Tour 11
Site 1. Enabling Village
The Enabling Village is an integrated community space that represents a fresh approach to social businesses and community building. It combines retail, lifestyle, and training and employment for persons with disabilities and the public in an all-accessible public space. The goal is to make the Enabling Village a place where people with different abilities can move independently; where they can feel accepted for who they are, and be valued for their contributions.
Site 2. Lifelong Learning Institute
The Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) is one of two Continuing Education and Training (CET) campuses set up by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) to serve as a gateway to deliver integrated and effective skills upgrading for both workers and employers. The institute houses a community of best-in-class CET providers that offers quality adult training which encompasses both generic soft skills and industry skills training. LLI also offers a suite of career and learning resources through service touch-points such as Lifelong Learning Exploration Centre, the LLiBrary, Centre for Employability Skills and WSG Career Centre. The guided LLI tour will provide you an insight of Singapore’s first Adult training campus; as well as visits to some of these service touch-points. For more information about LLI, visit www.lli.sg.
Tour 12
Site 1. GEMS World Academy Singapore
GEMS World Academy Singapore is an education facility with a focus on setting children up to be successful global citizens. The learning environment is a mix of diversity in cultures and people - an inspirational, exciting, and welcoming campus located in Yishun New Town Singapore. This vibrant campus facilitates 21st century learning, and the campus is designed as a multi-platform space for Creativity and Innovation, inspiring and moulding thinkers and leaders of the future. The defining theme for the architectural vision for the campus is “Learning in a Tropical Paradise”, complimenting Singapore’s vision as a ’City in a Garden’. The whole campus has been designed to operate with interconnectivity in mind. The Forest Way has been created as a green corridor to connect each school along a major circulation spine from the main entrance to other facilities that string along this corridor, including the elevated sports pitch. Using the analogy of a Tropical Rainforest, different levels of the school are identified as forest layers to create datum points for the campus to connect the all facilities at various levels, creating a seamless, connected and integrated campus. The design of the campus is unique and provides innovative solutions to maximize land and resources while maintaining a strong image consistent with the philosophies of GEMS which aims at encouraging learning through exploration, experiment and discovery.
Site 2. Singapore American School
In a culture of excellence, extraordinary care, and possibilities, Singapore American School students learn to think critically and develop the skills necessary to succeed throughout their lives. The SAS curriculum engages students through American ideals of exploration, risk-taking, innovation, creativity, and excellence. Students direct their learning process, pace, and progress through an increasing focus on inquiry, project-based learning, and an emphasis on social-emotional learning. The school has 375 faculty and invests heavily in professional development. State-of-the-art facilities on a tropical 36-acre campus include makerspaces, music recording, video production, robotics, art, and photography studios to assist students in their pursuit of passion.
