A SCHOOL IN THE LIFE BOARDER

Kirti explains what a school House Grade 11 boarder

Study time

7-9pm

Homework, prep, call it what you will, every weekday except Tuesday, Grades 8 and 9 are in the 6th floor Common Room; Grades 10 and 11 are in the Kishore Mahbubani Library; and Grade 12 in their own rooms. On Tuesdays, if you’re up to date with your school work, you can join a community activity with your ‘boarding family’. This can be anything from sharing ‘My Story’, to sports or art activities, baking or a film night.

School day

8am-3pm

Tampines House is ‘out-of-bounds’ during the school day, unless you’re in Grade 11 and 12 and have a ‘free’ in the last timetable block (1.45–3pm). If you’re ill, you stay in the clinic under supervision from the nursing staff.

Lunch is in the canteen with the day students—our preloaded ewallet on our student pass covers it.

Afternoon tea or after school activities

3-4.15pm

If you don’t have an Activity after school, it’s a dash back to Tampines House for afternoon tea before it disappears!

Some sports run up to 6.30pm, in which case we go straight to dinner.