CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent vs Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

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Differences to explore

CCA

The records share 2 CCA listings. CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent also lists Angklung/kulintang Ensemble (Girls), Bowling (Girls), Choir (Girls), Community Service (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) also lists Badminton (Girls), Basketball (Boys), Boys' Brigade (Boys), Choir (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Listings may be incomplete; confirm availability with each school.

DSA programme

The records share 0 DSA programme listings. CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent also lists English Drama (Girls), Floorball (Girls), Hockey (Girls), Modern Dance (Girls) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) also lists Badminton (Girls and Boys), Basketball (Boys), Choir (Girls and Boys), Concert Band (Girls and Boys) and more, which do not appear in the other school's records. Listings may be incomplete; confirm availability with each school.

The daily journey

Nearby MRT stations listed for CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent: Harbourfront, Tiong Bahru; for Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary): Buona Vista, One-North. Compare the full journey from home, including transfers and the walk to school.

Recorded entry ranges

Get to know each school

CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent

MOE traces the beginnings to the Church of St Teresa’s efforts to educate poor children around Kampong Bahru in 1929. The school took the name CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent at Hood Lodge in 1933, with 25 pupils learning English and Tamil. Its primary section was phased out by 1992. It returned to its upgraded premises in 2011, with the campus officially opened in 2013. These dates distinguish the school’s early primary history from the secondary school families are considering now.

The Applied Learning Programme builds on Education for Life, which began in 1992. Its current theme is Portable Skills and Real-World Problem Solving. Secondary 1 examples include MacRitchie water testing, Science Centre learning and connections between the environment, poetry and community history. Secondary 2 explores sustainability through the Sustainable Singapore Gallery, coding and prototypes. Secondary 3 investigates how Khatib Central can be more inclusive. The published sequence is concrete, but does not itself establish how every pupil’s project is assessed or what individual fieldwork adjustments are available.

• CHIJ St Theresa's Convent
• Applied Learning Programme (ALP)

Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

Fairfield's origins lie in Sophia Blackmore's 1888 class for eight Peranakan girls. In 1983 it moved to Dover Road and became two co-educational schools. The secondary school went single-session in 1995 and gained autonomous status in 1996. Its current history explains the shared name, badge and Methodist mission, including the One Fairfield alignment in 2011. These links do not make the primary and secondary programmes interchangeable. The secondary school's rules explicitly describe daily devotions after the national anthem and pledge; families should understand how religious activities fit into school life.

The Full SBB page records mixed form classes for the 2023 Secondary 1 intake, sharing Art, CCE, Design and Technology, Food and Consumer Education, Music and PE. It also describes opportunities to take History at a more demanding level. However, the detailed thresholds refer to 2022 marks and older Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) arrangements. A 2026 webpage update does not make those thresholds current for a new intake. Parents should request the incoming cohort's subject-level criteria and review arrangements instead of planning from the historical examples.

• School History
• School Rules
• Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB)

CCAs and programmes

CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent

• Angklung/kulintang Ensemble (Girls)
• Bowling (Girls)
• Choir (Girls)
• Community Service (Girls)
• Concert Band (Girls)
• Debating and Public Speaking (Girls)
• English Drama (Girls)
• Floorball (Girls)
• Girl Guides (Girls)
• Guitar Ensemble (Girls)
• Hockey (Girls)
• Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) (Girls)
• Netball (Girls)
• Softball (Girls)
• Track and Field (Girls)

Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

• Badminton (Girls)
• Basketball (Boys)
• Boys' Brigade (Boys)
• Choir (Girls and Boys)
• Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
• English Drama (Girls and Boys)
• Football (Boys)
• Girls' Brigade (Girls)
• Guitar Ensemble (Girls and Boys)
• Infocomm Technology (Media Production) (Girls and Boys)
• Journalism (Girls and Boys)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Land) (Boys)
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) (Sea) (Girls and Boys)
• Netball (Girls)
• Robotics (Girls and Boys)
• Student Leadership (Council) (Girls and Boys)
• Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

Listed DSA programmes at CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent

• English Drama (Girls)
• Floorball (Girls)
• Hockey (Girls)
• Modern Dance (Girls)
• Netball (Girls)
• Softball (Girls)
• Track and Field (Girls)

Listed DSA programmes at Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)

• Badminton (Girls and Boys)
• Basketball (Boys)
• Choir (Girls and Boys)
• Concert Band (Girls and Boys)
• Football (Boys)
• Modern Dance (Girls and Boys)
• Volleyball (Girls and Boys)

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