1. Health Trooper Badge Programme Leaders’ Guide 2010

2. What is the Health Trooper Badge Programme? The Health Trooper Badge Programme is an all-new badge programme offered exclusively at HealthZone. It replaces its predecessor, the Healthy Lifestyle Badge Programme. The Health Trooper Badge Programme is offered to all uniformed groups with the aim of empowering primary and secondary school students with essential knowledge and life skills to leading healthier lives. The Badge Programme differentiates itself from others by adopting a student- centered learning approach. It empowers the student with the choice of his/her learning track and puts active learning into focus. The new Health Trooper Badge Programme is also tiered for varying levels of difficulty. This challenges the learning spirit of students and enables them to collect an array of prestigious and exclusive badges.

3. How would my students benefit from this programme? At each level of the Health Trooper Badge Programme, students learn new knowledge and skills on a variety of health topics and sub-topics. These topics and sub-topics are carefully selected to ensure that they are pertinently relevant to the corresponding learning interests and ability of the students. Students will not only be empowered with new knowledge and skills but will also learn to take the responsibility of learning into their own hands. The programme helps develop active learners. Students are also rewarded with the unique badges we have designed for each level of the programme.

4. Junior Health Trooper Badge Programme (For Primary Students) Junior Health Trooper Hunt & Workshop (conducted at HealthZone) Sit for Junior Health Trooper Badge Written Test (conducted at HealthZone) Be rewarded with the Junior Health Trooper Badge Proceed to next level (Star Health Trooper Badge) next year The Junior Health Trooper Badge is a pre-requisite for the Star Health Trooper Badge.

5. Star Health Trooper Badge Programme (For Primary Students) Star Health Trooper Hunt & Workshop (conducted at HealthZone) Complete Star Health Trooper Badge Individual Assignments Be rewarded with the Star Health Trooper Badge Pre-requisite: Junior Health Trooper Badge

6. Dynamite Health Trooper Badge Programme (For Sec Students) Dynamite Health Trooper Hunt & Workshop (conducted at HealthZone) Sit for Dynamite Health Trooper Badge Written Test (conducted at HealthZone) Be rewarded with the Dynamite Health Trooper Badge Proceed to next level (Warrior Health Trooper Badge) next year The Dynamite Health Trooper Badge is a pre-requisite for the Warrior Health Trooper Badge.

7. Warrior Health Trooper Badge Programme (For Sec Students) Complete Warrior Health Trooper Badge Individual Assignments Be rewarded with the Warrior Health Trooper Badge Proceed to next level (Supreme Health Trooper Badge) next year The Warrior Health Trooper Badge is a pre-requisite for the Supreme Health Trooper Badge. Pre-requisite: Dynamite Health Trooper Badge Warrior Health Trooper Hunt & Workshop (conducted at HealthZone)

8. What is my responsibility as their leader? As a leader, you will be required to: 1. Book for the Health Trooper Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone by emailing or faxing the booking form to chen_siying@hpb.gov.sg. 2.Send your students for the respective Health Trooper Hunt & Workshop. 3.Supervise their completion of the individual assignments (provided by HealthZone). Email the results using the Participants Name List to hpb_health_zone@hpb.gov.sg.* 4.Mark written test. Email the results using the Participants Name List to hpb_health_zone@hpb.gov.sg.** Only students who have scored at or above the passing mark will be awarded the badge. * Only for Star and Warrior Badges. ** Only for Junior and Dynamite Badges.

9. What is the Participants Name List? Fill in name of each participant Tick against each name in the respective column when completed by the student. When all students have completed their task, email this form to us at jingfang@girlguides.org.sg. School: Health Trooper Badge - Participants Name List Uniformed Group: Fill in name of your school & uniformed group. S/ N Name of ParticipantCompleted Assignments (only for Star, Warrior & Supreme)  Completed Written Test (only for Junior and Dynamite)  Junior Badge  Star Badge  Dynamite Badge  Warrior Badge  Supreme Badge  1 2 3 4 5 Tick against the badge that is attained.

10. Timelines Timeline for Junior Badge Timeline for Star Badge Timeline for Dynamite Badge Next Timeline for Warrior Badge

11. Timeline for Junior Badge Time PeriodActivity 1 Sep 09 – 15 Jan 2010Book for Junior Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone 1 Feb 2010 – 12 Feb 2010Attend Junior Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone & complete Written Test (all to be done at HealthZone) By 28 Feb 2010Email GGS your results using the Participants Name List BackNext

12. Timeline for Star Badge Time PeriodActivity 1 Sep 09 – 1 Mar 2010Book for Star Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone 22 Mar 2010 – 5 Apr 2010Attend Star Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone 6 Apr 2010 – 6 Jun 2010Complete Individual Assignments By 15 Jun 2010Email GGS your results using the Participants Name List BackNext

13. Timeline for Dynamite Badge Time PeriodActivity 28 June – 5 July 2010Book for Dynamite Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone 12 July – 23 July 2010Attend Dynamite Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone and complete Written Test By 31 Jul 2010Email GGS your results using the Participants Name List BackNext

14. Timeline for Warrior Badge Time PeriodActivity 1 August – 10 August 2010Book for Warrior Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone 16 August – 27 August 2010Attend Warrior Health Trooper Badge Hunt & Workshop at HealthZone 28 Aug 2010 – 19 Nov 2010Complete Individual Assignments By 30 Nov 2010Email GGS your results using the Participants Name List BackNext

15. I have a question. Who can I contact? If you have any questions or would like to register for the Health Trooper Badge Programme contact: HealthZone: Ms Chen Siying at 6435 3216 or chen_siying@hpb.gov.sg