Applied Learning Programme
The school has established partnership with Ngee Ann Polytechnic, The Sandbox, Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore Management University -The Accounting Society, and Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) to leverage their expertise to develop ALP curriculum and programs with the emphasis of Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship.
Financial Literacy with Project Moolah
Project Moolah is organized by SMU’s Accounting Society, which aims to teach Financial Literacy to secondary school students. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the team continues to partner the school to conduct four Financial Literacy (FL) lessons for our students. The sessions introduced topics such as savings and insurance and conducted group competitions for our students to learn FL in a fun and engaging way.
Fly Challenge organised by Republic Polytechnic
Two teams from Outram Secondary School took part in the Financial Literacy for Youths (FLY) Race/Challenge, an annual nationwide inter-secondary school competition organised by Republic Polytechnic’s (RP) Common Business Programme. The event aims to cultivate entrepreneurial spirit in managing finances.
FLY Race adapted its format to an E-Challenge due to restrictions caused by COVID-19. The online challenge was conducted across two rounds between September and October.
The theme of this year’s challenge was Fostering a Sustainable Hawker Culture through Financial Savviness. The challenge created an opportunity for participants to discover the challenges faced by our local hawkers, and provided the youths an avenue to devise practical strategies to help these businesses in areas related to financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
Our team consisting of Chiang Hoe Siang (S3/4), Satidsawat Podtakon (S3/4), Ong Bing Xuan (S3/4), presented their financially savvy ideas and practices against 8 other teams during the final challenge. The team emerged victorious, winning the Most Financial Savvy Award for FLY Challenge 2021. The experience gained during this challenge was enriching and invaluable for all the participants.
Outram Bazaar goes online!
As a part of the Secondary 4’s authentic learning project for Business Studies, students were tasked to procure and sell their products via the e-commerce platform this year. Students felt that the learning process was enriching as they were able to seek values and relevance of their learning and applied what they had learned in Business into the project. The engaging task allowed the students to experience being an Entrepreneur first hand and understood their challenges admist settting up an online store.
Virtual Learning Journey
Three virtual learning journey were organized for the Secondary 1, 2 and 3 students during Business Day!
Secondary 1 students went on an interactive tour to One North to learn more about local start-ups and this “Silicon Valley of Singapore”.
Secondary 2 students went on an educational online field trip to the Yakult Factory where they learned about the background of the company and its product. Students also get to view the high-technology production process via Zoom.
Secondary 3 students went on an exciting learning journey to ROOST, to learn how the food service company has been in the industry for over 20 years and it adopts innovation to transform its business model.
Business Lessons and Project Work (Outram Project Experiential Learning)
In semester one, a 20-week business lesson on Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship was introduced to Secondary 1 and 2 students respectively. The lessons aim to introduce students to the fundamentals of business and allow students to apply their learning in Project Work. During Project Work, students work in teams to create innovative solutions using the design thinking process, ensuring their solution is viable, feasible and desirable. This year, the team collaborated with the CCE committee to design the project themes.
Secondary 1 – Local Entrepreneurs and Zero Waste
The 2 days OPEL is a consolidation of the year-long VIA/OPEL project. The focus of this OPEL project is about the entrepreneurial and marketing aspects of the product. The showcase will be based on the marketing board and final presentation of the product.
Secondary 2 – Smart technology and Mental Wellness
The 2 days OPEL is a consolidation of the year-long VIA/OPEL project. As the theme for S2 OPEL is Smart Technology, students work in teams to appify their VIA solutions.
Secondary 2 Entrepreneurship Programme
The 10-hour blended learning workshop aims to introduce the concept of innovation to our students. Students will practise using the Design Thinking methodology and apply to an authentic context, focusing on building empathy towards a user. The outcome of the workshop is to spark inspiration in student to collaborate in championing the sustainable initiatives for school/home communities via Design Thinking methodology.
Some samples of students’ prototypes
Overseas Experiential Learning Programme to South Korea
Members
Ms Serene Cheong | Head of Department |
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Mrs Wendy Loi (OIC) | Financial Literacy |
Mdm Chua YP | Financial Literacy |
Mdm Casey Lee | Financial Literacy |
Mr Gabriel Fu | Entrepreneurship Programme |
Ms Serene Wong | Entrepreneurship Programme |
Ms Gladys Lim | Entrepreneurship Programme |
Programmes in 2023
January
· Business lesson for Lower Secondary
· Finance Leaders programme for Secondary 2 and 3
February
· Business lesson for Lower Secondary
· Finance Leaders programme for Secondary 2 and 3
· Bazaar for Business students
· Secondary 3 Entrepreneurship programme
· Project Moolah Fin Lit programme
March
· Business lesson for Lower Secondary
· Secondary 3 Entrepreneurship programme
· ApLM for Upper Secondary [Normal Acad/Express] Students
April
· Business lesson for Lower Secondary
· Lcube game for Secondary 1 students
· Project Moolah Fin Lit programme
· Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) workshop for Secondary 2 Entrepreneurship programme
May
· Business lesson for Lower Secondary
· Business day for all students
· Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) workshop for Secondary 2 Entrepreneurship programme
June
· LCCI External Certification (For selected group of POA students)
· Project Moolah Fin Lit programme
July – September
· Entrepreneurship first step module organized by Ngee Ann Polytechnic
· Project Moolah Fin Lit programme
· Sec 2 Entrepreneurship programme [For selected students]
October - November
· Fin Lit Outreach and Publicity Talks to Primary Schools
· Sec 2 Entrepreneurship programme [For selected students]
· National Financial Literacy Competition organized by OSS
Achievements
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Youth Innovation Challenge (link) Best Innovation Award (Business) - Team Zelter Best Social Impactr Award - Team Soltrax Champion Team - Team Zelter Financial Literacy Competition (Voice Catergory) First Runner-up |
Biz Wellness Competition (Jan) Finalist Biz Wellness Competition (Jul) Champion Youth Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalist Outram Secondary School Partnership Award with Centre of Financial Literacy |
Financial Literacy Competition (Lcube) organised by NTU Finalists Student Entrepreneurship Challenge organised by Mount Faber Safra Champion Team Design for Change Challenge Finalist |
Design for Change Challenge Finalist |
FLY challenge organised by Republic Polytechnic Most Financial Savvy Award Design for Change Challenge Finalist |