Principal's Message
Junyuan Secondary School was established in January
1999 to serve the community when Tampines was a new town. The school has since made
significant progress in delivering a holistic education and we are immensely
grateful to our former Principals for their strong stewardship and vision of learning,
in particular Mr. Mohamed Razali who has led the school over the past six years.
Our school
name ‘Junyuan’ means ‘the source of good things’ in Mandarin and as a community, we believe
in the intrinsic worth of every student and that he/she can do good for
themselves and others. Our school vision of nurturing Champions for the Community
also encapsulates two important purposes of education – for students to become
the best versions of themselves and to apply their talents for the greater good.
This ethos resonates with my belief that education
is about providing students with the opportunities to explore who they are as a
person and how they can make the world a better place. Students embark on this journey
of exploration from the first time they enter the school gates and each
encounter in school is an opportunity for us to build their confidence and uplift
their aspirations. We build our students’ beliefs in the value of their unique
attributes by recognising the diversity that they bring to the learning
community and in turn guiding them to respect the perspectives of others too.
To achieve our vision of nurturing Champions for the
Community, our students must first learn well and lead well. We facilitate this
by developing both the mind and character of our students in a safe, supportive
and inclusive school environment so that they have the best
possible chance to succeed, regardless of their starting point. We continue to refresh the context of learning by
leveraging technology, so that students can demonstrate their learning in a
manner which best reflects their unique attributes and strengths. By making
learning personalised and purposeful, we help our students to embrace the
attitude and skill of learning for life. These dispositions and beliefs when
honed well, will empower students to navigate their education and career
pathways purposefully and develop to their fullest potential. By immersing them
in experiences which encourage creativity and initiative-taking, we help our students
to see themselves as active contributors with the agency to influence their
environment and that this privilege must be applied for the betterment of
others. These experiences are powerful as they bring about greater clarity of the
role we play in a community and how our words and actions impact others around
us. We believe our students have the capacity to contribute to the community
and we prepare them to do this well by having them take the lead in the
organisation of school activities and community projects. In this area, our
students have demonstrated much ingenuity in adapting to the recent challenges and
continued to organise meaningful experiences for their school mates. We will continue to work with our students, so that they would see themselves as
the ‘source of good things’ and apply this goodness to uplift their families
and the wider community.
The past two years have been challenging for everyone but
it was also an opportunity for us to demonstrate the goodness in our thoughts
and actions. I thank my staff of Junyuan Secondary School who are ever
steadfast in their roles as educators and strive to bring out the best in every
child. We will continue to hone our professional craft so as to better serve the community who have entrusted us with the education of their
children. We are thankful for the support of our School Advisory Committee, Parent
Support Group, alumni and community partners, as we journey with our students
and nurture them to be Champions for
the Community. May 2022 be a year of learning and growth for all of us!
Mr Tay Meng Kiat
Principal
Junyuan Secondary
School