Xinghua Primary School Review — P1 Guide & 2026 Updates

About Xinghua Primary School

Xinghua Primary School is a co-ed primary school in Singapore, in the South zone.

It offers 11 CCAs.

School overview

MOE’s heritage record traces Xinghua to Sing Hua Public School, founded in 1930 on Lim Tua Tow Road. It became government-aided in 1957 and an integrated government school in 1973. The move to 45 Hougang Avenue 1 and adoption of the Xinghua name came in 1985. Charlton School merged into it in 2003, followed by Parry Primary in 2007; the campus’s official opening was in 2005. These dates help separate the school’s founding, relocation and mergers when reading older family accounts or recognising an alumni connection.

English lessons follow STELLAR, using stories, group work and listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. The school gives concrete experiential examples: observing caterpillars become butterflies and making sandwiches while learning procedural writing. Reading provision includes a Primary 1–2 programme, older pupils reading with younger buddies, National Library Board’s MOLLY mobile library and an annual Reading Festival with book-character costumes. These describe teaching activities rather than a measured outcome. For a hesitant reader, the useful follow-up is how progress is checked and what happens when the ordinary programme is insufficient.

Overview sources

• Xinghua Primary School
• English

Location and contact

• 45 Hougang Avenue 1, Singapore 538882
• Nearest MRT: Kovan
• Telephone: 62889121