River Valley Primary School

River Valley Primary School

Infobox Singapore School
name = River Valley Primary School
立化小学
motto = STRIVE FOR THE BEST
established = 1985
type = Primary
principal = Mrs Sita Singh
School code = 1217
session = Double Session
colours = Navy Blue, White
enrollment = 1430
city/town = 2 River Valley Green
homepage = [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/rvps/index.htm Link]

River Valley Primary School (Abbreviation: RVPS) is a co-educational primary school in River Valley, Singapore. It is a government school which bears no affiliation to any other schools. The younger siblings of current students are given priority for entry. Currently, a sizable amount of the student population consists of foreigners. The school is also on Ministry of Education's list of top 30 popular primary schools for admission of foreign students (1999). The school consistently achieved good results in Primary School Leaving Examination as well as P3 Screening Examination in the past years.

History

River Valley Primary School was established in 1985 when three primary schools, River Valley Chinese, River Valley English and Kim Seng merged to form one school with a pupil enrolment of 1700.However, the pupil enrollment steadily declined to 1260 in 1995 due to demographic changes and lack of facilities. Between 1996 and 2000, the pattern of falling enrollment was reversed and the present enrollment stands at 1430.

Uniform

The school uniform for girls consists of a white short sleeved blouse worn beneath a blue pinafore with shorts underneath. The school uniform for boys consists of a white short sleeved shirt tucked into short blue trousers.The school badge and name tag is sewn onto the left of the shirt/pinafore. The physical education attire consists of a white sleeveless shirt and blue shorts.

chool Leaders

Principal-Mrs Sita Singh
*Started her career in education as a teacher in Raffles Girls' Secondary School
*Assumed the post of Vice Principal at Woodgrove Primary School in mid-Sept 2001
*Principal at River Valley Primary School on 15 Dec 2001
*Has seen an improvement of PSLE scores in RVPS
*Has also seen the movement of many Chinese teachers away from the school

Vice Principal-Mr Phang Eng Poh
*Joined RVPS in June 2006

Events

Be yourself day: held every two years, students are encouraged to dress up in a variety of costumes according to a given theme.

P5 Bazaar: Held every year, the current cohort of students in primary five will have to create products to sell to their peers and the public.

Sports day/Sports carnival: Either of these events will be held, and students participate in various running events.

Co-curricular activities

External links

* [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/rvps/index.htm School website]


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