Partnerships
Introduction of Partnership Programmes
Educational career guidance through partnerships is a core experience that students go through, aimed at providing our students with exposure to potential career paths and real-world experience. Over the years, we have partnered with companies from different industries on learning journeys and work attachment programmes. Through these opportunities, students have a clearer understanding of how what their knowledge and skills are applied in the job setting and make informed career choices which are aligned with their strengths and interests.
Key Learning Experiences: Examples of Learning Journeys and Work Attachment
1. Quest for an Environmentally Sustainable world - Work Attachment and Learning Journey to The Polyolefin Company
The Polyolefin Company, which focuses on manufacturing and sales of Low Density Polyethlyene (LDPE) and Polypropylene (PP)1, offers Queenstownians a glimpse into the petrochemical world where the chemistry knowledge they acquired in the classroom magically comes to live.
Leveraging on our partnership with TPC, Queenstownians have, for over 11 years, been blessed with the opportunity of travelling into a land where few are able to step foot on – Jurong Island, which is the main reason why Singapore is the top oil exporting country in the world despite not having any oil reserves of our own.
Following a 3-hour learning journey where they are able to gather a broad overview of the innovations and operations at TPC, a few Queenstownians, passionate about making a difference with their science mastery, furthered their experience and learning by going through a full-day work attachment. During the work attachment, they interacted with the engineers at TPC, gaining invaluable insights into the rigour and satisfaction derived from the role of creating products used widely.
1 https://www.tpc.com.sg/2.12_OurBusiness.html
2. Quest for an Informed world – Learning Journey to Star International
With 7 distinct brands and presence in more than 30 countries worldwide, the learning journey to Star International has allowed our students to gather firsthand information about the workings behind a successful retail and logistics industry, which has provided furniture for many homes in Singapore.
Queenstownians who participated in this learning journey were also able to understand how companies are innovating to overcome the challenges they face, in this instance, the use of technology to overcome manpower shortage.
3. Quest for a Healthy world – Learning Journey to Elsie’s Kitchen
As one of the more renowned catering companies in the culinary landscape in Singapore as well as the region, this collaboration with Elsie’s Kitchen offered Queenstownians a behind the scenes glimpse of what goes on before and after an order is placed.
They also gained valuable insights into the application of the knowledge of food sciences in an authentic setting when the company shared about the considerations behind its menu evolution, balancing taste with nutrition, in response to changes in consumer demands.
4. Quest for a Safe World – Learning Journey to Rockwell Automation
Being the largest company in the world dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, the learning journey to Rockwell Automation Singapore has allowed our Queenstownians to gather firsthand information about the workings behind a successful innovation and automation industry.
During the learning journey, Queenstownians understood the importance of being adaptable as they gained an awareness of how the company needs to constantly innovate to effectively address the demands of the ever-changing landscape in the industry. Subsequently, the participants were able to experience the production process through the use of augmented reality before wrapping up the learning journey with a Q&A session with a panel of professionals from Rockwell Automation.
5. Quest for an Inclusive and Environmentally Sustainable World – Work Attachment and Learning Journey to IKEA
Partnering with IKEA, a world-renowned furniture brand that champions for both social and economic sustainability through providing affordable and practical furniture that are innovatively designed to reduce material usage and wastage, has allowed Queenstownians to see the theories they learnt in the classroom being applied in an authentic setting.
Appealing to Queenstownians with a keen interest in design and innovation, this learning journey opened the eyes of selected Sec 3 Design & Technology students as they had the precious opportunity to interact with the IKEA designers and learnt about a product’s life journey, from design to testing and manufacturing, and eventually retail. These valuable experiences enabled our students to appreciate how the design thinking process that they have learnt in the classroom is practiced in the actual design and manufacturing industry; resulting in IKEA addressing the diverse needs of their consumers, ranging from age to affordability and lifestyle preferences.
