Character and Citizenship Education (CCE)

At YCKPS, CCE is central to the school’s mission to "nurture confident and self-directed learners who are keen to serve". Our focus includes:

Holistic Development: Providing school-wide educational experiences for character, social-emotional, and civic development.
Values Integration: Instilling core values and social-emotional competencies to build a strong sense of purpose.
Active Citizenship: Empowering students to become "Youths of Character" and useful citizens of Singapore who are resilient and contribute to the community.

The department uses experiential and reflective strategies to make values come alive for every student:

Experiential Learning: Students engage in activities, such as simulated power disruptions for Total Defence, to appreciate the importance of emergency preparedness.
Meaningful Interactions: Direct engagement with the community, such as visiting Senior Active Aging Centres, to practice the values of empathy and care.
Cultural Engagement: Celebrating diversity through hands-on activities and student-led sharing during recesses in commemorating International Friendship Day and Racial Harmony Day.

Our signature programmes are designed to build a pervasive culture of care and national pride:

Values in Action (VIA) Learning Experiences

P1 Values In Action @ Home : Students learn to demonstrate values at home by taking initiative to maintain their personal space and contributing actively to household chores. Through these efforts, they showed care, respect, and responsibility towards their family, while also developing independence and a strong sense of accountability in their daily lives.
P2 Buddy Programme: In the buddy programme, Primary 2 students showed care and empathy by guiding their Primary 1 buddies during recess, helping them with food, routines, and making sure they felt included. Their support helped the younger students feel safe, confident, and welcomed in school.

P3 Beach Cleaning Learning Experience: Students took part in beach cleaning activities during their Intertidal Learning Experiences, by collecting litter along coastal areas to help protect the marine environment and promote environmental responsibility.
P4 Visit to Jiaying Active Aging Centre: Students bring joy to seniors through companionship during their visits. They also shared the hydroponic vegetables they had grown themselves during their Hydroponics Project, combining scientific learning with character development by cultivating produce to give back to the community.

P5 Water Conservation Ambassadors Learning Experiences: Students served as Water Conservation Ambassadors, encouraging their schoolmates to save water. Applying what they had learned in their Project Work, they share practical tips and lead by example in their daily habits. Through their efforts, they turned knowledge into meaningful actions that benefits the school community.

P6 Save the Earth Ambassadors Learning Experience: As Save the Earth Ambassadors, students demonstrated a deep sense of responsibility and commitment to environmental stewardship by organizing a school Recycling Drive. Beyond simply collecting recyclables, they took ownership of the initiative by educating their schoolmates on the impact of waste and the importance of sustainable habits. They also modelled positive behavior through their own actions, showing consistency between what they believed and what they practiced. Through this experience, they developed empathy for the environment and a stronger awareness of their role in protecting it, inspiring the school community to make more mindful choices in their daily lives.

National Education (NE) Commemorative Days:

Total Defence Day: Activities like simulated power disruption experiences help students strengthen resilience and appreciate Singapore's security pillars.

International Friendship Day: Besides assembly sharing sessions to share global awareness to broaden students’ perspectives on the region, students from different backgrounds, also share their local culture with peers during recess, to foster mutual respect and meaningful exchanges among friends from different ASEAN countries.
Racial Harmony Day: Celebration of Singapore’s rich cultural diversity through traditional games, hands-on activities, ethnic dress, and the creation of a collaborative tapestry.
National Day: Meaningful observance ceremony and concert that unite the school as one people to honour Singapore's journey.