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School-Parent Engagement and Communication Session (SPECS)

P5 2018

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C4RE Class Teachers

•To deepen Teacher-Student-Relationship (TSR), all

Form Teachers and Co-Form Teachers are

henceforth known as C4RE (pronounced as Care)

Teachers, and will collaborate as a team to attend

to the students’ needs

•Each class will have two or three C4RE Teachers

and students can approach any of them should

they need guidance and assistance

White Sands Primary School

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Subject Teachers

Subject Teacher

English Language Mdm Bawany

Mathematics

ScienceMdm Nurul

Physical Education/ Health Education Mr Yeo

Social Studies Mrs Tang

Art and Craft Mrs Droze

Music Ms Yeong


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Objectives of SPECS

Foster

school-parent

collaboration

Share

expectations

of students

Seek support for

school initiatives and

activities


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The Impact of Parent Involvement

• Important for parents to be involved in their

children’s education

• Parents shape their children’s beliefs and attitudes

towards school and schoolwork

• The earlier and more direct parent’s involvement in

their child’s educational progress, the more positive

the impact on the child’s academic results and

experience of schoolwork.


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To Nurture Caring Hearts, Creative Minds

and Confident Individuals

Our Mission


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Our Vision

A Vibrant School of Choice where Character

Shines and Talents Soar


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Respect

Responsibility

Resilience

Rallying Together

Care Excellence

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Level Outcome for Orientation Years

A Resilient Achiever

Creative pupils who are self-directed

learners striving to do their best for

self, family, community & nation.

(School / Community / Nation)

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Hallmark of a Whitesandian

confident individuals with caring

hearts, creative minds and will

exude the qualities of being

responsible, respectful, caring

and able to rally together in

times of need and resilient in

times of adversities.


By the end for six years, our pupils will be

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Getting in Touch…

1. Through email:

•[email protected]



Please allow up to 3 working days for us to get back to

you.


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Getting in Touch…

2. Through telephone:

• General Office: 6922 9100

• Staff Room 1 (EMS/ML teachers): 6922 9124

• Staff Room 2 (CL/TL teachers): 6922 9125

3. Through Pupil’s Handbook


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Getting in Touch…

Let us know if your child has any of the following:

•A medical condition

•A learning difficulty

•Displayed a negative change in behaviour/attitude

•Anything else that is amiss about your child


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ClassDojo

ClassDojo is a communication app for the classroom.

It facilitates a two-way communication between

teacher and parents.

Teachers will be using this app for important messages

on class matters, school matters and/or individual

student feedback.

Parents can respond, seek feedback and/or send concerns to the teacher directly.


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Teachers may not be able to respond to queries

immediately, especially those that come in late in

the evening.

The app should not be used for asking about

homework etc. Students are expected to be

responsible in jotting down homework and other

important information in their handbook.

General Guidelines for Use

of ClassDojo


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Daily Routine

- Pre-assembly: 7.30am – 7.40am

Grooming

- PE attire to be worn only on days when there is PE /

CCA (Mon – Thu)

- Girls’ PE attire: PE t-shirt and school skirt

- School uniform should be worn every Friday

Attendance Matters

- Pupil to submit MC or letter of excuse to C4RE Teacher

upon returning to school

Common Understanding


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Letter on Summary of

Level Programmes

Objectives

•To provide consolidated information of programmes

and activities at the beginning of the term

•To reduce the number of letters/forms that parents

need to acknowledge upon receipt

•To ensure one-time payment and collection of monies

A softcopy of the letter can be viewed on the school website.


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CURRICULUM

MATTERS


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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

o Listening and Viewing

o Reading and Viewing

o Speaking and Representing

o Writing and Representing

o Grammar

o Vocabulary

Areas of Language Learning


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STANDARD ENGLISH

o STELLAR Learning Sheets

o Companion Booklets

o Oral & Listening Comprehension booklet

o Situational Writing booklet

o Comprehension

o Cloze Passage

o Synthesis & Transformation

o Grammar Skills

o Composition

School-based Resources


Term 1(unweighted)

Term 2

(30%)

Term 3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Paper 1

(Writing)

Paper 2

(Language Use)

Paper 3

(Listening

Comprehension)

Paper 4

(Oral Communication)

Components to be tested

Paper Format - Standard EnglishPAPER COMPONENT

ITEM

TYPENO. OF ITEMS MARKS DURATION

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(Writing)

Situational Writing OE 1 151 h 10 min

Continuous Writing OE 1 40

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(Language

Use)

Booklet A:

1 h 50 min

Grammar MCQ 10 10

Vocabulary MCQ 5 5

Vocabulary Cloze MCQ 5 5

Visual Text

Comprehension MCQ 8 8

Booklet B:

Grammar Cloze OE 10 10

Editing for Spelling

and GrammarOE 12 12

Comprehension

ClozeOE 15 15

Synthesis /

TransformationOE 5 10

Comprehension OE OE up to 10 20

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(Listening

Comprehension)

Listening

ComprehensionMCQ 20 20

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(Oral

Communication)

Reading Aloud OE 1 passage 10

Stimulus-based

ConversationOE 1 visual stimulus 20

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Topics to be Taught

STANDARD MATHEMATICSTerm 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Unit 1:

Whole Numbers

Unit 6:

Area of a TriangleUnit 9: Decimals

Unit 14:

Triangles

Unit 2: Operations

of Whole Numbers

Unit 7:

Ratio

Unit 10:

Percentage

Unit 15:

Quadrilaterals

Unit 3: Fractions

and Mixed

Numbers

Unit 8:

Volume of Cubes

and Cuboids

Unit 11:

Average

Unit 4:

Multiplication of

Whole Numbers,

Fractions and

Mixed Numbers

Unit 12:

Rate

Unit 5: Word

Problems:

Fractions

Unit 13:

Angles


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Topics to be Tested

STANDARD MATHEMATICS

Term 1

(0%)

Term 2

(30%)

Term 3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Units 1 – 5

P4 TopicsUnits 1 – 8 Units 1 – 13 Units 1 – 15


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Paper Format

STANDARD MATHEMATICS

PAPER BOOKLET ITEM TYPENO. OF

QUESTIONSMARKS DURATION

1

Booklet AMultiple-

Choice

10 10

1 hour5 10

Booklet B Short-Answer5 5

10 20

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Short-Answer 5 10

1 h 30 minStructured /

Long-Answer12 45

The use of an approved scientific calculator is allowed for Paper 2.


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Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Water & Water

Cycle

Reproduction in

Plants The Unit of Life

Transfer of

Energy

Reproduction in

Plants

Reproduction in

Animals Electrical

Systems Photosynthesis

Plant and Human

Systems

Conservation of

Electrical Energy

Topics to be Taught

STANDARD SCIENCE

Practice papers will be assigned to pupils before every formal

assessment.


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Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Matter Matter Heat & Temperature Magnets

Plant parts &

Functions

Plant parts &

FunctionsLight

Life Cycles of Plants &

Animals

Digestive System Digestive SystemWater & the changes

of State

Water & the changes

of State/Water Cycle

Water & the changes

of State

Water & the changes

of StateWater Cycle

Reproduction of

Plants

Water Cycle Water CycleReproduction in

Plants

Reproduction in

Humans

Reproduction of

Plants

Reproduction of

Plants

Reproduction in

Humans

Plant Transport

System

Reproduction in

Humans

Plant Transport

System

Air & Respiratory

System

Plant Transport

System

Air & Respiratory

SystemCirculatory System

Air & Respiratory

SystemCirculatory System The Unit of Life

Circulatory System The Unit of Life Electrical Systems

Electrical Systems Photosynthesis

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Paper Format

STANDARD SCIENCE


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P5

Readiness

Test


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What is it?

o A non-weighted test to:

• gauge pupils’ readiness level to face the P5

demand and rigour

• identify learning gaps that may hinder the progress

of learning new concepts

o Replaces existing CA1 in Term 1

o Change implemented in 2017


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What Subjects will be

Tested?

All subjects (Standard and Foundation)

• English (Paper 2 only)

• Mathematics

• Science

• Mother Tongue (Paper 2 only)


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What Happens After

the Test?

o Pupils who need extra support to bridge the learning gaps

will be identified.

o They will attend Banded Remediation lessons from Term 2

onwards.

o Those who are not identified may choose to take part in

preparatory stage for selected competitions.


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What is Banded

Remediation?

o Pupils will be grouped according to their areas for

improvement

o Targeted remediation will take place on Monday and/or

Tuesday afternoons (2.15 p.m. to 3.45 p.m.)

o A pupil may be scheduled to attend more than one

subject for remediation lessons.


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• Unlike past years where all pupils attend

supplementary lessons

• Effort to monitor overall well-being of pupils

• Quality teaching and learning take place during

curriculum hours pupils not selected for

remediation will not be disadvantaged in any way

*A detailed letter will be given to your child later in the term.

Banded RemediationWhite Sands Primary School

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• Generally, most students will move up en-bloc

to P6

• Those not performing would have SBB based

on their P5 overall performance at the end of

the year

• School based decision

– Based on students’ aptitude and

performance in the four academic subjects


Progression to Primary 6

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Progression to Primary 6

• The four academic subjects (English Language,

Math, Science and Mother Tongue) carry equal

weightage

• 2019, being the PSLE year and year of merger,

students’ overall well-being will be our priority


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Admission to Secondary 1

2 ways of seeking admission into Secondary 1:

a) Sec 1 Posting Exercise

(refer to Secondary 1 Information

Booklet and Secondary Education

Booklet – normally given in October – a copy of 2017 available on MOE website)

b) Direct School Admission

(DSA)–Sec Exercise


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Direct School Admission (DSA)


DSA

allows students to seek admission to a secondary school on

the basis of talents and achievements that may not be

demonstrated at the Primary School Leaving Examination

(PSLE).

enables students to enter suitable academic and non-

academic programmes in Secondary Schools that can

develop the students in these areas.

Information is released normally in March – April at

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-

admissions/dsa-sec

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-admissions/dsa-sec

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Parent’s Role

Suggestions• Build a good child-parent relationship

• Avoid comparing your child’s performance with that of

others

• Link praise to effort, attitude or behaviour rather than the

result [“You did well due to your effort. Congrats!”]

Academic resilience [ability to deal with academic setback &

challenges] plays a big part in whether child remains motivated

Straits Times 1 Jan 2014


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Parent’s Role

• Begin with end in mind (Stephen Covey)

• Inspire your child – Guide child on aspirations; which 3-4 secondary schools

– What is the possible score required

– Plan how to achieve it

• Daily Study Time Table

– Interim targets to achieve in May; Aug/Sept; PSLE Results

• Small increments


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Parent’s Role

• Travel the journey together

– Be present with your child

– Provide emotional and moral support

• Explore with child the different careers available :

www.myskillsfuture.sg


http://www.ecareers.sg/

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Useful Websites

• Parents in Education

http://parents-in-education.moe.gov.sg/

• Secondary School Education

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/



http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/


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Interaction Time


Hope you had a fruitful session.

Looking forward to collaborating with you to

bring out the best in your child!

Kindly complete the evaluation form via

http://tinyurl.com/spis2017


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Feedback form

https://tinyurl.com/wspsSPECS2018


https://tinyurl.com/wspsSPECS2018

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