Bedok South Secondary School

Government school

White Brown Websitebedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg

Bedok South Secondary School (BDS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Bedok, Singapore.^[1] It is one of eight schools to be selected for the Ministry of Education's 'Teach Less, Learn More' programmes.^[2]

History

BDS was established in 1980 with a teaching staff of 50 teachers and an enrolment of 1022 students. In June 1980, the school had the entire premises to itself after initially sharing its premises with Temasek Secondary School and Hong San Primary School. It was officially opened on 29 April 1982 by Lee Chiaw Meng, Member of Parliament for Tanah Merah SMC. It used to be located along New Upper Changi Road before it was relocated to its current premises at 1 Jalan Langgar Bedok in 2003.^[3]

The new campus was officially opened on 21 February 2004 by Abdullah Tarmugi, Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC. A sports hall was constructed for the school in 2009. The school now sits on a three-hectare plot of land.^[4]

School facilities

School Field
Indoor Sports Hall(ISH 1 and ISH 3)
Eco Garden
Art Room
Computer Laboratory/IT facilities
Multimedia Resource Library(Oasis@BDS)
Study Room(Cre8 Hub)
New Fitness Corner
Low Element
Science Laboratories
NT Home Room
Learning Space
Think Tank^[5]

Co-curricular activities

Uniformed groups^[6]

NPCC (B&G)
NCC (Land) (B)
NCDCC (B&G)
Girl Guides (G)
Scouts(B)

Visual and performing arts^[7]

Chinese Orchestra (B&G)
Choir (B&G)
Dance Society (Wushu)(B&G)
Chinese Dance
Malay Dance (B&G)
Symphonic Band(B&G)

Sports^[8]

Badminton (B&G)
Football (B&G)
Floorball (B&G)
Netball (G)
Swimming (B&G)

Clubs and societies^[9]

Infocomm and Media Club (B&G)
Media Production Club (B&G)
Science and Environment (B&G)

Alumni

Chen Yi Xin : Singaporean Actress

References

^ "Secondary schools near MRT stations" (PDF). Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^ "Aesthetics Without Borders Brings Hands-on Learning to Life". schoolbag.sg. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "Our History". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Our History". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Our School Facilities". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "Uniformed Groups". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Performing Arts". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Sports". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Clubs and Societies". bedoksouthsec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 3 May 2021.