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51-500: SAJC may refer to: Saint Andrew's Junior College , a pre-university school in Singapore Seth Anandram Jaipuria College , Kolkata, India South Australian Jockey Club Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SAJC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

102-536: A saltire argent , in chief keys , in base a tiger 's face. Simply, the crest is a blue shield, with a silver diagonal cross. In the top quarter are two keys, and in the lower quarter is a tiger's face. The blue shield and silver diagonal cross is the St Andrew's Cross . The keys represent the Keys to Knowledge and Heaven , and the tiger's face is a local symbol of strength. St Andrew's Junior School (SAJS) started off as

153-534: A 4-acre (16,000 m ) piece of land on the then Government Hill with a frontage on Stamford Road . The first building to go up was the chapel in 1875 and in that same year, the school vacated its cramped premises in Victoria Street and moved into the Stamford Road site. Classes were held in the chapel, which also became an important centre of public worship. J. Romanis Lee, who became headmaster from 1912,

204-658: A ceremony was held to mark its return to Woodsville/Potong Pasir. The village was officially opened on 26 August 2006, with the ceremony being held at the 1000-seater Cultural Centre in the junior college. In addition to these three schools, the village also houses the diocesan office, the Ascension Kindergarten and three church buildings: the Chapel of the Resurrection, Chapel of the Holy Spirit and Church of Ascension. Some of

255-589: A major role in the moving of the school to the Woodsville site, after previously rejecting two sites in Tanjong Katong and on Serangoon Road. The two-storey school buildings were completed and officially opened by S. W. Jones, the officer administering the government, on 29 July 1940. The start of World War II in Singapore had the school closed. Immediately after the war, the school was the first to re-open. The school

306-512: A problem by the early 1930s. There were scarcely enough classrooms and there was no playing field for a school which showed so much enthusiasm and aptitude for outdoor games. This site ultimately became the site of the National Library of Singapore from 1960, before it moved to Victoria Street. In 1938, Woodsville Estate comprising 7.49 hectares (18.5 acres) of land, was purchased for $ 60,000. Adams, assisted by archdeacon Graham White, played

357-452: A small heritage gallery on the ground floor. St Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) started as pre-university classes in 1969 and in 1978, moved to its site at 2 Malan Road. The college started the new year in 1978 with a brand new image, including a College Anthem of its own. However, in 1993, the college adopted back the original St Andrew's School crest, motto, song and hymn. The college has since returned to Potong Pasir as of 2006 as part of

408-412: A white short-sleeved shirt and navy blue long pants, along with a navy blue tie with yellow and white stripes and bearing the school crest. Female students wear a white short-sleeved shirt and navy blue skirt of which the hemline should be no higher than 5 cm from the middle of the knee cap as well as the back of the knee. The formal attire changes the white shirt or blouse to a long-sleeved one, and

459-637: Is a junior college in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university courses leading up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. It is an Anglican mission school, part of St. Andrew's School . It is affiliated to schools under the Anglican Diocese of Singapore , as well as Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School and Presbyterian High School . St. Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) has its origins in St. Andrew's School, which

510-502: Is affiliated to the Anglican Diocese of Singapore, as well as all institutions affiliated to the Anglican Diocese of Singapore. These institutions include Saint Andrew's Junior School , Saint Andrew's Secondary School , Anglican High School , Christ Church Secondary School , Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School , Presbyterian High School , Saint Hilda's Secondary School and Saint Margaret's Secondary School . The college

561-484: Is now located at the former Secondary School site at 5 Sorby Adams Drive, Singapore 357691 (previously as 55 Potong Pasir Avenue 1). St Andrew's Village was officially opened by the then Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam on 26th Aug 2006. A sheltered pedestrian bridge, named Jacob Ballas Bridge, connects the college to the secondary and junior schools across the Kallang River . Saint Andrew's Junior College

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612-518: Is part of and affiliated to other organisations in The Saints' Family. Students at the college are called "Saints". All the Saint Andrew's Schools shares the same motto, "Up and On", as well as the school colours of blue and white. The former crest of Saint Andrew's Junior College distincted itself from that of SASS and SAJS . It bore the saltire and had "SAJC" in white letters on a red circle in

663-477: Is unique in that the key shifted from G-major to F-major midway and back to G-major at the end. Also, the words 'Up Boys' is changed to 'Up Saints', as the college is co-ed. The music was written by J.J. de Souza and the lyrics by Pauline Koe. The College Hymn then was O God, Our Help in Ages Past . The anthem and hymn were changed in 1993 to that of SASS to forge a united Saint Andrew's identity. Male students wear

714-502: Is usually abbreviated as SA, or sometimes as SAS. Its pupils and alumni ('Old Boys' and 'Old Girls') are referred to as Saints. The alumni for all former students of St. Andrew's School is St. Andrew's Alumni, and was formed in 1921. SAS was founded on 8 September 1862 by Edward Sherman Venn through adopting a private institution owned by Sim Quee and Tye Kim in Chin Chew Street, in Singapore. The Anglican missionary led by Venn funded

765-494: The haka . It is usually performed before the start of the match at a final or at special events. The Saints' spirit also permeated into music producing members of such recording artists as The Sundowners, Tornados, Wes Cossacks, Straydogs, and Electrons with Rex Goh Tee Huat . The latter went on to join Australia's Air Supply . The school has been famous since the 1930s, and in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966 concurrently, under

816-400: The St Andrew's Village project, the school has moved into new buildings beside SAJS since 2005 at 15 Francis Thomas Drive, Singapore 359342. The premises incorporates Woodsville House which was earmarked as a heritage building. Woodsville House used to be the residences of the principals of St Andrew's School and is now used as the offices for the head of Departments on the second floor and has

867-549: The Chapel of the Resurrection. Once a year, the school also observes Passion Week , finishing off with Life Concert, a charismatic worship concert held on school grounds which also serves as an evangelical outreach to non-Christian students. The college is located at the Potong Pasir Campus, on the west bank of Kallang River . This campus is linked to the Woodsville Campus on the east bank (where SAJS and SASS is) via

918-468: The Jacob Ballas Bridge, forming the 13.5 ha St. Andrew's Village . Together, the three schools form St. Andrew's School . The college has a 1000-seater two-storey Cultural Centre, an indoor sports hall, rooftop tennis courts, a 400m synthetic track as well as a synthetic football/rugby field. An Olympic-sized swimming pool is also located in the village. In 2012, a 12-storey hostel was added to

969-491: The Woodsville Campus, while SAJC is located across the Kallang River in the Potong Pasir Campus. Both campuses are linked to each other by the Jacob Ballas Bridge, forming St Andrew's Village (SAV). The junior and secondary schools have always only admitted male pupils, but female pupils were admitted to the pre-university or 'A' level classes when they were run from the senior school previously. St Andrew's Junior College has always been co-educational since being separated from

1020-431: The bottom. The school comes under the purview of Anglican Diocese of Singapore , believing that students do not enrol into the school by chance. This serving as a reminder to both students and staff alike that each Saint has a divine purpose and plan set by God. The school also has daily scripture readings and morning prayers conducted by teachers and students. There is also Chapel held fortnightly led by associates from

1071-466: The college was formally established with its own campus at Telok Blangah , where it remained for 28 years. At the former campus at Malan Road, the junior college had an air conditioned hall. Initially tutorial rooms were not air-conditioned. Indeed, some tutorial rooms only had 3 walls, with the fourth side fully opened to a common corridor linking the row of rooms. Later, tutorial rooms were air conditioned. As air conditioning in halls and tutorial rooms

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1122-473: The dedicated tutelage of Mr Keong Snr , it rose to a new high with its boxing and rugby dominance over Singapore Boy's Town, Anglo-Chinese School, and Raffles Institution. Since the 1970s, the school has won the national championships consistently. The 1990s saw competition from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Raffles Institution , but St Andrew's has had a major revival in the sport in recent years. The school also excels in cricket and hockey . Under

1173-419: The enrolment increased to 800. Lee established John Oxenham 's poem "Up and On" as the school song. The first issue of the school magazine, "Up and On", made its appearance in 1928. Reginald Keith Sorby Adams succeeded Lee as the next headmaster on 1 October 1934. By that time, St Andrew's had become well known for its boxing and rugby. The need for a bigger area than the cramped site at Stamford Road had become

1224-498: The existing site of the secondary school canteen block commenced in November 2016 with target for completion by end 2018. The new double size indoor sports hall block includes a new canteen for the secondary school. The junior school also commenced the PERI upgrading in the same period which will see construction above the current library as well as a new block at the end of the quadrangle facing

1275-490: The growth of both junior schools and the secondary school. Meanwhile, with nearby Potong Pasir developed, the school requested that a 4.18-hectare site allocated for education would be used for the St Andrew's Secondary School . Construction of the secondary school started on 3 November 1984 and the buildings were opened in July 1986. In 1990, the two junior schools were combined into one school: St Andrew's Junior School . In 1996,

1326-539: The guidance of the cricket master Philip Ng, the school's cricket team saw success from 1998 onwards, with eight of its eleven players being called up for national under-15 representations in their first year of the game. The rivalry between Raffles Institution and St. Andrew's continued in the ovals as the teams battled for the championship titles over the next few years. The school has a house system aimed at intra-school sporting competitions. The school originally had eleven houses. Today, there are five houses throughout

1377-495: The house Romanis, while students in the Faculty of Science are split among the other houses. Classes, known as Civic Groups (CG) in the college, are named by the year the students came into the school, the faculty (A for Arts, S for Science) and a number. An example is "16S04" – meaning, the class started in 2016, is in the Faculty of Science and is the 4th class in the faculty. The College Anthem differs from that of SAJS and SASS. It

1428-420: The junior college. There are also currently plans to redevelop the old science block which used to house the pre-university classes and currently houses Ascension Kindergarten. The redevelopment plans will include a new student leadership centre. The redevelopment plan is expected to be executed upon the completion of the indoor sports hall and PERI upgrading. The students of the school are encouraged to support

1479-503: The junior school started in 2003, and the new buildings opened in December 2004. Construction of a new secondary school started in 2003, opposite the junior school along Francis Thomas Drive, and opened in December 2004. Construction of the junior college started in June 2003 after the secondary school vacated the site and shifted to its holding location. The junior college opened in December 2005 and

1530-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SAJC&oldid=1088839453 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Saint Andrew%27s Junior College St. Andrew's Junior College ( SAJC )

1581-579: The lower school of St Andrew's School after World War 2. After being renamed in 1956, the school was split into two schools, but were combined in 1990. The school later moved to a site in Potong Pasir because of noise pollution caused by the recently upgraded Pan-Island Expressway in 1996. Following plans for the St Andrew's Village , the school moved into new buildings at the same Potong Pasir site in December 2004 at 2 Francis Thomas Drive, Singapore 359337. St Andrew's Secondary School (SASS) started as

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1632-448: The middle of the cross instead of the tiger head and crossed keys of the other schools. The crest was changed in 1993 to that of SASS to forge a united Saint Andrew's identity. There are five houses in SAJC, whose names matches that of SAJS and SASS. They are Romanis, Gomes, Hose, LoyFatt, Venn, all named after founding members of St. Andrew's School. Students in the Faculty of Arts belong to

1683-457: The new facilities at the village include an Olympic size swimming pool, a 1,000-seat performing arts centre (Cultural Centre), air-conditioned school halls, gymnasiums, indoor basketball court, roof-top basketball court, tennis courts, cafe, rockwall, astro-turf artificial field and a sheltered bridge across the Kallang River to connect the junior and secondary schools to the junior college across

1734-414: The pants or skirts to a white one. Students donning this uniform will wear black court shoes. The PE attire consists of a white FBT-branded dry-fit shirt with the school crest sewn on the chest. The college divides students into 5 Houses – Venn (black), Loy Fatt (yellow), Hose (blue), Gomes (red) and Romanis (green). Students purchase a shirt with their house colours at the side torso area. The shirt follows

1785-413: The previous shirt designs with the word, "SAINTS", printed on the back of the shirt. The previous shirt was cotton based and house colours were dyed on the sleeves of the shirts instead. The shorts are navy blue shorts with the college initials sewn at the bottom-right of the shorts. The school tie, which was worn by all students, was solid navy blue with one red and one white diagonal stripe across it toward

1836-414: The rapid growth of the junior school, it was further separated into two schools: Junior I and Junior II . Each junior school was run by its own headmaster, but this changed from 1960 onwards when both schools shared the same head. In 1969, pre-university classes started and in 1978, St Andrew's Junior College was established and moved to Malan Road. By the 1980s, the Woodsville site was unable to handle

1887-435: The river. In 2010, piling work began for the construction of St Andrew's Hall, a 12-storey hostel with sufficient rooms to accommodate up to 600 students with facilities including a dining room for 600 people, an adjoining multipurpose hall as well as a clinic to serve the residents of the hall and St Andrew's Village. St Andrew's Hall was officially opened on 25 August 2012. Construction for a new combined indoor sports hall at

1938-451: The school had to relocate due to noise pollution from the recently upgraded Pan-Island Expressway . The school was relocated in January 1996 and the new school building was declared open by the then Minister for Education , Teo Chee Hean , in 1997. As part of the St Andrew's Village project, all three schools were planned to return to Woodsville and Potong Pasir. Renovation and expansion of

1989-464: The school sports teams. Particularly during semifinals and finals matches, the entire school is usually in full force at the venue to support the school team, wearing their widely recognised blue and white hoops. Cheering is led by the prefectorial board and the student government. The school's rugby team also has its own battle cry, which is called the Saints' battle cry. It is normally mistaken by people as

2040-399: The school, from the junior school to the junior college. The five houses are named after important people in the school's history: The school song was introduced by Joseph Lee. The words of the song are from John Oxenham's poem Up and On . All three schools share the same school song, school hymn and school crest. School crest The official heraldic description of the crest is: Azure ,

2091-470: The school. Sim Quee and Tye Kim remained as headmasters of their school. This was unusual for the day as most missionary schools were not usually headed by Asians. The school was then known as the St Andrew's Church of England Mission School. On 10 September 1863, the school moved to Upper Hokkien Street because of the need for a better building and more space for the growing school. Soon after, Cheok Loy Fatt

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2142-462: The secondary school. The school is also affiliated with other Anglican and Presbyterian schools in Singapore, including St Margaret's Primary School (St. Andrew's Sister School), St Margaret's Secondary School , St Hilda's Primary School, St Hilda's Secondary School , the Anglican High School , Presbyterian High School and Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School . The name of the school

2193-661: The top 4 positions at national championship competitions. Performing arts groups also achieve certificates of distinction at the Singapore Youth Festival Competitions, and hold public performances which are well received. In addition, the students make an indelible impact serving members of the communities, both locally and overseas. Saint Andrew%27s Junior School Together, the three schools offer primary , secondary and pre-university education (otherwise known as Grades 1 to 12), having an enrolment of 4000 to 5000 students. SAJS and SASS are located in

2244-405: The upper school of St Andrew's School after World War 2. The school moved from the Woodsville site in July 1986 to its site in Potong Pasir across the Kallang River after the Woodsville buildings were deemed inadequate for the running of both the junior and senior classes. In mid-2003, the school shifted to the old Victoria School building at Kallang Bahru as a temporary holding site. As part of

2295-566: The village, named St Andrew's Hall. The Hall is under the management of the Board of Governors of St Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) and it is also a member of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore . Saint Andrew's Junior College offers both arts and science streams that leads to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Subjects offered by SAJC: Besides attaining academic success, students of Saint Andrew's Junior College also excel in co-curricular activities. Many College sports place in

2346-542: Was a benefactor of the school as it acquired many of its modern characteristics during his period as headmaster. He set about expanding the premises of the school and raised the status of the school from a second grade school to top grade in 1914, in which the school started to offer the Senior Cambridge Examination . He also established a tradition of sports in the school; the school excelled in boxing and rugby union . Joseph Lee became headmaster in 1924 and

2397-436: Was appointed the headmaster. After a couple of years, the school suffered from financial difficulties, and financial support was withdrawn in 1866. Venn died in 1866, which might explain why financial support was withdrawn at this time. In 1872, the colonial chaplain J.A. Beccles successfully applied to the government for financial aid. Thus, on 22 May 1872, St Andrew's School became a grant-in-aid institution. In 1872, Beccles

2448-516: Was founded in 1862 by the Anglican Diocese of Singapore. SAJC is an aided mission school which was started as a vision of faith when the Anglican Church took up the challenge of building a junior college in line with national educational developments in the 1970s. The Lutheran and Presbyterian Churches also joined in the building project. SAJC had its origins as pre-university classes began in 1969 as part of Saint Andrew's Secondary School . In 1978,

2499-483: Was not funded by the Ministry of Education in Singapore, it had to be paid for by funds raised by alumni and the college. The college campus then had a bitumen track and bleachers at the opposite side to the main building. The campus also housed the old Chapel of the Resurrection, which has since relocated to St. Andrew's Village. It moved to Potong Pasir to form part of St Andrew's Village on 15 December 2005. The campus

2550-463: Was succeeded by George Frederick Hose as colonial chaplain. Meanwhile, the growing school moved to Victoria Street . Hose invited William Henry Gomes to act as school superintendent, in which the school prospered and grew. During the early days at the Victoria Street site, both Hose and Gomes knew that the growth of the school would be hampered by poor accommodation. The government gave the school

2601-545: Was then divided into lower school and upper school. Until the arrival of Adams, who had just been released from internment, D.D. Chelliah acted as headmaster. As the school population grew, the school grew as well with the addition of another floor in 1952. The Lim Teck Kin Tower was also added in that year. In 1955, the lower school was renamed the Junior School , and the upper school was renamed Secondary School . In 1956, due to

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