Queensway Secondary School

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Queensway Secondary School (QSS) 女皇道中学 Sekolah Menengah Queensway குவீன்ஸ்வே உயர்நிலை பள்ளி
Location
2A Margaret Drive, Singapore 149295 Queenstown
Coordinates	1°18′00″N 103°48′02″E / 1.3000°N 103.8005°E / 1.3000; 103.8005Coordinates: 1°18′00″N 103°48′02″E / 1.3000°N 103.8005°E / 1.3000; 103.8005
Information
Type	Government
Motto	Success Through Diligence
Established	1961
Session	Single
School code	3007
Principal	Peter Tan Chong Tze
Enrolment	Approx. 1,100
Average class size	40
Classes offered	Express Normal (Academic) Normal (Technical)
Houses	Centaur Griffin Pegasus Phoenix
Colour(s)	Purple, White
Website	www.queenswaysec.moe.edu.sg

Queensway Secondary School (QSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Queenstown, Singapore. It offers a four to five-year course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level or Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examinations.^[1][2]

History[]

QSS was officially opened by , Member of Parliament for Tiong Bahru, on 2 September 1961. It was the first school to have a hall built for badminton.^[3]

The development of school followed the growth of Queenstown. By 1963, the school had 36 classes and 50 teachers. It then became a two-session school. In 1975, two new classroom blocks were built to cater to the increased enrolment. In addition, a Science Laboratory, a Home Economics Room, AVA and Music rooms and an enlarged canteen were built.

In 2000, Queensway accepted students from Mei Chin Secondary School, which had closed down, and had also merged with Buona Vista Secondary School in January 2001.

The school has since undergone a rebuilding programme in 1999 and the new campus was completed on the same historical site in December 2001. The new Indoor Sports Hall and Atrium was completed in July 2009 and officially opened by Baey Yam Keng, Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC, on 15 April 2011.

House system[]

QSS has a house system of five houses: Centaur, Griffin, Pegasus, Phoenix and [Unicorn(no longer there)], represented by the colours yellow, green, black, red and blue respectively. In 2017, due to low enrolment numbers and school population, the Unicorn house was closed and students who were previously assigned to this house were re-assigned into other houses.

School identity and culture[]

Uniform[]

Boys in lower secondary wear a white short-sleeved shirt with white short trousers, while boys in upper secondary wear the same white shirt with white long pants. Girls wear a white short-sleeved blouse with a purple skirt. Senior prefects wear a slightly different uniform. The school badge is worn above the left chest pocket and all students wear the purple school tie during Monday assemblies and at formal occasions.

The PE attire consists of a purple T-shirt with black shorts. The rim around the neck of the purple T-shirt in the house colour.

Programmes[]

The two-tiered SOE Programme enables students with higher ability and interest to pursue the activities at a higher level (Tier 2 /Intermediate Level). The range of programmes include:

Notable alumni[]

• Shigga Shay, musician and rapper
• Shaiful Esah, national footballer

References[]