Direct School Admission

Performing
Arts

Choir

Students should preferably have relevant experience such as:

•   Being an active Choir member in Primary School or having prior experience in choral/solo singing

Students will be assessed on:

•   A song of the student’s choice (without backing track or live accompaniment)
•   Intonation, musicality and vocal technique
•   Aural ability to sing back a short musical passage after it has been played on the piano

String Ensemble

Students should preferably have relevant experience such as:

•   Being an active member of the String Ensemble in Primary School,

OR

•   Having at least a year’s experience playing in an orchestra/ensemble

Students will be assessed on:

•   Two contrasting solo pieces of the student’s choice (not more than 5 min each)
•   Two different scales of student's choice (commensurate to her current level of proficiency)
•   Sight-reading

Symphonic Band

Students should preferably have relevant experience such as:

•   Being an active member of the Band and/or any music-related CCA in Primary School, and/or
•   Play any of the following instruments: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, String Bass or symphonic band percussion instruments (snare drum, timpani and mallet percussion such as xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel)

Shortlisted students will be assessed on:

1.    Two contrasting pieces on your instrument, with a total playing time of around 3 to 5 minutes
2.    Major scales of up to 2 sharps and 2 flats
3.    Sight-reading

Shortlisted students will be required to submit the link to their PDF music scores via email at least one week before the audition.

Dance

Students should preferably have relevant experience such as:

•   Being an active member of a Dance Club in primary school,

OR

•   Having performed well in a reputed dance competition (local / overseas)

Students will be assessed on:

1.    Technical routine test (Test for balance, strength, and sense of rhythm)
2.    Short-dance routine test (Choreography will be given for applicants to learn during the audition. Applicants will be given a time-limit will to learn the choreography)

Sports

For Sports CCAs

Students should preferably have relevant experience such as:

•   Having represented Primary School in the National School Games (Zonal or National),

OR

•   Having represented National Sports Association or Club in local or overseas competition

OR

•   Having represented Singapore Primary Schools Sports Council in local or overseas competition (Attach copy of the certificate if any),

OR

•   Being currently enrolled in MOE’s Junior Sports Academy (JSA) Programme and has completed a sport module similar to the relevant Sports CCA of choice

Badminton, Floorball, Netball and Softball

In addition to the criteria mentioned above, applicants for the following Sports CCAs will also be assessed on:

•   Sport-specific fitness
•   Sport-specific skills
•   In-game decision-making skills.

Bowling

Applicants will be assessed on:

•   Sport-specific skills

Music

Music Elective Program

Students should preferably have relevant experience such as:

•   Being actively involved in a school-based or external musical group

Shortlisted students will be assessed via audition on:

•   Performance of two contrasting prepared pieces on an instrument of choice or voice that is in total 2-5 minutes in duration

and any/all of the following items:

•   Aural task that requires students to imitate and respond to simple rhythmic and/or melodic phrase by clapping and singing
•   Sight-reading and Scales
•   Listening & Theory written test which may require simple score-reading skills

To help us understand your application, please email an excerpt of your playing in the form of an mp3 audio clip (no longer than 1min) to wong_ching_yi_chesed@moe.edu.sg by 8 June 2026

For All Talent Areas

Apart from the Auditions/ Trials, all students will also undergo an interview