Dear Parents and Guardians

T HIS is the final term of 2016, and it will be a short but intense one for all of us at CHIJ Secondary.

Term 3 offered us time for bonding and for appreci-ating and understanding each other through the cel-ebration of Youth Day, Racial Harmony Day, National Day and Teachers’ Day. We celebrated both staff and students alike, and embraced the IJ family as it should be – filled with love, faith, trust and spirit.

We also saw our Secondary 3 girls go through their Outward Bound Singapore experience, while our Secondary 2 girls had their adventure camp. The ca-maraderie and spirit built and experienced will stay with our girls long after they leave our gates. Inter-mingled with their academic journey are life expe-riences with all their richness and intensity, which strengthen our girls and mould them into the Women of Distinction that we all hope they grow up to be.

Last term, we bade farewell to two special individ-uals – our former president Mr S R Nathan and our very own Sr Deirdre O’Loan, Supervisor of the IJ Schools in Singapore. Sr Deirdre was a dear IJ Sister who supported and encouraged us every step of the way. We will always remember and cherish her love and commitment to CHIJ, and will miss her presence at our school events, which she always made it a point to attend.

We thank our Parent Support Group (PSG) for sup-porting our graduating students during their night

study last term: our mummies lovingly cooked nu-tritious and sumptuous meals night after night. This year saw record numbers of girls staying for night study, with each other and their teachers, banding together in mutual support – the IJ way.

This term, as we move into examination mode, we ask for your thoughts and prayers for each and every student. In particular, keep our graduating girls in your prayers, as they embark on their N and O Lev-el examinations. Our PSG has specially arranged for prayer sessions for our N and O Level girls (please see page 6 for details); we encourage you to join them in our chapel if possible.

Our newly minted student leaders will have their In-vestiture on 16 September; we congratulate them and wish them the best on their leadership journey. At our Graduation Ceremony on 23 September, we will bid adieu to yet another cohort of IJ Girls; they will always be in our hearts and remain a part of the IJ legacy.

We wish one and all a wonderful term 4, and, togeth-er as one IJ family, let us embrace this new term, and see the year through with faith and love, always re-maining Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty.

As usual, if you have feedback, please email me at chijtpss@moe.edu.sg or karentay@chijsec.edu.sg. God bless us all.

Warmest regards

Mrs Karen Tay

IJ QuarterlyA N E W S L E T T E R O F C H I J S E C O N D A R Y

TERM 4

2016

MessageFROM THE PRINCIPAL

YOUTH DAYOur teachers gamely took the lead in the Mass and the performances to celebrate Youth Day.

Looking Back ON TERM 3

FRI

1JUL

RACIAL HARMONY DAYAs usual, Racial Harmony Day – celebrated eight days in advance this year – was an opportunity to dress in ethnic attire and savour delicious food prepared by our PSG. PE lessons also included traditional games.

WED

13JUL

SEC 2 OUTDOOR ADVENTURE LEADERSHIP CAMPAt this camp, our Sec 2 students learned leadership skills and had the opportunity to build class camaraderie.

Looking Back ON TERM 3

MON

18JUL

WED

20JUL

SEC 3 OBSOur Sec 3 students underwent a challenging yet fun Outward Bound Singapore experience on Pulau Ubin.

TUE

19JUL

FRI

22JUL

Looking Back ON TERM 3

CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSOur annual Cross-Country Championships were held once again at Bishan–Ang Mo Kio Park and featured, for the second time, a parent-daughter race.

FRI

5AUG

NATIONAL DAYWe celebrated Singapore’s 51st birthday with Mass, performances and, of course, the singing of National Day songs!

MON

8AUG

TEACHERS’ DAYOur Teachers’ Day celebration included a Mass and performances that students dedicated to their teachers.

THU

1SEP

Looking Back ON TERM 3

SR DEIRDRE’S FUNERALMore than a thousand girls and staff from the 11 IJ schools, as well as the IJ Board of Management, representatives of Catholic Junior College and her family who had flown in from Ireland, gathered at St Joseph Church (Bukit Timah) to bid a final farewell to our beloved Sr Deirdre O’Loan, IJ, who passed away on 13 Aug. Almost 20 priests concelebrated the funeral Mass, some of whom were Sr Deirdre’s former students.

WED

17AUG

Looking Forward TO TERM 4

INVESTITURE OF STUDENT LEADERS

FRI

23SEP

FAREWELL & EXAM MASSS4, S5 GRADUATION CEREMONY

S4N INTENSIVE REVISIONLast day for S4N classes: Fri 23 Sep.

MON

19SEP

FRI

23SEP

MON

26SEP

WED

12OCT

S4E, S5 INTENSIVE REVISIONLast day for S4E & S5 classes: Wed 12 Oct.

S1–S3 POST-EXAM ACTIVITIESThis includes checking of exam scripts on Wed 19 Oct and Thu 20 Oct.Last day for S1 & S2 classes: Fri 28 Oct.

WED

19OCT

FRI

28OCT

FRI

16SEP

FRI

4NOV

S2 STREAMING RESULTS

S3 EXTENDED CURRICULUMLast day for S3 classes: Fri 4 Nov.

TUE

1NOV

FRI

4NOV

SAT

5NOV

OPEN HOUSE

MON

7NOV

FRI

11NOV

S3 WORK ATTACHMENT

MON

21NOV

S4, S5 GRADUATION DINNER

13–16 Sep* GCE N(A) Level (part 1)

14–19 Sep S4E & S5 Prelim 2 (part 2)

30 Sep–14 Oct** S1, S2 & S3 End-of-Year

3–12 Oct GCE N(A) Level (part 2)

10–19 Oct GCE O Level (part 1) Science practical, Art, 3rd Languages

20 Oct–18 Nov* GCE O Level (part 2) The rest of the subjects

Please refer to the respective schedules for details.

Please be reminded that if a student is absent from a test or examination, she must produce a medical certificate to account for her absence.

*PRAYER SESSIONSThe PSG invites all parents to the school chapel to pray for our girls:» Tue 13 Sep, 0745–0845: GCE N(A) Level» Thu 20 Oct, 1430–1530: GCE O Level

**MARKING & RESULT PROCESSING DAYSStudents do not need to report to school on» Mon 17 Oct» Tue 18 Oct

EXAMINATIONS IN TERM 4

PARENT OPINION SURVEY

Our parent opinion survey will be sent out to you towards the end of September. Please look out for it.