Year 2 History students obtain GOLD award at NLB's hsi CHALLEnGE 2025

Team 1: Change and Continuity in Joo Chiat

Team 2: Change and Continuity in Hougang

Year 2 History students obtain silver award at NLB's hsi CHALLEnGE 2024

 Some of our Year 2 students participated in the Historical Scene Investigation Challenge (HSI) 2024. This contest required students to create a video which focuses on Singapore’s post-independence policies between 1965 and 1979, in which students explored how these policies impacted people at that time and how they impacted Singaporeans today. 

Congratulations to two of our participating teams comprising of four Year 2 students Tan Ying En [Team Leader], Ling Tian Ai, Myra Wee, and Shreeya Kamdar in Team 1, as well as Tan Qiao En Alyssa [Team Leader], Sai Thejaswi, Sophia Ho Wan Ting, and Chitrakshi Bora in Team 2.

You can view their entries from both teams below. 

Team 1: Singapore's education system and its impacts

Team 2: Singapore's two-child policy and its impacts

Some of our Year 1 and 2 students participated in the recently concluded Historical Scene Investigation Challenge (HSI) 2022. The HSI Challenge, organised by the National Library Board (NLB) and supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE), is an annual contest in which students apply their historical research and inquiry skills to solve a historical event or mystery. This year’s theme commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore in which students investigated the historical significance of the Second World War in Singapore, and created a video to present their investigation findings along with a written submission.

Congratulations to one of our participating teams comprising of four Year 1 R6 students (Natalie Chua Wen Xi, Isabel Lim Rui Ting, Kate Summer Gobardja and Or Gin Ling Harley) for emerging 2nd runner-up out of 170 teams from 82 schools for HSI 2022! All four students were also presented with the Young Historians’ Award by MOE. The other SOTA teams also did very well, receiving the Gold and Silver awards.

You can view the videos from the top 10 school teams at the dedicated NLB website for HSI Challenge 2022 here: https://sure.nlb.gov.sg/events/hsi2022/

We are very proud of the Year 2 History team – Celestine Sixuan Groleau (G8), Khin Sandi Tun (G5), Khoo Sze Min Sophia (G8) and Terrell James Ng (G7) for their effort put in representing SOTA at the NLB HSI Challenge 2021, and for being awarded the Gold Award! 

The HSI Challenge is an annual contest in which students apply their historical research and inquiry skills to solve a historical event or mystery. This year's contest was aligned to the Human x Nature: Environmental Histories of Singapore exhibition at the National Library, which explores the relationship between humans and the natural world throughout Singapore's history. The team created a video to present their investigation findings along with a written submission, focused on Seah Eu Chin and his influence on local flora and fauna.

Once again, heartiest congratulations to Celestine, Sandi, Sophia and Terrell James! You can view their video submission below!