SINGAPORE / SCHOOL DIRECTORY

CHIJ ST. THERESA'S CONVENT

Address

160 LOWER DELTA ROAD S(099138)

Telephone

64775777

Fax

64775700

Website

http://www.chijsttheresasconvent.moe.edu.sg

School type

GOVERNMENT-AIDED SCH/GIRLS' SCHOOL/SINGLE SESSION

Mother tongue languages

CHINESE/MALAY/TAMIL

Bus routes

65, 121, 123, 123M, 124, 131, 131M, 195, 195A, 272, 855

MRT

HARBOURFRONT MRT, TIONG BAHRU MRT

Vision

We are a community of Leaders and Learners for God and for Others.

Mission

To create a Christ-centred school community where all work together for the promotion of truth, justice, freedom and love, with special reference to the needs of persons who are disadvantaged in any way

Philosophy

CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent is a Catholic mission school started in 1933 in response to an urgent need to provide an education for the daughters of poor workers at the Harbour, Hospital and Railway in the Tanjong Pagar area. Today, the school remains true to its mission to provide a quality education for all, with special reference to persons who are disadvantaged in any way. The Theresian Brand of education seeks to equip our students with knowledge, skills and values for life, not just for examinations. We believe that education must develop the Theresian student to go beyond self to serve others in the community. The design and delivery of our curriculum is therefore guided by the Integral Pedagogy Process which starts with the Context of the learner, taking her through Experience and Reflection to Action and Evaluation. It is only in action that the Theresian demonstrates learning and service to others.

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The curriculum is tailored to aid our students in discovering their potential, with the view of transforming them into positive change agents in the community. Our programmes are grounded in the school's belief in holistic education through experiential learning. Unique to CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent are our two Distinctive Programmes, "Education for Life (EFL): Developing Portable Skills through and for Real World Problem Solving" and "Developing Self-Directed, Confident and Resilient Leaders, Learners and Ladies through Sports and Hockey". We have customised our Values Education curriculum to align to the school's mission, vision and values and MOE's CCE learning outcomes. The school employs school-wide teaching strategies to address the different learning needs of students, with the aim of heightening engagement during lessons. Amongst the many approaches used are Integral Pedagogy Process, Cooperative Learning, Inquiry-Based Learning and Problem-Based Learning.

Subjects

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS, ART NA LEVEL, ART NT LEVEL, ART 'O' LEVEL, BASIC CHINESE, BIOLOGY, BASIC MALAY, BASIC TAMIL, COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,G), COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,H), COMBINED HUMANITIES (S,L), CHEMISTRY, CHINESE, CHINESE N(A), COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS SKILLS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SYLL A), ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SYLL T), EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE, FOOD & NUTRITION, FOOD AND CONSUMER EDUCATION, GEOGRAPHY, HIGHER CHINESE, HISTORY, LITERATURE(E), MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS A), MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS T), MALAY, MALAY N(A), MUSIC, MUSIC NT LEVEL, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PHYSICS, PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS, SCIENCE (CHEM, BIO), SCIENCE (PHY, CHEM), SCIENCE (SYLL T), TAMIL, TAMIL N(A)