Northbrooks in the News 2014 to 2015

Northbrooks in the News 2014-2015

2015

On 30 November 2015

Northbrooks Secondary School has been awarded the Aviation in Schools Initiative Award (AIS) by Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) for developing long-term plans to involve students and teachers in aviation.

This award is in recognition of the efforts taken to build a niche in Aerospace and an environment where students are constantly exposed to aviation for enrichment and career guidance. The school has also worked closely with CAAS to expose our students to aerospace not just in terms of curriculum, but also through learning journeys, workshops, enrichment programmes and other activities.

NAC Arts Education Award (Spark)

On 23 October 2015

Northbrooks has been awarded the NAC Arts Education Award (Spark), (Nov 2015 – Nov 2019). The NAC Arts Education Award (NAEA) is a national arts award conferred by the National Arts Council to encourage schools to provide holistic arts education for their students; it also provides schools with a framework to guide the development of good arts education practices and programmes.

School Green Awards & 3R Awards

On 19 October 2015

Northbrooks Secondary School has been active in championing green efforts to educate our students on the 3Rs through learning experiences and programmes.

Here are some of the noteworthy highlights of the year.

In October 2014, Lower Secondary students learned how to make recycled flowers from plastic bags in a Values-In-Action project entitled ‘Tribute to Our Unsung Heroes’. These carnation bouquets and some handwritten messages were presented to our non-teaching and cleaning staff to show our appreciation towards them.

The Secondary 2 students designed games booths from recycled materials as part of their post-examination activities in May 2015. Students were invited to try out the games to win prizes.

These efforts have been recognised at the SEC-Starhub School Green Awards (SGA) and 3R Awards this year, with Northbrooks being awarded the Lotus Sustained Achievement Award and the Gold Award respectively!

N6 Cluster Frisbee Competition

On 10 September 2015

During the N6 Cluster Sports Fiesta that was held on 28th August, Northbrooks sent two teams of students and one team of teachers to compete in the Ultimate Frisbee competition.

One team of students emerged  CHAMPIONS and the other team of students came in 6th out of 10! Our students were truly gracious champions as they also cheered for other schools when they were playing the game. Their team spirit, fortitude in competition and graciousness certainly embodied the school values and Champion mindset that we aspire for our students to achieve.

The staff team came in 4th out of 7 teams.

SG50 Inter-Cluster Ultimate Frisbee Competition

On 28 May 2015

Ministry of Education's Physical Education and Sports Education Branch organized an Inter-cluster Ultimate Frisbee Competition (Youth Celebrate! Jubilee Cup) for schools on 25th May 2015.  Our cluster, N6 emerged as overall SECOND position in the North Zone! The champion team would represent the zone in the national competition against the 3 other zones.

Four of our student councillors have been training hard under the tutelage of Ms Irene Heng, HOD PE from Yio Chu Kang Secondary School and they were part of the team that came in Second!

Good Neighbour Award 2015

On 27 May 2015

The Good Neighbour Award Ceremony 2015 was held on 23 May 2015, Saturday. Eleazar Zyrille Magundayao from Sec 1Empathy received the Good Neighbour Award – National Award (Student Category).  She has demonstrated exemplary neighbourly spirit.  Her kind deeds for her neighbours are a great inspiration for others to emulate (the full story is appended in Annex A). During this Award Ceremony, 14 National Recipients (Open and Student Category) was honoured, including Zyrille.  There will also be a week-long exhibition where the Good Neighbour Award 2015 recipients and their inspiring stories will be showcased at the HDB Community Week 2015 exhibition, from 24 May to 31 May 2015 at the HDB Hub Mall at Toa Payoh.

2014

N3 Cluster Aesthetics Collaboration with Hougang Mall

On 19 September 2014

As part of N3 Cluster, Northbrooks Secondary School was pleased to contribute several artworks created by our students for an Art community outreach project in collaboration with Asiamalls Management Pte Ltd. The students were invited to paint on A2-sized canvases, to illustrate what the national spirit means to them. Artworks by Brooksians are among the 184 beautiful art pieces on display in the impressive three-dimensional art installation, hung from the skylight in the atrium of Hougang Mall. The massive art installation was aimed at creating for shoppers a unique experience in which they would be able to enjoy and appreciate artwork by students. The exhibits will be on display in the mall until mid-November 2014.

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YOUth Got Talent Singing Competition

On 25 August 2014

Since 2009, T-Net Club (Teens Network Club) has been organizing YOUth Got Talent Singing Competition annually to allow youths in Singapore to showcase their talents and develop self-confidence through the competition. 

This year, 2 students went for the audition. Our Brooksian, Ahmad Irfan, was 1 of the 10 finalists out of 100 over participants of the competition. On Saturday, 16 August 2014, he took part in the finals at Plaza Singapura. His charisma, popular song choice and a large amount of audience who clapped along won him the "Most Supporter Team" award.

People's Association Community Spirit Awards 2014

On 5 August 2014

On Friday, 1 August 2014, Northbrooks received the People’s Association Community Spirit Award for the  3rd consecutive year, in recognition of its partnership of, and contributions towards the community.

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