SINGAPORE: With a 3km walk, a new school song, uniform and crest, students and staff from Pioneer Primary School and Juying Primary School marked the start of a new chapter on Thursday morning .that will do so as announced earlier this year.
“I feel kind of sad because I’ve been there four years, seeing that the school has grown from strength to strength and they did very well in many aspects. We will miss it, it’s very spacious and airy,” said principal Loke Wai Ling, who will lead the new school. Both Juying Primary and Pioneer Primary are located in mature housing areas, and enrolment in both schools has been “falling consistently” in recent years, MOE said in April.
More than 80 staff members, a mix from both schools, will continue working at the new Pioneer Primary.Juying Primary School students and teachers walking and waving flags with the new Pioneer Primary School crest. “Because we want to have that sense of belonging, so it's very important that we are able to share with the students and staff, this is the school that you're going to, it's something for you to look forward to. So with that in mind, I think we were all able to pull together.”