Inventive Minds at Work

Teachers thrive, Students Shine

A gathering of minds passionate about innovation! 💡✨ Educators from across the nation joined us to explore how our user-first Innovation Programme cultivates creative confidence and inventive thinking in our students. 🤝🏫

Inspiring creative confidence from the front! 💡✨ Ms. Wendy Chia takes the floor to share how our Innovation Programme creates a safe space for students to embrace uncertainty and try again. A truly inspiring segment for visiting educators! 🚀🏫

The masterminds behind the magic! 🧠✨ Our dedicated team of teachers spent hours behind the scenes planning every detail to ensure our Innovation Programme sharing session ran seamlessly. 📋🏫

Nan Chiau Primary School (NCPS) recently welcomed educators to an engaging post Gifted Education Conference learning journey, centred on the school’s Innovation Programme (IvP), which adopts a user-first approach to nurture every child’s unique strength and interest.

Designed by teachers for teachers, the session offered participants a rare opportunity to observe an authentic and unscripted IvP lesson in action. Beyond structured lesson plans, educators witnessed meaningful learning moments unfold organically, from messy tables filled with purposeful work to students collaborating, persevering through challenges, and supporting one another in the process of discovery.

The learning journey began with a pre-lesson briefing and classroom observation, where participants gained insights into how NCPS creates learning experiences that cultivate creative confidence in students. This was followed by an introduction to the school’s Applied Learning Programme (ALP) and its focus on developing Critical, Adaptive and Inventive Thinking (CAIT).

Through hands-on activities, participants experienced firsthand how NCPS teachers guide students to overcome hesitation, embrace uncertainty, and push beyond their comfort zones to generate new ideas. The activities highlighted the importance of creating safe and supportive environments where students are encouraged to take creative risks and innovate.

The learning journey concluded with a reflective debrief, during which educators discussed the challenges of building creative confidence in students and explored how a user-first approach can empower learners to become more curious, resilient, and inventive.

The session served as a meaningful platform for professional sharing and collaboration, reaffirming NCPS’s commitment to fostering innovation and preparing students to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Note: NCPS teams have been recognised with the Innovation Mindset and Innovation Impact Awards for two consecutive years, since the introduction of these awards in partnership with 3M Singapore.

Teachers:

1. Ms Chia Pei Yong Wendy

2. Mr Jimmy Kong

3. Mr Belden Koh Yong Wei

4. Ms Ning Ning