Uniformed Groups
Discover how Girl Guides (Brownies) and Scouts develop life skills, leadership, and values.
Girl Guides (Brownies)
Brownies CCA is a uniformed group for young girls in Primary Schools. It is under Girl Guides, an educational youth Movement. Brownies are guided by a comprehensive 5-point programme, which develops them in 5 areas:
Personal and Social Development
Home
Community
Outdoor
International
It provides opportunities for girls to develop leadership and decision-making as well as life skills through activities such as games, craft work and learning journeys. Important events we take part in yearly are the World Thinking Day, Food Donation Drive and National Day Observance Ceremony.
Aims:
To enable girls to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world
To cultivate girls to find happiness in helping others and be independent
Core Values in TGPS:
Girl Guides (Brownies) core values and descriptions
Team Spirit | Brownies will learn to work together as a Brownie Pack. |
Graciousness | Brownies will learn to provide service to the school and community. They will learn to be humble and be helpful. |
Perseverance | Brownies do not give up easily and show resilience to complete tasks at hand. |
Self-discipline | Brownies will always uphold the Brownie Law. |
Teachers in charge:
Mdm Poonguzhali (I/C), Mdm Lim Xiao Wei
Training Frequency (Day and Time):
Every Monday, 2.00pm – 4.00pm (CCA Room 2 & 3 at ISH Level 3)
Progression:
Girl Guides (Brownies) progression requirements by rank
Tweenie (First Year) | Brownie | |
Remarks | New member, required to complete Golden Badge Test | Required to complete Golden Bar and Golden Hand Tests, Proficiency Badges tests |
Scouts (Boys)
TGPS Scouts has a long history of nurturing young men into responsible and dedicated citizens of our country. In line with TGPS’s values, our scouts are trained to ‘Be Prepared’. This is the scout’s motto and our cub scouts are constantly challenged to live up to that motto. In TGPS we train our cub scouts to be future leaders and responsible citizens.
Aims:
To equip pupils with important life skills.
To develop pupils’ ability to communicate and make friends through the Scouting movement.
To provide opportunities for scouts to be involved in the activities carried out internally and externally
To inculcate values in every Scout based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law.
Essential skills to be taught: Basic life-skills like outdoor-cooking, camp-craft and a lot more of skills to be taught and inculcated during the weekly meetings and also through the camps participated. The whole Arrow badge structure enables the Scout to grow holistically.
Core Values:
Scouts (Boys) core values and descriptions
Team Spirit | Scouts will learn to work together as a group |
Graciousness | Scouts will learn to be humble when they play and to accept defeat graciously. They are also taught to be tolerant towards one another regardless of race, language or religion. |
Perseverance | Scouts will have to persevere as they are earning their different badges and have to complete all tasks given to them. |
Self-discipline | Scouts will be self-disciplined to come for weekly meetings and to ensure that whatever that is expected of them are being practised. |
Teachers in charge:
Mr Sherhan (I/C), Mdm Lim Xiao Wei
Commitment Level:
The pupils will attend weekly meetings on Friday afternoons for 2 hours. Additional meetings will be held mostly on Saturdays should there be any external events that the unit is participating in namely, Campfires, Camps and Field Day.
Training Frequency (Day and Time) :
Every Monday, 2.00pm – 4.0pm (CCA Room 2 & 3 at ISH Level 3)
Progression:
Scouts (Boys) Arrow Award progression remarks
Bronze Arrow | Silver Arrow | Gold Arrow | Akela Award | |
Remarks | By Default, at the end of the first year, all members will earn the Bronze arrow. | Members who attained the Bronze Arrow will be able to embark on earning the Silver Arrow Award | Members who attained the Silver Arrow will be able to embark on earning the Gold Arrow Award | P6 members who already attained the Gold Arrow will be earmarked to attain the highest Award that is the Akela Award before they enter Secondary School education. |
External Achievements
Scouts (Boys) external competition achievements by year
2017 | Entered the 3D Car Derby Competition and Attained 2 Gold awards and 1 Bronze Award. |
2023 | Entered the 3D Car Derby Competition and Attained Bronze Award. |