SINGAPORE / SCHOOL DIRECTORY

XINMIN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Address

11 HOUGANG AVENUE 8 S(538789)

Telephone

62889382

Fax

63851068

Website

http://www.xinminss.edu.sg

School type

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL/AUTONOMOUS/CO-ED SCHOOL/SINGLE SESSION

Mother tongue languages

CHINESE/MALAY/*TAMIL *Students taking Tamil Language will attend lessons at the nearest Tamil Language Centre.

Bus routes

25, 55, 70, 72, 73, 74, 88, 101, 103, 112, 132, 147, 156, 159, 161, 165, 315, 854

MRT

HOUGANG MRT

Vision

Leading Hearts, Leading Minds

Mission

To develop Xinmin students to their full potential, to inculcate in them sound values, as well as a mindset for excellence, and to nurture them to be responsible and caring members of society

Philosophy

Xinmin strives to maintain its rich heritage and tradition of providing the very best learning environment for its students. In this school, staff and stakeholders inculcate good personal, moral, and social values in our students, as well as discipline and a focus on learning for life to shape the whole person. This is done through a range of activities and programmes. Our students excel in sports and outdoor activities, arts, service to school and community, as well as in their academic studies. The school community is strongly supported by a committed and dedicated team of alumni and the School Advisory Committee, who believe in providing a holistic and enriching school experience for our students. Facilities in the school are constantly upgraded and leading programmes are developed to stretch the cognitive, physical, aesthetics, and social-moral domains of development of our students. Student learning is also enabled through a capable team of teachers who demonstrate the highest level of professionalism and care as they design and carry out activities and programmes, both in and out of the classrooms. Our students thrive in this stimulating environment of care, discipline and excellence.

Sdp

In Xinmin, the development of 21st century skills is integrated into our curriculum and our tiered approach provides varying developmental opportunities to students according to their interests and abilities. In addition, all our students look forward to our school-based curriculum, comprising Analytical Thinking Skills, a games-based approach to learning thinking skills; Applied Science Programme which allows students to apply their Science knowledge in research and problem solving; Coding@Xinmin which develops our students to be fluent in programming languages; Drama at Sec 2 level which allows students to express their thoughts and ideas through performance; as well as an enjoyable and challenging PE programme that allows students to develop psychomotor skills, learn new games, acquire soft skills and mindsets of resilience and teamwork. Leadership training is provided to all students and student leaders are given many opportunities for further development in skills and exposure to real-world learning. Our teaching and learning environment facilitates the development of collaborative and self-directed learners through the use of ICT and in particular, our signature Flipped Classroom pedagogy. From 2018, we are implementing a Bring Your Own Device Programme for the Sec 1 to enhance the learning experiences in the classrooms.

Subjects

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS, ART, BASIC CHINESE, BIOLOGY, COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,G), COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,H), COMBINED HUMANITIES (SS,LC), COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,L), CHEMISTRY, CHINESE, COMPUTING, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, DRAMA, ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS SKILLS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FOOD & NUTRITION, GEOGRAPHY, HIGHER CHINESE, HISTORY, HIGHER MALAY, LITERATURE(E), MATHEMATICS, MALAY, PHYSICS, PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS, SCIENCE, SCIENCE (PHY, CHEM)