| Cluster |
Flagship Event |
Month |
Contact Person |
| All |
Open House
This annual event includes facility tours in addition to course and career counselling. |
Jan |
Mrs Audrey Chong
Tel: 6460 8677
Email: tyl@np.edu.sg |
Poly Experience
Event includes talks, facility tours, career counselling and enrichment programmes. |
Jul |
Mrs Audrey Chong
Tel: 6460 8677
Email: tyl@np.edu.sg |
RED CAMP
This 3-day experiential camp gives ‘O’ level leavers a chance to taste poly life and find out more about their course and career options. |
Nov |
Mr Adrian Phuah
Tel: 6460 8908
Email: pwa2@np.edu.sg |
Youth Leaders Camp
A stay-in leadership training camp for student leaders. They will learn skills that every effective leader needs; from project management and persuasive communication skills to how to mobilise people and resources efficiently. |
May, Jun, Oct |
Ms Stella Thng Tel : 6460 8238 Email : tss7@np.edu.sg Mr Adrian Phuah
Tel : 6460 8908 Email : pwa2@np.edu.sg
|
| Business & Accountancy |
Discover Business Tourism @ Ngee Ann
A collaborative learning journey that lets upper secondary students explore the latest developments in business travel. |
Oct |
Ms Jamie Teo
Tel: 6460 6691
Email: tsl22@np.edu.sg
|
Finance Uncovered @ Ngee Ann (FUN) Trail
A half day of fun-filled experiential learning engages students in discovering nuggets of information in a “financial” trail around Singapore’s famous Central Business District. |
Oct |
Ms Jamie Teo
Tel: 6460 6691
Email: tsl22@np.edu.sg |
National Accounting Quiz
This popular annual competition has students strategising and pitting their accounting acumen against each other. Supporters, too, will get to test their accounting knowledge in a fun and lively atmosphere. |
Jul |
Ms Jamie Teo
Tel: 6460 6691
Email: tsl22@np.edu.sg |
National Youth Business Challenge
This competition exposes student teams to the practical business skills and knowledge they need to set up ecofriendly businesses. Participants will get the chance to market their businesses for real. |
Mar |
Ms Jamie Teo
Tel: 6460 6691
Email: tsl22@np.edu.sg
|
| Engineering |
Bull’s Eye Competition
This competition explores the principles of momentum, basic electricity, motors and drive systems. Students will design, model and race automated and self-powered projectiles. |
Oct |
Mr Philip Tan Cheng Huat
Tel: 6460 6197
Email: tch@np.edu.sg |
Electrifying Connections
This fun and adrenaline-charged competition is designed to spark a student’s interest in electric circuits. Students will learn to design and connect battery-operated circuits to operate lights, alarms and mini-fans. |
Jul |
Mr Teo Gek Hwa
Tel: 6460 6119
Email: tgh2@np.edu.sg |
F1 In Schools - The Singapore Challenge
The closest you can get to actually competing in the Formula One! Students will learn to apply Math and Physics in this action-packed contest as they design and manufacture the fastest CO2-powered model cars! |
Jul |
Mr Philip Tan Cheng Huat
Tel: 6460 6197
Email: tch@np.edu.sg |
Green Building Competition
This competition will introduce secondary school students to sustainable design, and then pit their knowledge of green building technologies and their understanding of Singapore’s green initiatives against each other. In the process, they will learn to “Be Green & Stay Cool.” |
Sep |
Mr Chan Chien Hong
Tel: 6460 6463
Email: cch2@np.edu.sg |
Inter-School Micromouse Competition
Students will assemble small mobile robots and develop programs to manoeuvre them through a maze using the fastest path. |
Jul |
Mr Hui Tin Fat
Tel: 6460 6190
Email: htf@np.edu.sg |
Maths Carnival
Computerised Math Proficiency Tests, Math-related activities and games to enthral all Math enthusiasts or those who just want to brush up on this interesting subject. |
Sep |
Mr Dickson Lim
Tel: 6460 8651
Email: lcw5@np.edu.sg |
Musical Fountain Workshop / Competition
Requiring just creativity and no prior programming knowledge, this activity will teach students to programme dance sequences and lighting patterns in musical fountains. |
Sep |
Mr Low Thian Chye
Tel: 6460 6127
Email: ltc@np.edu.sg |
RoboCup Junior Competition
Students will learn to design and build a 2-on-2 robotic striker and goalie football team, and then pit them against other schools’ teams over three days. |
Nov |
Mr Hui Tin Fat
Tel: 6460 6190
Email: htf@np.edu.sg |
Solar Racer Workshop / Competition
This workshop gives students hands-on experience in building and racing a remote-controlled Solar Racer to the finish line. In the process, they will learn to build a control circuit fully powered by the sun. |
Sep |
Mr Ang Kong Keng
Tel: 6460 6073
Email: akk@np.edu.sg
|
| InfoComm Technology |
National StrITwise® Challenge
Unlike any other IT competition, this challenge gets participating teams to design virtual robots, script a story and write programs to direct an online robot battle. |
Nov |
Mr Fabian Ng
Tel: 6460 6885
Email: nyt@np.edu.sg
|
| Media & Humanities |
Pitch Ideas Alive! Competition
This conference-cum-competition gets students to build a stronger identity for their schools using creative communication methods. They will pick up the principles of advertising, public relations and integrated marketing communications. |
Jul & Aug |
Ms Zalina Ariffin
Tel: 6460 8066
Email: aza2@np.edu.sg |
Singapore Youth & Media Conference
Students will critically analyse a given theme through forum sessions and over research papers produced by other students. The two-day conference also includes media workshops on sports journalism, video, photography and advertising. In 2010, the year that Singapore hosts the first Youth Olympic Games, the given theme is “Sports and Media”. |
Jun |
Mr Danny Boey
Tel: 6460 6694
Email: bbk2@np.edu.sg |
Write Away: Annual Nationwide Writing Competition
For students ages 13 to 18, this competition welcomes entries in both English and Chinese. Students are to explore a given theme through diary entries, letters or stories. |
Apr |
Ms Lynn Fong
Tel: 6460 8640
Email: frls2@np.edu.sg
|
| Science |
Biotech Fair
Jointly organised with the Singapore Science Centre, this fair highlights advances in biotechnology and biomedical science. A competition will let students conduct their own research and display their findings. |
Aug |
Dr Wayne Lee Forday
Tel: 6460 6747
Email: fwl@np.edu.sg |
Chemical Powered Car Competition
In this event, students will combine chemistry and design in a competition to build cars powered by chemicals. They will get to experience science and engineering principles at work. |
May |
Dr Wayne Lee Forday
Tel: 6460 6747
Email: fwl@np.edu.sg
|
Health Sciences Olympiad
This hands-on workshop and inter-school competition highlights the importance of rendering first aid. Students will also get a sneak peek at standard emergency procedures within an Intensive Care Unit and Operating Theatre. |
Sep |
Ms Meeravathy P. S.
Tel: 6460 7307
Email: pme2@np.edu.sg |
Landscape Model Competition
This competition will introduce students to garden landscaping through model making. Students will also learn about plant selection and landscape designing. |
Jul |
Dr Wayne Lee Forday
Tel: 6460 6747
Email: fwl@np.edu.sg
|
Science Survival Series 2010 @NP
This action-packed telematch will put students through a series of science-related physical and mental challenges. |
Mar |
Mr Lim Kok Yeng
Tel: 6460 6750
Email: lky@np.edu.sg
|
The Science of Beauty Awards
Students will compete to produce the most effective cosmetics using botanical ingredients. Also includes fringe activities and talks to highlight the link between science and beauty. |
Oct |
Dr Wayne Lee Forday
Tel: 6460 6747
Email: fwl@np.edu.sg
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