Northview Prefectorial Board.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Regarding: head prefect moses speech

Good afternoon Mr. Ang, Mdm Aini, teachers and guest. I am honored to give a

Speech as the incoming head prefect

Firstly I would like to thank

Mr. Robin Tham is my form teacher in sec 1 for nominating me to become a prefect I

Would not have be able to attain this position if he did not give me the opportunity I

Would like to acknowledge the continuous encouragement from my parent

And became what I am today I would like to thank my prefect

Master/mistress for guiding me and bringing out the best me

I am thankful and humbled for the opportunity, I will accept the position and

Do my best to serve the Prefectorial Board and north view secondary school.

We prefects will set an example for excellence, and to achieve excellence, one

Has to be committed. When we carry out our duties responsibly, punctually and

Cheerfully, our spirit will no doubt inspire other students to give of their best.

Of course, I am aware that without clear goals, and specific, workable plans to attain

Those goals, one will be like a ship that has set sail with no destination. A cruise to

Nowhere fun in the short term, but I think we should bear in mind the bigger picture.

What sort of impact should the Prefectorial Board have, and what sort of role should we play?

My dearest exco’s, commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to

Press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down. It is important for

The exco’s to lead the PB with commitment, with passion and with pride.

To the sec 1

You are the newest addition to the prefect family. I would like you to remember that

Help will be given to those who ask for it. Never feel alone, because we are all here with

You and we are all in this together.

I would like to thank my best friend tan fuyu for being there for me when I was facing tough times and encouraging and supporting me when I was very down.

As a head prefect I have also some expectation. I would like my prefects to conduct

Assembly and be more outspoken and to involve more in maintaining the school discipline

What does leadership means to you?

Leadership for me means a person who can lead As

Leader we also must perform our duty from our heart leadership from the heart means

Leading a strong belief and purpose of what you are leading for and why are you leading.

Always remember that a leader is someone who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Thank you for your kind attention.

NVPB;
5:04 PM

Regarding: Mr Ang speech

1. It gives me great pleasure to be here today for my first Prefects’
Investiture in North View Secondary School.
2. The investiture is an important event on the Prefects’ calendar. It
is both an event to formally give recognition to their authority to lead and
also an occasion for them to renew their promise to serve.
3. I would like to thank parents, guardians as well as friends from
other schools for joining us on this investiture.
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4. On this special occasion, I would like to share with them my
thoughts about their roles and responsibilities and our expectations for
Prefects.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PREFECTS
5. The selection of Prefects for the school is a stringent process and
is aligned to our motto – A Vision to Serve. Prefects are not servants
per se. They serve by transmitting school values and role modeling
good habits and behaviour for the general student population. Hence,
the job of a prefect is not an easy one. But rest assured that the school
will be behind you as you discharge your duties, to help you to grow to
be a leader.
6. We expect our Prefects to understand and exhibit our school
values which are encapsulated in the acronym PRIDE:
P – Perseverance
R – Respect
I – Integrity
D – Discipline
E – Excellence
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7. The job of assisting in maintaining and continuing to maintain a
good state of discipline is not an easy one. But I hope the school values
will serve as your anchor and remind you that you need to Persevere.
Pressing on in the most difficult of times.
8. Show respect to staff and fellow school mates. Being a leader
means you will be humble to respect others and in turn win their respect
too. That way, you command the necessary respect to get your job
done.
9. As a leader, Integrity is paramount. It is alright to make mistakes
and we are human. What is important is that we are honest and has the
integrity to own up and learn from our mistakes. We also need to uphold
integrity which is the keystone of good character. I beseech all of you to
actively uphold this value, whether you are a prefect or not. For without
integrity, no one can be trusted and the social fabric will fall apart.
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10. While continuing to maintain the standard of good discipline in our
school, we want our Prefects to reflect and uphold a higher sense of selfdiscipline.
When we are self-disciplined, it will be evident in the way we
behave. We will almost automatically know what is the acceptable
standard of behaviour and will not compromise our integrity to get things
done. Remember, you are not to do what is popular, but to do what is
right. You don’t have to please your friends as you execute your duties,
but to uphold fairness in executing your duties.
11. We expect nothing less than Excellence as you carry our your
work – Excellence as a student and a leader. More important, that you
can role-model for all the students so that they know what is acceptable
and good behaviour inside and outside of the school. Excellence is a
positive habit of the mind and I believe that through constant practice,
you can achieve it. So, press on!
12. I urge all Prefects and North View pupils to continue to embrace
our school values and put them into action.
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EXPECTATIONS OF PREFECTS
13. As a school, we expect our Prefects to be positive role models and
to be the best of the best in behaviour.
14. For me, I only have one. I would like everyone of you to grow in
character and enjoy the journey of a leader. For Spiderman’s uncle
reminded us that “With great power comes great responsibilities”. I am
sure many of you receiving your appointments today understands this
and will live up to and perform beyond our expectations.
CONCLUSION
15. I wish all prefects a wonderful experience learning and serving as
a leader.
16. Thank you and good day.

NVPB;
5:02 PM

Regarding: mr ng speech

Prefect Master’s Exhortation
Good afternoon Mr Ang, Mdm Aini, distinguished guests from various schools, parents, alumni and co-labourers in the service of education. We have come to the final speech of the day, hopefully short and sweet. Please bear with me.
I am Mr Derick Ng, the Prefect Master. Seated among you is Mdm Santha, the Prefect Mistress. We are about 6 months old – into our new roles, from the time we took over from Mr Leong Wai Phang and Mdm Phua Meng Hong, the previous Prefect Master and Mistress respectively.
Working closely with the prefects for the past 6 months, to say that there is a lot to shoulder is an understatement. From the Sec One Orientation to the Selection Process for new Prefects and Key Appointment Holders, to overseeing the Prefect’s Camp and today’s Investiture, I can now truly understand the level of commitment required to keep the Prefectorial Board running. Without going into details, please allow me to salute all the past Prefect Masters and Mistresses, including Mdm Lee Yee Peng, who have guided the NVSS Prefectorial Board to what it is today.
I now begin my exhortation to the Prefects.
The Prefectorial Board serves as a platform to develop student leadership, to help maintain schoolwide discipline and to support, plan and execute various school programmes and activities. Most importantly, our prefects are expected to be role models and leaders among their peers. They should exemplify the values of Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Excellence (PRIDE), and demonstrate leadership qualities.
One of the first tasks I undertook as Prefect Master was to refine the Prefect’s Oath. A quick check in the Oxford online dictionary defines ‘Oath’ as a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior. An ‘oath’ is personal and binding. Spoken in the witness of many gathered, it is a ‘solemn promise’ to a serious commitment.
This day you will be formally installed as a Prefect and vested with authority to do your job well. Before everyone present, you will be saying your oath. Subsequently, you will have to walk the talk and live out these promises you have made. What you have spoken shall not return void, so take your oath seriously and say it with conviction.
You will begin your oath with the word, ‘We’. Why does it not begin with ‘I’? No man is an island. The word ‘we’ implies working as a team, a body made up of many parts; and though the parts are many, they
make up One body – the North View Prefectorial Board. As Mr Leong our HOD for Pupil Development often quotes, ‘alone we are a drop, together we are an ocean’. So stay united, because you share a common goal and vision. Where differences arise, agree to disagree. Celebrate your unity in diversity and forge ahead in the face of challenges.
NVSS prefects promise to be ‘honorable servant-leaders’. Notice that the word ‘servant’ comes before the word ‘leader’? Is it not common to pair the word ‘leader’ with ‘honorable’ and ‘servant’ with ‘lowliness’? But I tell you the truth, leadership is a journey of discovery that begins with servanthood. Only leaders with a genuine heart to serve others will be crowned with honour in the end. Being an ‘honorable servant-leader’ may take more than a lifetime to perfect. And you are privileged to assume that position of servant-leadership even now.
Authors on leadership, James Sipe and Don Frick, in their book The Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership, state that servant-leaders are individuals of character, put people first, are skilled communicators, are compassionate collaborators, use foresight, are systems thinkers, and exercise moral authority. If you have forgotten any of those seven pillars I have just mentioned, just imagine the picture of Aslan, the ‘Great Lion’ who, in the novel ‘Chronicles of Narnia – the Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe’ written by C.S. Lewis, was a ruler over Narnia but bravely sacrificed himself in the service of others. Here is king who as a leader, did not lord it over others by abusing his authority. He played by the rules and was selfless by his act of sacrifice. Perhaps a more real-life example will be Mother Theresa, who as head of thousands of Missionaries of Charity, served the "poorest of the poor" in 450 centers around the world. You can also draw inspiration from Mdm Santha, your Prefect Mistress, who despite battling a serious medical condition, came back to teach for the sake of her students’ future. So you be a leader who seeks to serve others first. Ask not what the Prefectorial Board can do for you, but ask instead, what you can do for your school as a Prefect. Your desire to lead must always stem from a motivation to serve.
Therefore, to ‘remain loyal and steadfast to your school’, ‘to serve the school to the best of your abilities’, ‘to discharge your duties faithfully and dilligently’, ‘to maintain the discipline of your school with courage and fairness’, and ‘to uphold the school values through your words, thoughts and deeds, at all times’, will be just outward manifestations of your striving to become a servant-leader and role model. These you shall do with all your heart and with great sincerity. Then you can be truly called a Prefect of NVSS, doing so well to even remind your teachers of their own calling as Civil Servants.
At the end of your four years journey as a prefect, you will have a shining testimonial. But being a prefect is more than that. You will bring with you fond memories of friendship forged having worked as a team. Not only so, having been privileged to serve the school in your capacity as a Prefect, you will leave behind a legacy of having lent a hand to bring the school to greater heights. As an individual, you will also become more enriched, given ample opportunities to hone your character through exemplifying the school values of PRIDE. And your character will shape your destiny as future leaders of our nation. You are all “Leaders with P.R.I.D.E.”, so serve with PRIDE, and lead with PRIDE.
Thank you.

NVPB;
4:58 PM

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Regarding: upper sec duty list

Upper Sec Duty List (Morning)

Leaders : Amalina & Shirley
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Ya Ting	Ushering from Canteen
Wei Lin
Pravinna	Both Sides of Bookshop
Vernice

Leader : Hui Juan & Fuyu
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Siew Rong	Taking care of classes
Efael
Canny
Fatin	Late Coming

Leader: Mulyadi
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Fifi	Patrol Express& Academic Block and Back Concourse
Doreen
Xi Yun	Patrol D&T Block
Wei Xuan

Leader: Rasia
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Saidah	Ushering from Canteen
Belinda	Spiral Staircase
Joie	Ushering from Cantee

Upper Sec Duty List (Recess)

Leaders : Amalina & Shirley
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Ya Ting	Ushering from Canteen
Wei Lin
Pravinna	Both Sides of Bookshop
Vernice

Leader : Hui Juan & Fuyu
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Siew Rong	Hall
Efael	Hall
Canny	Back Hall
Fatin	Late Coming

Leader: Mulyadi
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Fifi	Patrol Express& Academic Block and Back Concourse
Doreen
Xi Yun	Patrol D&T Block
Wei Xuan

Leader: Rasia
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Saidah	HOD staircase
Belinda	Spiral Staircase
Joie	Gym staircase

NVPB;
12:31 AM

Regarding: lower sec duty list

Lower Sec duty list (Morning)

Leader : Bing Xuan
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Alyssa	Toilet Duty (1^st Floor)
Chen Yang
Pravin	Toilet Duty (2^nd Floor)
Gelli Ann
Jasper

Leader : Haziq (Sec 2)
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Nunki	Ushering from Canteen
Hairul
Amalina
Haziq (Sec 1)
Vera	Ushering from Concourse
Jordan
Brent

Leader : Shi Yi
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Michael	Flag Bearer (National)
Alia (Sec 1)	Flag Bearer (National)
Joslyn	Flag Bearer (School)
Havenesh	Flag Bearer (School)
Hui Ern	Front Gate
Arfa
Shu Eng
Alia (Sec 2)	Attendance
Adelinah	Attendance
YYN	Take care of classes
Jannah
Marc
Natthya

Leader :Nurul
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Zenia	Petrol Back Concourse and Back canteen
T-wu
Kai Jie
Raymond
Yi heng	Patrol 1^st and 2^nd classroom block
Preevisha
Joycelynna
Farah
Adam	Patrol Science lab area
Richie
Amelia
Joel

Leader:Angela
Prefects on Duty	Duty
Shahira	Front Hall
Chin Teck
Peifen
Rafiq
Shannan
Pushpalatha	Back Hall
Jocelyn
Netty
Hilman
Oh Hui Ling	Spiral Staircase
Ummairah
NurHalis
Mabel

Lower Sec duty list (recess)

Leader : Bing Xuan
Prefects on Duty	Shift No.	Duty
Alyssa	No Shift, Duty starts at 10.10	Toilet Duty (1^st Floor)
Chen Yang
Pravin		Toilet Duty (2^nd Floor)
Gelli Ann
Jasper

Leader : Haziq (Sec 2)
Prefects on Duty	Shift No.	Duty
Nunki	1	Ushering from Canteen
Hairul
Amalina	2
Haziq (Sec 1)
Vera	1	Ushering from Concourse
Jordan
Brent	2

Leader : Shi Yi
Prefects on Duty	Shift No.	Duty
Michael	1	Gym Staircase
Alia (Sec 1)
Joslyn	2
Havenesh
Hui Ern	1	Both sides of bookshop
Arfa
Shu Eng
Alia (Sec 2)	2
Adelinah
YYN	1	Patrol Block A 2^nd ,3^rd and 4^th floor
Jannah
Marc	2
Natthya

Leader :Nurul
Prefects on Duty	Shift No.	Duty
Zenia	1	Petrol Back Concourse and Back canteen
T-wu
Kai Jie	2
Raymond
Yi heng	1	Patrol 1^st and 2^nd classroom block
Preevisha
Joycelynna	2
Farah
Adam	1	Patrol Science lab area
Richie
Amelia	2
Joel

Leader:Angela
Prefects on Duty	Shift No.	Duty
Shahira	1	Front Hall
Chin Teck
Peifen	2
Rafiq
Shannan
Pushpalatha	1	Back Hall
Jocelyn
Netty	2
Hilman
Oh Hui Ling	1	Spiral Staircase
Ummairah
NurHalis	2
Mabel

1E1	Yi Heng, Pushpalatha
1E2	Peifen ,T-wu
1A1	Adam , Chin Teck
1A2	Zenia , Raymond
1A3	Vera , Jorden
1T1	Jasper , Michael
2E1	Hui Ern , Chen Yang
2E2	Arfa, Jocelyn
2E3	Shi Yi , Haziq (Sec1)
2A1	Amalina , Haziq (Sec 2)
2A2	Nunki , Hairul
2A3	Bing Xuan , Nurul
2T1	Angela , Brent

· Report your presence to Haziq (Sec 2)

· Prefects in this list are required to take care of the classes during the recess assembly. The rest of the prefects are to go back to your classes.

NVPB;
12:07 AM