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Northland in the News

Media coverage featuring Northland Primary School

SchoolBag.edu.sg
5 Feb 2026

Discovering the joy of serving together

Parent Support Groups inspiring parents and children to volunteer together as a family, featuring initiatives from Northland Primary School.

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The Straits Times
13 Nov 2025

Teachers learn to use AI to create visual content in ST's AI prompt engineering workshops

About 100 teachers from 45 schools, including Northland Primary, explored generating visuals from news articles using generative AI.

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The Straits Times
28 Nov 2024

How the Kapoor family's passion for chess began amid son's cancer battle

A feature on the Kapoor family, whose chess journey began during their son's battle with leukaemia, with ties to Northland Primary School's chess programme.

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The Straits Times
21 Nov 2024

Hearing impairment doesn't hinder 10-year-old Singapore girl's rise in chess

A Northland Primary School student's inspiring journey in competitive chess, overcoming hearing impairment to rise in the sport.

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The Straits Times
15 Oct 2024

Northland Primary's dominance in chess led by teacher Chang Cheng Hwee

A feature on how teacher Mr Chang Cheng Hwee has led Northland Primary School to sustained excellence in competitive chess.

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ActiveSG Circle
29 May 2024

NSG 2024 Track & Field: Junior & Senior Division

Northland Primary School's athletes competing at the National School Games 2024 Track & Field Junior and Senior Division.

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ActiveSG Circle
23 Apr 2024

NSG 2024 Netball: Senior Division Girls League — Greenridge vs Northland Primary School

Northland Primary School's netball team in action at the National School Games 2024 Senior Division Girls League 3 Preliminary Round.

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Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
16 Nov 2023

LOO (Let's Observe Ourselves) Awards Ceremony

Speech by Senior Parliamentary Secretary Mr Baey Yam Keng at the LOO Awards Ceremony, recognising Northland Primary School's contributions to restroom hygiene.

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CNA
17 Oct 2023

Schools testing Singapore-made transformer robots to help teach robotics

SUTD piloted reconfigurable transformer robots at Northland Primary School to get students excited about robotics through hands-on learning.

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The Straits Times
4 Aug 2023

Primary 1 Registration: 67 primary schools oversubscribed by Day 2 of Phase 2C

Northland Primary School among 67 schools oversubscribed by Day 2 of Phase 2C in the P1 Registration Exercise.

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Heng Swee Keat — Facebook
15 Feb 2022

Total Defence Day at Northland Primary School

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat shares how Northland Primary School students experienced what a meal during the Japanese Occupation was like, as part of Total Defence Day.

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The Straits Times
12 Apr 2021

School got the nuts and bolts right to teach CCAs online

How Northland Primary School adapted its co-curricular activities to online delivery during the COVID-19 home-based learning period.

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MOE Singapore — Facebook
26 Jan 2020

Look at this sea of colours!

Students of Northland Primary came to school dressed in bright festive outfits to celebrate the Spring Festival, with the "lion" bouncing off stage to greet them.

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MOE Singapore — Facebook
28 Dec 2018

#OurSchoolStories — Every moment of Sports Day is special

These little ones from Northland Primary did not let their size dictate their Sports Day experience — a photo album by MOE Singapore celebrating Northland's Sports Day.

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YouTube — MOE Singapore
3 Dec 2012

Transition to Primary One

An MOE Singapore video on preparing children for Primary One, helping parents support their child through this important transition.

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Restroom Association Singapore
30 Jan 2011

RAS e-Newsletter — Jan–Mar 2011

The Restroom Association of Singapore e-Newsletter featuring a partnership with the North West CDC on a new school programme involving Northland Primary.

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International Coastal Cleanup Singapore
28 Sep 2010

1,263 styrofoam pieces, 610 cigarette butts and 0 sunburns — Northland Primary @ Changi Beach

Northland Primary School students participated in the International Coastal Cleanup at Changi Beach, collecting marine litter and raising environmental awareness.

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The Straits Times — NLB Digital Archive
8 Jul 1998

Two-thirds of places in some schools filled

About half of Northland Primary's 400 vacancies were already taken up by Phase 1, as siblings of existing pupils filled many spots in the P1 registration exercise.

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The New Paper — NLB Digital Archive
2 Dec 1996

Not-so-easy ABC

The inspiring story of Nur Badriah, an EM2 pupil at Northland Primary School who overcame academic struggles through sheer determination to achieve in her PSLE.

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The Straits Times — NLB Digital Archive
20 Apr 1993

Northland pupils' parents involved in school activities

Northland Primary School held up as a model for parental involvement, with parents joining school trips, family nights, and helping to inspire their children's learning.

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The Straits Times — NLB Digital Archive
14 Jul 1988

Northland Primary School prefects don berets

A snippet from The Straits Times featuring Northland Primary School's unique tradition of having prefects wear berets instead of badges, as introduced by then-principal Mrs Thio Soei Ho.

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