Greendale Secondary School’s Olympic journey started in 2008 and and has grown ever since. Here are some highlights of Olympic Education related activities that our school has embarked on.
Our school hosted a local swimming legend, Mr Ang Peng Siong on 14 October 2008. During his talk, he shared his experience competing at the Olympics and the lessons he gained from being a competitive swimmer.
 
Mr Ang Peng Siong Mr Ang with Mrs Mary Koh (ex-Principal of GDLS)
4 students were selected to attend the inaugural SOA Youth Session at the MOE Labrador Adventure Centre from 3-5 November 2008.
At the camp, the participants learnt more about Olympism and how to include it in our daily lives. Participants also had an opportunity to meet with our local Olympians including Lee Wung Yew (shooter), Tan Eng Yoon (athletics), Zarina Abdullah (badminton) as well as Paralympians Theresa Goh (swimming) and Eric Ting (wheelchair racing).
Mr Abdul Halim, upon the invitation of the SOA, did a sharing session with teachers from other schools on the Olympic Education programmes that are being implemented in Greendale Secondary.
4 students participated in the 2010 YOG Logo Launch which was held on 10 January 2009 at the SMU Campus Green. The students are Marianne Ong (4E1), Ng Shuyi and Nur Adilah (4E2) and Ang Hui Ning (4E3).
Mr Abdul Halim was selected as one of two delegates representing Singapore at the annual session held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 12th Session saw 23 participants from Malaysia and 23 international participants from Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, China, USA, Thailand, Maldives, Korea, Philippine, Britian, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Germany, Japan and Mongolia.
L to R: Tunku Tan Sri Imran, Abdul Halim, Agnes Leong
Greendale Secondary ran a series of competitions starting with the Multimedia Competition where classes had to conduct research on Afghanistan which is our twinned country. The topics that were researched on were: Territory’s history, Socio-Economic Profile, Traditions, Youth & Popular Culture and Sports & Games.
   
The winning classes are:
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| Territory's History |
1E2 |
1E1 |
3E2 |
| Socio-Economic Profile |
1E3 |
2E3 |
3E3 (Joint 2nd) |
| Traditions |
2A1 |
4A1 |
1A1 |
| Youth & Popular Culture |
2A2 |
1A2 |
4A2 (Joint 2nd) |
| Sports & Games |
1A4 |
2T1 (Joint 1st) |
4T1 |
The library organized a quiz during the Olympic Week (13 April – 17 April).
  
The winners ares:
| Lim Qian Loong |
3E1 |
| Alena Ho |
3E1 |
| Vernon Yeo |
3E1 |
| Peter Ang |
3E1 |
| Nadia Bte Md Shariff |
2E3 |
| Shereen Yeo |
4E1 |
| Louis Tan |
4E1 |
| Yash |
1E3 |
| Nur Ariffin |
3T1 |
| Ernest Yim |
1E3 |
| Jerry Choo |
2A1 |
Mr Kunalan is another sporting legend who visited Greendale Secondary in 14 April 2009. He is the Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Olympic Academy which is the education branch of the Singapore National Olympic Council.
Mr Kunalan competed in the Tokyo (1964) and Mexico (1968) Olympics and was named as “The most successful track & field athlete in Singapore”. Mr Kunalan who is number 8 in the list of Singapore’s 50 Greatest Athlete by the Straits Times in 1999, received the International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Promotion of Olympism award in 2007.
 
Mr C Kunalan Mr C Kunalan receiving a momento from Mr Mark Minjoot
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