Edgefield Secondary School

Edgefield Secondary School
Address
36 Punggol Field
Punggol New Town
828814
Singapore
Coordinates 1°24′00.9″N 103°54′08.4″E / 1.400250°N 103.902333°E / 1.400250; 103.902333Coordinates: 1°24′00.9″N 103°54′08.4″E / 1.400250°N 103.902333°E / 1.400250; 103.902333
Information
School type Government
Established 2011
Principal Leong Kok Kee (2011 - Present)
Gender Coeducational
Website http://edgefield.sg

Edgefield Secondary School is a government co-educational secondary school in Punggol, Singapore.

History

The school started in 2011.[1]

In 2013, the school had its Official School Opening ceremony held on 12 July.[2]

In 2015, the first batch of Secondary 4 Express students had 93.3% scoring 5 or more passes for O-Levels, which outdid the national average of 83.3%.[3] The school took part in SG50 as well by setting a new record in Singapore Book of Records. Students in the school broke a total of 2,800 planks. Most students broke the planks before the event started so technically the students did not break all of the 2800 planks during the event.[4]

Programmes

The school is the first school in Singapore to have Taekwondo as a compulsory curricular activity.[5] It is said that the sport helps to instil discipline, respect and perseverance in every student. It also serves its purpose in training self-defense. By the end of Secondary 4, most students would be able to achieve black belt. The CCA took part in several competitions every year and did extremely well, exceeding the expectations of the school.[6]

For lower secondary students, the school has Analytical Thinking Skills (ATS) lessons to help train the students' minds for problem solving and tackling challenges in life.[7] Card and board games are used in the lessons to engage the students. They also have Apple Education to learn how to use a Mac OS,[8] after which they have Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) Projects to do for both years, promoting the spirit of teamwork. Some of the non-sport co-curriculum activities have extremely low funding unlike the sports co-curriculum activities, thus those CCAs with lower funding do not have the proper equipment/materials to win in competitions that they participate in.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Edgefield Secondary School banner".
  2. ↑ "Edgefield Secondary Opening Ceremony Review".
  3. ↑ "O-level results: Edgefield's first batch sets high standards (Straits Times report)".
  4. ↑ "Singapore Taekwondo Federation: RECORD BREAKING FEAT BY 1,400 STUDENTS".
  5. ↑ "The New Paper: Don't mess with these students".
  6. ↑ "Edgefield Secondary School: Taekwondo".
  7. ↑ "Edgefield Secondary School: Analytical Thinking Skills".
  8. ↑ "Edgefield Secondary School: Apple Education".
  9. ↑ "CHALLENGE BASED LEARNING @ EDGEFIELD.SG".
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