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| The school first started in Victoria Street and was known as the Town Convent. After it was forced to move out from its premises at Victoria Street, the school was given two plots of lands. One in Toa Payoh and the other in Ang Mo Kio. CHIJ Primary and Secondary Toa Payoh now occupy the Toa Payoh plot while CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls occupies the Ang Mo Kio plot. | The school first started in Victoria Street and was known as the Town Convent. After it was forced to move out from its premises at Victoria Street, the school was given two plots of lands. One in Toa Payoh and the other in Ang Mo Kio. CHIJ Primary and Secondary Toa Payoh now occupy the Toa Payoh plot while CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls occupies the Ang Mo Kio plot. | ||
| By way of a uniform, all CHIJ schoolgirls wear a knee-length blue pinafore with a belt, and a white blouse with a Peter-Pan collar beneath the pinafore, as well as white socks and white shoes. Prefects also wear a tie. There are slight variations between the CHIJ schools in the form and design of the badges worn on the pinafore, but all carry the same IJ crest. | |||
| For the uniform, girls weara blue pinafore with a blouse beneath. Shorts are wore underneaththe pinafore and periodic checks are made. | |||
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Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) Secondary (Toa Payoh) is an autonomous school located in Singapore, was founded in 1845. . It is as the name suggests, a catholic, secondary school for females and is part of the IJ family of 11 schools. Currently, the school is renovated and the new location is at Toa Payoh Lorong 1.
The school motto is Simple Dans Ma Vertu, Forte Dans mon Devoir which is Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty.
The 11 CHIJ schools in Singapore are:
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls
CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent
CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent
CHIJ Katong Convent (Secondary)
CHIJ Katong Convent (Primary)
CHIJ (Bukit Timah)
CHIJ (Kellock)
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
CHIJ Our Lady of the Navidity
The school first started in Victoria Street and was known as the Town Convent. After it was forced to move out from its premises at Victoria Street, the school was given two plots of lands. One in Toa Payoh and the other in Ang Mo Kio. CHIJ Primary and Secondary Toa Payoh now occupy the Toa Payoh plot while CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls occupies the Ang Mo Kio plot.
By way of a uniform, all CHIJ schoolgirls wear a knee-length blue pinafore with a belt, and a white blouse with a Peter-Pan collar beneath the pinafore, as well as white socks and white shoes. Prefects also wear a tie. There are slight variations between the CHIJ schools in the form and design of the badges worn on the pinafore, but all carry the same IJ crest.
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