When are the lessons for ALP/LLP conducted?
They are conducted within curriculum hours.
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They are conducted within curriculum hours.
Edgefield’s Learning for Life Programme (LLP) is “Character Development through Sports (Anchored on Taekwondo)”. We aim to develop our students to be a respectful individual who demonstrates the values of resilience and excellence. We will provide a variety of student development experiences through sports that allows students to learn and develop the desired values.
Taekwondo has been the quintessential Edgefield Secondary School experience since the founding of the school. TKD curriculum programme for lower secondary students focus on the teaching of TKD skills, knowledge and the LLP values of respect and resilience. Students will acquire an understanding and appreciation of the sport as a TKD practitioner. They will learn, practice and uphold the TKD routines, etiquette and tenets during TKD lessons.
We conduct TKD grading examinations by Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF). This examination, conducted 3 times a year, will be held in our school during Taekwondo lessons and administered by STF. Your child will progress in belt attainment in Taekwondo starting from white belt at the beginning of secondary one. Your child will then be promoted to the other colour belts over the course of the school years and can achieve the TKD black belt at the beginning of Secondary 4.
The goal of our school’s Applied Learning Programme ‘Growing the Edgefield Mindset’ is to develop Edgefield students with future-ready capabilities through authentic learning so as to nurture them to become autonomous lifelong learners.
The future-ready capabilities that our ALP seeks to develop in our students are curiosity, collaboration skills, communication skills, problem definition skills, inventive thinking, critical thinking, reflective thinking and global awareness.
During the first 2 years of the Applied Learning Programme, your child will go through a series of learning experiences such as skill-based lessons, learning journeys, sharing by knowledgeable others and hands-on workshops. Students will then apply what they learnt by going through 2 project cycles to hone their complex problem solving skills. During the project cycles, they will identify problems, propose solutions to the problems identified and implement the solutions either within the school community or within the wider community. In Year 3, students will be provided with various platforms to pursue their passion and advocate in their areas of interest through our biennial carnival ARTasFEST, external competitions such as MOE Innovation Programme and Future Problem Solving Programme, as well as many other student-initiated projects.
Costs will mainly be borne by, if not heavily subsidised by the school. We will also ensure support for students who may require financial assistance.
Yes, all school programmes are compulsory unless otherwise stated.