Primary 1 (2018)

Orientation

Pre-Briefing Slides

Learn with Passion . Serve with Compassion . Lead with Vision

Programme Outline

Time Activity Venue

8.45 am Parents and students to be seated inthe MPH (Multi-Purpose Hall)

MPH on level 4

9.00 am Principal’s Address to 2018 Primary 1students

MPH on level 4

9.15 am Start of School Concert MPH on level 4

9.40 am Students to go to their classrooms foractivities and school tour

Parents to remain in MPH for briefing

MPH on level 4

10.30 am –12.30 pm

Document Completion: A release cardwill be issued to parents upondocument completion.

Classrooms on level 5

Time Activity Venue

11.30 am –12.30 pm

Tour of the school (optional)

Starting point is at MPH.

MPH on Level 4

11.00 am –12.30 pm

Parents to pick up their children from the respective P1classrooms. Parents will need to produce the releasecards in order to pick up their children from theirclassrooms.

P1 classrooms on

Levels 2 and 3

10.30 am –

2.00 pm

• Sale of textbooks

• Sale of school uniforms

• Booking of school transport service

• Parent Support Group (PSG) Recruitment

• Enrolment for weekend enrichment classes

and Student Care Centre

• Sale of RS60 Commemorative Stamps

P2 Empathetic (Level 1)

ISH (Level 1)

Programme Outline

P1 Classes* in 2018

P1 EmpatheticP1 Observant

P1 ReliableP1 Thoughtful

P1 MagnanimousP1 Trustworthy

P1 AffableP1 Dextrous

P1 InnovativeP1 Appreciative

Total number of students enrolled in P1 (2018): 300

* Please note that the assignment of your child’s P1 class at the P1

Orientation is a tentative one, and it may be subjected to changes

when the school reopens in Term 1, 2018.

Venue for Documentation

Child’s Class Venue for Documentation (Level 5)

P1 Innovative P5 Innovative (Dx5-03)

P1 Affable P4 Trustworthy (Dx5-02)

P1 Magnanimous P5 Magnanimous (Dx5-01)

P1 Reliable P5 Reliable (D5-01)

P1 Empathetic P5 Excellent (D5-02)

P1 Appreciative P5 Affable (D5-05)

P1 Dextrous P4 Reliable (E5-01)

P1 Trustworthy P4 Empathetic (E5-02)

P1 Thoughtful P4 Appreciative (E5-03)

P1 Observant P4 Dextrous (E5-04)

Learn With Passion

Serve With Compassion

Lead With Vision

Our Vision

Maximising potential

through the development

of Mind, Body and Soul

Our Mission

Integrity

Care

GrAtitude

Respect and Resilience

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Our Values

Ready to Serve

Our School Motto

• 2014 theme: Together, we can make a difference!

• 2015 theme: We are Part of Something Larger

• 2016 theme: Appreciate, Affirm, Aspire

2017 & 2018 theme:

I-CARE about Learning with Passion

School Theme

Primary 1 (2018)

Orientation Important

Administrative

Information

Learn with Passion . Serve with Compassion . Lead with Vision

Financial Assistance

MOE believes in building an inclusive

education system and providing equal

opportunities for all to access quality

educational experience. MOE and the school

thus provides financial assistance under the

various schemes and funds to help financially

needy Singaporean students meet basic

schooling expenses and access to other

resources and programmes to support their

holistic development.

1)Ministry of Education Financial Assistance Scheme

(MOE FAS)Eligible Income Criteria: ≤ $2,500 Gross Monthly Household

Income or ≤ $625 Per Capital Income

2) School Meals ProgrammeStudents on the MOE FAS will receive subsidies of $2 per

meal for seven meals per school week. Application for meal

subsidies is not required.

3) IDA’a NEU PC PlusStudents from low-income households can apply for IDA’s

NEU PC Plus Programme to own a new computer at a

subsidised price. For more information, please refer to

https://www.imda.gov.sg/neupc.

Financial Assistance

4) School-based Financial Assistance Scheme (SAC

FAS)

Eligible Income Criteria: ≤ $3,000 Gross Monthly

Household Income or ≤ $750 Per Capital Income.

5) MOE Opportunity Fund (MOE OF)

Singaporean students who are eligible for and have

successfully applied for MOE FAS or School-based FAS

would also receive subsidy from MOE OF in their access to

ICT, Overseas Learning Trips, Enrichment Programmes and

Good Books Reading Pack.

Financial Assistance

Benefits MOE FAS SAC FAS

Standard miscellaneous fees $6.50

Waived Fully subsidised

Textbooks & school attire Fully Subsidised Fully Subsidised

Transport:1) School Bus2) Public transport

50% subsidy$120 transport credit per year

N.A

School Meals Programme Meals coupons provided N.A

Enrichment Programmes

Subsidies will be provided under the MOE Opportunity Fund. MOE FAS and SAC FAS students automatically qualify for the subsidies.

Access to ICT

Overseas Learning Trip

Reading Packs & resources

Financial Assistance

Financial Assistance

• Forms for MOE FAS can be obtained from the MOE website https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/financial-assistance/moe-financial-assistance-scheme-(fas) or from the General Office.

• Forms for School-based FAS can also beobtained from the General Office.

Mother Tongue Language (MTL)

• To promote bilingualism, the MTL policy requires allstudents who are Singaporeans or Singapore PRs to studytheir respective official MTL - Chinese, Malay and Tamil*.

• The MTL provides opportunities for students to beacquainted with their heritage, strengthens their valuesand sense of cultural belonging, instilling in them a senseof rootedness.

*A non-Tamil Indian student may choose to take (a) Tamil or (b) aNon-Tamil Indian Language (NTIL) such as Hindi and Punjabi. NTILlessons are conducted by the NTIL community groups on Sat morningsat designated schools. A list of these schools can be found on theBTTSAL’s website at http://bttsal.com/index.php/centres. All studentstaking NTIL should attend the weekend lessons at these centres in thedesignated schools.

Opting for Mother Tongue

Language (MTL)

• Default allocation of MTL is based on the raceof the student’s father.

• Parents will need to apply if they would liketheir child to study a different MTL.

• To apply, approach the school general officefor an application form.

Registration at school-based

Student Care Centre (SCC)

• Registration forms are available at the SCCCounter (Level 1, ISH Indoor Sports Hall) andthe General Office.

• Submit your registration forms by Friday, 10Nov 2017 to be given priority in placement.

• There will be a briefing for parents whosechildren are enrolled in the SCC on Sat, 25Nov 2017, 9.30 am to 12 pm.

School Dental Service

• Provides free basic dental services in the school dental clinics

• Enrol your child in the SchoolDental Programme

• Parent must give consent beforeyour child receive the services(more details will be providedon giving your consent usingyour Singpass login)

Name Tags (Uniform)

• Please ensure that the name on the name tagis your child’s official name (that appears onhis/her BC)

• A maximum of 15 characters including space

• Need not have full name if it is longer than 15characters

• The name tag order form will be given to youduring the documentation later. Please let thestaff certify on the form before submitting it touniform supplier.

Name Tags (Uniform)

E.g. Name on BC: Tan En Lin Adeline

Adeline Tan

E.g. Name as of BC: Tan En Lin

Adeline Tan

Tan E L

Tan En Lin

E.g. Nurul Atiqah Binte Mohammed Razali

Nurul Atiqah

First Three Days of School

There will be briefings and talks for P1 parents during the 1st 3 days of school. You will also get to see your child purchase food at the canteen with his/her buddy during recess.

You may gather around the designated perimeter of the school canteen during your child’s recess.

However, please do not move beyond the designated area in the canteen.

• Mode of operation: Single-session mode

• Reporting Time : 7.30 am

• Reporting Venue : Indoor Sports Hall (ISH)

(Level 1)

• Dismissal Time : 1.30 pm

1st Day of School

1st Day of School

• If your child is suddenly not well in school,his/her Form Teacher or the General Office(G.O.) will call you.

• For the safety of our students, no child will beallowed to go home on their own.

• A release note will be given to parent/guardian,who comes to pick up the unwell child, to passto the security guard.

1st Day of School

• Temporary Name Tag

- To be pinned on child’s uniform

- Provide your contact details

- Indicate mode of transport for dismissal

Student Care Centre

School Bus Number ___

Parents’ Pick-Up (car)

Gate ___ (1, 6 or 7)

Front

Back

Weekly Timetable

Period Time Mon and Tue Wed Thu and Fri

1 0730 – 0800

2 0800 – 0830

3 0830 – 0900

4 0900 – 0930

5 0930 – 1000

6 1000 – 1030 Recess Recess Recess

7 1030 – 1100

8 1100 – 1130

9 1130 – 1200

10 1200 – 1230Lesson + Break

Lesson (Dismissal at

12.30 pm)Lesson + Break

11 1230 – 1300

12 1300 – 1330

Dropping off/ picking up of child and car

parking

Dropping off/ Picking up of child and Parking

Parents fetching their children on foot• You will be allowed to enter the school and

wait at the parents wait area near Gates 1, 6and 7 after 1.15 pm (12.15 pm on Wed).

Parents who are driving to school• You can park your car at HDB public carparks

near the school and meet your child at Gates1, 6 and 7; or

• Drive into the school after 1.45 pm (12.45 pmon Wed) via Gate 2 and pick your child upfrom drop-off/ pick-up point B1.

Parent Access Passes

• Parents will be issued 2 Parent AccessPasses.

• Parents or guardians entering the schoolwill have to display the passes clearly.

• The passes allow access to the Parents Wait Area, the G.O., Bookshop and Dental Clinic.

• For access to all other areas in the school, parents will need to report to the G.O. first.

2018

Opening hours: 6.00 am to 6.00 pm

Designated Walkway at Gate 1

Opening hours: 7.00 am to 7.30 am

1.15 pm to 2.15 pm (Except Wed)

12.15 pm to 1.15 pm (Wed)

Gate 6 (Facing Blk 506A)

Opening hours: 6.40 am to 7.30 am

1.15 pm to 2.15 pm(Except Wed)

12.15 pm to 1.15 pm (Wed)

3.30 pm to 5.15 pm(Except Wed)

Gate 7 (Opens to Blk 535A)

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY AT SCHOOLEVENTS/ PUBLICATION OF STUDENTS’ WORK

We would like to inform you that photographs/videos ofstudents/parents taken at all school events by the official schoolphotographers may be published on the school’s official mediaplatforms (e.g. newsletters, school website or similar platforms)and used for briefings, workshops and other educational purposes.

The school may publish photographs, videos and students’work/achievements together with the names of the students fromtime to time. Please notify the school in writing if you do not wishto grant such permission.

THANK YOU

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