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Springdale Primary School

2016

Explore highlights from 2016, including student wins in the SYF Motif Design Contest, National Cyber-wellness Advocacy Challenge, and National Malay Writing Competition.

Last updated 17 August 2026

Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2016 Theme Motif Design Contest, YOUTHforia!

As part of its 50th anniversary, the SYF Theme Motif Design Contest, themed YOUTHforia!, was recently held to encourage students to be part of the celebration. An overwhelming 1569 entries were received from 143 schools across primary school, secondary school and junior college/centralised institute levels. These entries were judged on their Originality, Aesthetic Qualities/ Visual Appeal and Relevance to the theme. The winning motif design will be featured in the SYF 2016 publications and collaterals which will acknowledge the motif designer.

Colorful circular drawing of rainbow-colored figures arranged around a central spiral, with yellow stars, by a Primary 3 student.

National Cyber-wellness Advocacy Challenge (NCAC) 2016

In 2016, our P4 Cyber-wellness Ambassadors participated in the National Cyber-wellness Advocacy Challenge (NCAC) 2016. The challenge aims to:

  1. Empower youth advocates of Cyber-wellness in engaging parents on Cyber-wellness issues.

  2. Impart Cyber-wellness principles and values to the youth advocates.

  3. Equip parents with practical parental strategies through a mobile application.

Our Cyber-wellness Ambassadors created awareness resources and video on a popular multi-player game, “Minecraft”. Their work has been featured in the mobile application, “SG ConneXion” which is available in both Google Play and Apple App Store. A total of 459 primary and secondary students from 73 schools in Singapore participated in the competition and 16 finalists were selected for the finals.

We are proud to announce that the P4 Cyber-wellness Ambassadors team is the overall champion in the primary school category!

Five students wearing medals and a teacher pose in front of the Springdale Primary School sign.
Four children wearing medals in school uniforms stand with an adult woman posing for a photo indoors.

Congratulations to the following Cyber-wellness Ambassadors for their effort and achievement:

1. Tan Jia Yi, Eve

2. Ong Chen Kai, John

3. Hoo Si Ting, Ariel

4. Chan Sao Yi, Marcus

5. Castor Djese Daniel Buhat

National Malay Writing Competition 2016

In conjunction with Bulan Bahasa 2016, Pusat Bahasa Nusa organised a National Writing Competition 2016 ‘Saya Boleh Mengarang’ for primary school students.

The objectives of this competition are:

- To provide students with a platform to show their talent in writing

- To improve student’s confidence in writing

Congratulations to our Springdale budding writers, the proud recipients of the following results.

Six children in school uniforms hold certificates in front of a wall reading Achievement Day 2016 Joy In Learning.
Table listing five names with their awards: four Silver recipients and one Bronze recipient.