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Jurong West Primary School

Primary 1 Briefing cum Orientation

20 November 2015

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1. School Vision, Mission and Core Values

2. Single Session, Reporting Time, Dismissal Time and Point

3. Arrangement for the first two days of school

4. Miscellaneous Fees

5. Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)

6. Consolidated Bills

7. Healthy Meals and School Bag

8. Purchase of School Uniform and PE attire

9. ALP and LLP

10. Communication with You

11. PERI HA Briefing

12. PSG

13. Key Personnel

14. Questions and Answers (Q & A)

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Agenda

• Excellence in Attitude (Having high expectations of ourselves and giving

our best, leading to excellence in action)

• Excellence in Life (Achieving to the best of our abilities through a fun

and enjoyable journey)

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Vision

• To develop a CONFIDENT person (believe in oneself),

• an active CONTRIBUTOR (always giving selflessly),

• a CONCERNED citizen (a caring individual who is

socially responsible, cultivates a healthy lifestyle, putting

nation before self) and

• a CONSCIENTIOUS learner (thirst for knowledge and

love for learning).

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Mission

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Core Values

R.I.S.E Respect people / environment

Integrity do the right thing / loyalty to

class/school/ family /country

Self-discipline resilience / self-directed/ self-

control

Excellence excellence in attitude /

excellence in action

• P1 to P6 will be in the same session.

• Reporting time will be the same for all

levels but dismissal time differs for the

different levels.

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Single Session

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Reporting &

Dismissal Time for

Primary 1 DAY Reporting Time Dismissal Time

Monday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.

Tuesday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.

Wednesday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.

Thursday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.

Friday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 3.45 p.m.

Reporting to School

• The school gantry will be opened daily

from 7.10 a.m. to 7.40 a.m.

• Teachers will carry out their safety and

security duties daily at 7.10 a.m. onwards.

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Driving to School

• You can drive into the school to drop off

your child

• Please do not park along the main road

• Gantry close at 7:40 a.m.

• Parents are to fetch their children from Side

Gate (Basketball court).

• Please fetch your child punctually.

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Dismissal Point

• Parents may accompany your child into the school

compound at 7.40 a.m. but do not follow your child

to the hall and classrooms.

• Parents are allowed to observe your child during

recess from the perimeter of the canteen

from10.15 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.

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Arrangement for the first 2 days:

4th Jan (Mon) & 5th Jan (Tues)

• $13 per month for Singapore Citizens

(Standard fee of $6.50 and second-tier fee

of $6.50).

• For PRs, please refer to the letter pertaining

to School Fees for details.

• Standard fee – Encourage to make payment

via GIRO.

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Miscellaneous Fees

• Deductions via GIRO are made between 26

& 27 of each month from February to

December.

• Second-tier can be deducted from the

child’s Edusave A/C for Singapore Citizens

if you tick the ‘Yes’ box in Part 1A of the

GIRO form.

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Miscellaneous Fees

• MOE provides financial assistance to

needy Singaporean students in

Government and Government-Aided

schools.

• Eligibility:

– Gross household income of $2,500 and

below, OR

– Per capita income of $625 or less

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MOE Financial Assistance

Scheme (FAS)

• Successful applicants will receive:

– Free textbooks

– 2 sets of uniform, PE attire & school

socks

– 1 pair of school shoes

– Subsidised fare for public transport

or school bus

– Free meal valued at $1.50 per day

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MOE Financial Assistance

Scheme (FAS)

E-Meal System for FAS pupils

- Pupil EZ-link card is used to identify FAS

pupils only (no money stored or deducted)

- Tap the card at canteen stall to redeem the

food daily

- $1.50 per day

- Un-used money is not carried forward

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MOE Financial Assistance

Scheme (FAS)

• Application form is available from the

General Office.

• For parents applying for FAS, please do

not make any purchases from the school

vendors before you are advised on the

application outcome.

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MOE Financial Assistance

Scheme (FAS)

School based FAS

• JWPS provides additional meal support for

FAS and needy students

– Tuesday to Friday

– $1.50

• valid after 12 noon, for students to have lunch at

the canteen

• Un-used money is not carried forward

Other FAS Schemes

• ST School Pocket Money Fund

– $60 per month

• Back to School Pack

• Please visit the Whispering Hearts booth

for more details

• Part of school efforts to improve its

administrative operation to reduce the

frequency of monetary collections and

time involved in the collection for both

parents and school staff.

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Consolidated Bills

• Parents will receive one consolidated

bill for their child, to streamline and

consolidate the collection of payments for

all enrichment programmes, CCAs and

other learning resources required your

child throughout the year.

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Consolidated Bills

Healthy Meal

• School canteen will serve healthy meal

from 2016

• Set meals only (2 types per day)

– Main course + vegetable + fruit

• Price

– $1.00

– $1.50

– $1.80

School Bag

• Please do not overload your child

• Help your child pack the bag and ensure

that the bag is not too heavy

• Locker outside each class for your child to

keep books and stuff not needed at home

– It is advisable not to bring them home

• Please purchase 2 sets of School

Uniform and 3 sets of PE Attire.

• Take note of the house colour of your

child before buying his/her PE attire.

• Pupils can report to school in the PE

attire on days when they have PE or PAL

lessons.

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Purchase of School Uniform

and PE Attire

• All P1 pupils will be given a set of 6 name

tags.

• You can place order for additional name

tags, directly from the uniform supplier, if

required.

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Name Tags

Applied Learning Programme (ALP)

Art of Communication for Personal

Excellence

Level Programme

P2 Choral Reading

P3 Readers’ Theatre

P4 Story-Telling

P5 Public Speaking

Learning for Life Programme (LLP)

Experiential Learning of Lifeskills

for Personal Excellence

Level Programme

P1 Outdoor Education & Sports Education

P2 Outdoor Education & Sports Education

P3 Outdoor Education & Sports Education

(Swimming)

P4 Outdoor Experiential Learning (Camp) &

Sports Education

P5 Outdoor Experiential Learning

(Overseas/Sentosa Learning Journey)

No textbook

STELLAR (STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading)

The Big Books (Story Books)

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English Language

SNAAPP (School Notification & Attendance APP)

• Application for Download – iPhone, iPAD : AppStore

– Android : Google Play

• Google Chrome browser on PC

• Communication between school to parent for letter/notification/consent etc.

• Refer to the handout for instructions to download and register your child

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Communication with You

Besides Snaapp, you can contact us:

• Email

jwps@moe.edu.sg

• Phone

6793 3419

• Come to our office

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Communication with You

PERI HA Briefing

• The briefing will be held for all P1 parents.

Date : 4th Jan 2016 (first day of school)

Day : Monday

Time : 8.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.

Venue : School Hall

Invitation to join

PSG

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Parents Support Group

(PSG)

KEY PERSONNEL

Designation Name

Vice-Principal (Academic) Mdm Chua Mui Ling

Vice-Principal (Admin) Mr Lim Chin Guan

Administration Manager (AM) Mdm Idayu

Operation Manager (OM) Mr Jason Wong

School Staff Developer (SSD) Ms Tay Siew Hwee

HOD English Ms Rena Tan

SH English Mdm Tan Mei Ching

KEY PERSONNEL

Designation Name

HOD Mathematics Mrs Jerica Koh

SH Mathematics Ms Wai Lai May

HOD Science Mdm Patricia Goh

SH Science Ms Chong Siew Hui

HOD Mother Tongue Ms Wong Sheau Yun

SH Malay / Tamil Mr Jasni

LH CL Mdm Pua Chia Wei

KEY PERSONNEL

Designation Name

HOD PE/CCA Mr Lau Ban Hwee

SH CCA (Covering) Mr Daryl Ong Wei Loon

SH Aesthetics Ms Lau Chin Yong

SH ICT Ms Carol Cheong

HOD CCE Ms Norizham

SH CCE Mdm Nor Hazilah

Assistant Year Head Mrs Sophia Ow Yong

P1 Level Manager

•Mrs Sophia Ow Yong (Assistant Year Head)

Form Teachers

Class Form Teachers

1A Mdm Noorwanie

1B Mrs Syafrein

1C Mdm Toh Hong Yee

1D Mdm Doris Ng

1E Mdm Siti Hawa

1F Mdm Dina Kharismawati

1G Mdm Ameenal

1H Mrs Farihin

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For feedback/suggestions, please email to the school directly at

jwps@moe.edu.sg

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