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PAT Stories
Read the inspiring stories of PAT recipients and finalists who go the extra mile to help every student grow and thrive.
PAT Stories: Teach to Inspire, Inspire to Teach
The PAT recipients and finalists inspire their student to achieve their best and work towards their dreams. Their enthusiasm for teaching and learning spur their peers on, leading them to strive for excellence in the imparting of knowledge and values to students. Guided by the Ethos of the Teaching Profession, these teachers go the extra mile to ensure that every child develops holistically and emerges as confident and competent students of the 21st Century.
Read about the inspiring stories of PAT recipients and finalists
Recipients
Ong Xuan Wan
Dazhong Primary School
How this Science educator got all her ducks in a row with sustainability (opens in new tab)
Goh Min Min Linda
Greenwood Primary School
Her inspiration for making Mandarin fun? Confucius and gaming (opens in new tab)
Hafizah Binte Mahmud
Si Ling Primary School
Observe carefully, and you’ll see there’s a warrior in every child (opens in new tab)
Go Jun Hong
Woodgrove Secondary School
He walks with his students to turn risks into rewards (opens in new tab)
Kamalavani d/o Palaiyan
Anderson Serangoon Junior College
She moves her students to love Tamil language and culture (opens in new tab)
Khoo Lilin
St Andrew’s Junior College
Her students don’t just think about Literature, they think about thinking (opens in new tab)
Mis’Rohaiza Binte Amin
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
The nurse who teaches presence, not just procedure (opens in new tab)
Shamim Akhtar
Temasek Polytechnic
Nothing simulated about how this lecturer structures support (opens in new tab)
Finalists
Jessintha Sasayiah
Bendemeer Primary School
Her speciality? Building confidence beyond the classroom (opens in new tab)
Soo Gham Seng
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
In his Science class, oops is part of the experiment (opens in new tab)
Lim Li Shi Jasmine
St. Hilda’s Primary School
She develops character and changemakers of tomorrow (opens in new tab)
Tay Soo Chin Emmeline
Clementi Town Secondary School
This Geography teacher brings out the mighty in the mundane (opens in new tab)
Teng Wei Syan
Evergreen Secondary School
Seatbelts on, it’s Chemistry time! She turns lessons into virtual adventures (opens in new tab)
Tang Hue Sim Serene
Outram Secondary School
(formerly from Swiss Cottage Secondary School)
Humanities meets tough love for this former discipline mistress (opens in new tab)
Prakash S/O A Divakaran
Institute of Technical Education College East
This lecturer takes exams to open industry doors for his students (opens in new tab)
Tao Chong Meng
Institute of Technical Education College East
For this IT lecturer, giving is his operating language (opens in new tab)
Heng Kiang Soon
Republic Polytechnic
He turns food waste into nutrition – and sources of healing (opens in new tab)
Tzang Merwyn Tong
Republic Polytechnic
He wants film students to ‘take a shot’ at good stories, not perfection (opens in new tab)