Welcome to

Zhangde Primary School

P3 Classroom Briefing for Parents15 February 2020

P3 Form Teachers

Class Form Teachers

3 Graciousness Ms Poh Si Hui and Mr Ng Yeo Heng

3 Integrity Mr Andy Ho and Mdm Valli

3 Versatility Ms Habibah and Mr Tian Yuyuan

3 Empathy Ms Noornisha and Ms Evelyn Xu

3 Responsibility Ms Jolene Seah and Mdm Zhou Jin

3 Respect Ms Chen Weijie and Mdm Tey Siew Leng

3 Sincerity Ms Shermin Tay and Ms Leong Xiu YingTeachers’ email address can be found in this website: https://zhangdepri.moe.edu.sg/about-zps/our-staff/teaching-staff/

P3 School Experience Physical Intellectual Emotional Social

• Class Breakfast Time (Semesterly)

• SwimSafer• Zoo Camp

• Growth Mindset• Theatre Experience• Science Centre-

Fun with Animals• Madame Tussauds

& Images of Singapore

• Financial Literacy (Savings for Life)

• Circle Time• Class Letter Box

• Class Breakfast Time (Semesterly)

• Circle Time• Class Letter Box • Zoo Camp

Information for all other programmes will be provided timely through PG

For some of these programmes, we may need parent volunteers as

chaperones. Find out more details during the classroom engagement session.

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Level Schedule for After-school Activities

(Consent forms posted via

Parents’ Gateway – PG)

Monday (2 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.) Term 1: Mathematics Bridging (Selected)

Monday / Tuesday (2 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.) From Term 2: Academic Remediation

(Selected)

Wednesday (2 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.) Enrichment (Selected)

Monday (2.45 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.)

Tuesday & Wednesday (2 p.m. – 2.45 p.m.)

SDR (Selected)

Monday (2.45 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.)

Tuesday (2 p.m. – 2.45 p.m.)

RRP (Selected)

Thursday & Friday Self-help groups (Selected)

Monday to Friday(Refer to consent forms)

Extra CCA Training/Practice Sessions

(Selected)

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Attendance & Punctuality• Students are to be in school by 7.25 a.m. for the morning assembly.

• Students who arrive after 7.30 a.m. will be considered late and their names will be recorded

down. Students who are late 2 times in a week will be sent for detention. Every Friday,

1.30pm to 3pm.

• Update the form teachers when your child is going to be absent from school; this will allow

the teacher to prepare the necessary work to help your child when they return to school.

• Ensure that your child hands in reply slips / forms / homework / letter of excuse /

MC promptly.

School Uniform• Name tags are to be sewn on the school uniform.

• Hair must be neat. No styling, tinting or dyeing of hair.

• Fringes to be kept neat and above the eyebrows.

• Only PLAIN BLACK shoes are allowed.

• Only school socks are allowed. Ankle socks are not allowed.

• No dangling or multiple ear rings, only ear studs are to be worn for girls. No

nose studs.

• Refer to page 24 of the Student’s Handbook for more details and

photographs.

What if my child is absent…

• Please inform school/Form Teacher through telephone/ e-mail on

the day of absence.

• Try to complete whatever work missed and hand in as soon as

possible.

• Submit Medical Certificate/ Letter to Form Teacher upon return to

school.

Latest Coronavirus – Wuhan Virus

• Every Zhangderen has a part to play in practising good personal

hygiene, and keeping our classrooms and school compound clean, to

prevent a community spread.

• Measures taken by the school:

• Brief students on the coronavirus

• Students reporting directly to the classrooms

• Daily temperature taking

• Washing of hands before and after recess and snack time

• Reminding students not to share food/snack/water

• Go home directly after school, stay away from crowded areas

Together we can keep our School and Zhangderens Safe

Use of mobile phones…• Students are strongly discouraged from bringing mobile phones to

school.

• Any student caught using a mobile phone in class will have to

surrender the mobile phone to the teacher confiscated for safe-

keeping until a parent/guardian comes to school to retrieve it.

• School is not responsible for the loss of mobile phones.

(Refer to page 13 of Student’s Handbook for more details)

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Involve in your Child’s School Life

Calling for Parent Volunteers

Volunteer

• As PSG members – for ad-hoc or regular basis

(PSG application form: Download from School website or get hardcopies from General Office)

• Or on ad-hoc basis – one-off event or as chaperons (inform FTs)

Upcoming level events to volunteer

• E.g. Field trip to XXX (chaperon)

Please note that parent volunteers for the levels may not be assigned to their children’s classes though we will try to match where ever possible.

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Home-School

Partnership

Our children succeed when parents and schools work

hand in hand.

Posted on Parents Gateway on 13 January 2020

Partnering the School

1 Support a

healthy lifestyle

2 Knowing your child;

Developing your child;

Affirm your child

3 Keeping in

touch with the

school

Support a healthy lifestyle

Ensure your child has:

• Sufficient sleep

• A balanced diet

• Unstructured play

• Outdoor activities in the day

Knowing your child

• Work with your child’s teachers to understand his/herstrengths, interests and development in academicand non-academic areas.

• Ask your child’s teacher about his/her behaviour,what he/she enjoys doing, how he/she interacts withpeers, and overcomes challenges.

• Focus away from only his/her marks.

Developing your child

• Partner the school in the holistic development of your child

• Allow your child to attempt the homework on his/her own

• Encourage your child to approach the teacher if he/she needs help with homework

• Encourage your child to pack his/her own schoolbag and bring required items to school

Affirm your child

• Recognise small successes beyond academic results

• Praise the process, not the person

• Focus on the efforts, not the outcomes

Help your Child

• Monitor your child’s online activities

• Discuss with them about their Internet activities

• Create a conducive learning environment at home

Spend time chatting

• Empathise with your child’s emotions and understand his/her needs

• Talk about fond memories of your primary school days

• Ask about your child’s thoughts and feelings about school

• Discuss challenges and worries together

Keeping in touch with the School

• Maintain regular communication through official school channels

• Teachers are not obliged to share their personal phone numbers with parents

• Discuss with your child’s teacher what his/her preferred mode of communication is

• Contact teachers during school operating hours only, unless it is an emergency

The Student’s Handbook

The Student’s Handbook

The Student’s Handbook

Communication Channels

• Student’s Handbook

• Email

• Leave a message with the receptionist (School Tel. No.: 6274 0357)

• From The Principal’s Desk (Termly) – School Website

• Students’ Calendar (Termly) – Hard Copy & School Website

• School Website: http://www.zhangdepri.moe.edu.sg

• Parents Gateway (PG)

School Website - https://www.zhangdepri.moe.edu.sg/24

School Website - https://www.zhangdepri.moe.edu.sg/

Parents Gateway

Main communication platform for Zhangde Primary School.

Receive information

Give consent for school programmesand trips

Submit travel declaration

CURRICULUM

MATTERS

Weighted Assessment Weeks

Level English Mathematics Mother

Tongue

Science

Term 2 P3 Wk 7 Wk 9 Wk 8 Wk 8

Term 3 P3 Wk 6 Wk 9 Wk 9 Wk 8

There is no Semestral Assessment 1 in Term 2 for P3. This has been

replaced with weighted assessments in Term 2 and 3. The table below

shows the weeks during which the assessment will be conducted in 2020.

English Language

English Language

Teaching strategies – STELLAR

STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading

OSemester 1 – Lower Primary Strategies

OShared Book Approach (SBA), Modified Language Experience Approach (MLEA)

English Language

Teaching strategies – STELLAR

STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading

O Semester 2 – Upper Primary Strategies

O Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), Supported Reading (SR),

O Know - Want to know - Learnt (KWL), Retelling (RT),

O Language Activities and Sentence Manipulation,

O Writing Process Cycle (WPC)

Areas of Language Learning

• Listening and Viewing

• Speaking and Representing

• Reading and Viewing

• Writing and Representing

• Grammar

• Vocabulary

Format of Assessment

Component Weighting

Paper 1 – Composition 20 marks (20%)

Paper 2 –

Language Use and Comprehension

50 marks (50%)

Paper 3 –

Listening Comprehension

14 marks (14%)

Paper 4 – Oral Communication 16 marks (16%)

Total marks 100 marks

• Level Programmes

a) Read @ ZPS - Teachers will conduct activities based on

the magazine purchased in class

-Discovery Box, Storytime, Adventurebox

b) Story Telling (For selected students – Term 3)

c) Use of ICT Platform – Moo-O

d) School-based Dyslexia Remediation -SDR (For selected

students – whole year)

e) Reading Remediation Programme – RRP (For selected

students – whole year)

English Language

English Language

• School-Level Programmes (For all students)

a) Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading (USSR)

b) Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)

c) Languages Week

d) National Library Board(NLB) activities

Spelling

English spelling is conducted every week.

It is important that your child learns his/her spelling and dictation regularly.

There is a strong connection between spelling and reading and

between spelling and writing.

Reading

Research findings in applied linguistics and reading research

consistently show a strong correlation between reading

proficiency and academic success at all ages, from the primary

school right through to university level: students who read a

lot and who understand what they read usually attain good

grades.

Pretorius, E.

• Read with your child

• Role model reading for pleasure and for information

• Get your child to READ EXTENSIVELY

• e.g. story books, magazines, newspaper articles and other materials

• Borrow books from the school library or NLB

• Download E-books

• Discuss what you have read and encourage your child to share his/her personal opinions

What Parents Can Do to Help

What Parents Can Do to Help

• Provide exposure to listening, speaking, reading and writing opportunities and activities

• Encourage the use of dictionary to learn meaning of new words and how to use them appropriately in context

What Parents Can Do to Help

• Encourage your child to write journals and reviews on

books/articles to reflect on the reading

• Stimulate child’s interest – show your child that you

believe learning English is both enjoyable and useful in

your daily life.

• Converse with your child

• Ask 5W1H questions (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How) to encourage your child to express himself / herself

• Role model good listening by paying attention to what your child says

• Role model good pronunciation and speaking clearly and confidently

What Parents Can Do to Help

• Converse with your child

• Encourage your child to speak clearly and grammatically

• Encourage your child to speak Good Standard English

What Parents Can Do to Help

MATHEMATICS

Format of P3 Math Examination

Paper

Sections

Section A Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Section B Short Answer Questions (SAQ)

Section C Structured Long Answer Questions

(LAQ)

Total Marks 80

Total Time for Sections A, B and C: 1 h 45 min

Primary Three Mathematics Topics

Numbers up to 10 000

Addition and Subtraction of

Whole Numbers

Multiplication and Division of

Whole Numbers

Word Problems involving the

Four Operations

Money

Length

Mass

Volume

Bar Graphs

Fractions

Time

Angles

Perpendicular and Parallel Lines

Area and Perimeter

• Mathematics is learned by DOING problems. • Each topic / concept builds on the previous ones.• Ground the basics first and then move on to challenging

problems.• Ensure your child write the equations and show their

working. • Ensure your child master the basic skills, for example,

addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. • Develop Problem Solving strategies eg :

• Model Drawing• Guess and Check

How can you support your child?

• Practise everyday – have a daily routine• Your child must set aside at least 45 minutes to do

Mathematics daily.

• Ensure homework is completed and submitted punctually.

• If your child needs your help, lead him/her to understand the questions and guide him/her to solve the problems himself/herself. Do not do the questions for your child.

• Review the topics taught - have adequate and varied exposure.

How can you support your child?

• Have targeted practice based on your knowledge of your child’s areas for improvement complementing their school work.

• Ensure a good balance as too much/too often is likely to burn out even the most enthusiastic learner.

• Focus on effort and affirm every success.

• Inculcate good habits:

• Strive for accuracy

• Persisting

• Relate Mathematics to everyday life situations.

How can you support your child?

How can you support your child?

Use Mathematics with your child in daily life

In the supermarket, compare the prices of different packs of fruit to decide which pack offers the best value.

Give children the opportunity to handle money and receive change.

Give the child some pocket money and encourage him/her to budget how the money will be spent.

How can you support your child?

Encourage your child to give explanations

Have your child share his or her thinking aloud and talk about the strategies used to solve problems.

As children talk about their ideas and how they reach the solutions, they are learning to reason mathematically.

Prompt your child to think of other ways to solve problems.

Mathematics Programmes @

Zhangde

Math remedial lessons

Learn to solve problems using different heuristics

Math Trail

Math Activities / Games

Science

Welcome to the World of Science!

Format of Assessment

• Section A: Multiple-choice questions (MCQs)

• Section B: Open-ended questions

• Primary 3• Semestral Assessment: 80 marks

Topics in Science Lower Block

• Primary 3

• Living & Non-living Things

• Plants

• Animals

• Fungi & Bacteria

• Materials

• Magnets

• Plant Systems

Learning of Science in ZPS

Garden trail

Learning of Science in ZPS

Hands - On Activities

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

Learning the properties of magnets – P3

Science & Environment

Programmes

• Science Centre lessons in Terms 1 & 2

• Garden Trails

• P3 Camp at the Zoo

• Recycling Projects: • Newspapers, Ring tabs, Plastic bottles, Tetrapaks, Used pens,

Used correction tape holders, E-waste

• Environment Commemoration: • Environment Week, International Biodiversity Day

Expectations

• Revise Science lessons regularly

• Timetable supports regular revision

• Science WS filed & sent back home every term

• Parents to endorse & return files

• Science WB returned termly for revision

Role of Parents

• Trigger curiosity in the things around children by asking them questions

• Connect/Relate Science to the things around us

• Visit different places to experience & observe living & non-living things

• e.g. Botanical Gardens, Mount Faber, Science Centre, SEA Aquarium, Hort Park.

MOTHER TONGUE

LANGUAGE

Objectives of Learning MTL

Culture

• understand & develop their unique identity

through deeper appreciation of culture, traditions & history

Communication

• valuable skill for life

• bilinguals have a competitive edge

Connection

• able to connect with communities across Asia

Changes in Examination Format

from P2 to P3

Component P2 P3

Paper 1 – Composition

Paper 2 – Language Use &

Comprehension

Paper 3 – Oral

– Listening

Comprehension

No Examinations

15 marks (15%)

45 marks (45%)

30 marks (30%)

10 marks (10%)

MTL – Paper 1 (Composition)

• Picture Composition

(4 pictures)

• write at least 100 words

• helping words

MTL – Paper 3 (Oral)

Reading Aloud

• short passage about 100 words

Picture Description and Conversation

• Picture related to a theme – eg. family

E.g.

• 1. Talk about the picture. (Description)

• 2. Share one activity that you have done with your family.

(Conversation)

MTL – Paper 3 (LC)

Listening Comprehension

Picture matching

Three short text passages

1

Printed

Materials

TB, Activity Book, Reading Card, Picture Card

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ss

roo

mICT Resources Video, Audio, Song, Reading Material, Interactive

Game, Interactive Book

Games Tool

KitBoard Game, Grammar Card, ‘Values’ Card, Picture

Card

Printed

MaterialsSmall Book, Activity Book

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me

ICT Resources Interactive Game, Post-Reading

MTL P3 Teaching Resource

MTL ICT Resources

Web Address

CL https://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/MOE_web/main.html

MLhttps://tinta.moe.edu.sg/mekar/slot/u112/ecekap/index.html

TL http://sangamam.moe.edu.sg

• interest in MT experiences

• meaningful language games

• cultivate a reading habit

• read MT storybooks, newspapers, magazines

• watch quality MT languages television programmes dramas, news, documentary

• engage your child frequently in MT

Tips for Parents

ICT : Student Learning Space (SLS)

Username: XXXXX0000A

Student Learning Space (SLS)

First 5 letters of Name

Last 4 numbers of B/C

Last letter of B/C

What should you do if you have forgotten your SLS password ?

Use the ‘Forget Password ‘ function on SLS login page to reset your

password.

What should you do if your SLS account is locked?

Contact your class form teacher or subject teacher. Your teacher will

inform your school’s SLS administrator who is able to unlock your

account.

Student Learning Space (SLS)

Forgot your password?

ASSESSMENT

MATTERS

Assessment

Purpose:

(i) to measure students’ attainment and; report evidence of learning in different learning areas and;

(ii) to support students’ learning and classroom teaching.

Holistic Assessment at P3

• Bite-size forms of assessment such as topical tests,

short writing, reading and performance tasks to

provide your child with more opportunities to

experience success and build his/her confidence and

desire to learn.

Holistic Assessment at P3

• Teachers will also use a range of assessment strategies

such as questioning, giving of feedback, and peer- and

self-assessment to support your child’s learning.

• More details will be released nearer to the assessment

dates.

Attendance During Exams

• Attendance during exams is compulsory.

Exceptions:

• Provide an MC in order to get a Valid Reason (VR) for the exam. If a pupil is absent without an MC, the pupil will receive a zero mark.

• Passing away of relative, please provide the death certificate.

• Special cases/ emergencies, please inform Form Teacher at the earliest possible time.

P3 Gifted Education

Programme (GEP)

Primary 3

GEP Screening Exercise

19 August 2020 (Wednesday) during school hours

Tested in EL & Maths

All topics in P3 Mathematics syllabus

(except for the topics of Area & Perimeter, Geometry and Time)

Primary 3

Selection Exercise

20 & 21 October 2020 (Tuesday & Wednesday)

Only for shortlisted pupils

Tested in EL, Maths & General Ability

All topics in the P3 Mathematics syllabus

(except for Angles and Perpendicular and Parallel Lines in Geometry)

Please note:

The GEP Identification Exercise aims to identify suitable pupils with high

intellectual potential.

Test-preparation activities could inflate pupils’ scores and not reflect their

actual potential.

Pupils who are not ready to handle the intellectual rigor & demands of the

programme will struggle with the enriched curriculum.

This would put undue stress on the pupils, and may even cause them to

lose confidence & impact their self-esteem.

There is no need to prepare your child for this Screening Exercise.

Let’s

partner

together

in this

Learning

journey

For your

child.