Raffles Girls' Primary School (Abbreviation: RGPS) is a primary school for girls located in Singapore. It offers the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) to Primary Four to Primary Six students. Despite its name, RGPS is not considered part of the Raffles family of schools, which consists of Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College. It also bears no affiliation to Raffles Girls' School (Secondary).
The five values of RGPS are Learning, Creativity, Graciousness, Responsibility and Integrity, and the school motto is "Knowledge Begets Success".
Read more about Raffles Girls' Primary School: History, The School Rules, Co-curricular Activities, Achievements Since 1999, School Song, The 4C's, Uniform, Facilities
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