Our junior and senior football school teams participated in the above-mentioned tournament. The Senior Team did well in the first round but fell short in making it to the second round of the tournament.

School Team Players

2017 Junior Team Players 2017 Senior Team Players

Samuel Soon Navien Prasad

Siddharth ChitikelaLee Jia Le

Manish Gurung Zenden Koh

Safin Pun Jung Yoochan

Prakrit Tamang Yeo Kai Bin

Anmol Gurung Nirajan Gurung

Pratik Pun Trikshyan Limbu

Law Zheng Yang Rafee Sarwat

Gagan Kian Dominic Pang

Anish Kapoor Izzul Irfan

Abhinav Chitikela Govindasamy Darvin

Dirain Eswaran Kreesan Eswaran

Ayush Thapa Eugene Teo

Muhd Syaliqin Aaron Samekhan

Irfan Amani Rikal Tumrok

Lim Bhen Chong Li Tianqi

Sepak Takraw

The school’s Sepak Takraw team consisting of both the Junior and Senior boys represented ZPS in the National Inter-School Sepak Takraw Competition 2017. They certainly did the school proud by displaying Resilience, Discipline, Teamwork and Sportsmanship throughout the entire competition. Although both the Junior and Senior boys did not manage to go through to the next stage of the competition, the pupils felt that they had indeed benefitted from the great experience.

Junior Boys Senior Boys

Jean Matthew Calaguas Marfil Hairul Irfan Bin Samad

Idraki Rafdi Bin Mohd Arzad Lim Zheng Qing

Koh Jin Zhuang Jaedon Danial Harith Bin Yazid

Muhd Azree Bin Eday Junaidy Iskandar Bin Joekarnine

Muhd Hafiz Bin Muhd Irman Badrulmeinudeen Mohd Faisal Rahman

Danneth Neo Zhi Yuan Shashwat Janardhanan

Eric Roshan S/O Suresh David Nakkul S/O Prabhu

Muhd Fais Bin Mohamed Latiff Akil Nakhaie Bin Dickie

Wong Kian Hui Tony Tan He Chang

Muhd Rosazli Bin Mohd Rozzali Khaja Fakrudeen Yehya Ayyash

Ryan Ilhan Bin Mohammad Harisman

Benzon Anthony John Carillo

2017 South Zone Volleyball Championships Results

Zhonghua volleyball junior and senior girls’ teams did our school proud by winning top 4 positions in the South Zone Volleyball Championship. The volleyball players’ relentless trainings and “never say die” attitude contributed to their achievements.

The junior and senior boys’ teams tried their best but did not manage to get to the top 4 positions in the Zonal competition.

Junior Boys (12) Junior Girls (12)

1. Bryan Khoo Zhi Ren 1. Jechaele Soo Ming Le

2. Loh Kai Xuan 2. Jodie Yap Wing Yan

3. Tan Le Bin (Captain) 3. Moe Kyisin Khant

4. Graynesh Iwaram 4. Charmaine Toh Jia En (Captain)

5. Mingso Limbu (Vice Captain) 5. Chloe Tay Wei Xuan

6. Andrew Khoo Zhi Cheng 6. Guo Luoqian

7. Leow Wen Ze 7. Jhenuel Rinoah Batac Bacsal

8. Piyush Bachhas 8. Nur Syarafina Bte Abd Rahman (Vice-Captain)

9. Yip Jun On Ethan 9. Clariece Kee Wyn Xuan

10. Mohd Erfan Rayyern B Mohd Raihan 10. Mettu Deepal Reddy

11. Tan Zhan Yi 11. Trinh Evhanna Cristel Suy Man

12. Neo Wei Lum 12. Arielle Kristen Mak

Senior Boys (10) Senior Girls (12)

1. Sherwyn Peck 1. Ayn Zuhaira Binte Zaman Din

2. Li Jiaxin (Vice Captain) 2. Diane Lee En Qi

3. Kandasamy Yashwanth 3. Nyein Su Thar

4. Darren Wee Xun Cong 4. Ra Hari (Vice Captain)

5. Ng Jun Ming 5. Sharlene Goh Jia Wen (Captain)

6. Zhang Zixuan (Captain 6. Carizma Gurung

7. Edric Lee Rui Jun 7. Nadja Kim Schmidt

8. Pratik Gurung 8. Cecilia Ng Gui Fang

9. Voon Jia Hao 9. Mamata Ale

10. Bibesh Rai 10. Susam Magar

11. Chen Sihan

12. Isabel Wang Qian Wen

Sportsmanship Awards were also awarded to volleyball players who best exemplified the attributes of character, integrity and sportsmanship.

The awards were given to:

Ayn Zuhaira Binte Zaman Din Darren Wee Xun Cong

Diane Lee En Qi Zhang Zixuan

Nyein Su Thar Charmaine Toh Jia En

Ra Hari Nur Syarafina Binte Abdul Rahman

Sharlene Goh Jia Wen Mingso Limbu

Carizma Gurung Leow Wen Ze

Nadja Kim Schmidt

Academic Awards:

Good Progress Award for Chinese Language

The Chinese Language and Culture Fund has set up an award, named the ‘Good Progress Award for Chinese Language’, to encourage and reward Singaporean primary school students for their efforts in learning Chinese Language.

The following students are the award winners in our school for their improvement made from 2015 to 2016. They have shown the greatest improvement in Chinese Language in their level:

P1/2016 Chung Xuan Xiang, Gillian Mae (P1 Responsibility)

P2/2016 Trinh Tuong Vy Valerie (P2 Respect)

P3/2016 Loke Yi Kai Joseph (P3 Respect)

P4/2016 Gauthier Lim Kai Siong (P4 Discipline)

P5/2016 Ang Rui En Gina (P5 Respect)

P6/2016 Low Wenxi Ashlee (P6 Diligence)

National Tamil Spelling Bee Competition 2017

4 pupils from P5 took part in the Nationwide Tamil Spelling Bee Competition organized by Mediacorp Tamil News and Current Affairs Division. The objective of this competition is to instill love for Tamil Language and provide an opportunity to use and spell Tamil words without errors in a fun way.

60 Primary Schools competed in the qualifying round on 22 February 2017. Zhonghua beat 44 schools to qualify for the quarter finals. In the quarter finals they competed with 16 schools and progressed to semi-finals. In the semi-finals they competed with 8 schools and emerged as one of the top 4 schools to qualify for the finals.

Mediacorp Tamil News crew came to Zhonghua Primary on 23 March 2017 to interview and film their preparation for the finals. The interview was aired on Vasantham channel Tamil news that day.

Finals at National Level

The finals was held on 25 March 2017 at Umar Pullavar Tamil Language Centre. They went through many rounds of spelling various words individually and in groups. Our participants’ diligence and resilience paid off and they came second in the finals. Well Done, Girls!!!

Zhonghua is proud of their achievement.

Participants	Class	Prize
VIJAY ANAND ANVITA	P5 DILIGENCE	Second Prize
TANUSHREE MURALIDARAN	P5 DILIGENCE
SUBIKSHA SUNTHARI SHANMUGA SUNTHAR	P5 DILIGENCE
PRAKASH PRIYANKA	P5 DISCIPLINE

Non-Academic Awards and Recognition:

Friends of Singa 2016 - Projects chosen to be displayed (Most heart-warming community service projects)

In 2016, the FOS team organized a Parents’ Appreciation cum Charity Donation project as well as writing appreciation cards to thank our school cleaners. Our school’s Friends of Singa 2016 project was selected to be featured in the Friends of Singa exhibition and programme booklet under the category, “Most Heart-Warming Community Service Projects”. The exhibition was held at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Atrium from 11-13 November 2016.

SEC-Starhub School Green Awards (SGA) 2016

The school participated in the Singapore Environment Council - StarHub School Green Awards (SGA) 2016 at the end of September. The award is designed as an environmental audit programme for all schools in Singapore. Zhonghua Primary School was awarded the Lotus Sustained Achievement Award. It is the 5th year running, the school has achieved the highest level of award, the Lotus Award and has also maintained the level of Sustained Achievement Award for the 3rd time.

North East District Environment Award 2016

The school participated in the North East District Environment award 2016 at the end of August. This award by the North East Community Development Council (NE CDC) and National Environment Agency –recognizes community-led efforts in the creation and execution of sustainable programmes to create a Clean and Green North East District. Zhonghua Primary School has been awarded the Gold Award (3rd prize) for the above award in the school category.

Indian Dance Performance at the Ministry of Health

Our Indian Dance CCA received accolades for their wonderful performance during the the Ministry of Health’s Annual Deepavali Celebration. This was held on 16 November 2016. This event was graced by the Minister of Health and other Public Office Holders.

Year 2017