CHIJ St Theresa's Convent
| CHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent | |
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| Address | |
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160 Lower Delta Road Radin Mas 099138 Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°16′33.1″N 103°49′19.4″E / 1.275861°N 103.822056°ECoordinates: 1°16′33.1″N 103°49′19.4″E / 1.275861°N 103.822056°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-aided |
| Motto | Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty |
| Established | 1933 |
| Session | Single session |
| School code | 7023 |
| Principal | Pauline wong |
| Colour | Amber |
| Website | www |
CHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent is an all-girls Catholic secondary school in Singapore. The school is one of 11 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore.
The school was founded in 1892, and was initially known as CHIJ Kampong Bahru. It began by running Parish classes of the Church of St Theresa, taught by sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus Congregation. It grew to be an integrated school offering teaching in English and Tamil for primary-level students, who generally went on to the "Town Convent" CHIJ at Victoria Street (now CHIJ Toa Payoh) after leaving the school.
After World War II, the English and Tamil sections functioned at separate premises, before the school's present 12-acre (49,000 m2) site at Lower Delta Road was purchased in 1948 and a new school building was completed in 1951. In 1952, the school's status was changed from a private school to a government-aided school. The Tamil section was phased out in 1953, and in the late-1950s the school began taking in secondary-level students.
The school's last intake of primary-level students was in 1986, after which the primary classes were phased out and the school became a secondary school.
In Nov 2009, the school moved out of its Lower Delta campus to the former New Town Secondary School campus at Queensway due to PRIME upgrading. The school has officially moved back as of 23 Nov 2011 and will function in its Lower Delta campus with new facilities such as an air-conditioned Multi-Purpose Hall, an Indoor Sports Hall, and a full-sized hockey pitch.
The school offers a variety of co-curricular activities (CCA). The main groups are Sports, Performing Arts, Clubs and Societies, and Uniform Groups. They are: Hockey, Netball, Bowling, Tennis, Softball, Floorball, Track and Field, Angklung, Choir, Dance and Movement, Band, Guitar, Drama, NPCC, Girl Guides, IJ Youth Mission, Entrepreneurship Club and Infocomm Club.
CHIJ St Theresa's Convent's niche is Hockey, which the team has won many awards and competitions throughout the recent years. Since the 1960s, the school has been producing many players that are part of the national hockey team. Primary 6 students who excel in their school's hockey CCA can now DSA (Direct School Admission) to CHIJ St Theresa's Convent.
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