2023 Sec 2 Parent Symposium

Mrs Chin Bee Kuan

Deputy Principal
新年快乐， 身体安康!
 What can students look forward to in Sec 2?
• Another year of exploration … … widening & deepening knowledge,
enhancing personal mastery in learning.
• Character building through CCA
• Values in Action (VIA) Programmes
• Leadership opportunities
Holistic Programme
Affective Cognitive
Domain Domain

CCAs Languages

Leadership Math/Sciences

Values in
Humanities
Action
2023 Highlights

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 IP: Servant Leadership,
Leadership Opportunities Growth Mindset,
Self-directedness

Sec 1 Sec 2 Sec 3

• Class • Class Mgt Comm • CMC
Management • Consortium
Committee • Consortium Council ExCo
(CMC) Council • High School
• Councillors- • Green Council Council
in-Training • VIA Council • Green
• Uniformed Council ExCo
Groups • NE Council
• VIA Council
• Green • Peer Support • Peer Support
Council Leaders Leaders
• VIA Council • CCA Leaders • CCA Leaders
• Peer Support • PW gp leaders
Leadership Training

• Council Retreats & Training

• Model United Nations (MUNs)
• Ong Teng Cheong Leadership
Sabbatical
• External workshops/seminars
• Model ASEAN Summit (MAS)
• Grassroots Attachment
Programme
• Moot Parliament Programme
 IP: Talent Development,
Leadership in Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) Servant Leadership,
Self-directedness,
Personal Mastery
 IP: Personal Mastery,
Servant Leadership,
Growth Mindset
Outdoor Education (OE) Programme
•Secondary 1 Team building Camp (Sec One Annual Camp)
•Secondary 2 OE Modules (post-exam period)
•Secondary 3 OBS 5-Day Course
•Secondary 4 Overseas Camps/Expeditions

OE: Outdoor Education

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OBS: Outward Bound Singapore
 IP: Servant Leadership,
Values in Action (VIA): 6-Year Approach Personal Mastery ,
Growth Mindset

Advocates a progressive approach

to provide opportunities for all Years 5 & 6: Being a
students to take part in lifelong volunteer
- Through OCIP and SL
community projects from being a
participant to becoming an active Years 3 & 4: Initiating a
organizer. community project
- Through CIP, CEP and SL

Years 1 & 2: Awareness and

familiarization stage
- Through CIP (Consortium or CCA)

Community Engagement Program

OCIP: Overseas Community Involvement Program
SL: Service Learning
 IP: Bicultural Competence,
Sec 2 IP Curriculum Growth Mindset,
Interdisciplinarity,
• S2 Thinking Programme Future-readiness

Western
Ideologies
Convergence
Eastern
& Divergence
Ideologies
of Ideologies

S2 Thinking
Programme
Appreciation of Chinese Culture (ACC) IP: Bicultural Competence,
Servant Leadership,

中华文史知识课程 Personal Mastery

1. History of China (中国历史与启示 )

2. Chinese Literary Works (文艺创作：诗歌，绘画，小说 )
3. Chinese Calligraphy (中国书法知识与实践 )
 Project Work IP: Self-directedness, Future-
readiness, Talent development,
Interdisciplinarity

Cat 12: Entrepreneurial

Launchpad Programme (S4)
• Focus more on Process than Outcomes
• Develop Important Life-skills, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Global Literacies
• More details at https://sites.google.com/hci.edu.sg/hs-pw/home
 Assessment Structure
Academic Assessments (in general) Scholastic Assessments
1 Common Alternative Oral Project Work
Examination
Test Assessment Communication (ref. details at PW Briefing)

Proposal Evaluation 10%

Oral Participation:
Final Evaluation
40% +
(includes Individual
Higher Chinese 10%
Communication Skills)
15 % 15% 70% (25%)
+ Written report 25%
Best 3 subjects
(3 X 25%) Individual Performance 10%
PW Reflection 5%
Research Facilities
New:
Artificial Intelligence Lab
Option for Upper Sec Academic Talent Programmes
(Term 3)

Nurture leaders in Research, Industry,

Governance

For students who want to develop a

deep passion in a chosen discipline

Students should have good learning

attitude and appetite for deep learning
 IP: Self-directedness, Future-readiness,
Upper Sec Academic Programmes Talent development, Interdisciplinarity,
Bicultural Competence

Humanities Science and Computing Bicultural Chinese

Programme Math Talent Talent Studies Language
Programme Programme Programme Elective
[In-depth [Enriched Math 双文化课程 Programme
Humanities and Science
[AI experience, [East-West 华文语特课程
curricula, curiosity
Studies, effective for scientific and Computational Relations] [Language,
communicators technological Thinking] Culture,
and leaders] explorations] Philosophy]

Art Elective Programme , Additional subjects: Biology, Computing, 3rd Language

Dual Track Programmes: SMTP-BSP & HP-BSP

Interdisciplinary Dual Track Programmes:

Multi-talented
thinkers who can SMTP - BSP
bicultural students
engage East and West HP - BSP

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So many programmes … … how to choose?

IP BSP SMTP
HP CLEP CTP
Additional Passion
subjects
Strengths
Stamina
Well-being
CCA Joy of learning
Leadership
 Sec 2 Promotion Criteria
MSG-All
• EOY Remedial
≤4 Programmes (30 Oct-
17 Nov) will be
Promoted arranged for
students who need
to Sec 3 them.
• Diagnostic Tests will
 be conducted in
C6 for Jan 2024 to monitor
English these students’
and Higher progress.
Chinese
 2023 Calendar Of Key Events
JAN
3-4/1: Sec 1 Orientation
6,11,13/1: CCA Orientation
APR
3/4: Founders’ Day Prize-giving
Ceremony
JULY
28/7: PW Report Submission
28/7: Combined Sports Meet
OCT
11/10: End of EOY Exams
12-18/10: Marking & Paper checks
19-27/10: Post-exam Activities
27/10: Last day of school 
FEB MAR
15/2: T1 School-wide Home Based 6-10/3: T1 Sabbatical Week
Learning – 1 (Education Conference) 13-19/3: Term 1 Holidays 
(HCI-NYGH Ed Conference for teachers) 21/3 : Founders’ Day Food Drive
22/2: T1 School-wide Home Based 30/3: Project (PW) Proposal
Learning – 2 (CCE Training for Teachers) Evaluation
MAY JUN
15-19/5 : T2 Sabbatical Week
24-25/5 : Student-Led Forum
Term 2 Holidays 
(29 May – 25 Jun)
AUG SEP
3/8: Project (PW) Final Evaluation 4-10/9: Term 3 Holidays 
19/8: S3 Options Briefing for Parents 15/9: Projects Day
29/9: Start of EOY Exams
NOV DEC

30 /10-17/11: EOY Remedial Programme
30/10 – 31/12: EOY Holidays  Happy Holidays!
End-Of-Year Programmes
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 FOUNDERS’ DAY FOOD DRIVE

To emulate the spirit of giving

and sharing that our founders
have demonstrated, the school
will be collaborating with the
Chinese Development
Assistance Council
(CDAC) to conduct a food drive
Date:
for
needy families.
3-21
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Collection Period : 13 Feb – 3 Mar 2023
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