Minds Craft

• Text & photos by: LGS •
SPIDERMAN
ARRIVES AT MINDS
A two year old dream of a group of sports coaches in Lee
Kong Chian Gardens School (LGS) became a reality on 5
September 2011, the first day of the September school
holidays. 20 students chosen from the four MINDS schools
had the opportunity to showcase, bond and compete as a
team in the inaugural Rock Climbing Competition.
our CEO Mr Keh Eng Song turned up to cheer the athletes.
Other than the excitement and the anxiety from watching the
“Spiderboys” and “Spidergirls” ascend quickly up the four
storey high wall, everyone had a fun time getting to know new
friends, bonding over food and taking pictures for memory.
Mr Thiruselvam of Towner Gardens School (TGS) felt that
through the competition, students are given the opportunity to
prove themselves. He said, “Most of our students suitable for
rock climbing are already engaged in other activities, so we had
to choose and train others who are free but fit. They did us
proud as the four climbers won a medal each.”
When approached to reflect on the event, Ms Noor Adilah said,
“I am really impressed by the enthusiasm and performance of
the participants. Once they started up the wall, they did not give
up until they reached the top. This is character development
and I think more of such events should be organized. They are
really opportunities for our students to learn our core values
S.M.I.L.E. I look forward to other similar events organized by
each of the MINDS schools.”
FGS climber scaling the
formidable wall
Fear is not an option!
Miss Noor Adilah who initiated the activity under the Sports
Education Programme in LGS two years ago, observed
that most of the physically fit students also possess the
ability to persevere and felt that they could excel in Rock
Climbing. After successfully implementing the activity in the
school and getting to know that the programme was also in
place in the other MINDS schools, she and team discussed
the possibility of an Inter-MINDS school competition.
The first Inter-MINDS school competition was jointly
organized by Climb Asia and LGS. The participants
competed in the individual junior, individual senior and a
group event. About 30 family members, school staff and
When approached to reflect on the event, Ms Noor Adilah said,
“I am really impressed by the enthusiasm and performance of
the participants. Once they started up the wall, they did not give
up until they reached the top. This is character development
and I think more of such events should be organized. They are
really opportunities for our students to learn our core values
S.M.I.L.E. I look forward to other similar events organized by
each of the MINDS schools.”
Proud of our lightning-fast “Spidergirls” and “Spiderboys”
RESULTS:
EVENT
PLACING
1ST 2ND 3RD
RECORD
Individual
( Junior )
Halijah Bte
Borhannudin
( FGS )
Jordon Ong
( LGS )
Danial Addandy
( TGS )
30s
Individual
( Senior )
Syed Amin
( TGS )
Lim Zong Qing
( LGS )
Muhd Shafiq
Abdullah
( FGS )
38s
Group FGS TGS LGS 2m 32s
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