Ignite

IGNITE

IGNITE Programme Interest Groups for Nurturing and Transforming Through Experiences

IGNITE aims to offer our P4 and P5 students workshops or courses that they students can decide to take up based on their interest. The rationale for this programme is to give our students autonomy in their learning. When students are given opportunities to be independent, to be engaged and to pursue their own interests, they will be more motivated. When students have the ability to do that, they persist longer in the face of difficulties. They show more initiative and curiosity as well as develop a greater sense of confidence in their ability.

In Term 1, P5 supplementary is not conducted. Instead, the time is given to the IGNITE programme. In Term 2, our P4s had the opportunity to participate in the IGNITE programme. Teachers from Bendemeer were given the freedom to come up with their own interest groups to be conducted during the time. Some examples of the interest groups conducted are: Learning Japanese, Football, Creative Science, Learning about Board Games, Fashion Design and Videography.

In 2025, we were also able to benefit from collaborations with Bendemeer Secondary, SAJC, CJC, Northlight and Raffles Institution.

Students were given the autonomy to choose which workshops they would like to sign up for and can choose up to two workshops. The programme will culminate in the students sharing what they have learnt from the programme. Through this programme, we hope that our students find their X-factor and are motivated to learn in school.

Snapshots of the various Interest Groups

Our girls training hard during a session of Girls’ Football. Thanks to Bendemeer Secondary and Football Association- Football is offered to both girls and boys.

Teamwork is cultivated through group activities in Math Board Games.

Students are all smiles as they learnt the basics of speaking Japanese.

They learnt the fundamentals of videography in Shoot and Tell.

Peering into the wonderful world of Science during the Creative Science Workshop.

Students were happy to share their IGNITE Learning Journal at Innovation Day.

Our students making a splash during Water Polo thanks to Raffles Institution’s Water Polo Team.

Our P6s learnt about Arduino Coding thanks to the wonderful guidance from the STEM club at Catholic Junior College.