EPSON - BTPS Essay Writing Competition

Congratulations to all of our winners for the Essay Writing Competition! You certainly know how you can play your part in reducing carbon footprint.

Mass Recycling Campaign (2)

Dear pupils,

Take part in BTPS Mass Recycling Campaign.
We have collected 540 kg of papers in the 1st campaign.
Let's aim to collect higher in the 2nd campaign. Bundle old newspapers and magazines and drop them off in the collection points on 2nd Sept (Wed) & 3rd Sept (Thur).
SAVE TREES! REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT.

Essay Writing Competition - 1st Prize

Name: Jewel Ellyna Widjaja
Company: SEP - Singapore Epson

Save the Earth, Reduce carbon

Mother Earth is calm and Round
Keeping us all within, safe and Sound
With sky so clear in deep blue allure
Who can resist such a beauty lure?

But soon it will lose its might
Filled with starless, smoky night
Mother Earth is coughing out loud
Like the factory spouting black cloud

Not until we do our part
Springing from our grateful heart
Towards Mother Earth we show our love
Returning all we had unearthed
Starting all, reduce carbon footprint!
Here are some methods. We mightily sprint

Save the water! Turn off the tap
Slowly, steadily, returning earth sap
Flick of a finger, switch off the lights
towards the goal, gaining new heights

Dump the car, we walk, make it brisk
Breathe the air, feel the breeze
Take the bus with lively horn
Slowly see the new light born
Reduce wastage, let' s be lean
Indirectly the air we clean
Reducing plastic, resources sprees
Save the environment, Save the trees

Change your lifestyle! Don’t be stubborn!
Help to Reduce Emission of Carbon
One' s efforts small, but not nil
Combining all, we beat the longest Nile
Our efforts - an endless mile
But she will too shine upon us with endless smiles!

Essay Writing Competition - 2nd Prize

Name: Sng Siang Mui Irene
Company: Singapore Epson Industrial Pte Ltd

NEEDS or WANTS?

I would like to propose a simple, yet effective methodology which will help in reducing the carbon footprint in domestic household. Most of us would have already used this method to help manage our finance, by determining our needs and wants.

We need a refrigerator to store food and electric kettle to boil water. These are examples that we had to have these electrical appliances for our daily necessity. We want to have an air-con to cool ourselves. We want to have a hi-fi system to enjoy great music. These can be classified as wants to feed our desire. Therefore when we prioritized our needs and wants, we can then focus on which electrical appliances we can forsake or to substitute with.

Since electrical appliances categorize under the “needs section” are something we are going to have for long term, we have to find energy efficient appliances to reduce usage of electricity. For example, look at the Energy Label of the refrigerator before making your purchase. Procure the one with the most ticks which represent highest energy efficiency thus saving electricity.

All in all, we have to be responsible in making Earth a habitable place while maintaining our own lifestyle.

Essay Writing Competition - 3rd Prize

Name: Nur Munirah Bte Mohamad Ismail
Company: Singapore Epson Industrial Pte Ltd

MAKE SINGAPORE A GREEN City!

This globally recognized phenomenon called climate change has touched many and will continue to affect everyone, especially small and urban Singapore.

As a basic and simple example, I think Singaporeans will feel the most obvious effect of climate change in the rising temperature and suffocating heat. The infrastructural face of Singapore will change by having more shaded areas and even more buildings with powerful air-conditioning networks. This results in higher levels of carbon dioxide emission, trapping Singaporeans in a vicious cycle, thoughtlessly worsening the environmental condition.

In order to circumvent the flooding problem caused by higher sea levels during unpredictable monsoon seasons, Singapore’s civil engineers will be the highest paid professionals in Singapore, creating complex drainage designs given Singapore’s land scarcity issues.

The sentiments of civic duty will then propel Singaporeans to try their best to minimize their harmful effects on the environment. Together with the National Environment Agency, the government, corporate and social organizations, schools and other bodies will work on successful campaigns to make environmental awareness a key factor in personal education.

Though Singapore will continue to suffer from the adverse effects of climate change, a coping method will be Singaporeans’ huge capacity to learn and adapt, making Singapore a truly GREEN city.

Earth Day 2009 Activities

Pledging support for the BTPS Anti-Littering programme 2009 - pupils write down the action they will take to play their part to keep BTPS clean.

It's through games and fun, we learnt how our actions affect the Environment.


We also learnt about ways and items we can recycle.


Assembling this puzzle with our team mates, we pledge to make a difference to our Earth.

Hello Again to our 50 trees at Bukit Batok Nature Park - 2009

National Parks staff teaching RSVP and Epson volunteers how to

add nutrients (mulch) to our 50 trees.

Getting our hands dirty was an exhilarating experience!

Alien Plants on the Move

Aliens on the Move!

They are Green

They look Pretty

Why Weed them Out?

The RSVP members and Epson staff spent hours to weed out these plants that are not native to Sinagpore.

Creative Thinkers Kindergarten Friends - Earth Day 2009

Teachers and pupils of RSVP Club, Creative Thinkers and BTPS Parent Volunteers collaborate for Earth Day 2009. Together, we hope to pass on the passion to care for our Earth.

RSVP members share their love for the environment with the little ones in the BTPS Learning Garden!

Winning Entry Anti-Littering Campaign 2009

Mass Recycling "I'm In" 2009

Thank you for an amazing week of recycling. We welcome the P1 and P2 who took part for the first time in this meaningful activity!!

Total amount recycled in 4 days was: 540 kg

We thank all the pupils who painstakingly tied up the papers (thank you parents too) and carried their 'bunch' to school in the morning.

A great BIG THANK YOU to the RSVP team who sweated their way through every morning under the guidance of Ms Chitra.

1st prize for Living aRRRt Primary School Category

Our Warmest Congratulations to the team from BTPS 6 Grace:

Ong Jun Jie (leader)
Low heng Yi
Theresa Chang
Jordan Lim
6 Grace pupils who created the 18 Green messages

for their green structure making ART out of recycled and discarded items.

The structure was made of: a bicycle wheel discarded at an HDB landing, two 'legs' found in BTPS on a broken chair, cans, vitagen bottles, plastic bottles and longan twigs!

It is amazing how the passion of 4 RSVP members can inspire so many others!

Clean and Green Carnival 2008

It took us 5 hours to set up the BTPS / Epson Clean and Green booth at Suntec City! It might be interesting to all of you to know that we only used recycled items in our booth - even for the lettering which came from donated drawings from our pupils!

The crowds gathered and were eager to play the games made of recycled items set up by our pupils and the informative quiz set up by Epson. Many visitors asked about the Nature Box that showcased the Tree Riddles created by the P5 and many took pictures of the Mid-Autumn lanterns and My Dream Green City drawings by P3!

Warm thanks to the 24 members who helped to set up and manage the BTPS booth at Suntec City. We appreciate your tremendous efforts during the long hours.

Term 3 and 4 Recycling

In term 3 and 4, BTPS recycled a total of 1322 kg of paper.

Keep Up the good work specially as we are nearing end of the year.
Encourage your friends to recycle their used Activity Books and old worksheets!
Every little piece counts!

We will announce the winners soon!

Tree Poem

Wood is very Useful
A bit Fragile, so be Careful

Makes Table and Chairs
Trees get Scratched by Bears

Paper is made from wood
They woud Walk if they could

Trees have a lot of Leaves
That might Freeze on New Year's Eve

So remember to Love the Earth
So that the World would like ... YOU