Bukit Panjang Primary School

PRINCIPAL MESSAGEDear members of the BPPS community

2009 has been an interesting year for me personally as I have joined an established and popular school. It has been a good learning experience for me, personally and professional. Similarly, I hope that 2009 was a year of opportunities for our staff, pupils and parents.

Together, our staff have designed another year of schooling that is exciting and meaningful, challenging and developmental for our pupils. This can be attested to in the subsequent pages of this newsletter. Success in school is defined not just academically but in other dimensions too;

physical, aesthetics, social and moral. Hence, the potpourri of opportunities for our pupils to grow beyond examinations.

Similarly, the school has created the opportunities for our parents to grow together with their child or children by joining the School Family Education Programme initiated by the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports.

Like our parents, our staff too have taken upon themselves to grow professionally so as to better attend to our pupils’ needs. Our staff embarked on a number of curricular projects including riding on opportunities offered by the Ministry of

Education. Our parents and staff would continue to grow in this aspect as we role-model to our children the school’s core value of lifelong learning.

Looking ahead, the school has taken note of the PERI recommendations and would be revamping the school assessment beginning with the Primary 1 next year and the school’s co-curricular activities programme. We would share more details with the parents of the affected levels next year and, in sharing, to also get our parents’ feedback.

It is also with pride that I share with the community the accolades that our staff received this year. Mr Roslie, our HOD PE/CCA/Aesthetics won the Golden Point Award given by the National Arts Council and the Anugerah MAS, a Malay Literary Award given by the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations Singapore. Ms Selena Tan was given the Blue Ribbon Award for her work with the pupils during the Sony Creative Toys Competition. Mr Yusoff was given the Model Worker Award while our vice-principal, Mrs Koh, and Mr Roslie were given the Partnership Award by NTUC. Aside from these awards, numerous compliments of our staff were sent to the school. I must thank our parents for taking the time to commend our staff, a gesture that is deeply appreciated by my colleagues and me. The school also congratulates Mr Chai Chon Fah, PBM, Chairman, School Advisory Committee on his being awarded the Service to Education Award by the Ministry of Education this year.

The school needs to put on record too our gratitude to some of our colleagues who left the school this year; Mr Ngoh Lian Kwee, Mr Kelvin Choo, Mdm Pek Wei Miao, Ms Haslinda, Mdm Loh Jing Ling and Ms Dzariffa.

The year 2009 has ended well for the school and I look forward to another good year of working together with the BPPS community.

Mdm Ng Soh HuaPrincipal

Dear Parents and Pupils,

I am happy to have the opportunity to serve as the vice-principal of BPPS.

I started my teaching career at a secondary school in 1994 and I was posted to another secondary school the following year. After serving there for five years, I went to MOE Curriculum Planning

and Development Division to serve as a curriculum planning officer. I became a Head of Department of a secondary school in 2004 and a vice-principal of a primary school in 2007. Prior to my posting to

BPPS, I attended the Leaders in Education Programme from March to September 2009.

As teachers, it is important for us to do the best we can to help every child to maximise his or her potential and be the best that he or she can be.

School is a place for learning. I will do my utmost to help the teachers to teach even better so that the pupils can learn even better.

Ng Buck ChweeVice-Principal

Newsletter 2010,

2009 saw the school’s vibrancy and dynamism, with increasing teachers’ collaboration in professional areas as

well as increased pupil participation in school activities.

We recognize the diverse talents in our pupils, by creating a variety of opportunities for them to discover their talents and equip them with relevant skills and abilities.

With support from MOE under TLLM ignite, and the strengthening of the partnership with our stakeholders, especially the parents of our pupils, through

the School Family Education (SFE) Programme, the learning environment at BPPS will be further enhanced in the coming years.

Mrs Koh - Peck Seok HoonVice-Principal

Principal & Vice-Principal Message

COLLABORATIONSTAFF

Olive Run

Annual Dinner

CIP forTeachers

CELEBRATIONS

CNY Celebration

Mid-Autumn

BPPS Idol

CELEBRATIONS

Children’s

Day

Teacher’s Day

L E A R N I N G J O U R N E YP1 Visit

to the Zoo

P6 LEARNING JOURNEY

Math Trail

P1 & P2 leadership training

E2KProgram

Sony Creative

P1 Music & Dance

School EVENTS

Racial Harmony Day

NE Show

NationalDay

P5 Camp

Total Defence

Green Screen Studio

NECorner

LibraryCorner

SFE Room

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

ACHIEVEMENTS

EinsteinAward

P6 Graduation

Night

Choir ABRSM

ACHIEVEMENTS

Top PSLE pupils in

the merged streamAggregate

Lau Shi Mian280

Quek Xiao Tong274

Joanne Ong Cui Fang 274

Jaryl Siaw Wen Han274Advisors

Mdm Ng Soh HuaMrs Koh-Peck Seok HoonMr Ng Buck Chwee

Editorial TeamMs Chen Ying Ying (Advisor)

Mr Daniel Ng (i/c)Mr Tan Kah Keong

Ms Selena TanMdm BadhrunnisaMr Tay Cheng Yong

PSLE Results