this year’s READ!Singapore 2010. READ!IT will feature MPs and Celebrities reading simultaneously over two hours at 6 different venues on 18 July 2010. Visit http://www.readit.sg/ to catch live video streaming of SIX locations islandwide of MPs and Celebrities reading online with multifarious performances! Find out more about READ!IT

At the same time, in partnership with NLB, Gan Eng Seng School kicks start READ! Singapore this week. The GESS Story Library will be organizing a series of activities to introduce and excite you on the selected titles for this year’s READ!Singapore.

So tune in and take part in GESS’s very own READ! Singapore 2010 activities.

Journey on the ‘Roads Less Travelled’* and discover the Magic and Adventure of Reading!

* Theme for READ!Singapore 2010

Attention to Parents/Guardians:

Adjustment in Reporting Time and Lessons

DIRECT POLYTECHNIC ADMISSION 2010

Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA) Exercise will commence on 8th July 2010 (Thursday). Students who are interested in, and have the aptitude for applied learning may apply to confirm a places in polytechnic courses prior to taking your O level exams. Students who are successful in their application can also benefit from special preparatory programmes in the polytechnics before the start of the formal polytechnic calendar in April 2011.

So why wait? Don't miss this great opportunity. Interested students must apply now!

For more information, you may visit http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dpa/

Latest Achievements

• Senior Gessian's Achievements at the Polytechnic

  Name of Senior GESSian	Year of Grad/Class	Course	Award
  Lai Kai Yi	2003 / 4I	Diploma in Electronic & Computer Engineering	Creative Technology Gold Medal & Prize, IES Award, Phoenix Contact Prize, Diploma with Merit
  Bryan Chan Jia Hao	2006 / 4G	Diploma in Psychology & Community Services	Diploma with Merit Pure Eddiction Prize
  Andy Lim Hansong	2003 / 4A	Diploma in Multimedia & Animation	Diploma with Merit

• Senior Gessian's Achievements at the 2009 GCE 'A' Level Examinations

  Yong Yong Chao Tommy(Class 4I, 2007) from Nanyang JC attained 8 distinctions altogether in the 2009 GCE 'A' Level Examinations. The subjects are:
  • H1 Project Work
  • H1 Chinese Language
  • H1 General Paper
  • H1 Economics
  • H2 Mathematics
  • H2 Physics
  • H2 Chemistry
  • H3 Organic Synthesis Mechanism (NTU)

  He represented the college at the Singapore Mathematical Olympiad, Physics Olympiad and the Chemistry Olympiad, in which he attained a Silver Award.

  He was also the Vice-chairperson of his class and Vice President of the Scholars Development Programme. He was also in Science Society and Biz Club.

  Tommy will be receiving the Student of the Year Award during Nanyang JC's 31st College Day this year. He has indeed done our school proud with his achievements. Onward GESSians!

• National Earthquake Competition 2010 - Champion for Architectural Modelling Category & Merit Prize under the ""Resistant Structures"" Category

  On 22 March 2010, 5 D&T students from Sec 3E and Sec 4D took part in the 2nd National Earthquake Competition 2010 organised by Singapore Polytechnic.

  GESS 1 Team from Sec 3E has emerged as Champions under the "Architectural Modelling" Category. They have won themselves $300. The GESS 2 Team from Sec 4D won the Merit Prize under the "Resistant Structures" category and they have won themselves $100.

  GESS 1 Team from Sec 3E - Champion for Architectural Modelling Category
  • VIVIAN LAU LI PING
  • BENN LAI BINGXIN
  • JONATHAN GOH TZE KHIN
  
  GESS 2 Team from Sec 4D - Merit Prize under the ""Resistant Structures"" Category
  • BRYAN LIM KAH LOK
  • KOH CHUAN CHYE
   

• Congratulations to Chen Hanying - Champion at National Inter-school Individual (B division) Championships

  Chen Hanying (2C) has done GESS proud by earning the title of Champion at the 2010 National Inter-school Individual (B division) Championships.

  Another proud fact to note is that she had not lost a single match throughout the whole South Zone and National competitions.

  

• Canoeing (B & C Division)

  The Canoe Sprint Team is proud to bring home the trophy for B Division Girls Team, 4th position. We are also delighted to lift the trophy for C Division Girls Team, 3rd position. Our boys did well too! We bagged 4 GOLD MEDALS!

  Here's our medal tally:

  Boys
  Jarret Ng 2C - 1 Gold
  Syafiq 3C and Kuo Yu Chen 3H - 1 Bronze
  Benjamin Low 4A - 2 Bronze
  

  Girls
  Sanginadip Kaur 2D and Haafizah 2B - 1 Bronze
  Leow Jing Yi 2G and Lim Jing Wei 2E - 1 Gold
  Leow Jing Yi 2G - 1 Gold
  Felicia Lee Wan Ling 4H and Leong Kelin 4D - 1 Gold and 1 Silver

  Achievements of Senior Gessians
  Ang Yu Kai 4I 2008 (Dragon Scouts) for SAJC- 2 Gold
  Lee Ying Ying 4I 2008 (Canoe) for ACJC - 1 Gold and 1 Silver
  Kwan Yuan Zhen 4H 2008 (Canoe) for SAJC- 1 Silver and 1 Bronze

• The Financial Literacy Challenge - Champions!

  On 20 March, 6 of our E-Club members represented the school to participate in The Financial Literacy Challenge organized by the NTU FastForward Board Games Society.

  This Challenge aims to inculcate essential financial literacy knowledge in youth in Singapore through the use of games and is a Nationwide inter-school competition. One of our teams emerged champions at this challenge. They won $150 worth of board games for themselves and a challenge trophy for the school.

  The champion team consists of the following members.
  1. Janice Yeo Qi Fang from 4F
  2. Ho Kai Jie from 4G
  3. Nicholas Gan from 4G

• Essay Writing Competition

  MUKUNDRAJ RAMAN SUDARSHAN (3H) won 4th prize for Essay Writing Competition at Raffles Institution's Literary Competitions 2010. More than 13 schs took part in this competiton.

• Good Performance at 2009 A' Levels

  The following Senior Gessians have done very well in their GCE 'A' level examinations.

  From Anglo Chinese Junior College, Lim Yan Hui Rachel (Class 4G, 2006) will be receiving an award in the college's 124th Founder's Day Celebrations for her performance in the 2008 'A' levels.

  In the 2009 GCE 'A' Level Examinations:

  From Nanyang Junior College,
  1. Yeo Choon Lian ( Class 4I, 2007) scored 3 distinctions.
  2. Ng Li Lian (Class 4F, 2007) scored 4 distinctions.
  3. Yong Yong Chao Tommy (Class 4I, 2007) scored 8 distinctions.

  From Catholic Junior College, Casper Lee ZiHao (Class 4H,2007) scored 4 distinctions.

  Onward Gessians!

• 2nd Runners-up in Table Tennis South Zone Competition

  The B Div(upper secondary) and C Div(lower secondary) have done well and attained positions 2nd Runners-up in the Table Tennis competition (South Zone).
  
  As a result of attaining top 4 positions, the teams are proudly advancing to the National Inter-school Competition, which will be held from 8 to 22 Mar 2010.
  
  Congratulations!