XINMIN SECONDARY SCHOOL Singapore

Subjects Offered

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICSARTBASIC CHINESEBIOLOGYCHEMISTRYCHINESECOMBINED HUMANITIES (S,G)COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,H)COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,L) COMBINED HUMANITIES (SS,LC)COMPUTER APPLICATIONSDESIGN & TECHNOLOGYELEMENTS OF BUSINESS SKILLSENGLISH LANGUAGEFOOD & NUTRITIONGEOGRAPHYHIGHER CHINESEHIGHER MALAY HISTORYLITERATURE(E)MALAYMATHEMATICSPHYSICSPRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTSSCIENCESCIENCE (PHY, CHEM)

Physical Sports

Air Rifle / ShootingBadmintonVolleyball

Uniformed Groups

Boys’ BrigadeGirls’ BrigadeNcc (Land)NpccSt John Ambulance Brigade

Visual and Performing Arts

Art And Craft ClubBand – SymphonicChoirDance – ChineseDrama – EnglishEnsemble – GuzhengMedia Club

Clubs & Societies

Debate ClubLibraryMathematics SocietyMother Tongue Culture ClubMother Tongue Culture Club (Cldds)Outdoor Adventure ClubScience ClubStudents’ Council

Others

Not Available

School Excellence Awards

SEA

Best Practice Awards

BPA (Staff Well-Being)BPA (Student All-Round Development)BPA (Teaching and Learning)

Outstanding Development Award

ODA (Character Development)

Sports & Games Competition

National Zone

SYF Arts Presentation

Awards

Best Unit Award

Awards

Others

Berita Harian Inter-Schools Debate, Quarter-Finals – 2009, National Science Challenge 2009, Quarter-Finals – 2009, Natl Sch Sports Climbing Competition,Boys-3rd,Girls&Mixed Dbls-2nd – 2009, Singapore Mathematical Olympiad-1 Gold, 2 Silvers, 12 Bronzes – 2009, Singapore Mathematics Project Festival 2009, 3 Bronzes – 2009, Singapore Science & Engineering Fair 2009, Bronze – 2009, UNSW Intl Science Competition 2009, 2 High Distinctions, 29 Dist – 2009, F1 in schools – Ngee Ann Challenge, 4th – 2008

Other school features and achievements

An all-round education for our students (academic, values-inculcation, CCA, student leadership) Singapore Quality Class, Best Practices Awards (Teaching & Learning, Staff Well-Being, Student All-Round Development), Sustained Achievement Awards (Academic, Uniformed Groups & Physical Fitness, Arts), Character Development Award (Outstanding) 2006-2010, Thinking Culture Award, Innergy Awards, Additional features include a rock-wall, indoor sports hall, auditorium, Creative Arts Complex, BioMedical Research Laboratory, E-learning environment.

MOE Programmes

Not Available

Special Student Development Programmes Offered

In Xinmin, the development of 21st century skills is integrated into our curriculum and our tiered approach provides varying developmental opportunities to students according to their interests and abilities. In addition, all our students look forward to our school-based curriculum, comprising Analytical Thinking Skills, a games-based approach to learning thinking skills; Applied Science Programme, which allows students to apply their Science knowledge in research and problem solving; ICT and Enterprise programmes, which allow students to exercise creative and inventive thinking; as well as an enjoyable and challenging PE programme that allows students to develop psychomotor skills, learn new games, acquire soft skills and mindsets of resilience and teamwork. Our Flipped Classroom pedagogy at the lower secondary levels emphasises collaborative and self-directed learning, and allows students to acquire lifelong skills for future learning. Leadership training is provided to all students and student leaders are given many opportunities for further development in skills and exposure to real-world learning.