Temasek Secondary School

Temasek Secondary School (TMS) 淡马锡中学Dànmǎxī Zhōngxué Sekolah Menengah Temasek
We Care
Location
Bedok,
Information
Type	Autonomous, Government
Session	Single
Established	1980
Principal	Mrs Ong Hong Peng
Colour(s)	Navy blue, yellow, gold
Website	Link

Temasek Secondary School (abbreviation: TMS) is an autonomous government, co-educational N/O-level preparatory secondary school of the Ministry of Education of Singapore and serves Secondary One through Five. It was founded in 1980 as Bedok South Secondary School and had its first class sit O-levels in 1983, TMS was located in Bedok, in the eastern part of Singapore before being relocated in the current premises at 600 Upper East Coast Road.

Contents 1 History 2 School motto 3 School identity 4 Staff 5 Awards 6 Amenities 7 Achievements 7.1 Sports 7.2 Performing Arts 7.3 Clubs and Societies 7.4 Uniformed Groups 8 President's Challenge 8.1 Chocolate Day (2006) 8.2 Break for Charity (2007) 8.3 Go Wild for Charity! (2008) 8.4 Milo Breakfast For Charity (2009) 9 Other activities 10 Student leadership 11 Notable alumni 12 References 13 External links

History

Temasek Secondary School was founded in Bedok South in 1980 with Koh Beng Thiam as the first principal. Sim Hock Hye was the second principal. Tan Suan Imm was the first lady principal who initiated the school's first musical 'The Pied Piper'. Loo Pui Wah was the fourth principal. In March 1999, the school moved to its present location at 600 Upper East Coast Road, before the campus was officially opened in 2000.

Ouyang Geok Cheng was the fifth principal. In 2002, the school participated in the National Day Parade. In 2005, the school celebrated its 25th anniversary. The principal is Ong Hong Peng, who is the sixth principal.

School motto

"We care".

School identity

The school crest has historical references. Its main colour - navy blue - represents the sea which recalls Singapore's original name 'Temasek' (meaning Seaport Town) and from which it derives its name. The supporting colours are red and gold. Red represents brotherhood and team spirit while gold is symbolic of prosperity and progress. The motif depicts two lions holding a radiantly burning torch. The lions signify the nation and the school. The torch illuminates the nation's and school's ethos of a well-balanced curriculum of education and sports.

The school song of Temasek Secondary School was composed in 1980, the year of its foundation.

Staff

• Principal - Mrs. Ong Hong Peng
• Vice Principal - Mr. Arivazhagan Manickam

Awards

Temasek Secondary School attained autonomous status in 1995.

• Most Inspiring Teacher Award (2008) (by The Straits Times) - Mr. Eddie Tan
• School Distinction Award (SDA)
• Best Practice Award (Staff Well-Being)
• People Developer Award (since 2003)
• Singapore Quality Class (since 2004)
• Green Award-Lotus (since 2003)
• Sustained Achievement Award (Physical Fitness) (since 1998)
• Sustained Achievement Award (Uniformed Group) (since 2003)
• Sustained Achievement Award (Sports) (since 2007)
• Sustained Achievement Award (Uniformed Group) (since 2008)
• Thinking Culture Award (Since 2004)
• Character Development Award (Development Award)(Since 2006)
• National Education Award (Development Award) (Since 2007)

Amenities

The school moved into a new campus in 2000.

• Multi-Purpose Sports Hall
• Gymnasium
• Field (synthetic grass)
• Four Computer Laboratories
• iMac Laboratory (Music Room)
• Dance Studio
• Band Room
• Audio-Visual Theatrette
• Six Science Laboratories
• Two Home Economics kitchens
• Needle Work Room
• Woodwork Workshop
• Two Design and Technology Workshops
• Shooting Range
• Netball Court
• Basketball Court
• Multi-purpose Room (Learning Hub)
• Multi-purpose Room (Student Centre)
• Library

Achievements

Sports

2002

• Track and Field - Nationals 'B' Div Boys 400m 1st

2004

• Canoeing - C' Div Boys 4th - (From T2- 500m Gold pair)

2005

• Netball - 2nd Tier East Zone Challenge League, obtaining the 1st and 3rd place for 'B' and 'C' division respectively.
• Softball - In the East Zone competition, crowned champion for the 'B' division boys team.

2006

• Canoeing - Both the 'B' and 'C' Division girls came in as champions, and the 'C' Division boys 4th in the Nationals.
• Shooting Club (Air Rifle and Air Pistol) - Both 'B' and 'C' Division Air Rifle girls secured 2nd place, while the 'B' and 'C' Division Air Rifle boys attained 3rd and 4th places respectively in the Inter-School Zonal Championships. In additional, Shazunah Bte Aman clinched a 3rd position in the National competition individual event. In the NJC Open Inter-School Shooting Competition, the Air Rifle girls came in 1st, and the Air Rifle boys came in 4th. In the HomeTeamNS Inter-School Shooting Competition, the Air Rifle girls came in 3rd, and the Air Rifle boys came in 4th.

2007

• Canoeing - Both the 'B' and 'C' Division girls came 3rd in the Nationals.
• Shooting Club (Air Rifle and Air Pistol) - The 'B' Division Air Rifle girls, and 'C' Division Air Pistol girls emerged as champions, the 'C' Division Air Rifle boys and girls teams and the 'B' and 'C' Division Air Pistol boys teams came in 2nd, while the 'B' Division Air Rifle Boys came in 3rd in the Inter-School Zonal Championships. In additional, the Air Pistol 'C' Division girls came in overall 3rd and the Air Pistol 'B' Division boys came in overall 4th, doing our school proud in the National competition team event. In the NJC Open Inter-School Shooting Competition, the Air Rifle girls secured the 1st place once again, the Air Rifle boys came in 2nd, and the Air Pistol girls and boys teams came in 4th. In the HomeTeamNS Inter-School Shooting Competition, the Air Rifle boys came in 4th once again, and the Air Pistol girls came in 3rd. In the NTU Open Inter-School Shooting Competition, the Air Rifle boys came in 3rd, and the Air Pistol girls came in 4th.

2008

• Temasek Secondary School won the Cheering Award in the annual Combined Sports Meet as well as first prize in the Teacher's Race.

Performing Arts

2004

• Temasek A Cappella Group (TAG) placed 1st in the National A cappella Championships (High School Category).

2005

• At the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging,
  • the Temasek Chorale (Choir), Freestylers (Dance) and the Temasek Chinese Orchestra obtained Gold awards.
  • the Temasek Wind Ensemble (TWE) was awarded the Gold with Honours.
  • Temasek A Cappella Group (TAG) placed 2nd in the National A cappella Championships. In addition, Ryan Chan was awarded the vocal percussionist of the year award.

2006

• Temasek A Cappella Group (TAG) (two teams) placed Champion and 2nd runner-up in the National A cappella Championships (High School Category).

2007

At the SYF Central Judging,

• • the Temasek Chinese Orchestra and the Freestylers attained Gold awards.
  • the Temasek Wind Ensemble and the Temasek Chorale attained Silver awards.
  • Temasek A Cappella Group (TAG) (two teams) placed 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up in the National A Cappella Championships (High School Category). Lin Xuefang was awarded the vocal percussionist of the year award.

2008

• Temasek A Cappella Group (TAG) placed Champion and 1st runner-up in the National A Cappella Championships (High School Category) and won the award for Best Soloist (Stephanie Lim), the Percussionist of The Year (POTY) award (Lin Xuehen), the Best Costume award as well as the Audience Favourite award for a first ever total of 6 out of 6 possible awards for any team in the high-school category.
• At the 21st Century International Band Competition, the Temasek Wind Ensemble was awarded the Gold award.

2009

• At the SYF Central Judging:
  • the Temasek Chinese Orchestra attained the Gold with Honours award.
  • the Temasek Chorale attained the Gold award.
  • the Temasek Wind Ensemble (TWE) attained the Silver award.
  • the Temasek Freestylers attained the Bronze award.
  • Temasek A Cappella Group (TAG) placed 1st runner-up in the National A Cappella Championships (High School/JC/ Poly Category). In addition, both teams that were sent in attained Silver awards.

Clubs and Societies

2003

• The Temasek IT Club(now known as Infocomm Club) won an individual Silver award in the Lower Secondary category of the Inter-School PowerPoint Competitiom. They also won the Gold award in the team category at the Inter-School I-Skills Competition and a Silver award in the team category at the Micromouse Competition.

2005

• the Temasek IT Club(now known as Infocomm Club) won the 1st runner up position at the East Zone Microsoft Word Competition held my Microsoft Singapore.

2007

• The Infocomm Club won first place in the Open Category of the School Digital Media Awards.

2008

• In the annually held island-wide animation competition, Animania 07, the Temasek Infocomm Club won third place.

2009

• The Temasek Infocomm club won 1st place, 3rd place and a merit at the "Animate@S4.RMPS" Animation competition held by Radin Mas Primary School and the National Environment Agency. The theme of the competition was "The Art of Saving".

Uniformed Groups

2009

• The Saint John Ambulance Brigade (SJAB) retained its Silver award for the third time in the Annual Corp Achievement Award 2009 which was conducted by SJAB Headquarters.
• The Saint John Ambulance Brigade won awards in the SJAB First Aid, Foot drill and Home Nursing Competition 2009, the Best Team Leader for Ambulance Adult Category, the Best in Foot Drill for Ambulance Adult Category, the Best in Transportation of Casualty for Ambulance Adult Category, the Best in Case Study (Long) for Ambulance Adult Category, the Overall Champion in Ambulance Adult Category, the 1st Runners up in Nursing Cadet Category and the 4th Placing in Nursing Adult Category
• The National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) unit clinched the Silver award for the annual NPCC Unit Proficiency Assessment(UOPA).

President's Challenge

The school has been participating in the President's Challenge. The school has broken records every year for charity which are recorded in the Singapore Book of Records. The students organise an annual fund-raising concert for The Straits Times Pocket Money Fund. The school has worked with sponsors such as Nestle, NTUC Fairprice and Mattel.

Chocolate Day (2006)

The school, led by Singapore President Sellapan Ramanathan, broke the record for the most number of people having a chocolate break and raised S$30,000 for the President's Challenge Fund. Every student in the school travelled island-wide to raise funds.

Break for Charity (2007)

In 2007, students built Singapore's “Tallest House of Cards” which was constructed in the basement of AMK Hub The final card was placed in a ceremony attended by President Sellapan Ramanathan. Students had travelled island-wide selling to consumers, for S$2, the opportunity to sign a card which would help create the house. These cards were sponsored by Nestle and had a Kit-Kat Logo on the back of the cards. S$30,000 was raised by students through the signing of these cards by the public.

Go Wild for Charity! (2008)

In 2008, the students raised over $70 thousand for the President's Challenge. For every $2 donation, donors received a limited edition UNO Sampling Deck. With main sponsor Mattel (Singapore) and Giant (Tampines), the school set two records: Singapore's Largest Heart Montage Using Cards and Most Number of People Playing A Card Game.

Milo Breakfast For Charity (2009)

In 2009, together with Nestle (Singapore) as the main sponsor, the students raised over $50 thousand for the President's Challenge. With every $2 donation, members of public were presented with a Milo drink. The school also set two Singapore Records: the Largest Montage Made from Packet Drinks and the Most Number of People Having Breakfast Cereal at the same time.

Other activities

The school runs two Resilience Camps for the students. The Secondary One students attend a local adventure camp while the Secondary Three students undergo a week-long camp in Pahang, Malaysia.

Two teams of students from Temasek Secondary School, and two other schools, won one of the seven awards from the first Tech Challenge in robotics held in Pennsylvania on 9 March 2008. The Singapore teenagers were the only representatives from Asia.^[1]

Student leadership

There are four groups of leaders in the school - the Student Councillors, Peer Support Leaders, Sports Captains and the Class Managers.

Student Councillors have key duties ssuch as flag-raising and announcements, and run school-based activities such as the Secondary 1 Investiture, Post Exam Activities, Teacher's Day, and Graduation Night.

Peer Support Leaders organise character development programmes which include mass CIPs (e.g. the President's Challenge and Green Scavenger Race at East Coast Park), peer support activities (Secondary One Orientation) and leadership development programmes (e.g. Primary 5 Leadership Camp) .

Sports Captains promote health and sports in the school and lead students in Physical Education classes. They organize sports based activities such as the Combined Sports Meet, the annual Cross-Country Race at East Coast Park and the ACES (All children exercise simultaneously) Workout.

Class Managers assist teachers in the management of class affairs, managing class administration, and organize class based events, such as barbecues, Class T-Shirts and Teacher Day Celebrations.

Notable alumni

• Fann Wong, actress^[2][3]
• Wong Li-Lin, actress^[4]
• Joanne Peh, actress; was head prefect at Temasek.^[5]
• Ivy Lee, actress^[6]

References

External links

• Official website