Northbrooks Secondary School

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Northbrooks Secondary School
思源中学
Location
Northbrooks Secondary School
Information
TypeGovernment
MottoSoaring Yet Rooted (Volilatilis Tamen Radicalis)
Established2000
SessionSingle
School code3612
PrincipalMr Lau Yan Boon
EnrolmentLess than 1000
Colour(s) Blue  Black  Gold 
Website Official website

Northbrooks Secondary School (NBrSS) is a co-educational government secondary school located in Yishun, Singapore.

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History

Northbrooks opened with its first intake on 3 January 2000 with eight Secondary 1 classes. Built at a cost of over S$23 million, the school is fully equipped with IT facilities and is set amidst the surroundings of Yishun Park. [1]

CCA

The Co-curriculum Activities, or better known as CCAs in short term, of Northbrook Secondary School are considered to be ‘extraordinary’ as it has CCAs that are not commonly found in other Government Secondary School and additionally, has lesser CCAs than usual. Its CCAs are divided into four categories while sharing the same objectives which is, “Every CCA a Champion CCA, Impacting the Community.” The four categories of CCAs are Sports & Games, Clubs & Societies, Uniformed Group and lastly, Visual & Performing Arts. Below is CCAs falling under each categories(As of 2023). [2]

Sports & Games: [3]

Badminton

Basketball

Bowling

Floorball

ODAC(Outdoor Adventure Club)

Clubs & Societies [4]

AVA Club

Environmental Art Club

Infocomm Club

Youth Flying Club

Uniformed Groups [5]

National Cadet Corps(Air)

National Police Cadet Corps

Red Cross Youth

Boys Brigade

Visual & Performing Arts [6]

Concert Band

Drama Club

Guitar Ensemble

Guzheng Ensemble

Mondern Dance

Name origin

The name Northbrooks is derived from the Chinese idiom yin shui si yuan (饮水思源), [1] which means to think of the source when one drinks water. Its meaning has two aspects: 1. to have water to drink depends on all kinds of conditions. 2. The quality of the water depends on its source. [7]

Facilities

Facilities in the school includes The Brooks, a park which contains different plant and animal species, four computer labs, a rock wall, a street soccer court, and an indoor sports hall. Examinations are usually conducted in the air-conditioned CD Shelter, the hall, or in classrooms. There is also a gym located on the first floor beside the Green Room (detention room). There is a lounge for students called the ‘Champions Lodge’, containing gaming consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 360 for students’ enjoyment. There are also board games and a large black board for students to draw on, for the expression of their creativity. There is also a parking space for bicycles for students who cycle to school. As of 26 June 2024, it was released by the school committee that a lift will be installed in order to accommodate student and staff movements as well as to help make the upper floors more accessible to disabled.

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. https://northbrookssec.moe.edu.sg/co-curriculum/cca [ bare URL ]
  3. https://northbrookssec.moe.edu.sg/co-curriculum/cca/physical-sports/badminton [ bare URL ]
  4. https://northbrookssec.moe.edu.sg/co-curriculum/cca/clubs-n-societies/ava-club [ bare URL ]
  5. https://northbrookssec.moe.edu.sg/co-curriculum/cca/uniformed-groups/national-police-cadet-corp [ bare URL ]
  6. https://northbrookssec.moe.edu.sg/co-curriculum/cca/visual-n-performing-arts/concert-band [ bare URL ]
  7. "Zen Thoughts 82 – Two fundamental powers – China Culture Center". www.chinaculturecenter.org.