Victoria School
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Event of the Month - December
23 Dec - Sec 1 2011 Registration
30 Dec - Sec 1 2011 Orientation
Sec 1 Registration 2011: 23rd December 2010
1. All parents are reminded to bring along your son’s posting slip and results slip for submission on that day. In addition, one dollar will be collected for payment of the Sec 1 orientation folder.
2. Parents wishing to purchase school uniforms and approved books from the bookshop, please take note that payment is by CASH only.
3. For bookshop opening hours after the 23rd Dec 2010, please click here: Sale of 2011 Textbooks and Workbooks.
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Alumni
Yusof Ishak: First President of Singapore, 1959–1970
C V Devan Nair: Third President of Singapore, 1981–1985
S R Nathan: Sixth and incumbent President of Singapore, 1999-
Eu Chooi Yip: Leader, Malayan Communist Party (Singapore)
S Dhanabalan: Cabinet Minister, 1980–1993; Member of Parliament, 1978–1996; Chairman, Temasek Holdings
Abdul Aziz Ishak: Cabinet Minister, Malaysia, 1955–1963
Dr A Vijiaratnam: First Pro-Chancellor, Nanyang Technological University, 1992–2005; Olympian (Hockey), 1956; Only person to have represented Singapore in four sports - hockey, football, cricket and rugby
Prof Edwin Thumboo: Renowned poet; Emeritus Professor, National University of Singapore; First and former Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS, 1980–1991; Cultural Medallion (Literature) winner, 1980
LG (NS) Ng Yat Chung: Chief of Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces, 2003–2007; Senior Managing Director, Temasek Holdings; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Singapore Institute of Management; SAF (Overseas) Scholar, 1980
LG Neo Kian Hong: Chief of Defence Force, 2010-; SAF (Overseas) Scholar, 1983
MG Ng Chee Khern: Chief of Air Force, Singapore Armed Forces, 2006–2009; President's Scholar and SAF (Overseas) Scholar, 1984
Air Vice Marshal Sulaiman Sujak: Malaysia first non-British Chief of Air Force, Royal Malaysian Air Force, 1967–1976; Deputy Chairman, Malaysia Airlines, 1977–1991
MG Syed Mohamed Syed Ahmad Alsagoff: Commander, Malaysian armed forces based in Singapore when Singapore was part of Malaysia, 1963–1965
Tee Tua Ba: Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force, 1992–1997
Prof Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim: Singapore first non-British Attorney-General, 1965–1967; Queen's Scholar, 1936
Koh Eng Tian: Solicitor-General, 1981–1991; Senior Counsel
G Ramachandran: President, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, 1966–1968, 1973–1974, 1982–1986
Quek Leng Chan: Malaysian tycoon; Founder of Hong Leong Group Malaysia
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Sports
Since the school's first football team was formed in 1897, Victoria School has made its mark in sports.[14] Generations of Victorians have represented Singapore in various sports. In 1970, half of the Singapore national hockey team were former Victorians.[15] And in 1978, the captains of the Singapore national teams for hockey, rugby and cricket were former Victoria School students, and a few others were in the national football team at the same time.
In 1940, Ali Ahmad broke the Singapore 100 yards sprint record which also equalled the Malayan record when he was still a schoolboy at Victoria School.[16]
Kesavan Soon was Singapore's champion sprinter when still studying in VS and was Singapore's only schoolboy representative to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.[17]
Other VS boys include football luminaries like Uncle Choo Seng Quee, who is the only person who have coached the national football teams of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia; 1930s football legend and former Singapore football captain, Dolfattah;[18] and Abdul Rahman, who played in a record nine Malaya Cup finals for Singapore from 1933 to 1950.[19]
Another old boy, Dr A. Vijiaratnam, is the only Singaporean who had represented Singapore in four sports - hockey, cricket, football and rugby.[20] Dr Vijiaratnam later became the first Pro-Chancellor of Nanyang Technological University.
Former national rugby coach and captain, Song Koon Poh, Sportsman of the Year in 1978, is arguably Singapore's most illustrious rugby player. [21]
Teo Ser Luck, an Ironman triathlete who represented Victoria School in football, cross-country, track and field, table tennis and Chinese chess, became the second sportsman in Singapore to enter Parliament in 2006. He is now the Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and Ministry of Transport, as well as the Mayor, North East Community Development Council.
Tan Wearn Haw, Sportsboy of the Year in 1992 and 1995, and a Public Service Commission (PSC) scholar, was the first Singaporean to win the Asian Optimist Championship, and one of the youngest person to helm a national sports association when he became the CEO of Singapore Sailing Federation at the age of 32.
Some of the Victoria School students who have represented Singapore in sporting competitions in recent years include:
2005: Lo Jun Hao came in second in the World Byte Championships for sailing.
2007: Tan Xiang Ting was Singapore's only gold medal winner in the 4th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in South Korea. [22] Rezza Gaznavi captained the Singapore national Under-15 cricket team which won the Asian Cricket Council Under-15 cricket tournament in Nepal.
2008: Fung Jinjie won a bronze medal for Singapore in the 2nd World Junior Wushu Championships in Bali, Indonesia.[23]
2009: Jeffrey Adam Lightfoot captained the Singapore national Under-14 football team for the inaugural Asian Youth Games held in Singapore. [24] 15-year-old Haseef Salim represented the Singapore national Under-21 hockey team in the Men's Junior World Cup Hockey Finals held in Singapore.[25] Fung Jinjie won a team silver medal for Singapore in Wushu at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos.[26]
2010: Jeffrey Adam Lightfoot captained the Singapore national Under-15 football team to a bronze medal at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Singapore. Besides Jeffrey in the YOG football team, other Victorians representing Singapore at the YOG are: Sean Toh (track and field), Haseef Salim, Fadzly Adam, Hidayat Mat Rahim and Fadhil Rizaini (all hockey), Clement Choong and Eugene Foo (both handball). Ryan Lo and Edward Lim were members of the Singapore team which won the Overall Best Nation at the IODA Asian Optimist Championship, Pattaya, Thailand. 13-year-old Ryan Lo, Singapore's youngest representative to the Asian Games, Guangzhou, China, won a bronze medal in sailing for Singapore.
In cross-country, VS has won 31 team titles since 1988, despite stiff competition as it is participated in by more than 100 schools in Singapore.[27] [28] See Victoria School Cross-country.
Inter-Schools Sports Results
Badminton:
2009
B Division: Champion (East Zone)
C Division: Third (East Zone)
2010
B Division: Champion (East Zone)
Cross-Country
2009
B Division: Runner-up (National)
C Division: Champion (National)
2010
B Division: Champion (National)
C Division: Champion (National)
Cricket
2009
B Division: Runner-up (National) (11-a-side)
B Division: Champion (National) (8-a-side)
C Division: Third (National) (11-a-side)
2010
B Division: Champion (National) (11-a-side)[29]
C Division: Third (National) (11-a-side)
Floorball
2009
B Division: Runner-up (National))[30]
C Division: Champion (National)
2010
B Division: Runner-up (National)
C Division: Third (National)
Football[31]
2009
B Division: Runner-up (National)
B Division: Champion (East Zone)
C Division: Runner-up (National)[32]
C Division: Runner-up (East Zone)
2010
C Division: Runner-up (National)))[33]
C Division: Third (East Zone)
Hockey
2009
B Division: Third (National) (11-a-side)
C Division: Champion (National) (11-a-side))[34]
C Division: Champion (National) (6-a-side)
2010
B Division: Third (National) (11-a-side)
C Division: Third (National) (11-a-side)
Sailing
2009
B Division: Fourth (National)
C Division: Fifth (National)
2010
B Division: Fourth (National)
C Division: Fourth (National)
Shooting
2009
B Division: Fourth (Air Rifle) (East Zone)
B Division: Fifth (Air Pistol) (East Zone)
C Division: Runner-up (Air Rifle) (East Zone)
C Division: Runner-up (Air Pistol) (East Zone)
2010
B Division: Fourth (Air Rifle) (East Zone)
B Division: Third (Air Pistol) (East Zone)
C Division: Runner-up (Air Pistol) (East Zone)
Table-tennis
2009
B Division: Third (East Zone)
C Division: Third (East Zone)
2010
B Division: Fourth (East Zone)
C Division: Fourth (East Zone)
Tennis
2009
B Division: Runner-up (National)[35]
2010
C Division: Fourth (National)
Track and Field
2009
B Division: Eighth (National)
C Division: Runner-up (National)
2010
B Division: Fifth (National)
B Division: Fifth (National)
Volleyball
2009
B Division: Fourth (National)
B Division: Third (East Zone)
C Division: Fourth (National)
C Division: Champion (East Zone)
2010
B Division: Third (East Zone)
C Division: Third (National)
C Division: Champion (East Zone)
Wushu
2009
C Division: Third (National)
2010
C Division: Third (National)
SPH Schools Relay
2009
C Division: Overall Champion (National)
In the 2009 Schools Sports Colours Awards, Victoria School received 9 individual national colours awards, 12 individual zone colours awards and 16 team awards. For 2010, VS won the inaugural Best Schoolboy Award for Football and Wushu.
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Congratulations to all the parents of new Victorians! You have made the decision we made one year ago and we've never regretted our decision. VS has been a positive influence on him. He has taken a liking to sports (from being completely disinterested). I have heard him as well as the other Victorians address teachers as 'sir' and 'ma'am', which is really rare in this society where students climb over their teachers' heads, and I am deeply impressed. What he has learnt this past year has never failed to impress me.
So congratulations once again! -
Totally agree!
Though DS is going to VJC for IP next year but he is happy that he is still a Victorian! -
In the fine tradition of the school…
Pg A4 of today’s Straits Times refers. The senior educationist featured Mr Goh Ek Piang is an Old Victorian who was an outstanding sportsman during his schooldays in the mid 1960s.
Aged 62, Mr Goh is retiring from the Education Service which he has served since the age 17 (after O level) and had held the posts of PE teacher, primary school principal and Dy Director for CCA in MOE. In his citation of Mr Goh at a ceremony yesterday honouring retiiring education officers, the Minister of Education described him as a "strong advocate of outdoor adventure education." Mr Goh has indeed done VS proud, continuing on the fine tradition of the school in producing outstanding educationists in the sports science, in particular Dr Low Wing Kee, former Director of Sports and Physical Educatiion at the prestigious Hong Kong University, and Dr Lau Teng Chuan, former CEO of Singapore Sports Council and Secretary General of the Singapore National Olympic Council. Incidentally both Dr Low and Dr Lau, now in their 80s were great all round sportsmen during their younger days. -
[quote=\"dadmum123\"]Congratulations to all the parents of new Victorians! You have made the decision we made one year ago and we've never regretted our decision. VS has been a positive influence on him. He has taken a liking to sports (from being completely disinterested). I have heard him as well as the other Victorians address teachers as 'sir' and 'ma'am', which is really rare in this society where students climb over their teachers' heads, and I am deeply impressed. What he has learnt this past year has never failed to impress me.
So congratulations once again
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Agreed, DS looking forward to the orientation camp from 4-6 January. Cheer! Victorian
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I can assure all parents that VS really judge and nurture each boy by his character and not by his academic result!
DS has been given numerous opportunities to contribute to VS and he is just an average boy in his academic.
Each boy is encouraged to speak up and render their help to the school events whole heartedly.
I am sure the parents who had attended the orientation talk by Mr Low have heard that VS boys abide by the 4 rules of: Don’t Cheat, Don’t Lie, Don’t Steal & Don’t Bully!
For me his main emphasis is on character building (I attended 2 years ago) and he believes that the boys who come into VS already are at a certain level in their studies. But without good character, they are not able to shine even with fantastic results. -
Like the school motto : nil sine labore (nothing without labour)
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