26th National Software Competition 2010 -IT Quiz

The following 3 pupils are representing HIHS in the IT Quiz in the 26th National Software Competition 2010. http://nsc.sp.edu.sg/quiz.html

They are
Anthony To Yiu Kuen
Marcus Jeremiah Choo Wai Loong
Zeke Seow Jing Qi


The duration of the IT Quiz is about two hours and consists of two parts:
Preliminary Round – Each Team will sit for an on-line quiz in Blackboard and the scores of the 3 contestants will be the Team’s score.

Final Round –Teams with the highest scores from Preliminary Round will take part in a final round. The final round will be a “live” contest on stage. There will be a multiple types of questions covering different areas in IT for the finalists and they answer as a team.


The 26th National Software Competition will be held at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre on 18 Sep 10 (Saturday) from 8.15am to 1.15pm.

Teams are reminded of the following:
a. Must register at Level 1 Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre upon arrival
b. Bring along MOE EZ-Link Card/NRIC/Passport for identification
c. Report to the respective venues for briefing latest by 8:45am.
d. All competitions will start at 9.00 am sharp.
e. Breakfast will be provided from 8.15am to 8.45am outside the SPCC

We wish them all the best for the competition.

A copy of the location map and programme of the day are attached for the team's reference.

Group Photos 2010

Hi people,

These are the group photos taken on 20 August 2010. Feel free to download.

Mrs Chang

GPS Shootout Game 2010

GPS Shootout Game 2010

The url for 2010 is http://www.rp.sg/seg/Events/GPSregistration.asp and the url for 2009's game is http://www.rp.sg/seg/Events/Pandorum09.asp There is an interesting video to show you what they did.

Date : 20 Oct 2010

Venue : Republic Polytechnic, Agora Hall 1

Time : 8.30am to 5pm

Brace yourself for an exciting GPS and Nerf gun shoot-out competition. A multi-millionaire has engaged a geocacher to hide all his treasures on an island. The GPS locations with the longitude and latitude of his treasures were published onto the multi-millionaire’s blog and he challenged other geocachers to hunt for his treasure. The winner will take home some of his treasure! Competition participants will be equipped with Nerf guns and an exciting array of GPS equipment to collect as many treasures as possible as indicated by the locations given. Are you up to the challenge to navigate through unknown territories to complete the mission in the shortest time? Be ready for an exciting day of fun using GPS and Nerf guns to uncover the hidden treasures. The champion team will be the team to locate the largest quantity of treasures from locations assigned, in the shortest time.

Despite 20 October 2010 being the school's Promotion Day (which they do not have to report to school), the pupils had a fun day at RP with the GPS Shootout Game. Now that they know how to use the GPS to locate the checkpoint, they are very interested to participate in this event again next year. Well Done!
The photos for the competiton are as follows: