A BENCHMARKING TRIP TO ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL, SINGAPORE [PART 2]

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After the visit to the computer lab and Home Science Room, we then adjourned to the Old Library which housed the Heritage Gallery.

We were first given a briefing by Miss Juliana Teo, the Head of the Language Department on the English academic programmes of the school. I found there are many similarities in the course design even though English is taught as the first language in Singapore.

Mr. Lucas Lak then took over and shared with us his success story in developing and bringing up St. Patrick's School to be one of the schools which have done well in the public exams and been recognized by the society. His experience and hard work were really inspiring and he must have the guts and strength to achieve the mission set by the school.

I was truly impressed with the Heritage Exhibition held at one side of the Library, which tells the history of the school. The way how things were exhibited were just like a mini museum.

We were there for only two hours but we have learnt quite a lot and hopefully will be able to do a few things that we have observed. Thanks to the staff of St. Patrick's School for the hospitality.

A BENCHMARKING TRIP TO ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL, SINGAPORE [PART 1]

19th OCTOBER 2018 ~ The teachers of SMK Dato' Jaafar carried out the bench-marking trip to St. Patrick's School in Singapore. We started our journey from school at about 7:30 a.m. but only arrived there at 11:00 a.m. as there was a bad traffic congestion on the road to the East Coast.

We were greeted by Mr. Lucas Lak Pathi Singh a.k.a Mr. Lak, the longest serving ex-Principal of St. Pat's, at the school entrance. Thank god he still welcomed us into the school ground despite the fact we were all way behind schedule.

St. Patrick's School is a missionary school which was founded in 1933 and is now one of the schools in Singapore with a good ranking and reputation.

My very first impression of the school: old with historical architecture but very clean and well-looked after.

the track and field

We were first taken to the computer lab. The students were not in school on that day and the teachers were doing moderation for the examination.

Then we went to the Home Science Room. Too bad we did not have enough time to visit other rooms in the school.

We then adjourned to the Heritage Room which was also the old school library (if I am not mistaken) for a more detailed briefing.

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