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Woodlands Ring Secondary School

July

Read about the school's July 2019 highlights, including the Bicentennial Experience, OBS camp, Marine and Offshore Challenge, and more.

Last updated 11 June 2026

July

Bicentennial Experience for Secondary 1
A large group of uniformed students and a teacher pose together on outdoor stone steps surrounded by trees.

As part of the school’s efforts to enhance students’ learning experiences in Character and Citizenship Education (CCE), all Secondary 1 students were given the opportunity to be a part of the Bicentennial Experience on Friday 5 July 2019. The Singapore Bicentennial is a commemoration of the arrival of Stamford Raffles in Singapore. It is a prequel to SG50, and an opportunity for us to look at our longer history.

The Bicentennial Experience comprises two parts:

  • Time Traveller – a timed and guided immersive guided audio-visual show within the Fort Canning Centre that presents a unique and powerful experience of Singapore’s 700-year history.

  • Pathfinder – an interactive, thought-provoking set of pavilions situated within the greenery of Fort Gate that allows for free and easy explorations.

Students in uniforms holding clear umbrellas stand inside a dark exhibition room with large projected black-and-white images on walls.

Students at Act 5 of the Time Traveller Exhibit where they saw how rain had been an integral part of independent Singapore’s journey.

Here are some students’ sharings.

“My biggest takeaway is that Singapore’s history started way back to 1299 and not 1819, like what most people think.”
— Bibloisca 1E1

“Singapore went through a lot of hardship to become what it is today, and our ancestors have put in a lot of hard work, to help build up Singapore. I learnt more about the hardships during the Japanese Occupation, of how the people constantly lived in fear, but they were resilient and lived through that horrifying ordeal.”
— Angela 1E1

“I enjoyed Act 1 : Beginnings. Act 1 covers the dynamic period of early Singapura, taking visitors on an adrenaline rush through 300 years, starting with Sang Nila Utama’s arrival in the 13th Century. It made me realise how powerful asian civilisations fought to gain dominance over Southeast Asia’s maritime routes, well aware of how important port cities like Singapore were.”
— Huang Ting 1E3

“I enjoyed Act 5 because we got to experience the rain in real life and got to understand that rain actually meant so much to Singapore.”
— Iman Abdul Rauf 1E3

Students in uniforms stand and sit around a glowing circular display in a dimly lit exhibit room.
A group of students in uniforms poses in front of a large stone archway gate surrounded by trees.
Two italic text captions about students learning Singapore's early history and exploring Fort Canning Park.
Students in white uniforms sit in a darkened theater watching a person dancing on a large projection screen.
Students in white uniforms sit facing a large screen displaying a steamship sailing on the ocean.
Two printed quotes about students experiencing Singapore's history via a 360-degree screen exhibit.
Secondary 3 MOE-OBS Challenge Programme 2019
Several children in life jackets paddle yellow-green kayaks on a calm river near a rocky shore.

As part of the National Outdoor Adventure Education Masterplan, the MOE-OBS Challenge Programme seeks to develop ruggedness, resilience, and build cohesion amongst youths. The programme comprises a series of school-based Physical Education and Character and Citizenship Education lessons facilitated by teachers as well as a 5-day expeditionary course at Outward Bound Singapore (OBS).

Together with Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School and Tampines Secondary School, our school’s Secondary 3 cohort attended the camp from 01 July to 05 July 2019. Using the outdoors as the ‘classroom’ for learning and development, our students have a unique opportunity to work together with peers from two other schools and to overcome various outdoor challenges. The programme also incorporated innovative programming elements, such as new team-based challenges and expeditions around outdoor spaces within Singapore via park connectors and waterways, thereby helping our students gain a deeper appreciation for our natural environment.

A group of people carrying a large inflatable black and yellow boat near a waterfront.
Three young people smiling and posing with raised hands in front of a metal fence gate outdoors.
Two italic captions reading "Preparing for water activity." and "Having fun learning outdoors." on white background.
Children in yellow shirts and orange helmets climb and navigate a tall outdoor wooden rope course structure.

High Elements: Together We Conquer Our Fear!

Our non-OBS campers also had a meaningful week of learning. They visited the Bicentennial Experience at Fort Canning to learn more about Singapore’s past and also got the opportunity to hone their entrepreneurship skills back in school. With the guidance of our teachers, students set up small booths to sell items in order to raise funds for the school’s needy students. It was certainly a good opportunity for them to work together and put into practice what they have learnt in a real world context.

Students in white shirts and dark skirts sit on benches smiling inside a colorful exhibition hall.
Group of students in white shirts and dark green pants or skirts posing outdoors with trees behind them.
Two italic captions side by side reading "Visiting the Bicentennial Experience." and "Visiting Fort Canning."
Students in uniforms gather around a table with snacks and school supplies outdoors.
Person writing calligraphy on a floral tablecloth surrounded by colorful watercolor bookmarks and brown paper bags.
Two italic captions describing students practicing entrepreneurship skills and using calligraphy to make bookmarks.
Marine and Offshore Challenge
Group of students and a teacher posing with trophies at the Marine and Offshore Challenge at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 2019.

The Marine and Offshore Challenge (MOC) is an annual competition co-organised by Ngee Ann Polytechnic and the Association of Singapore Marine Industries, supported by Singapore Maritime Foundation. It helps to introduce the exciting world of marine and offshore industry to secondary school students. In addition, it allows participants from the Co-Curricular Activity, Robotics Club, to learn and apply their understanding of science, technology, engineering, aesthetics and mathematics as a team when building the crafts, thus providing an enriching and yet fun-filled experience for them.

This year, MOC2019 was held on 10 July and required the teams to design and build a water craft model with good performance or innovation to solve real-world problems. Since 2013, our school has been recipients of various awards, including us being the defending champions for the Fastest Boat / Highest Score in Speed category.

Students in uniforms gather around tables at a Marine and Offshore Challenge competition event indoors.
Students in uniforms lean over a blue water tank, testing small handmade electronic boat models.
Two captions describing student teams presenting boat designs and balancing boats with glass marbles as payloads.
Two boys in green school uniforms sit at a table displaying several trophies and a green toy truck.
Six people pose with trophies in front of a Marine and Offshore Challenge banner at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, July 2019.
Two team names with member names listed: Team Vitamin Sea and Team Aquarius, each with student names and class codes.
Experience ITE Programme (EIP) 2019
A large group of students in school uniforms pose outdoors near a paper plane sculpture reading "Where Lives Take Flight."

Our excited Sec 2NT students, all ready for their 2-day learning adventure!

Our Secondary 2 Normal Technical students took part in a two-day Experience ITE Programme (EIP), organised by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Central College and ITE College West, on 17 and 18 July 2019 respectively. The programme was designed to help the students experience and discover how a hands-on, minds-on and hearts-on ITE education can help to benefit them in their career aspirations. The visits also allowed our students to see for themselves the wide range of Co-curricular Activities (CCAs) and student facilities offered by the ITE Colleges.

Students in white uniforms tour a commercial kitchen where chefs in white coats and red hats work.
Students in uniforms filming in a studio with a green screen backdrop, one holding a camera.
Two italic captions describing tours at ITE College West's School of Hospitality and School of Design and Media.
Students in uniforms gather around a glowing tabletop model of a smart city with miniature vehicles and buildings.
Children sitting on the floor holding toy blasters, facing a glowing projected screen with orange desert scenery.
Two captions describing school activities: a hands-on engineering exhibit and a Nerf War by Electronics school.
PAssion Arts Festival: Hues in Tunes 2
Eight young women stand outdoors in colorful traditional Asian attire, smiling together amid green foliage.

The choir performance team.

A passion for singing brought a group of Secondary 3 Choir students and their teacher, Ms Jolene Khoo, together. When the opportunity to perform at PAssion Arts Festival presented itself, students and teachers got together to form an acapella group to perform as a contribution to the community. In line with commerating Racial Harmony Week, they decided to perform an ethnic song using a familiar tune from The Lion King musical, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, written in the style of Zulu music.

The experience was an enriching and memorable one for the acapella group. From being responsible in learning their parts independently to having to improve as a team during their rehearsals, the experience definitely created a stronger bond between them. As Eilis Lee (3E2) mentioned, “I really enjoyed being part of the acapella group. I hope we still get to sing together in the future. It was really fun and interesting.” A sentiment that is shared by the rest in the group too.

11th Innojoy Fest
Three students in uniform stand behind a table labeled Woodlands Ring Secondary School at an ALP exhibition.

Our ALP and Robotics booth at Innojoy Fest 2019 at Qihua Primary School.

Children and adults gather around a table displaying small robots and a 3D printer at an indoor event.
Children and adults stand in a line indoors near a table with colorful balloons in the background.
Two italic text captions describing 3D printer robot making and students flying drones.