Tampines Primary School

Tampines Primary School(Chinese: 淡滨尼小学) is a primary school in Tampines, Singapore. It shares the same building as Tampines Secondary School, although it is not affiliated.

History

Tampines Primary School started humbly in 1985 at Yumin Primary School and moved to its own premise at Tampines Street 12 in 1986 with a teaching staff of 42 and an enrollment of 1152 pupils in 29 classes.

The school was officially opened on 30 March 1988 by Mr Phua Bah Lee, the former Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence) and Member of Parliament for Tampines.

Journey of Growth

In 1999, the school’s crest was changed to a tapered ‘T’ to project its forward looking vision as a School of Distinction and strong endorsement in the use of ICT to support teaching and learning. By 2000, the school had acquired 280 computers to provide better support in teaching and learning – a sharp contrast to the 20 computers that were acquired in 1991.

In 2007, Programme for Rebuilding and Improving Existing Schools (PRIME) for the school was confirmed and single session for all levels was also experimented on the Monday of each week. By going single session, more facilities were freed up for after school enrichment programmes. The school has implemented single session, starting lessons at 8.00am from 2008. While the rebuilding was taking place, the school was temporarily relocated to the old Bedok South Secondary School compound (at New Upper Changi Road, opposite Bedok Stadium) from 2008 to 2009. In December 2009, after PRIME was completed, Tampines Primary School had a new school building blessed with better and improved facilities for an enriched teaching and learning experience.

References

• Tampines Primary Website

External links

• Tampines Primary Website