Character Citizenship Education
CCE Overview
Vision Statement
Every Temasekian a confident servant leader, rooted in values and committed to serve the community and globally.
Mission
To nurture student’s character and cultivate responsible citizens that contribute to their community.
Approach
“The Heart of the matter is the matter of the Heart.”
Our school believes that character education is the heart of Temasek Primary education. CCE Curriculum and Programmes is carefully planned so that our students develop Social and Emotional skills through school’s values and 7 Habits.
Temasek Leaders’ Character Pledge
We, the leaders of Temasek Primary, pledge ourselves to be respectful to one another, to be responsible for our actions and to show consideration towards others.
We will persevere to give our best so as to become the future pillars of our nation.
7 Habits as a Common Language
| Habit 1 - Be Proactive |
| Habit 2 - Begin with End in Mind |
| Habit 3 - Put first things first |
| Habit 4 -Think win-win |
| Habit 5 - Seek first to understand, then be understood |
| Habit 6 - Synergise |
| Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw |
CCE Curriculum and Programmes
Nurturing resilient Temasekians through providing an enabling environment that cares, connects, builds character and celebrates effort.
The school’s Student Well-being Framework (2015) was refined in 2021. It reinforces how the school segments student needs and expectations in the 6 broad areas (domains) of Cognitive, Social, Emotional, Physical, Aesthetics and Psychosocial Environment. Its vision seeks to develop every Temasekian into a future ready citizen, rooted in values through the use of the 4Cs approach of CARE, CONNECT, CHARACTER & CELEBRATE.
School-based CCE Curriculum: Temasek Leaders for Life
The Leader for Life (LFL) programme, one of Temasek Primary’s signature programmes, encompasses the exploration of values as well as Dr Stephen Covey’s 7 HABITS to strengthen our students’ personal and interpersonal effectiveness. The curriculum seeks to build character, to convict their contributions to others and to widen their impact within and beyond school.
The school’s Leader for Life (LFL) curriculum provides opportunities to build students’ character through deepening the learning of 7 Habits, School Values and SEL.
Students are also given various opportunities to demonstrate their values in action through the school’s Kindness and Gratitude projects that lead up to the celebration of Support Staff Appreciation and Service Learning projects where students are empowered to choose an area in which they would like to contribute back to society.
The Co-Curriculum Framework
The school’s Leader for Life (LFL) curriculum provides opportunities to build students’ character through deepening the learning of 7 Habits, School Values and SEL.
Co-Curriculum Framework (Updated 2019)
1. In tandem with the school’s vision and mission, the school’s approach to its co-curriculum aims to complement the curriculum to provide a holistic development of our students. Taking into cognizance the ‘Learn for Life’ movement, school strategic thrusts and student outcomes, the co-curriculum framework was reviewed and refined in 2019 to include an additional domain, i.e. Enrichment and Lifeskills (ENL).
2. The Enrichment and Lifeskills (ENL) Programme complements the other co-curricular programmes to expose students to different experiences that broaden their horizons. Considering the students’ needs and abilities, the enrichments are designed and customised to cover five broad areas, i.e. Citizenship, Self-Management and Social Skills, Physical Activities and Sports, Aesthetics and Enterprise.
The Citizenship enrichment programme in the school aims to develop students’ civic literacy, cross-cultural skills and global perspectives. These enrichments include the NE/SS Learning Journeys and the Festive Outreach activities to provide students with opportunities to have broader experiences and understand other cultures better. The Festive Outreach programme provides opportunities for our Temasekians to connect with the community. This programme is led by the student leaders with the guidance of the teacher-in-charge. Temasekians present a festive token to nearby residents at their homes. After the event, the teacher-in-charge facilitates a reflection session where Temasekians reflect on their learning and experiences.
Other Values in Action programs that promote these objectives are as follows:
Values in Action:
1) Service Learning:
a. Values in Action plays a crucial part in the realisation of the school’s Servant Leader student outcome. To promote servant leadership, joy of learning and the importance of social responsibility, students are involved in meaningful Service Learning Projects that meet the needs of the community.
As a Service Learning project, in 2020, in the project themed “Our Singapore”, upper primary students learnt about migrant workers in Singapore and prepared care pack packages for these groups. In 2021, in the project themed “Family3”, students learnt about the importance of family and how they can show their appreciation towards their family members. The students designed a photo frame and presented this together with a thank you note to a chosen family member, to express their gratitude for shaping them to be who they are today.
2) Support Staff Appreciation
As part of Support Staff Appreciation Day, the students learn about the roles of the different support staff and express their gratitude to them in various ways, for example, through songs, cards and artworks.
The school also involves staff and students in the yearly Kindness and Gratitude Project, where students prepare tokens of appreciation for the school’s support staff which are gifted to the support staff at the Support Staff Appreciation Day. As part of Support Staff Appreciation Day, the students learnt more about the respective roles of the different support staff and express their gratitude with songs, dance videos, cards, art canvases and decorated the canteen with words of affirmation. On Support Staff Appreciation Day, some KP take on the duties of the Support Staff so that Support Staff can enjoy their lunch treat with no disruption to school operations.
3) Appreciation Notes
To inculcate the value of respect and gratitude, the school engages P6 students in writing appreciation letters and notes to all teachers and parents at year-end.
4) Sharing and Giving Day
SG Day was conceptualized to rally the whole school in sharing and giving. Students participate in various Service Learning Projects to give back to the community. In 2021, in the project themed “Family3”, students learnt about the importance of family and how they can show their appreciation towards their family members
