St Andrew Secondary School


	Our School

	Principal's Message

	Board of Governors

	Our Staff

	Calendar

	General Services

	IP (Instructional Programme)

	Pupil Development Programme

	CCAs (Co-Curricular Activities)

	Events

	Achievements

	DSA (Direct School Admission)

	Special Programmes

	Our Family

	Contact Us

Art

Design & Technology

Home Economics

ART

The Art Unit is a part of the St. Andrew's Secondary Craft and Technology Department. Visual Arts is taught to all Lower Secondary students. Art is also offered as an elective subject to Upper Secondary students.

The curriculum aims to cultivate an appreciation of art and design through meaningful art education whereby every child will become visually literate.

A visually literate child will be able to observe, understand and make meaning of the world they are in. They will also be able to communicate their ideas by using and creating visuals.

A child who appreciates art will be able to recognise the relevance of art and find art valuable in their lives.

PROGRAMMES

In 2010, we have the following in our Instructional Programme:

Acrylic Painting
Animation (Cinema 4D)
3D Modelling (Cinema 4D)
Image Editing (Adobe Photoshop)
Pencil/ Colour Pencil Rendering
Photography
Study of Visual Arts (SOVA)
Visits to Art Spaces in Singapore
Photography Competition

The St. Andrew’s Secondary Art Unit also supports other schools in the following areas as part of its South Zone Centre of Excellence for Design Program:

Professional Sharing of Teaching Pedagogy
Learning Journeys to Art Spaces/ other institutions
Coursework Sharing for Secondary Schools
Resources Sharing for Primary and Secondary Schools
Photoshop Workshops for Primary and Secondary School (Students/Teachers)
Photography Workshops for Primary and Secondary Schools
(Students/ Teachers)
Painting Workshops for Primary and Secondary Schools
(Students/ Teachers)
Watercolour Workshops for Primary and Secondary Schools
(Teachers)

Collaborations with other institutions/external organizations (2007 – 2010):

Singapore Art Museum

In collaboration with the Singapore Art Museum, TACTILE exhibition (13 Nov2009- 10 Jan2010) will showcase the works of Singapore students as curated by teachers from Nanyang Junior College, Raffles Institute (JC), St. Andrew's Junior College, St. Andrew's Secondary School, Temasek Junior College and Victoria Junior College.

National Geographic Store

The Art unit collaborates with National Geographic Store, Vivocity to present 'Reflection', a Youth Photo Competition open to all schools in Singapore in 2009. 'Celebration of Youth', a similar National Youth Photo Competition is scheduled to be held in 2010 and will be exhibited in National Geographic Store in 25 May- 6 June 2010.

Art Unit, St Andrew’s Junior College

The close working relationship between the Art teachers in the secondary and the junior college started ever since the schools worked on the St. Andrew’s Village Opening Ceremony. The 2 departments decided to embark on a learning journey to Italy together in 2007, whereby the junior college seniors guided the younger ones. It proved to be an experience that they will never forget.

Both continue to support each other in resource sharing, workshops and programs exchange.

The Secondary school appreciates the tremendous learning opportunities that the Junior College has been offering the students and teachers.

Egg Story Digital Arts Academy

The ESDAA supports the Art unit in their foray into Computer Generated (CG) Animation. The collaboration also propels the Art unit to explore the teaching of 3D modelling (using Cinema 4D) to the lower secondary.

St. Andrew's Alumni (SAA) and Art Seasons Gallery

In collaboration with the SAA, the Art Unit showcased students' talent through a St. Andrew's Village Art Competition and Exhibition at Art Seasons Gallery in 2008.

Visual and Performing Arts, National Institute of Education (VPA, NIE)

Ms Chua Xin Yuan has conducted an induction workshop for NIE trainees in 2008.

Punggol Primary School

A mural painting project between the Art Club boys in SASS and the Primary 3-5 of Punggol Primary School.

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

The D&T unit is part of St. Andrew's Secondary Craft and Technology Department. It aims to prepare students to participate in tomorrow’s rapidly changing world by giving them opportunities to think and intervene creatively, through the Design process. It structures its curriculum with the aim to produce men who can contribute to society through knowledge and technology that are both innovative and intellectual.

PROGRAMMES

The following are the list of programmes and activities organized by the D&T unit:

Lower Secondary
•	Red Dot Design Museum Experience
•	Card Board Modelling Workshop
•	Surface Modelling Workshop
•	Saints Millennium Race (Intra-School Competition)
•	South Zone Millennium Race (Inter-School Competition)
•	Crocodile Clips Program (Basic)
•	Pro-Desktop Program (Basic)

Upper Secondary
•	Crocodile Clips Program (Intermediate/Advanced)
•	Pro-Desktop Program (Intermediate/Advanced)
•	Adobe Photoshop Lesson (Basic)
•	Presentation Board Layout Workshop
•	Journal Consultation for Graduating Classes


South Zone Presentation Board Exhibition: Our Principal, Mrs Charles learning about the D&T Presentation Board from Vice Principal, Mr Goh.		South Zone Millennium Race – Ms Chia Soo Chin, Senior Specialist CPPD- D&T Unit with other guest, viewing the participants’ cars.


Alias Sketchpro Workshop


South Zone Millennium Race – Our Boys, Our Overall Champions		South Zone Millennium Race – Our Boys

The following are the list of programmes and activities that were organized by the D&T unit for South 5 Cluster Centre of Excellence in Design & Technology in St. Andrew's Secondary:

Activities		Partners
•	Workshop on Coursework Expectations 80069 – CPDD-DT Unit	CPDD-DT Unit, MOE
•	DT Dialogue Session	CPDD-DT Unit, MOE
•	Learning Journey for best practices in D&T (Conducted upon request)	All Schools
•	D&T Professional Development & Sharing	Vendors (DesignRete/TheNetwork Hub/Da Vinci Workshop Pte Ltd) and School Teachers
•	Workshop on Coursework Assessment	CPDD-DT Unit, MOE
•	South Zone Millennium Race	All Schools
•	Presentation Board Course	DesignRete & All Schools
•	Learning Journey to the Idea Factory	All COE Member Schools

HOME ECONOMICS

The HE Department is a section of St. Andrew's Secondary Craft and Technology. It aims to enrich students’ experience in equipping themselves with the basic skills for independent living through the principles of nutrition, food management, textiles cum clothing design and consumer education.

PROGRAMMES

In 2009, we have the following in our Instructional Programme:

Apron Design Lessons

The apron printing lesson is one of the first few lessons that are always carried out for secondary one student. During these lessons the students are introduced to the Green street software programme which allows students to design their own name. This lesson also introduces basic IT and design skills and help to promote a sense of belonging.

Cooking Assessment

Practical cooking assessments are conducted during lessons for all lower secondary students. This is a good channel of assessment where students are assessed on their cooking skills. This is a student centered lesson as students learn from their own mistakes. They also learn about the importance of good hygiene in the kitchen, simple housekeeping procedures and also time management skills.

Course Work Modules (Sec 1 express classes)

Course work is a higher-order thinking project work that is carried out for all sec one classes.

In this challenging project work, students are given a case study about a person with a health condition, eg: Diabetic, Hypertension, Heart disease or Obesity and are expected to create a healthy meal for this person.

Students will need to go through weeks of research, planning and decision making before proceeding to buy the necessary ingredients that they have planned to cook for their case study. The cooking is assessed during their Homec practical lesson.

Many Ways of Seeing (MWOS) project work (Sec 1)

The MWOS project is a very interesting teaching method whereby students are engaged with given topics and are tasked to investigate it through photography. These visual researches are subsequently edited and presented using Microsoft Movie Maker. The final presentation is then assessed in class based on their relevance to the topic and presentation creativity.

The project not only aims to help students acquire IT skills but also, team work etiquette.

‘Recycling’ Projects (Sec 2)

The ‘Recycling’ project aims to encourage students to utilize ready/ used materials in innovative ways. Students are tasked to use discarded materials and make them into aesthetically pleasing flower holders.

‘Teach less Learn More’ Projects

The TLLM project aims to help students to take charge of their own learning. This project helps prepare students to be able to look for relevant information on the internet and make them to be ale to create their own PowerPoint slides to help them learn. This is a very interesting project that allows a wide range of creativity amongst students. Students learning with this model of teaching also have feedback that they have learnt far more than what the text book has to offer. This opens up the horizon of our students thus better preparing them with the right skills for tertiary education. Since this is a group project it also allows students to interact better with their classmates and teaches them social skills.

Integrated Project Work (IPW) with the English dept (Sec1A RKS Adams Class)

The IPW project work is an integrated project work, where students practice higher order thinking skills. Through this project work the students will be able to understand how they can actually link various subjects together to come up with one sophisticated end-product.

This project involves a series of thinking skills like planning, decision making, research skills, time management skills and also evaluation skills. By doing this project work we aim to haves students to practice independent learning and also make them IT savvy.

Tablet PCs (Sec1A RKS Adams Class)

The introduction of tablet PC for the class allows for fun, interactive explorations in the students’ projects. Since the tablet PC has a lot of programmes installed in it, students are encouraged to tap on the various programs such as “fun with construction”, to self- create study notes or presentation charts in colorful ways that makes learning more fun and personalized.


HE Practical Exam- The boys cooking with all seriousness


Mrs Yee, one of the invited food tester, judging the boys work.

PAST ACHIEVEMENT

- Education UK Design Competition

- HortPark, “The Gardening Hub”: Tiles Designing Competition

- Racial Harmony Forum

View all achievements