Opened 1968 Website www.ftpss.moe.edu.sg Phone +65 6251 4773 | Closed 2017 Motto To The Years Ahead Founded 1968 | |
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Address 500 Thomson Rd, Singapore 298133 | ||
The history of first toa payoh secondary school
First Toa Payoh Secondary School (FTPSS), also known as 大智中学 (pinyin: Dàzhì zhōngxué), is the first secondary school to cater to the population of Singapore's satellite town, Toa Payoh. Originally built in 1968, First Toa Payoh Secondary School merged with Bartley Secondary School in January 2016. Today it is known as Bartley Secondary School.
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Crest and motto
The school crest and emblem consist of a torch set within a wheel. The torch signifies enlightenment and knowledge, while the wheel represents progress. This symbolizes effort in striving for progress and achievement through education.
The school motto, "To the Years Ahead", reflects aspirations to ensure students are ready for the future while grounded in strong values.
History
The pre-university course lasted only a decade and was phased-out in 1991 to accommodate the transformation of the school into one of the pioneer single-session secondary schools.
In 2001, the school merged with North Vista Secondary School (formerly Thomson Secondary School) and Punggol Secondary School (formerly Pei Dao Secondary School). The school operated at two campuses up to 2003. In 2004, First Toa Payoh Secondary School merged with Upper Serangoon Secondary School, and moved from its original site, Toa Payho Lorong 1, to new facilities at Toa Payoh East. It was officially opened on 1 April 2005 by Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC, also the Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Education.
In 2016, First Toa Payoh Secondary School merged with Bartley Secondary School. The new merged school will function as Bartley Secondary School at 10 Jalan Bunga Rampai, Singapore 538403.
Community
Although most of the students come from the Toa Payoh neighborhood, it is a diverse neighbourhood with students from countries such as Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar, South Korea and Nepal.
To forge stronger bonds with community partners, the school spearheaded the Love Toa Payoh East movement in 2004, which later became the basis for the Toa Payoh Trail in 2009. As a testament to its commitment in instilling into students a responsibility towards community service and pride, and loyalty towards the country, the school was accorded the Development Award for National Education in 2011.
To leverage on its strength in experiential learning, FTPSS was also awarded the niche status (Secondary) for Outdoor Experiential Learning (OEL) in 2013. The school successfully re-positioned the niche as the Learning for Life Programme (LLP) in 2014.