Student Achievements

North Zone Schools (Primary/Secondary) Chinese Speech Competition 2023

On 12 May Friday 2023, the annual North Zone Schools (Primary/Secondary) Chinese Speech Competition was held at Evergreen Primary whereby it was highly competitive with many schools taking part, such as Maris Stella High School, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School and Xinmin Secondary School.

Our school’s student, Lok Zhi Jia Bernise from class 3-5 managed to clinch Second Placing with her strong effort and confident display of her story-telling. Chuah Yi Lin Elanna from class 1-2 was also given the Potential award.

Congratulations to Yi Lin Elanna and Zhi Jia Bernise once again for this amazing feat! Watch Bernise’s speech performance here.

Copyright School Challenge Video Competition 2022

We would like to congratulate our Media Club student, Heng Kai Ling, for emerging 1st, in the 2022 Copyright School Challenge Video Competition. The stop motion animation created illustrated how the public reacts to copyright infringement and individuals who associate themselves with others’ originality.

View Kai Ling’s winning submission here on the school’s Facebook site.

Young Reporter News Challenge 2022

We are happy to share that our team of Chinese Language students who participated in the National News Reporting Competition organised by Mediacorp won both Best Reporter and Reporter News Awards categories on 30th July 2022.

Read more on 8World online site, Young Reporter News Challenge 2022

SYF Art Exhibition 2022

Heartiest congratulations to Lim Yu Xiang from class 3-8. His artwork has been selected for exhibition at the National Museum for this year’s Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Art Exhibition!

Based on this year’s theme of ‘Artist and Sustainability’, Lim Yu Xiang created works to bring awareness of how useful plastics can be in fashion.

The exhibition is on at the National Museum from 13 -25 July. Do drop by for a visit to support or view via the online display here.

North Zone Schools Chinese Speech Competition 2022

On 01 July Friday, the annual North Zone Schools (Primary/Secondary) Chinese Speech Competition was held at Evergreen Secondary whereby it was highly competitive with many schools taking part, such as Singapore Chinese Girls’ School and CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School.

We are pleased to announce that our school’s student, Lok Zhi Jia from class 2-7 managed to clinch Third Placing with her strong effort and confident display of her story-telling. Congratulations to her once again for this amazing feat!

The ignITE Challenge 2021

The ignITE Challenge 2021 was organised by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). This challenge is an annual competition that introduces students to technical skills and fosters a deeper understanding of courses offered by ITE.

Fourteen of our secondary 3 students from class 3-8, took part in this challenge, specifically representing the school the Daedalus Challenge and the Dancing Drones Challenge.

In the Daedalus Challenge, students developed their skills in using the Computer Aided Design (CAD) software to design and assemble an aerodynamic glider that can clear obstacles. While in the Dancing Drones Challenge, students learnt how to execute drone programming using the Python codebase, and perform simultaneous flying of multiple drones.

We are proud that the team, comprising of Muhammad Hafy Ismat Bin Rahmat, Mohammad Danish Bin Mohammad Razak and Mohamed Fajarbaadillah Bin Mohamed Mustafah, emerged as finalists for the Dancing Drone Challenge. Great effort boys!

Lee Kuan Yew All-Round Excellence (LKY-ARE)

The Lee Kuan Yew Award for All-Round Excellence was first presented in 2005. It recognises well-rounded students who have excelled in both academic and non-academic spheres, and who exemplify the qualities artculated in the desired outcomes of education. This year, Siti Nur Zhafirah Bte Mohd Fadzil and Darrell Wee Jun Kai received the Lee Kuan Yew Award for All-Round Excellence.

This is a major breakthrough for the school as this is the 1st time our students receive such high accolades at the national level. Darrell was an active member of the Football CCA Team and represented the school in several competitons. He was also member of the Sports Leaders Executive Committee. He excelled in both his academic pursuits and Co-curricular activities, and was a role model to many of his peers.

We also like to congratulate Siti Nur Zhafirah, Company Leader of the Girl Guides. She was also a dedicated member of the Student Council. For her active contribution and capable leadership, she was given a special mention by the Minister of Education in his opening speech!

Congratulations Darrell and Zhafirah! SKSS is very proud of your achievements & all the best in your future pursuits.

Nutri-Booster Competition

This year, the Nutrition and Food Science Department participated in the Nutri-Booster Competition 2021 organised by Science
Centre Singapore and Republic Polytechnic. The objective of the competition was to create one nutritious dish and one dietary supplement for the individual stated in the given scenario to boost overall health

Five students, their names as follow: Mohammed Aiman Zulkhair Bin Mohammed Goh Dong Ce, Cipher Loh Yu Wei, Kyran Vaanisri D/O Parameswaran Tan Jing Hui, Karrise from Secondary 3-7 represented our school in the competition. The SKSS team emerged Champions for the competition and did the school proud! Congratulations to the team!

Dancers at National Day Parade 2021

On August 18th 2021, we are delighted that our dancers was featured in the news for their resilience and commitment in training for their NDP Celebrations Performance. Low Yi Jing, the President of the Dance CCA was interviewed and featured on the TV on Channel 8, an article on Straits Time. Our 10 dancers selected for the performance was also featured on Channel News Asia. Please look out for our dancers on TV where they will be featured at the NDP Celebrations this Saturday.

Best Budding Writers' Award 2019

Our SKY from class 1-3, Sakinah Banu clinched Best Budding Writers’ Award at National Level Nanum Oru Padaipali - Gold Award!

Asia Oceania Geographical Society - Earth Observatory Observatory of Singapore (EOS) International Geoscience Challenge 2019

4 teams from Seng Kang Secondary School, comprising Secondary 2 Geography students, participated in the inaugural Asia Oceania Geographical Society - Earth Observatory Observatory of Singapore (EOS) International Geoscience Challenge 2019.

The teams started preparing since January and made it to the finals held on 29th July 2019 at Singapore Suntec Convention Centre.

The AOGS-EOS International Geoscience Challenge 2019 is part of the organizations’ effort to inspire and create greater interest in Geophysical Sciences among middle and high school students. The aim of the Challenge is to give students the experience of conducting an investigative Geoscience project under the guidance of their geography teachers and provide students with a platform to exhibit and share their findings with others.

We are pleased to announce that our 2-4 team, comprising Kelvin, Agnes and Xuan Ru, clinched the gold award for their project on “A Land Morphology Approach to Studying Flash Floods in Singapore”.

Congratulations to all 4 teams for emerging as finalists and achieving this breakthrough!

YOUTHSPEAK Essay Competition 2018

1st Runner-up: Writing My Future (Written by Roiel Michael T. Alemania)

My future looks like this. I am an indie filmmaker, a notable name in the industry. I have created multiple short films that have won me a handful of awards and trophies. My films are representative of many problems faced by people every day, each film hiding a deeper subtext on the already fragile subject they portray. Otherwise, they are film adaptations of books that had not gone beyond ink and paper. Most of my films cash in a decent income or remain unknown and undiscovered. In this future I am content. On the other hand, my future could look like this… I would own a bookstore in a small town. Set up in a scanty and deplorable space were multiple bookshelves, and arranged on the rusty metal shelves were countless old books with yellowing pages. This bookstore – terribly forgettable – barely had a cent to its name… In this future I am demoralised.

My future looks like this. In the corner of the room is a half-done Christmas tree, and on one of the walls is a banner saying ‘Merry Christmas’. I am on a couch, the light from a small flat screen illuminating the dark room. Next to myself is my partner, her head on my shoulder and our bodies wrapped in a fur blanket. I look around the room, seated on other furniture are my siblings with their own significant others. I turn my attention away from the movie and peek behind to see my parents and my in-laws preparing a hearty Christmas dinner. In this future, I feel loved. Alternatively, my future could look like this… I would slam my phone on the wooden table – ending the conversation with my sister. I began to pace around my small apartment in clear frustration. These conversations had become a routine; one of my siblings would call me in hopes of convincing me to return home for some family time. Ultimately, without fail, I would respond with a blunt refusal. I had left on bad terms with my parents, and occasionally my siblings would add to this turmoil. Ever since I had gone my own way, I had spent countless celebrations without my family… In this future, I feel abandoned.

My future looks like this. I am rushing around my bedroom, snatching essentials left and right. I have a flight heading to Barcelona that is leaving in two hours. To fit my items into my very full luggage, I begin tossing clothes everywhere, not batting an eye where they land. Just before I exit the bedroom door, I take one last look to make sure I do not leave anything behind – almost immediately I want to look away – my room looks like it had been ransacked. My eyes dart to the desk beside my bed, where a globe of the world stood with thumbtacks marking out all my previous destinations. Most of South East Asia has been invaded by the thumbtacks whilst there are a few stray thumbtacks resting somewhere in America and Africa. Above that globe are all the certificates I have won through all my years of working as a filmmaker. I give out a short huff and lock the door of the apartment,ready for my next adventure. In this future, I am pleased with what I have done. In contrast, my future could also look like this… I would saunter into my apartment as usual. As I turned on the tap for some water, I realized that the water pipes had not fixed themselves yet. I stared blankly as water dripped out the pipe from two loose screws. I turned off the tap and ignored the tiny puddle it had left, not caring what atrocity would be in its place the next morning. I let my eyes graze the tiny, run-down apartment. Nothing in my life had gone the way I wanted: I had failed and dropped out of university, I got myself an apartment with rent that took up most of my pay check, I worked a desk-job that followed the same monotonous routine over and over again. I would barely have time for my family, let alone myself. I would take a deep breath to compose myself, and prepare to rest for the same experience the next day… In this future, I regret everything.

I have no idea what lies ahead for me. I have neither a plan nor a sure-fire goal for my future. The future is an ominous expanse of infinite possibilities. Every single moment beyond the one I currently exist in, is a mystery. I am an open-minded person, I believe in the idea that anything is possible. And because of this, every bad thing is also possible. That is why I have written my future like this, with the good, the bad and the ugly. I am not trying to jinx myself with the incredibly undesirable possibilities I have written, I know things will not always go my way. Or maybe they will. Either way, it is perfectly fine to be wary of the future. Ultimately, it is not what one will do in the future that counts, what counts is what one does now. Now, am I ready for my future? No, I am not. Yet at the same time, I have never been more ready for anything

Written by:

Roiel Michael T. Alemania
Class 4-2 (2018)

Against All Odds

Seng Kang Secondary School has been a Special Needs Resource School since our inception. With strong dedicated support from the school, many of our special needs students have learnt to overcome their challenges and made impressive breakthroughs against all odds.

Since the school’s inception in 1999, the Special Needs Education Programme has always been an important aspect of the school’s culture. It was designated as the Resource Centre for Autism as early as the year 2000, as its focus on character development and values inculcation was believed to be able to provide the optimal support network and nurturing environment for our students with Special Needs. Their presence in our everyday lives have also provided the typically developing students and the school as a whole an opportunity to develop compassion and care for others who have different needs and require greater support.