A Division Girls’ Water Polo Finals: 9 Years, 9 Victories
by Samuel Loh (16A01A) A smiling team flies the Raffles flag high. The sun burnt bright Tuesday morning, while Raffles Institution’s A Division water polo girls geared up for their season’s finals...
View ArticleJudon’t Wanna Mess Around (Part 2): Flooring the Competition
by Chew Cheng Yu (16S06L) After bringing home a double championship just a few weeks ago, the Judo team returned to Hougang Secondary School again for the National Inter-School Individual Judo...
View ArticleGunning for Gold: National Schools Shooting Championships 2015
by Heather I’anson-Holton (16A01E) For the uninitiated, shooting in RI is broken down into two sports – air rifle and air pistol, each comprising of a boys’ and girls’ team. This year’s championships...
View ArticleA View from the Bench
by Christopher Liew (15S06E) Benchwarming, to those unfamiliar to sports, is the act of sitting out on the sidelines and waiting for your turn to get called up onto the ‘battlefield’. Just as you might...
View ArticleIridescence Illuminates and Impresses
by Naomi Koh (16A13A), Justin Lim (16A01B), Tasha Palani (16S03P) and Sean Lim (16A13A) Photos by Carla Mosqueda (16A03A) and Li-Ann Hoong (16A03A) The queue forming outside the PAC on the 10th was the...
View ArticleHaving the Magic Touch: Touch Rugby A Division National Championships
by Huang Jiawen (16S06G), Louisa Li (16A13A) and Stella Soon (16A01C) 19th April 2015 was a big day for Raffles Institution’s (RI) Touch Rugby girls — it was the day they prepared to fight for glory at...
View ArticleSplits and Scales: Rhythmic Gym Finals
by Karen Cuison (16A01D) Photos by Hee Xin Wei (15S03I), Teri Tan (15A01E) and Vivian Feng (15S03K) Additional reporting by Megan Goh (16A01D) L-R: Chia Shing Leng, Soo Zhen, Coach Shen, Vivian Feng,...
View ArticleThey won’t be kicked around: A Division Soccer Girls Finals 2015
by Monica Lee (16S06J) Photos by Carla Mosqueda (16A03A) of the Raffles Photographic Society The team huddling before the match begins. “For our team, every match and victory was a hard-earned...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’19: Shooting
By Seet Zhi Yi Alicia (19S03L) and Chiang Yee Hui Joelle (19S03G), Co-Captains It can be hard to believe that shooting is categorised as a sport; after all, unlike the typical sportsperson, most...
View ArticleThe Consumer Class 2021: Consumerism in the Best Mannerism
By Chloe Charitey Pudjo (22SO3G) Fast fashion, e-waste, plastic waste, food waste… the list of problems plaguing our world seems to be endless. These issues of consumerism are not new to us, but how...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’22: Sports Recreation Club
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Sports Recreation Club EXCO’22 Are you interested in sports but can’t settle on one to commit yourself to? Want to experience the plethora of sports from all over the world?...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: International Service-Learning and Leadership Elective (ISLE)
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Nysa Teres Mathew (22S03N) and Lucas Wong Chenyu (22S03N) ISLE is more than just a service programme that takes place every Wednesday. Here, you get to experience a unique...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: Here And Now Enrichment (HANE)
Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Charlotte Sim Ri-Ane (22S06R), Prabakaran Balaharish (22S06G), Tan Min En (22S06B) What is mindfulness to you? We asked a few of our friends and this is what they said:...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: Biology Olympiad
Reading Time: 2 minutes By: Adriel Loi (22S03D) Do you want to wow your friends with complex biological terms that probably no one would be able to spell? Are you interested in studying the complex...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: Global Studies Programme (GSP)
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Jason Nathaniel Sutio (22S06U), Mei Feifei (22A13A) What’s in a ‘just city’? That is precisely the kind of ambitious question that the Global Studies Programme (GSP) sets...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: Physics Olympiad
Reading Time: 2 minutes By: Chen Guangyuan (22S06D), Annika Liu (22S06D) Ever wondered how long it takes for a rocket to reach half the speed of light? Or how to travel across a river in the shortest...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: Math Olympiad
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Zhong Song Rong (22A01C) ‘Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know...
View ArticleWEP Previews ’22: Governance and Civic Engagement Programme (GCEP)
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ashley Ong Le Xin (22S03P) What defines a nation? Race or religion? A common purpose? What is social injustice and how does it manifest? What is the neighbourhood effect?...
View ArticlePlease Mind The Platform Gap: Taking H2 Further Mathematics
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Amanda Tan (22S02A) Having been reintroduced only recently after a ten-year hiatus, H2 Further Mathematics may seem daunting and unfamiliar to many. While this subject...
View ArticleSocial Service: A Thankless Job?
Reading Time: 6 minutes By Keiran Koh (22S06M) Many of you might have seen the high-profile crowdfunding campaign for Devdan in August 2021 on Ray of Hope. The toddler was born with Type 2 Spinal...
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