Mayflower Primary School

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**Mayflower Primary School**

Motto	Service Before Self
Established	1979
Type	Government, Double
Principal	Zainal bin Sapari
MOE Code	1152
Colours	Navy, White
Locale	Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
Enrollment	2000+
Website	Link
Ministry of Education
Republic of Singapore

Mayflower Primary School (simplified Chinese: 美华小学) is one of the oldest primary schools in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It was founded in 2 January 1979, with 77 teachers and nearly 2400 pupils.

1 History
2 School Vision and Mission
3 Core Values
4 School Song
5 Staff awards
6 Facilities
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

Mayflower Primary School started functioning on 2 January 1979 with Madam Chua Soo Huang as the pioneering principal. The school began with 77 teachers, 56 classes and 2395 pupils. The following year on 4 July 1980, the school held its official opening officiated by Mr Yeo Toon Chia, the then Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio.

Mr George Goh became Principal when Madam Chua resigned at the end of 1983. The school became known for its Science Room and Garden, and membership for the School Advisory Committee increased and an annual Games Day was held under his leadership.

In June 1988, Mrs Mary Lim assumed the role of a principal of the school when the former was appointed an Inspector for Schools by the Ministry of Education. Information technology was introduced in the school and some teachers were sent for training. Speech and Drama classes were initiated in both English and Chinese, computer classes were organised for the pupils during the school holidays and abacus classes were introduced. In 1991 a Food-and-Fun-Fair raised money for school improvement projects including the air-conditioning of the Music Room. The school also saw a change in the school uniform to its current design.

The school became a single session school in 1993 when it took over the premises of the former Ang Mo Kio Primary School building. However, with the growing enrolment of the school, it had to revert to double session in 1996. December 1996 saw Mrs Lim transferred to Woodlands Primary School, and Mrs Mary Teo took the leadership for a year.

Miss Ngeow Ah Cheng was appointed principal of the school in 1998 and the school shifted to a new school building at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 in March 2000. Ngeow stepped down in December 2004 and Mr Zainal bin Sapari has been the principal since then.

The school has won a number of awards at the Singapore Youth Festival. This includes Chinese Orchestra, Malay dance, Indian dance, string ensemble, Chinese dance and choir.

The school also holds the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest variety show in 2003.^[1]

[edit] School Vision and Mission

Mayflower Primary School's Vision, Mission and Core Values were defined since the first few principals, but Mr Zainal bin Sapari had revised them in the year 2006. The following are the mission and vision that applied till 2005. Elegantly sown into the school's future, it laid the way towards a brighter tomorrow.^[2]

Our Mission:

Children are our future. We are dedicated to their success.^[3]

Our Vision:

The school, in partnership with the parents and the community, is committed to providing a safe, inviting and caring environment so that each chile can grow into a well-balanced, thinking and caring pupil who has a love for learning, compassion for others and the drive to realize his/her full potential.^[4]

Below is the image of the school's Vision and Mission was laid down by Mr Zainal bin Sapari in 2006.

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[edit] Core Values

Also revised in 2006, the former core values form the acronym CHILDREN:^[5]

Compassion : Being caring and understanding

Honesty : Being truthful, sincere and trustworthy

Interdependence : Working together for the benefit of everyone

Love for Learning / Lifelong Learning : Having the willingness and passion to learn and grow

Dedication : Focusing one's energy and effort to fulfil the areas of responsibility

Respect : Being respectful to all through speech and action.

ENdurance : Being focused and persistent^[6]

The new core values are as follows:

Resilience

Commitment for Excellence

Willingness to Lead and Serve

Courage to Venture

Love for Country^[7]

[edit] School Song

Mayflower our very own

Our seeds of learning here are sown

Into good citizens we will grow

We're here to learn and strive,

to give purpose to our life,

for a brighter 'morrow

We are cared for and we care

We receive, so must we share

For the good that's ours not mine

We do our school and nation proud

We make known to all aloud

Tis the spirit of we, not I^[8]

Lyrics: Mr Seah Lye Huat^[9]

Music: Mr Leong Yoon Pin^[10]

[edit] Staff awards

Year	Name	Name of Award	Type of Award
2003	Ms Cheong Sau Peng	National Day Award	Commendation Medal
2003	Mrs Dolores Purohit	National Day Award	Efficiency Medal
2004	Mrs Avtar Singh	National Day Award	Efficiency Medal
2004	Mr See Kok Kiong	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2004	Mr Ignatius Lim	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2005	Mrs Salim Fong	National Day Award	Commendation Medal
2006	Mr Ignatius Lim	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2006	Mrs Salim Fong	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2006	Mdm Irene Low	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2006	Miss Nurhuda Bte Housman	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2006	Mrs Alicia Chan	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2006	Mdm Zaharinah Bte Amzah	NIE - Exxon Mobil School Caring Teacher Award
2006	Mr Ignatius Lim	Innergy Award
2006	Ms Ng Yein Leng	National Day Award	Efficiency Medal

^[11]

Other Awards:

In 2004, faculty member Mrs. Avtar Singh (nee Lily Seah Ah Nam) was awarded the Singaporean Pingat Berkebolehan (Efficiency Medal).^[12]

In 2005, Mrs. Salim Fong (nee Lim Choo Imm), level head, was awarded the Singaporean Pingat Kepujian (Commendation Medal). ^[13]

In 2007, Mrs. Jessie Ching (nee Yip Jee Cheng), level head, was awarded the highly prestigious Singapore President's Teachers Award.^[14]

[edit] Facilities

There are numerous facilities in the school compound and this includes a heritage gallery, computer rooms, a life science room, and an amphitheatre.^[15]