新加坡尚育中学

Dear Members of the Changkat Community,

It is a new year and a new beginning. Having led this wonderful school for three years now, we are still thinking about how we can do things differently and more meaningfully. Here in Changkat, we seek continuous improvement. We are thankful that many of our stakeholders and partners had stepped forward to request for collaboration with Changkat or provide opportunities for our Changkateers. Through these partnerships, we are inspired to lead and serve better.

Recent world developments underscore the fact that we are living in uncertain times. There are no longer straightforward solutions or one sole perspective to an issue. Education has to prepare our students for an uncertain world – for our students to embrace diversity of views, participate in respectful discourse and serve the community while understanding differences.

Hence, in 2024, our school theme will be ‘Lead with Respect, Serve with Humility’. The theme captures our wish to take pride in what we do and that we believe we have the strengths to enable the school to succeed. As educators, we believe in the potential of students - that their minds, character and lives can be shaped. We also value learning from one another, being of service to others and encouraging others to succeed. As members of this Changkat family, we respect the community, including norms and expectations, to build a safe, supportive and happy school community. When we can learn to respect others and their perspectives, only then we can stay humble. Staying humble ensures that we do not remain contented. We listen keenly and we ask curious questions. We are excited to learn new knowledge, experiment with effective and innovative teaching practices and pedagogies.

The theme logo, designed by our Art teacher Mdm Angeline Neo Swee Ting, is inspired by the rice plant and the phrase that best describes this humble plant – ‘The more you know, the lower you bow’. This phrase epitomises the value of humility and respect as we liken ourselves to that of the rice plant. As we age and go through life, our experiences fill and shape us. In drawing inspiration from the plant, we are encouraged to be humble and respect one another. This logo inspires us to have respect for self, students, people and the community.

Our school values, iCAR2E (Integrity, Care, grAtitude, Respect, Resilience, Excellence), are the foundation that guides us to achieve our beliefs and shape our culture of Care, Learning and Excellence. Our school believes that every child can achieve success through effort and resilience, and has a role to play within the community to improve the lives of others.

In alignment to this theme, we will continue to prioritise and deepen our efforts in three key areas this year, namely in Positive Education, Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) and Blended Learning. Positive Education is the main approach to guide our school’s teaching and learning direction. In doing so, we would focus on enhancing Engagement and Accomplishment this year. Under CCE, we would focus on developing growth mindset, cyberwellness education, peer support and civic literacy. In Blended Learning, we would further deepen our e-pedagogy practices, develop student-initiated learning, teach effective study skills and reinforce thinking routines. We will also be starting our overseas trips to our partner schools in Toulouse, France and Jinan, China this year.

Last year, we celebrated our 57th Anniversary and the school theme was ‘Growing Resilience, Enriching Character’. We hoped to build on our strength as a resilient community. There were indeed many moments and achievements that we can be thankful for as Changkateers. Our hard work in focusing on holistic development of students has resulted in positive outcomes in various fields, such as national examinations performances, National School Games, Co-Curricular activities and Talent Development Programmes. Our staff were also recognised both internally and externally for their outstanding contributions. On reflection, the years 2021 to 2023 consolidated our learning and teaching foundation so that we can now position ourselves to thrive for excellence in the next three years.

I would like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our Secondary One Changkateers, parents/guardians, new staff members and new partners joining our big Changkat family. With the support of parents/guardians, staff, School Advisory Committee, alumni and friends, our hope is that you will find your experience in Changkat to be a positive one. You will find Changkat to be a place where you belong and everyone has a space and platform to contribute to the community. We desire to be a community where Together, We Flourish.

As a team, I believe that we can build Changkat to be an innovative school of choice that fuels the dreams and ambitions of our students and staff to succeed. Let us work together to define different pathways of success and make this possible for everyone. On behalf of the school, I wish that 2024 will be a year filled with peace, joy and love for everyone!

Together, We Flourish.

Mr Ho Ming Da

Principal

The subjects below are offered to the current cohort. They may change for subsequent intakes.

Computer Applications

Design & Technology

English Language

Food & Consumer Education

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

Additional Mathematics

Art

Chinese Language

Malay Language

Nutrition and Food Science

Principles of Accounts

Science (Chem, Bio)

Science (Phy, Chem)

Humanities (Ss, Geography)

Humanities (Ss, History)

Tamil Language

Biology

Chemistry

Chinese Language (Special Programme)

Literature in English

Physics

Music

Physical Education