Briefing by P1 Form Teachers
Tip 2: Practise Routines How parents can support: • Help your child develop good habits at home. E.g. packing school bag, checking their pencil case • Start by doing it with your child then let him/her show you • Praise your child for being responsible
Tip 2: Practise Routines • Some students forgot to bring their pencil case to school • Sometimes, they forgot to transfer to the pencil from their enrichment bag to school bag • Recommend that they use a different pencil case so it minimises the need to transfer the pencil case from one bag to another
Building Good Habits Pack their bags daily: • Bring only the necessary books to school – Student Handbook – Personal file for letters and homework – Storybooks (CL: Mon, Tues. EL: Wed to Fri) – Stationery – Waterbottle – Textbooks for lessons for the day • Look through personal files regular – Discard outdated letters • Keep school bags to below 3.5kg
Building Good Habits How parents can support: • Some students have been forgetting to bring storybooks • Allow your child access to storybooks from – home – National Library – exchange with cousins • Encourage your child to reread books (just like watching their favourite movies again and again)
Building Good Habits Habit of time management: • Taking note of the time • Know that learning can and should continue at home • Limit screen time and keep to it – Some students may continue on the mobile device wihout parents’ awareness – Affects children’s rest time • Include reflection time to inculcate mindfulness of their behaviour
Building Good Habits Good habits starts from young: • Dress smartly – Name tags should be sown under the school name – Uniform should be pressed – P.E. T-shirt to be tucked in at all times
Building Sense of Responsibility Start taking care of themselves: • Taking responsibility of their belongings – Bring their valuables with them for recess, P.E. lessons, going to special rooms – Bring the necessary books and learning materials to school and home
Building Sense of Responsibility Treat the school like their second home by: • Keeping their classroom and school environment clean and neat – Classroom and canteen duty, and spring cleaning – Pick up litters when they see one – Organise their tables neatly in between lessons • Involve your child in simple chores at home, e.g. bring the bowl to the sink, setting up the dining table
Building Sense of Responsibility Play their role as a child and a student by: • Being a serious learner – Understand that parents play their roles in taking care of the household – As a child and student, they do their best when learning – To be ready for the future
Building Sense of Care Build sense of care for the people around them by: • Treating others with respect – Be mindful of their words and tone of speech – With their kind acts • Remembering that their actions affect others – One’s action will cause inconvenience or hurt to others – Every mistake has a learning point
Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP) Develops Social Emotional Competencies Focuses on transition and making friends and managing oneself at the P1 Level
Other Publications
FTGP: P1 Lessons Some examples of the different themes covered: Self Awareness Introducing Myself Knowing my Likes & Dislikes Social Awareness Knowing my Teachers & Friends Relationship Management Making New Friends
SEAIP 1-1 Teacher conferencing session with students Focuses on helping students establish relationship with the teachers To better understand the students’ needs & aspirations
Character Development Programme – 大爱妈妈 • Volunteers inculcating values such as respect, filial piety, care for the environment, etc. • Tell meaningful stories and sing songs to engage the students
Reinforcing Habits and Values at Home • Remind your child to speak politely • Role-model courtesy : As adults, we also thank the children for the favours they do for us • Clearing up after meals • Lights out (for bed) latest by 10 p.m. • Keeping study area clean • Arrive punctually for family events and other occasions • Encourage your child to do their best and never give up
Others Matters to Highlight • FTs to customise according to issues in class. E.g. habit of borrowing money amongst students (slides can be found in YH folder), punctuality in handing in work/forms, etc. • Do share both positive and negative matters
English Language
1. Joy of Learning 2. Unit Coverage 3. Level Focuses 4. Level-Wide Strategies 5. Helping Your Child
Joy of Learning Valuing experience and group work Pre-writing activities for Learning Journeys MLEA Group activities
Joy of Learning Step Into Reading (SIR) Programme • To read extensively beyond STELLAR books • Graded readers that expose students to a variety of text types • Post-reading activities including oral discussions and journal writing
Unit Coverage Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Dan, the Flying Crocodile Tea I Want My The King’s Man Mum! Cake Mrs Wishy- The Hungry Mid-Autumn The Broken Washy Giant Festival Bangle Walking Ants in a Hurry The First Day Mr Gumpy’s through The of Hari Raya Outing Jungle To Town Dan’s Lost Hat Lazy Duck
Level Focuses Oracy Writing To speak confidently Develop writing by having eye contact, readiness and smiles and good penmanship posture Draw-Label-Caption To speak with strategy common sentence Construct sentences starters using Subject-Verb- Object structure
Level-Wide Strategies
Helping Your Child Reading and Listening Skills Set a reading routine for your child (e.g. 10 minutes of reading before bedtime) Read with your child often and ask questions to check understanding and build vocabulary. Involve your child in reading by getting them to retell, make prediction, give opinions on the characters’ actions, relate to personal or real-life experiences, etc. Read a variety of text types (e.g. storybooks, newspapers and magazines). Choose age-appropriate and interesting texts for reading.
Helping Your Child Taken from: https://www.tes.com/lessons/QrZ2Qfpj65lMRw/five-finger-rule
Helping Your Child Speaking Skills Create opportunities for your child to share his/her thoughts on various issues. Have frequent conversations with your child to widen their world knowledge. Practise speaking in front of an audience to raise confidence. Highlight the use of better vocabulary words to express ideas clearly. Encourage child to ask questions and provide reasons for their opinions.
Helping Your Child Writing Skills Guide your child in penning down his/her thoughts and ideas (e.g. diary). Make use of the words in the spelling lists in writing. Expose your child to good writing. Highlight good phrases and sentences used in model compositions. Guide your child in sentence construction using accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Helping Your Child Writing Skills Importance of Spelling Spelling supports reading and comprehension Proficient spelling aids fluent writing Spelling instruction can aid vocabulary development
Helping Your Child Writing Skills How can spelling be taught? Words with regular spelling Use phonemic awareness, letter knowledge and letter sounds. Match sounds to the letters/letter combinations which represent them. f i sh sh Start from base word un un + friend nd + ly ly
Helping Your Child Writing Skills How can spelling be taught? Words with irregular spelling Use multi-sensory techniques Look Observe the word Say Say each letter of the word and the word, while skywriting Cover er Without looking at the word, say the letters and word again Write Write the word Check ck Check if the word is spelt correctly
Helping Your Child Being ready for school every day! Train your child to follow the timetable and pack his/her school bag every day Ensure your child is equipped with necessary stationery and books: - sharpened pencils - quality erasers - ruler - storybook (for daily silent reading)
Mathematics
• Joy of Learning • Topical Coverage • Level Focus • School-Wide Strategy • Home Support
Joy of Learning • In our lessons, we design learning experiences to develop students’ appreciation for Mathematics. • We make the learning of Mathematics fun by engaging our students through a variety of activities like activity-based learning, ICT- Activity-Based infused lessons, group discussions and games. Learning • We also make the learning of Mathematics meaningful and relevant to students by making connections to real-world context. ICT-Infused Lessons Mastery through Games
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