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Dear

4 July 2019

Dear Parents

Welcome back to School We start Term 3 with a fresh new look to our Punggol View Quarterly! We hope that

your child / children have had a meaningful June vacation spending quality time with

family and friends. We hope that they have also used their time wisely to catch up

on school work so that they are ready and recharged for the new semester. The

first semester has been an exciting one and we ended on a high note with the Parent-

Teacher-Child Conference on 29 and 30 May 2019. We thank you for your support.

As we gear up for another exciting semester, let us take stock of what has been and

will be happening in the school.

Parents Gateway

With effect from Term 3, all our notifications and consent forms will be posted via

Parents Gateway (PG). This is the also the first issue of the Punggol View Quarterly

posted on PG. To ensure that you are kept updated on what’s happening in the school,

please take time to read the Quarterly. Unlike the hardcopy version where you are

requested to acknowledge that you have noted the contents, the acknowledgement

via PG will automatically be captured once you open the notification. PG allows for

more convenient access for parents to all our school notifications and consent forms

at your fingertips. You can easily check past notifications and consent given through

the PG App. If you have children studying in different MOE schools, all their

notifications will also be consolidated into the PG app. Moving forward, MOE will be

adding more functionality into the PG app for your added convenience. For example,

with PG, you are able to make travel declarations conveniently for your children at

any time. If you have changed your contact number, you can also quickly update it in

PG under “Profile” and “Edit Contact Details”. Your new number will be automatically

updated into the school and MOE database!

Issue 3 (2019) PGVP/184/2019

PUNGGOL VIEW QUARTERLY

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Staff News Staff Movements:

The school bids farewell to our General Office staff, Mdm Alice Lee (Aunty Alice).

We would like to thank her for her invaluable contributions to the school and wish

her all the best in her future endeavours.

We also want to welcome the following staff into our PGVP family:

Miss Siti Zulaiha Amin Eilyaas (AED/Learning and Behavioral Support)

Mdm Sa’adiah Bte Ali (Operations Support Staff)

Mr Mohamed Fazil (Teacher)

Staff Achievements:

We are happy to announce that the following staff in our school has been promoted

to their next grade:

Miss Teo Yili Alison

(HOD PE/CCA)

Mdm Lim Hwee Li (SH CCE/VIA)

Mr Mohd Hizammuddin

Mdm Tan Huey Lin Linda

Mdm Noor Adzilah

Mdm Nurul Zawanah

Ms Teng Xiu Ying Agneta

Mdm Pang Teng Yen

Mdm Liu Xiao

Mdm Noraini Bte Aman

Ms Raihanah Bte Ali

Mdm Sarina Bte Sapari

Mdm Tan Li Hwa

Mr Mohamed Junaidy

Mdm Rokiah Bte Tilrahmat

Our heartiest congratulations to all the promotees.

Our Students’ Achievements

Raffles Science Olympiad 2019:

Three hundred and ninety six P5 students participated in Round 1 of the Raffles

Science Olympiad (RSO) organised by Raffles Institution on 26 April 2019, Friday.

We are pleased to announce that Aryan Koul of P5 Amethyst has emerged as a bronze

medalist in this year’s Olympiad.

National Wushu Tournament:

Our Wushu CCA did well in the recent National School Games. Congratulations to all

the winners on their achievements in the various categories.

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Class Name Category Achievement

6DI CHARLOTTE NG LETING

42-Style Taijiquan 1st

42 Style Taijijian 2nd

1st International

Spear 4th

5DI TRISTIN SIM YI ZHEN 5-Duan Broadsword 6th

3-Duan Changquan 19th

4EM HWEE YI ZE JAVEN 3-Duan Changquan 36th

6PE NAM KE NI 4-Duan Broadsword 10th

5EM ELVA SIOW (XIAO

WEIQIN) 4-Duan Broadsword 11th

4DI IREN SUN YUQIAO 4-Duan Broadsword 14th

4JA SIM KHIM YEW (SHEN

JINGYU) 4-Duan Broadsword 24th

4EM LIU YUTING 4-Duan Cudgel 9th

5RU FELICIA KOH AIQI 4-Duan Cudgel 13th

5OP JOVANKA LOH SUQIN 4-Duan Cudgel 21st

5DI CHAO YI HSUAN 4-Duan Spear 13th

6DI SIEW HUI EN SHANNON 4-Duan Spear 13th

5DI LEE RE ANN 4-Duan Sword 2nd

6AM YEO YING XUAN 4-Duan Sword 5th

5DI REILLY XAVIER KEE YUE

FENG 4-Duan Sword 24th

5DI SHARLEEN NUR ILYANA

BTE JAILANI 5-Duan Broadsword 4th

6DI HWEE SHI XUAN ELISA 5-Duan Broadsword 10th

5EM CHOO JUN XI JOVAN 5-Duan Sword 9th

Rugby Nationals:

Our senior rugby boys did our school proud by coming in 3rd position in the Rugby

Tier 2 tournament. Kudos to the team for demonstrating determination and

resilience throughout the tournament.

Class Team members

6AM JAVIER TOH JUN LIN

6AM JAYDEN TOH JUN YAN

6DI ARMANSYAH BIN JUMANI

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Class Team members

6EM SEAN HENG

6EM RAGHAVAN ASHWATTHAMA

6EM WEI HUAIJIN ANDREW

6JA AARYAN ESHAN BIN ESMAIL

6JA LIE ZHONG LIN RYAN

6JA TAN JING XIANG

6OP AMIR RASHID

6OP MUHAMMAD HAZIQ BIN NORASZAMAN

6PE MUHAMMAD FARIZ RASYDAN

6PE HAAFIQ BIN HIRMAN SHAH

6PE MUHAMMAD HAKIM BIN MOHD ZAID

SYF Art Exhibition 2019:

The following students achieved commendable results in the SYF 2019 Art

Exhibition, Artist and Citizenship. Their artwork, entitled “Hand in Hand – Together

We Stand” has also been selected to be showcased at the opening ceremony of the

SYF Art Exhibition at the National Museum on 5 July 2019.

Class Name of student artists

1AM NG JING HAN

1DI REYAZ BASSIL BIN MUHAMMAD YUSOF

1EM SAERIUS ASANTE LWA

1PE DAANYA ELIZA BINTE MUHAMMAD ERWIN

1RU KRISHANTH S/0 KUMARAN

2AM BERNICE LI ZHILE

2AM LUM KEI HO

2AM SEAR CHEN YI NICHOLE

2PE TAN KAI XI JOVAN

2TO XU LEMIN NATALIE

Young Artists’ Club (YAC):

We are also proud to announce that the individual artworks by Amanda Yap Zhi Jun

and Wong Yi Xuan, both from P5 Amethyst, have been shortlisted to be in the top

20 in the Punggol Digital District “The Future of Education” Hoarding Design

Competition organised by the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)!

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Managing Internet Use While some students may have used the internet to

complement their school work, for example, doing

research online, time spent on the internet must still

be monitored closely. We need the support of parents

to reinforce good online habits and heighten cyber

wellness awareness to your children. We have also

uploaded some tips on managing internet use onto our

website and Facebook page in June. Do take a look.

Parents can encourage your children to be responsible digital users using the

following model:

Sense Identify possible risks of harmful online behaviours and learn

how to protect themselves.

Think Analyse, evaluate and reflect on the online situation based on the

3 CW guiding principles.

Act Translate understanding into actions so as to be safe and have a

positive online presence.

For more guides & tips, resources and useful links to help you to reinforce cyber

wellness education at home, visit https://ictconnection.moe.edu.sg/cyber-

wellness/for-parents

Instilling Social Responsibility through Community (VIA)

In May 2019, we sent out a letter (PGVP/145/2019) to encourage all our students

to serve our community needs beyond the school. We hope that this initiative has

inspired you and your family to think of ways to give back to the community. We

are heartened to note that parents have contributed much time and effort into

voluntary work with the whole family. This is an excellent platform for parents to

role model school values and promote family bonding. We are heartened to hear

many great ideas some parents have shared. We look forward to hearing more

from you about the ways in which you have used this platform.

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Do note that when your child offers his/her service beyond school, please ask the

organisation for a letter of acknowledgement, giving a simple description of the

service and the duration of the service provided. In this way, his/her service

learning will be acknowledged and recorded into our school system.

Upcoming Events in Term 3

Please refer to the attached Calendar of Events for a summary of our Term 3 school

activities. In the meantime, we want to highlight some of the events to you below.

Racial Harmony Day 2019:

The school will be commemorating Racial Harmony Day (RHD) on Friday, 19 July 2019.

The theme for this year’s celebration is “The Singapore Connection”. As we

commemorate Singapore’s bicentennial, we reflect on our shared experiences and

values that have connected us as Singaporeans and consider how we can empower our

younger generation to remain open and inclusive even as our society becomes

increasingly complex. On this day, our students will reflect on and celebrate

Singapore as a harmonious society built on a rich diversity of cultures. RHD serves

as a reminder that promoting social cohesion and racial harmony requires

collaborative efforts from each and every one of us thus we should appreciate the

different cultures that make up Singapore.

National Education (NE) Show 2019 – Celebrating Singapore’s 54th Birthday:

The National Day Parade (NDP) is an annual national ceremony held on 9 August to

commemorate and celebrate Singapore’s independence. The theme for the National

Day Parade (NDP) 2019 is “Our Singapore”. The theme commemorates our Singapore

Bicentennial and allows us to tell Our Singapore story from past to present. “Our”

emphasises the collective ownership of Singapore. We are living the dreams of our

pioneers, and we are now the pioneers of our future. To provide a unifying experience

and to help students understand the significance of our National Day, all our P5

students will attend the annual NE Show. This year, our P5 students will attend the

NE Show on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at The Padang. (A separate notification will

be issued nearer the date to elaborate on the confirmed schedule for the event).

For more information on NDP2019, please log on to https://www.ndp.org.sg

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National Day 2019 Observance Ceremony / Lower Primary Games Day:

The school will be commemorating National Day on Thursday, 8 August 2019, with a

National Day Observance Ceremony, classroom activities and a concert. The P1 and

P2 students will be having their Lower Primary Games Day. School curriculum hours

for 8 August 2019 will be from 7.30am – 10.30am. For P3-P6 students, classroom

activities / lessons will resume after the Observance Ceremony. A schedule will be

sent out nearer to the date of the event. Kindly make your own transport

arrangement to facilitate the earlier dismissal timing.

We want to allow students to celebrate Singapore’s birthday by coming dressed in

red to signify the unity of the Singapore spirit. As such, all students are encouraged

to come to school in a red t-shirt / 2019 P5 Camp T-Shirt and school shorts with

school shoes. Otherwise, they can also report in their PE attire.

PSLE and Examination related matters:

Support for P6 students

Please refer to the calendar attached for the schedule of the P6 Preliminary

Examination. During this last lap, our school will be adopting a whole school approach

to support our P6 students to achieve their learning potential. We will be continuing

and intensifying our R3 support sessions for our P6 students. We look forward to

your continued partnership to support your child’s well-being at home. Let us work

together to help ensure your child’s success in the PSLE.

School closure for PSLE

Our second batch of P6 students will be taking the PSLE this year. The school will

be closed on the PSLE Oral Examination (OE) days on Thu, 15 Aug and Fri, 16 Aug as

well as the PSLE Listening Comprehension (LC) Examination on Fri, 20 September.

Therefore, P1-P5 students do not need to report to school on those 3 days.

Student Care Centre operating hours during PSLE OE and LC

The Student Care Centre will be open from 1pm - 7pm during these 3 days. Kindly

note that apart from the P6 students, all other students will not be allowed into

the school before 1pm.

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Absence from Examinations

Please note that if your child is absent for any paper or subject during the school

examinations, his/her absence will need to be supported with a Medical Certificate

from the doctor. We appeal to parents to exercise personal responsibility to refrain

from sending your child to school if he/she is unwell or has been certified by a doctor

to be unfit for school. A child who is unwell will also not perform at his/her best.

Rest assured that once your child returns to school, the subject teacher will make

arrangements for him/her to sit for the paper for the purpose of revision and

practice. The teacher will mark the paper and give your child feedback on his/her

performance. The marks for the paper will not be included in the overall results at

the end of the year.

Teachers’ Day Celebration:

Teachers’ Day falls on Friday 6 September 2019 and the school will celebrate

Teachers’ Day on Thursday 5 September. Students will be dismissed at 11 am.

Please make your own transport arrangement to facilitate the earlier dismissal

timing. We want to encourage students who want to show their gratitude by creating

their own gifts for their teachers (e.g. notes, letters, cards or crafts). We seek

your understanding not to give expensive teachers’ day presents as it will be difficult

for teachers to accept such gifts.

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations in school:

The Mid-Autumn is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated in Singapore. In PGVP, we

organise our annual Mid-Autumn Festival celebration to allow our students from other

ethnic groups to be immersed and engaged in the experience as well. This is part of

our school’s efforts to allow our students to appreciate Singapore’s diverse cultural

heritage. Our annual celebration is enhanced through our partnership with parents and

the community to set up many interesting booths and activities to engage our students

for a deep and rich learning experience. Traditionally our celebration takes place in

the evening. This year, as mid-autumn falls during the September holidays, our school

celebration will be held during curriculum hours on Wednesday, 4 September 2019. All

students will have an opportunity to celebrate and experience this event during their

Mother Tongue periods.

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Class Allocation for 2020

Since 2018, PGVP has been making efforts to align our class allocation guidelines to

the School Based Assessment structure. Our Class Allocation guideline aims to:

strengthen holistic development, self-discovery and engaged learning,

better customise the teaching to a similar profile of learners in the class,

increase social diversity in the classrooms by having mixed progress groupings,

foster peer relations across different progress groups and reduce the

perceived stakes of examination and

preserve class identity by not regrouping the students at the end of each level.

Further revisions will be made to the 2020 Class Allocation guideline and details will

be made available in Term 4.

Parent Engagement for P4 Level (Revised PSLE Scoring 2021)

As have been shared during our P4 Parents Briefing on 13 March 2019, the current

P4 batch (2019) will be the first batch to experience the revised PSLE Scoring

system in 2021. To provide you with the necessary information and guidance on this

matter, the school will be continuing to engage P4 parents by providing timely

updates through our school notifications. Do keep a lookout for more information to

come your way in due time.

Safety and Security in the School

Drive-through car decal:

As part of good security practice, we request that parents who need to drive into

the school to pick up / drop off your children to kindly display your drive-through

decal on your vehicle windscreen. This will minimize the disruption of security guards

having to constantly stop you for checks. We have also requested parents who drive

to pick up their children from SCC to display the drive-through labels. For such

parents of SCC children who are picking up your children before 5pm, please call to

arrange with the SCC before-hand so that they can get your child ready at the

appointed time. Thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation.

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Road Safety:

We need to remind our students to be alert when they cross the road. They have

been reminded to practise the kerb-drill. Do help to reinforce good road safety

habits with your children when they are using the roads.

Arrival/Dismissal:

We have received feedback that the pathway leading to back gate gets congested

during dismissal. We are looking into the matter and seek your understanding and

patience in the meantime. We have also received feedback that the footpath outside

our Punggol Place gate (beside the bus-stop) gets congested during morning arrival

and dismissal periods. We seek your understanding not to obstruct the footpath as

far as possible when you are sending or fetching your children from school.

Looking forward to working closely with you for the holistic development of every

child in PGVP.

Yours in partnership,

Mdm Sharifah Samirah

Vice Principal

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Term 3 Calendar of Events

Day / Date Level Subject Remark(s)

Mon, 1 Jul P1 - P6 Hari Raya

Celebration Assembly Programme

Thu, 4 Jul P1 - P6 Temperature

Taking Exercise

Please refer to

PGVP/183/2019 dated

27 June.

Mon, 8 Jul School

Holiday Youth Day

School is closed but the

General Office and Student

Care Centre are open.

Tue, 9 Jul P1 - P6 Health Promotion

Month School-based activities.

Tue, 9 Jul P3 EM,

JA, PE

P3 OEL to Punggol

Treelodge

Please refer to letter

PGVP/162/2019 dated

27 May.

Fri, 12 Jul

P4 & P6 NAPFA Retest – 5

stations A letter will be issued duly.

P3 AM,

DI, OP

P3 OEL to Punggol

Treelodge

Please refer to letter

PGVP/162/2019 dated

27 May.

P1 parents

and

students

Reading under the

Stars Programme

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Sat, 13 Jul P5 NE Show

Please refer to letter

PGVP/166/2019 dated

27 May.

Mon, 15 Jul P4 & P6 NAPFA Retest –

1.6 km

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

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Day / Date Level Subject Remark(s)

Mon, 15 Jul –

Fri, 26 Jul P1 – P6

Mother Tongue

Languages

Fortnight

Activities conducted during

MT Lessons

Fri, 19 Jul P1 - P6 Racial Harmony

Observance Recess activities.

Mon, 22 Jul -

Tue, 23 Jul P6

Prelim Oral

EL & MTL

After curriculum hours.

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Fri, 26 Jul P4 AM,

DI, EM P4 Road Safety

Programme

A notification will be posted

on PG. (PGVP/173/2019

dated 15 July) Mon, 29 Jul P4 JA, OP,

PE

Wed, 31 Jul P6

Prelim Listening

Comprehension

EL & MTL

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Thu, 8 Aug P1 - P6 National Day

Celebration

School will end at 10.30am.

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Thu, 8 Aug P1 - P2 Lower Primary

Games Day

School will end at 10.30am.

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Fri, 9 Aug Public

Holiday National Day

Mon, 12 Aug

Public

Holiday

(in lieu)

Hari Raya Haji

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Day / Date Level Subject Remark(s)

Thu, 15 Aug

– Fri, 16 Aug P6

PSLE Oral

EL & MTL

School is closed for PSLE.

P1-P5 students need not

report to school.

Student Care Centre (SCC)

will be open from 1.00pm to

7.00pm. SCC students are

to report no earlier than

1.00pm.

Mon, 19 Aug

P6

Prelim – English

Language

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Tue, 20 Aug Prelim –

Mathematics

Wed, 21 Aug Prelim – Mother

Tongue Languages

Thu, 22 Aug Prelim – Science

Fri, 23 Aug

Prelim – Higher

Mother Tongue

Languages

Fri, 23 Aug P3 P3 GEP Screening

Exercise

Please refer to letter

PGVP/116/2019 dated

29 Mar.

Wed, 4 Sep P1 - P6

Mid-Autumn

Festival

Celebration

Within curriculum.

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Thu, 5 Sep P1 - P6

Last day of

Term 3

Teachers’ Day

Celebration

School dismissal is at

11.00am.

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Day / Date Level Subject Remark(s)

Please refrain from planning

a family holiday trip during

term time.

Fri, 6 Sep School

Holiday Teachers’ Day

School and Student Care

Centre are closed.

General Office is open.

Wed, 11 Sep

- Fri, 13 Sep P6

Supplementary

classes from

8.00am to 1.30pm.

A notification will be duly

posted on PG.

Sat, 7 Sep -

Sun, 15 Sep P1 to P6 School Holidays

Please register your child’s

travel plan(s) via the PG

App. (Refer to

PGVP/159/2019 dated 23

May).

Student Care Centre will be

open from 7.30am to

7.00pm from Monday to

Friday.

Mon, 16 Sep P1 to P6 First Day of

Term 4

Students are to assemble at

the respective venues by

7.25am. Curriculum starts

at 7.30am.