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Regent Secondary School

Applied Learning Modules (ApLM)

Discover how Applied Learning Modules help Secondary 2 and 3 students go beyond the classroom. Explore real-world topics and build skills to guide future education and career choices.

Last updated 12 May 2026

Purpose

The offering of ApLM is to

  • broaden the learning experiences of students

  • complement the secondary school curriculum with a focus on the practical application of knowledge.

Objectives

  • Joy of Learning: To provide our students with Applied Learning opportunities – learning that involves doing and applying, learning about the real world, and learning for life.

  • Aspiration: To allow our students to discover their interests and make informed education and career choices through the experience and learning in the polytechnic/ITE.

  • Part of the school’s effort to encourage our Secondary 2 and 3 students with interest in the different subjects (Science/Math/Geography/POA/English) to take up ApLMs.

Through the ApLM, we hope that our students will develop a stronger sense of purpose and motivation to acquire knowledge and skills of the subject.

Students posing on stairs and balcony inside the School of Management and Communication building.
Four panels show students using a 3D printer, examining aircraft instruments, visiting a hospital, and trying a flight simulator.
Student uses stethoscope on a medical mannequin; two students in lab coats handle test tubes during chemical analysis.
Three scenes of students at ITE College West: working on electrical panels and presenting a digital marketing slideshow.
Students pose behind a bar counter with colorful drinks at Oliva School of Hospitality.
Students pose at Jewel Changi waterfall atrium; right photo shows students learning napkin folding at a round table.
Two scenes: a student getting an eye exam with a slit lamp, and another student using a spectacle-making machine with a staff member.

Principles of Accounts Applied Learning Modules (ApLM)

During the March school holidays, our Secondary 3 Principles of Accounts (POA) students participated in a three-day course, “Marketing in Action,” conducted by Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Equipped with knowledge of how businesses operate and are accounted for during their POA lessons in school (e.g. accounting for cash, receivables, and inventory), this course allowed students to take a step further by exploring an important front-end aspect of business management.

Through the programme, they acquired a basic understanding of a key marketing concept—the “4 Ps”: Product, Place, Promotion, and Price—through various case studies and real-life fieldwork.

The concept of the 4 Ps was further reinforced during a learning journey to JEM and Westgate shopping malls, where students conducted research on how different businesses market their products to customers. Thereafter, the students worked in groups to design their own marketing plans. Applying the marketing concepts they had learned, they were able to develop holistic plans that also incorporated accounting principles from their POA lessons.

Overall, it was an enriching opportunity for students to broaden their understanding of the various aspects of running a business beyond POA.

Students in school uniforms visit the School of Business and Accountancy and The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf during a marketing field trip.