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Open House 2024 – Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are the school hours?

Students are expected to report for morning assembly at 0800. On Mondays and Fridays, this will take place in the Hall; on other days, students will have assembly in their classrooms. Classes will begin at 0820 and last until 1440 (1240 on Fridays). Remedial lessons, CCAs and special programmes takes place in the afternoon.

2. What is the range of PSLE scores for the last batch of Sec 1 students?

The Achievement Levels of the 2024 Secondary 1 cohort were 12 - 17 for PG3; 21 - 24 for PG2 and 25 - 28 for PG1.

3. Who is the school Principal? How many teachers are there?

Queensway’s Principal is Miss Audrey Chen. She is assisted by two Vice-Principals, Mr Teo Weihong and Ms Priya Rajan, as well as a total of about 90 teachers

4. What are Queensway’s signature programmes?

Queensway’s Applied Learning Programme, Food and Water Sustainability, offers students the opportunity to gain science and engineering skills through interesting and authentic tasks. In Water Sustainability, the Secondary 1 students learn about the various techniques of water treatment, harnessing energy from water, and construction of a sea perch for application in navigation and water testing. In Food Sustainability, the Secondary 2 students learn about the fundamentals of nutrition and are exposed to the technological advancements in food production, innovation and waste management to ensure food security.

We also offer an exciting Learning for Life Programme, Sports for Life and Outdoor Education through the lens of Community Youth Leadership, where students are given varied experiential learning opportunities in sports, physical and outdoor activities for all students. In Lower Secondary, students will complete a 1-star basic kayaking course and go through a series of sports exposure such as fencing, golf, archery, ibounce, darts and K Kardio. At Upper Secondary, students are certified in the emergency first response course in CPR and AED. They also experience a competitive environment through intra and inter class badminton, basketball, football, floorball games.

5. What is Blended Learning? How is it carried out at Queensway?

Blended Learning allows students to learn through a mix of home-based and in-school activities, leveraging both online and offline approaches to learning. During Home-Based Learning (HBL) days, students will be able to learn content that is within and outside of the curriculum also be given opportunities to plan their own learning for the day

For 2024, HBL will take place once every fortnight, with the HBL day being rotated throughout the term.

6. Does Queensway offer Full Subject-Based Banding?

Queensway has offered Full Subject-Based Banding (FSBB) from 2023. The school will be implementing FSBB in 2 aspects namely:

(A)   Provision of eligible students to offer Humanities subjects (Geography, History & Literature) at a more demanding level from Sec 2.

(B)   Mixed Form Classes with the provision of a common curriculum at lower secondary (Art, D&T, FCE, CCE, Music & PE)

Selected students will also be given the opportunity to take the following subjects at a higher level: English Language, Mathematics, Science and Mother Tongue. Students will be given an option letter for their respective subjects during Secondary 1 registration based on their performance at PSLE. Students who are not offered SBB subjects during Secondary 1 posting but perform well in specific subjects subsequently may be offered the more demanding subject at the middle or end of the same academic year.  

7.  What Mother Tongue subjects does Queensway offer?

Queensway currently offers the following Mother Tongue subjects: Chinese Language, Malay Language, Tamil Language, Chinese Language ‘B’ and Higher Chinese Language (from Secondary One onwards). Students who wish to offer other Mother Tongue subjects (e.g. Non-Tamil Indian Languages) will have classes at external venues.

8.  Is Queensway on the Personalised Digital Learning Programme (PDLP)?

Yes. All Queensway students will receive a Chromebook to allow them to take part in technology-enabled lessons. The cost of this will be co-paid by the school and the student, with funds taken from Edusave. Financial assistance schemes are availabl

9.  When are CCA days?

CCAs usually meet at least once a week, although training frequency may increase during competition periods. CCAs do not meet on Saturdays (with the exception of Boys’ Brigade). The CCA schedule will be published on the school’s website.

10.  What type of food is available in the canteen?

The school offers a variety of food for the students such as Western, Japanese and Asian cuisines. There are 2 halal certified food stalls in the school canteen.

11.  When is the School’s Open House?

The School’s Open House is on Saturday 23 November.

For more information, please contact the school at qss@moe.edu.sg.