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CORPORATE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
OFS believes in the importance of engaging in sustainable
practices, particularly in the areas of community service,
engagement with other educators, and awareness of the
environment. We believe our policies and practices will have
a positive impact on our stakeholders and the community
we operate in, and also help to instil a sense of social
responsibility among our students and teachers alike.
For our students, this will encourage them to be responsible
not only to themselves but also to the community, in line
with our School’s objectives of the IB education philosophy.
Through our policies, our teachers have the opportunity to
engage with other educators in the community, allowing
them to contribute and share their knowledge among our
community.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Our School has community service partnerships with various
local organisations which our students are encouraged to
participate in. Some of these partnerships are long-standing
and students from our School have been volunteering at
these organisations for as long as eight years. Examples
of such programmes include activities with Riding for the
Disabled at Riding for Disabled Association of Singapore
(“RDA”) Centre. Our students visit the RDA Centre once a
week after school hours to assist physically and intellectually
handicapped children to ride, promoting confidence and
providing exercise for these children.
Our School also has a partnership with Movement for
the Intellectually Disabled (“MINDS”), where our students
would visit Lee Kong Chian Gardens School once a week
after school to engage the children in games and activities.
We also have a partnership with Bishan Home for the
Intellectually Disabled, where our students plan and organise
arts and crafts activities or simple physical education
activities, in conjunction with the trained staff of the Bishan
Home for intellectually disabled adults at the home.
PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL INSTITUTIONS
We have various partnerships and collaborations with the
Ministry of Education (“MOE”) and other local educational
institutions in Singapore.
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