Meet-the-Parents Session

3 February 2017

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UNITY….

I dreamt I stood in a studio,

And watched two sculptors there,

The clay they used was a young child’s mind,

And they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher – the tools she used,

Were books, music and art.

The other, a parent - working with a guiding hand,

And a gentle loving heart.

Day after day the teacher toiled

With a touch that was deft and sure.

While the parent labored by her side,

And polished and smoothed it o’er.

And when at last their task was done,

They were proud of what they had wrought.

For the things they had moulded into the child,

Could neither be sold nor bought.

And each agreed they would have failed

If each had worked alone.

For behind the parent stood the school,

And behind the teacher, the home.

~Author Unknown

Form Teachers

Rationale: to build rapport with

pupils on a personal & class level

1-to-1 conferencing by both Form

teachers

CLASS RULES 2017

•show respect to the Principal, Vice-Principals, all teachers,

fellow classmates, schoolmates & visitors.

•be attentive during lessons and ask questions politely to

clarify doubts.

•put in optimum effort in every given task.

•submit assignments on time.

•exercise self-discipline when the teacher is not in class.

•work independently and interdependently in groups.

•and

What are my expectations?

I want a class filled with………

happy and engaged learners

self-motivated learnersself-disciplined pupils

responsible pupils

helpful and respectful pupils

cooperative pupils

What are my expectations?

I want a class of pupils who . . .

are not afraid to fail

want to learn & succeed

are willing to go all the way

are not afraid to ask questions

work hard & play hard

believe in themselves!

Parents’ Role and Support

Monitor your child’s activities, revision and

homework

Encourage them to read widely and acquire a

reading habit. (Reading of newspaper)

Get them to share their targets with you and

review the targets when necessary.

Celebrate small successes!

1. Parents are to seek School Leaders’ permission

before taking their children out during school term and

curriculum hours. Parents are reminded that taking

children out of class during term time is detrimental to

their children’s learning and strongly discouraged.

2. For pupils returning to school after being on medical

leave, their medicate certificates (MC) must indicate

the duration that they are to refrain from participating in

physical activity. Parents/Guardians will need to remind

the doctors to indicate this information in the MC for PE

teachers’ follow up.

3. To inculcate responsibility and independence,

parents of P3 to P6 students are strongly

discouraged from delivering personal items

through the General Office or Security Posts.

4. Teachers can be contacted during the

weekdays between 7.30 a.m. and 6.00 p.m.

Teachers are not expected to respond beyond

the specified school operating hours. Queries

that come in after 6.00 p.m. will only be attended

to the next working day.

LET’S ENSURE HOLISTIC

DEVELOPMENT IN OUR

CHILDREN THROUGH

PHYSICAL

INTELLECTUAL

EMOTIONAL

SOCIAL

OUR CLASS’ FOCUS:

SELF-MOTIVATED SELF-DIRECTED

CONFIDENT STUDENTS

Summative

Assessments

Formative

Assessments

Review

Tests

Diagnostic

Tests

SA 1 SA2

PSLE

FAST Entry

Cards

Exit

Cards

Quizzes

Mock

Exams

PERSONAL ACTION PLAN

How To Set Targets?

* Look at your entry results (Pri 5 results) for all

subjects. Get the total and multiply by 0.725 to

get estimated T-score.

eg: EL: 75 Math: 66 Sci: 70 MT: 89

(75+66+70+89) x 0.725 = 210 (T-score)

* For pupils who are sitting for 3 subjects - get the

total then divide by 3 and multiply by 4 & then multiply

by 0.725 to get estimated T-score. eg:

EL: 79 Math: 75 Sci: 70

(79+75+70) divide by 3, x by 4 x 0.725 =

217 (T-score)

PSLE AGGREGATE SCORE

MY CHOICE SCHOOL

Review Test SA1 PRELIM

ENTRY TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT TARGET ACHIEVEMENT

ENGLISH

MATH

SCIENCE

MT

HMT

AGG SCORE

*HMT is not included for agg score

How is PSLE T-score calculated?

T= 50 + 10 (X-Y) / Z

where X is the pupil’s mark for the subject

Y is the average mark (mean) scored by

all the pupils

Z is the spread of the marks around the

average mark (standard deviation)

Motivational Programme Term 2

3 full-day workshops (22 to 24 March 2017)

8am – 5.30pm

Closing Ceremony – session with parents

on 24 March (Friday) at 6.30pm

to share about what pupils have gone

through during the camp & how to support the

pupils at home

1 follow-up session prior to PSLE

1.Strategic Reading – use of Fix Up Strategies &

reading symbols to aid comprehension of texts

2. Narrative Writing – use of articles, videos to

build content by themes

3. Oral Communication – 3E strategy - intensive

sessions prior to oral communication exam

KEY PROGRAMMES & APPROACH

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

4. What’s Up newspaper reading – email letter

to Editor / Reflection on articles to encourage

reading of current affairs

5. Situational Writing – use of authentic text

forms i.e. email, letter writing, postcard writing

KEY PROGRAMMES & APPROACH

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: AREAS OF CONCERN

Use of Fix Up strategies /Use contextual clues

Accuracy in punctuation & grammar – compo writing

Logical sequence in Content – compo writing

Clarity in Reading Aloud

1. Homework Book (MA1 to MA3) / Heuristics

worksheets (MA4 onwards)

2. Weekend Remediation Programme (WRP)

3. Morning Remediation Programme (All

mornings except Wed for selected pupils)

KEY PROGRAMMES & APPROACH

MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICS: AREAS OF CONCERN

Striving for Accuracy

Circling Keywords & Making Linkages

Clarity in the working shown

Challenging Word Problems

Strategies

Time Management

IBL LEARNING PACKAGES

FIELD TRIP

SCIENCE REVISION (Past year topics)

KEY PROGRAMMES & APPROACH

SCIENCE

SCIENCE:AREAS OF CONCERN

Revision of Past Years’ Concepts

Application of skills and concepts taught to

answer the question

Answering in the context of the question

Making linkages & circling keywords

CER – used when answering open-ended questions

CONCEPTS : 40%

APPLICATION

OF CONCEPTS :60%

Apply Concepts Think Aloud

Do it RIGHT the

first time!

Booklet A

30 questions 1 ½ minutes per

question (max)

45 minutes

Booklet B

14 questions 3 minutes per

question (max)

42 minutes

How much

time do I

have left?

18 minutes

Assessment : English/Mathematics/Science/MT

Weightage :

Review Test SA1 Prelim

0% 100% 100%

English Components

Components Marks

Oral 30

Listening Comprehension 20

Composition 40

Situational Writing 15

Booklet A 30

Booklet B 65

Total 200

Assessment: English Papers

Paper 1- 55 marks [1 hour 10 min)

- Situational Writing (15m)

- Composition (40m)

Paper 2 (Booklet A and B) – 95 marks [1h 50min)

- Grammar and Vocabulary

- Visual Text Compre

- Comprehension Cloze

- Vocab Cloze

- Grammar Cloze

- Editing

- Synthesis/ Transformation

- Comprehension Open-Ended

Assessment : Mathematics

Paper 1 (50 min)

Calculators not allowed.

Paper 2 (1h 40 min)

Calculators are allowed.

Booklet A Booklet B Short

Answer

Questions

Problem Sums

10 x 1m +

5 x 2m

=20m

10 x 1m +

5 x 2m

= 20m

5 x 2m =

10m

5 x 3m +

5 x 4m +

3 x 5m =50m

Assessment : Science

Booklet A

- 60 marks

- 30 MCQ questions (2 marks each)

Booklet B

- 40 marks

- 14 open-ended questions

- Topics from P3 – P6

- Thematic

Diversity, Cycles, Interactions, Systems and Energy

Total duration: 1h 45min

Assignments

- Homework policy : not more than 2 hours per

weekday and over the weekend for all

subjects.

- Pupils are to write in their handbook.

- Duration for each assignment will be given.

- Some will be given more time to complete.

- Those in competitive CCAs will be given extra

time if needed.

- What happens when my child forgets to do or

bring his/her homework?

Assignments

- Maths & Science teachers would be using the

Flipped Classroom technique to tackle some

topics

- Flipped Classroom involves the pupils

viewing a portion of the lesson via the internet

at home prior to the teaching of the topic; it

would not be more than half an hour.

- Trs would then continue to teach the rest of

the lesson in class. Pupils would also be able

to clarify parts which they did not understand.

Dates to remember …

Holiday Supplementary Classes

Period 1: 21 Jun (Wed) – 23 Jun (Fri)

Period 2 : 6 Sep (Wed) – 8 Sep (Fri)

TENTATIVE PSLE DATES

THURSDAY & FRIDAY

17 & 18 AUG 2017

ORAL EXAMINATIONS

FRIDAY

15 SEPT 2017

LISTENING

COMPREHENSION

28 SEPT TO 4 OCT 2017 WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS

Summary of Extra Classes

Tuesday

MT Remedial /

Supplementary

HMT Lesson

2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Wednesda

y

Heart to Heart 7.40 am to 7.55 am

Thursday

EL and Math

Remedial/

Supplementary

2.30 pm – 3.15 pm (EL)

3.15 pm – 4.00pm (Math)

Monday to

Friday

(except

Wed)

Morning Remedial 7.30 am to 7.55 am

Post – PSLE Programme

Learning Journeys

Interclass Games

MCCA

Secondary School Talks

Values-in-Action (VIA)

Holistic Development of Pupils

Modes of Communication

1st level – Handbook /email – Trs to reply

to parents’ emails within 3 working days.

2nd level – Phone Calls

3rd level – Meeting Appointments

Communication Day – Every Wednesday

Signing up on MCO

Connect

Need to re-connect if you have changed

phone or have not done so

Download the app on Google or

Play Store

User Type: Mother,

Father or guardian

Pupil’s ID: CKPSxxxxxZ (ckps

followed by last 5 digits of child’s

BC no and letter

Password: Default password is

Student01. However, most pupils

already changed their password

to their class. Please check with

child

School ID: CKPS

Parents’ Workshop 2017

18 February (Saturday)

English Workshop :

A Guide to Oral, Comprehension & Composition

(Expectations & Strategies)

P5 & 6 : 8.15am – 10.30am

MT workshop:

Use of Videos as Stimulus in Teaching of

Spoken Interaction Skills

P5 & P6 (CL/ML/TL): 10.45 am – 11.45am

Parents’ Workshop 2017

25 February (Saturday)

Science Workshop :

Striving Towards Excellence in Process Skills

P5 & 6 : 8.15am – 9.30am

Math workshop: Concurrent session (CHOOSE ONLY 1)

Teaching & Understanding of : Whole Numbers & Fractions

Teaching & Understanding of : Ratio & Percentage

Teaching & Understanding of : Visual & Non-Routine

Questions

P5 & P6 : 9.45 am – 11.15am