Vision:
Pupils to be gracious, creative and innovative learners, striving towards excellence in learning and service in their community.

Mission:
Pupils as budding scientists and environmentalists, constantly seeking new ways to save nature's resources.

Objectives:
Pupils to participate in school-wide initiatives that promote environmental care, to communicate with others on nature, life sciences and share new knowledge with other learners.

Brief Description of CCA:
Pupils from Primary 3 to Primary 6 form the Science Club. Every child will participate in gathering information through researched readings, hands-on experiments and be in the fore-front in PPS school recycling activities. There are outdoor projects, which are mainly in partnership with NEA and NPARKS. Our recent project, the Punggol Park Trail, has lent in itself a third place winning in the Greenwave Competition 2011, Primary School Category, organized by Sembawang Shipyard. Through our winning brochures customized for both children and adults, pupils will facilitate nature trails for other teachers and younger learners. Currently, a team of pupils are constructing a website on Punggol Park which aims to share more knowledge of the park’s features.

Venue:
Science Room

Achievements:
• Won Third Prize in Greenwave Competition 2011 organized by Sembawang Shipyard.
• Pupils created a website on Punggol Park- whereby a photo gallery will be set up to share plant and animal facts with everyone.
• Nature Trails at Punggol Park by students for students and teachers in the local community.
• Herb and Spice Trail in PPS- it is interactive and awakens your senses. Lots of thumbs up reviews!!

Activities:
Service Learning:
- To implement greening activities in school.

CIP Learning:
- Green Carnivals, Earth week activities
- Science in Games, created by pupils for children

Research Work:
Genetically-modified Foods, Herbs and Spices, Food Enzymes, Food Sciences, Toy-Making

Presentation:
Pupils to deliberate on their communication efforts to share their findings on their research and experimental results.

Reflections of pupils:
Jam Making at the Science Centre :
“I like jam making. I learnt the strawberry is an aggregate type of fruit”.

“Kitchen science is fun. Can we come back for more?”

“We made our jam, and ate some with the cream crackers. I can bring back a small part of it to let Mama
try. Hope Mum likes it.”

“It is easy. I can do it!”

Highlights:
1) The Punggol Park Trail by students of Science Club for Adults and students.
2) Food Sciences; Ice Cream Making, Jam Making Presentation, Oil Rancidity
3) Learning Journeys

Vision:
To develop confident speakers who speak with love

Mission:
To provide a conducive platform for pupils to become confident speakers

Objectives:
To develop confidence in our pupils in the area of speaking by engaging them to present to the lower Primary cohort during pre-assembly period

Brief Description of CCA:
Out-of-the-Box Club provides a platform for Primary Two pupils to research and showcase their talents or findings through oral presentation. It seeks to enthuse pupils, whether club members or the audience, in various subject areas such as English, Mathematics, Science, Music, Art and Physical Education. Through regular public speaking, it is hoped that the members will grow their confidence in their oral presentation skills and the love for the various subjects.

Venue:
Library

Achievements:
The pupils had presented one session of poetry recitation during Out-of the-Box time

What is SEE Club?
SEE Club represents Science, Ecology and Environment Club. It is also a junior Science Club specially catered for the lower primary pupils.

Objectives:
Pupils will be able to:
- Learn about the characteristics of plants and animals in their environment.
- Appreciate and care for their environment.
- Understand the importance of doing our part for the environment through activities involving Reuse,
  Reduce and Recycle.
- Learn about the importance of water and water cycle.
- Understand weather through activities involving weather experiments.

Venue:
Science Room

Vision:
Joy in Learning & Sharing

Mission:
To provide a supportive and stimulating environment that will nurture in every member a love for Mathematics through structured math-related activities.

Objectives:
1. To equip members with problem-solving skills.

2. To inculcate in members confidence and love for Math.

3. To provide platform for members to lead and serve.

Brief Description of CCA:
Members are nurtured holistically in their cognitive, leadership, aesthetics, morale, physical and social aspects (CLAMPS). They are given opportunities to engage in activities such as investigative work, research, games, Math-art and community involvement projects.

Venue:
Maths Room

Cognitive : Awards 2012

Hwa Chong SMOP Achievements: 1 Silver and 2 Bronze		Nan Chiau Math and Science Competition Achievements: Mathematics Individual Prize (Consolation), Mathematics & Science Overall Individual Champion and Mathematics & Science Overall Team Champion
Raffles Institution Primary World Maths Competition (P5 pupils) Achievements: 1 Distinction (Ryan Tay of P5-5), 1 Credit and Top 17.

Leadership:

Social:

Recess Activities
Class Activities

Aesthetic:

From 2-D to 3-D		Paper Cutting: Snow Flakes
Tessellation

Morale:

Happy Faces During Class Activities

Physical:

Hands-On Activities

Vision:
A gracious and innovative infocomm club that finds joy in learning and sharing with fellow students.

Mission:
To provide a supportive and stimulating environment that will nurture in every individual, responsibility, graciousness and a passion for life-long learning.

Objectives:
- To let students learn how to produce a good video or movie using digital video camera and a video editing software.

- To learn and apply the skills of digital video production including camera operation, video editing and post production techniques in order to produce a short educational video.

Brief Description of CCA:
To teach students the basic skills of handling a digital camera and a video camera. To also teach students how to use freeware programs to edit photos and video clips.

Venue:
Computer Lab 3 (Next to the Library)

Achievements:
- Digital Diary Competition 2011 by Koobits & Twitter
- Freedom Challenge 2011 - Certificate of Participation 2011
- School Digital Media Awards (SDMA) – Certificate of Participation 2009-2011
- National Infocomm Club Awards – Certificate of Participation 2009-2010

Reflections of Pupils:
“Infocomm Club taught me Teamwork and a lot of useful knowledge. When I first joined Infocomm Club, I thought it would be boring. However, I’ve been enjoying my time all this while in the club. I’ve learnt a lot of software skills such as Gamemaker, Stykz, Gimp and many more. It helped me in doing school projects that has got to do with using ICT. I really hope my juniors will too have a great time just like I did in Infocomm Club. There are great opportunities to learn new things and let out the geeky and nerdy side of me!”

Jennah Maye Jontilano
6-4

Vision:
To inspire and enable pupils to explore their creativity and problem solving skills through the use of science and technology in a fun and competitive atmosphere.

Mission:
Our mission is to challenge the pupils’ ability to innovate, problem solving and to enhance their creative thinking and team work skills which are the essential skills for the 21st century.

Objectives:
- Keeping students excited about the possibilities of robotics in a fun and enjoyable way of learning new skills as well as to cultivate leadership and entrepreneurship capabilities.

- Giving the pupils the exposure to robotics skills and simultaneously preparing them for the annual National Junior Robotics Competition (NJRC), organized by the Singapore Science Centre. The NJRC is all about problem solving skills, through the creative thinking and independent learning of students.

Brief Description of CCA:
Robotics Club equips our pupils with IT skills so that they become problem solvers and innovative thinkers. The environment is one which entails the pupils to have hands-on experience in building robots and using computers to program them and making them move.

 

Vision:
Reading with joy for life.

Mission:
To bring books and reading materials in all forms to every child.

Brief Description of CCA:
Our school library boasts a strength of 30 pupil librarians from Primary 3 to Primary 6, 3 Teacher-librarians and our School Librarian, Aunty Peggy.

Our pupil librarians, under the guidance of the teacher-librarians and our School Librarian, oversee the loaning and organising of library books and media resources. Through the service we provide to serve the school to make reading a natural part of everyday life, our pupil librarians are given a platform to demonstrate our school values: Self-discipline, Teamwork, Affection and Respect.

Newly introduced this year is our very own school library blog maintained by our pupil librarians.

The url website is pps-my-library.blogspot.com

Our School library boasts a collection of about 36 000 books, comprising picture books for younger and beginning readers, fiction and non-fiction books in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil Languages

Library Opening Hours:
Mondays to Fridays

8.30a.m. to 12.30p.m.
1.30p.m. to 4.30p.m

Venue:
Library

 

Vision:
To be the Youth Organisation of choice

Mission:
To nurture Youth, based on Christian Values to lead and serve

Objectives:


The design of the Emblem was originally an anchor. It stems from the bible scripture Hebrews 6:19.
“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both Sure and Stedfast.” From this verse, The Boys’ Brigade adopted the phrase“Sure and Stedfast” as its motto. When The Boys’ Brigade and The Boys’ Life Brigade (BLB) were united in 1926, the red cross from the BLB’s red cross was added to the BB emblem resulting in the present design.

The Object of The Boys' Brigade shall be the advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect and all that tends towards a true Christian Manliness.

The text has remained the same except for addition in 1983 of the word obedience. In practice, the Object means:

• To help Boys develop and grow in Christian character
• To train Boys to become loyal and responsible citizens
• To promote Boys’ physical fitness and develop their leadership potential

Brief Description of CCA:

Venue:
Canteen (Meeting Point)

Achievements:
Gold Honour Roll (for Year 2007)
Bronze Honour Roll (for Year 2008)
Silver Honour Roll (for Year 2009)

Activities:
• Games
• Nature Hikes
• Local/overseas camps
• Award based lessons (e.g. drills, tent-pitching, field cooking, first-aid, etc…)
• Community service/CIP
(BB Sharity Gift Box, BB CARES)

Vision:
By 2027
- To have a GB company in every Singapore School with girls.
- To have a GB presence in every country in Asia.

Mission:
Developing each girl to her fullest potential by equipping, empowering and enabling every Girl to be a leader.

Objectives:
To help girls to obtain self-control, reverence and a sense of responsibility, so as to find true enrichment of life.

Brief Description of CCA:
Educational
- Widening Interests
- Cultivating meaningful pursuits
- Improving knowledge and skills

Physical
- Developing physical skills
- Participating in games and physical activities
- Learning to care for themselves

Social
- Understanding oneself in relation to others
- Learning and being service to Home, Community, Country and World

Venue:
P1-2 Classroom, Parade Ground, Canteen

Achievements:
- Top 10 GB Companies : 2007 – 2010
- Community Waypoint Challenge (Gold Award 2007 – 2008)
- Star Award 2010
- Fun Challenge (Bronze Award 2009 – 2010)
- Company Award 2010 (Silver Award)
- Creative Drill Competition (Bronze Award)

Activities:
Service Learning
Community Work:
- Thuja Home (2006 – 2007)
- Bethany Methodist Nursing Home (2008 – 2009)
- Society for the Aged Sick (2009 – 2010)
- St Luke Hospital (2011)

CIP:
As Above

Reflections of Pupil:

"I really enjoy going to Girls’ Brigade. The activities I like most are playing games. Our officers and seniors are very kind even though they are strict when we do things wrong. They help to build up our confidence, self esteem and we become more responsible. Girls’ Brigade actually teaches us about the right values like caring for one another, take care of the young and old, as well as be forgiving when others do us wrong. We went to the Old Folks’ Home to learn how to take care of the elderly. I become more patient towards the old folks after this visit. I am looking forward to every GB Meeting and hope I can continue to bring joy to others."

Germaine Yeoh P6-5 (2011)

"I really enjoy going for Girls' Brigade meetings. We've been taught good values and I have learnt how to be more responsible. I think that learning drills can be quite fun, although we often get scolding from our senior girls and officers. Our officers are really nice to us. They are so encouraging even when we fail to do things right. The senior girls are quite fierce at times but they are actually quite fun-loving. I enjoy every session of Devotion because I can learn more about God's word and many interesting bible stories. I enjoyed the times when my friends and I went to the church to collect donations from the church members. Being able to participate in the Low Guat Tin fund raising project, whereby my good friend, Germaine and I helped out at the breakfast stall really boosted my confidence. I find camps and outings most interesting and exciting. I have learnt a lot about survival skills and how to make my own bunk bed. Learning about Mother Nature during the Mawai Eco Camp was fun and enriching. I just want to thank the GB officers for their immense care and patience, as well as teaching us so many things. I am looking forward to participate in more activities organized by GB, hoping that I will be able to learn more and to share my experience with others."

Rachel Teng Xin Yi P6-3 (2011)

Vision:
To nurture pupils who are confident and effective in the use of the English language.

Mission:
To equip pupils with a variety of linguistic skills so that they will be able to effectively communicate and express themselves.

Objectives:
We set out to cultivate the pupils’ interest and love for the English language and enhance their linguistic skills through a variety of activities. We also provide the platforms for pupils to demonstrate their skills and build their confidence.

Brief Description of CCA:
Our meetings are opportunities for pupils to nurture their aptitude for the performing arts. Our activities include Poetry Recitation, Reader’s Theatre, Storytelling and Literature Appreciation. Platforms such as Assembly Performances are also created to allow pupils to showcase their talent.

Venue:
Library

Vision:
To nurture and develop confident and expressive English Language speakers who are able to articulate their ideas and thoughts fluently.

Mission:
To develop a greater appreciation and love for the English Language through interesting drama and journalistic activities.

Objectives:
Our English Club is a CCA for pupils to cultivate, encourage and promote the development of communication skills by
- enhancing their literary appreciation skills through drama and stage performances
- working as a team in honing their journalism skills through collaborative school online Newsmaker video clips cum publicising the latest events and news in school

Brief Description of CCA:
English Club offers an avenue for students to express themselves creatively and challenge themselves with English-based activities such as

- Storytelling
- Debates
- Drama
- Readers' Theatre/Poetry Recitation
- Video Journalism (Kids @ Studio)
- English Language Games

It also provides opportunities to perform in school-based or public performances as well as a chance to take part in inter-school competitions.

Venue:
Music Room 2 or Computer Lab (Level 2)

Highlights:

2012
- 11TH Inter-School National Scrabble Championship
- SYSFF Stage Drama Competition
- N3 Cluster 2012 Oratorical Competition
- PESA Competition
- Workshops on Newsmaker software for news production
- Workshops on MovieMaker software for video-editing
- Roving reporters during school events

Achievements:
- Top 8 schools in the SYFF National Shell Drama Competition World as One Competition (Merit Award)
- Came in 4th in position for Scrabble DASH Category in the 11th Inter-School National Scrabble Championship 2012
- Won the 1st place for Poetry Recitation, 1st place in Storytelling and Most Entertaining Speaker Award in N3 Oratorical Competition 2012
- Top 8 schools in the SYFF National Shell Drama Competition 2011
- World as One Competition (Merit Award) 2011

11th Inter-School Scrabble Competition 2012


In high spirits during the 11th Inter-School Scrabble National Championship 2012


Making new friends in the midst of the 11th Inter-School Scrabble National Championship 2012

SSYSF STAGE! 2012 Drama Competition
This year, our pupils participated in the annual SSYSF STAGE! 2012 competition and qualified for the grand finals which was held on the 31st of March 2012, at The Science Centre. Our pupils came in fourth, earning themselves a Merit Award and also won the ‘Best Scientific Content’ award and Two Best Performer Awards, which went to Nadine Marasigan from P3-4 and Norika Ng from P5-5. Their performance was very well-received and entertaining, earning them compliments from the judges.


Caption: Ready to break a leg and impress the judges at the auditions!


Caption: (from L-R) Norika and Nadine, beaming with pride after collecting their Best Performer Awards. Way to go, girls!

N3 Cluster 2012 Oratorical Competition
Four students from the English Club took part in the N3 Cluster 2012 Oratorical Competition which was held at Compassvale Secondary on the 22nd of May 2012. Our school performed really well, emerging as champions in both the Poetry Reciting and Storytelling competitions. Marcy from 5-1 and Hasha from 4-5 emerged tops in the Poetry competition and Sabarna and Nandhan from 4-5 emerged victorious in the Storytelling round. In addition, Sabarna was also awarded the ‘Most Entertaining Speaker’ award. It was a clean sweep for Punggol Primary and our pupils really impressed the judges and teachers with their confidence and presentations skills.


Caption: Hasha and Marcy made a winning pair as they won the Poetry Recitation competition!


Caption: Nandhan and Sabarna smiling in delight after their win in the Storytelling competition which made it a clean sweep for Punggol Primary!


Caption: Sabarna could hardly believe that she won the Most Entertaining Speaker award!


Caption: (from L-R) Hasha, Sabarna, Nandhan and Marcy relishing their well-deserved victories after their confident performances.


Storytelling by Kids@Studio


Total Defence News


Scrabble Competition

Vision:
Budding Artists.

Mission:
Pupils are aware of their potentials in Art.

Objectives:
- Pupils to acquire basic knowledge about Art.

- Pupils learn to draw different objects.

- Pupils learn to express themselves freely.

Brief Description of CCA:
Art Club is a fun place to be if you want to learn about colours, lines and textures in a fun and exciting way! You may get the opportunity to display your art pieces around the school. So come on and join us!

Venue:
Art Studio

 

Vision:
A confident and eloquent group of student reporters who finds joy in presenting news events in Mandarin.

Mission:
To develop a greater interest and love for the Chinese Language through journalistic activities.

Objectives:
We aim to develop and enhance communication skills in pupils by equipping them with basic journalism skills and allowing them to present the latest school events/ news using newsmaker video clips.

Brief Description of CCA:
In this CCA, pupils are trained in video journalism and to present news in a creative and objective manner. Pupils with potential are selected and trained to host school events or take part in national competitions.

Venue:
Library