Guide To Know About The CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent

CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent schools in Singapore in 2019 with a joint Mass at the National Stadium. The Bentinck, an after-school self-study space, and an eco-garden gets constructed to improve the school’s learning environment. Selected classroom areas get remodeled in 2020 for LBS (Learning and Behaviour Support) programs and small banded class numbers and an after-school hideaway for children, The Circle Room, to promote a conducive learning atmosphere. One nun of the Order of the Holy Infant Jesus and two instructors were in charge of the 21 students. Paya Lebar Convent was the name of the school during the time. SJC, together with all other CHIJ schools and the IJ fraternity, commemorated the 165th anniversary. St. Joseph’s Convent (SJC) gets founded as a private school on Flower Road on a rented property.

School Philosophy, Culture, and Ethos:

We think that our pupils have abilities and will achieve success. Our girls’ moral character (values-driven) and performance character developed at CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent school (value-adding). Our mission is for our girls to exemplify the ideals of Love, Integrity, and Freedom to develop into engaged and empowered learners, successful leaders, and eloquent persons with secure ethics.

School Vision

Women Of Integrity With A Desire To Seek Out Excellence

School Mission

The purpose of an Infant Jesus Convent is to establish a Christ-centered educational community in which all members work together to promote truth, justice, freedom, and love, with particular attention to the needs of those who get marginalized in some manner.

Co-Curricular activities:

As a key Student Development Experience (SDE), CCA at CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent gets designed by MOE’s CCE2021, which gets based on the three guiding principles of Student-Centricity, Intentionality, and Coherence, as well as the three main objectives: 

• Creating a CCA Environment that is Safe, Conducive, and Cohesive
• Developing Values, SE Competencies 
• Citizenship Dispositions through Rigorous Training Activities

Physical Sports:

• Badminton
• Fencing
• Netball
• Shooting
• Table Tennis
• Volleyball

Uniformed Groups:

• Girl Guides
• National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC)
• St. John Brigade

Visual and Performing Arts:

• Band – Concert
• Centrestage
• Choir
• Dance – Indian
• Dance – Modern
• Ensemble – Angklung / Kulintang
• Ensemble – Guitar
• Ensemble – Handbell / Handchime

Clubs and Societies:

• CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent Youth Mission
• Culinary Arts Club
• Debate
• Pixel Playhouse
• Sports Club

Curriculum:

We tailor our curriculum to match the demands of our varied student population in various academic streams so that they may achieve high-value educational outcomes. We use several pedagogical techniques to inspire conversation and learning in and out of the classroom, including Differentiation, Socratic Questioning, Formative Assessment, Inquiry-Based Teaching, and Concept-Based Teaching, all based on the Singapore Teaching Practice (STP).

• Additional Mathematics
• Art 
• Basic Chinese
• Biology
• Basic Malay
• Basic Tamil
• Chemistry
• Chinese
• Chinese Normal (Academic)
• Computer Applications
• Elements of Business Skills
• English Language
• English Language (Syllabus A)
• English Language (Syllabus T)
• Food and Nutrition
• Food and Consumer Education
• Geography
• Higher Chinese
• Literature in English
• Mathematics
• Mathematics (Syllabus A)
• Mathematics (Syllabus T)
• Malay
• Malay Normal (Academic)
• Music Normal (Technical)
• Physical Education
• Physics
• Science (Chemistry, Biology)
• Science (Physics, Chemistry)
• Science (Syllabus T)
• Tamil
• Tamil Normal (Academic)
• Humanities (Social Studies and Geography)
• Humanities (Social Studies and History)