Edgefield Secondary School (abbreviation: EFSS;
Simplified Chinese: 育德中学) is a government co-educational secondary
school in Punggol, Singapore.
From a principal from Seng Kang Secondary, Mr Leong, was assigned
to Edgefield Secondary by the MOE. The school started in 2011.
In 2013, the school had its Official School Opening ceremony held
on 12 July.
In 2015, the first batch of Secondary 4 Express students had 93.3%
scoring 5 or more passes for O-Levels, which outdid the national average of
83.3%.
The school took part in SG50 as well by setting a new record in
Singapore Book of Records. In collaboration with the Singapore Taekwondo
Federation (STF), 1,400 Taekwondo students from Edgefield Secondary School
gathered to create a human formation of the SG50 logo to mark Singapore’s
Golden Jubilee. Students broke 2,800 planks in a team formation, setting the
new record for the “Most Number of Planks Broken in Kicking Sequence” in the
largest local Taekwondo demonstration.
On 21 October 2016, Mr Leong Kok Kee announced to the school that
he would be transferred to Regent Secondary School. The vice principal, Mr Lee
Peck Ping, will become the principal in 2017.
The school is the second school in Singapore to have Taekwondo as
a compulsory curricular activity. It is said that the sport helps to
instil discipline, respect and perseverance in every student. It also serves
its purpose in training self-defense. By the end of Secondary 4, most students
would be able to achieve black belts. The CCA took part in several competitions
every year and did extremely well, exceeding the expectations of the school.
For lower secondary students, the school has Analytical Thinking Skills (ATS) lessons to help train the students' minds for problem solving and tackling challenges in life. Card and board games are used in the lessons to engage the students. They also have Apple Education to learn how to use macOS after which they have Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) Projects to do for both years, promoting the spirit of teamwork.
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