Did you know that Casuarina Primary School uses nature itself as part of its classroom?
Its current Applied Learning Programme is Nature-Based Education, while its Learning for Life Programme, HE’ARTS@CAPS, develops creativity, expression, cultural appreciation and character through the arts.
So what is so awesome about Casuarina Primary School?
It is the balance between roots and wings: values that ground the child, nature that invites inquiry, and the arts that give the child ways to express what has been learned.
Independent eduKateSG profile checked on 5 October 2026. This is not a ranking or school-endorsed publication. Programme details can change; families should use current school and MOE information for cohort-specific decisions.
The Quick Answer
- Nature-Based Education is the ALP. Inquiry and environmental learning connect classroom knowledge to the real world.
- HE’ARTS@CAPS is the LLP. Visual and performing arts develop creativity, communication and cultural appreciation.
- The vision is values-led. Life-long learners rooted in values to lead, care and serve.
- GREAT gives the school a memorable values language. Gratitude, Resilience, Express Creativity, Act with Compassion and Take Responsibility.
- The school motto is direct. Be the Best We Can Be.
- MOE Kindergarten@Casuarina began in 2024.
Life-long Learners Rooted in Values
Casuarina’s current vision is “Life-long learners rooted in values to lead, care and serve.”
The sequence matters. Learn for life. Stay grounded. Then use capability to lead, care and serve.
GREAT Values
The school’s current GREAT values are Gratitude, Resilience, Express Creativity, Act with Compassion and Take Responsibility.
The final three are especially useful because they are actions. Character becomes something a child does, not merely something a child can define.
Be the Best We Can Be
Casuarina’s motto is “Be the Best We Can Be.” The school connects it with doing one’s best, maintaining an attitude of excellence and working together to pursue dreams.
That is an excellent primary-school definition of excellence: not perfection, but strong effort, standards and teamwork.
Nature-Based Education: The Applied Learning Programme
Casuarina’s Nature-Based Education programme uses Inquiry Pedagogy to help pupils construct meaning from real-world experiences.
Plants, habitats, biodiversity and environmental systems become focal points for learning. Pupils explore, notice, ask questions and connect knowledge across subjects.
Why Inquiry Matters
Inquiry begins with noticing.
Why is this leaf different? Why is this patch wetter? Why are insects gathering here?
Questions create a path into knowledge. When children discover before everything is explained, curiosity has room to work.
CAPS Go Green: Knowledge Into Responsibility
The ALP connects with the wider CAPS Go Green direction. The goal is not only environmental awareness, but responsible action.
See. Understand. Care. Act.
An eduKateSG Example: One Garden, Four Subjects
The following is an eduKateSG illustration, not a documented Casuarina lesson.
Imagine pupils investigate why one garden bed is healthier than another. Science examines sunlight, soil and water. Mathematics compares measurements. English helps pupils explain findings. Art helps them create an infographic for younger pupils.
Nature becomes an interdisciplinary classroom.
HE’ARTS@CAPS: The Learning for Life Programme
HE’ARTS@CAPS develops creativity and expression while strengthening cultural appreciation, inter-ethnic bonding and national identity.
The programme integrates arts with ICT through digital art and music, communication through speech and drama, and National Education through heritage art, dance and music.
Why the Arts Build More Than Artistic Skill
Art develops observation. Music develops timing and listening. Drama develops confidence and perspective. Dance develops coordination and expression.
Arts learning is therefore also communication and character learning.
Heritage Meets Digital Creation
One of the strengths of HE’ARTS@CAPS is that heritage and technology are not treated as opposites. Digital art and music can become new media for expression while heritage art, dance and music keep cultural memory visible.
Talent Development: Exposure, Then Stretch
HE’ARTS@CAPS complements the school’s Talent Development Programme. All pupils receive broad experiences, while students with stronger aptitude can receive deeper opportunities to develop and showcase talent.
Every Child Can Make a Difference
Casuarina’s principal’s foreword emphasises each child’s unique potential and the school’s commitment to an inclusive environment for academic, social and emotional growth.
That matters because potential appears through different routes: nature, art, language, Mathematics, leadership or service.
MOE Kindergarten@Casuarina
MOE Kindergarten@Casuarina began operations in January 2024. Its play-based, bilingual curriculum creates continuity from the preschool years into the wider primary-school community.
What Families Can Borrow From Casuarina
- Use nature as a classroom.
- Let children discover before explaining everything.
- Move from environmental knowledge to action.
- Use the arts to develop expression and identity.
- Translate values into observable actions.
- Give children multiple routes for talent to emerge.
How Casuarina Connects to the eduKateSG Singapore Graph
Casuarina Primary School is at 30 Pasir Ris Street 41, Singapore 518935.
- Awesome Schools in Pasir Ris
- History of Education in Singapore | An Atlas of Schools, Towns, Subjects and Learning
- Singapore Area Learning Article Index
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Casuarina Primary School’s vision?
Life-long learners rooted in values to lead, care and serve.
What is the ALP?
Nature-Based Education, using inquiry and environmental learning to connect knowledge with the real world.
What is HE’ARTS@CAPS?
The Learning for Life Programme using the arts to develop creativity, expression, culture and character.
Official References Checked for the 2026–2027 Edition
- Casuarina Primary School — Vision, Mission & Values
- Casuarina Primary School — Principal’s Foreword
- Casuarina Primary School — School Crest & Motto
- Casuarina Primary School — Nature-Based Education ALP
- Casuarina Primary School — HE’ARTS@CAPS
- MOE Kindergarten@Casuarina
So, What Is So Awesome About Casuarina Primary School?
It is the roots and wings.
Rooted in values.
Curious in nature.
Creative in the arts.
Compassionate in action.
And always trying to be the best we can be.