Quynh Anh
This year’s Clean Water Challenge has made me realize the importance of clean water in human survival. We learnt how to pot and assemble our filter system with the guidance of our patient teachers and had a lot of practice session to prepare our filter. Our hard work paid off as we were satisfied with our result but there is still room for improvement. We strived to do better next year!
Jefanie
We lost the competition last year despite the hard work and effort we put in during the March holidays and weekends. Most importantly, the training we attended and with the help of our teachers; we were able to prepare a working filter. This has been an exhilarating experience for us and we hope to do better next year. We were very satisfied with our filter but there is still room for improvement!
Ruo Teng
This is the first competition I had ever participated. Thus, I was quite nervous but thanks to the teachers, my friend and seniors, I felt better. We put in a lot of effort into making the filter and learnt that it is important to have patience, hard work, perseverance but most importantly team work to be able to succeed in this competition. We stayed back many days after school for the competition and our effort paid off when we were announce first for the turbility and best colour for the first round. We felt satisfied with our results but still hope it could be improved. Through the competition we learnt that water is an important daily need and that we need to learn how to conserve it as we only have limited resources. We hope to do better the next time we enter this competition.
Zhaoen
Clean Water Challenge 2013 was the first competition I took part in since I entered HSS at Sec 3 this year. Initially, I did not know what to do as I never took part in such a competition before. Nevertheless, with the help of teachers and fellow team members, by the time we finished a few practice sections, I had been able to cope with the fiber and so on. Once we went to SP for competition, I was anxious, surely it must be. Yet after the first round was completed, I looked around and noticed that our two HSS teams had the cleanest water for the first round. My confidence returned and we did well in the second round as well. We were keen to win. Of course, we must not be complacent and continue to work hard to achieve better results next year.
Danny
I participated in the 2013 Clean Water Challenge this year. The objective was to build a water filtration kit using activated carbon, hollow fibre ultrafiltration membranes inside an acrylic tube. At first, I was nervous as I was appointed as the team leader. As I have not been a leader for a competition before, so I did not know what to do. We had the intention of doing the exact same filtration kit as last year, but Madam Ang gave us a chance to try new techniques, such as potting and using PU glue to seal the fibres. It was intense as we had to stay back daily for the competition preparation. In the end, I was satisfied with our results as we have put in all of our effort into the competition. This competition has thought me how to be a responsible leader.
Zekeriye
I learnt a lot from the recent Clean Water Challenge. I had lots of fun and my team mates were very good. They were very encouraging and I realized that I had very good hands at potting glue. I learnt certain ways of gluing the fibres together. Though it is my first time participating, I believe that I have done the school proud and I have the experience to be used for future Clean Water Challenges. I felt that we have made Henderson proud and we can take home the prizes.
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