STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

While we are proud of the superb track record of our students in excelling at competitions and gaining exposure for their work, these achievements are also important indicators that our efforts at nurturing their talents are well in place. Additionally, such exposure also helps to bring more excitement and life to the education our students receive.

One of the top winners from TP, Timothy Tan, was also among the four who received a one-month summer school scholarship with a renowned design institution in Austria.

Our design students have consistently proven their mettle when benchmarked against others in their field. At the 2006 Asia Pacific Interior Design Biennial Award, TP’s Interior Architecture & Design students bagged all the top three prizes. In fact, TP students took seven out of the eight finalist positions. The competition attracted participation from countries such as New Zealand, Philippines, Japan, China and India.

TP’s engineering students continued their dominance in several competitions such as the Singapore Robotic Games, when they brought home the largest haul of medals – five gold, two silver and one bronze – at the event this year. Engineering students also did well at the WorldSkills Singapore Competition Finals, winning one gold and two silver medals. The gold medallist from TP will be representing Singapore at the 39th WorldSkills Competition to be held in Shizuoka, Japan, in November 2007.

Three design students also had the rare honour of conceptualising the stage and backdrop design for the National Day Parade (NDP) 2006. Inspired by the sails on vessels that called on Singapore in the 1800s, the students’ involvement was all the more meaningful as it was the last NDP to be held at the National Stadium. At the same time, a team of Information Technology students was asked to create an online game for the official NDP website. Called Tommy the Fire Fighter, it was created to educate the public on civil defence.

The winning aquathlon team from TP.

Our students have also shown their outstanding abilities in co-curricular activities as well. Water sports has been one of the areas that TP students have excelled at traditionally. In this year, the Lifesaving Team won the Overall Grand Champion Trophy in the National Life Saving Championship; the Dragon Boat Team topped their women’s and men’s categories at the TP Invitational Poly-ITE Dragon Boat Race 2006; while our Aquathlon Team won the Women’s Overall Champion title at the New Balance Inter-Collegiate and Schools Aquathlon Challenge.

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