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P1 Orientation Day

15 November 2018

Mrs Wang-Tan Sun Sun Principal

School History

Venerable Sek Kong Hiap (广洽法师)

School History

Old Mee Toh School located along Race Course Road and adjacent to Long San Temple

School Vision and Mission

Vision

Touching Souls, Challenging Minds

净化心灵, 挑战思维

Mission

To maximise students’ potential and to develop in them a passion for life-long learning guided by compassion, conscience, purity and righteousness.

School Motto

慈 良 清 直

Compassion Conscience Purity Righteousness

School Motto & Values

School Motto School Values

Compassion（慈） Care (仁心关爱) Service (奉献他人) Conscience（良） Resilience (坚韧不拔) Excellence (精益求精) Purity（清） Confidence (满怀信心) Integrity (正直清廉) Righteousness（直） Respect (互敬互重) Teamwork(群策群力)

Buddhist Practices:

• Singing of Triple Gem song and prayer during every

Monday assembly

• Teaching
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values through storytelling by Venerable once a term

• Dharmaratna Festival
• Major Events:
• Vesak Day Celebration on Founder’s Day
• Examination Blessing

Debunking some possible Myths and Misperceptions…

“Mee Toh School is only for Buddhists.” “Mee Toh School is a Buddhist School. When I send my child to the school, I will expect him to naturally become good.”

School’s Response

• Like all schools in Singapore, we are secular.
• Character Development is at the heart of our school’s

programme.

• Other than platforms like
• Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP);
• Civics and Moral Education (CME) lessons;
• Assembly

Programmes,

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programmes and activities which focus on character development are made possible through partnership with Tzu Chi Foundation and Fo Guang Shan.

School’s Response

• Tzu Chi Foundation conducts the “ 大 爱 妈 妈 ”

programme that emphasises positive attitudes and good habits on Wednesdays for lower primary students.

• Fo

Guang Shan conducts Dharma Lessons

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Saturdays for students and parents on a sign up basis.

• Parents role as partners in shaping positive values

and attitudes are just as important, if not more than, the school.

Aims of Primary Education

• To lay a strong foundation
• To nurture the whole child

“As it [the/our education system] becomes more complex, we need to be clear-eyed that in this matured system,

there are trade-offs within the system, and we

must take sufficient bold steps to rebalance those

trade-offs when needed.”

Consid ideratio ions and potentia ial l chall llenges in in bala lancin ing rig rigour and jo joy:

“There needs to be a balance between

rigour and joy, and there is a fairly strong

consensus that we havetilted too much

to the former.”

Changes at a Glance

Changes at a Glance

Changes at a Glance

Personal Qualities

School Value Level Personal Qualities Care P1-P6

• Show care and concern for the environment and

people around me

• Show kindness and empathy

Service P1-P6

• Appreciate and show gratitude for others

P1-P3

• Offer help to family members, teachers & peers

P4-P6

• Take actions to contribute to the common good
• f others in the community

Resilience P1-P6

• Demonstrate the growth mindset

P1-P3

• Keep trying even in difficult situations

P4-P6

• Overcome difficulties by exploring alternative

solutions

Personal Qualities

School Value Level Personal Qualities Excellence P1-P6

• Put in the best effort to produce quality work
• Reflect from experiences and learn from them

P1-P3

• Seek help and guidance when in doubt

P4-P6

• Ask questions, sieve, analyse and evaluate

information to improve understanding of the issue or problem Confidence P1-P6

• Demonstrate self-awareness
• Demonstrate abilities to build positive

relationships P4-P6

• Think critically and explain view points and

decisions

Personal Qualities

School Value Level Personal Qualities Integrity P1-P6

• Differentiate right from wrong
• Face consequences of mistakes and learn from

the experience

• Do the right thing when no one is watching

Respect P1-P6

• Demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to

different cultures and religions

• Respond open-mindedly to different ideas and

values Teamwork P1-P3

• Express ideas and allow opinions and views to be

heard

• Fulfill different responsibilities and complete given

tasks as a group P4-P6

• Influence peers positively
• Leverage on one another’s strengths and abilities

to achieve common goals

Home-School Partnership

• Parents are our partners

in the holistic education of the children

• Our common interest is the

child

Partnership between School and Parents Guiding Philosophy

Quality Relationships

• Anchored on Mutual Trust and Mutual Respect
• A mindset of partnership, collaboration and

mutual support

Guided by MOE and Mee Toh School Ethos

Mee Toh School is committed to deliver quality education to all our students, provide quality service to our partners and at the same time, care for the well-being of our teachers and all who work here. We will do our utmost to serve you with courtesy and respect and we expect that you treat us with the same respect that you would like to be accorded. Please let us know if

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efforts fall below your expectations. Your feedback and words of appreciation will inspire us to continue to deliver our best. Thank you for working with us, making Mee Toh School Community a gracious one, and the school a place conducive for learning, growth and work!

SERVICE QUALITY STATEMENT

• 1. Always work with your child’s teachers first as they

are the ones who know your child well.

• 2. Every Child is an unique individual, each teacher

has 30 unique individuals in the class -- Teachers will take time to know your child, understand how he/she learns, what excites them, and so on.

• 3. Train your children to be able to relay information to

their teachers.

Communication with School

Communication with School

• 4. Modes of communication:

Write your queries in the Student Handbook. Write in via email. Call the school main line, use the teachers’ extension numbers. For non-urgent matters, the teacher will respond within 3 working days.

• 5. If you need to meet with your child’s teacher, do

make an appointment first before coming to school. Please be patient with the teachers as they are teaching many children.

When teachers need to be away from school: They may

• be sick
• need to attend to important family matters
• need to attend training or briefing
• be away on maternity or paternity leave

Duration of absence may vary School will need to arrange for relief teachers to take charge of their classes.

Top 5 Questions Teachers Wish Parents Would Ask Them 08 Jan 2018 https://www.schoolbag.sg/story/top-5-questions-teachers-wish-parents-would-ask-them

Home-School Partnership

Top Five Questions Teachers Hope Parents Would Ask Them

Social Interactions

Is he nice to the people around him? Does he interact well with his friends?

Home-School Partnership

Top Five Questions Teachers Hope Parents Would Ask Them

Strength Building What are his strengths?

Home-School Partnership

Top Five Questions Teachers Hope Parents Would Ask Them

Feedback for Improvement How can I grow my child’s interest in (subject)?

Home-School Partnership

Top Five Questions Teachers Hope Parents Would Ask Them

Home-School Collaboration How can we work together to help him?

Home-School Partnership

• Parents, you are your child’s first and life-

long Teachers.

• Your actions are the best lessons for

children.

• Don’t underestimate your importance in

teaching your children good values, habits and attitudes.

We Cannot Do It Alone

Helicopter Parents

Source: https://www.schoolbag.sg/story/helicopter-parenting

Helicopter Parents

Source: https://www.schoolbag.sg/story/helicopter-parenting

Year Head (P1 & P2)

• Work with teachers, HODs and

Year Heads

• Look into providing better support

and integration of learning within each level

Mrs Jacelyn Ang

First Day of School

• Have a good breakfast with your child
• Arrive by 7.15 a.m.
• Assemble in the school hall and sit according to

the class label

• Note: P1 parents are allowed into school premises
• nly on the 1st day of school. Other useful

information can be found in the Orientation Information Handout for Parents

First Day of School

Engagement with Parents:

• Time: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
• Venue: School Hall
• Briefing by Heads of Department

Expectations of Student Behaviour

• 1. Maintain proper decorum and behave in a

socially responsible manner at all times.

• 2. Respect school staff and peers regardless of

circumstances.

• 3. Keep the school clean and take good care of

school properties.

Information can be found in Student Handbook pages 11-13

• 4. Wear

the prescribed school uniform. Modification to the uniform is not allowed.

Expectations of Student Behaviour

• 5. Keep your hair neat. Boys must be clean
• shaven. Undercut hairstyle, and wearing of

beard or moustache are not allowed.

Expectations of Student Behaviour

• 6. Be punctual for school and all school conducted

activities.

• 7. Refrain from bringing expensive personal items or

toys such as mobile phone, MP3 or any other audio visual equipment to school.

Expectations of Student Behaviour

School Term

• New school term: 2 January 2019, Wednesday
• 4 terms in a year
• All students must attend school until the end of each

school term. Any request to leave Singapore for family tours or home visits to former countries during the school terms does not constitute a valid reason.

• Events for the term will be communicated through

Termly School Calendar

School Hours

School Days Reporting Time Dismissal Time Recess Time Mondays to Fridays 7.30 a.m. 1.30 p.m. 10 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.

Arrival Arrangement

Arrival during fair weather days:

• Report directly to the parade square on all days,

except on Monday.

• Report to the Indoor Sports Hall (ISH) Level 4 on
• Mondays. (Primary 1 to Primary 3)

Arrival Arrangement

Parade Square

Gate 2 Gate 3

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Main Gate

Guard House

Gate 4 Gate 5 Gate 6 Gate 7 Gate 8

School Field

BLK G BLK E BLK F BLK B

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• Possible venues to drop off students :

Access by Gate 6. Near the basketball court

• 2. Car Park near Blk 109.

Use the service road from:

• a. Punggol Field
• b. Edgedale Plains
• 3. Car Park (Blk 131) Opposite the school.
• 4. Gate 1A to be accessed via Blk 122B.
• 5. The Main Gate is only accessible during wet

weather.

Gate 1A

IN OUT

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BLK 122B

2 3

3 4 5 1 2

Arrival Arrangement

Arrival during wet weather days:

• Parents are allowed to drive into the

school

• Drop off their children at the layby
• Children will use the covered linkway

to go to the assembly area

• No car is allowed to stop at the porch
• This facilitates the fast flow of traffic
• P1 students report in the ISH level 4

On raining days, drive in and alight students

• nly at the layby.

On raining days, drive in but do not alight students at the porch.

Dismissal Arrangement

Pick up by family members/caregivers

• All P1 students will be dismissed class by class.
• Teachers will bring students to Gate 2.
• P1 parents are to wait outside the Gate 2.

Please make way for the students to be dismissed.

Dismissal Arrangement

School Bus

• Teachers will bring students to bus queues

for the first week

• Students will join the bus queues according

to bus numbers

• A coloured ribbon indicating the bus number

will be given

• Indicate bus queue number on temporary

nametag More information is in the handout for parents

Dismissal Arrangement

Meet up with siblings

• Siblings

meet each

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at designated Siblings’ Corner near the canteen

• Siblings will leave the school according to

dismissal mode for the elder sibling

• P1, P2 and P3 students will be dismissed from

Gate 2.

• P4, P5 and P6 students will be dismissed from

Gates 1 or 6.

Siblings’ Corner

School Bus Transport

• Bus Operator: Sunday Coach Services Contact

Number: 9873 8227 (Mr Ang)

• Registration for school transport is available in

the canteen today from 3.30 p.m.

• Indicate bus queue number on temporary

nametag.

• Your child needs to know the bus number

he/she will be taking.

Traffic Issues

• School is part of the community.
• Avoid using the multi-storey and service road at

Blk 109.

• High volume of traffic in the morning and during

dismissals caused inconvenience to the residents.

Safety And Security

• Teach and role model by making use of the

pedestrian crossings and traffic lights when crossing the roads.

• Please follow traffic rules and cooperate with our

personnel and parent volunteers.

• Show consideration when using public car parks

and facilities near the school.

Seatbelt Rules

• Ensure the safety of school children.

The safety of children is a shared responsibility

• Children need to cooperate with the

school bus drivers.

• Prepare your child mentally and

train your child to belt up for safety at all times.

http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/e n/roads-and-motoring/road-safetyand- regulations/road-regulations.html

Buddy System

• P4 buddies will assist the P1 students on

the first 3 days of school during recess.

• P4 buddies will:
• guide the P1 students to queue

at the food stalls

• remind P1 students to collect

their change

• teach P1 students to bring their

food to the tables safely

• teach P1 students to return

utensils to the receptacles

School Canteen

• Pocket money of about $2.00 each day

Variety of food items sold:

• Chinese food
• Halal food
• Vegetarian food
• Fresh fruit juice, cut fruits
• Hot drinks and snacks
• Some stalls operate from 6.45 a.m. to 7.05 a.m. to

allow students to have light breakfast.

Snack Break

• Taken into consideration of students’ well-being

that some of them may not get to have lunch until they reach home after 1.30 p.m.

• Optional for students to bring healthy snacks

during a second break from 11.55 p.m. to 12 p.m.

• Examples

are energy bars, an apple

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a banana.

General Information

Visitors to School

• For the safety and security of our students, all

visitors are required to sign into the log book at the guard post before proceeding to the General Office.

• Visitors are required to display ‘Visitor’ pass at all

times.

• Visitors are not allowed to loiter in the school or go

directly to the classrooms

General Information

Permission to Leave Early

• For

students who are unwell, parents are required to come to school to bring them home.

• Parents must acknowledge in the ‘Permission to

Leave School Early’ Form’ in the General Office.

• All parents are required to update the school

whenever there is a change in address or contact numbers.

Student Handbook

• The student handbook is important and

students are expected to bring it daily.

• The

handbook acts as a two way communication tool.

• Parents who wish to communicate with

the teachers can do so through the handbook.

• Parents need to call in advance to make

an appointment with the teacher

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school personnel if you wish to meet up with them.

Important Pages in Student Handbook

• Important

book for communication

• Student

and parents acknowledge on page 10

• Pages to take special note:
• Code of Conduct
• School

Attire and Personal Appearance

• Mobile Phone and Smart Device

Policy

• School

Values and Personal Qualities

• Holistic Goal Setting

Mobile Phone Policy

• The school encourages parents to allow their child

learn independence in the school.

• Strongly

discourage students to bring mobile phones to school.

• All personal smart devices (e.g. smart watches,

and google glasses) are strictly not allowed in school.

• Mobile phones are:
• To be switched off during lessons and/or other school

activities.

• Only allowed at the canteen and must be switched off

after use.

• Restricted to only voice calls and messaging. Capturing of

sounds or videos is not allowed.

Mobile Phone Policy

• Refrain from uploading videos/photographs donned in

school attire.

• Mobile phones and/or unauthorised electronic devices are

not allowed during tests or exams.

• Mobile phones will be confiscated for any misuse and

returned to parents after an appropriate time interval determined by the school.

• Public phone is located near the bookshop.
• The phones at the General Office are only for use in

cases of emergency. (Reference from Student Handbook page 14)

Bookshop Operating Hours

Da Day Operating rating Hours Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. (for students)

• Location: Near Gate 2
• Train your child to make purchases from the

bookshop on his/her own

• Parents who need to make purchase from the

bookshop will enter from Gate 2 only from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• School holiday opening dates are in the school

website.

School Uniform & Name Tags

• You may purchase your child’s uniform

after the briefing from 3.30 p.m.

• nwards
• Name tag is part of the uniform, and

to be sewn on the school uniform and PE T-shirts

• Place
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for name tags during purchase of school uniform. Each child will need about 8 name tags throughout the 6 years.

Important Advice

Lightening Students’ School Bags

• Health Promotion Board advises that:
• Students should carry weight of no more than 15% of

their body weight

• Weight of bags carried by P1 to P4 students should

range not more than 3.5kg to 4.0 kg

• Parents can:
• Select

bags

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lightweight material with few compartments and straps that are adjustable and

• cushioned. Do not use trolley bags for safety reasons.
• Let your child carry some items in a separate bag to

distribute the load where necessary.

• Check that only relevant materials are brought.

Financial Matters

• Financial Assistance
• Student Insurance

Financial Assistance Scheme (FA)

• Students with financial difficulties may apply for

Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS).

• Eligible Income Criteria: ≤$2750 Gross Monthly
• Household Income: ≤$690 Per Capital Income
• You may approach Administration Manager (AM)

in the General Office if you need assistance

• Forms for MOE FAS can also be obtained from

MOE website: https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/financial- assistance/moe-financial-assistance-scheme-(fas)

Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)

Benefits under MOE FAS may include: Standard Miscellaneous Fees Full waiver of $6.50 per month Textbooks Free textbooks School Attire Free school attire Transport Students taking School Bus: 50% of school bus fares Students taking public transport: $120 transport credit per annum School Meals Programme Subsidies for seven meals per school week. Students in primary schools will receive subsidies of $2 per meal.

Student Insurance

• All students will be covered under Group Personal

Accident (GPA) by MOE.

• Information of the coverage will be given in

Term 1.

• Parents are encouraged to top up with their

personal insurance if they feel the need to.

Health Matters

• Health services are provided to your child free
• f charge in school
• Dental Health Check
• Immunisation
• Health Assessment

Health Matters

• Parents must give consent before your child

can receive the services

• Enrol your child in the school dental service via

the: Child Consent Portal http://childconsent.hpb.gov.sg

Getting Your Child Ready

Build some habits at home

• Display good manners – taking turns, saying ‘please’,

‘excuse me’ and ‘thank you’

• Sleep early – having 8 – 10 hours of sleep to keep an alert

mind

• Toilet etiquette - closing toilet doors, flush after use and

drying their hands

• Handwriting - write his/her name right with appropriate

spacing and capital letters

• Bring the plates to the sink after meals
• Keeping the study table neat after use
• Start visiting the National Library to build the habit of

reading

Getting Your Child Ready

Build some habits at home

• Have a neat haircut (Note: Undercut hairstyle is not

acceptable)

• Communicate the mode dismissal for your child
• Label your child’s stationery, books and learning

materials

• Share your own school life experiences with your child
• Introduce basic school rules, like asking for permission,

taking turns

• Distributed to students in the classrooms
• Parent-Child Activity Booklet
• Primary One (2019) Orientation Information Handout

for Parents

• Booklist for 2019
• CDAC programme booklet
• Slides will be uploaded onto the school’s website

before 26 November 2018.

Orientation Package

Parent-Child Activity Book

• To promote parent-child bonding
• Prepare the child for first day in school

• Activities planned are more meaningful when

parents do it with the child

• 10 tips for parents – help you and your child

adjust smoothly to primary-school life

• Focuses on setting good routines, inculcating

values and building social emotional skills

• There is no fixed order in completing the

activities

Parent-Child Activity Book

Thank you for your attention!