Why we choose EPPS for our children

It has been 6 years since we registered my elder daughter, Grace for Elias Park Primary School (EPPS). When we looked back, it has been a wonderful learning journey for her and all of us in the family.

Grace had a very smooth, relax and fun start at EPPS. She enjoyed all the big and small events organized by the teachers. She has been blessed with wonderful, creative and committed teachers since P1. Although some of them are no longer at EPPS, she still remembers them dearly. Ever since she started learning the Chinese musical instrument- ‘Sheng’at P3, it enriched her CCA with more excitement. She went on 2 music journeys to Beijing with the EPPS Chinese Orchestra in P4 and P5. The latter was her first solo trip without any family member’s accompany. She also participated in various competitions, performance, SYP central judging and rhapsody with the EPPS Chinese Orchestra. All these activities gave her excellent exposures.

Now, my younger son is in P2, he is having even more fun than his sister. With the mission of ‘Teach less, learn more’, his learning experience is really interesting and exciting. Trip to the airport, supermarket and walk about in the neighbourhood…etc are part of his curriculum.

Selina Lee
Parent of Joseph Yong 2L

Why we choose EPPS for our children

We actually moved from Blk six hundred plus... tobe at 519, just because, we prefer my firstborn, Danish, to be enrolled into EPPS! I heard a lot from other parents that Elias Park Pri won many awards.
We have not been disappointed at all. It's great to have my kids studying in EPPS.

Besides, the convenience of the location being next to our house. The boys are very disciplined, very innovative, very well-informed, intelligent,not only in their studies but also well-trained in other skills too.. I have the confidence that my kids will be a well-all-rounder , being nurtured at EPPS, with the current holistic programmes lined-up for them.

Teachers are also aiming the same perspective.. The best of course, EPPS PSG! Its really meaningful for me, to have a dutiful role in the school, which on the whole, benefits my kids, myself, and EPPS too!.. Made many new friends in fellow mothers, the bonding, the laughter, and, the fun we always have ,having one aim in our hearts and mind..

Faiza Ab Rahman
Parent of Danish Harith 3H
& Danial 1P

Why I choose EPPS for my children

The reason why we choose EPPS was mainly because of its proximity to our flat.

We noticed that the school has certainly change for the better under the guidanceof Mrs Wong. We have more dialogue with teachers now (thru emails, briefings & meet the teacher ssession). Before, there much less interactions with the school and teachers. Parents are now being informed of theschool's vision, updates and milestone of the school projects. The school have good and caring Form-teachers.

Best regards,
Ying Kuan(mother of Patrick Heng P4 Kindness
& Eugene Heng P2Diligence)

Ladydeyria's Cupcakes @ EPPS Racial Harmony Day Celebrations

Elias Park Primary School is very proud,having hosted, Racial Harmony Day Celebrations on 30 June 2007.

We had many more proud owners, of the beautiful PSG's, Sunshine of My Life Notebooks, on that day.. They were very happy people, and, they were also given, delicious-dark chocolate, or, super-strawberry cupcakes with every purchase of the notebook.

As promised, here are some of their beautiful pictures with their lovely notebooks,and, tasty cupcakes.. Thanks for your support! We truly appreciate it, parents! Thumbs Up!

PSG supports EPPS Racial Harmony Day 30th June 2007

It was a fine, sunny day, from 8.00am EPPS was abuzzed with activities with people setting up booth and preparing for the myriad of activities ahead. Children in bright ethnic clothes were running around having a great time as they know that it w0uld be a day full of fun and laughter.

PSG members started setting shop as early as 8.15am, mums came with freshly prepared cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, Indian Muruku, Malay kueh-kueh and chinese delicacies such as yam cake, glutinous rice and steamed lapis. These delicacies has been specially prepared for our visitors at the open house.

These mums all decked up in their best ethnic clothes and brilliant smiles to show support for EPPS Racial Harmony Day. There was a lot of cheer in the air. It feels like we were celebrating some festive occasion but its not quite Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavalli or Christmas.. it is nonetheless as festive and happy occasion as parents and children from different races get together and have fun dressing up and enjoy a uniquely harmonious blended occasion.

It is indeed a joy to see the "One people, one nation" at work. It is truly remarkable how Singapore has achieved its unique Singaporean identity.

EPPS PSG members are honoured to have a part to play in this year's Racial Harmony Day. Twenty-six PSG members were at hand to man the PSG stalls and other designated stalls as well support other activities such as VIP visit and manning the Antique Shop.

Special mention must go to several people who made this event memorable for PSG. I'd like to thank Diana for her undying commitment and devotion to PSG to the extent of learning to make glutinous rice and yam cake in 48 hours so that she can sell them at the event and also being the main coordinator for the event. Thanks to Helen Chee for helping us design and make the beautiful Sunshine of my Life signage without her talent, our booth will be rather dull. Thanks to Faizah for baking the 100 delicious cupcakes for Sunshine notebook sales, these cupcakes were so tasty, my kids and I were fighting over them!Check out the cupcakes on her website! http://ladydeyria.multiply.com/photos/album/27

Thanks to Susan, Maple, Zubaidah,Juriana, Rahimah, Rohani, Jenny, Vathana and Michelle for helping to bake, coordinate, run the stalls and manage the monies and stock. I really need to thank our super sales PSG Dad Raymond who helped sell our Sunshine notebooks and cakes.. he was very industrious! Thanks to all the parents who came to help( I can't possibly list of you here but you know who you are) and give their time, braving the HOT weather! I am deeply touched by your commitment and support for PSG.

The event went smoothly and was was very well attented. The crowd had a great time with so many activities going on. There's so much to do and just not enough time to do everyting!

Kudos to the Jeremy Ang and EPPS organising committee for doing such a great job at organising this event and PSG is very happy to be a part of this event.

-Yvonne Chin

Why we choose EPPS for our children.

These are our children. They mean the world to us (me and my husband). They are the single, most precious asset that we have, superceeding anything else. They represent our past, our present and our future. Naturally, we want the best for them. The question is.. what is the best?

The best is subjective and differs from one set of parents to another. Perhaps we( me and my husband) shall attempt to share what we perceive as the best in our terms and hopefully share with you our perspective about parenting and educating our children.

Firstly, it is our firm belief that a good school can provide a foundation on which our children can develop and grow academically and intellectually. We believe in holistic education which means education should go beyond just academic achievements. As we stress on academic performance, we also stress upon our children be more tolerant of differences, value of integrity, be adaptable to changes and uncertainties, be gentler and kinder to friends and love ones, compassion for the less fortunate, respect elders and authourity, acceptance and the motivation to constantly improve themselves.

This is a tall order and something that a school alone cannot achieve. It can only be achieved with loving and nurturing parental guidance 24/7 and a school that supports holistic education; this the foundation that EPPS is built upon. The world as we know it, is not very tolerant and there are in constant change in this internet age. If we do not prepare them for it, how would they survive in time to come?

We need to gear our children with "survival" skills to survive the 21st century that goes beyond stellar academic performance but will demand your creativity, social skills, drive, embracing the latest technology and adaptability.

Let's look at the big picture. As the world is getting smaller, we are not just competing with fellow Singaporeans but many people from other countries. Fast forward twenty years ahead, our children will face a totally different dynamics of a workplace and globalised organisations made up of people from all over the world. How do we prepare them for such a scenario?

It starts with the will and the heart. If we have the will to succeed, we will. Having said that, we need to empower and prepare our children with such challenge. Yes, we are prepared to personally coach our children to perform and deliver the highest academic performance based on their capability. This is the way to keep them competitive and motivated. In the Singapore education system, this is a yardstick to measure what you have learned in school. This is where EPPS's focus on excellence counts, at the current rate that with EPPS performing above national average, it is achieving that objective. Excellence can only be achieved with constant drive to succeed.

Excellence is also clearly demonstrated in the way that EPPS promote sports and physical education to enhance a sense of competitiveness, social interaction and physical well-being. It also teaches the children lifeskills such as teamwork, resilience and taking turns. Mind and body needs to nourished for an individual to become strong and confident both mentally and physically.

We also teach them that we need to have the heart to care and contribute to our family, our neighbours and our country. Friendships formed with schoolmates and interactions with caring and committed teachers last a lifetime. During their formative years, their primary school has a lasting impression in their minds as this is the first place in their growing up years they learn about friendship, learning process, socialising, adapting , caring and staying ahead. EPPS 's focus on excellence, service to others, love, adapability and integrity as its guiding principles provides the software for developing the "heart".

Lastly, a good school can only be a great school with an astute leadership. We have the highest regard for Mrs Wong and her team's vision and leadership to bring EPPS to the next level. Her steely determination, openness and can do attitude has led to higher level of school-parents collaboration to increase the productivity and performance of our students. Students are encouraged to think out of the box and encourage to develop an inquiring mind which is critical to develop a strong academic foundation and personal development. She and her team will steer EPPS to become an oustanding school in Singapore and along with that our children will benefit from that very journey and evolution of EPPS.

Mrs Yvonne Chin
Parent of Brendon Chin 3H
and Celine Chin ( will be joining EPPS in 2008)

Elias Park Diorama in the news!

SH@PE learning centre brings history to life

SINGAPORE: A unique educational facility at Pasir Ris has brought history to life, using artefacts, role playing, and dioramas to teach children about Singapore's past.

A mock prisoner of war cell is part of SH@PE, Singapore Heritage at Elias Park, an interactive learning centre that takes students back in time.
Here students can also experience carrying the weight of a riverside coolie, or lifting a bag of wheat the old fashioned way.

They can even take their lessons in a kopitiam-themed classroom.
All to better understand the country's history.

"We have recreated some of the different eras of the past where the kids can no longer have access to. Now the kids can soak in the atmosphere of the kampong, even the POW cell," says Jeremy Ang Wei Teck, Head of Pupil Development, Elias Park Primary School.
10 Dioramas from the Singapore National Museum are also on permanent display here.

"When we learn in the text book, we only learn it by reading - we don't have the experience...here we do it more [through] experience," says student Jerald Tan, Casuarina Primary School.

It is the experience of looking to the past that will better prepare these students for the future, according to Defence Minister and MP, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, Teo Chee Hean.

"I think it's always important to understand the challenges and the problems our forefathers face so we can understand better how we can overcome problems and challenges in the future.

Located at Elias Park Primary School, SH@PE is open free of charge to students. - CNA/yy

Yahoo News 30th June 2007