CHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent is a government-aided Catholic girls' secondary school in Bukit Merah, Singapore. The school is one of 11 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore. History The school was founded in 1892, and was initially known as CHIJ Kampong Bahru. It began by running Parish classes of the Church of St. Theresa, taught by sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus Congregation. It grew to be an integrated school offering teaching in English and Tamil for primary-level students, who generally went on to the "Town Convent" CHIJ at Victoria Street (now CHIJ Toa Payoh) after leaving the school. After World War II, the English and Tamil sections functioned at separate premises, before the school's present site at Lower Delta Road was purchased in 1948 and a new school building was completed in 1951. In 1952, the school's status was changed from a private school to a government-aided school. The Tamil section was phased out in 1953, and in the late-1950s the school began taking in secondary-level students. The school's last intake of primary-level students was in 1986, after which the primary classes were phased out and the school became a secondary school. In November 2009, the school moved out of its Lower Delta campus to the former New Town Secondary School campus at Queensway due to PRIME upgrading. The school has officially moved back as of 23 November 2011 and will function in its Lower Delta campus with new facilities such as an air-conditioned multi-purpose hall, an indoor sports hall, and a full-sized hockey pitch. Co-curricular activities and Key Programmes The school offers a variety of co-curricular activities (CCA). The main groups are Sports, Performing Arts, Clubs and Societies, and Uniform Groups. They are: Hockey, Netball, Bowling, Tennis, Softball, Floorball, Track and Field, Angklung, Choir, Dance and Movement, Band, Guitar, Drama, Debates, National Police Cadet Corps, Girl Guides, IJ Youth Mission, Entrepreneurship Club and Infocomm Club. CHIJ St Theresa's Convent's niche is Hockey, which the team has won many awards and competitions throughout the recent years. Since the 1960s, the school has been producing many players that are part of the national hockey team. Primary 6 students who excel in their school's hockey CCA can get into CHIJ St Theresa's Convent through Direct School Admission (DSA). The Education For Life (EFL) programme has been part of the school's flagship programme which allows students to learn