School Awards and Achievements

Organisational Awards

• 4th ASEAN Eco-Schools Award 2023
• SEC School Green Awards 2022 - Vanda Miss Joaquim Sustained Achievement Award (Highest Tier)
• Total Defence Award 2023 (including NSMark Gold Award)

Student Achievements (National Awards)

• Lee Kuan Yew Award for All Round Excellence – 2 Awardees (2014 ; 2020)

• Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading (STEP) and the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Book Prize – 1 Awardee (2023)

Curriculum-related Achievements

[Languages, Literature & Humanities]

• World Scholar’s Cup (Singapore Regional Round) (2023 – 13 Individual Gold, 7 Team Gold, 10 Individual Silver, 12 Team Silver; 2022 - 10 Gold, 12 Silver)

• National Schools Literature Festival (2023 – Choral Speaking & Flash Fiction (Bronze Awards), Unseen Debate (Winning Team); 2021 - Choral Speaking (Gold Award))

• National Create Your Own Newspaper Competition (2023 - 3rd Position (Upper Sec); 2022 - 2nd Position (Upper Sec), Commendation Award (Lower Sec))

• 6th National Text Recital Competition (Chinese) (2023 - 1st Position & Gold Award, 1 Bronze Award)

• ‘Saya Boleh Mengarang’ Competition (Malay) (2023 – 3rd Position & Gold with Distinction, 3 Silver, 9 Bronze)

• ‘Pena Emasku’ Essay Writing Competition (2023 - 12 Gold)

• Historical Scene Investigation Challenge (2023 – 2 Silver Team awards; 2022 - Silver Award)

• Istana Heritage Gallery Challenge – 1st Place

• NLB Prove It! Challenge 2023- 1st Place

[Science, Technology, Engineering, Math]

• 24th International Elementz Fair 2023 – 2 Team Silver

• 21st Elementz Science Project Competition 2023 – 1 Gold

• Singapore Junior Biology Olympiad (2023 - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)

• Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad (2023 - 1 Bronze)

• Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad (2023 - 5 Individual Honourable Mentions; 1 Team Honourable Mention)

• Temasek Engineering Olympiad 2023 – 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Commendation

• National Digital Explorer 2023 - ICDL Asia Digital Literacy Day – Silver

• Singapore Mathematics Olympiad (Junior) (2023 - 1 Bronze, 3 Honourable Mentions)

• Singapore Mathematics Olympiad (Senior) (2023 - 1 Bronze, 1 Honourable Mention)

• Mathematics Challenge 2023 – Team Winner for α Blast (the Kahoot quiz) Challenge

• National Digital Explorer 2023 – Secondary Level (Emerging Technologies Track) – Certificate in Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence – 1 Gold, 1 Silver

• Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest (SMKC) 2023 – 7 Silver, 9 Bronze, 6 Honorable Mention

• Animation and Game Making (AGM) Competition 2023 – Silver

• Temasek Engineering Olympiad (2022 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Commendation ; 2023 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Commendation)

[Character, Lifeskills & Passion Development]

• 12th & 13th Annual Design for Change Singapore Challenge (2022 - Top 3 Teams, Commendation Award)

• National Cyber Wellness Advocacy Challenge (2022 - Silver Award)

• MOE N.E.mation! (2021 - Top 10 entries)

• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Global Young Entrepreneur (Singapore) (2022 - 1st runner up, Top 12 (Semi-finalist))

Co-curriculum-related Achievements

• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Air) Unit Recognition Award - Distinction (2021, 2022)

• NCC Outstanding Cadet Award (2022)

• National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) Unit Overall Proficiency Award – Distinction (2022), Gold (2021)

• SPF-NPCC Badge Award - 2 students (2022)

• Boys’ Brigade Company Recognition Award – Gold (2021, 2022)

• Boys’ Brigade Best Boy Award – 2 Awardees (2022 & 2023)

• Boys’ Brigade Founder’s Award – 2 Awardees (2022), 4 Awardees (2023)

• Girl Guides (GG) Puan Noor Aishah Award (PNAA) – Gold (2023)

• Red Cross Youth (RCY) Unit Recognition Award – Gold (2023)

• Red Cross Youth (RCY) Director’s Award – 1 Awardee (2023)

• Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation (Band) - Certificate of Accomplishment (2021 & 2023)
• Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation (Choir) - Certificate of Distinction (2019); Certificate of Accomplishment (2023)
• Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation (Dance) - Certificate of Distinction (2021); Certificate of Accomplishment (2023)

• Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation (Drama) - Certificate of Distinction (2021); Certificate of Accomplishment (2023)

• National School Games Floorball (‘C’ Division Boys) 2022 – 3rd Placing

• National School Games Softball (‘C’ Division Boys) 2023 - 4th Placing

• Yio Chu Kang Secondary School Netball Carnival 2023 – ‘C’ Division Champions

• Netball Combined Schools Selection 2023 – 1 student selected for 17 & Under Zone Development Squad

• Singapore Olympic Foundation– Peter Lim Scholarship 2023 – 2 Awardees

• Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition (SAFMC)
  2023 - 1st Placing & Best Performance Award for Cat B (Unpowered Gliders) / 3rd Placing for Cat C1 (Fixed-wing Radio Controlled Flight) / 12th Placing for Cat C2 (First-Person-View Drone Racing);
  2022 - Cat B: Best Presentation Award, 1st / Cat B: Best Performance Award, 2nd / Cat B: Best Aesthetic Award, 2nd / Cat C: Best Performance Award, 3rd

Staff Achievements

• MOE Innergy Award – Silver (2020); Bronze (2017, 2018 & 2023); Commendation (2017; 2020; 2021)

• President’s Award for Teachers – 1 Recipient (2021)

• Outstanding Youth in Education Award – 1 Recipient (2011); Finalists (2019 & 2020)

• Caring Teacher Award – National Level – 1 Awardee (2018)

• Outstanding STEM Teacher Award  -  1 Recipient (2022)

• National Awards (Covid-19) Covid-19 Resilience Medal (2023 - 2 Awardees)

• LEAP (Listening Educator for Advancement and Progress Award) - 2021 & 2022 (2 Awardees) & 2023 (Certificate of Commendation – 2 Awardees)