Student Leadership
OUR APPROACH
Guided by our school values of Truth, Justice, Freedom and Love, it is our belief that every St Nicholas student will maximise her potential and be nurtured to become a leader who has integrity, is resilient and compassionate. In line with the IJ mission, students will be confident to lead and committed to serving the needs of the disadvantaged and underprivileged. Our students will exhibit these attributes by upholding the school motto, Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty.
Our school aspires to equip all students with values necessary to be better leaders by discovering and leading oneself, inspiring others and subsequently making a positive change in our community.
OUR PROGRAMME
The St. Nicholas Leadership Programme (SNLP) is based on two principal provisions, the provision of ‘Trainings’ and ‘Opportunities’. The trainings consist of leadership workshops which focus on equipping and honing leadership skills and inculcating the school’s values required for students to exercise their leadership competencies and skills with excellence. Hands-on training are also integral parts of leadership training, whereby student leaders are given the support and skills needed to become effective leaders. Through these trainings, students will develop their individual leadership aptitude, formulate personal goals to attain, as well as to be a good team player.
(1) Trainings
All St Nicholas students go through the SNLP which provides structured developmental leadership training. This includes leadership milestone trainings, which identifies specific leadership skills to be taught at each level. Key skills such as coordination, facilitation and communication skills are explicitly taught to our students through workshops and training sessions. The five Practices of ‘The Leadership Challenge © ’are also mapped out as focus areas for the respective cohort. This ensures that there is segmented and progressive leadership development programme for our students throughout their four year journey in our school.
(2) Opportunities
Our school believes in empowering students and developing important 21 CC skills through an array of platforms, as outlined in the table below. Students are invited to participate actively in the life of the school and to play their part as members of the St Nicholas family.
Leadership development at CHIJ St Nicholas (Sec)
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Future Readiness |
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Civic-Literacy, Global Awareness and Cross-Cultural Skills |
Critical
and Inventive Thinking |
Communication,
Collaboration and Information |
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Service |
Advocacy |
Skills Acquisition |
Opportunities |
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Cohort VIA - Sec 1 (CMH) - Sec 2 (HCA)
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- Design Thinking -
Dialogue
Sessions |
- Mass Leadership Workshops -
Student
Leadership Workshops |
Level Camps: Sec 1 Orientation Camp/Sec 2 Alumni Camp/ Sec 3 Bonding Camp
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Sec 3 (Self-initiated VIA) |
- Appointment in the Class Management Committee (CMC) - Organising committee of school-wide events - Student Council (on selection basis) |
Subject Leaders Training |
Partnerships with
external organisations -e.g.Student Leaders Convention (HCI) -Y.Lead (RVHS) -Culture Scope Prog
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Community Outreach
(Collaboration with Grassroots organisation) |
Pinnacle Prog (for top CCA leaders and Student Council Exco- 'Lunch with Industry Leader'; Learning Journey to Harmony Centre) |
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Here are some examples of leadership opportunities available in our school:
Our Principal
and the student leaders at the ‘Share An Umbrella’ Opening Ceremony
Our Student Leaders with Ms Nichol Ng,
co-founder of Food Bank- to learn about the importance of resilience through
her sharing about her journey as an ex-St Nicks’ student and how she overcome
challenges in her personal and professional life.
Leadership Opportunities
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School Appointments |
School Project Appointments |
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Student Councillor Class Committee CCA Committee House Committee |
Student Leadership Convention Joint IP Leadership Symposium Sports Carnival Open House English Language and Literature Festival (ELLF) Mother Tongue Fortnight Programme Literature-in-English Seminar SyNerGiSe NE Core Events |
Student Council
Key events
organised by the Student Council include the Secondary One Orientation, and
Teachers’ Day Celebration. In addition, the Student Council also supports
school events such as Chinese New Year Celebrations, Moonlight Party, Open
House, Primary Five Camp, SYF Showcase, Jubilate, IP Leadership Symposiums,
Meet-the-Parent sessions and Parent-Teacher Conferences.
As a bridge to link the student body and the school, the
Student Council constantly acts on feedback from the student population and
together with the Council teachers, discuss, propose and co-plan ideas for the
student population. Some initiatives that have been implemented are Colourful Friday
and DJ Booth which aim to improve the general welfare of the students. In 2014,
the Councillors were also involved in the conceptualisation of the Students’ Lounge乐悠轩,
a facility which is enjoyed by students from both secondary and primary
sections.
The Student Council comprises of
Councillors from Secondary 2 to 4, led by a President, two Vice-Presidents and
the Executive Committee (EXCO). The Student Council is divided into three
wings, namely the Logistics Wing, Events Wing and Welfare Wing, each helmed by
two Wing Heads. Being in charge of the different aspects of the school allows
the Student Council to maintain discipline and lead their school mates while
striving for the betterment of the student body. 
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Teachers in-charge: 1. Mrs Lily Tan 2. Ms Vivian Foo 3. Mrs Uma Jacob |
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2021-2022 Executive Committee |
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President |
Lee Si Jia (4 Loyalty) |
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Vice-Presidents |
Ching Yannie (4 Faith) Lim Li Xuan Jillianne (4 Unity)
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Logistics Wing Heads |
Giselle Phoon Si Yan (4 Faith) Tan Shih Han (4 Truth) |
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Events Wing Heads |
Yim Lai Tym, Lisa (4 Diligence) Ong Jia Xuan (4 Truth) |
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Welfare Wing Heads |
Tan Yi Xin (4 Truth) Tan Jing Ren, Sarah (4 Wisdom)
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Through our DSA (Leadership) programme, we aim to develop leaders who:
- are passionate and committed to the service of others and the community
- possess and demonstrate the qualities of ‘leaders with heart’
Criteria
Candidates should have:
- attained leadership positions in primary school (e.g. Head/Vice-Head Prefect, CCA heads etc.) or;
- led in community/service projects (e.g. Value-in-Action projects with school/community wide impact) or;
- been recognised by the school/community/external organisation(s) for their contribution (e.g. EAGLES (Leadership) award, ECHA, Brownies Chief Commissioner’s Award etc.)
- have demonstrated overall readiness to benefit from our JIP or ‘O’ level programme (Candidates are encouraged to indicate their preference for JIP or ‘O’ levels)
Leadership Development at St Nicholas for DSA
(Leadership) Students
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Future Readiness |
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21CC skills |
Civic-Literacy, Global Awareness & Cross-Cultural Skills |
Critical &
Inventive Thinking |
Communication,
Collaboration & Information |
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Level |
Service |
Advocacy |
Skills Acquisition |
Opportunities |
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Sec 1/ Year 1 |
P4 NE Camp (~ Mar)
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- Design Thinking Projects |
Design Thinking |
Priority for Leadership Passion Pursuit
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Sec 2/ Year 2 |
P5 Camp (Aug & Nov) |
- Singapore Kindness Movement Project Drivers - Culture Scope Prog |
- Application of Design Thinking - Cross Cultural Skills - Project management - Presentation skills |
Priority for Leadership Passion Pursuit |
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Sec 3/ Year 3 |
Sec 1/2 Camp |
Organising committee of school-wide events |
- Cross cultural - Project management - Presentation skills |
Lunch with Industry Leader |