Fuhua Primary School
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Fuhua Primary School is a primary school in Jurong East
Jurong East
Jurong East is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, a canal and the shoreline of Jurong Lake, Jurong Town Hall Road, the eastern side of Jurong Gardens, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Penjuru Road, West Coast Road, Sungei Pandan and back to the Pan Island Expressway.It is...

, Singapore
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. It was founded in 1941 as a village school by a teacher named Goh Si Ren. The school was located near Bukit Batok and later moved to its current location in Jurong East
Jurong East
Jurong East is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, a canal and the shoreline of Jurong Lake, Jurong Town Hall Road, the eastern side of Jurong Gardens, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Penjuru Road, West Coast Road, Sungei Pandan and back to the Pan Island Expressway.It is...

, but housed in an old campus. In 2000, it temporarily moved to the premises of Boon Lay Primary School while a new building was being built
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. The new campus was completed in late 2004. Pandan Primary School
Pandan Primary School
Pandan Primary School was situated in Teban Gardens, Singapore. The school was established in 1981 and closed in 2007. On 1 January 2008, Pandan Primary School was merged with Fuhua Primary School....

merged with Fuhua in 2008. There are about 1,900 pupils enrolled in the school. As it is located in a prime location in Jurong East, it is very popular.

The school is known for its I.T. prowess, as its niche area, and has won several awards in that area, as in others. The current principal is Miss Fuziah Binte Muhammad Taha, while the current vice-principal is Mr Ong, vice-principal of Fuhua.

The school's motto is "Frugality and Honesty". The logo has nine brown lines forming an "F" and "H" and underneath it says "FUHUA Frugality and Honesty".

The school is equipped with a canteen with eight food stalls, six floors, around 35 classrooms, a bookshop, a sickbay, a dental clinic, a Head of Department room, a Counselor's room, a room for extra coaching, a Equipment room, a media library, 2 Audio-Visual rooms, and a staff room. There is also a basketball court and a soccer field. The public can use the field.

The school currently holds two sessions; one for those studying in Primary 3 to those studying in the graduating Primary 6, which takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m, and another for those studying for the new Primary 1 pupils and the Primary 2 pupils which take place from 1:30 to 6:30.

Some of the school's co-curricular activities:
  • Soccer
  • Ballet
  • Malay Dance
  • Chinese Dance
  • Indian Dance
  • Track and Field
  • Infocomm Club
  • Brass Band
  • Red Cross
  • Badminton
  • Scouts
  • Other uniform groups

History

Fuhua Primary first started as a school which helped the needy chinese students. Its Chinese name,'辅华',which means helping the chinese is how it came about. Fuhua Primary has a history of 60 years since its humble beginnings.
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