Student Leadership
**Girls of Grace • Women of Strength • Leaders with Heart**
OUR APPROACH
Guided by our school values of Truth, Justice, Freedom and Love, it is our belief that every St Nicholas student will maximise her leadership potential and be nurtured to become a leader who has integrity, resilience and compassion. In line with the IJ mission, students will be committed to serving the needs of the disadvantaged and underprivileged. In doing so, they will strive to uphold the school motto, Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty.
As a Catholic-Mission school, SNGS aims to nurture our girls to be Leaders with Heart who embody the IJ Ethos and develop our girls to be Principled Leaders of Tomorrow. Additionally, we hope for our girls to be ready and able to serve and impact their communities.
OUR PROGRAMME
Anchored on The Leadership Challenge, St Nicholas Student Leadership is based on two principal provisions, the provision of ‘Trainings’ and ‘Opportunities’. The five Practices of ‘The Leadership Challenge © is mapped out as focus areas for the respective cohorts. This ensures that there is a differentiated and progressive leadership development programme for our students throughout their four year journey in our school. Such an approach focuses on equipping and honing leadership skills while inculcating the school’s values for students to pursue leadership excellence. Apart from building conceptual knowledge on the principles of The Leadership Challenge, hands-on training sessions are integral in giving student leaders the necessary support and skills to become effective leaders. These sessions also ensure that students develop their individual leadership aptitude, formulate personal goals to attain and learn to be a good team player.
Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
(differentiated for each level)
Sec 1 | Sec 2 | Sec 3 | Sec 4 |
● Model the Way ● Inspiring a Shared Vision | ● Enable Others to Act ● Inspiring a Shared Vision | ● Encourage the Heart ● Challenge the Process | ● Inspiring a Shared Vision ● Challenge the Process |
(1) Trainings
All St Nicholas students go through leadership workshops which provide differentiated and structured developmental training. This includes leadership milestone training sessions, which identifies specific leadership skills to be taught at each level. These training sessions include Mass Leadership Training, Level Specific Training and Positional Leadership Specific Training.
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|---|---|---|
| 2025 S1 Mass Leadership Training | 2025 S3 & S4 Mass Leadership Training | 2025 Student Council Workshop |
(2) Opportunities
Our school believes in empowering students and developing important 21 Century Competencies (21CCs) through an array of platforms, as outlined in the table below. Students are invited to actively participate as members of the St Nicholas family.
Leadership Development at CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School (Sec)
Future Readiness (21 CC Skills)
Civic-Literacy, Global Awareness and Cross-Cultural Skills; Critical and Inventive Thinking; Communication, Collaboration and Information
| Our Workshops | Leadership Appointments | Working with others & Student Voice and Choice** | External Opportunities (selected students only) |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Mass Student Leadership Workshops * Class Management Committee - Subject Leader Training * Design Thinking Workshop |
* Student Council * Class Management Committee * CCA Leaders * Sports Leaders * SyNerGiSe Committee |
* Level Camps - Sec 1 Orientation Camp - Sec 2 Alumni Camp - Sec 3 OBS Camp * Values-in-Action projects (student-initiated) * Leadership appointments projects and organising school events |
* Interschool Leadership Camps - Student Leaders Convention (HCI) - Youth.Lead (RVHS) - JIP Student Leadership Exchange (with CHS & SCGS) * Signature Programmes - Camp facilitators - Culture Scope / Community Engagement with An-Nahdhah Mosque (cross-cultural skills) - Heart-to-heart talks with Industry Leaders (fostering communication, collaboration & information) - Community Outreach (grassroots collaboration) |
Leadership Opportunities at CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School (Sec)
| Positional Leadership | School Project Appointments (examples) |
|---|---|
| * Student Councillor * CCA Committee * Class Management Committee * House Committee * Sports Leaders * SyNerGiSe Committee |
* JIP Student Leaders’ Exchange * Sports Carnival * Open House * Department Programmes, - eg. English Language and Literature Festival, Mother Tongue Fortnight * National Education Programmes * Cyber Wellness Week |
Non-positional Leadership
Being a good influence and a contributing and involved member of the school community.
Our Student Leaders at the An-Nahdhah Mosque, understanding the importance of cross-cultural skills and engaging with the community.
SNGS Student Council
Established in 2008, the Student Council strives to serve the student body and forge stronger bonds among students so as to bring the school to greater heights. The Student Council also aspires to promote the school values and be exemplary role models to their peers in the school.
Key events organised by the Student Council include the Secondary One Orientation, and Teachers’ Day Celebration. In addition, the Student Council also supports school events such as Chinese New Year Celebrations, Moonlight Party, Open House, Primary Five Camp, Jubilate, JIP Leadership Symposiums, Meet-the-Parent sessions and Parent-Teacher Conferences.
As a bridge between the student body and staff, the Student Council acts on feedback from the student population and consults with the Council teachers. Thereafter, they discuss, propose and co-plan ideas for the student population. Some initiatives that have been implemented are Colourful Friday, Welfare Baskets and Canteen DJ which aim to improve the general welfare of the students.
The Student Council comprises Councillors from Secondary 2 to 4, led by a President, two Vice-Presidents and the Executive Committee (EXCO). The Student Council is divided into three wings, namely the Logistics Wing, Events Wing and Welfare Wing, each helmed by two Wing Heads. Being in charge of the different aspects of the school allows the Student Council to maintain discipline and lead their schoolmates while striving for the betterment of the student body.
Teachers-in-charge
Ms Fatmah Ismail Talib, Ms Michelle Chan & Mrs Uma Jacob
Student Executive Committee (2024/2025)
| Name | Class | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Adelia Ong Yun Rui | Sec 4J | President |
| Janice Phang Wan Yi Celine Choo Yan Leng | Sec 4D Sec 4W | Vice-President |
| Kimberly Gan Yuxin Chloe Tan Li En | Sec 4U Sec 4W | Heads (Logistics Wing) |
| Ang Hui Qi Kenisha Lim Wen Xuan | Sec 4F Sec 4P | Heads (Events Wing) |
| Aletheia Charis Lim Rae-Ern Sherrie Chan Mei Yan | Sec 4D Sec 4P | Head (Welfare Wing) |
The Student Council seizes valuable networking opportunities to work with student leaders from other schools. Through a variety of platforms and programmes, they gain exposure to a wide range of issues, learn problem-solving skills and feel empowered to speak up for causes they strongly believe in. Some programmes that our Councillors have participated in are the Hwa Chong Institution’s Student Leadership Convention, River Valley High School’s Y.LEAD Seminar and Student Leadership Exchange with our Joint Integrated Programme (JIP) partner schools.
Student Council Highlights (2023/2024)
| 2024 Student Council Presidential Elections |
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| Serving the Community at the Kebun Baru Community Club Digital Family Day |  |
| Student Council Touchpoints |  |
| 2024 Pinnacle Programme |  |
| 18th Student Council Leading Teacher’s Day Celebrations | 
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Through our DSA (Leadership) programme, we aim to develop leaders who:
● are passionate and committed to the service of others and the community
● possess and demonstrate the qualities of ‘leaders with heart’
Criteria
Candidates should have:
● attained leadership positions in primary school (e.g. Head/Vice-Head Prefect, CCA heads etc.) or;
● led in community/service projects (e.g. Value-in-Action projects with school/community wide impact) or;
● been recognised by the school/community/external organisation(s) for their contribution (e.g. EAGLES (Leadership) award, ECHA, Brownies Chief Commissioner’s Award etc.)
● have demonstrated overall readiness to benefit from our JIP or ‘O’ level programme (Candidates are encouraged to indicate their preference for JIP or ‘O’ levels)
Leadership Development at SNGS for DSA (Leadership) Students
