Key Programmes
Inquiry-based Active Learning with Technology
Students learn Science using the inquiry approach via a variety of ICT tools and experiential hands-on experiments. This ensures that the learning of Science is not confined to the textbook and the classrooms, but is seamlessly integrated into the students’ lives.
Learning through Games
In addition to reviewing concepts learnt during lessons, playing games also teach important soft skills like teamwork, decision-making, and learning to communicate and interact with one another. Learning through games not only encourages thinking but also cultivates a joy and motivation in the learning of Science.
Outdoor Learning
To nurture a sense of appreciation for nature and encourage Andersonians to do their part for the environment, various science enrichment modules have been designed to provide outdoor learning experiences and opportunities for self-discovery through hands-on doing.
(i) Friend or Foe Workshop
Friend or Foe is a Biodiversity Learning Experience focused on drawing awareness and appreciation for the diverse range of bugs and insects that live in small green urban spaces around us. Conducted by trainers from an environmental social enterprise, Cultivate Central, students learnt about the special characteristics of different bugs and the different roles they play.
Primary 3 students had an outdoor classroom experience to explore the regenerative gardens in the school, to observe and identify the bugs and insects residing in these areas. Up close, our Young Entomologists had an opportunity to see the different stages in the life cycle of a rhinoceros beetle. Through this workshop, our students learnt what it means to have balance and diversity in the green spaces in school, at home and in our beautiful garden city.
(ii) Hydroponics & Plant Parts Module
This in-house programme aims to provide a hands-on learning experience for our Primary 3 students to appreciate and learn more about plant life, participate in the process of crop growing, develop teamwork, motivate respect and values for life in nature as well as encourage healthy eating habits.</span>
During the growing process, students have the opportunity to observe different plant parts such as plant roots, without pulling the plant out of its environment. Students will transplant their seedlings into the hydroponics system and watch the development of their crop until it is ready to be harvested and consumed.
(iii) Back to Nature – Replant & Grow
Back to Nature – Replant and Grow aims to nurture budding Young Botanists with an appreciation and love for our nature’s greenery. Primary 5 students participated in various activities such as micro-farming recycled bottle garden and terrarium-making.
In the micro-farming workshop, students discovered the various components of healthy, ‘living’ soil. Students worked in groups and got their hands dirty to mix these components together to create their own organic soil. This organic soil was then transferred into their fabric planter beds to grow bak choy, spring onions and lettuce. In the recycled bottle garden lesson, each student had the opportunity to create their own bottle garden or terrarium using simple materials such as a plastic bottle, Fittonia, pebbles and peat moss.
Through these hands-on activities, students learned about the science behind composting, how a bottle garden can be self-sustaining and brought home organic crops to share with their families.
Learning Journeys
(i) Singapore Zoo
Primary 3 students visit the Singapore Zoo to learn about the body coverings of different animal groups and its functions. In addition, students get to complete a Zoo trail that is designed by our teachers to encourage students to classify a variety of animals they see based on their similarities and differences using common observable characteristics. This trail also broadens students’ knowledge of examples of animals in the different animal groups they have learnt under the Diversity theme.
(ii) Singapore Science Centre
Learning journeys to the Singapore Science Centre are organised for students to deepen and extend their learning. Primary 4 students attended the Heat and Temperature workshops where they worked in groups to apply concepts on heat and temperature to tackle the design challenge of using materials to reduce heat gain.
Primary 5 students attended the 'Diversity of Cells' laboratory-based workshop to learn about the classification of living things as well as explore, observe adn identify cells through a microscope.
(iii) Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Primary 6 students had the opportunity to explore biodiversity in our own backyard and understand its importance during the mangrove walk at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. During this learning journey, students learnt eye-opening facts about fauna and flora in mangrove habitats, relationships between organisms and appreciate the importance of protecting our Mother Nature.</span>
Young Scientist Badge Programme
To encourage the application of learning to the real world and provide opportunities for students to carry out self-directed activities in the various disciplines of Science and Mathematics, the following Young Scientist Badges are offered to Primary 2 to 5 students.
Level |
Badge |
Curricula Subject/Programme |
P1 |
Eureka! |
ALP STEM Eureka! |
P2 |
I am a Young Botanist |
P2 PAL – Outdoor Education |
P3 |
I am a Young Zoologist |
Science |
P3 |
I am a Young Entomologist |
Science |
P4 |
I am a Young Environmentalist |
ALP STEM Eureka! |
P4 |
I am a Young Physicist |
Science |
P5 |
I am a Young Energy Saver |
Science |
P5/6 |
I am a Young Mathematician |
Mathematics |
P5/6 |
I am a Water Ambassador |
Science |
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Big Ideas in Science |
Practices of Science |
Values, Ethics & Attitudes |
There is a diversity of living and non-living things. |
We can make sense of the world by organising its diversity through classification |
Curiosity – desiring to explore the environment & question what is found |
Cycles of living things has a repeated pattern. This allows us to make predictions. |
We have to make informed decisions and take actions to use resources in nature responsibly and sustainably. |
Responsibility – showing care & concern for living things |
In addition, hands-on learning experiences such as the include rhizome growing activity encouraged students to learn how to grow ginger in fabric pouches made 100% from recycled plastic. Students also examined the components of sustainable growing materials such as cocopeat and vermicast made from recycled food waste.
Science Assembly Programme
The Science Assembly Programme is planned with the following objectives:
- To arouse and ignite Andersonians interest in the learning of Science.
- To equip Andersonians with the ethics and attitudes to engage in science-related issues as a reflective citizen.
- To help Andersonians appreciate how science influences people and the environment.
Some of the shows and talks organised include:
- The Amazing World of Animals Talk
- Author’s Talk on the World of Dinosaur by local author Andy Chua
- Air-Amazing Science Show
- No! to Plastic Talk
- Marine Wildlife Talk & Marine Tank Interaction
- Incredible Edibles – The Chemistry of Cookies Science Show by the Singapore Science Centre
- Singapore Wildlife and Trashbusters Talks by the Singapore Zoo
- Seeds Plastics Talk by Keppel Land Limited, in partnership with Conservation International and Ayer Ayer Project
- Beyond Just Food Digitized Drama Show by The Voice Production
- HSBC Marine Protection Programme Virtual Assembly Talk by Lee Khong Chian Natural History Museum in collaboration with HSBC
- Forest Talk by Singapore Botanic Gardens / NParks (part of the Biodiversity Week)
- We Beelong! Together by NParks
- Sustainability in Fashion by Singapore Fashion Council
Additional Enrichment Programmes
- E2K Science Enrichment Programme
- Singapore Youth Science Fair
- Elementz Science Project Competition and Exhibition
- Singapore Primary Science Olympiad
- Raffles Science Olympiad
- NUS High Programme – Da Vinci, Mcurie2 and Summer/Winter workshops