Boon Lay Secondary School (BLSS) is a government secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 located in Jurong West

Jurong West

Jurong West is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, the eastern edge of Jurong Camp, Boon Lay Way, Corporation Road, Fourth Chin Bee Road, International Road, Corporation Road, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Yuan Ching Road, Boon Lay Way, and along a Canal leading into Jurong...

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. The school was named after Chew Boon Lay.

History

Boon Lay Secondary School was established in 1977 with 13 classes. It then had two main mediums of instruction: English and Chinese. It was officially opened by Mr Ngeow Pack Hua, MP for Boon Lay on 2 August 1979.

In 1988, it became a solely English-medium, double-session school. Over the years, the pupil population has grown from 13 classes in 1977 to 1231 students in 36 classes.

In November 1999, the school relocated to its current premises, well-equipped with special rooms and IT-enabled classrooms.

Starting from 3 January 2000, Boon Lay functioned as a single-session school.

With a brand new building, up-to-date facilities, well-planned instructional and enrichment programmes and a team of committed, caring and enthusiastic staff, the school will grow from strength to strength.

CCAs in BLSS

Every secondary student in BLSS is required to have a CCA (Co-curricular Activity).

The CCAs in BLSS are divided into the following categories: Sports & Games, Uniformed Groups and Clubs and Societies.
Note: The following are the official CCAs of BLSS

Sports & Games

• Badminton
  Badminton
  Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
  
  
• Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• Cross Country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
  
• Netball
  Netball
  Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
  
  
• Soccer
• Tenpin Bowling
• Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  

Uniformed Groups

• Boys' Brigade
• Concert Band
• National Cadet Corps (NCC)
  National Cadet Corps (Singapore)
  The National Cadet Corps is a youth organisation in Singapore. As of December 2010, it had a total strength of 19877 members. This consists of 823 Officers, 726 Cadet Officers and 17157 cadets, amongst others.The NCC is represented in 144 Secondary Schools and there are a total 176 School...
  
  
• National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC)
• National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC)
• St. John Ambulance Singapore (SJAB)
  St. John Ambulance in Singapore
  St John Ambulance Singapore is a voluntary organisation in Singapore which provides training in First Aid and Home Nursing. Its members also perform voluntary first aid coverage duties during national events....
  
  

Clubs and Societies

• Art & Craft
• Boon Lay Dance Troupe
• Choir
• Chinese Orchestra
• CyberAce Club (IT Club)
• English LDDS
• Fitness Club
• Gardening Club
• Library Society