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East Spring Secondary School

Mathematics

Explore how East Spring Secondary's Mathematics Department builds strong mathematical foundations and challenges every learner to excel through tailored support programmes, enrichment opportunities, and mathematics olympiad competitions.

Last updated 5 June 2026

Mission

To offer enriched and differentiated learning experiences that empower East Springians with creative, adaptive, and inventive thinking, fostering problem-solving skills. We believe all students can learn and enjoy mathematics.

Goals

  • Establish a strong math foundation in lower secondary education.

  • Empower upper secondary students for their desired tertiary education paths through math excellence

Innovative Programmes / Curriculum

We design and implement a variety of enriched math lessons, catering to students at all levels, providing comprehensive support and opportunities for growth.

1. Learning Support Programme

Tailored to students with lower readiness, this programme offers essential support and additional educational resources to ensure that every student receives the necessary help, leaving no one behind.

2. ACE Programme and Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO) Competition

For higher readiness learners, the ACE Programme and participation in the SASMO Competition challenge and refine their skills, fostering higher-order thinking abilities.

Four students collaborate around a table, completing worksheets and discussing a problem-solving activity.

Students working around a table

Groups of students participate in a SASMO training session, working together at tables while facilitators guide activities.

SASMO Training Session

SASMO 2026 Results: 1 Gold, 7 Silver, 16 Bronze and 7 Honourable Mention Awards

Student participants stand with teachers, displaying certificates and medals received during a school prize-giving presentation.

2026 SASMO Award Winners group photo

SASMO 2025 Results: 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 8 Bronze and 5 Honourable Mention Awards

Student participants stand with teachers, displaying certificates and medals received during a school prize-giving presentation.

2025 SASMO Award Winners group photo

SASMO 2024 Results: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze and 3 Honourable Mentions

Student participants stand with teachers, displaying certificates and medals received during a school prize-giving presentation.

2024 SASMO Award Winners group photo

3. 'Learn & Apply' Math

Bridging mathematical concepts to everyday life, 'Learn & Apply' Math makes the learning of mathematics to be relevant, appealing, and personal.

Students participate in lesson activities, including presenting solutions, analyzing data on a laptop, and completing worksheets.

Lesson Activities

4. Tech-Enabled Learning

We support learning through various technological applications and offer the ESSS Math Online Resource Repository Site, enabling flexible, anytime, anywhere learning opportunities.

5. Gamification for Enhanced Learning

We incorporate gamification into the learning journey, utilising interactive elements to further engage students in the learning process.

6. Visual Learning Interactives

Utilising GeoGebra and other manipulatives and interactives as visual aids to scaffold students' understanding and critical thinking skills.

Students work together in a classroom using laptops to solve higher-order thinking questions during a collaborative learning activity.

Students collaborating with laptops

We embrace every student's potential.

Key Events / Activities

  1. Internal and External Competitions e.g. Singapore & Asian Schools Math Olympiad SASMO

  2. Learning Journey – Authentic and interdisciplinary learning experiences

  3. Overseas Learning Journey to Vietnam - Educational cum Industrial learning experiences to enhance students' understanding of the practical applications of science, mathematics, and technology in the industrial context