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Westwood Primary School

Applied Learning Programme

Westwood Primary's Applied Learning Programme builds pupils' critical thinking and social awareness through hands-on design challenges that benefit the community.

Last updated 28 July 2026

Applied Learning Programme

Curricular Objectives

The Westwood Primary Positive Design Applied Learning Programme seeks to develop pupils’ critical and inventive thinking, as well as social awareness as they create designs that value-add to their communities.

Overview of Positive Design Applied Learning Programme

| | | | |||---| | P3 | - Create an infographic poster to promote kindness and prevent cruelty to animals.
- Click here to view the infographics created by 2021 and 2020 P3 pupils:

2021:

Westwood Primary School 2021 P3 Project Work poster titled Caring for a Pet, with cartoon animals along the bottom.

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2020:

Westwood Primary School Year 2020 P3 Project Work "Caring for Pets" poster with cartoon animals and cakes.

Image link | P4 | - Create a product that help meet the need and improve the lives of a targeted group of people in our community. | | P5 | - Design and create a product that help meet the need and improve the lives of a targeted group of people in our community | |

Three children in school uniforms work together on a cardboard box project with origami decorations in a computer lab.
Students in white uniforms build cardboard structures using scissors and glue at classroom tables.

Maker Education@Westwood

Maker Education encourages independence and creative problem solving, and an authentic preparation for the real world through simulating real-world challenges. In Westwood, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) is used for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking.

Recess@Makerspace

Children wearing masks work on laptops at teal chairs and wooden tables in a colorful classroom.
Two school boys examine small plastic cups filled with liquid inside a yellow container on a red cart.
Two young boys in school uniforms assembling a cardboard structure on a desk in a classroom.
Three masked schoolgirls work on a Makey Makey Dino Jump project at a desk with a laptop and craft materials.

Maker Fiesta

Students in school uniforms gather around a laptop and projected screen showing arrows during a classroom activity.
A young student presents a LEGO and electronics project on a table to a group of adults in an indoor classroom setting.
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ALP & Maker Education Team

Ms Cheryl Teo Shu Ting (Assistant Year Head for Lower Primary & ALP)
Ms Katherine Chua Cheng Bee
Ms Ang Hwee Chin
Ms Tong Jin Yi

Maker Education

Explore Maker Education at Westwood, where pupils build creativity and innovation through hands-on projects, workshops, and events like the annual Maker Fiesta.