The JWSS Caring Teacher Award is aimed at acknowledging and recognising teachers in our school who shows care and concern for the holistic development of their students and go the extra mile to ensure their charges grow up to be confident and independent learners. These teachers, who have been nominated by their students, have shown themselves to be caring teachers, enthusiastic in teaching and learning in their subject areas, and more than often, been an inspiration to the students.

Top (from left): Ms Domina Ng, Mr Seah Cheng, Mr Rahmat

Below: Mr Teo Eng Tong, Mr Seoh Soon Peng

JWSS Service Excellence Award

The JWSS Service Excellence Award is aimed at acknowledging and rewarding the executive and administrative staff in our school who are committed service excellence and have gone the extra mile to show care and concern for the students and the school.

Left: Mr New Lam Heng

Right: Ms Pamela Tan

JWSS CCA Teacher Award

The CCA Teacher Award is aimed at acknowledging and rewarding teachers in our school who nurture the holistic development of their students in the teaching, development and promotion of the CCA.

Left to right: Mr Yeo Chin Hwee, Mr Joel Seah and Mr Syaifudean

National Day Awards

Congratulations to the following staff for being the recipient of respective National Day Awards 2021 as follows:

The Efficiency Medal	The Long Service Medal

The Medal may be awarded to persons for exceptional efficiency or exceptional devotion to duty or for work of special significance.	The Medal may be awarded to persons who is of irreproachable character and whom the President is satisfied has completed at least 25 years of service.

MOE ExCEL Fest 2021

This year, with the aim to benefit other teachers in the fraternity, Mdm Magahletchimi facilitated a workshop during the Teacher Conference ExCEL Fest 2021 on 3 June 2021, entitled “The Art of Appreciating Tamil Literary Poems in Modern Context through Gamification”. The zoom sharing focused on JWSS pedagogy of Learning through doing and inquiry, using enhanced features in the Student Learning Space, and an ‘Escape Room’ using the ‘DECK.TOYS’ online gameplay tool. More than 20 primary and secondary schools Tamil teachers attended the workshop.

Teachers' Investiture Ceremony (TIC) for the Class of 2020

Our History and English teacher, Mr Bradley Soh, was interviewed by Chinese newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao on February 6. He was the Valedictorian at the recent NIE Teachers’ Investiture Ceremony 2020. In the article, Mr Soh talked about his teaching experience during home-based learning and how he hope to use this experience to encourage self-directed learning and further strengthen students’ critical thinking skills. Congratulations Mr Soh!

Achievements in 2020

Malay Language Arif Budiman Teachers’ Conference

Malay Language Center of Singapore hosted the annual Malay Language Arif Budiman Teachers’ Conference Seminar on 17 March 2020. The Malay Language Centre of Singapore invited Assistant Professor Dr Elmi Nekmat, of the Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore as a keynote speaker for the seminar as well as guest of honor, Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State in the Ministry for Home Affairs and the Ministry for National Development. In addition, seminar participants had the opportunity to attend 43 presentations of teachers from primary, secondary and primary colleges during a parallel conference session related to the theme of the seminar which is "Utilizing Technology, Enhancing Learning". The seminar participants also had the opportunity to attend 10 reruai exhibition on the application of ICT in teaching and learning of the Malay language in the classroom. Two of our Malay Language teachers, Ms Yasmin Hussein and Ms Sherlyn Salim, presented a research project done during Jurong West Secondary School’s Professional Learning Community (PLC). The project, which was presented in 2019 as a research paper, focused on working collaboratively to attain high levels of student achievements in alignment with school goals, featured the usage of social media platform to encourage authentic learning of Malay proverbs. The project was then selected in 2020 to be showcased as it highlighted the vital role of infusing a culture of sustained and continual learning through digital platforms relevant to students’ needs, which would impact student outcomes.

Ms Yasmin Hussein giving an introduction to guest of honor, Dr Faishal Ibrahim.	Receiving the medal of participation from Dr Faishal Ibrahim and MLCS director Mr Mohamed Noh Daipi.
Ms Yasmin Hussein, presenting to a room of teachers in 2019, when the project was first selected as a research paper.

JWSS Caring Teacher Award

Mr Chua Wang Zhi	Mr Seoh Soon Peng	Mr Teo Eng Tong
Mr Ng Guo Liang	Mr Zubir Ali	Ms Sandra

MOE Innergy Awards 2020 - Commendation (Teaching & Learning)

Congratulations to the following JWSS staff for contributing to the project on “Contemporary Issues for mixed classes” in 2019, which has led to JWSS winning the MOE Innergy Award 2020 - Commendation (Teaching & Learning).

Ms Chan Kar Mun Melissa	Ms Chin Siang Yee Samantha	Mr Rayner Goh	Ms Amanda Lee
Ms Maggie Lim Mei Qi	Dr Nandakumar s/o Mayakestan	Ms Nur Sherlyn Binte Mohamad Salim	Mr Rahmat Tirmizi Bin Juma'at
Mr How Choon Keat	Mr Seah Kai Min Joel	Ms Zhang Zhi Hui Orry	Ms Suan Liang Siew Geok
Ms Tan Kok Yin Serene	Mr Teo Eng Tong	Ms Nur Yasmin Binte Muhammad Hussein	Ms Sunita Sivahnanthan

JWSS Service Excellence Award

Mdm Bibi Amnah d/o Haider Shah
Operations Support Officer

Ms Pamela Chervonne Tan
Administrative Executive

JWSS CCA Teacher Award

The CCA Teacher Award is aimed at acknowledging and rewarding teachers in our school who nurture the holistic development of their students in the teaching, development and promotion of the CCA.

Mr Syaifudean
Teacher / Physical Education
Netball

Ms Samantha Chin
Assistant Year Head (Secondary 1)
ELDDS

Mr Rahmat
Senior Teacher / Geography
AV/IT Club

MOE Service Excellence Award 2020

Congratulations to the following staff for receiving the MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA).

The MSEA is an MOE-wide award that recognises MOE staff who are

• Are passionate in their service delivery

• Consistently serve internal and external customers with C.A.R.E (Collaborate, Anticipate, Reach out, Empathise).

• Inspire their colleagues to do likewise

Mr Hirwan Bin Sukor
Operations Support Officer
Silver Award Recipient

Ms Pamela Chervonne Tan
Administrative Executive
Gold Award Recipient

National Day Awards

Congratulations to the following staff for receiving the following National Day Awards

The Efficiency Medal	The Long Service Medal	The Long Service Medal

Ms Ong Ee Lu Joelle	Mr Mohamed Zaidy Bin Mohamed Diah	Mdm Tan Kim Kim Felicia
The Medal may be awarded to persons for exceptional efficiency or exceptional devotion to duty or for work of special significance.	The Medal may be awarded to persons who is of irreproachable character and whom the President is satisfied has completed at least 25 years of service.	The Medal may be awarded to persons who is of irreproachable character and whom the President is satisfied has completed at least 25 years of service.

JOYFUL TEACHING - The Singapore Teaching Practice Stories

In the 5th issue of Joyful Teaching - The Singapore Teaching Practice Stories, our teacher, Mr Teo Eng Tong is featured using inquiry-based lessons (IBL) to teaching Social Studies in class. Mr Teo used IBL to help students make connections to the concepts they are studying in Social Studies to make it more relevant to students.

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Achievements in 2019

Singapore International Science Teachers' Conference 2019

The school would like to acknowledge our Science Department (Physics) Teacher, Mr Huzaini Alwi, who successfully submitted an abstract for a paper presentation and was selected to present at Singapore International Science Teachers' Conference 2019 on the 20th November. Collaborating with a colleague from Academu of Singapore Teachers (AST), Mr Huzaini presented to a group of participants on the topic of "Enhancing Deeper Learning through Scientific Argumentation". Participants were led through a series of activities and were actively engaged throughout the session as seen in the pictures below. Congratulations Mr Huzaini!

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Outstanding Teacher-Coach Award (Merit) 2019

The school would like to congratulate Mr Joe So on the conferment of Outstanding Teacher-Coach (Merit) Award, by the Singapore Physical Education Association, for his dedication as well as passion in guiding students to achieve their best in sports. Mr So has been with JWSS for 16 years, and has always shown dedication, patience and passion in the nurturing of JWSS students. Congratulations Joe!

Mr Joe So receiving his Outstanding Teacher-Coach Award
Joe posing for a picture with Vice-Principal, Mdm Lim

Tamil Language Internet Conference 2019

The school would like to commend 3 of our Tamil Language teachers, Ms Karpagam Manickvasagam, Ms Magahletchmi A and Mdm Ravindran Aruljothi on their sharing of the use of ICT in the teaching of Tamil Language. The conference was held on 21 September 2019 in India and our teachers have done us proud internationally!

Our 3 Tamil Language teachers doing us proud!	Ms Magahletchimi sharing her experience on using ICT in the teaching of Tamil Language
Ms Karpagam Manickvasagam sharing on the ICT app	Mdm Ravindran Aruljothi giving her closing speech

School Long Service Award 2019 (5 Years)

The school congratulates the following teachers for being conferred the Long Service Award (5 Years) for their passion towards education, unwavering dedication, service and being an outstanding member of the teaching fraternity.

1st Row: Ms Rathi d/o Bala Krishnan, Mdm Bibi Amnah d/o Haider Shah, Mr Lim Zhi Yi Gymy, Mr Syaifudean bin Selamat

2nd Row: Mdm Karpagam Manickavasagam, Mdm Toh-Chew Kiat Lian, Mdm Heng Guey Siang Joey

School Long Service Award 2019 (10 Years)

The school congratulates the following teachers for being conferred the Long Service Award (10 Years) for their passion towards education, unwavering dedication, service and being an outstanding member of the teaching fraternity.

From left to right: Mdm Woo Cui Shan, Ms Teo Sze Yin Felicia and Mr Ng Cheng Kwee

School Long Service Award 2019 (15 Years)

The school congratulates the following teachers for being conferred the Long Service Award (15 Years) for their passion towards education, unwavering dedication, service and being an outstanding member of the teaching fraternity.

From left to right: Ms Sharron Chiam Sze Hui, Mr Mohamed Zaidy Bin Mohamed Diah, Mdm Lim Lan Theen and Mr Yip Kwan Guan

JWSS Caring Teacher Award 2019

1st Row: Mr Yaw Kah Weng, Ms Nur Yasmin Hussein, Ms Sherlyn

2nd Row: Mr Teo Eng Tong, Mr Seoh Soon Peng

JWSS Service Excellence Award 2019

From left to right: Mdm Muniamah, Ms Marilyn Zeng and Mdm Bibi

Achievements in 2018

JWSS Caring Teacher Award 2018
The JWSS Caring Teacher Award is aimed at acknowledging and recognising teachers in our school who shows care and concern for the holistic development of their students and go the extra mile to ensure their charges grow up to be confident and independent learners. These teachers, who have been nominated by their students, have shown themselves to be caring teachers, enthusiastic in teaching and learning in their subject areas, and more than often, been an inspiration to the students.


MOE Long Service Award 2018
	The MOE Long Service Award is presented to staff who have served for at least 5 years and shown good performance and conduct, as a token of appreciation of their loyalty and dedicated service. The principal, Mr Michael Muhunthan, presented the award to Mr Tan Piah Koon (far left), for his 40 years of unwavering dedication and service.

JWSS Staff Excellence Award 2018
	The JWSS Service Excellence Award is aimed at acknowledging and rewarding the executive and administrative staff in our school who are committed service excellence. These staff, nominated by the students have gone the extra mile to show care and concern for the students. The award was presented to Mdm Muniamah (featured on the left), who had exemplified C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness) in service delivery to staff, students and other stakeholders.

National Day Awards 2018 Long Service Medal
	The school would like to congratulate Mr Zubir B Ali (left) for being conferred the Long Service Medal for his contributions to the Ministry and to the school. Mr Zubir joined NIE in 1990 and served as an education officer since 1992. He has been with the school since its inception in 2001, and is currently the Subject Head for Malay Language.

National Day Awards 2018 Commendation Medal
	The school would like to congratulate Ms Angela Sim Leng Leng (left) for being conferred the Commendation Medal for her work with the school as well as in The Ministry of Education. Ms Angela has been with the school since its inception in 2001 and is currently the Administrative Manager.

JWSS Long Service Award 2018 10th ASEAN School Games 2018 Head Coach, Basketball Boys Team
	The school congratulates Mr Joe So (left) for being conferred the JWSS Long Service Award for his fifteen years of passion towards education, unwavering dedication, service and being an outstanding member of the teaching fraternity. The school also wants to congratulate Mr So on being appointed the head coach of the basketball boys team for the 10th ASEAN School Games 2018. This is the third consecutive year that Mr So is appointed as the head coach for the basketball boys team. He was also appointed as head coach previously in 2010 and 2011.

MOE Service Excellence Award (Gold)
	The school congratulates Dr Nandakumar Mayakestan (left) for being conferred the coveted Ministry of Education (MOE) Service Excellence Award (Gold).

Honorary Volunteer Special Constabulary (Hon VSC)
The school congratulates Mr Kelvin Law (HOD Craft and Technology/ Discipline) for successfully completing the course and being appointed Honorary Volunteer Special Constabulary) for the school, on 11 June 2018.


Public Service STAR Tournament – representative (Sepak Takraw)
	The Singapore-Malaysia MOE Games was started in the 1970s and has been hosted yearly on an alternate basis between Singapore and Malaysia. The event has encouraged our Singapore MOE officers and teachers to interact with each other, as well as with their Malaysian counterparts. This year, the MESRC – MESCA MOE Games was held from the 4th to the 6th May (Friday to Sunday) in Sarawak, Malaysia, and Mr Zaidy (left) was selected as one of the representatives. Other than that, Mr Zaidy(left) and Mr Azri (right) have also represented MOE in the Public Service STAR Sepak Takraw games on the 21st and 28th of January this year. The objectives of the STAR (‘Star Team-up for Active sports and Recreation’) games are to promote a healthy lifestyle in the public service and to foster camaraderie amongst public officers.

Achievements in 2017

JWSS Caring Teacher Award 2017

JWSS Staff Excellence Award 2017

The JWSS Service Excellence Award is aimed at acknowledging and rewarding the executive and administrative staff in our school who are committed service excellence. These staff, nominated by the students have gone the extra mile to show care and concern for the students.

The award was presented to Ms Tamilvani Rachandran (featured on the left), who had exemplified C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness) in service delivery to staff, students and other stakeholders.

The MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) 2017

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The MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) is a MOE-wide Award to encourage MOE staff to continually deliver service excellence by handling internal and external customers with C.A.R.E (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness) and to inspire fellow colleagues to do likewise.
The award serves to

recognise and showcase the MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) winners for being service role models in their respective work environment
motivate fellow colleagues in schools and divisions to pursue the highest levels of service excellence in carrying out their duties, and to remind all staff to serve customers with C.A.R.E.
promote pride and instil the belief that every MOE officer can make a difference in delivering excellent service

Our heartiest congratulations to Mdm Bibi Amnah d/o Haider Shah (featured on the left) for winning the award!

Outstanding Contribution Award 2017

Congratulations to the following staff who had won the Outstanding Contribution Award (OCA), which recognises significant contributions made by individual staff and teams in schools. Their contributions could include any one or more of the following areas:

Creativity and innovative ideas that have been implemented
Cost savings for the school
Development of staff
Impact on students, school, staff and other stakeholders.

OCA Individual Category Recipients

Ms Orry Chang	Ms Vikneswari	Ms Wang Cuiyin

Achievements in 2016

JWSS Caring Teacher Award 2016
The JWSS Caring Teacher Award is aimed at acknowledging and recognizing teachers in our school who shows care and concern for the holistic development of their students and go the extra mile to ensure their charges grow up to be confident and independent learners. These teachers, who have been nominated by their students, have shown themselves to be caring teachers, enthusiastic in teaching and learning in their subject areas, and more than often, been an inspiration to the students.


JWSS Staff Excellence Award 2016
	The JWSS Service Excellence Award is aimed at acknowledging and rewarding the executive and administrative staff in our school who are committed service excellence. These staff, nominated by the students have gone the extra mile to show care and concern for the students. The award was presented to Mdm Bibi Amnah d/o Haider Shah (featured on the left), who had exemplified C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness) in service delivery to staff, students and other stakeholders.

The MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) 2016
	The MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) is a MOE-wide Award to encourage MOE staff to continually deliver service excellence by handling internal and external customers with C.A.R.E (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness) and to inspire fellow colleagues to do likewise. The award serves to recognise and showcase the MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) winners for being service role models in their respective work environment motivate fellow colleagues in schools and divisions to pursue the highest levels of service excellence in carrying out their duties, and to remind all staff to serve customers with C.A.R.E. promote pride and instil the belief that every MOE officer can make a difference in delivering excellent service Our heartiest congratulations to Mdm Bibi Amnah d/o Haider Shah (featured on the left) for winning the award!

Outstanding Contribution Award 2016
Congratulations to the following staff who had won the Outstanding Contribution Award (OCA), which recognises significant contributions made by individual staff and teams in schools. Their contributions could include any one or more of the following areas: Creativity and innovative ideas that have been implemented Cost savings for the school Development of staff Impact on students, school, staff and other stakeholders.
OCA Team Awardees 1

(From Left) Ms Oh Peck Lin, Mr R Murthy, Ms Cindy Chua, Mr Michael (Principal), Ms Felicia Teo, Mr Chng Tsu Pang, Mr Sia Chee Hoong, Ms Jenny Chee, Ms Goh Han Yu, Mr Sam Lim (Absent with apologies) Mr Yip Kwan Guan, Mr Wee Keng Yong
OCA Team Awardees 2

(From Left) Ms Amanda Lee , Ms Abdul Aziz, Ms Orry Zhang, Mr Michael (Principal), Mr Mark Chee Kong, Ms Veronica Chua, Mr Isaac Tan, Ms The Jia-ling, Ms Wang Cuiyin, Ms Oh Bee Yan (Absent with apologies) Julya Chan Beh Yong Hua

The LEAP Award - Certificate of Commendation
	The LEAP Award (Listening Educator for Advancement and Progress Award) was launched by the late former President S R Nathan in 2011 and awarded by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK) to recognise exceptional teachers who have made a positive impact in nurturing their students from the heart. Congratulations to Mr Ng Boon Yong (featured on the left)on his nomination and for receiving the commendation certificate.

5th International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (iCTLT) 2016

With the theme, “Future Ready: Inspire, Connect and Transform”, Ms Carissa Chui and Mr Fauzul were involved in the Meet-the-Practitioners (MTP) during the iCTLT 2016, where teachers as reflective practitioners underwent the different stages of design to achieve meaningful ICT learning experiences and other delegates interacted with them to understand their roles as practitioners in designing, enacting and evaluating learning experiences in a digital learning environment. In the photo above, Ms Carissa Chui and Mr Fauzul are shown receiving the certificate from Dr Victor Lim, Deputy Director, Technologies for Learning/Lead Specialist (ETD, MOE) and Ms Serene Tan.

8th ASEAN School Games (ASG) Coach for Basketball (Boys) Team
	The 2016 ASEAN School Games (ASG), officially known as the 8th ASEAN School Games was hosted by Thailand from July 21–29, 2016, and saw the participation from student-athletes under the age of eighteen. The ASEAN Schools Games (ASG) is an annual sporting event which aims to enhance friendship among students around the Southeast Asian region. It also seeks to promote ASEAN solidarity among the youth through school sports and provide opportunities for school athletes to engage in cultural exchange. Mr Joe So (left) was the Basketball Coach of the Singapore School Sports Team at the 8th ASEAN Schools Games (ASG). As the coach, he played a key role in the selection and training of the Basketball Boys team. He also volunteered to coach the Girls team during the ASG competition season. Kudos to Mr So for being such as inspiration to the players!

ICT Connection Sharing

Designing Learning with ICT is a repository for ICT teaching and learning resources contributed by teachers that demonstrate how ICT is used productively for quality learning in support of the total curriculum. Both Ms Jenny Chee and Mr Isaac Tan shared their History ICT lesson and its relevant resources on Impact of Hitler up on the OPAL, the one-stop learning and content management system for all staff of the Ministry of Education (MOE).

MOE Ideas Bank – Cluster Best Suggestion
	The MOE Ideas Bank is a platform for MOE Staff to share and recognise innovative ideas. JWSS promotes this by dedicating a session of the Professional Learning Community at the end of each term to allow staff to contribute their ideas through the MOE Ideas Bank. This helps to promote ground-up initiative and encourage innovations led by staff for school improvement. Congratulations to Ms Amanda Lee (left) for clinching the W3 Cluster Best Suggestion for the month of April 2016.

AED (T&L) NLC and AED Symposium 2016 – Presenter and Facilitator
	Mr Indra (left) presented in the AED (T&L) Networked Learning Community (NLC) from March 2016 to August 2016. He had facilitated the concurrent session on “Use of Synectics to Facilitate Creative Thinking in Art” and contributed to the professional capital of the AED colleagues who attended the AED Symposium on 23 August 2016. The participants of the AED Symposium had found the sharing of effective practices, resources, collegial and collaborative discussions meaningful.

Annual Singapore-Malaysia MOE Games 2016 & Public Service STAR Tournament – representative (Sepak Takraw)
	The Singapore-Malaysia MOE Games was started in the 1970s and has been hosted yearly on an alternate basis between Singapore and Malaysia. The event has encouraged our Singapore MOE officers and teachers to interact with each other, as well as with their Malaysian counterparts. This year, the MESRC – MESCA MOE Games was held from 22 to 24 April (Fri to Sun) in Malaysia, Malacca and Mr Zaidy (left) had been selected as one of the representatives. Other than that, Mr Zaidy has also represented MOE in the Public Service STAR Sepak Takraw games this year.

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