Home-School Communication • Pupils’ Handbook Please check your child’s handbook daily for messages from your child’s teachers and acknowledge by signing in the handbook after you have read the message and followed up with the necessary action. • Letters You will also be kept updated on upcoming events through quarterly newsletters and other notices . It’s a good practice to check your child’s bag daily for such letters.
Home-School Communication • Parent-Teacher Appointments Please make appointments with the teacher you would like to meet up with to avoid being disappointed (appointments can only take place in the afternoon). Please leave your contact number with the Office and your child ’ s teacher will contact you as soon as possible. Please refrain from calling after 6pm and on weekends. Email is preferred .
Personal Belongings Provide him/her with story books: he/she should always have one in his/her bag good to buy both English and Mother Tongue story books to broaden his/her vocabulary Ensure that he/she has tissue paper, an extra pair of shorts in his/her bag but do check that he/she is not bringing unnecessary books, etc. to school: we would like the pupils to carry their bags themselves
Personal Belongings If he/she is not used to handling money , please provide him/her snacks for recess time Please ensure that he/she is wearing his/her name tag given previously on Orientation Day for the first 2 weeks of school Trolley bags as school bags are neither ‘stair - friendly” nor healthy. If possible, purchase for him/her a haversack
Personal Belongings Refrain from giving your child too much money for recess or allowing him/her to bring expensive items to school Pupils are not allowed to bring toys, trading cards, electronic games, etc Due to dietary differences, we do not encourage the celebration of birthdays in school Handphone can only be used after school and is their own responsibility
Some Common Issues • Rough play • Name-calling and teasing • Queue-jumping • Fascination with the bookshop • Exchange of items in school • Taking things without permission • Disorderly behaviour in the school bus
Some Common Issues • Allowing the school to look into the matter rather than taking matters into your own hands • Do not confront another child should there be a disagreement between your child and his/her class/school mate. • Being open-minded and not reacting too quickly
Primary School A Period of Great Discovery and Formation of Habits and Attitudes to: • studies • people • school rules and regulations & the school environment
Academic Success • Attendance • Homework and Assessments • Support from Home • Sending the right message • Parent-child Bonding
Attendance • Ensuring that your child attends school every day to the best of his/her ability – long absences from school are not encouraged as they affect the learning process for the child • child’s We take your absence from school very seriously
Homework & Assessments • Homework when present, may be a continuation of work started in class • Ensuring that the homework is done by your child so that we can follow up • teacher’s Following up with the recommendations beyond signing your child’s worksheet or file • Having a balanced perspective to assessments
Support from Home • Where possible, helping to coach your child in practical skills e.g.: • Addition, subtraction and multiplication (when the time comes) • Telling time • Counting money • Spelling • Reading
Support from Home • Role model habits like reading and good speech patterns • Teach him/her to be independent toilet-trained, packing his / her bag, dressing himself / herself, showing you letters given to him / her by the school, etc. • Please refer to the website @ https://www.schoolbag.sg
Sending the right message • Hence consistent parental attention is important from P1 – P6 • Consistent attention does not mean constant intervention as your child needs to learn from his/her mistakes and to be independent
Sending the right message • Consistent attention means that you have signalled your interest in his/her progress • Have a good understanding of his/her strengths and weaknesses and you are able to set him or her achievable stretch targets right through his educational journey
Parent-Child Bonding Take an active interest in your child ’ s progress . He/she needs a proper time table at home as he/she does in school to complete his/her work Take an active interest in him/her as a whole person : not only his/her studies but also what he/she enjoys, who his/her friends are, etc. Your child needs your attention right through his school life but the type of attention you give needs to change with his/her age
MOE Website for Parents https://www.schoolbag.sg/
Week 1 Matters
Week 1 Matters • Please ensure that your child is also instructed on your transport arrangements for him/her at dismissal time – Allow your child to go through the processes before taking them back home. • For transport issues, please raise them directly to bus operator • You will receive a letter from your child ’ s Form Teacher informing you of some general school matters today. (e.g. Travel Declaration forms)
Week 1 Matters • Reporting time on Thursday, 5 Jan 2017 and Friday, 6 Jan 2017 is by 7.35am in the admin classroom. – Should your child reach after that, please do inform him/her to go straight to the School Hall. • Parents are not allowed to go into the school compound. • As there is a Temperature Taking exercise on 5 January, your child will be issued a thermometer (one-off provision) for him/her to take home on 5 January. – Please take note that it is for his/her PERSONAL use and NOT to be shared.
Week 1 Matters • Classroom and House allocation – You will receive a letter from your child ’ s Form Teacher informing you of his/her allocated class and house. – Please note that should your child/ward has an elder sibling in the school, his/her house will be the same as his/her sibling. – You may now buy your child’s house t -shirts and shorts from: • Venue: School Bookshop • Day: Monday to Friday • Time: 11am to 3pm
P1 Parents’ Seminar on 3 and 4 Jan 2017 • Day 1- Presentations by: – EL Department – Math Department – MT Department • Dismissal of P1 pupils from the School Hall. (Parents are to wait in the canteen).
P1 Parents’ Seminar on 3 & 4 Jan 2017 • Day 2- Presentations on: – School Health Services – Health Promoting School Canteen – Programme for Active Learning (PAL) – Character and Citizenship Education – ICT matters • Please take note that school proper commences on 5 Jan for your child
The Way Forward • We truly appreciate your making time to join us these 2 days . It indicates your desire to invest in a fruitful relationship with the school to support your child’s growth and progress . • We are open to feedback and want to work with you to unlock the potential in your child .
The Way Forward • Keep the communication channels open . • Give feedback directly to teachers and the school. • Be assured that we will not compromise learning . • Give the school the authority to care and discipline . • Be patient with us too, because education is often a slow and long process .
The Way Forward WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM!
Primary 1 Mathematics Curriculum and Assessment Briefing Mdm Anita (Senior Teacher – Math)
Primary 1 Mathematics 2017
Different types of learning in school o Frontal teaching o Use of mini whiteboard o Use of learning aids o Written work o Performance task Cedar Primary School
Topics Covered in Primary One Term 1 Numbers to 10 Addition & Subtraction within 10 Numbers showing position Term 2 Numbers to 20 Addition & Subtraction within 20 Length 2D shapes & patterns
Term 3 Numbers to 40 Addition & Subtraction up to 40 Numbers to 100 Time Term 4 Money Picture graphs
Forms of Informal and Formal Assessment Worksheets / Workbook exercises Guided Journal writing Performance Tasks (non-weighted) Mini Tests (weighted) More information will be given to parents later .
Cover Page for Workbook Chapter Exercises
Hands-on activities
Hands-on activities
Cedar Primary School
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Mathematics learning can take place anywhere. Family members can help make learning fun and meaningful for the child.
Shapes and Patterns
Blocks Reading Numbers
Skip Counting (Count in twos)
In the car park Identify the digits on the vehicle plates Counting Addition
Time shown in different ways
Prices of items in shops - Money
Coins and Notes used in Singapore
Primary 1 English Curriculum and Assessment Briefing Ms Marianne Ha (Head of Department – English)
P1 English Language (EL) Curriculum & Assessment Briefing 3 January 2017
Presentation Outline P1 English Curriculum Holistic Assessment for English
P1 ENGLISH CURRICULUM Explicit STELLAR Language Teaching Grammar Reading & Speaking & Reading Comprehension Writing Listening Composition writing
Strategies for English Language Learning and Reading (STELLAR) STELLAR Vision Children who love reading and have a strong foundation in the English Language STELLAR Learning Teaching and learning of English using • more speaking and listening activities Children learn reading and writing using • rich and interesting books, with discussions led by the teacher
STELLAR Lessons
Why the use of books in STELLAR? open up the world for children help children think and wonder increase children’s vocabulary and knowledge about the world around them provide good examples for reading and writing
Other Highlights for P1 English Show & Tell Learning Journeys, i.e. Singapore Zoo Engaging pupils using ICT, i.e. Moo-O School-wide Reading Programme IREAD, NLB mass borrowing sessions o Learning Fest Learning Carnival
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