Zhenghua 20th anniversary

CRAFT & TECHNOLOGY SIGNATURE PROGRAMME (2008 TILL PRESENT)

Our school’s Craft & Technology Signature Programme started as early as 2008. It was primarily designed to promote interdisciplinary project work across the 3 subject disciplines of Food & Consumer Education, Art, and Design & Technology.

Zhenghua Secondary School started in December 1999 in a two-storey container housed at Greenridge Secondary School. The container comprised the general office and the staff room. Our first cohort was made up of 4 Express, 2 Normal (Academic) and 3 Normal (Technical) classes. In 2001, we moved to Senja Road where we began the journey of our school.

THE ADVENTURE & LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE - ZALTC

In 2005, we built our first ever Outdoor Adventure element with our very own school funds. We had envisioned developing our student leaders through outdoor education. We started with the construction of a rock wall and an abseil tower. Over the years, we have expanded the Zhenghua Adventure and Leadership Training Centre (ZALTC) to include more high elements and outdoor facilities.

The Pioneering Years 1999 2002

The Building Years 2003 2010

Peer Tutoring Programme

Mathematics Peer-tutoring has been a long standing programme for the department. The programme helps students who are weak in mathematics, while providing an opportunity for students who are better in the subject to develop their leadership and communication skills. The programme also fosters a caring culture in the school.

MATHEMATICS PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (2009 TILL PRESENT)W)

Reading Programmes

Reading programmes are structured into the curriculum to cultivate the love for reading. Classic and local literary works are introduced and newspaper reading is conducted weekly to keep students abreast of current affairs.

In 2009, the Mathematics Problem-based Learning Programme was created. Problem-based Learning (PBL) is a student-centred learning process where students are given a problem to solve, initiate their own findings, and in the process gain new knowledge. In recent years, the PBL lessons have incorporated Polya’s Problem Solving Framework.

STRUCTURED SABBATICAL WEEK (2012 TILL PRESENT)

The Sabbatical Week is one of the levelbased signature programmes introduced in 2012. Three days of curriculum time at the end of Term 1 are set aside for programmes and activities to deepen the development of important life skills in our students as well as reinforce the school’s efforts to nurture strong character and positive values.

Normal Curriculum

APPLIED LEARNING PROGRAMME (2014 TILL PRESENT)

Inquiry Based Learning

LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES (2013 TILL PRESENT)

Oracy and critical thinking skills form the crux of the various signature programmes in the English and Mother Tongue Languages departments. For students to increase their repertoire in both languages, they are bought on a journey that seeks to teach, prepare, develop and nurture them into confident, reflective, critical thinkers and communicators of the 21st century.

MTL FORTNIGHT PROGRAMME (2011 TILL PRESENT)

Cultural learning activities are tailored to the interests and needs of our students. Over the years, students are exposed to a range of activities such as drama appreciation, traditional handicraft, martial arts and language games etc