Tampines Secondary School

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School History

Named after Tampines New Town, Tampines Secondary School was established in 1986. It was one of the first schools built in the town. On 2 January 1986, the founding principal, Mr Koh Sei Hian, together with 12 teachers, welcomed the school’s inaugural 458 students. On 8 August 1988, the school was officially opened.

In the 1990s, the school underwent infrastructural upgrading to stay relevant in the age of growing information technologies, as well as to prepare for the transition to single-session in 2000. In 2008, Tampines Secondary School underwent PRIME upgrading.

Tampines Secondary School was accorded the Learning for Life Programme, ‘Creative Expressions: Character Development through Visual and Performing Arts’, and the Applied Learning Programme, ‘Creative Engineering: Inter-disciplinary Authentic Problem Solving’, in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

In 2016, the school celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Principals:
- Mr Koh Sei Hian (1986–1995)
- Mdm Daulath Tajuddin (1995–2000)
- Dr Poon Chew Leng (2000–2001)
- Mr Neo Tick Watt (2001–2009)
- Mr Balamurugam Krishnasamy (2009–2015)
- Mr Shane Kwok (2016–present)

Key Milestones


1986	Establishment of Tampines Secondary School.
1988	Official opening of Tampines Secondary School.
2010	Completion of PRIME upgrading.
2013	Accorded Learning for Life Programme, ‘Creative Expressions: Character Development through Visual and Performing Arts’.
2016	Accorded Applied Learning Programme, ‘Creative Engineering: Inter-disciplinary Authentic Problem Solving’. Celebration of 30th anniversary.

School Motto

Betterment of Self for Society

School Crest

The letter ‘T’ symbolises the Tampines tree, while the letter ‘S’ represents the stream of students who join the school and steadily work their way successfully upstream.

School Song

♫ Listen

Green and Gold
Green and Gold
We will keep our school flag flying
Green and Gold
Green and Gold
We will keep our school flag flying
Keep our school flag Green and Gold up high
Let Education be our top priority
For the betterment of self
Always outward looking forward thinking
Think not of oneself
Think not of oneself
Working as a team we’ll steer our way upstream
It’s not easy but we’ll try
We’ll give our best to Tampines
Tis here our future lies
Here our future lies