Highlights

Pei Hwa Experience and Brilliant Brainiacs Challenge

On 27 October 2011, our students played host to pupils from eight primary schools for the Pei Hwa Experience. The guests participated in hands-on activities which showcased the niche and academic programmes of our school.

Compassvale Primary School also outwitted their competition and emerged victorious in the Brilliant Brainiacs Challenge! Congratulations to all winners!

Values in Art

Our Secondary 1 students learned Pei Hwa's school values through a program that integrates Art with Character Education called "Values in Art". In this program, our students reflect on the school values and come up with designs of their own that capture any given school value.

The students worked in groups of 4 through several "Values in Art" lessons during their Form Teacher periods and came up with designs by thinking about how the school values could be represented through drawing. By putting the students through this process of transforming the school values into a representative artwork , the school aims to have our students think through the school values so that they can better internalise them. The program also promotes responsible decision-making, reflection, relationship management and collaborative and self-directed learning.

In the 2nd stage of this Values Education program, the students went on to paint these designs onto large pieces of acrylic. The Sec 3 Pei Hwa Art Councillors were assigned to every class and they provided guidance on how to paint better to their juniors. This gave our seniors a chance to lead their juniors as well as practice their oral communication skills as they had to give their juniors instructions on the finer points of painting on acrylic. 

In the final stage of the project, the art work will be touched up by the Pei Hwa Art Councillors before being mounted on the walls of the school.

As a result of this program, many more meaningful pieces of art work that capture the school's PRIDE values will soon adorn the walls of Pei Hwa!

Twinning Programme with SMAN 1 Purwakarta, Indonesia, 2011

On the 12th of September 2011, PHSS welcomed teachers and students from Purwakarta, Indonesia. The objective of their visit is to learn about Singapore education system through the immersion programme. They attended lessons and visited the Science Centre, New Water Plant, Marina Barage, the Esplanade, Jalan Kayu Heritage Trail and attended our Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration.

1st, 2nd and 3rd placings for North Zone Comic Life Competition 2011

Our Pei Hwa pupils participated in the North Zone Comic Life Competition during the September holidays and we won the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions! The winners are:

1st: Lee Jia Jing (1E4)
2nd: Tan Xing Wei (3E6)
3rd: Ku Wan Jing (1N2)

Pei Hwa congratulates our pupils for achieving 

Graduation Day Ceremony 2011

2011’s Graduation Day Ceremony was attended by all staff and pupils to give our graduating pupils a good send-off. The event was kicked off with our Principal, Mrs Lim, giving an inspiring speech that struck a chord with all. This was followed with a line-up of highly creative and humorous videos by our graduating pupils.

 While the videos were being played, our graduating pupils lined up to receive their souvenir – a stuffed Pei Hwa lion from their respective form and co-form teachers.

The event was made all the more memorable by our graduating pupils making speeches on behalf of their classes to thank the various teachers who have seen them through the good times and the bad in the last four or five years.

Our graduating pupils in turn, were deeply touched by their teachers’ heartfelt and encouraging videos and performances.

As a fitting end to the ceremony, the graduating pupils and their teachers exited the hall together to partake in a sumptuous buffet lunch at the canteen.

Mother Tongue Department Events

Mid Autumn Festival Celebrations

The Mid Autumn Festival was celebrated on the 16th September. It was a delightful night for our staff, pupils and invited guests as they gathered to admire the bright mid autumn harvest moon and enjoy the activities organized by the Mother Tongue (MT) department.

With the help from the Parents Support Group (PSG), the teachers from the MT Department has put up activities like mooncake making competition, tea appreciation, cultural tours, etc. On the whole, it was a night full of exciting activities in which everyone had enjoyed themselves.

Tea Appreciation Workshop

The Mother Tongue department conducted a Tea Appreciation workshop for all Secondary one pupils in May 2011. During the workshop, pupils were taught "Cha Dao", the art of preparing Chinese Tea. They were taught the technique of brewing a good cup of tea and the etiquette of drinking tea with the proper use of drinking utensils. This is one of the many activities carried out by the Mother Tongue department to enhance pupils’ interest in the language.

Well Done Pei Hwa Student Photographers!

The Pei Hwa student photographers have done us proud again.

First of all, during the school holidays, we received news that Dion Lim of 5N2 won first prize of $500 for the Student Category of the Freshness of Life Photography Competition organised by the School of Photography.

Next, Pei Hwa student photographers who took part in the 9th Annual Canon Photomarathon on 10th September 2011
With a record 2,078 participants, our photographers performed extremely well. The photograph by Tan Wei of 3N2 was shortlisted for final judging amongst works produced by students up to the university level from all around Singapore.

Beside Tan Wei’s photograph, the photographs by Dion Lim of 5N2 and Douglas Tham of 3E5 were also selected for final judging. Eventually, Dion’s photograph for the theme Imagine was awarded 2nd in the Student Category. For his win, Dion received prizes worth more than $2,000.

Last and definitely not the least, the photograph by Douglas for the theme ‘Eat’ was awarded 1st in the Student Category. In addition, the photographs submitted by Douglas for all three themes for the competition were judged to be the most consistent in quality and Douglas was awarded Best of the Show in the Student Category, emerging as the biggest winner at the competition. For his win, Douglas received prizes worth more than $15,000 including an 8 days Photo Clinic at Tasmania, Australia.

With the combined efforts of all the photographers from Pei Hwa, our school also won the School Challenge at the 9th Annual Canon Photomarathon.

Sec 2 Leadership Training Camp

The Secondary 2 Student Leadership Camp was conducted from 8th September 2011 to 10th September 2011 by Pei Hwa Student Leadership Committee, together with a group of Secondary 3 student leaders. Student Leaders from the Pei Hwa Student Council and various CCAs were selected to participate in this camp.

The objectives of this camp were to develop the leadership qualities of our Secondary 2 leaders by building up their self confidence in leading groups and planning events. The training also equipped them with critical thinking and decision making skills that they would be able to utilize as a leader. The main highlight of the camp was the camp fire where student leaders showcased their performances to thank their facilitators and teachers-in-charge.

The students had given positive feedback and were more motivated to take on leadership roles at the end of the camp.

National Junior Robotics Competition

During the 2011 September holiday, members from the Robotics Club competed in the National Junior Robotics Competition held at the Singapore Science Center. One team won The Best Mechanical Design Silver Award.

NDP 2011 - MAJULAH!

The theme for this year’s National Day celebrations was “Majulah! The Singapore Spirit! Prior to the actual celebrations, students were tasked with a pre-National Day activity where they creatively designed the word Majulah with Singapore icons or pictures that reflect the Singapore Spirit. The committee received many outstanding entries and had a difficult time selecting the best of the best!

Cedric Choo 1E1	Danial Mirza 2N1
Most creative Kelly, Shu Pin, Sing Ye, Zi Yi 4E3	Sylvia, Azalia 4E6
Verriona Yeo 5N1	Amanda Liew 1E1

The National Day celebrations started off with the teachers being engaged in reflections on what the Singapore Spirit means to them and the National Day-Pei Hwa edition of “Don’t Forget the Lyrics”. Teachers were tested on how well they knew the lyrics of National songs and most proved to be patriotic citizens who knew the lyrics to all songs!

For the students, every class started the celebration by decorating their class corrugated boards with pictures that showcase the Singapore Spirit.

The Parent Support Group, School Advisory Committee as well as school leaders were in charge of decorating the “M” board!

These boards were later pieced together to form the words Majulah Singapura and Onward Singapore during the concert segment of the celebration!

The NE ambassadors proudly held up their beautifully decorated class boards on stage! What a fabulous sight!

In the parade segment, the band, the NCC, NPCC, and NCDCC engaged the school with their drills and music under the command of our parade commander Staff Sergeant Atirah Amir from the NCDCC.

The LDDS and NE ambassadors jointly performed the recollections

Both the students and teachers enjoyed themselves at the “We Are Singaporeans” game show!

The concert ended on a high note with everyone singing community songs at the top of their voices, in high spirits.

2nd Twinning Programme with Shenyang 165 Middle School

Our school hosted our twinning school from Shenyang 165 Middle School from 17 July to 26 July. During these exciting 9 days of cultural exchange, they visited Jalan Kayu Heritage Trail, Seng Kang Floating Wetland, Marina Barrage, Zoo, and also tried out different CCA activities. In addition, they also involved in teaching a few English and Chinese lessons.

This time round, our students also played host to the Shenyang students by hosting them for 8 nights at their place and also bringing them out to visit some places of interests in Singapore.

Sec 2 I&E Workshop 2011

Our Sec 2 pupils have undergone the Innovation & Enterprise Workshop whereby they were taught valuable knowledge and skills related to doing business. They have also set up their own online blog shops and promoted their merchandise through setting up a stall on 27 and 28 July 2011.

Gold Award for Digital Music Carnival 2

A group of five Sec 4 pupils took part in the Digital Music Carnival 2 (DMC2) and they brought back a GOLD award! They are Nabeel Zaheer (4E1) Marcus Kerh (4E2), Rebecca Lim (4E2), Mervin Neo (4E2) and Kendrick Kwek (4E5). Pei Hwa has managed to clinch Gold Award for DMC2 for the second year running.

Robocup Junior Cospace Rescue Competition @ Istanbul

Our school was invited to participate in Robocup Junior Cospace Rescue Competition @ Istanbul after winning 2nd place in Singapore Robocup Junior Open in April 2011.

We managed to clinch the 1st place for Cospace Rescue Individual Event and 3rd place in the Super Team Event, beating teams from countries like China and Japan. We were on the verge of being eliminated during the preliminary rounds as we did not perform up to expectations. However, the pupils did not give up and displayed resiliency and tried to improve their programming strategy. Their hard work paid off and we managed to win all the matches subsequently and emerged as the winner.

The students who took part in this event are Ryan Tay Jia Jian (3E1), Gabriel Wong Choon Chieh (2E2) and Yeo Yik Feng (1E1).

The pupils had a wonderful experience from this inaugural event and truly benefitted a great deal. The trip really brings learning outside the classroom that pupils normally would not be able to experience and their achievement will bring the school to greater heights.

Setting Out for Competition	Patience is key to success
Pei Hwa Warrior Bot	Serious Programming in progress
Our Glorious moments	Friendly Exchange with Japanese Team

Pei Hwa Community Day

It was a day of fun-filled event with food, drinks, games and the sale of merchandise. The custom-made limited edition handy fans and the ‘I   Pei Hwa’ sticky sweets added a lot of novelty and excitement on the sunny Saturday. A group of pupils introduced a very challenging game to the community where the participants of the game had to fish from level two of the school for mines made by recycled materials. Many participants were seen engrossed in the game and showed a lot of resiliency by not giving up. Dr Lam Pin Min, MP for Sengkang West graced the occasion and participated in various games and activities. One of the highlights of the event was the dunking machine – some teachers were invited to sit on the dunking machine so that participants could dunk them. Mr Muru, the discipline master, even wore a red dress to encourage the participants to dunk him. Alumni members of the school also came back on this very meaningful day to perform for the school. Pei Hwa Got Talent - Semi Finals was also held on the same day which added to the bustle of the event

Throughout the day, it was peak hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – the crowd just kept arriving! Till we meet again at the next Pei Hwa Community Day!