St. St. Gabriel's Secondary School

Labor Omnia Vincit

 

24 Serangoon Avenue 1 Singapore 556140.  Tel: 6288 9470 (Office)   Telefax: 6289 8615

 

 

From the Principal’s Desk 2008/01

 

17 January 2008

 

Dear Parents/Guardians,                                                    

 

The school would like to wish one and all a Blessed 2008!

 

A warm welcome to the school in the new academic year to all our Gabrielites!  The school has prepared some programmes and arrangements specially to cater to the needs of our students.  We urge both parents/guardians and students to peruse the termly ‘From the Principal’s Desk’ very carefully. The document is also made available for easy referral in the school website.      

 

 

1                  School Theme for 2008 remains as ‘One Heart, One Spirit ’.

 

 

2                  School  Handbook 2008

 

All students have been provided with a copy of the School Handbook for information on school policies and guidelines.  Some of the information provided includes:

§         Our Mission, Vision, Values & Motto

§         Discipline with Care – School Rules

§         Examination Grading System

§         Assessment Modes and Weightage

§         Continual and Semestral Assessment Rules and Regulations

§         Criteria for Movement of Secondary School Students in the Education System.

 

 

3                  GCE ‘N’ Level Results

 

            In 2007 our Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) students did well in the GCE ‘N’ Level Examinations.  A total of 93.1% of our students qualified for Secondary 5. Subjects with the number of distinctions higher than the National Average included English Language, Malay Language, Science (Physics/Chemistry), Elementary Mathematics, Art and Principles of Accounts.

 

            For Normal (Technical) stream, subjects with the number of distinctions higher than the National Average included English Language, Basic Malay and Basic Tamil

 

 

4                  List of  Activities and Events in Term 1

            

S/N

Activities/Holidays

Class[es] /

Level / Stream

Date/Time

1.                      

South Zone Inter-school ‘B’ & ‘C’ Games Tournament

All Sports & CCAs

 17 Jan – May

2.                      

Sec 1 Orientation Camp

 

Sec 1

Jan 2 – 4

3.                      

D & T Enrichment Lesson

 

Sec 5N1

Jan 15 & 29, Feb 12 & 26

4.                      

Mass

 

All

Jan 16

5.                      

D & T Enrichment Lesson

 

Sec 5N2

Jan 16 & 30, Feb 13 & 27

6.                      

Ceremah Motivasi – Motivational Talk organised by Malay Language Dept

4NA/4E/5NA taking Malay Language

Jan 17 / 1430 hrs

7.                      

D & T Enrichment Lesson

Sec 5N3

Jan 17, Jan 3, Feb 14, Feb 28

8.                      

Environment Education Prog – Seashore Eco Field Trip

Sec 2E3 & 2E4

Jan 21, Jan 23

(Tentative departure time from school is 1.30 pm)

9.                      

Visit to Red Dot Design Museum

5N1 & 5N2 D&T students

Jan 21

10.                    

Environment Education Prog – Coastal Eco Field Trip

Sec 2N1 & 2N2

Jan 22 & 29

(Tentative departure time from school is 1330 hrs)

11.                    

Mission Days (in School Hall)

Sec 4E

Jan 22 – 23

0800 hrs – 1300 hrs

12.                    

D & T Enrichment Lesson

 

Sec 4E4

Jan 22, Feb 05 & 19, Mar 04

13.                    

D & T Enrichment Lesson

 

Sec 4E5

Jan 23, Feb 04 & 20, Mar 05

14.                    

Visit to Red Dot Design Museum

5N3 D&T students

Jan 28

15.                    

Mission Days (in School Hall)

Sec 4NA

Jan 29 – 30

0800 hrs – 1300 hrs

16.                    

Sembawang Drug Rehabilitation Centre Visit

25 selected students

Jan 30 / 1400 hrs – 1700 hrs

17.                    

Environment Education Prog – Mangrove Eco Field Trip

Sec 2E1 & 2E2

Jan 30 & 31

(Tentative departure time from school is 1.30 pm)

18.                    

School Health Check

 

Sec 1 – 3

Feb 1 – Feb 18

19.                    

TAF/Sports Leaders’ Camp

 

All

Feb 01 – 02

20.                    

Flag Day – Ling Kwang Youth Centre

All Sec 3E and NA

Feb 02 (1st shift :1130 hrs – 1330 hrs OR 2nd shift:1330 hrs – 1730 hrs)

21.                    

Geog Field Trip to NEwater Centre

Sec 1

(40 selected students)

Feb 01 / 1415 hrs to 1515 hours

22.                    

Parents’ Information Evening (in School Hall)

Sec 4E/5NA

Feb 01 1900 hrs – 2130 hrs

23.                    

Mission Days (in School Library, 3rd floor)

Sec 4NT

Feb 04 – 05 / 0800 hrs – 1300 hrs

24.                    

Environment Education Prog – Rainforest & Mangrove Eco Field Trip

Sec 2N3 & 2T1

Feb 05 &12

(Tentative departure time from school is 1330 hrs)

25.                    

Ash Wednesday  Mass

 

School

Feb 06 / 0740 hrs

26.                    

Chinese New Year Celebrations in School Hall

School

Feb 06

0720 hrs – 0930 hrs (Lessons as per Normal)

0930 hrs – 1130 hrs