E Open House 2020

WELCOME
to our E-Open House

Welcome to Woodlands Secondary, a hope-building school of the community since 1982.


Welcome message By our Principal, Mrs Tay Yang Fern.	Tips for P6 students Worried about what secondary school life is like? Here are some tips from our Woodlanders.	School Tour Let our Woodlanders take you on a tour of our home and have a peek into what we do.

What we stand for

We believe that every Woodlander is a gift to society. Hence, we support and develop them relentlessly, to be rooted in GR2EAT values.

How so? Let’s take COVID-19 as an example.

Going beyond for the students
Our Vice-Principal, Mdm Masayu, recounts how our teachers went beyond what is required of them to support our Woodlanders during the Circuit Breaker period.

Our Senior Teacher (English), Miss Seah Wei Ee, was featured in Schoolbag and Lianhe Zaobao, for her unique ways to tap on her students’ strengths during Circuit Breaker period.
Our WDL HBL Challenge during the Circuit Breaker period serves as a platform for our students to encourage others in a fun way. At the same time, it serves to deepen their relationships so as to ensure their well-being. (see more at our Instagram page)

Despite COVID-19, our Woodlanders continue to SERVE!


As part of the Learning for Life Programme (LLP), our Sec 2 Woodlanders continue to serve the Marsiling community. They made hand sanitisers and prepared care packs for the seniors in the community to better cope with the pandemic. Find out More	Although our Sec 3 Woodlanders were unable to help transform the schools in Vietnam and Cambodia for their LLP this year, they transformed the courtyard between the classroom blocks with their own designs. Find out More

Despite COVID-19, our Woodlanders continue to ACHIEVE!

1) Most Innovative Award NYP Science & Technology Challenge 2020	2) High Distinction Prize Top 10 entry out of 1000 submissions for Live on Design competition	3) Silver Award Animation & Game-making Competition
4) Best O-Level Mid-Year Mother Tongue results • About 50% Distinction for Tamil and Chinese Language • About 25% Distinction for Malay language.	5) Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) Admissions to post-secondary courses based on interests and passion. • About 40% of Woodlanders who applied were offered EAE to a polytechnic course. • About 70% of the Woodlanders who applied were offered EAE to an ITE course.

Distinctive Programmes

How do our distinctive programmes grow you to become a gift to society?

Overview of our distinctive programmes
Our Vice-Principal, Mr Chen Bing Hong, recounts how our Woodlanders grew their gifts through our distinctive programmes.

APPLIED LEARNING PROGRAMME (ALP)	LEARNING FOR LIFE PROGRAMME (LLP)
Science, Tech, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)	Community Youth Leadership
Our ALP aims to nuture the love for for STEM. At Sec 1, you will get to learn about Food Sciences and Computational Thinking. In Sec 2, you will get to specialise in one of these fields further. Find out more	Our LLP aims to nuture the love for the community and the sensitivity to the needs of others. From Sec 1, we progressively nurture you to serve the school, and then the community. Eventually, we bring all Sec 3s to serve the ASEAN community overseas. With the confidence, we encourage you to advocate for the cause you feel strongly for in Sec 4. Find out more

Teachers & Academics

As you have seen in our circuit-breaker stories, when it comes to growing our Woodlanders, our teachers believe that the relationship with our Woodlanders is the most important.

Learn something in a few minutes with our teachers!

(Watch all as a YouTube playlist)

SUBJECTS SINCE PRIMARY SCHOOL

English - Using proper action words (Verbs) by the English Language Department	Math - Which is the faster route? by the Mathematics Department	Science - Which balloon will burst? by the Science Department
Chinese - Which is the right word to use? (In Chinese) by the Mother Tongue Department	Malay - Common leaves in school which are important to Malay culture (in Malay) by the Mother Tongue Department	Tamil - Festivals important to Indian culture (in Tamil) by the Mother Tongue Department

NEW SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Food & Consumer Education - Making your own mayonnaise by the Craft & Tech Department	Art - Drawing Zentagles by the Craft & Tech Department	Design & Technology - Making your own clip-on lamp by the Craft & Tech Department
English Literature - Which is the right interpretation of the character? by the English Language Department	History - How would different perspectives present the same event? by the Humanities Department	Geography - Why do winds bend? by the Humanities Department

Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs)

CCAs play an important role in growing our Woodlanders’ gifts. With caring seniors and teachers, how would you like to grow your interests?

Test it out by learning a skill from our CCA seniors!

PERFORMING ARTS

(Watch all as a playlist on YouTube)

How to make good music by Concert Band	Good posture for singing by Choir	How to do some of our dance movements by Dance	3 Laban's movement efforts by ELDDS
5 Movements from Malay Dance by Malay Dance

SPORTS AND GAMES

(Watch all as a playlist on YouTube)

Exercises for Athletics by Athletics	How to do an overhead smash by Badminton	Basketball shooting techniques by Basketball	Two essential skills needed in football by Football Girls
Passing in Soccer by Football Boys	Common netball mistakes by Netball	How to do a Sunback Spike by Sepak Takraw

UNIFORMED GROUPS

(Watch all as a playlist on YouTube)

How to do a reef knot by Boys' Brigade	Making a clove hitch by Girl Guides	How to do Vertical Order Arms drill by NCC	The NPCC Experience by NPCC
How to perform CPR compressions by NCDCC