When we first got chosen, we were excited about making a solar boat, representing our school and going to Terengganu. As time got on, we got more involved in the BP Project such as doing the blog, and thinking about designs for solar boats. And then there was the launching day. We had to prepare a sketch, make a model and lots more but it was soo much fun! =)

          The making of the solar boat was really enjoyable too, as we really got to work together as a team and learn new things. Avinash use a ‘gergaji jig’! HAHA. Our teachers, En. Zul and En. Sukri taught us to do things properly too.

        Winning or losing will not matter to us in the competition in Terengganu. Why? Because we already have what we wanted. A whole lot of fun, tons of experiences, friends that will be there for us no matter what and to got to know about the environment more.

      Lastly, we will sincerely try our very best in the competition and give it our all!  Wish us luck! =)

THE  REASON OF  ALL OUR SUCCESS IS TEAMWORK !!! =D

PHOTOS :

Weeks of preperation were made for the BIG DAY. And we finally pulled it off without a hitch. (WOOHOO!) oh, wait… Maybe we DID have a few mistakes. You know what they say ‘Nobody’s perfect’ like Hannah Montana’s song! …… We’ll tell you guys the mistake we made at the end of the post so keep reading, stay tuned and don’t skip!!

First of all, we welcomed the BP officer, Mr. Zulkifli Othman, into the school. Four prefects were there at the gate of the hall to greet  him with a warm STARIAN welcome. And to present the brochure for the event and also the lyrics of the rap song, which we have already posted. The headmistress and the Bp officer then took their seats which we have prepared for them at the center of the stage. The MC for the event were Miss Shambavee and Miss Preeyangka. The MCs invited Mr. Zulkifli Othman to the stage to give a speech. He elaborated to the students about BP’s objectives of this project, BP’s activities were throughout this competition. He also gave us tips on how to get more points so THANKS, SIR!! =D

Next was the drama, which was about the Crazy Professor (Avinash) and two students/victims (Nazrin and Katrina). We’ll post a video and elaborate about it in the next post so keep checking here! =)

After that, our headmistress, Mrs. Hajjah Kamariah, gave a speech to officiate the Launching Day. She signed on the model solar boat which we built. The H2O and the tree then came to present our school theme which is ‘Preserve and Conserve for Tomorrow’. A few volunteers came to paste a few flashcards on the board about the enivronment. Other students also gave their thoughts on how they as individuals could preserve and conserve the environment in BM and English respectively.

Folowing that, we introduced our three winning mascots of the mascot competition:

3rd place : Panda bear by class 2 JAYA
2nd place : H2O by class 2 BUDI
and… 1st place : Ninja Turtle by class 2 AMAL

Good work to all the classes and congratulations to those who won!!

Now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for.. the PRIZE-GIVING Ceremony!! BM essay competition, the winners are as following :

3rd place : Joshua Choo
2nd place : Ganesh
1st place : Shazreena

And for the English category :

3rd place : Preeyangka
2nd place :Timothy
1st place : Brandon Khoo

We invited Mrs. Hajjah Kamariah and Mr. Zulkifli Othman to give out the prizes. Finally, the group LADAN (which stands for Lingeshwar, Arvin, Darsshan, Avinash, and Niroshiman)  presented the rap song about the environment. In our opinion, it was AWESOME. And as we promised, the mistake that you guys have read and been waiting for. LOL.

Lingeshwar got stage fright and forgot his lines for the rap song and went blank for a few seconds but luckily, here in SMKTAR we help one another. His rap partner from their group (LADAN crew)  Avinash, was able to continue Lingeshwar’s verses. So all in all, it was a SUCCESS!! We all enjoyed ourselves, had a lot of  fun, had gotten closer to our fellows friends and last but not least we gained tons of experience in this event.
See ya to next time!!! BYE!!!!!!!!!!

to be continued…….(tang…tang..tang …)

But first let’s begin with the roots that grew into the tall tree. We had our loving and caring headmistress, Mrs Hajjah Kamariah binti Salim. Yes the main reason why we are even in this competition, not forgetting Mrs Hajjah Adliyah binti Ramli AND Mr Samsudin bin Mat. Next, we have our Maths Wizard AND Science Wiz of the school, Mrs Chong Lay Pheng. Unfortunately, if we wanna give a fancy welcome to all the teachers, well lets just say that it will take half of the blog so we’ll just have to state them in the following way. 

  Teachers in charge of :

The Solar Boat Race : Mr. Ahmad Zul Fadhli
                                          Mr. Mohd Sukri bin Abdul Aziz

The Mascot : Miss Rafidah binti Ibrahim
                        Mrs.  Muslinah binti Hassan 
                        Mrs. Siti Hajar binti Ishak

The Notice Board : Mrs. Siti Hajar binti Ishak
                                   Mrs. Muslinah binti Hassan

Essay in BM : Mrs. Hamidah binti Samian
                        Mrs. Heng Hen Lang

Essay in BI : Mrs. Indira a/p V.P. Givindran
                      Mrs. Hanim Dursina binti Abdullah

School Blog and Photography : Mr. Mohd. Sukri bin Abdul Aziz

Launching Day : Mrs. Nor Azreen binti Zainuddin 
                               Mrs. Rosiati bin Enet Ghani

                       We’d love to tell more about the Launching Day but time is ticking and we have to get to our classes now. (Oh Nooooooooo !! )
 
to be continued …….  (DANG DANG DANG)

(Intro)

Pollution is killing me,
I’m trying not to let it be,
I wanna try to change,
A life full of misery,
But I need your help to
make this dream a reality,
So listen to this song,
 That I’m about to sing.

(Verse 1)

Yo, let’s talk about the Earth, Really talk about survival
We can talk about the poles, Where the cold is unrivaled
The Artic, top of the world, That’s people and polar bears
Antarctica, crazy penguins chilling down there
Miles and miles of ice and glaciers
But something ain’t straight with our polar neighbours
It’s a change in the climate, A change in the weather
It’s heating up now but it’s not for the better
See the heat comes down from the Sun to the Earth
But now the heat can’t escape it just can’t disperse
It’s coz’ of carbon dioxide from power plants and factories
Cars trucks and so much more that you can find naturally
So the poles get warm and the Earth gets hotter
All that necessary ice melts down into water
And the impact, the sad fact is it can only escalate
So for real we gotta act, now before it’s too late

(chorus)

I’m doing for me
I won’t let it be
I wanna take a stand
To handle this trouble at hand
I wanna change it for the better
No reason to wait
For mother nature
Before it’s too late
Coz’ now I know that
There are lives at stake
I just wanna make this world a much better place

(Verse 2)

( Beat- boxing performed for this verse)

Pollution is a problem we must repair
For everyone who lives here, it just ain’t fair
Recycling is the way we must begin
So lets toss those cans in the in the recycling bin
I don’t mean to sound like a country hick
But seeing all this plants die just make me sick
The animals are losing their fight to survive
We got to do something to keep them alive
Breathing is a sport, I like to try
But smokers want to spoil it I ask you why?
When I try to walk on beaches I step on trash
Half of it’s bottles are good for cash
So don’t throw out that hardly used paper
Use it again, be a giver and not a taker
Turn down that heater and wear an old sweater
Lets all join in to make the world better
Come on everybody lets turn off those lights
We’ll save some power for our Saturday nights
Pick up some litter, it’s for you and for me
It takes all of us to be pollution free

(Bridge)

And I just can’t keep living this way
So starting today
I’m gonna make a big change
I’m standing up
Imma voice my reasons
I ain’t gonna give up
Imma hold my ground
I’ve had enough
Now I’m gonna step up
Time to put this Earth back together right now

(Verse 3)

We need smarter ideas for sustainable policies
New technologies for a new green economy
New discoveries and new questions to ask
Coz’ we can figure out the future by examining the past
So we’ll sail to the poles, and sample the extremes
And drill into the ice and discover what it means
So use that brain and make science a priority
And you can work on stopping global warming with authority
So act now
There’s no time for games
People, it’s time to take aim

 (chorus)

I’m doing for me
I won’t let it be
I wanna take a stand
To handle this trouble at hand
I wanna change it for the better
No reason to wait
For mother nature
Before it’s too late
Coz’ now I know that
There are lives at stake
I just wanna make this world a much better place

Original Artist : Eminem
Original Backround Music : Not Afraid – Eminem

VERSE 1 : Created and rapped by Avinash Menon (2 Ilmu)
CHORUS : Created and sang by Arvin Kumaran (2 Ilmu)
VERSE 2 : Created and rapped by Darsshan Sivabalan (2 Jaya)
BRIDGE : Modified by Arvin Kumaran and sang by Lingeshwar Chandra (2 Jaya)
VERSE 3: Created by Avinash Menon and sang by Lingeshwar Chandra
Beat-boxer : B. Niroshiman (2 Ilmu)

Our notice board is located in front of the Form 2 block and it is often visited by students. It’s nicely decorated and often updated. There, we have ALSO put the essays of those who won, so other students can read them. Many pictures have also been stuck there, so feel free to view them.

Our notice board !! Please give comments and suggestions about how to make it better. =)

By the way, I hope all Starians will enjoy the surprise we will be presenting during our evening assembly next Monday. There are major things ahead for everyone! We also hope that the BP representatives have a good time at the event.

Mascot presentation ceremony for BP myScience Project

The mascot presentation ceremony took place during our Monday assembly . All the class form Form 2 presented thier very own mascot … ( all with its own unique designs ) . All the Form 2 classes really put a lot effort in doing their mascots . They all followed the 4r’s concept which is reuse , recycle , reduce and rethink .The best part is when the girrafe done by class 2 Setia hit the fan . During the mascot presentation, everyone enjoyed looking at all the mascots .

    “mascot turtle”                       ”mascot water”                      “mascot panda”

                             ’cat walk’  by the mascot 2 choose a winner

We started sketching a model of the boat, first in paper, and then using polystrene. A special thank you to Pn. Chong for lending us the polystrene cutter which is soo cool! The polystrene is cut by a heated wire!

Anyway, we faced many problems such as:

a) The polystrene wasn’t evenly cut !!(frustration)
b) Which materials to use and whether its strong enough
c) Whether the design was nice (the main confusion)

Some of them we managed to overcome, though. SOME. We came early to school a couple of times to do the build the solar boat, as we didn’t want it to clash with our studies. ~.~ Today, Cikgu Zul asked us about the colours for the boat, and we decided on black and red. Tomorrow we’re supposed to complete our first model and start sketching our SECOND model. yes, second… As a back-up and another choice.

Think thats it about the solar boat. We’ll be posting more about it soon! bye!

              Before school started, the four of us went to see the two teachers in charge of this project, Encik Zul and Encik Sukri. We discussed about the notice board and ideas to decorate it. We also talked about the solar boat, and  the next step in making it. We have already started building the solar boat . (more info about the solar boat later!) The teachers advised us to update the blog regularly. They never fail to encourage us and build our spirits up when we we’re in doubt. As Mr. Zul said, “never take this project as a burden, instead, we should enjoy this and have fun’.

       The truth is, we really enjoy working as a team, the four of us: Katrina, Shambavee ,Nazrin and Avinash. AND we’re really REALLY lucky to have such great and supporting teachers to guide us. Thank You ….! =)