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UWCSEA is a united, welcoming community, spread across two campuses that embrace students and their families.
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Guiding Statements

Our Guiding Statements help to ensure that our students are equipped to enact the mission throughout their lives. 
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Learning

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A UWCSEA education is values-based and holistic, developing young people who will build a more peaceful and sustainable world. Learn more.

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K–12 Concept-Based Curriculum.

Our curriculum is designed to help students develop knowledge, skills and understanding through five elements of our learning programme. Learn more.

Community

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Students

The passion and energy of our diverse community of students is what makes our campuses come to life. Learn more.

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Scholars

Our scholars come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring unique perspectives and experience to our community. Learn more.

Our Big Ideas

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Our Big Ideas

As a learning community, we engage with the world of ideas to connect concepts and put ideas into action. Learn more.

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Singapore as a Nation State: Past, Present and Future.

By Mr Janadas Devan, Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS

Discover the fascinating evolution of 'Singapore as a Nation State, Past Present and Future' with Mr. Janadas Devan and our panel of UWCSEA students, connecting Singapore's historical roots and its present circumstances. View here

Admissions

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Welcome

A welcome from our Director of Admissions and introduction to our process. Learn more.

UWCSEA runs an annual application cycle

Applications for 2024/2025

Applications for the 2024/2025 school year will open on 1 September 2023 Learn more.

Careers

CAREERS

If you are as inspired by our mission to make education a force to unite people...Learn more.

Working at UWCSEA

We welcome applications from prospective colleagues who will contribute to our diverse community…Learn more.

Support Us

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Support us

The UWCSEA culture of giving and service is central to our identity as a mission-aligned community. Learn more.

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Impact of Giving

The generosity of our community has had a significant impact on individuals and groups in Singapore, the region and globally. Learn more.

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Audience

Resource

Description

Login / Username

Password

All

Books & more

 

(available through FIND)

Search for resources in the library. There is no need to login unless you want to manage your account

Catalog.uwcsea.edu.sg

For help using the Destiny Catalog
visit our FAQs at ASK

Students and teachers login with your GAPPS credentials

 

Parents request an account - speak to us on LibChat at  ASK

 

All
(incl. parents)

Reading and listening

BorrowBox is an easy to use platform that allows you to select and download ebooks and eAudiobooks to your computer or any mobile device. Powered by Bolinda Digital, BorrowBox has a wide selection of titles including latest releases and best sellers for readers of all ages.


 
 

Download the app and sign in with your GAPPS credentials

 

Library name

United World College

Visit our FAQ for more information or to ASK a question

Primary

Reading

Dover Campus

East Campus 

StoryBox Library. Stories read aloud.
Books suitable for K-5.

Login using the School and Early Childhood login:

To find out how to access StoryBox - visit our FAQs

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uwcsea


 

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Primary

Literacy, numeracy, science, art & music

e.chalk provides engaging bite-size interactive aids for teaching and learning

No login required on campus

 

Off campus

 

echalk@uwcsea.edu.sg



 

Off campus

 

echalk

Primary

Twig

Twig - Educational science resources

Twig offers thousands of tailor-made, short films to help you bring learning to life.

 

https://www.twig-world.com/hi/RJ9FNNDVNPX1?next=

Direct authentication link

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Primary

Research

WebLinks Plus is a  searchable online database with thousands of teacher-reviewed, approved and annotated web sites.

Students can click here to log into the LinksPlus online database.

Sites are selected for relevance to the primary curriculum.

Easy to search by keyword, learning area and category. 

Not Required on campus

Student login - uwcsea

Not Required on campus

Student login - 834

Primary

Literacy
Research

(available through FIND)

PebbleGo is a PreK-3 database for reading and research. 

There are four databases: Animals, Earth & Space, Biographies and Social Studies. 
 

On-campus access is direct by the above link; off-campus access is by login.

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Primary

 

General

Grid Club offers learning games and videos for kids.  

Aimed at 5 to 12 year olds, the content covers all areas of the School Curriculum.

 

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Primary
Middle

 

General

+Spanish

+French

+ELL

+BrainPop Jr

(available through FIND)

BrainPop is a collection of animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids.

 

See also BrainPop Espanol , BrainPop French,
BrainPop for English Language Learners and BrainPopJr

 

To open an individual account use the code RSWG3693

For assistance visit our FAQ page

 

uwcsea

 

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Primary Middle

High School

 

Countries

Cultural

information

(available through FIND)

CultureGrams provides concise, reliable reports on over 200 cultures around the world. 

Available in a Kids Edition for primary school school students. 

 

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Primary Middle

High School

 

General

 

(available through FIND)

Encyclopedia Britannica with three different interfaces in one: Elementary, Middle, High


 

No login necessary on campus

 

Off-campus: click on the link below:

https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg /britannica

You will be prompted to log into the school website first - using your UWCSEA username, e.g., smith12345, and password

Primary Middle

High School

 

General

News Articles

Newsela Pro  provides unlimited access to 20 genres (and counting!) of differentiated content, in addition to current events.


 

The library has a subscription for 100 simultaneous users.

 

Join using the class code

EQKDXS

 Then login using your Google account

For detailed instructions visit ask.uwcsea.edu.sg

 

If you still can’t get in, see these trouble-shooting instructions

Primary Middle

High School

 

General

Newspapers

Magazines

PressReader is a newspaper app that enables users to download newspapers and magazines from around the world to their mobile devices while on the UWCSEA campus. Once downloaded, however, the texts remain on your device, for reading off-campus. If you have accessed PressReader on campus you will then have access from anywhere for 7 days.

 

Find out more about PressReader in our FAQ database

 

No login -- you just must be on the UWCSEA campus and using the school wifi



 
 

For off-campus access:

https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg
/pressreader

High School

 

Newspaper

Magazine

 

(available through FIND)

The Economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them.

5 simultaneous logins

 

Username:

librarydover@gapps.uwcsea
.edu.sg

ECON2019

Primary Middle

High School

 

General

Reference

eBooks

AudioBooks

The National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore provides hundreds of digital resources free to citizens and library members

You can search the NLB catalog for books in any of their 22+ branches.

 

Visit our FAQs for information on joining NLB and the services that they offer

The UWCSEA Library has limited institutional access to NLB resources if you need access and you have not become a member yet

 

Primary Middle

High School

 

Research support tool

Diigo is a social bookmarking site.  Great for keeping track of websites and information resources online. 

 

See the UWCSEA Teachers group of shared bookmarks.

   

Primary Middle

High School
TEACHERS

 

Book Reviews

Magpies - The Source is a book review site focussing on books published in Australia and New Zealand.

Go to THE SOURCE and login

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Middle

High School

 

News

theday.co.uk

 

The Day is an online news service for schools that on a daily basis produces articles, features and activities specifically for the classroom. 

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theday

Primary

Middle

High School

 

Research

find.uwcsea.edu.sg

 

Will search EBSCO databases and many more from a single search box

 

For a comprehensive list of databases that UWCSEA subscribes to visit our digital content page

uwcsea

 

No login necessary on campus

 

Students use gapps login off- campus when prompted.


 

resources

 

Parents can use the direct URL:  https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg
/links
and sign-in using their UWCSEA credentials and the passwords above.

Middle

High School

 

General
Reference

 

(available through FIND)

ProQuest Central K-12 searches these College Prep level databases:

No login required from campus 

 

Login at home using your GAPPS account

 

Middle

High School

 

Gale Schools Enhanced package

 

(available through FIND)

https://infotrac.gale.com/itweb/uwcsea

Gale Academic OneFile

Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines

Gale In Context: Middle School

Gale In Context: High School

National Geographic Kids

Global Issues In Context

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Gale eBooks

 

No login required on campus

 

Use your GAPPS login off-campus



 

High School

 

Academic Honesty

Turnitin is the tool used in high school to check originality of work.  For instructions about setting up your own student account, see this document. If you are logging in with 'gapps' for the first time please click the forgot password button to receive an email to change your log in.


 
   

High School

 

General

Literature

Humanities

Project Muse is an online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers.  Academic focus.

No login necessary on campus



 

Off-campus: click on the link below:

https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg
/muse

Log into the school website using your regular UWCSEA username, e.g., smith12345, and password

High School

 

General

Literature

Humanities

 

(available through FIND)

JSTOR is an online database of scholarly journals & books.  Academic focus.

No login necessary on campus

Off-campus:

1. Go to JSTOR https://www.jstor.org
/action/showLogin
 

 

2. MyJSTOR login:

Username: uwcsea

Password: researcher

High School

 

Issues

Pro/Con

 

(available through FIND)

SIRS Issues Researcher

 

A general reference database that contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. 

 

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High School

TEACHERS

 

English

English Journal  -- NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)

 

www.ncte.org

No login necessary on campus

 

High School

TEACHERS
 

Physics

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

 

http://www.aapt.org/ 

http://www.aapt.org/Publications/

-- The American Journal of Physics

-- The Physics Teacher

UWCSEA

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Don’t try to sign in to the site itself. Go to one of the publications and perform your search. When you try to get to the full-text you will be asked to sign in. 

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Use this username and password at that point. 

Look for a “Sign in via user name” link (not the Shibboleth one)

High School
 

Philosophy

Literature

Philosophy Now is a newsstand magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It contains articles on all aspects of Western philosophy, as well as book reviews, letters, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

Access via IP verification.

Direct access from campus.

Not accessible off campus.

High School
 

Self-Help and Wellness

 

(available through FIND)

Teen Health & Wellness provides students with nonjudgmental, straightforward, curricular and self-help support. Topics include diseases, drugs and alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide and bullying, green living, LGBTQ issues, and more.

uwcsea

uwcsea

High School

 

English

https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/e-magazine/

For advanced level English study

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library

High School

 

Drama

http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/

A full range of teaching needs for theatre studies, literature courses and drama schools. From the epic to the monologue; ensemble to one-person plays; comedy to tragedy; the historical to the contemporary; and from the highly political to the profoundly personal.

uwcsea

research

High School

 

Drama

http://edu.digitaltheatreplus.com/

Navigate through the full catalogue of Digital Theatre+ productions, cast and creative interviews, practical classroom guides, critical materials and more.

uwcseadrama

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Primary

Middle

High School

 

Video Streaming

 

(available through FIND)

Kanopy is a video streaming site. Go to the URL http://uwcsea.kanopystreaming.com while on campus to access movies. 

At this page, you do not need to log in, but you have the option of creating your own account to curate the clips you want to use.kanopy.png

Choose Sign Up to do this.

 

For more information, or help please visit our ASK page

Kanopy contains some adult content. Please supervise children's reading and viewing at all times

To check individual movie ratings for Singapore please visit IMDA Online

For off-campus access:

uwcsea

access

High School

 

History

 

(available through FIND)

www.churchillarchive.com  

 

The Churchill Archive is a digital library of modern international history.

It includes original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. This is more than a fantastic collection of primary source material.

uwcsea

research

High School

 

News

The New York Times

 

To activate or refresh your NYT subscription, please follow these steps

   

High School

 

News

The Financial Times

 

Follow these instructions to access The Financial Times (for users over 16 years old)

   

High School English (Dover & East)

Massolit - English Literature

 

Follow these instructions to access our subscription to Massolit - English Literature

   

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