ANNEX A: Personal Information Template for Testimonial Writing

Full Year of Admission to

Class: Sec 4E……
Name: TKGS: ………

(A) Academic Achievements

a. prizes or scholarships you have won during your time in TKGS
b. do not include achievements in previous schools

Academic Achievements Year

e.g. Edusave Good Progress Award / Edusave Scholarship Award 2020

(B) Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) & Significant Achievements

a. include the year of rank attainment / leadership roles
b. mention external competitions / performances / involvement

Name of CCA(s) Leadership Role/Rank Achieved

(Year)

Share your key responsibilities in your CCA

e.g. successfully led the Sec 3s in organising the CCA camp / in charge of logistics (setup venue for
practice)

State three significant events / competitions / awards attained and for each of them, provide one
detail of how you demonstrated one value / personal quality in the course of preparing for it
Events / Competitions / Awards Demonstration of Personal Quality / Value
e.g. National School Games Netball Competition I displayed responsibility and resilience in attending
(2020) rigorous training sessions. I appreciated the time
spent with my netball members to learn new
techniques and took the initiative to plan for extra
training beyond school hours.

(C) Leadership Appointments (Class / House / Prefectorial Board)

Leadership Appointments (Year)
e.g. Class Chairperson (2021)
Key Responsibility / Contributions
I planned and executed the breakfast sessions for
our class. I also led the class in planning for various
events such as EAS Appreciation Day where we
created hampers to be presented to non-teaching
members of our school.
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(D) Contributions to Community
a. include Values in Action projects as well as student-initiated community service
b. provide specific details i.e. what the project was about / what was your role / how did you grow as a
person from this experience
Voluntary Work (Year) Provide Brief Description / School
Demonstrated
e.g. Sec 3 Service Learning (2022) My class visited (insert organisation name) where I
was in charge of organising games and an art &
craft session. I enjoyed the session as it allowed me
to empathise with the elderly patients there and
realign my knowledge and understanding of the
elderly.

(E) Out of School Achievements

a. include participation in activities organised by external organisations (if any)
b. provide specific details i.e. What was your role? What was the purpose of the activity or event? How
did you grow as a person because of this participation? (N.B.: since TKGS is a secular or non-
religious school, as a rule, your active participation in the work of a religious organisation will not be
included in the testimonial.)

Out of School Achievements (Year) Provide Elaboration / Details

e.g. Piano Grade 8 (2022) Link it up to perhaps your involvement in MEP

and/or CCA

(F) Personal Attributes (maximum 3) N.B. Attributes that will make you an asset to an organisation,
preferably those that can be inferred from the elaboration in all the previous tables. You may also make
reference to the school’s VMV.

Personal Attributes
1.
2.
3.

(G) Personal Statement N.B. Do you have a personal statement for success in life? If you do, you may
write it here (limit: 20 words)

Personal Statement