PAT Stories

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

Mdm Chen Siyun
Fairfield Methodist School (Primary)
She buddies up with AI to cultivate emotional and cyber wellness

Miss Yang Yan Qi
CHIJ (Katong) Primary School
She turns ‘beautiful’ tech into power tools for learning

Mr Chan Joo Seng Melvin
Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
‘The ideas never stop coming until the bell rings’: How one teacher makes History this riveting

Mr Poh Wei Beng
St Gabriel’s Secondary School
This discipline master makes connections before corrections

Mdm Ashikin Bte Abdul Ra’uuf
Ngee Ann Secondary School
To students facing challenges, she says: Don’t just dream, reach for the moon

Mr Shahul Hameed S/O Kuthubudeen
Serangoon Garden Secondary School
A teacher’s devotion draws his students back to school

Ms Malini D/O Thyagesan
Republic Polytechnic
Big wins start with small wins for lecturer who co-developed a self-sterilising agent

Mr Fann Zhi Jie
Singapore Polytechnic
No grades? No problem to his interior design students

Finalists

Mr Koh Hock Lai Kelvin
St. Anthony’s Primary School
Teaching values to tweens takes heart and lots of ice cream sticks

Mr Chua Boon Hwee, Daniel
Chongzheng Primary School
Pokemon Math? Game on, says teacher who speaks his students’ language

Ms Saedah Bte Mohamed Hussien
Xishan Primary School
Stronger, louder, CALMer students, is this CCE head’s three-pointed wish

Mr Yeo Choon Hwa
Queensway Secondary School
Read-e, stead-e, PE! How this sports coach leapt for tech’

Mdm Tan Pin Yin
West Spring Secondary School
Hacking the Chinese language so students want to learn

Ms Clarissa Lee Vwen Chia
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Nursing gets real, thanks to scenario-based learning and real-life experiences

Mr Choo Meng Cher
Institute of Technical Education
How to get students all excited about voltage or waveforms? Ask (Meng) ‘Cher

Ms Yap Wei Ling
Republic Polytechnic
Securing more women for the cyber force

Mr Tio Choon Fook
Nanyang Polytechnic
UX lecturer puts students’ experience first, walks the talk