ALP@SAPS

Explore how ALP@SAPS equips Primary 1 to 6 students with coding, problem-solving and creative thinking skills for the future.

Last updated 28 July 2026

Applied Learning Programme (ALP)

ALP@SAPS is a customised curriculum, specially designed for Primary 1 to Primary 6 Anthonians, to equip them with the fundamentals of computational thinking, inventive thinking and critical thinking skills through Coding and Makerspace.

The programme provides opportunities for students to acquire 21st-century competencies and experience the joy of lifelong learning, extending beyond academic pursuits to become confident individuals, self-directed learners, active contributors, and concerned citizens.

Circular diagram for ALP@SAPS showing three segments: Young Coders, Aspiring Inventors, Smart Thinkers, with thinking skills labeled.

Across all programmes, the school adopts the “FEEL, IMAGINE, DO, SHARE” (FIDS) Framework to encourage our students to empathise with others and to believe that they can make a difference in their own ways.

Key Programmes

Young Coders

Anthonians start young on the learning of basic computational thinking. In this programme, the Primary 1 Anthonians learn basic programming concepts through the use of colour codes (a series of colors that tell the robot what to do) with an Ozobot in the Young Coders programme. Anthonians drew lines and added colour codes to tell the Ozobot what turns to take and what decisions to make.

Building on the basic programming concepts that they learnt in Primary 1, Primary 2 Anthonians learn programming concepts through visual programming with Ozobots and Quarky too. They apply block-based codes through an app to programme the movements of the Quarky to solve puzzles, navigate mazes and develop debugging skills.

Two young students in uniforms sit at green desks, coloring worksheets with markers in a busy classroom.

Three children in school uniforms sit at a green table, working together on Ozobot coding activity sheets.

Two children lean over a green desk with a printed robot maze activity sheet, markers, and a small robot toy.

Primary 2 Quarky

Two young students in school uniforms sit on a floor, one holding a small robot car beside a tablet showing a coding app.

Four children in school uniforms sit on a tiled floor using tablets to control small robots.

Primary 2 Robotic Appreciation Day

Young students in school uniforms gather around a desk with a laptop and LEGO Education building pieces in a classroom.

Aspiring Inventors

Aspiring Inventors were implemented as an avenue for students to come together and solve problems through free play and making. These making and tinkering practices encourage creative thinking amongst students as they construct, deconstruct, design, fix, create and refine solutions to various problems presented to them after going through the process of FIDS thinking.

Smiling boy in school uniform holds a stick near a sign reading "Build a catapult that launch an object about 1m away."

A young boy in school uniform holds a handmade cardboard structure in a classroom setting.

A young boy in a white polo uniform holds a small handmade structure of sticks and yellow balls in a classroom.

Two boys in school uniforms hold craft items in front of a Makerspace Challenge Set display wall.

Children and teachers work on projects at tables in a bright yellow Makerspace classroom.

Students in matching cream and brown uniforms stand in groups writing on papers in a blue-walled classroom.

Students are able to take items apart, put things together, and dream of imaginative creations. The notion of multiple attempts, refining designs, and failure are all inherent with engaging students to take risks. This is aligned to the school direction towards having a growth mindset.

Smart Thinkers

In the Smart Thinkers programme, the application of “FEEL, IMAGINE, DO, SHARE” is designed to prime Anthonians to think about problem solving in an empathetic way; recognising them as capable young change makers. Primary 3 and 4 Anthonians learn block coding with a Micro:bit, which is a pocket-sized, codeable computer. They also learnt about biodiversity, identified some issues that they feel are problems, brainstormed solutions and built their prototypes using Micro:bits. Likewise, Primary 5 Anthonians delve in CoSpaces where they build digital interactive content. These projects help students to consolidate their learning of the various coding skills and apply them to a real-life situation.

Primary 3 Micro:bit

Three young students in school uniforms work on a cardboard craft project labeled "Cat Mat" at a classroom desk.

P4 Learning Day xCode@SAPS Day

Large school hall filled with students in white uniforms gathered around tables on a wooden gymnasium floor.

Primary 5 CoSpaces (Sharing prototype with P2 students)

At Primary 6, the students go through Coding classes as part of their post PSLE+ activities, where they consolidate their learning and programme Sphero bots to interact with each other via bluetooth and coding. They are also introduced to what is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how we teach an AI system such that it becomes more reliable.

Primary 6 Code for Fun

Students in uniforms sit on a tiled floor using tablets, gathered around small robots lined up between them.

Students in school uniforms stand in a classroom around small robots on the floor, holding tablets near a whiteboard.