School-Parent Engagement and Communication …...•gauge pupils’ readiness levelto face the P5 demand and rigour •identify learning gaps that may hinder the progress of learning

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School-Parent Engagement and Communication Session (SPECS)

P5 2018

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C4RE Class Teachers

• To deepen Teacher-Student-Relationship (TSR), all

Form Teachers and Co-Form Teachers are

henceforth known as C4RE (pronounced as

Care) Teachers and will collaborate as a team to

attend to the students’ needs

• Each class will have two or three C4RE Teachers

and students can approach any of them should

they need guidance and assistance

• The C4RE teachers-in-charge of your child are…

White Sands Primary School

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Subject Teachers

Subject Teacher/ Teachers

English Language Mdm Norizah

Mr Amos Sim

Mrs Hariani

Mathematics Mrs Teo-Sim

Mdm Hafiza

Science Mdm Nurul

Mrs Teo-Sim

Physical Education/ Health Education Mrs Gurung

Social Studies Mdm Norizah

Art and Craft Mrs Droze

Music Mrs Jennifer Ong


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Objectives of SPECS

Foster

school-parent

collaboration

Share

expectations

of students

Seek support for

school initiatives and

activities


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The Impact of Parent Involvement

• Important for parents to be involved in their

children’s education

• Parents shape their children’s beliefs and attitudes

towards school and schoolwork

• The earlier and more direct parent’s involvement in

their child’s educational progress, the more positive

the impact on the child’s academic results and

experience of schoolwork.


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To Nurture Caring Hearts, Creative Minds

and Confident Individuals

Our Mission


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Our Vision

A Vibrant School of Choice where Character

Shines and Talents Soar


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Respect

Responsibility

Resilience

Rallying Together

Care Excellence

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Level Outcome for Orientation Years

A Resilient Achiever

Creative pupils who are self-directed

learners striving to do their best for

self, family, community & nation.

(School / Community / Nation)

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Hallmark of a Whitesandian

confident individuals with caring

hearts, creative minds and will

exude the qualities of being

responsible, respectful, caring

and able to rally together in

times of need and resilient in

times of adversities.


By the end for six years, our pupils will be

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Getting in Touch…

Emails:

• [email protected]



-may not receive a reply immediately – generally

will reply within 3 working days / urgent matters – call

the school


mailto:[email protected]

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Getting in Touch…

School Contact Details:

General Office Number: 6922 9100

Staff Room 1 Number (EMS/ML teachers): 6922 9124

Staff Room 2 Number (CL/TL teachers): 6922 9125

Mr Amos Sim: 6922 9122

Mrs Hariani: 6922 9121

• Pupil’s Handbook


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Getting in Touch…

Check pupils’ books and assignments

regularly.

Highlight issues or problems to teachers

e.g. health conditions , behavioural /learning difficulties and family situations.

Check pupils’ Handbook for

homework or notes from teacher

Pupil Management

Form


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Pupils Grooming

– School Uniform - Tuesday

– PE Attire (on PE and CCA Days)

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Attendance Matters

– If pupil is absent,

• an MC or Parent’s letter is required

Common Understanding


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Communication

Checking of pupils’ books and assignments regularly

and communicating or highlighting issues to teachers.

Check pupils’ Handbook for homework or notes from

teacher.

Books will be sent home for parents to check progress

on a monthly basis- please go through the worksheets

and acknowledge by signing them

Communicate with teachers if you do not receive your

child’s books to check on his progress


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ClassDojo

ClassDojo is a communication app for the classroom.

It facilitates a two-way communication between

teacher and parents.

Teachers will be using this app for important messages

on class, school matters and individual student

feedback.

Parents can respond, seek feedback or send concerns to the teacher directly.


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Teachers may not be able to respond to queries

immediately especially those that come in late in

the evening.

The app should not be used for asking about

homework etc. Students are encouraged to be

attentive and responsible to take note of homework

and instructions given in class.

General Guidelines for Use

of ClassDojo


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Letter on Summary of

Level Programmes

Objectives

• provide a consolidated information of programmes

and activities at the beginning of the term

• minimise parents receiving too many forms at various

points of time

• be easy on students who sometimes forget to show

parents and forms go missing

• one-time payment and collection of monies

Missing forms or notification can be retrieved from the school website.


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CURRICULUM

MATTERS


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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

o Listening and Viewing

o Reading and Viewing

o Speaking and Representing

o Writing and Representing

o Grammar

o Vocabulary

Areas of Language Learning


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STANDARD ENGLISH

o STELLAR Learning Sheets

o Companion Booklets

o Oral & Listening Comprehension booklet

o Situational Writing booklet

o Comprehension

o Cloze Passage

o Synthesis & Transformation

o Grammar Skills

o Composition

School-based Resources


Term 1(unweighted)

Term 2

(30%)

Term 3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Paper 1

(Writing)

Paper 2

(Language Use)

Paper 3

(Listening

Comprehension)

Paper 4

(Oral Communication)

Components to be tested

Paper Format - Standard EnglishPAPER COMPONENT

ITEM

TYPENO. OF ITEMS MARKS DURATION

1

(Writing)

Situational Writing OE 1 151 h 10 min

Continuous Writing OE 1 40

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(Language

Use)

Booklet A:

1 h 50 min

Grammar MCQ 10 10

Vocabulary MCQ 5 5

Vocabulary Cloze MCQ 5 5

Visual Text

Comprehension MCQ 8 8

Booklet B:

Grammar Cloze OE 10 10

Editing for Spelling

and GrammarOE 12 12

Comprehension

ClozeOE 15 15

Synthesis /

TransformationOE 5 10

Comprehension OE OE up to 10 20

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(Listening

Comprehension)

Listening

ComprehensionMCQ 20 20

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(Oral

Communication)

Reading Aloud OE 1 passage 10

Stimulus-based

ConversationOE 1 visual stimulus 20

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Topics to be Taught

STANDARD MATHEMATICSTerm 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Unit 1:

Whole Numbers

Unit 6:

Area of a TriangleUnit 9: Decimals

Unit 14:

Triangles

Unit 2: Operations

of Whole Numbers

Unit 7:

Ratio

Unit 10:

Percentage

Unit 15:

Quadrilaterals

Unit 3: Fractions

and Mixed

Numbers

Unit 8:

Volume of Cubes

and Cuboids

Unit 11:

Average

Unit 4:

Multiplication of

Whole Numbers,

Fractions and

Mixed Numbers

Unit 12:

Rate

Unit 5: Word

Problems:

Fractions

Unit 13:

Angles


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Topics to be Tested

STANDARD MATHEMATICS

Term 1

(0%)

Term 2

(30%)

Term 3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Units 1 – 5

P4 TopicsUnits 1 – 8 Units 1 – 13 Units 1 – 15


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Paper Format

STANDARD MATHEMATICS

PAPER BOOKLET ITEM TYPENO. OF

QUESTIONSMARKS DURATION

1

Booklet AMultiple-

Choice

10 10

1 hour5 10

Booklet B Short-Answer5 5

10 20

2

Short-Answer 5 10

1 h 30 minStructured /

Long-Answer12 45

The use of an approved scientific calculator is allowed in Paper 2.


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Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Water & Water CycleReproduction in

Plants The Unit of Life Transfer of Energy

Reproduction in

Plants

Reproduction in

Animals Electrical Systems Photosynthesis

Plant and Human

Systems

Conservation of

Electrical Energy

Topics to be Taught

STANDARD SCIENCE

Practice Papers will be assigned before each

formal assessment


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Standard Science Assessment

CA 1 – Readiness Test ( is not weighted ) but

SA 1, CA2 and SA 2 are weighted.

Topics to be tested in each term

will be shown in the next slide


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Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Matter Matter Heat & Temperature Magnets

Plant parts &

Functions

Plant parts &

FunctionsLight

Life Cycles of Plants &

Animals

Digestive System Digestive SystemWater & the changes

of State

Water & the changes

of State/Water Cycle

Water & the changes

of State

Water & the changes

of StateWater Cycle

Reproduction of

Plants

Water Cycle Water CycleReproduction in

Plants

Reproduction in

Humans

Reproduction of

Plants

Reproduction of

Plants

Reproduction in

Humans

Plant Transport

System

Reproduction in

Humans

Plant Transport

System

Air & Respiratory

System

Plant Transport

System

Air & Respiratory

SystemCirculatory System

Air & Respiratory

SystemCirculatory System The Unit of Life

Circulatory System The Unit of Life Electrical Systems

Electrical Systems Photosynthesis

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Paper Format

STANDARD SCIENCE


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P5

Readiness

Test


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What is it?

o A non-weighted test to:

• gauge pupils’ readiness level to face the

P5 demand and rigour

• identify learning gaps that may hinder the

progress of learning new concepts

o Replaces existing CA1 in Term 1

o Change implemented in 2017


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What Subjects will be

Tested?

All subjects (Standard and Foundation)

• English (Paper 2 only)

• Mathematics

• Science

• Mother Tongue (Paper 2 only)


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What Happens After

the Test?

o Pupils needing support to bridge the learning

gap will be identified.

o They will attend Banded Remediation lessons

in Term 2 to Term 4.

o Those who are not identified may choose to

take part in preparatory stage for selected

competitions.


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What is Banded

Remediation?

o Pupils are grouped according to their

areas for improvement and targeted

remediation will take place on Monday

and/or Tuesday afternoons (2.15 p.m. to

3.45 p.m.)

o A pupil may be scheduled to attend more

than one subject for remediation lesson.


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• This practice unlike past years where all pupils attend supplementary lessons

• Effort to monitor overall well-being of pupils

• Quality teaching and learning takes place during curriculum hours pupils not selected for remediation will not be disadvantaged in any way

*A detailed letter will be given to your child later in the term.

Banded RemediationWhite Sands Primary School

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• Generally, most students would move

up en- bloc to P6

• Those not performing, would have SBB

based on their P5 overall performance

at the end of the year

• School based decision

– Based on students’ aptitude and

performance in the four academic

subjects


Progression to Primary 6

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Progression to Primary 6

• The four academic subjects (English

Language, Math, Science and Mother

Tongue) carry equal weightage

• 2019, being the PSLE year and year of

merger, students’ overall well-being will be

our priority


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Admission to Secondary 1

2 ways of seeking admission into Secondary 1:

a) Sec 1 Posting Exercise

(refer to Secondary 1 Information

Booklet and Secondary Education

Booklet – normally given in October – a copy of 2017 available on MOE website)

b) Direct School Admission

(DSA)–Sec Exercise


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Direct School Admission (DSA)


DSA

allows students to seek admission to a secondary school on

the basis of talents and achievements that may not be

demonstrated at the Primary School Leaving Examination

(PSLE).

enables students to enter suitable academic and non-

academic programmes in Secondary Schools that can

develop the students in these areas.

Information is released normally in March – April at

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-

admissions/dsa-sec

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-admissions/dsa-sec

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Parent’s Role

Suggestions• Build a good child-parent relationship

• Avoid comparing your child’s performance with that of

others

• Link praise to effort, attitude or behaviour rather than the

result [“You did well due to your effort. Congrats”]

Academic resilience [ability to deal with academic setback &

challenges] plays a big part in whether child remains motivated

Straits Times 1 Jan 2014


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Parent’s Role

• Begin with end in mind (Stephen Covey)

• Inspire your child – Guide child on aspirations; which 3-4 secondary

schools

– What is the possible score required

– Plan how to achieve it

• Daily Study Time Table

– Interim targets to achieve in May; Aug/Sept; PSLE

Results

• Small increments


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Parent’s Role

• Travel the journey together

– Be present with your child

– Provide emotional and moral support

• Explore with child the different careers available :

www.myskillsfuture.sg


http://www.ecareers.sg/

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Useful Websites

• Parents in Education

http://parents-in-education.moe.gov.sg/

• Secondary School Education

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/



http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/


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Interaction Time


Hope you have had a fruitful session.

Looking forward to collaborating with you to

bring out the best in your child

Kindly complete the evaluation form via

http://tinyurl.com/spis2017


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SPECS 2018White Sands Primary School

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Feedback form

https://tinyurl.com/wspsSPECS2018


https://tinyurl.com/wspsSPECS2018

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School-Parent Engagement and Communication …...•gauge pupils’ readiness levelto face the P5 demand and rigour •identify learning gaps that may hinder the progress of learning