Our Journey
2020
Cedar Social Innovation (CSI) Day
Held once every four years, Cedar Social Innovation 2020 (CSI 2020) is a special event where our girls stayed on top of their game by designing socially innovative solutions in collaboration with their various partner organisations while gamely adapting to the ever-evolving Covid-19 situation.
The morning of CSI 2020 started off with a live show hosted by deejays Archie and Will (Mr Akmal and Mr Wilfred Low). They entertained the school throughout the day while students also received feedback from their organisations and voted for the best social innovation project of each level for the year. The day ended with the Youth Day celebrations to mark the success of CSI 2020 and celebrate the positive role youths play in our community.
Enhancing Society’s Capacity To Act
Learn. Collaborate. Advocate
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2019
- This year marked the establishment of the school’s Social Innovation Talent Development Programme. Selected students represented Cedar to achieve accolades at national competitions such as Shell NXplorers, the MOE Gifted Education Branch Innovation Programme and Prudential Young Trailblazers 2019. We are also proud to announce that Kok Kit Yan Chavelle (4I) and Thantry Neha Biju (4P) have won the Merit prize for the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors Award 2019, for their project ‘The Spillcatcher’, a cup designed for individuals with uncontrollable tremors. The mindset and dispositions of a social innovator continue to flourish in each Cedarian through our core programmes, Integrated Project Work, Values-In-Action Projects and the Imagineering Programme.
Social Innovation Learning Space
With the help of our SI students in the planning process, our school’s social innovation learning space had a fresh new look.
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Shell NXplorers Innovation and Cultural Trip to Busan and Seoul
The Shell NXplorers Innovation and Cultural Trip to Busan and Seoul took place from 22 November to 1 December 2019. It was an all-expenses-paid study trip for a group of three students from Talent Development - Social Innovation who emerged first runner-up in the Shell NXplorers competition 2019. In this trip,the students learnt about the various kinds of innovation ranging from something as small(yet equally ingenious) as an improved spray bottle,to something as large as an entire industrial system to improve the recycling process.They also learnt about how innovation took place in the past,and how it will likely take place in the future.
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 Portable Basketball in a Box (IPW) |
- The physically-disabled elderly residents of Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home needed a way to exercise indoors. This group of students devised a portable basketball hoop set which impressed the organisation so much that they requested for the latest version of the prototype to be used in their physiotherapy room. The students also presented their ideas to educators across Singapore in 2018.
 Under the Sea Translation Project (IPW) |
- In how many languages can you express your love for the enrivonment? Students collaborated with NEA and LKY Fund for Bilingualism to translate the book ‘Under the Sea’ into Mother Tongue Languages (Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil). They also worked together to create teaching resources that accompanied the book, suitable for pre-school and kindergarten students. The books have been shared at the NEA Clean & Green Carnival.
 The SAFE KNIFE (Y3 GEB IVP) |
- Cerebral palsy patients often have difficulty handling kitchen knives. This group of students created an acrylic covered knife held together by magnets, which reduces the likelihood of injury. Their solution was well received by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance of Singapore, and subsequently showcased at the MOE Gifted Education Branch Young Innovator’s Fair and at the SUTD’s Maker’s Faire.
 All-in-one box-of-fun (VIA) |
- Dyspraxic children have difficulty with body coordination and movement. These students created 5 games that targeted specific psychomotor skills that dyspraxic children have difficulty with. The set of games went through multiple rounds of iteration with occupational therapists from Therapy Alliance, and are currently being adopted by the organisation as learning aids for dysphraxic children.
 PROJECT FORTIS (Citi-YMCA Youth For Causes) |
- This group of Cedarians from IP4 raised awareness about the importance of inclusivity in society by a fund-raising concert for the Disabled People’s Association. Through the support of the Citi-YMCA Youth for Causes Programme, they galvanised the support from 50 volunteers both from and outside of Cedar and raised $5,600 from the concert.
2018
 Be that___,Stop the discrimination (IP3 GEB IVP) |
- Students were inspired by volunteering at Singapore Cancer Foundation to come up with a storybook and accompanying doll with removable hair to educate students to be more sensitive to those who are different from them (e.g.: youth who have cancer). They presented their ideas at the MOE Gifted Education Branch Young Innovator’s Fair.
 Exercise Cube (Y3 Imagineering) |
• Students collaborated with Henderson Senior Activity Centre to design a mobile exercise cube which could allow elderly with weak
knees exercise with basic hand movements, so that they could maintain an active lifestyle.
They presented their ideas to IP3 students in Cedar and VS at SUTD.
 U-Walker (Y3 Imagineering) |
• Students collaborated with SilverACE Senior Activity Centre to design a device which could be added to
the base of an umbrella which could provide elderly better stability during wet weather without the social
stigma of using a walking stick. They presented their ideas to IP3 students in Cedar and VS at SUTD.
 The Bystander Effect (IPW) |
• A group of school Cyberwellness Ambassadors created a set of lesson plans and resources to educate students on
the importance of taking a stand towards cyber-bullying. The lesson package was implemented by
the students during Level 1 and 2 CCE lessons, and presented at the East Zone Cyberwellness Conference 2017.
 Under the Sea (VIA) |
• A group of Cedarians created a storybook in Sec 2 to raise awareness amongst pre-school students to keep beaches clean. The book was then professionally developed with the assistance of NEA, and distributed to pre-schools under the South-East Community Development Council. The students carried out further outreach to kindergartens using the storybook in Sec 4 for their VIA project.
2017
Launch of Cedar as a Centre for Social Innovation. Student participating in the GEB Innovation Programme. |
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 Launch of Social Innovation Journal. |
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 Visit by Director of Danish Social Innovation Organisation, MindLab - Mr Thomas Prehn |
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2014
 IP4 students present their social innovation project to a representative from Changi Simei Constituency Office. |
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 Students create prototypes of their project solutions using skills learned in SUTD. |
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2016
 A panoramic view of the Cedar Social Innovation Learning Space. |
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 Cedarians collaborate with a Chinese Opera Troupe for Cedar Social Innovation Day 2016. |
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 Cedarians interact with the elderly as part of Cedar Social Innovation Day 2016. |
 Cedarians promote environmental cleanliness at hawker centres as part of Cedar Social Innovation Day 2016. |
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2015
 IP3 students and staff from Cedar and VS together with the faculty from SUTD. |
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2013
 Students sharing solutions brought about by Design Thinking in Integrated Project Work. |
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2012
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 IP1 students in actions. |
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2011
 VCA Design Thinking Committee bonding over coffee. |
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