Canberra Primary School
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Canberra Primary School is a government co-educational primary school in Admiralty Drive, Singapore
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The school initially functioned at Wellington Primary School as its building at 21 Admiralty Drive was not ready. The school moved into its new premises in November 2000. It caters to the educational needs of pupils in the new Sembawang Estate.
In 2007 Canberra was selected by the Ministry of Education to be one of the first five FutureSchools@Singapore. FutureSchools@Singapore is a joint collaboration with MOE and the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) that will focus on innovative teaching approaches.
The school uses techniques such as Authentic Learning, Inquiry-based learning, Socratic Questioning and Guided Research. Three programmes - Discoverer, Global Learner and Attuned Learner, termed the Canberra Experience, are being phased in.
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...
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History
Canberra Primary School was established in January 2000. It takes the name of the old Canberra School which closed down in 1988.The school initially functioned at Wellington Primary School as its building at 21 Admiralty Drive was not ready. The school moved into its new premises in November 2000. It caters to the educational needs of pupils in the new Sembawang Estate.
In 2007 Canberra was selected by the Ministry of Education to be one of the first five FutureSchools@Singapore. FutureSchools@Singapore is a joint collaboration with MOE and the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) that will focus on innovative teaching approaches.
The school uses techniques such as Authentic Learning, Inquiry-based learning, Socratic Questioning and Guided Research. Three programmes - Discoverer, Global Learner and Attuned Learner, termed the Canberra Experience, are being phased in.
Awards
- FutureSchools@Singapore
- People Developer Award
- Thinking Culture Award 2006
- 2007 Character Development Award (Pupil Development)
- Partners Award-(Outstanding)
- SYF 2006 Gold and Silver Awards
- Trim And Fit-Gold Award
- Sustained Achievement Award For Physical Fitness
- CHERISH Award-Silver
- Singapore Environmental Council Green Audit (Lotus Award)
- National Arts Education Award (Certificate of Accomplishment)
- Model School Tuckshop Award
- Flexsi Pilot School Lead ICT School