Every school day during Circuit Breaker, Dr Viji Kasiram woke her son Kaushik up at 7am. The health IT professional then assisted the Secondary 4 student from APSN Tanglin School (TS) for the next half a day, while she worked…
Today (Jun 21) is International Climate Change Day. There are several ways that Joel Lee, 30, and the Horticulture team at APSN Centre for Adults are kind to Mother Earth: To maximise resources, they grow plants the APSN Catering and…
Farhat Azizi Abdullah was in APSN Delta Senior School’s (DSS) graduating class of 2019. He was a student with fine motor skills issues and is also quite a lean young man. During his work attachment with NTUC FairPrice, he had…
A mountain load of changes greeted APSN students, parents and staff alike when mandatory Home-Based Learning (HBL) was announced to be implemented in early April. These developments came in the form of the revised modes of communications, routines, learning methodologies…
Teachers across the board have said that it is definitely “more work with Home-Based Learning (HBL)”. APSN Adult Programmes’ curriculum developers like Siti Hajar Ali and Dede Tham can attest to this. Empowering Staff Ms Hajar is an Instructor and…
During the March school holidays, Mr Jose Manuel, a Senior Teacher with APSN Katong School (KS), went back to the Philippines to see his wife and three kids. He expected to be away for a week, but ended up being…
The Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) was awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification last month, making it the first local disability service to do so. While the idea was mooted by APSN, the ISO journey was only made…
This year, Mrs Liza Ow, Principal of APSN Tanglin School (TS), celebrates her 30th work anniversary at APSN. She shares nuggets of wisdom in this special interview regarding her principles on teaching and leadership, and her unending fire for special…
Updated as of 7 April 2020 (Tuesday) In line with the current directives from the Singapore government, the Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) has made the following changes to our operations: At APSN schools Our schools have been…
Dear APSN, From September 27 to October 3, 2019, 14 students and seven teachers from Step by Step School (SBS), New Delhi, India, were part of an exchange programme to Singapore. It was a most memorable learning experience in a…