Canberra Secondary School
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| Motto | Challenge, Conquer, Contribute |
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| Established | January 2000 |
| Type | Government School, Single session |
| Principal | Mr Tan Keng Joo |
| MOE Code | 3621 |
| Colours | Blue, Green, Red |
| Locale | Sembawang, Singapore |
| Enrollment | ?? |
| Website | Canberra Sec Homepage |
| Ministry of Education | |
 Republic of Singapore |
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Canberra Secondary School is a government secondary school in Sembawang, Singapore. The school was established in 2000 and it is located at 51 Sembawang Road.
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[edit] History
The school was founded on January 2000 with Mr Puvan Ariaratnam as the first principal. Canberra Secondary was among the 13 new secondary schools which opened on 3 January 2000. Canberra Secondary was housed in Sembawang Secondary's premises at Sembawang Crescent before it moved to its own school at 51 Sembawang Road. The astute principal has guided the school towards carving a niche of excellence in information technology (IT) and multimedia. He was succeeded by Mr Tan Keng Joo in 2006. The school was the first school which used ezlink card for buying food but it was deemed as inconvinient by the students and was abolished in 2007 with much reluctance.
[edit] Mission and Vision
Mission:
Inspiring Canberrans to challenge their potential, conquer their aspirations and contribute to society
Vision:
A global institution of learning
School Values
Living with Integrity,
Learning with Passion,
Serving with Distinction.
Strategic Thrust
Inspiring Passionate Learners
Developing Exemplary Learners
Building an Immersive Community
[edit] School Logo
The school logo consists of the 3 Cs:- Challenge, Conquer and Contribute
There's also the letter 'i' which stands for Information Technology and Innovation (being a millennium school).
The pupil (red dot) is going through different paths (3 Cs) to reach for global achievement (green dot).
[edit] School Song
A new day brings us faith to face the challenge
Let the seeds of knowledge set our minds aglow
A new day brings us strength to persevere
Let the will to give show our hearts of gold
We will challenge conquer and contribute
with our thoughts and actions we will reach our goals
The hopes and future are in our hands
we will never stop aspiring never stop believing
For we take pride in Canberra Secondary School
[edit] School Achievements
[edit] School Awards
- CHERISH Award [Gold] (2001 – 2004)
- CHERISH Award [Platinum] (2005 – 2007)
- Sustained Achievement Award [Physical Fitness] (2003- 2006)
- Academic Value-Added Achievement Award(2005)
- Green Audit Award
2002 - Hibiscus
2003 - Hibiscus
2004 - Orchid
2005 – 2007 - Lotus
- People Developer Standard (2005)
- IT Incubator School Award (2005)
- National Inter School new Media Challenge- Third [Secondary School Category] (2005)
- National Inter School new Media Challenge- Champions [Secondary School Category] (2006)
- COMPASS PARTNERS [Merit Award]
- Singapore Family Award [MCYS, SNEF]
[edit] CCA Achievements
Uniform groups
2002
- St John Ambulance Brigade [Silver Award]
2004
- NCC [Bronze Award]
- NPCC [Bronze Award]
- St John Ambulance Brigade [Silver]
2005
- NCC Girls [Silver Award]
- NCC Boys [Bronze Award]
- NPCC [Silver Award]
- St John [Gold Award]
2006
- NPCC [Silver Award]
2007
- NPCC [Gold Award]
Clubs and Media
2001
- School Video Award [Gold]
2002
- School Video Award [Gold]
2003
- School Video Award [Platinum]
2004
- Animania 2004 Computer 3D Animation
- School Video Award [Gold & Merit]
- SYFC Inter School Aeromodelling Competition [Champions]
2005
- School Video Award [Gold]
- SYFC Inter School Aeromodelling Competition [Champions]
2005 – 2007
- “Elementz” National Science Competition [Bronze]
Performing Arts
2001
- SYF Drama [Bronze]
2002
- SYF Drama [Bronze]
2003
- SYF Modern Dance [Silver]
2005
- SYF Concert Band [Bronze]
- SYF Malay Dance [Silver]
- SYF Modern Dance [Bronze]
- SYF Drama [Bronze]
2007
- SYF Malay Dance [Silver]
- SYF Concert Band [Bronze]
- SYF Modern Dance [Bronze]
- SYF Guzheng [Bronze]
[edit] Achievements by Staff
- Mr. S. Sivaganesh was crowned the Singapore's Brainiest Teacher in 2003 in a TV gameshow.
- Ms. Joyce Lee was awarded the Outstanding History Teacher Award in 2005.
[edit] Internal School Programmes
Academic
Own Your Learning programme (OYL) is carried out to acquire students with a good studying practice and getting the student to strategize to achieve goals. Personal reflections are carried out weekly to monitor their own progress with the guidance of their teachers. Students are mainly guided in terms of time management and a good study environment.
Excellence Programme is an after-school programme catering to upper secondary students with the purpose of covering the topics in the syllabus and strengthening their understanding. The programme is carried out everyday of the week. It is a flexible programme where teachers have the choice of dealing with weaker students only or holding mock examinations.
Non-academic
Apart from the Co-curricular Activities, the students are actively involved in activities leadership camps, school exchanges with foreign schools and internal school activities organized by the student counselors. Sports and Arts Festival are held yearly at the CCAB where sports tournament are held yearly. These efforts seek to foster a vibrant environment and enthusiastic spirit within the students. Besides, teachers and students work hand in hand catching students who involve in smoking, fighting and other illegal activities.
[edit] Publishing
Canberra Secondary School also published it's inaugural issue of yearbook on Year 2008.The yearbook contained some of the school's achievements and interesting happenings, it was also made mandatory for all students including graduates(2007) to purchase it. The yearbook was only given to the graduates(2007) who brought it reluctantly when they collected their results.
