Seng Kang Primary School
Address:	21 Compassvale Walk, S(545166)
Population:	approx. 1600

Seng Kang Primary School is a government Primary school that is situated in the north-eastern part of Singapore, in Sengkang New Town

Sengkang New Town

Sengkang New Town is a relatively young satellite residential town in the city-state of Singapore. Originally a fishing village, the area is presently undergoing rapid development under the ambition of the Housing and Development Board to transform it into a "21st century township". The town now...

. It is the first school to operate in the vicinity, or area. It started in 1997 along Upper Serangoon Road, and moved to its new premises at Compassvale Walk in Sengkang

Sengkang

Sengkang is a sub-urban town in the north-eastern part of Singapore. The Sengkang Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority, covers the Housing and Development Board satellite new town of Sengkang New Town and rural Jalan Kayu.-Etymology and history:Meaning...

 since 1998.

History

Seng Kang Primary School first accepted students in 1997, when it was still in Hougang

Hougang

Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division. Hougang borders Sengkang in the north and Serangoon to its...

, along Upper Serangoon Road. In 1998, it moved to Sengkang and resumed operations at Compassvale Walk, in a new school compound.

In 1999, Compassvale Primary School, which was supposed to start operations in its new school building, shared the school compound with Seng Kang Primary. This was because the roof of Compassvale Primary School collapsed during construction, causing a delay in the completion of the school building. Compassvale Primary returned to its original building in 2000.

Principals

• 1997–2002: Mrs Chin Shin Wea
• 2003–2009: Mrs Lew-Lim Lan Chin
• 2010–Present: Mrs Rabia Shahul

Intake

In 1998 when it first operated in Sengkang, being the only school then, it had an intake of 11 classes of 40 pupils in the first half of the year. In the second semester, another class of 40 pupils was added to the already large cohort.

In 2001, many of the students in Seng Kang Primary transferred to Nan Chiau Primary School

Nan Chiau Primary School

Nan Chiau Primary School is a Primary school located in the north-eastern part of Singapore , in Sengkang New Town. It was built in 1947, 2 years after the aftermath of World War II.-History:...

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After more Primary schools started in Sengkang, the intake of students dropped to an all time low in 2004, with only five Primary One classes, compared to 12 classes in 1998.

However, its pioneer Seng Kang batch of 1998 graduated in 2003 with 15 classes, the highest in Singapore for that year.

The intake started to increase in 2005 and in 2007, there were 13 classes in Primary One. As of now, the intake of students is approximately 1,600.

Special Class system

Most Schools in Singapore use numbers or alphabets such as 1A and 1B or 1/1 and 1/2.

Unlike other schools, Seng Kang Primary School has names for each class. The classes are arranged from the class where the top students are put to the students not doing so well in their studies. First to the last with first being the where top students go: Faith, Hope, Joy, Courage, Kindness, Patience, Charity, Confidence, Dilligence, Harmony, Honesty, Integrity and Nobility were known classes since 2007. As of 2011, a new elite class of size 20 pupils, Resilience, was created for the Primary Six cohort only.

External links

The original website was http://schools.moe.edu.sg/skps but it changed between 2008-2009.

The recent website will be the hyperlink below.

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