Edgefield Secondary School

Edgefield Secondary School 育德中学 Sekolah Menengah Edgefield
Address
36 Punggol Field Punggol New Town 828814 Singapore
Coordinates	1°24′00.9″N103°54′08.4″E / 1.400250°N 103.902333°E / 1.400250; 103.902333
Information
School type	Government
Motto	"Sincerity and Honour"
Established	2011
School number	6883 9511
School code	3075
Principal	Simon Foo Jung Hin (2023–present)
Gender	Coeducational
Age range	13 to 17
Classes	Secondary 1 to 4 (Express, Normal Academic/Technical) Secondary 5 (Normal Academic)
Color(s)	Red  Yellow  Blue
Website	edgefieldsec.moe.edu.sg

Edgefield Secondary School (EFSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Punggol, Singapore.

History

Mr Leong Kok Kee was assigned to Edgefield Secondary School as the Principal in 2011 by the Ministry of Education. ^[1]

On 12 July 2013, the school had its official opening ceremony. ^[2]

In 2015, the first batch of Secondary 4 Express students had 93.3% scoring 5 or more passes for O-Levels, which outdid the national average of 83.3%. ^[3]

The school took part in SG50 as well by setting a new record in the Singapore Book of Records. In collaboration with the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF), 1,400 Taekwondo students from Edgefield Secondary School gathered to create a human formation of the SG50 logo to mark Singapore's Golden Jubilee. Students broke 2,800 planks in a team formation, setting the new record for the “Most Number of Planks Broken in Kicking Sequence” in the largest local Taekwondo demonstration. ^[4]

On 21 October 2016, then vice-principal Mr Lee Peck Ping took over as the new principal after Mr Leong Kok Kee was transferred to Regent Secondary School. ^[5]

In 2018, phone lockers were also introduced to allow teachers to keep the students phones in their classroom locked away till the end of the day. In 2022, the vice-principal introduced the Red-Zone area in the classroom blocks. Students seen with their mobile phone devices would have their phones confiscated.

The school has also undergone a major aesthetic revamp around school in 2022.

Programmes

The school is the second school in Singapore to have taekwondo as a compulsory curricular activity. ^[6] It is said that the sport helps to instill discipline, respect and perseverance in every student. It also serves its purpose in training self-defence. By the end of Secondary 4, most students are able to achieve black belts. The CCA took part in several competitions every year and did extremely well, exceeding the expectations of the school. ^[7] In 2018, the taekwondo programme was split into two tiers - the lower and upper tier, making it optional for the upper secondary students. Hence, they are given the choice to opt out of the programme if they wish to.

For Secondary 1 students, the school has an Apple Education Programme(AEP) to enable them to learn how to use macOS. ^[8] Thereafter throughout the rest of their lower secondary years, they will attend the Future Ready Programme(FRP) which is a combination of the previously known programmes such as CBL, ATS and ALP.

DSA-Sec to Edgefield Sec can be applied in three domains: LLP(Taekwondo), ALP(Innovation) and Leadership. ^[9]

Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs)

Edgefield Secondary School has a wide variety of CCAs for students to choose from. Currently, there are 23 active CCAs for students to join. ^{[10] [11]}

Uniformed Groups	Sports & Games	Clubs & Societies	Performing Arts
National Police Cadet Corps (Sea)	Badminton	Art Club	Choir
Boy Scouts	Basketball	Robotics Club	Concert Band
Girl Guides	Shooting	Singapore Youth Flying Club	English Language Drama & Debate Society
National Civil-Defence Cadet Corps	Softball	New Media Club	Festive Drums
	Taekwondo	Entrepreneurs Club	Guzheng Ensemble
	Volleyball		Harmonica Ensemble
	Wushu		Modern Dance

^Golf CCA was removed in 2017, Thinkers Society was removed in 2022, Entrepreneurs Club will be removed in 2024.

References

1. "Edgefield Secondary School banner". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. Kei, Meng (9 August 2013). "Edgefield Secondary Opening Ceremony Review".
3. "O-level results: Edgefield's first batch sets high standards". The Straits Times. 13 January 2015.
4. "Record Breaking Feat by 1,400 students". stf.sg.
5. "Principals appointed for 7 merged secondary schools". CNA.
6. "The New Paper: Don't mess with these students". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
7. "Edgefield Secondary School: Taekwondo". Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
8. "Edgefield Secondary School: Apple Education". Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
9. "Direct School Admission (DSA)". edgefieldsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
10. "CCA". edgefieldsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
11. "Edgefield Secondary School CCAs". sites.google.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.