SINGAPORE / SCHOOL DIRECTORY

DUNEARN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Address

21 BUKIT BATOK WEST AVENUE 2 S(659204)

Telephone

65653692

Fax

65668650

Website

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

School type

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL/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

160, 180, 187, 188, 945, 947, 985

MRT

BUKIT BATOK MRT, BUKIT GOMBAK MRT

Vision

Lifelong Learners, Caring Leaders

Mission

Nurturing Dunearnites to learn with passion and lead with purpose

Philosophy

Dunearn Secondary School provides a holistic education for all its students. We believe that all students have the potential to learn and that, through determination and discipline, they will achieve optimum growth in a challenging yet supportive and caring environment. We develop our students to be self-directed learners through the strategies of differentiated instruction and collaborative learning, with emphasis on building good character.

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In line with developing 21st Century Competencies, students engage in Collaborative and Self-Directed Learning. Alternative assessment modes include coursework, journalling and skills-based investigations. The school has programmes for high achievers, including its Science Ambassadors and Ace in Mathematics programmes. Elective Modules and Advanced Elective Modules provide opportunities for real-world learning. The school's Applied Learning Programme in Food Science and Technology seeks to develop students' creativity, confidence and
interest in Science and Technology. The school works with external organisations to design customised programmes such as Timeout and Enhanced Step-Up programmes, and Transition workshops. Character and Citizenship Education lessons integrate the teaching of school values with the teaching of Social-Emotional Competencies. The Dunearn Character Development Profile is a formative assessment tool to help students take ownership of their character development. Pupil Teacher Relational Time is dedicated time for Form Teachers and co-Form Teachers to conduct structured dialogues with students. The school emphasises the internalisation of values and putting them into action through its differentiated Values in Action (VIA) programme. Students are involved in learning about and understanding issues pertaining to the environment, school, and local and overseas communities. Education and Career Guidance is implemented through Values Education lessons, visits to post-secondary institutions, and the school's Higher Institutions and Careers Week. The school's Learning for Life Programme focuses on Community Youth Leadership, which seeks to permeate a culture of school-wide community youth leadership development. It is the school's vision that all students will acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and values to be a personal leader, a team leader, a community leader, and a global leader

Subjects

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS, ART, BASIC CHINESE, BIOLOGY, BASIC MALAY, CHEMISTRY, CHINESE, CHINESE N(A), COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS SKILLS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FOOD & NUTRITION, FOOD AND CONSUMER EDUCATION, GEOGRAPHY, HUMANITIES (SS, GEOGRAPHY), HUMANITIES (SS, HISTORY), LITERATURE(E), MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS A), MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS T), MALAY, MALAY N(A), PHYSICS, PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS, SCIENCE (CHEM, BIO), SCIENCE, SCIENCE (PHY, CHEM), SCIENCE (SYLL T), SOCIAL STUDIES N(T)