Meet-the-Teacher

Class Briefing - Primary 418 January 2020

Outline

Class Matters

Curriculum Programmes & Activities

Co-Curriculum Programmes & Activities

Class Matters

Communication Modes

• Student Handbook• E-mails • Phone calls (School Number : 64663787)• Parents Gateway Mobile App• Teacher-Parent Conferencing (28 May, Thursday & 29 May, Friday)• Update us if there are any changes in your contact (address, mobile,

home numbers) or family arrangements• School information & announcement via School website –

www.peihwapresbyterianpri.moe.edu.sg

Download Parents Gateway Mobile Appa. Open the Apple App Store or Google Play Store app on your mobile

phone.b. Search for the ‘Parents Gateway’ mobile app, or scan the QR code below. c. Download and install the app onto your phone.d. Enable ‘Allow Notifications’ to receive push notifications.

Note: Supported OS Versions – Android 5.0 or later & iOS 9.1 or later

Tap on “Log in

with SingPass”

Log in with

SingPass (2FA)

Tap on “Retrieve” to

retrieve your child’s

information

Tap on “Done” to

complete on-boarding

You should your child’s

school announcement or

activities (if any)

Cultivate

Grit Reflectiveness Open-Mindedness

Wonderment & Curiosity

Cultivate Learning Dispositions

• Set routines at home• Stay on task and manage distraction• Not afraid to try and accept failures as part of learning process• Show humility in learning• Ask relevant questions to clarify ideas

• Be Organized• Read Actively (Both Chinese and English books)• Punctuality in handing in work• Tidy work/ good handwriting and neatness

Parent’s Support• Home supervision

- Checking of homework / Parent’s signature- Check pupil’s handbook for assignments- Monitoring of pupil’s time spent at home.- Set regular study hours/encourage your child to read

• Conducive environment at home- Switch off music/TV- Supervise the use of mobile and electronics devices- Motivate and praise your child

Our Children’s Well-Being Matters

Family Time is important …• for fostering strong family

bonds to support your child’scharacter development

• to be involved in your child’slearning experiences to help himor her develop social andemotional skills

• for encouraging your child tohave confidence and buildresilience

https://tinyurl.com/resil-boosters

Giving our children S.P.A.C.Eto build resilience

Further Resources

https://www.schoolbag.sghttps://go.gov.sg/sel-res-for-parents

Curriculum Programmes &

Activities

Primary 4

Assessment Plan

Weighted assessments (WA) for the differentsubjects will be carried out within a given timeframe during curriculum time.

Level Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4Primary 4 - 30% (SA1) 10% (WA) 60% (SA2)

Subject Based Banding

https://beta.moe.gov.sg/primary/curriculum/subject-based-banding/

P5 Cohort Promotion

The students would be promotedenbloc from P5 (2021) to P6 (2022).

Co-Curriculum Programmes &

Activities

Primary 4

Character and Citizenship Ed. No Programme

Character Programme

1 Form Teacher Guidance Period – FTGP & One-to-One Interaction

2 Chinese Language CCE lessons

3 Christian Values Education (CVE)

4 School-based CCE Programme- School Values Assembly Talk- School Values Lessons- Termly Values Individual and Class Award

Citizenship Programme

5 National Education (NE) Commemorative Events- Total Defence Day, International Friendship Day, Racial Harmony Day, National Day

6 NE Learning Journey- National Museum of Singapore

7 Social Studies Curriculum

Learning Experiences

8 Values-in-Action Programme

PHPPS NESS Learning Journeys Cluster Primary Theme Place

Discovering Self and Immediate Environment

1 Knowing Myself, Others and My Surroundings

Neighbourhood Walk

2 Coming Together as a Nation National Orchid Garden

Understanding Singapore in the

Past and Present

3 Understanding Singapore’s environment and challenges

Sustainable Singapore Gallery

4 Understanding Our Past National Museum of Singapore

Appreciating Singapore, the Region and the

World We Live in

5 Part 1: Understanding Singapore’s Development as a Nation

Part 2: Understanding SEA’s diversity and interconnectedness

P5 NE ShowNEWater Visitor

Centre

6 Understanding features and legacies of Civilizations

Little IndiaChinatown

PHPPS VIA Progressive Plan Domain Primary Theme Title

Self 1 I Can Take Care of Myself I am a Responsible Kid

Peer 2 I Am A Caring Friend I am a Caring Buddy

School 3 Let’s Adopt A Corner in School Happy School

Community 4 Let’s Reach Out to the Community

Lending Our Hands

Nation 5 We Love Singapore Think Green, Go Green

Nation 6 We Are Contributing Singaporeans

We Can Play Our Part

Amount of

teacher guidance

Student initiation

and ownership

P1-P6: Use Our Hands’ Day in each term to keep the school environment clean and conducive for learning

National Physical Fitness Award (NAPFA)

• Fitness testing tool that will be taught in the Physical Health and Fitness content

• Learn about the various test items in the NAPFA and how they can be used to measure and evaluate the different components of health and skills related fitness

• All Primary 4 and 6 who do not have medical conditions that impede their participation in PE and NAPFA are required to take the NAPFA test.

Sports Education

Test ItemsTest Items Test for

Inclined Pull-ups Upper body muscular strength and endurance

Sit-ups Abdominal muscular strength and endurance

4 x 10m Shuttle-Run Speed, agility and coordination

Standing Broad Jump

Lower body muscular power

Sit & Reach Forward trunk flexibility (lower back and legs)

Run-Walk: 1.6km Cardiovascular endurance

How can you help your child at home?Test Items Test for

Inclined Pull-ups Dips, wall push-upsSit-ups Planks, Leg Raises, Sit-ups, Crunches4 x 10m Shuttle-Run Running to a line and picking something up

with the right technique

Dips

Planks

Leg

Raise

30 sec

How can you help your child at home?Test Items Test for

Standing Broad Jump

Squats, Calf Raise, Tuck Jumps

Sit & Reach Stretching (morning reach, hamstring, calves, inner thigh)

Run-Walk: 1.6km Running, jogging continuously

Calf

Raise

Tuck Jump Hamstring

Stretch

Internationalisation Programme (Primary 5)

- China (Beijing, Shanghai and other cities)

- Co payment (with subsidies from school)

- 6 days trip (4 full days of local school immersion)

Internationalisation Programme (Primary 5)

Application forms will be given out in Semester 2 in P4

Eligibility Criteria:- FTs’ recommendations (supported by Subjects

Teachers’ inputs)- Students’ Conduct

Looking forward to your partnership in educating your child to bring out his/her best.

THANK YOU