National Education Show Report

On 15 July 2006,
half of all primary five pupils in Singapore, went for the National Education Show at the Singapore National Stadium. It was a hot and sunny afternoon. All primary five pupils in our school were supposed to assemble inthe hall by 1:30pm. When all of us had settled down, an unexpected rain poured. We were feeling a little disappointed as we thought we were going to sit on wet benches. All of us looked like a small island of red colours. That was because all of us wore the red tee-shirt we bought weeks before that day. Then, after we got our goodie bags and the packets of food, we sat on the buses that the school had provided. When we reached, we waited vert long for our turn to get in to the stadium. When we have got our seat, we ate our food and waited for the show to start. When it started, the whole stadium cheered wildly. It was long until the military band performed their song. It was cool! Then, 'The Roar of The Red Lions' amazed all of us. Twenty-two jumpers from the Red Lions performed their different disciplines of skydiving from altitudes of 10,000 feet above the ground! Wow! I think this performance is tough as it requires then to control their movements by facing the wind. Then, the forging-in of Total Defence Contingents started. When the marching-in of the Colour Party and Guard-of-Honour, some of us screamed. When the arrival of VIPs, we cheered!
The song items were played. They were familiar community songs but included a new one this year. My favourite song is the new song 'My Island Home' by Kaira Gong. After all the song items, it was time for the arrival of the Reviewing Officer. The there was a 'F-16' fly-past and there was a "loud explosion". It was loud and a bit scary. Then, there was a ceremonial Gun Salute. After the gun salute, there was a drive-past. It was the nice and confortable time for the pledge taking and national anthem. After the pledge taking and national anthem, we saw a few more performance and lovely and colourful fire works. When the show came to an end, it was time the Reviewing Officer to leave. It was about 8:20pm and we waited almost three and a half hours at the stadium after the show. It was really boring to wait. There was nothing to do. Finally, we reached school at about 12:10pm. Although we were tired, we had lots of fun. But after the whole show, I feel proud to be a Singaporean!

By : Tan Siang Ying (one of the three reporters)