Northbrooks in the News 2020 to 2021

Catch up on how Northbrooks Secondary School made the news from 2020 to 2021, featuring students' inspiring stories and achievements.

Last updated 18 August 2026

Northbrooks in the News 2020-2021

2021

Northbrooks newspaper coverage 2020

Date	Name of Newspaper & Heading	Written By
13 January 2020	Student discovers love for Aeronautical Engineering Despite being diagnosed with bone cancer at a young age and having to give up his favourite sport, secondary school student Yao Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) did not give up his passion for learning. Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) found out about his condition in Primary 5, where he had no choice but to drop out of school for a year to receive treatment. When interviewed, the cheerful student was shocked after he received the news. However, he did not worry too much and had faith that he would recover. With his condition, Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) had to refrain from physical activities, which includes giving up his love for floorball. However, this did not dampen his spirits and he remained positive towards exploring new things, which led him to a world of aeronautical engineering. This was when he joined his school’s Aerospace Applied Learning Programme, where Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) took an interest in aeroplane modelling and aircraft designing, developing a passion in this area. This new experience definitely broadened his horizons, allowing his dreams to take flight. Last year, Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) was successfully accepted by Singapore Polytechnic under the Early Admission Exercise (EAE), and will kick-start his diploma education in Aerospace Engineering upon receiving his O level results. He also has hopes in pursuing a university education thereafter. When interviewed, Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) jokingly commented “Previously, my school holidays were occupied with homework. Since there will be no work to do this holiday, I won’t feel used to it”. “To be honest, I am not worried about my health, and will miss my school and peers after graduating. The good thing is, I will soon have homework to do.”	Wanbao

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Name of Newspaper & Heading

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13 January 2020

Student discovers love for Aeronautical Engineering

Despite being diagnosed with bone cancer at a young age and having to give up his favourite sport, secondary school student Yao Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) did not give up his passion for learning.

Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) found out about his condition in Primary 5, where he had no choice but to drop out of school for a year to receive treatment. When interviewed, the cheerful student was shocked after he received the news. However, he did not worry too much and had faith that he would recover.

With his condition, Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) had to refrain from physical activities, which includes giving up his love for floorball. However, this did not dampen his spirits and he remained positive towards exploring new things, which led him to a world of aeronautical engineering. This was when he joined his school’s Aerospace Applied Learning Programme, where Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) took an interest in aeroplane modelling and aircraft designing, developing a passion in this area. This new experience definitely broadened his horizons, allowing his dreams to take flight.

Last year, Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) was successfully accepted by Singapore Polytechnic under the Early Admission Exercise (EAE), and will kick-start his diploma education in Aerospace Engineering upon receiving his O level results. He also has hopes in pursuing a university education thereafter.

When interviewed, Zi Jie (Nicholas Junus) jokingly commented “Previously, my school holidays were occupied with homework. Since there will be no work to do this holiday, I won’t feel used to it”.

“To be honest, I am not worried about my health, and will miss my school and peers after graduating. The good thing is, I will soon have homework to do.”

Wanbao