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Briefing for Parents of
P6 Pupils
21 January 2014
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Overview of Briefing
• School-parent partnership
• HGS Vision, Mission, Values
• How HGS is supporting P6 pupils
• How parents can support the school’s efforts
• Understanding the computation of the PSLE T-
score and aggregate score
• Choosing secondary schools and Direct School
Admission
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School-Parent Partnership
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HGS Partnership Framework
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Why does HGS value
school-parent partnership?
• Our philosophy:
– Parents are our partners.
– A meaningful collaboration with our parents
supports our students’ holistic development.
• Partnership goals: realisation of the HGS vision
and mission, achievement of student-centric,
values-driven education
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Principles of Partnership
• Trust
• Respect
• Pupil-centred focus
• Shared responsibility
• Shared goals and values
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How HGS
Involves Parents As
Partners in Education
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1) School-Parent Communication
• HGS keeps parents informed of
– School expectations, programmes & activities
E.g. letters, Briefing for Parents, emails
– Child’s progress, behaviour and well-being
E.g. phone calls from teachers, Parent-Child-Teacher
Conferencing Session (post SA1)
• Channels of communication for parents: e.g. email,
student handbook, phone call
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2) Support for Learning
• HGS provides information to parents and
equips them on how to support their child’s
learning, e.g.
– Curriculum Briefings (P1-6)
– Back to School Day for Parents of P1 Pupils
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HGS in the 21st Century
• Vision: Leaders of character striving for
excellence in a vibrant school
• Mission: To develop self-directed learners and
critical and creative thinkers who lead and
serve with integrity and compassion
• Values: Integrity, Commitment, Concern,
Cooperation and Creativity
• Motto: Knowledge is Power
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HGS Education
• Values-based, student-centric
• Engaging, rigorous, innovative
• Prepares our pupils for the test of life, not a
life of tests
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• Gracious,
• Resilient,
• Articulate,
• Civic-minded, Confident, Creative, and
• Expressive
• HGS pupils are well-regarded and sought after
by secondary schools.
Leaders of Character
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How HGS is supporting P6 pupils’
learning and social-emotional
well-being
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P6 – does it have to be
stressful year?P6 pupils’ worries:
•“My parents will be upset if
– I don’t get the aggregate score they expect
– I don’t get into the school they want me to go to”
•“Will I be successful in life if I don’t go to
[“brand-name”] school?”
•“If I don’t do well for PSLE, does it mean I am a
failure?”
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Our School’s Response
• Pupils are held to high expectations of work
attitude and behaviour
– We expect them to work hard and give of their
best.
• Unconditional love, support and acceptance
– We value every pupil for who she is, not her
achievements.
– We will be proud of all pupils who exemplify the
school vision, mission, values and motto.
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Our School’s Response
• Creating a memorable P6 year for our pupils –
life still goes on!
– PE, Art and Music
– CCAs
– Events to look forward to: Sports Day, National
Education Core Events, National Day, Teachers’
Day, Children’s Day, Graduation Day
– Integrated Project Work, learning journeys and
other post-exam activities
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Our School’s Response
• Re-defining Success
– 1. a successful personal life: healthy, meaningful
relationships with family and friends
– 2. a successful school life: improvement and
growth, being the best that you can be;
– 3. the good that you leave behind: how do you
want your friends and teachers to remember you?
Have you done something positive and
meaningful for others?
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How HGS is Supporting
Your Child’s Learning for PSLE
• Learning packages designed by our key
personnel and teachers
• Subject banding and smaller group teaching
for pupils who need more support for Maths
and Science
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How HGS is Supporting
Your Child’s Learning for PSLE
• Remedial lessons – a more focused
approach; importance of pacing
– EL, Maths & Science remedial lessons on Wed
and Fri
– MT supplementary lessons on Thurs
• Stretch Programmes: Maths Magic, Science Sense
and Let’s Achieve (EL)
• Talent development: Maths and Science D3T2 /
Olympiad training
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How HGS is Supporting
Your Child’s Learning for PSLE
• Focus Study Camp
– March, June & Sept holidays*
*Dates will be issued in P6 calendar
• Practice papers, PSLE booklet, mock tests
– Gradual increase in number and frequency,
especially from June holidays onwards
– Amount of work assigned may not be uniform
across all classes
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How HGS is Supporting
Your Child’s Learning for PSLE
•SPaCES - School Provides a Conducive
Environment for Study (Mon-Fri)
– After-school study programme
– Supervised by staff and parent volunteers
– Peer tutoring by alumni who are now in TKGS
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How HGS is Supporting P6 Pupils’
Social-Emotional Well-Being
•Form Teacher Guidance Period and pupil
journals
•Motivational Talks by school leaders
•Rapport building sessions with Full-time School
Counsellor
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How parents can support the
school’s efforts
• Take an interest in your child’s schoolwork
– Ask: “What homework do you have today?”
– Check the student handbook & homework file
– Look through your child’s homework:
• Are the answers neat and clearly-presented?
• Are the corrections done?
• What are the teachers’ comments?
• What are the kinds of errors that my child
tends to make?
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How parents can support the
school’s efforts
• Reinforce the school’s expectations of the
quality of work expected (PSLE standards:
rigour and neat presentation), e.g.
– Maths captions and answer statements with the
correct units
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How parents can support the
school’s efforts • Set high but realistic expectations
• Unconditional love, acceptance and support
• Resilience building
– Your children may find the work demanding
and may feel discouraged;
– Provide moral support, but don’t molly-
coddle
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How parents can support
the school’s efforts
• Provide a conducive environment for
study and for the attempt of practice
papers within the prescribed time
• Pupils’ attendance, punctuality
• ** Monitor your child’s use of social
media and Whatsapp
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How parents can support
the school’s efforts
• Pacing – analogy: running a marathon,
not a sprint
• **Trust the teachers: check with the
teachers and understand their
perspective
• HGS manages pupils’ workload through
its homework policy
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How Parents can Support
School Efforts
•HGS does not expect parents to provide
private tuition
–School provides a range of
programmes to stretch all pupils
–Teachers will coach pupils who need
additional help
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How Parents can Support
School Efforts
•However, if parents do engage tutors,
–Schoolwork and practice papers take
priority over homework assigned by
the tutor
–Tutors should complement the
school’s efforts
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How Parents can Support
School Efforts
• What happens if your child doesn’t know how
to do her homework or practice paper?
– Do not do the homework for the child
– Guide your child and ask her questions
– If you or the tutor provided assistance, indicate
next to the answer, ‘Guided by Parent / Tutor’
– This will enable teachers to know what your child
can or cannot do
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Choosing Secondary Schools
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Choosing Secondary Schools• Choose schools that are a good ‘fit’ for
your child (her strengths, interests, disposition)
• What to consider
– school culture
– school niches and programmes
– school’s PSLE cut-off point
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Choosing Secondary Schools:
Sources of Information• MOE’s School Information Service
– http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_index.a
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• Secondary school websites
• Secondary school Open House events
• Secondary school roadshows at HGS
• Secondary school information booklets (distributed Sept-Oct)
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Choosing Secondary Schools• Please do not hesitate to consult school
leaders, key personnel and teachers regarding choice of secondary schools
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Direct School Admission
– Sec Exercise• participating secondary schools have
flexibility to select a percentage of their students for admission via their own selection criteria
• selection criteria can include diverse academic and non-academic achievements and talents
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Direct School Admission
– Sec Exercise• secondary schools participating in the DSA-Sec Exercise
include
– Specialised Independent Schools (SIS)
– schools offering an integrated programme (IP
Schools),
– independent schools (IS)
– autonomous schools (AS) and
– schools with niche programmes approved by MOE
(Niche Schools)
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/
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Direct School Admission
– Sec Exercise• Specialised independent schools that
admit pupils entirely or almost entirely through DSA
– NUS High School of Maths and Science
– School of the Arts (SOTA)
– School of Science and Technology
– Singapore Sports School
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Direct School Admission
– Sec Exercise• From now onwards: info gathering stage; DSA
schools to publish selection criteria on websites
• June-August: Selection tests / camps /
interviews and outcome of selection
• October: If selected, student submits preference
for up to 3 DSA schools
• November: Student collects result of DSA school
allocated together with PSLE results
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HGS Support for Pupils
Applying via DSA
• Letters of recommendation by teachers
• Pupil achievement records
• Advice on portfolio presentation
• Mock interviews conducted by school leaders
**Please give us sufficient advance notice to
support our pupils.
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Supporting your child
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How to Support Your Child
• Take care of her holistic well-being
– Adequate rest and exercise and a balanced diet � a more alert mind and healthy body
• Unconditional love and acceptance
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How to Support Your Child
•Believe in her
•Encourage and Affirm your child – catch her
doing right, accentuate the positive
•Make time for your child
•BEAM more, compare and criticize less
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Thank You
Haig Girls’ School
Established in 1951
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