Bedok South Secondary School (BDS) is a co-educational government secondary school in

Bedok Bedok () is a planning area and matured residential town located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah along the south-eastern coast of the East Region of Singapore. Bedok is bounded by five other planning areas: Paya Lebar to the north, ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. It is one of eight schools to be selected for the

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's 'Teach Less, Learn More' programmes.

History

BDS was established in 1980 with a teaching staff of 50 teachers and an enrolment of 1022 students. In June 1980, the school had the entire premises to itself after initially sharing its premises with

Temasek Secondary School Temasek Secondary School (TMS) is a co-educational government autonomous secondary school in Bedok South, Singapore. Founded in 1980, it offers secondary education leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level or Singapore-Cambridge GCE No ...

and Hong San Primary School. It was officially opened on 29 April 1982 by

Lee Chiaw Meng Lee Chiaw Meng (; 28 February 1937 – 23 May 2001) was a Singaporean politician who served as Minister for Education (Singapore)#Ministers, Minister of Education between 1972 and 1975, and Minister of Science and Technology between 1975 and 197 ...

, Member of Parliament for Tanah Merah SMC. It used to be located along New Upper Changi Road before it was relocated to its current premises at 1 Jalan Langgar Bedok in 2003. The new campus was officially opened on 21 February 2004 by

Abdullah Tarmugi Abdullah bin Tarmugi ( Jawi: عبدالله بن ترموڬي; born 25 August 1944) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2002 and 2011. Early life Born to a Javanese father and a Chines ...

, Member of Parliament for

East Coast GRC The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi ...

. A sports hall was constructed for the school in 2009. The school now sits on a three-hectare plot of land.

School facilities

* School Field * Indoor Sports Hall(ISH 1 and ISH 3) * Eco Garden * Art Room * Computer Laboratory/IT facilities * Multimedia Resource Library(Oasis@BDS) * Study Room(Cre8 Hub) * New Fitness Corner * Low Element * Science Laboratories * NT Home Room * Learning Space * Think Tank

Co-curricular activities

;Uniformed groups * NPCC (B&G) * NCC (Land) (B) * NCDCC (B&G) * Girl Guides (G) * Scouts(B) ;Visual and performing arts * Chinese Orchestra (B&G) * Choir (B&G) * Dance Society (Wushu)(B&G) * Chinese Dance * Malay Dance (B&G) * Symphonic Band(B&G) ;Sports * Badminton (B&G) * Football (B&G) * Floorball (B&G) * Netball (G) ;Clubs and societies * Infocomm and Media Club (B&G) * Media Production Club (B&G) * Science and Environment (B&G)

References

External links

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