Bukit View Secondary School
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Bukit View Secondary School (BtVSS) is a Government
Ministry of Education (Singapore)
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-funded secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

, located in Bukit Batok, on the western part of Singapore
Singapore
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. The school aimed to nurture creativity
Creativity
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, passion
Passion (emotion)
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 and resilience in all her students to be people with moral integrity
Integrity
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 and are responsible to self and society
Society
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.

School Crest

The school emblem takes the shape of a yellow circle with four equilateral triangles inlaid in the centre of the circle. The first green triangle forms the initial 'B' of Bukit and the remaining one in blue represents the initial 'V' of View. The peaks of the three green triangles form 2 letters 'S' representing Secondary School. The yellow circle represents the brilliance of the sun that signifies our aspirations for a bright future through education. The three green triangles (mountains) symbolise the broad and solid educational foundation on which the pupils will continue to scale higher peaks in their studies, with determination, and to the best of their abilities. The blue triangle (sea) represents the virtue of magnanimity of our pupils. It is also the deep sea of virtues and morals that our pupils have to acquire through education.

The school's Chinese name, 百德 also means One Hundred Virtues.

School song
composed by J. J. De Souza

New heights we'll scale everyday

Persevering forward bound

To care and share and to aim

For the highest in all our endeavours



Chorus:

Bukit View, you're so dear

We have learnt to give our best

Bukit View, you're so dear

We achieve and we excel



You taught us all that we know

And to mix hard work with play

Your bright eternal sun will lead us

The way to higher ground

The mp3 of the anthem can be heard here

Principals

  • Mr Ow Chiong Hoo (1986–1997)
  • Mrs Mary Owyong (1997–1998)
  • Mr James Ong Chye Hin (1998–2004)
  • Mrs Tan Lay Hong - (2005–2010)
  • Mr Vasuthevan K Ramamurthy - (2011 -2012 )

Values

  • Compassion for others
  • Integrity in character
  • Perseverance
    Perseverance
    Perseverance may refer to:* Perseverance , a card game* Perseverance , American fighter Brock Lesnar* Perseverance...

     for excellence
  • Respect
    Respect
    Respect denotes both a positive feeling of esteem for a person or other entity , and also specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected...

     for self and others
  • Responsibility
    Moral responsibility
    Moral responsibility usually refers to the idea that a person has moral obligations in certain situations. Disobeying moral obligations, then, becomes grounds for justified punishment. Deciding what justifies punishment, if anything, is a principle concern of ethics.People who have moral...

     in actions

History

The building of the school began on September 30, 1984 and was completed on December 29, 1985. She started classes with 450 students in the Secondary One and Two levels, and a teaching body of 15 on January 3, 1986, headed by the school's first principal, Mr Ow Chiong Hoo. In the same year, the school saw the first Investiture of the BtVSS Student Council, the formation of the School Military Band and the Library. The school was fully functional with the completion of the outdoor fitness stations and the landscaped garden. In 1987, Bukit View held their first Track-and-Field Meet, and also was the convenor of the West Zone Secondary Schools Badminton Tournament. The school facility also installed an electric kiln installed for students to explore their artistic talents through pottery. On July 15, 1988 Bukit View was officially opened by Mr Chai Chong Yii, MP for Bukit Batok. A school lecture hall was built and officially opened by the newly-appointed MP
Member of Parliament
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 for Bukit Batok Dr Ong Chit Chung on 6 November 1989.
In 1997 Bukit View also participated in the 2-day Pesta Sukan National 10's Rugby
Rugby football
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 Tournament for the first time.
On November 13, 1999 Bukit View, along with 7 other schools in Singapore and the National Institute of Education
National Institute of Education
The is an institute of the , Singapore.NIE, Singapore, provides all levels of teacher education, from programmes to for in-service teachers and executive for Principals, Departmental Heads and other school leaders. NIE also administers postgraduate programmes that lead to the award of in...

 adopted the two-hectare Mandai Forest near Upper Seletar Reservoir
Upper Seletar Reservoir
Upper Seletar Reservoir is Singapore's third impounding reservoir, after MacRitchie Reservoir and Peirce Reservoir...

 Park to help restore the forest patch that was devastated an invasion of the Smilax
Smilax
Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in temperate zones, tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found , while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico...

-variable creeper plant on its grounds, over the years. The adoption project also planned to use the forest habitat restoration to facilitate
hands-on learning of forest ecology
Forest ecology
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 and biodiversity
Biodiversity
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 and equip students and teachers with field-based learning strategies. It was also an opportunity for students from different schools to collaborate on a project that is both about learning and saving the natural environment.

The abbreviation BtVSS was created for the school to prevent constant confusion between the school and Bedok View Secondary School
Bedok View Secondary School
Bedok View Secondary School is a government co-educational neighbourhood secondary school located in southern Bedok, Singapore, within walking distance of Tanah Merah MRT Station.-School history:...

 since they share the abbreviation of BVSS in official records. Late 2007, the school held a uniform
Uniform
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 design competition among the students. The winning entry was a brown theme; the shirt is white with the school's logo
Logo
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 and name sewn on with brown shorts or pants for boys, for girls, they have the option between culotte and pinafore
Pinafore
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. The pinafore differs from the standard, having a more vest-like appearance. Student numbers in 2008 had also reduced to 4 Express classes, 2 Normal (Academic) classes and 1 Normal (Technical) class.

A student team led by Madam Maziyan Abdullah, participated in the 2008 World Media Masters on 28 March 2008, organised by IT Leisure and Education and supported by Creative Community Singapore, an initiative of the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts (MICA). The team, along with those from 15 other schools participating in the programme, had been provided with professional training on producing computer games since August 2007, enabling them to experience real-life computer game production work and a chance for selected winning team to market their game product commercially international.

Bukit View - host of important events and speeches

Bukit View played host to a number of educational activities for their educational zone. In 1987, she organized the first Annual West Zone Inter-Primary Schools Languages, Maths & Science competitions. She was also the host for the finals of the inaugural Primary Inter-School Chinese Debate between Pei Chun Public School
Pei Chun Public School
Pei Chun Public School is a government-aided primary school, located in Toa Payoh, Singapore.-History:Pei Chun began as a Chinese medium school with 90 students at Tanglin Road on 12 May 1933. The school has moved to different locations, before settling in Toa Payoh in 1970...

 and Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus
Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus
The Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus schools are a group of eleven all-girls Catholic schools in Singapore. The first CHIJ school in Singapore was established at Victoria Street in 1854, by nuns of the Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus‎. Today, the group includes six primary schools, four secondary...

 (CHIJ) on 23 June 1990. The Debate, organized by Mr Ow, saw the Convent emerging as winners for the first of the bi-annual competition.

Between the years 1989 and 1991, the school hall was the venue of choice for important speeches delivered by VIP
VIP
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s from various social levels. They were organized by the Bukit Batok Community Centre Current Affairs Club, and chaired by MP
Member of Parliament
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, Dr Ong. Members of the public heard Dr S. Vasoo, MP
Member of Parliament
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 for Tiong Bahru, delivering his thoughts on having a social network to help the needy, in his speech titled Perspectives on the lower-income group on 23 October 1990. On 23 August 1991 a speech on China's foreign policy was delivered by Mr Zhang Qing, the then-Chinese Ambassador to Singapore to the public. Singapore Ambassador to the US Professor Chan Heng Chee
Chan Heng Chee
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 co-chaired a public forum titled The Challenges of Democracy on 12 November 1991.

Project PRIME (Programme For Rebuilding And Improving Existing Schools)

The Ministry of Education launched PRIME on 11 May 1999 to upgrade or rebuild about 290 schools built over the last 20 to 30 years, and as part of the Ministry's "Thinking Schools, Learning Nation" vision ensuring all schools have a conducive physical environment to enhance teaching and learning. Schools constructed before 1997 are upgraded with the construction of extension blocks and alteration of existing school buildings, or rebuilding that involves the construction of new buildings either on existing site or on available vacant sites. The project was implemented over a period of seven years from 1999 to 2005, in three phases with an estimated cost of S$4.46 billion.

Bukit View's upgrading programme took place in June 2005, in Phase 6 of Prime project. This upgrading consisted of the building of the New Block housing the new library, professional sharing room and computer labs. The Old Block and School Hall/Canteen were being refurbished. The Technical Block was expanded to include Chemistry, Biology and Physics Labs, F&N department and the Design & Technology (D&T) Department by December 2006. The upgrading of the main school area was completed by May 2008, and seeing through the completion of the school field and a new indoor sports hall.

Achievements

In 1989, the school won Best Award and prize money of $3,000 in the 1989 National Mural Competition, an event held in conjunction with the Community Week '89 themed at social cohesion and racial harmony.

Former student Harmi Kamis, received 5 nominations in the malay music industry awards, "Anugerah Planet Muzik", in 2004 including 1 regional nomination which includes artiste and bands from Malaysia and Indonesia.

Micromouse
Micromouse
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 entry from Bukit View Secondary School, along with entries from Catholic Junior College
Catholic Junior College
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 and St Joseph's Institution were named overall winners for their shortest timings and intelligent maze-escaping strategies, in the fourth Singapore Inter-school Micromouse Competition held at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic , is an institute of higher learning in Singapore, founded in 1963 as Ngee Ann College with 116 students...

 on April 9, 1994.

Aspiring actress Poon Er Ruziana Hadi also starred in the role as Sylvia in the 2nd season of the Malay
Malay language
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 TV drama series Soldadu (Soldier) in 1999.

Former Bukit View student Lee Jianguang (Joeel Lee), topped the New Beetle Art Competition held in April 2000, with his unique Volkswagen Beetle design titled TropBeetle, featuring lush tropical colours and swirling floral patterns overlaid by black animal outlines.

Bukit View also made it as one of the ten finalists in the 2nd National Schools Newspaper Competition organised by The Straits Times. Her team also came in 2nd place in the Gears Of War (GOW) tournament at the Interschool eGaming Challenge organized and held at Funan DigitaLife Mall in March 2007.
Mrs Tan Lay Hong was also awarded the Public Administration Medal
Pingat Pentadbiran Awam
The Pingat Pentadbiran Awam was instituted in Singapore in 1963 and has three grades:* Emas * Perak * Gangsa...

 (Bronze) at the National Day Awards in 2007.

Jason Tan, from Bukit View class of 2000, became a chef of Le Saint Julien. He emerged as the selected winner of the Bocuse D’or Asia 2008 Singapore Selection held on 15 March 2008 at ITE College West (Clementi)
As chef de cuisine (head of kitchen) of Julien Bompard, eventually took a bronze medal in the Bocuse d'Or Asia held in Pudong
Pudong
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, Shanghai
Shanghai
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 in China
China
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 in 29–31 May 2008. He went on to become Singapore's hope against 23 other international culinary talents in the finals of the Bocuse d'Or Concours Mondial de la Cuisine 2009 Culinary contest - equivalent to the World Cup of football - in Lyon
Lyon
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, France
France
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. Jason was also a featured chef in the TV programme, 食尚探路 (Food Detective). The young culinary talent achieved numerous accolades since then.

Teo Beng Ngo, Ivan Tan and Lee Hian Tee from the class of 1989, came in 2nd place in the 2nd World Peace Ethics Contest (World-PEC), organized by the Dhammakaya Foundation and held at the Singapore Kalyanamitta Centre on January 20, 2007

Young Designers' Award

Bukit View Secondary School culture encourages art and design with her students. This culture resulted with a total of 19 awards with their innovate designs, in the 12 years' of Young Designers Award. In years 1997 - 2000 alone, she has produced seven winners consecutively in the Award competition.

Bukit View won their first Young Designer Awards in 1989, with the Snap-up Toilet Seat by Leon Koh, and the Unishade designs by Laurence Wong and Jason Ho. In 1990, Li Jianguang (Joeel Lee)'s unique design titled Two-in-One Kettle, showed a two-compartment kettle which enabled water and coffee or tea to be boiled, with a slot allowing disposable filters to be fitted in on one side while water boils in the other. This design came with a 240-volt heater in the middle, to speed up the heating. This unique design was mentioned in the feature article published in The New Paper.

On September 22, 1993, 16-year-old Ow Hee Jiann won an 2nd prize in the Intermediate category of the Young Designers Award for his innovative wheelchair design. In 2000, 14-year-old Choo Shiling won the top prize in the Junior Category of the Young Designers Award, with her design Nature Seat. Her winning entry beat the other 228 entries in that category.

Other achievements in academic subjects

Mathematics:



Science:

Great Science Challenge 1st Runner Up 2004

Citi Bank Idea In Action Venture Grant $5000 2006

Idea-in-Action Venture Grant $500 2006



Co-Curricular Activities (CCA):

NPCC
National Police Cadet Corps
The National Police Cadet Corps is the largest uniformed group for youths in Singapore in terms of membership. As of 31 March 2004, the organisation has 596 teacher officers and 20,146 student members in 155 secondary schools, 2 polytechnics open units and 2 University Open Units.With the support...

 - Bronze

NCC
National Cadet Corps (Singapore)
The National Cadet Corps is a youth organisation in Singapore. As of December 2010, it had a total strength of 19877 members. This consists of 823 Officers, 726 Cadet Officers and 17157 cadets, amongst others.The NCC is represented in 144 Secondary Schools and there are a total 176 School...

 - Silver

SJAB
St. John Ambulance in Singapore
St John Ambulance Singapore is a voluntary organisation in Singapore which provides training in First Aid and Home Nursing. Its members also perform voluntary first aid coverage duties during national events....



Boys' Brigade
The Boys' Brigade in Singapore
The Boys' Brigade in Singapore is a youth uniformed group organisation which has been present in Singapore since 1930. It currently consists of over 700 officers and 5,500 Boys in over 117 companies. Its current Brigade President is Mr Tan Kok Heng...

 

Girls' Brigade
Girls' Brigade
The Girls' Brigade is an international and interdenominational Christian youth organization. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964...

 

Girls' Guide 



Chinese Dance - SYF Gold

Malay Dance  - SYF Silver

Indian Dance
Indian dance
Dance in India covers a wide range of dance and dance theatre forms, from the ancient classical or temple dance to folk and modern styles.Three best-known Hindu deities, Shiva, Kali and Krishna, are typically represented dancing. There are hundreds of Indian folk dances such as Bhangra, Bihu,...

 - SYF Silver

Modern Dance
Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...

 - SYF silver

Military Band
Military band
A military band originally was a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of Bandmaster or Director of Music...

 - SYF Silver

Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

 - SYF Bronze

Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

(ELDDS)- silver



ELDDS, Media & Publicity:-

Julia Gabriels Inter-school Debating Competition 1st Runner-up 2006

Cluster Video Awards 2007 - Merit, Bronze & Gold

Channel News Asia Roving DV 2007 - Top 5

SPH Inter-School Newspaper Competition - Consolation Prize



InfoComm Club

Media Resource Library Club

Environmental Club:-

1. SEC Green Audit Programme: SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2004, 2005, 2006

2. 3R project competition: Silver and Best New Comer 2005, Bronze 2006

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