Staff Awards

NFTE Global Enterprising Educator award for 2024

The Global Enterprising Educator (GEE) is an award that recognises excellence in using the NFTE entrepreneurship curriculum to help students overcome their own challenges in life. Guided by research-backed attributes of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Index, teachers and educators play an important role in building youth to activate the entrepreneurial mindset and develop themselves towards a life-changing aspiration.

Congratulations to the PLMGS Team (Mr Lam Cherng Yang, Mr Joshua Low and Ms Ung Zi Qing) for being awarded the NFTE Global Enterprising Educator award for 2024!

2024 Methodist Schools’ Long Service Award

2024 Methodist Schools’ Long Service Award
Mrs Selina Lum (25 years)
Ms Kok Lai Fong (20 years)

2024 Methodist Schools’ Retirement Award
Mrs Ong En Chee

2024 Methodist Schools’ Appreciation Award
Professor Hum Sin Hoon
Mrs Lee Boon Siew
Dr Daniel Fung

2024 National Day Award

THE COMMENDATION MEDAL
Ms Lim Shi’en Shawna
School Staff Developer

THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL
Mr Lim Fook Tong
STEM Instructor (Workshop)

2023 MOE Innergy Winning Projects - HQ (WP)

Mr Chai Wee Jie
Student Development Curriculum Division 1 and Paya Lebar Methodist Girls School (Sec)
Enhancing UX with Macroenabled NodeXL
Bronze

2023 Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)

Miss Rachel Ong Lin Hui
Valedictorian of the Class of 2023
NIE Gold Medal
Association of Mathematics Educators Book Prize

2023 Methodist Schools’ Long Service Award & Methodist Schools’ Appreciation Award

Ms Gloria Lim (20 years)
Mrs Annie Teo

2023 National Day Award

2023 MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA)

Platinum Award
Ms Lim Siok Peng, Gloria

Gold Award
Ms Lim Siok Peng, Gloria

Silver Award
Mr Chia Huay Heng

Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers Award

Mrs Neoh Terh Ling

Mrs Neoh was conferred the Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers Award in recognition of her valuable contributions to the professional development of MOE officers.

2022 National Day Award

THE COMMENDATION MEDAL
Mrs Neeraja Vijayakumar, Head of Department

THE COMMENDATION MEDAL and THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL
Mdm Chan Wai Ling Joyce, Senior Teacher

2022 Methodist Schools’ Long Service Award

Mdm Lee Chue Hoon (50 years)
Mdm Tan Kim Huay Cecilia (35 years)
Mrs Koh Ee Lin (30 years)
Mdm Karni bte Kanan (30 years)
Mrs Joyce Chong (25 years)
Mdm Hu Min (20 years)

MOE Service Excellence Award 2022

Platinum Award
Mrs Joyce Chong

Gold Award
Ms Azzalinda Binte Ariffin
Mr Chua Han Choon Glayen
Mr Indra Bin Ahmad
Ms Toh Xinyi

Silver Award
Ms Lim Siok Peng Gloria
Ms Tan Khian Eng Lilian

MOE Service Excellence Award 2021

Please join our school in congratulating our PL MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) recipients for 2021!

The MSEA recognises MOE staff who are passionate in their service delivery, consistently serve internal and external customers with C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness), and inspire their colleagues to do likewise.

Outstanding Science Teacher Award (OSTA) 2021 Award

Congratulations to Mrs Joyce Chong, Senior Teacher, PL(Sec) for being selected as one of the three recipients of the Outstanding Science Teacher Award (OSTA) 2021.

National Day Awards 2021

Please join our school in congratulating the following members of staff who have been honoured in 2021 National Day Awards.

The Methodist Long Service Award Service 2021

Heartiest Congratulations to the following members of staff who are honoured in this year’s Methodist Schools’ Long Service Award Presentation 2021.

MOE Service Excellence Award 2020

Please join our school in congratulating our PL MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) recipients for 2020!

The MSEA recognises MOE staff who are passionate in their service delivery, consistently serve internal and external customers with C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness), and inspire their colleagues to do likewise.

The Methodist Long Service Award Service 2020

Please join our school in congratulating the following members of staff who will be honoured in this year’s Methodist Schools’ Long Service Award Presentation 2020.

National Day Awards 2020

Please join our school in congratulating the following members of staff who have been honoured in 2020 National Day Awards.

Academy Awards for Professional Development Ceremony 2019

Heartiest congratulations to Mrs Ambika Nair, ST/FCE and Mr Ng Eng Kee, HOD Aesthetics, for being awarded the Associate of AST Award for your contributions to lifting up fellow educators in their professional capacities!

MOE Service Excellence Award 2019

Please join our school in congratulating our PL MOE Service Excellence Award (MSEA) recipients for 2019!

The MSEA recognises MOE staff who are passionate in their service delivery, consistently serve internal and external customers with C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness), and inspire their colleagues to do likewise.

The Methodist Long Service Award Service 2019

Please join our school to congratulate Mrs Choo Vee Vee, Lab TSO for her FIFTY YEARS of Long Service to the service in Methodist education in our school.

National Day Awards 2019

Please join our school to congratulate Mr Lee Wei Te for being awarded the Commendation Medal in the 2019 National Day Award!

Management and Leadership in Schools Graduation

Heartiest Congratulations to Ms Oh Hwee Hwee for successfully completing the Management and Leadership in School (MLS) Course 2018.

Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers Award

Heartiest Congratulations to our colleagues for being conferred the Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers Award 2018.

Mdm Zalena Binte Aman
Mdm Padhmeni d/o Sethembram
Mr Ng Eng Kee

Thank you for making a difference to the fraternity!

MOE Service Excellence Award 2018

Please join our school to congratulate our colleagues for winning the MSEA Awards!

The MSEA recognises MOE staff who are passionate in their service delivery, consistently serve internal and external customers with C.A.R.E. (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness), and inspire our colleagues to do likewise.g

Methodist Schools Long Service Awards Service

The following staff has been awarded the Long Service awards and the Methodist Schools Long Service Awards Service

Chan Wai Ling Joyce. Senior Teacher, was awarded the 20 years Long Service Award
Chua Sok Hoon, Teacher, was awarded the 20 years Long Service Award
Wee Leng Hoon Diana, Subject Head, ECG, was awarded the 30 years Long Service Award

Innergy Award 2018

The Innergy Awards is a ministry-level award to recognise teams that have spent time developing, testing and implementing innovations to bring about significant benefits in MOE.

The Science Department team comprising Mrs Tay Peck Hoon, Mr Alex Chiam and Mr Chai Wee Jie was awarded the Commendation Award in the Innergy Award 2018. Named the Instant MCQ Grading System. this innovation is to provide for instant grading to facilitate instant feedback to students on their possible areas of misconception. It greatly reduces the time between grading and giving of feedback to students. It is well-established that if the duration between the two is too long, students may even forget the questions they have done.

2018 Outstanding History Teachers Award

Congratulations to Ms Audrey Chia for being chosen as one of the six finalists in the 2018 Outstanding History Teachers Award. Organised by The History Association of Singapore, this award recognises individuals who are role-models for all History teachers in the areas of Teaching, Disciplinary knowledge and expertise, and pedagogical practices.

MOE Service Excellence Award 2017

We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Ms Grace Quek Hui Ying on being awarded the MOE Service Excellence Award (Gold & Platinum) 2017. This award recognises MOE staff who are passionate in their service delivery, consistently serve internal and external customers with C.A.R.E (Courtesy, Accessibility, Responsiveness and Effectiveness), and inspire their colleagues to do likewise.

PL Staff Spearheads Educational Research and Professional Learning

Year	Name of Staff	Sharing Platform	Name of Organiser	Title of Sharing	Synopsis/ Full paper
2018	Ms Tang Siao Shi	iCTLT 2018 poster sharing	MOE	Learning Through Inquiry on the Student Learning Space	This lesson package aims to help the Secondary One students to use models as representations of atoms and the particles in an atom. Instead of frontal teaching, the students were to collaborate and self-direct their own learning to complete the activities in the learning package. The activities were designed and uploaded into the Student Learning Space (SLS) which enables the different ICT applications and tools to be incorporated into one platform. With the Quiz function in SLS, monitoring of students’ progress and understanding was made easier through the Heat map as immediate feedback could be given to the students to address their misconceptions and reinforce key ideas.
2017	Mrs Ambika Nair, Mrs Irene Angullia, Ms Camille Koh	Nutrition and Food Science (NFS) Teacher Seminar 2017	CPDD, MOE	Flipped Classroom	A typical classroom model is one in which the teacher takes on the frontal teaching and is talking most of the time. In flipped classroom model, the main idea is to reverse the common instructional approach. Delivery of content that used to occur in class is now accessed at home in the form of a visual and auditory presentation, in advance of class. Class becomes the place to work through clarifications, problems, difficult concepts and engage in 21CC skills pertaining to the lesson. Through this presentation, speakers will share their own experience of using the flipped classroom model. Participants can experience how the students engage in this type of pedagogy to facilitate teaching and learning in class.
2017	Audrey Chia Rophi Lee Timothy Tan	2017 Symposium for teaching and learning of History	CPDD, MOE	Using Historical Role Play to interpret Historical Evidence in the Context of Singapore’s Political Development after WWII	The teaching of the post-war period in Singapore has traditionally posed challenges to many teachers. Teachers have to grapple with unpacking a highly complex and complicated historical era for students. Through the use of historical role play, and by harnessing the historical concept of empathy, students can better understand the perspectives and context of various parties involved during that tumultuous times. The use of evidence drives the construction of this historical narrative, as students interact with and question evidence in order to investigate and re-enact the highly contested socio-political arena in the 1950s. What is unique to this lesson package is that role play is applied in a consistent and complementary manner, where students are given a character which they have to maintain for the entire series of lessons. This enables students to participate in events in the classroom, where evidence and History comes alive. 2017 - History Symposium Presentation Slides.pdf
2017	Ng Eng Kee	Critical Inquiry Presentations - Examining Learning from Learner’s Perspective	Singapore Teachers Academy for the Arts	Authentic Assessment Task in Group Work	2017 - Sounding the Teaching.pdf
2017	Mdm Wang Xueping, Mdm Hu Min, Mdm Zhu Lili, Ms Goh Sze Nee	Secondary School Chinese Teachers’ Seminar 2017 (22 September 2017)	Mother Tongue Languages Branch, Curriculum Planning & Development Division (CPDD)	通过清单进行自评，加强学生自我反馈与改进的能力	2017 - 通过清单进行自评，加强学生自我反馈与改进的能力.pdf
2017	Mr Lee Weite Ms Sarah Teo	Google for Education Summit	Commonwealth Secondary School	Flipping for Flexibility: Raising the Bar for Learning with Technology	How do we help our students prepare for a rapidly changing world? Technology affects the way we communicate, work, and live. The staggering increase in the availability of technology tools has facilitated an increase in the number of teachers who are "flipping" their classrooms; that is, sending direct instruction home and reserving class time for reinforcement, practice, and extension. But flipping also presents the challenge of how to ensure active engagement and address diverse learning needs both at home and at school. This session explores how to structure flipped learning experiences in order to promote student engagement and differentiation of instruction. We’ll explore opportunities to raise the bar for what’s expected, and what’s possible, for learning with technology.
2017	Mrs Koh Si Ping Ms Melissa Choo	Nurturing Pro-Social Behaviour in Today's Youth - 5th Character and Leadership Conference 2017	Bishan Park Secondary School	Transactional Analysis (TA)	For the past five years, PLMGSS has embarked on the journey of using Transactional Analysis (TA) to strengthen interactions between teachers and students, build positive relationships and address student misbehaviour. In this sharing, PLMGSS will present on the school-wide implementation of TA through leveraging on existing structures and processes. The use of TA strategies empower teachers in better management of students’ misbehaviours. The impacts of the application of TA strategies will be discussed. This includes enhancing the school’s strong caring culture, better student engagement in learning and better student behaviours such as being less disruptive and better behaved.
2017	Mrs Low Hwee Hwee	Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2017	NIE	Transactional Analysis (TA)	Transactional Analysis, Positive Education and Restorative Practices are approaches that can help to equip teachers with competencies for TSR and influence the school culture positively. These approaches: • Activate teachers’ positive regard for their students • Help teachers understand students better • Provide applicable tools for teachers to build TSR This workshop aims to provide a platform for teachers and schools to consider how they can strengthen positive TSR through the use of school-wide approaches - Transactional Analysis, Positive Education and Restorative Practices - thus building a supportive network of positive relationships in schools. This session will include sharing by 3 schools on how the approaches have affected both staff and students in the way they relate and interact with each other (TSR) and how that influence the school culture of care positively. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to 1.Learn how schools select an approach, and understand the factors that promote and impede school implementation of Transactional Analysis, Positive Education and Restorative Practices. 2. Learn strategies under each approach for strengthening positive TSR with students This session will be co-presented by GB Senior Specialists and 3 schools. GB will provide the introduction and frame for the presentation giving an overview of building a caring community in schools focusing on positive TSR. This will be followed by schools’ facilitation to help participants have a “taste”of/experience the approach, highlighting how each approach has strengthened TSR and build school culture of care in their respective schools. GB will close the session with a summary of common key factors for effective school implementation of the approaches, followed by a short Q&A and reflection.
2016	Mrs Neeraja Vijayakumar Mr Wong Khai Yu	ELIS Research Fund Project	ELIS	Deepening individual students’ reasoning and summarising in Geography and Mathematics through teacher questioning and talk	2015 - ERF - Deepening Students Reasoning Summarising.pdf

Academy Awards for Professional Development Ceremony 2017

Heartiest Congratulations to our PL Staff - Ms Audrey Chia Sor Siang, Mdm Chan Wai Ling Joyce and Mr Ng Eng Kee for being conferred the Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers Award. We also thank Mdm Wang Xueping for being conferred the certificate of recognition for her contribution as a member of the Teachers’ Council. Thank you for making a difference to the fraternity!

Academy Awards for Professional Development Ceremony 2017 Awardees

Wang Xueping – ACADEMY AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CEREMONY 2017 (TC Member)
Mr Ng Eng Kee - ACADEMY AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CEREMONY 2017 (Associate Award)
Ms Audrey Chia Sor Siang - ACADEMY AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CEREMONY 2017 (Associate Award)
Mdm Chan Wai Ling Joyce - ACADEMY AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CEREMONY 2017 (Associate Award)

Management and Leadership in Schools Graduation

Heartiest Congratulations to Mr Tan Tiah Hui for successfully completing the Management and Leadership in School (MLS) Course 2017.

Long Service Award

Academy Awards for Professional Development 2016 (Associate Award)

The school congratulates Mr Ng Eng Kee who has been conferred the Associate of Academy of Singapore Teachers Award. The award recognises his contribution to the professional development of fellow officers and encourages him to continue to keep up with the good work.

Congratulations to Mdm Neeraja Sengarapillai

The school congratulates Mdm Neeraja Sangarapillai, Subject Head/Humanities on her graduation from the Management and Leadership in Schools course. The diploma is awarded by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Our Staff Shines!

We congratulate two teachers in our school - Neeraja Vijayakumar and Wong Khai Yu for their achievements. They have worked closely with two staff from English Language Institute of Singapore (ELIS), Jonathon Adams and Gavin Lee, to complete an ELIS Research Fund supported project entitled ‘Deepening individual students’ reasoning and summarising in Geography and Mathematics through teacher questioning and talk’.

The project looks at developing effective communication in Maths and Geography classrooms.

To access the final report for the project, please click on this link .

We are proud of our staff!

National Day Awards

Year of Award	Type of Award
2019	Mr Lee Wei Te The Commendation Award
2018	Mrs Leo Sim Ping The Efficiency Medal
2017	Assoc. Prof Daniel Fung Member of the PLMGS Board of Management Public Administration Medal (Bronze)	Ms Gan Lay Leng Year Head Long Service award
2016	Mr Tan Alfred Public Administration Medal (Bronze)	Mrs Goh Hui Cheng Commendation Award	Ms Chee Vivien Long Service Award
2016	Mrs Koh Ee Lin Long Service Award	Mrs Ambika Nair Long Service Award	Mdm Ng Mui Hua May Long Service Award
2015	Mrs Wong Yuting Long Service Award
2014	Assoc. Prof. Hum Sin Hoon Public Administration Medal (Bronze)	Mrs Esther Chee Commendation Award	#Mdm Tan Soh Hua Long Service Award
2013	Mrs Christopher Jesumathy Long Service Award
2012	Mrs Selina Lum Commendation Award	#Mrs Diana Ho Long Service Award
2011	Ms Vivien Chee Commendation Award	Mrs Ong En Chee Long Service Award	Ms Valerie Chew Long Service Award
2010	Mrs Emily Jacob Commendation Award
2006	Ms Mabel Goh MOE Efficiency Medal
2005	Mrs Lee Siew Choo Public Administration Medal (Silver)
2004	News article on Mdm Raspal Dhillon Commendation Medal