Attendance

There were 2 cases of latecoming and 4 cadets with poor attendance in Term 1.

Punishment will be imposed on latecomers e.g. bumping. One Sec 2 cadet will be exempted since her lesson ends at 2.15 p.m. on Wednesdays. Based on feedback given by the two seniors, we will consider changing the CCA day to Friday in 2009 so as to interact with cadets from SJAB and NCC.

Four Sec 1 cadets have been absent for 3 CCA sessions. They will be given a 'Fair' conduct in the term 1 progress report. If their attendance continues to be below 75%, they will not be entitled to any MOE Edusave Award (e.g. Good Progress, Bursary and Scholarship Awards) or school awards such as Model Student of the Month and Speech & Prizegiving Day awards. Once you have made up your mind to join NCDCC by end of January (grace period is over), you have to attend CCA sessions regularly from Sec 1 to 4 and are not allowed to quit from a UG. In fact, they have deprived other Sec 1s from joining NCDCC due to limited vacancies. Also note that the enrolment list has been sent to NCDCC HQ before CNY.

Promotion is based on both attendance (Mr Chew is in-charge of attendance) and performance in assessments (Mrs Lim is in-charge of assessments). Cadets who absent themselves will miss important lessons. The remaining four assessments are fire safety (in March), footdrill (in May), first aid (in July) and campcraft (in August). Cadets will be informed the requirements for each assessment e.g. for the footdrill proficiency badge test (bronze), you have to learn to execute 12 commands. You will be given a retest until you pass. Although footdrill has its benefits, it is just part of the training program as we have other topics to cover each week.

ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY ON 26 MARCH. It is difficult to arrange for the SCDF staff from Tampines Fire Station to bring the fire woks and fire extinguishers to KC on a fixed day and fixed time because priority goes to attend to real-life fire emergencies.