NYP Mentoring Club

2011-03-15T15:15:00.002+08:00

Hey people, we have changed the link of our NYP Mentoring Club website.
Please visit http://nyp-mentoringclub.blogspot.com/ to proceed on to our updated address.

All announcements will be posted on our new website.

Thank You :)

Kite Flying (Unofficial)

2010-08-04T21:59:00.002+08:00

Done by a Mentor with magnificent art work.

Reasons To Join Mentoring Club!

2010-06-19T22:50:00.004+08:00

Hello, new mentors and nyp students out there!

Thank you for those who came for Mentors' Training on last Thursday, 17 June.
Remember the slips of paper you all filled up on why you joined Mentoring Club?

Our purpose is to:
1. Help you identify your aim in Mentoring Club
2. See your potential and new methods in guiding others
3. Find out your opinions and area of interest.

The Social Department have chosen 5 members whom we think that will have influential impact and their response can be used a a form of encouragement to you. Frankly speaking, we had a hard time choosing the top 5 as I believed that you all voiced out your genuine feelings in that slip of paper. Seriously. Nevertheless, these are the top 5 . . . (not in any ranking order)

1. Koh Ken Siew

By joining Mentoring Club, I would like to gain experience as to being a teacher, a counsellor, serve as a guidance to the younger generations. Thus giving me a chance to be a leader. I believe by joining the club, I will gain certain values that the textbook will not be able to tell me.

2. Tan Ming Hao

I have officially enrolled myself to NYP Mentoring Club because I desire to inculcate what i have learnt from my past to the mentees. Thereupon, from this moment onwards, I will instill the optimum knowledge to them and ensure that they metamorphose into impeccable students regardless of socially, academically or financially.

3. Shermaine Lau Boon Kuan

To gain a better understanding of the younger generation, share my experiences and impart my knowledge and skills in the hope that they can become not great but fantastic leaders of the future! To teach and guide them on the basic principles of life and help them to not only take a look at the big picture, but notice and appreciate the smaller details as well.

4. Liang Yien Mang

I joined NYP Mentoring Club because I was interested in teaching and aiding students who have difficulties in coping with their academic subjects. When I was a lower secondary student, there was no mentor standing beside me to aid and support me. I had no other way other than to cope with these problems my own. Therefore, now it is my turn to help. I want to be the person standing beside these students whenever they are in need.

5. Ong Kwee Peng

Enabling others to soar beyond their current limits of ability and perseverance is a goal of mine. Improving potential of unknown people requires a lot of planning and an outlet for doing so. The Mentoring Club enables me to reach out to students with limitless potential but with limits on their potential growth. Aside from that, the Mentoring Club is a body of mentors, so it is easier for me to both teach and learn from the mentors themselves. I hope to also learn from the Mentees, and grow both mentally and socially. Moreover, nowadays many secondary students find it hard to use their time wisely, or are not sure where to spend their time on. Having past this stage of life, I am interested to study the psychology and thought pattern of current secondary students. This is helpful to my interest in psychology and sociology. Being able to contribute and pay something back to society is also a moral responsibility that encourages me to join the Mentoring Club.

Other than these 5, there are still quite a number of you having the same opinions as them. Please do not be disheartened in any way just because your name is not posted here. In fact, your effort in writing the slip is sincerely appreciated by us. The reason we chose these five because there are more examples and some philosophical points in there. (:

Kudos! Hope to see you all soon (:

-Samantha Tan-
Secretary
Social Department Leader

Annual Meeting 2010

2010-05-27T00:16:00.004+08:00

Dear Mentors & Recruits,

Please be reminded that there will be an Annual Meeting on

Date: 2 June 2010

Venue: E314 (Near to SBM; above north canteen)

Time: 3pm to 5pm

Please be punctual, we will start at 3:10pm sharp without waiting for those who are late.

Management of Mentoring Club

2010-05-21T15:15:00.006+08:00

History of NYP Mentoring Club

Initially, NYP Mentoring Club was named as BP Mentoring Club. BP Mentoring Club was sponsored by British Petroleum (BP) but since BP was sold to SPC, our Mentoring Club become independent. Consequently, we changed our name to NYP Mentoring Club. Other than coming from NYP, Mentors also come from SP, NP, RP, TP, NUS, NTU, SMU, Meridian JC, National Junior College, St Andrew JC, Temasek JC, Raffles Institute, Tanjong Katong Girls, Methodist Community Service Society, National Mentoring Network and Riverside Secondary Alumni. For more information about BP Mentoring Club, click on this website (BP Website).

NYP Mentoring Club started in the year 2004 to cater to the need of the lower secondary students in Yishun Secondary School (YSS). A NYP student graduated from YSS requested his YSS teacher (Mr Chan Chee Keong) that he would like to launch this new Mentoring Club program in YSS. Hence, Mentoring Club began it journey from there.

What is Mentoring Club?
NYP Mentoring Club is a NYP CCA affiliating with secondary school. It consists of Mentors (NYP students) and Mentees (Lower Secondary School Students). You may want to think yourselves as a tutor or an adviser to the Mentees. Our purpose is to develop the Mentees' leadership quality, social skills, acadamic at the same time developing Mentors' leadership and character quality.

Who is a Mentor?
A Mentor is more than just a tutor. Other than setting papers for the Mentees to do, they are also required to organize interacting events such as weekly games, semester outing as well as camping events for the Mentors and Mentees. Most importantly, a Mentor is an older brother and sister who will guide the Mentees when they face difficulties. We also give social advices to the Mentees so as to ensure they grow up to be able to face challenges and stresses.

The Mentors

Who is a Mentee?
Mentees are the younger students whom the Mentors guide and befriend. Embarking on their first steps in society, they will inevitably face various difficulties, from academic to social. Some can cope well on their own; others may need a little help along the way.

Our Mentees are sec 1, 2 or 3 YSS students. They join Mentoring Club because they need help from people like us. They could be students who have financial problems, family problems or psychological problem. It could be their poor result that led them in Mentoring Club or they are just a group of youngsters who like to make friends with us. It could also be their interest to join Mentoring Club to get addition help from us.

Our Mentees

Mentoring Club in Year 2006
In year 2006, Mentoring Club was just a small group of members sitting outside the general office’s tables revising homework. Study and games were the basic activities in Mentoring Club. However, it was quite well managed as well as causing much interests among our group of members to join this weekly program. (NYP Mentoring Club of Yishun Secondary School and Outram Secondary School). In Year 2006, we also ran our Mentoring Club in Outram Secondary School.

Mentoring Club in Year 2007
In year 2007, Mentoring Club grew rapidly in size. We were given 2 classrooms for 40 Mentors and 60 Mentees. In view of a better management, English, Maths, Science and Activity Department were set up. Leader for individual department was also assigned. (NYP Mentoring Club of Yishun Secondary School and Outram Secondary School)

Mentoring Club in Year 2008
In Year 2008, Mentoring Club went as smooth as Year 2007. We had cohesion outing with the Mentoring club members; this enhanced the friendship and bonding among us. (NYP Mentoring Club of Yishun Secondary School)

Mentoring Club in Year 2009
Mentoring Club was temporary closed in year 2009.

Mentoring Club in Year 2010
This year will be the re-opening of Mentoring Club in the 1st semester as well as linking YSS with the 1st newest program that would involve us helping out in the YSS activities such as a visit to the Science Centre, interacting with the Environmental Club and ?Youth Olympic Game. With these program, we not only extend our service to the YSS Mentees, we also encourage our Mentors and Mentees to participate in leadership program by involving in some YSS activities. For instance, a Mentee brief a group of Yishun Secondary School students on their trip to the Science Centre. Our objective is to develop the social skill of the Mentees as well as the leadership of our Mentors. Due to this expansion of service, a Social Department was set up on 8 May 2010 to cater to the new dimension for the student development. Multimedia Department was set up on 10 May 2010 when we see a need for photography, video editing, Photoshop as well as managing our Mentoring Club's website.

Hierarchy System of Mentoring Club

Executive committee
Curriculum Management
- English Department
- Mathematics Department
- Science Department
Activity Department
Social Department

NYP Mentoring Club Current & Previous Ex-Co

Presidents & Vice Presidents
- Ken Xu Ying (Year 2006)
- Marni (Year 2006)
- Ng Weide (Year 2007)
- Nasyita (Year 2007)
- Eric Choo (Year 2008)
- Halif (Year 2009)
- Jen Ng (Year 2009)
- Ng Wei Jie (Year 2010)

Secretary
- Karen Neo (Year 2006)
- Ong Mingzhu (Year 2006)
- Han Xinyi (Year 2007)
- Yus (Year 2007)
- Wang Mingzhu (Year 2008)
- Hui Li (Year 2009)
- Shirlyna (Year 2010)
- Samantha (Year 2010)

School Coordinator
- Zhang Ling (Year 2006)
- Atiqah (Year 2007)
- Xiao Qing (Year 2007)
- Khasminah (Year 2008)

Curriculum Management
There are 3 Departments in Curriculum Management mainly the English Department, Mathematics Department and Science Department. Recruits will be assigned to individual Department. If they are not assigned into these Departments, they will either be assigned into the Activity Department or Social Department.

If a Mentor is assigned to the English Department, he/she will need to set English papers for the Mentees once every 3 weeks but he/she will also need to teach Mathematics and Science other than English alone. The English Department is involved in marking the English papers.

If a Mentor is assigned to the Mathematics Department, he/she will need to set Mathematics papers for the Mentees once every 3 weeks but he/she will also need to teach English and Science other than Mathematics alone. The Mathematics Department is involved in marking the Mathematics papers.

If a Mentor is assigned to the Science Department, he/she will need to set Science paper for the Mentees once every 3 weeks but he/she will also need to teach English and Mathematics other than Science alone. The Science Department is involved in marking the Science papers.

Activity Department
Mentors in the Activity Department will organize game and cohesion activities for the Mentees. It can be stepping balloon games, floorball, badminton, amazing race, treasure hunt, water bomb game etc.

Social Department
Social Department is set up in year 2010 to enhance the cohesion between the members in Mentoring Club. They take care most of the Mentees and develops their social skills.

Social Department is required to interview the Mentees once every 2 weeks for them to highlight their problem and get feedback from them.

Social Department is also involved in counseling students. In order to improve their efficiency, they have to research more about counseling and be a students’ guidance.

Social Department takes over the Activity Department for organizing external activities. They organize events such as BBQ outing, recycling project, a visit to botanic garden and NYP open house. They will be the one who plans the external events and the Activity Department will execute their plan.

The Social Department will link up with the Ex-Co, Curriculum Management as well as the Activity Department to ensure that Mentoring Club is interesting, beneficial, in addition to improve students and Mentors leadership and thinking skills.

As this is a relatively new Department, more will be discussed to ensure that they are able to provide a good service for Mentoring Club.

Multimedia Department
A new department set up in year 2010 to put our memories into photos and videos. This department is involved in taking pictures in all Mentoring Club sessions and activities as well as videos. The are required to do photo editting, upload photos into the server for Mentors to download. Mentors who have a DSLR, a four-third, a compact camera, or a camcorder are more preferred.

Yishun Secondary School Aggregate

	Non-Affiliation				Affiliation
	Lower	Upper	Mean	Median	Lower	Upper	Mean	Median
Normal Academic	174	192	179	179	None-posted		None-posted
Express	206	233	212	210	None-posted		None-posted
Normal Technical	94	157	117	107	None-posted		None-posted

Information
Venue: Yishun Secondary School
Meeting Venue: Yishun MRT Station
Time: 0900 - 1200hr
First session for the recruits: 3rd July 2010 (forecasted, not confirmed)

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Year 2010 Ex-Co

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Any enquiry, you may contact the following Ex-Co.

President: Ng Wei Jie (HP. 96202419)

Vice President: Shawn Toh (HP. 98299995)

Secretary: Samantha Tan (HP. 97263994)

Secretary: Shirlyna Sim (HP. 94600217)

To join Mentoring Club, message you full name, admin no., email and HP number to

Ng Weide (HP. 94285856) - Alumni Member/Ex-President of Yr 2007

Join our newly created NYP Mentoring Club Facebook group @ http://www.facebook.com...

Freshman Orientation & Briefing

2010-05-12T14:52:00.006+08:00

To all NYP students who joined us at the Club Crawl 2010 or from other sources.

Please be reminded that there will be an Orientation & Briefing organized for you. Attendance is compulsory. The details are as follows:

Date: 19 May 2010
Day: Wednesday
Venue: E.317
Time: 3pm to 5pm/6pm

All mentors helping out will have to be at the venue at least 30mins earlier to set up the projectors, laptops, as well as arranging the tables and chairs, etc. Next, there will be an Annual Meeting next month; date to be confirmed again.

Thank You.

Regards,
Mr Shawn (VP)

Freshman

2010-05-09T18:49:00.002+08:00

We would like to welcome all NYP students who joined us from our booth during Club Crawl 2010. These students are:

Nicholas Tok Kah Liang, Law Pei Wen , Chu Soon Lit Joel, Deffany Lim Yi Yue, Edward Lim Ek Hwa, Emily Lim Hui Min, Jaime Teo Weijie, Jolene Lim Li Min, Koh Ken Siew, Kou Jun Jie, Low Sin Min , Shermaine Lau Boon Kuan, Lim Shun Jie, Siti Sarah Bte Nasir, Siti Shahidah Bte Sulaiman , Yang Huiting, Hajra Bee Bte Kamaludin, Gan Ching Wey, Ying Shun Hua, Sarah, Low Sin Hui, Tiffany Jee Wan Ling, Gong Yanni, Han Xiao, He Guan Chu , He Peng , Hui Xin, Kee Zi Yang, Keith Chan Shao Wen, Lee Zi Huang, Lek Keng Hang, Lim Jit Shen, Liu Qin, Ng Gek Lian Elean, Nur'Ain Bte Ismail, Yadlapalli Reshma Chowdarani, Sullivan Wang Liang Wee, Foong Hui Ping , Jerine Lim Jie Ying, Ang Yi Yi Renata, Chang Ru En, Fahmi Bin Ahmad, Nur Hanifah Elina Bte Yusri, Jasmine Lee Yu Xin, Kamini D/O Pathmanathan, Lam Xin Yi, Lim Jie Qi Carina, Nan Sandy Myat Moe, Ng Xue Hong, Rebecca Lim Qin Rong , Seow Hui Xian Sarah, Tan Poh Yin, Tang Qiong Di, Xu Yanli, Zhang Jin, Koh Ling Zheng, Senthil Kumar S/O Krishnan, See Jun Qiu Colin, Eugene Chia Yun Ting, Mumtaz Bte Noor Mohamed, Nur Nazifah Amirah Binte Ahmad, Syed Abu Thahir Bin Abdul Jamal Mohamed, Nurhayati Binte Abd Rahman.

We would like to welcome students graduated from YSS last year (year 2009) to consider joining NYP Mentoring Club. Once you join us, you will be called as a Mentor. Application close on next 14 May 2010.

Adeline Loke Yinghong, Adinnas Putri Bte Ariffin, Alex Toh Swee Siong, Ang Peng Quan, Bhaarathan Omarsangar, Bun Yi Xiu, Chen Mengfang, Chew Wan Lin, Chin Sum Wee, Chng Jie Min, Chow Zhi Wei Daniel, Chua Ren Hao Andy, Chua Sheng Quan, Chung Bi Zhen Beverley, Gim Pei Shan, Haniff B Kamal, Haziqah Bte Hamzah, Heindra Aizat Bin Suhaini, Heng Jian Ming, Hilda Tan Hee, Ho Garion, Ho Xiu Wen, Jean Tan Ler Min, Jerry Tan Kian Chiang, Jeyashiri D/O Sudhaman, Kang Yun Ting, Karthig S/O Gopal, Kenneth Phua Jun Hao, Koh Hui Ning, Koh Wei Jing, Kwek Xiao Han, Lee Chiu Mei Katherine, Lim Jie Shi Alison, Lim Xin Min Vivien, Lin Zonghan, Liow Ching Yong, Lu Jiasi, Mark Yong Jia Jie, Mohamed Faisal B Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Hafiz Maideen S/O H M, Muhammad Azzrul Nirzam B A R, Muhammad Farhan B Osman, Muhammad Imran B Jumadi, Ng Wei Cong, Ng Wei Jie, Ng Yu Jun Jeanette, Nicholas Pek Shuang Chie, Ong Hui Ler, Ong Tze Mei, Ong Xue Li Shirley, R Sapnaa, Sandy Koh Mei Yen, Seah Jia Qian, Shawn Yap Jiaqu, Sit Soon Weng, Soh Yu Xian, Tan Liyuan Angela, Tan Yong Chin, Teo Liang Ping, Tsai Ting Ke, Wang Hui, Yeh Mao-Chun, Yew Cheng Jiun.

If your name is not listed above, please email me jeremydave@hotmail.com (Ng Weide) - Senior President of Mentoring Club. If you are a passerby who is interested in joining us, drop an email to yssmentoring@coravil.com and we will include your name in our database.