Rosyth School

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Rosyth School is a government co-educational primary school in Singapore. It is located in Serangoon in North Singapore.

1 History
2 Mission
3 Gifted Education Programme
4 Awards
5 Reference
6 External link

[edit] History

Rosyth School was established in 1956, situated at Rosyth Road from which it derived its name. The majority of pupils then were from the neighboring kampungs. In early 1983, the school was identified as one of the four primary schools to host the Gifted Education Programme. By the end of 1983, the school moved to Parry Avenue.

To date, the school has had seven Principals, Mr Chee Seng Kee (1956 – 1959), Mrs Bertha Neo (1959 – 1978), Miss Ada Ponnappa (1978 – 1990), Mr Foo Chee Meng (1990 – 1997), Mr Fong Whay Chong (1997 – 2000)and Miss Elizabeth Chan Boey Koon (2001 – 2005) and Mrs Celine Ng (2006 – ).

Due to rapid expansion of the school, it was relocated in 2001 to a larger premise located at Serangoon North Avenue 4. It currently has nearly 3000 students. These students are distributed into the morning and afternoon sessions. Primary 1, 3 and 5 students have their lessons in the afternoon while Primary 2, 4 and 6 students have their lessons in the morning.

In 2005, Rosyth School's Adil Hakeem B Mohamad Rafee, currently a student of Raffles Institution, became the year's top Primary School Leaving Examination student, leading the cohort of more than 51,000 pupils with an aggregate score of 282. ^[1]

[edit] Mission

The mission of the school is "Rosythians are committed to the pursuit of existence through maximising in the development of mind, body, and soul".

[edit] Gifted Education Programme

The Gifted Education Programme began at Rosyth in 1984. The enriched subjects are English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Chinese.

In 1996, an In-house Counsellor was appointed from among the staff of Rosyth to primarily look at the affective needs of pupils in the program. Dialogue sessions involving the principal, vice-principal, HOD (GEP(2)), and counsellor are held once a term to meet parents of pupils who need assistance either in their work or in their behavior and attitude.

To give pupils the opportunity to interact with other pupils who were less fortunate, the school adopted Grace Haven under the Community Builder programme in 1996. Pupils visited the home twice in 2003. The school is presently working on a more structured programme with the home.

Outdoor activities have been organised for selected pupils to give opportunities for leadership and character building as well as adventure and physical training.

Furthermore, the Gifted Education pupils also frequently support the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) and hold sales for their handicrafts in order to raise money for them. Also, pupils visit the foundation once in Primary 5 for community service.

Just recently, in March-April 2006, a few MINDS student went to Rosyth to visit the Primary 5 students there and to take part in some activities, for example, balloon making by Class 5-15. Another group watched a performance by Class 5-14.