Last Updated: 22 February 2022
Compliments
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Words of encouragement
Inspired by a teacher? Received exemplary service from an MOE staff? Share your experience with us. Our heartfelt thanks to all who have posted your appreciation notes!
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Sincere and dedicated teacher
A good kickstart, I was told by my son that his teacher Mdm Nurul Huda of Teck Whye Primary School spotted his untidy handwriting. I laughed, agreed & fully supported. It takes a sincere and dedicated teacher to inspire and boost students’ morale. Adli is learning positively & praises Mdm Nurul. Appreciated & thank you.— Rizana Bte Ahmad Ariff
Cultivating the learning of Chinese Language
I’m very glad that my daughter has Ms Lisa Lim of Cedar Primary School as her Chinese teacher. She is very patient and gives children a lot of ways to practice their “听写”. This is very encouraging, and it also make the kids love to learn Chinese very much. Thanks Ms Lisa.— Lan fang
More than just a teacher
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation towards Mr Russell Sim of ITE College East. He was more than just a teacher; he was a brother. He guided me through my tough moments during my time in ITE, encouraging me through my hardship and pushed me through to get to where I am today. Thank you!— Abdul Muhaimin Bin Rusli
Advocating learning through experience
Mr Daryl of Cedar Primary School is an extraordinary teacher that I have met so far. Tactical and skilful in his teaching methods. Advocating learning through experience and willing to go extra miles for his students. Daring to expose students to learn something that they do not usually learn in their syllabus. Brilliant asset of MOE.— Cheong Hon Kuan
A good mentor and guide
I would like to thank Mr Su Yan Xing of Greendale Secondary School for being such a good teacher, mentor, and guide to me for 4 years straight. He is very warm-hearted and caring and always tries his best to help me to do my best in Chinese. 谢谢司老师!— Darrius Chew You Teck
A motivating force
Ms Jennifer Fong of Sembawang Primary School has been consistently kind and encouraging towards my child. Together with the teachers in school, my child has improved. Ms Fong has built up a strong bond with my child. He looks up to her very much. Her positive disposition has also been a motivating force for me as the parent of my child.— Ng Hui Ling Jessie
Deep appreciation for teachers
I wish to express my deep appreciation to Pasir Ris Secondary School’s Mrs Grace Chua for her leadership and Mr Mohamed Ashiq and Mr Chua Khoon Wee for their extra hours and efforts to educate my boy to successfully get into the subject combination of his choice in Upper Secondary. A big THANK YOU again!— Peh Kwang Hwee
Imparting great wisdom and guidance
Heartfelt thanks for the patience and guidance to our hyperactive Primary 3 son at Gongshang Primary school. Mrs Chu has imparted great wisdom and guidance by inculcating good values in character building towards our son. We appreciate the time and patience in nurturing our son. Thank you, Mrs Chu.— Arif Ghaz
Going the Extra Mile
I would like to compliment Ms Sun and Ms Yek Kwee of MOE Kindergarten Horizon Primary School for their strong passion and dedication towards their teaching profession. Ms Sun took extra effort to improve my child's pronunciation by coaching her one-on-one while Ms Yek Kwee identified my child for a programme to improve her articulation.— Chen MeiHui
Great HR partner!
I would like to thank Ms Melissa Aw from MOE’s HR Solutions & Capabilities Division for taking her time to go through the HR procedures and applying for me the required appointments and interviews for the job application. She has been a great help by going that extra mile to help me find out about things related to it. Really appreciate the effort made!— Glen Tan
A caring and thoughtful teacher
Mdm Seng Wee Pheng (CHIJ Toa Payoh Secondary) is efficient, caring and thoughtful. Constantly reminding the kids to stay safe and keeps them safe. My daughter was on SHN and Mdm Seng wanted to do organise live lessons online. An exemplary teacher! She not only teaches but also cares! Kudos to CHIJ!— Elizabeth Ng
Teacher with a fantastic stage presence
Mdm Alexia of St. Andrews Junior School is a brilliant teacher who has fantastic stage presence when addressing her class of over 30 boys! She can command the class and the boys really respect her. Watching her in action left me in total awe! A great inspiration to all teachers. Some people were born to be teachers 👌— Minakshi Hansrani
Great communication skills
Dear Mrs Lim Chee Jew of St. Andrew’s Junior School, thank you for being such a fantastic teacher. As a mother I really appreciated the great communication you had with me regarding my son’s progress in Math Support class. My son has learned and improved his math subject and we appreciate you more than words can express!— Lim Chee Jew
A warm and welcoming experience
I would like to compliment Ms Jenny Koh of CHIJ Primary (Katong) for making Primary 1 such a warm and welcoming experience for my daughter this year. I've seen her blossom under Ms Jenny's care, also going the extra mile to ensure the appropriate amount of attention is given to her. Truly grateful to Ms Jenny!— Kelly Lim
A teacher with persistence and grit
Ms Chia Su Si of Hong Wen School had taught both of children i.e. Higher Chinese to my daughter and Chinese (subject) to my son. Through her persistent and sheer grit to instil consistent and continuous learning attitude toward the subject, we have seen their stark improvement in their passion and results in the subject.— Lim Kia Wee
A teacher and also a hero
Dear Mr. Lee Jian Liang Joel of Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School, the school may have found a teacher in you, but our son has found a hero in you. We realise how much time, effort, patience, care that you put not only his education but also his wellbeing. He has come so far this year because of you! You deserve a praise rewarded as one of the best teachers in his life.— Alice Chee
Kind teachers
I would like to thank these 3 teachers, Ms Indrani, Ms Low Xindi and Mrs Ang at Farrer Park Primary School who brought my son for his recent P5 camp. They gave me regular updates at the camp on my son who has allergies. This was very assuring for me as a parent. Very kind teachers indeed.— Tazul Hudha
Effective response and assistance
Thank you, Ms Ellen of Bedok Green Primary School, for your support and help when my child is unwell on PSLE LC. She has coordinated with other subject teachers to pass the worksheets to my daughter. Her response to the matter is very efficient. She also offered to help my daughter in CL although she is HMTL teacher. Thank you!— Mrs Bay
A nurturing allied educator
Kudos to Ms Ching Zai Ting of Anchor Green Primary School! Our child’s personality has bloomed open like a beautiful fragrant flower ever since being tended by a lovely gardener in the form of an allied educator like you. Thank you for being my child's one-stop helpline. I truly appreciate that.— Cass Tey (Mrs Foo)
Utmost moral support and dedication
Sincere thanks and congratulations to Ms Shirleen, Ms Davina and Ms Nisha of MOE Kindergarten @ Oasis Primary School for their utmost moral support and dedication shown towards our dear son for the year 2022! The teachers were highly credible in their approach towards our son during a down moment for us.— Sherrie Saint Clair Roch
Compassionate teacher model
I would like to take this opportunity to compliment Mrs Mdm Wendy Peh of Punggol Primary School. My son gave her a hard time at the beginning of the year, yet she is patient and has shown kindness to him. It helps to improve his self-esteem, empathy and compassion. Mrs. Ng is also a compassionate teacher model that the kids will characteristic her actions.— Wang Eng Pheng
Helping students to conquer their fears
We would like to thank Miss Gan Seow Ling of Westwood Primary School. She goes more than the extra mile. She always encourages my child to participate in activities to overcome his shyness. As a result, my child has become happier and more confident. She helps her students to conquer any fears.— Jesslyn Tay
Dedicated and Caring Teacher
I would like to compliment my daughter's form teacher Mrs Rina Tan from Rulang Pri. My daughter was sick recently and on MC for 4 days. Mrs Tan went the extra mile to message me beyond her working hours just to ask about my daughter's condition. It was really nice of her when she should be relaxing at home after her working hours. I really appreciate this sweet gesture of hers. I am thankful that my daughter has such a caring form teacher. Please express my gratitude and appraised her for being such a dedicated and caring teacher. Thank you so much!— Nur Hudawati
Thoughtful and Kind
I would like to take Ms Ruby and Ms Jo from Endeavour Primary School for tending to my child who was having a bad bout of vomiting, liaising with his grandparents so that he can receive further medical attention. Appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind help in this grimy situation.— Ms Yew
Guiding Our Children
Thank you very much Mdm Nahidah from Cedar Pri for your guidance and support to my child. You have been instrumental in teaching and guiding him to be a good boy, to do the best he can and nurture his talents/skills to unlock his potential. Thank you so much again for guiding our children and being their second mom in school. 🙂— Katherine Mendoza
Providing Supporting Home-School Partnership
My greatest gratitude to Mrs Cheong Ng May Nar from Geylang Methodist Pri who was my son's counsellor during his challenging time. She was understanding, patient, offered him a listening ear and gave good advice. Mrs Cheong would frequently update us with my son's progress and would advise us on ways that we can provide more support to our son at home. Thank you for your awesome professionalism and for being there for the kids!— Teddy K Hermawan
Going the Extra Mile
I would like to thank Mr Matthew Tjow from Orchid Park Sec for helping me throughout my secondary life by giving me advices during the stressful and tough time. He is a very dedicated councillor, willing to go the extra mile to ensure that his students are safe and alright. He is also extremely encouraging. He has helped me through some of the toughest time and for that, thank you Mr Tjow.— Tan Yu Zhi
A Humble Form Teacher
Thank you to Mrs Tracy Wong from Punggol View Pri for being a humble form teacher, and contactable by any parent via WhatsApp or on ClassDojo. She is always ready to reply and help them with any matters. She always makes sure that all students can understand what is being taught in class. Overall, I felt that Mrs Wong is a fantastic teacher and I’m sure that in the future she will continue to inspire students to believe in themselves and study hard.— Gary Vintario
Learning Through Videos
My girl always look forward to her lesson. During the recent SLS curriculum, both my child and I have great fun learning textures, origami together by watching the videos selected by Ms Suryati from Bedok Green Pri. Thanks a lot for making home based learning a fun process.— Tina Lim
Interesting games and videos in Chinese HBL Lessons
Thank you Mrs Woon-Toh Shu Ying of Red Swastika School for including interesting games and videos in the Chinese HBL lessons, which makes learning fun and engaging for the children. Also, I would like to thank her for hearing out what the children's wishes are and putting in the extra effort to reply and act on them, e.g. conducting zoom lessons, incorporating games in almost every lesson.— Mabel Lam
Commendable Teaching Style
I would like to compliment Ms Seh Yin Mei from Hong Wen School for her personal efforts to send email individually to the pupils in her class (6P) after she marked their works during the recent HBL. She pointed out what the pupils need to read up to understand the subject (Mathematics) and how the mistakes can be avoided. For a class size of 35, it is indeed commendable for a teacher to reach out personally to the pupils, helping and motivating them to learn.— Patrick Tan
Making Home-based Learning Seamless
Special thanks to the teachers, principal and management of Bedok Green Pri. Great effort in engaging students especially the daily 7:30am routine workout and words of encouragement from the principal! Teachers (in particular Madam Chia and Ms Luo) were dedicated in answering any questions we had during HBL. Thus this has make HBL possible and seamless. Huge thank you!— Mrs Tan
A Fun and Loving Teacher!
I would like to thank Mdm Nazira from Cedar Pri. She is a fun and loving teacher who cares for everyone. I loved my lessons because she was my teacher. I hope that she will continue to inspire many more students. Thank you, Mdm Nazira! You are the best!— Neria Sooriyakumar
A Dedicated and Patient Form Teacher
My daughter is very lucky to have Ms Tan Jieying from Ang Mo Kio Sec as her form teacher for the past one and half year. She is a very patient and dedicated teacher who always has the students' welfare at heart. Without her care and concern, my girl would not have adapted well in secondary school life. She is a rare gem. Keep up the good work!— Linda and Benson Ng
Supportive School and Teacher
I would like to thank Mdm Ngern from Bukit Merah Sec who has given extra care and support to my son. My son has Autism Spectrum Disorder. Without Mdm Ngern's special care and patience and the school’s full support in guiding him, he would not be able to study smoothly in school. Thank you Mdm Ngern and the school for the past 4 years in helping Dylan to overcome every obstacle in school.— Ivy
Going Above and Beyond
Thank you specially to Mrs Cheong from St. Margaret Primary school who is my daughter's form teacher. She teaches her students with lots of passion and integrity, and looks into students' dispute in class and ensure that it is resolved instead of brushing it off. What amazes me most is that she truly observes every student's weakness and share it in the report book. I have tremendous respect and admiration for her. As a teacher, she has gone above and beyond. Mrs Cheong is indeed a rare gem to the education system. Kudos to you, Mrs Cheong!— June
A Caring and Responsible Teacher
Ms Lalithambigai from Springdale Pri is a very caring and responsible teacher. She constantly updates me on the progress as well as the short-comings of my son with regards to his school work and behaviour in school. She is patient, willing to lend a listening ear and polite in answering any questions I have for her. Her dedication and helpfulness can be seen by the way she communicates and her actions.— Ong Chee Seng
An Amazing Teacher
Thank you Mr Chang Cheng Hwee from Northland Pri for teaching my daughter. She struggled and was stressed taking her test throughout her formative years, Finally, your teaching method worked. You selfless give additional lessons after school and always at the expense of your personal time, updating parents with your most honestly advices. You are truly an amazing teacher!— Ong Ting
A Motherly Figure
Mrs Morales from St Andrew Junior School is a firm and extremely caring teacher who truly cares for the students under her charge. She has exemplify what it means to be an educator who is not only interested in academic well-being of her students but also goes the extra mile of being a motherly figure in her class. She takes the effort to ask if her students are doing alright both at home and school. On one occasion, she was disciplining my son but after doing that she spent time to explain to him her actions. Not many teachers would have done that but she did.— Adrian Tham
Ensuring Student’s Well-being
Mdm Nora from St Andrew’s Junior School is one of the best teachers I have met during my son's 4 years of primary school life. She's kind, caring and always going out of the way and extra miles to ensure each child is loved and cared for.— Sandy Cheng
An Inspiring Teacher
I would like to show my appreciation to Mr Samuel Zhang from St Andrew’s Junior School. Mr Zhang uses various online platforms to engage his students and make his lessons and assignments more interesting. My son enjoys his teaching and looks forward to learning new topics in school. Thank you for being such an inspiring teacher!— Daphne Leow
Getting Through Difficulties in Math
Mrs Tai from River Valley Pri has been there for me. She has helped me overcome the difficulties I faced and helped me understand more about Math as it was my worst subject. I would not have gotten good grades without her and definitely would not have even pass! Now in secondary school, because of her, I am not struggling with Math. She made me accomplish my goals and her lessons were definitely most enjoyable.— Say Xiuming
More Confident in Speaking Chinese
I would like to do a special thanks shout out to Mr. Mu Zhi Ming, a Chinese Teacher at St Andrew's Junior School, for going the extra mile to garner interest in learning Chinese and writing notes in class. My son is now so much more familiar and confident in speaking and exploring Chinese, compared to a year ago. At the same time, he also took extra efforts to prepare engaging Chinese lessons during HBL. Thank you!— Bee Leng Quah
Dedicated School Counsellor
Thank You to Mrs Cheong-Ng May Nar from Geylang Methodist School (Primary). Appreciate Mrs Cheong's counselling and continuous engagement with my daughter who was not doing well academically and resisted going to school since Primary 4. Due to the school teachers' and Mrs Cheong's efforts, my daughter was finally able to pass the PSLE and get into the express stream.— Teo Kie Hwee
Thank You, Westwood Pri School
I would like to thank all the staff of Westwood Pri for their dedication and the welfare of all children. Thank you very much for being inspiring. Keep up the good work.— Mathina Abdul Hamid
Learning From Each Other
I was a intern at MK@Springdale for 3 months and during my time there, I learnt a lot from each and every staff there. They all made me feel at home and I really appreciate that. I have learnt alot and I will use these knowledge I gained to become a better teacher. Thank you so much, Teacher Yi Xuan, Aasiriyai Suba, Mdm Hidayah & Mdm Vidya!— Thangatheva
Leading By Example
Thank you Mr Chan from Yishun Pri. I am really glad that you are our principal and thank you for all the heartfelt speeches you have given to us. I've also managed to learn many life values from you! You are truly the best role model anyone could have! May your family and you stay healthy and safe!— Deborah Ho Xin Yun
Teaching and Beyond
Ms Nancy Chia from Temasek Pri is a dedicated, kind and patient teacher. My child’s Math has improved due to her relentless teaching. She updates matters that needs my attention even during the weekends. She enquires when my child is unwell. Ms Chia, Thank you for all your efforts and I truly appreciate it.— Mdm Rabiya
Patience and Guidance
I would like to show my appreciation to Ms Wong Sheau Yun, HOD of Mother Tongue, at Jurong West Pri. Her patience and guidance in class motivated my son, who gave up on Chinese, to excel in his work. He enjoyed her class and is always full of praise towards her.— Wong Sheau Yun
Inspiring Teacher
I would like to thank my daughter’s form teacher Ms Adelene Guo from Anderson Pri. She has inspired her to be at her best and was there to guide her when she needed help. Her teaching experience has motivated her to be better. She shows care, understanding and patience especially during her QO. Thank you Ms Guo!— Adelene Guo
Putting In Extra Effort
I would like to send my deepest gratitude to Dr Xu Weibiao of Singapore University of Social Sciences, as he is the best teacher I have met. He is very kind and diligent in his teaching. He put in the extra effort to make sure everyone understands the topic he is teaching before moving off. He even spent his time outside of class to answer our queries.— Koh Jia Yi
Making Learning Enjoyable
Mrs Emily Chua from Fern Green Pri is teaching my son Math in ICan class. He dislikes Math but with Mrs Chua, he enjoys learning it. She is patient, caring and motivating. Not only has he improved but she has given him the confidence that he can. She is helpful to parents too on how they can further guide our children. Thank you Mrs Chua.— Yusliena
Conducting CCAs Online
Thank you Teacher Liu Ning from West Grove Pri for coordinating the online Boys Brigade parades for BB Boys during the pandemic period to allow the CCA to continue and giving BB Boys avenues to enjoy their CCA.— Lam Kah Mun