CCA Previews ’20: Dragonboating
By Denisa Armeilia Tami (20A13A), Girls’ Captain, Nikita Ong (20S03Q), Girls’ Vice-Captain, Nathanael Ng (20S06Q), Boys’ Captain, and Haziq B Roslan (20S03P), Boys’ Vice-Captain Have you ever hung...
View ArticleRaffles Reads: How We Disappeared
By Clara Shen (20A01A) and Kelly Leong (20S07C) Wondering what to get for your loved ones for Christmas? To us, books certainly make great gifts. And you’re in the right place—Raffles Reads is a new...
View ArticleRaffles Reads: Holiday Book Bonanza Giveaway
By Raffles Press Raffles Reads is a collaboration between Raffles Press and Times Reads which aims to promote reading culture among Singaporean students. For the past two weeks, as part of our Holiday...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’20: Shooting
By Regin Ow (20S07B), Joanna Ng (20S03G), and Caitlin Fam (20S03N) What is shooting about, you may ask? Well, the majority of our CCA involves us flexing our massive GUNS and our amazing wrist...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Taekwondo
By Angel Lim (20S03L), Captain, Nicole Tan Yun Wen (20S03F), Vice-Captain, and Shannon Tan Zhenyi (20S03Q), Vice-Captain If you are looking for a sports CCA that allows you to learn something new,...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’20: Gavel Club
By Sia Xinyu (20A13A), Chairperson, Brendan Mark (20S03C), Vice-Chairperson, Mohamed Ishal Zikang (20S06U), Operations Head, and Travis Tan (20S06Q), Internal Events Head Bang. The sound of the gavel...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Chamber Ensemble
By Isaac Tah (20S06L), Chairperson, Joel Hoe (20A01B), Vice-Chairperson, and Jacinda Soh (20A01D), Secretary Photographs courtesy of Cheng Wentuo (20S06L) To the prospective Year 5 student: Any good...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Chinese Orchestra
By Lin Leyi (20S03H), Chairperson, and Alastair Soh (20S03D), Vice-Chairperson Presenting to you, RJCO! Lights on, baton up, deep breath and go. Honestly, we get it. Just by the look of it, you...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Volleyball
By Chen Yunxi, Wynsey (20A01A), Girls’ Team Captain, Benjamin Tan (20S03G), Boys’ team Vice Captain, and Ng Chee Lun (20S03G) We confess—we thought long and hard about this intro. We even considered...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Indian Cultural Society
By Vaishali (20S03I), Chairperson To summarise ICS in short, it’s a CCA with a varied combination of, well… Indians. You name them, we have them! Tech/film geeks? Check. Singers? Of course. Dancers?...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Raffles Street Dance
By Wang Ziqian (20A01B), Chairperson “5…6…7…8… RSD NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA EHHHHHHH!!!” Hi! Welcome to Raffles Street Dance. We invite you to one of the most exciting one-and-a-half-year long...
View ArticleCCA Previews '20: Track and Field
By Nicole Lim (20S03I), Girls’ Captain Whenever someone mentions Track and Field, what comes to mind? Could it be the image of members participating in mind-numbing running on the track? People...
View ArticleTerminator: Dark Fate and Charlie’s Angels—Flashback to the Future
By Ng Ziqin (20S03H) Warning: Spoilers in this review. It’s not too often that two films which share so many similarities are released within weeks of each other. Even to a viewer unacquainted with...
View ArticleCCA Previews ‘20: Raffles Economics and Current Affairs Society
By Kenneth Poh (20S03O), Chairperson On the surface, Raffles Economics and Current Affairs Society, or RECAS for short, sure sounds boring. And honestly, you have every right to think so. What is an...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’20: CLDCS
By Joelle Kang (20S07A), Drama Section Leader, Tay Wan Lin (20S03A), Secretary, and Jagat Mok (20S06L), Songwriting Section Leader Have you ever heard of CLDCS? Chances are, your answer is no. For one,...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’20: Boys’ Brigade Primers
By Ng Yan Zhe Calvert (20S03K), Chairperson, Samantha Joelle Arcilla Villanueva (20S03P), Vice-Chairperson, Ashley Tan Ying En (20S03B), EXCO Member, and Jebakumar Blessie Malar (20S03Q), EXCO Member...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’20: Malay Literary Drama Cultural Society
By MLDCS Batch ‘20 The Malay Literary Drama Cultural Society is an affable and close-knit community that provides our members with a circle of friends that we can always rely on, even in the midst of...
View ArticleCCA Previews ‘20: Netball
By Yu Jiawei (20S03J), Ashlyn Poon (20S06Q), and Gladys Chia (20S03G) Raffles Netball: we are known for being noisy wherever we are. You can hear us singing or bantering in the cages or the benches...
View ArticleHomesick: On Longing and Belonging
By Sophia He (20S03H) and Valerie Tan (20A01E) Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society The Oxford dictionary defines being homesick as “experiencing a longing for one’s home during a period of...
View ArticleCCA Preview ‘20: Raffles One Earth
By Christine Sim (20S07A), Chairperson As the merciless sun beats down on our frail human bodies, we point up to the sky and berate the heavens for subjecting us to such agony. Oh, the horror of being...
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