Bukit Batok Secondary School

Bukit Batok Secondary School is a government secondary school in Bukit Batok, western Singapore.

Culture

Vision

The school's vision is to be a premier school which provides quality holistic education to every BBSSian [student].

Mission

BBSS' mission is to nurture BBSSians to be self-directed learners with abundance mentality.

Values

Reflection, Enterprise, Self-discipline, Perseverance, Empathy, Creativity, Teamwork, form the school values, RESPECT, which is also the 8th value.

Philosophy

The philosophy of the school, We believe every child is unique and has innate abilities to be developed, symbolises the school's recognition in each student's capabilities and potential.

Attire

Uniform

Girls wear a cream blouse with sharp collar, with the school logo on the left and slits at the side. The school skirt is a grey A-line culotte with a box pleat on each side and an inner pocket on the right. Culottes must touch the top of the knees.

Boys wear a safari style cream shirt with a pocket on the left and school logo embossed on the top right-hand corner of pocket; and an overlap at the back. A pair of grey Bermudas with permanent press fold at a bottom for lower secondary boys and a pair of grey pants for upper secondary boys is worn. There are no belt holders. The hem width of pants should be at least 15 inches.

Restrictions

Only plain white/black or the school windbreakers are allowed.
Pupils cannot roll or fold up the sleeves of their shirts. Belts are not allowed to be worn.
Only the school PE, House T-shirt, or CCA T-shirt may be worn beneath the school uniform. Offenders will have their non-regulation T-shirts confiscated.
Female students should not wear fanciful or a dark-coloured undergarment underneath their school blouse.
Pupils must wear their PE T-shirt or House T-shirt during PE lessons, not before PE lessons. They should change into their school uniform immediately after the PE lessons or by recess time. Students who have PE lessons after their recess can be in PE attire after that. Pupils engaged in outdoor sports activities must always be in their PE attire.
On Mass PE Day, students are allowed to wear the school polo-shirt and PE shorts for morning assembly. After recess that day, if there are no PE lessons, students can continue to wear their school polo-shirt but they must change into their school pants, shorts or culottes.
Tie day falls on the first Tuesday of every term. All pupils are expected to wear their school ties for the whole day. Male students should tuck in their shirt at all times when wearing the school tie. Those who do not wear the school tie on tie day must report to their form teachers and wear the school tie for the next three school days.

Shoes and Socks

Only plain white canvas or white track shoes are allowed. Only plain white socks or BBSS school socks are allowed, and they must be worn just above the ankle.

Accessories

Girls

Only black hair clips, ribbons, hair bands or hair accessories are allowed. No bracelets, rings, necklaces, chains, brooches or wristbands are to be worn with the school uniform. Only plain, simple gold, silver or simple solid colour ear studs can be worn. Only one ear stud in each ear is permitted at any one time. The pair of ear studs should be the same. No make-up is allowed when in school uniform.

For Boys

No bracelets, rings, necklaces, chains or wristbands are to be worn with the school uniform. Boys are not allowed to wear earrings or ear studs.

All Students

No ear sticks are allowed. No studs in the tongue or other parts of the body. No tattoos are allowed. No coloured contact lens. No spectacles with tinted glasses(unless for health/medical reasons). No spectacles with fanciful or colourful frames.

Hair

Girls

Hair that touches or is below the collar must be tied up or braided. Fringe must be kept above the eyebrows or pinned up.

Boys

Hair must be short and neat at the sides and back. There should not be a tail at the back. Hair at the sides must not touch the ears and the fringe must be above the eyebrows. Boys must be clean shaven. Beard, moustache or long side-burns are not allowed. No outlandish hairstyles are allowed.

All Students

Hair must be of its natural colour and not tinted. Hair should not be shaved intentionally such that there are fanciful designs, e.g. one part should not be distinctively much shorter than another.

Personal Hygiene

Pupils must keep short, clean and unvarnished finger nails. Pupils should always come to school in clean uniform.

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Transport

Bukit Batok MRT station, next to West Mall, is the closest MRT station to the school. Bus 941 leads to the station. Buses 66, 157, 178, 174, 506 calls at Bus Stop A. Buses 66, 157, 178, 174, 506, 941 call at Bus Stop B. Bus 941 calls at Bus Stop C.

West Mall is also a 15-minute walk away.

Academic Achievements

English/Literature

Achievements 2015

14th Inter-School National Scrabble Championship (Sec 1-3) - C Division: Ranked 5th among 18 schools - B Division: Ranked 10th among 12 schools - C Division qualified for the Grand Finals. They proceeded to win the second place in the Bowl category.

Creative Arts Programme (CAP) - 6 students from Sec 2 and Sec 3

UNSW International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) - English

YMCA Plain English Speaking Awards (PESA) 2015 (Certificates of Participation)

Orator’s Trophy 2015 National Oratorical Competition for Secondary Schools (Certificate of Participation)

Mother Tongue (Chinese)

Achievements 2015

Creating Your Own Newspaper competition organised by SPH (First prize)

1HCL student was selected by SPH to be student journalist (Consolation prize)

Mother Tongue (Malay)

Achievements 2015

Journalism Camp organised by SPH – Creation of Newspaper (1st prize (Best Layout))

2015 Pintar Kata (Smart Vocabulary) App National Competition (Consolation)

Mother Tongue (Tamil)

Achievements 2015

Creative Writing Competition for lower sec conducted by Ministry of Education (Consolation Prize)

2015 Essay Writing Competition for sec3 conducted by Raffles Institution (Consolation Prize)

2015 Singing, Thirukkural Recitation and Oratorical Competitions conducted by Cluster West2 (Singing – 1st Prize Recitation – 2nd Prize Oratorical – 3rd Prize)

Mathematics

Achievements 2015

2015 Singapore Mathematical Olympiad 2 Gold, 4 Bronze, 7 Honourable Mention (40 participants)

Sciences

Achievements 2015

2015 Engineering Explorer - Championship in Engineering Science Challenge

2015 Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad - Advanced to second round

2015 International Competitions and Assessments for schools (12 distinctions, 56 credits)

2015 Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2015 - Chew Tingyu, Phoebe represented Singapore in Pittsburgh as Broadcom MASTERS International Delegate/ Student Observer at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Applied Subjects

Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award Merit Award

D&T Awards Creative Invention Award (Participation

National Earthquake Competition (Participation)

iChef Cooking Competition (Participation)

Lam Soon Healthy Sandwich Competition (Participation)

External links

• Bukit Batok Secondary School