Xingnan Primary School
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Xingnan Primary School is a primary school located in Nanyang
Nanyang, Singapore
Nanyang is a residential precinct in Jurong, named after the Nanyang University beside it when the first few estates in the precinct were built in 1988 and the PIE then not constructed in the precinct to separate the university from the precinct.It is a division of Chua Chu Kang GRC, with the...

, Singapore
Singapore
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, at 5 Jurong West Street 91, Singapore 649036.
Together with Juying Primary School
Juying Primary School
Juying Primary School is a government primary school located in Jurong West, Singapore.-History:Juying Primary School began as Ju Eng Public School which was situated in Jalan Kayu. The school was founded by Mr And Oon Hui in 1940 as a Chinese-aided school...

 and Juying Secondary School
Juying Secondary School
Juying Secondary School is a government co-educational neighbourhood secondary school in Jurong West, Singapore. The school was established in December 1995.- History :...

, it serve primarily residents living in Jurong West N9 and N8 estates.

W3 Centre of Excellence (COE) for Chinese Language and Culture

Website: http://www.xingnanpri.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=56411



The school was officially appointed as the W3 Centre of Excellence for Chinese Language and Cluture(COCCLC) in January 2008.



Being a COECLC, its purpose is to promote and role model the appreciation of the Chinese Language and Culture and develop a group of future Singaporeans who will be proficient in the Chinese Language and well acquainted with the Chinese Culture, among students in W3 Cluster Schools.



3 areas are being focused by the COECLC, namely

1) instill the love for the Chinese Culture to the young.

2) enhance the learning of Chinese by organizing activities on the cluster level.

3) Researching and sharing of teaching tools and resources by organizing workshops, talks, sharing session for the cluster teachers to exchange/share their experiences.

History

This school started off in 1932 as a chinese-medium school in Hong Kah Village(present-day 'Tengah') at a Chinese temple along Hong Kah Road, with the name 'Sin Nan Public School'. Then, as years went by, its population grew and the school moved to a larger building, sited along Jurong Road on 1939, in the same Hong Kah Village.

In 1982, Sin Nan Public School became an english-medium, government-aided school, and started having Malay language classes.

During the 1980s, the government resettled Hong Kah Village into the then-newly-developed Jurong West, in areas along Jurong West Avenue 1 and Sin Nan Public School was relocated to its current location, with a change of name to 'Xingnan Primary School' and status to 'government school', at 1988.

A summary of its history was produced as a Youtube video for Speech Day 2009, on its Youtube Channel 'Xingnanps'.
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