The School
Communities Tapestry
@ NorthLight
Mrs Chua-Lim Yen Ching
Mrs Loo-Ng Pek Har
Mission
To provide an engaging
career-oriented and values-focused
education for youth in preparing them
for lifelong learning and employability
Vision
A choice school of youth prepared for
life and living.
Address communities’ sentiments
towards the school (Vollmer, 2011)
Understand its mission
• level the playing field for its
disadvantaged students as they
enter the workforce
• cost of rehabilitation in contrast to
education
Students’ Needs
Every Child Has
• Basic Health Care
• Safe Learning Environment
• A Caring Adult
• Genuine Opportunities
NorthLight’s Core Theory of Success
Provide more
Resources
Attract
Believers
Deepen Mission
Quality
Planning
Quality Collective
Thinking
Quality
Actions
Internal Processes
Quality
Results
Quality
Relationship
Rebranding by
Stakeholders
(Source : Daniel Kim’s Core Theory of Success, 1997)
External Support
Engaging the Communities on Mission
• NLS Portal
• Publications
Engaging the Communities on
Mission
Teaching Fraternity
• Learning Journeys
• Teacher Work Attachments
• Consultancy Work
Well Wishers
• Learning Journeys
NLS Partners’ Creed
Support the Mission
Help the Cause
Affirm the Child
Recognise the Potential
Encourage the Growth
Our Partners
Core
Parent
Partners
Long Term
Partners
Industrial
Attachment
Club
Community
Parents’ Club General
Public
Well-Wishers
Our Partners
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National Agencies and Organisations
Charities and Self-Help Groups
Corporate Businesses
Schools
Individuals
Parents Support Group
Nature of Partnership
• Scholarships and bursaries for
postsecondary education
• -Work experience and attachments
• Jointly organized projects; CIP
• Funding for facilities, equipment and
service enhancements
• Delivery and development of learning
programmes and materials
• Financial support for needy students
Nature of Partnership
• Parents Club, self-initiated projects,
support for school programmes and
activities
• Heartwork @NorthLight
Partnering with John Little
Our students at their
Industrial Attachment
Partnering with World Bank
Learning and Prosperity
Partnering with NIE
• Joint project between NLS students
from the New Media Club and 3
Trainee Teachers
• Production of 5 audio
books
Students’ Learning from Partnership
… we learnt to see life…in a different light. We may have
failed once or twice academically or have a lot of
problems in our life that could be causing us much pain
and suffering, but these are nothing compared to the
challenges the Lighthouse school students face every
minute in their daily lives. We have realized that the one
and main obstacle in our life is the big ‘ME’. Instead of
comparing ourselves to the more fortunate people,
thinking of the lesser fortunate sure will help us consider
our problems small and appreciate life even more.”
Partnering with Tribal DBB
SHINE e-book
• A voice over for 2
original stories
• Available in ipad,
apps store
• Use their voice to
encourage children
world -wide to stay
strong and not to
give up
Through our Partners,
Luis Nani came to share with
the students his hardship and
struggles as a child,
encouraging to press on…
Broadening and Deepening
Relationships
• Annual
Partners
Award
Ceremony
• Annual
Survey
Student Cohort’s Mean EQ Scores
Our Students
Their experiences of successes
Staying True to Our Mission