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Year One Regional Studies Programme Parents Briefing 2019 Ms Salinah Latiff Regional Studies Programme Co-Ordinator ACS (Independent) A School of Choice budget presentation for 2004 Regional Studies Programme (RSP) A prestigious

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Year One Regional Studies Programme Parents’ Briefing 2019

Ms Salinah Latiff Regional Studies Programme Co-Ordinator

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Regional Studies Programme (RSP)

  • A prestigious scholarship

programme introduced by

  • ur Prime Minister in 2008
  • Established in 5 schools

– ACS (Independent) – RI, RGS, Victoria School, Cedar Girls Secondary School

  • Around 100 scholarships to be awarded per

cohort across the five schools

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To nurture a group of students who can:

  • 1. Converse in Malay
  • 2. Understand the culture

and contemporary development in the nearby region

Objectives of RSP

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To enable these students to effectively engage in the region through field trips, homestays and Values- In Action programmes

Objectives of RSP

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To nurture and prepare future leaders who can be more comfortable operating in the region

Objectives of RSP

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  • 1. Malay Special

Programme (MSP)

  • 2. Understanding

Southeast Asia (USEA)

NOTE : RSP lessons are curriculum lessons and take precedence over CCA activities and remedials unless students are representing the school in competitions

RSP comprises

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Lessons schedule

Level MSP lessons RSP lessons Year One Mondays Wednesdays Year Two Tuesdays Thursdays Year Three Wednesdays Tuesdays Year Four Thursdays Mondays

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  • Offered as a Third Language
  • Examinable yearly
  • Lessons conducted outside

curriculum time in the school

  • Mondays for Year Ones

(3 to 6 pm) – Every Week

  • No changing of dates since MSP

teacher have to teach other levels on other days

Malay Special Programme

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  • Scholars will take the GCE-O level

MSP examination at the end of Year Four

  • Exam format:

– Paper 1: Email and Essay writing in Malay (20 marks) – Paper 2: Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension passage, Cloze passage in Malay (30 marks) (Multiple-choice and open ended questions) – Paper 3: Oral Conversation and Listening Comprehension in Malay (50 marks)

Malay Special Programme

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  • An enrichment module specially

designed by the school

  • Key pedagogy: Collaborative

Learning

  • Lessons conducted outside

curriculum time

  • Wednesdays for Year Ones

(3:15 to 5:15 pm), 12 sessions, from mid-February onwards

  • Assessment: Coursework and

group presentations

Understanding Southeast Asia (USEA)

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  • Scholarship allowance of $1,000 per

annum

  • Annual school fees subsidy of $2,400
  • Subsidised Enrichment Programmes

including fieldtrips and seminars

  • Funding for overseas cultural immersion

trips (maximum of $100 per day)

RSP Scholarship

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  • Year 1 Singapore citizens (PR and Foreigners not eligible)
  • Not taking Malay or Higher Malay as Mother Tongue (MT)
  • Those exempted from MT are eligible to apply
  • Attained PSLE Score of 240 points and above
  • Will be taking Malay Special Programme as 3rd language

(if accepted into RSP, student will be registered by the school to offer MSP)

  • Exhibit scholarly qualities including leadership and other

personal attributes

  • Passed interview with panel of RSP teachers

(more details will be informed to the successful applicants)

Eligibility for RSP

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Year One RSP lessons conducted in 2018

  • Playing angklung, traditional musical instrument
  • Playing traditional Malay games

(5-stones, gasing, capteh, congkak, sepak takraw)

  • Cooking of traditional Nasi Goreng Kampung
  • Visits to Kampung Glam, Malay Heritage Centre,

Hari Raya bazaar and Hari Raya celebration at MSP teacher’s home

  • Cultural day camp and MOE - organised seminar to

learn more on Malay culture (combined with the other 4 RSP schools)

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RSP Room (concept of Malay kampong)

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RSP lessons (presentations, discussions)

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Year One RSP activities

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Year One RSP activities

Visit RSP or MSP teacher’s homes during Hari Raya to sample the cuisines and receive Hari Raya ‘hong bao’

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Cooking traditional Nasi Goreng Kampung (fried rice) in school Examples of Year One activities

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Year One RSP activities

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Learning Gamelan from students in Gamelan Club from Evergreen Secondary School Hari Raya feasting at RSP teacher’ house

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Year One RSP Learning Journey to Kampung Glam

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Visit to Geylang Serai Market

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USEA Sharing with other RSP schools

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MOE – organized MSP Cultural Day Camp

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Year 1 Cultural Immersion Trip to Sarawak in 2009

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Year 1 Cultural Immersion trip to Langkawi, Malaysia, in 2015

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Year Two RSP lessons conducted in 2018

  • Learning journey to Haw Par Villa to learn about

Chinese myths and folktales

  • Peer-led learning journey to Little India and Kampung

Glam to learn more about Indian and Malay cuisines and culture respectively

  • Learn to cook traditional Indian dish (Chicken Curry)
  • Fashion week to showcase their designs on Miss

Singapore’s national costume

  • Overseas cultural immersion trip to Penang, Malaysia

during the June school holidays to learn more about the Malaysian culture and Values-in-Action programme with the local orphanage

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Year Two RSP activities

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Fashion Week – Ms Singapore’s costume

Year Two RSP activities

Fashion week – ACSI’s version of Miss Singapore’s national costume

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Year Two Cultural Immersion trip to Jogja, Indonesia in 2013

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Year 2 VIA at local orphanage in Jogja, Indonesia in 2013

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We were even featured in Jogja’s local newspapers in 2013

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Year Two Cultural Immersion trip to Bali, Indonesia in 2014

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Batik painting

Year Two Cultural Immersion trip to Jogja, Indonesia in 2015

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Sarawak Trip: Day Two

Year Two cultural immersion trip to Kuching, Sarawak in 2017

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Year Two cultural immersion trip to Penang, Malaysia in 2018

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Year Two RSP activities

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Year Three RSP lessons conducted in 2018

  • Focus on ‘Terrorism and Religious Extremism in

Southeast Asia’ with the study of the threats of terrorism and religious extremism in the SEA region, including in Singapore

  • Visited Internal Security Department Heritage

Centre, Khalijah Mosque (where the Religious Rehabilitation Group is housed) and the MUIS Harmony Centre

  • Overseas Cultural Immersion trip to Negara Brunei

Darussalam during the November school holidays

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Visits to Religious Organizations

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Year 3 Cultural Immersion trip to local school in Medan, Indonesia in 2013

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Year 3 Cultural Immersion trip to local school in Surabaya, Indonesia in 2014

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Year 4 RSP lessons conducted in 2018

  • Pair-work projects on tourism industry, traditional dances,

architecture of houses, art forms, music, medicine, national symbols and icons

  • Group projects on Lives of the Southeast Asian workers

where they visited and studied the ethnic enclaves of Thai, Filipino and Burmese migrant workers in Golden Mile, Lucky Plaza and Peninsula Plaza respectively

  • Overseas cultural immersion trip to Chiangmai,

Thailand to teach the children English, played games and painting of murals for local school

  • Scholars completed Research paper on their overseas

cultural immersion trip

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Year 4 RSP local learning journeys

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Year 4 RSP local learning journeys

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Year 4 RSP local learning journeys

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip to Bali, Indonesia, in 2013

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip to Sarawak, Malaysia in 2014

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip to Bali, Indonesia in 2015

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, in 2016

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip to Chiangmai, Thailand in 2017

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip to Chiangmai, Thailand in 2018

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MOE feedback about RSP in ACS (Independent)

  • Comprehensive and interesting activities

conducted for the scholars in the RSP

  • Year 4 scholars achieved average B3 grade in

the MSP GCE-O level examinations

  • Year 5 and Year 6 students able to continue to
  • ffer RSP scholarships at IB
  • Year 6 RSP scholars obtained Pass with

Distinctions for MSP and Grade 7 for History in the IBDP exams

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  • Complete the application form from the

school website and return it to the front

  • ffice with supporting documents in

hardcopy by 18th January 2019 at 3 pm

  • Interview on 30th January, Results on

8th February, lessons begin on 11th February

  • Please email me if you have any queries:

– Ms Salinah Bee, RSP Co-Ordinator at salinah@acsindep.edu.sg

RSP Application

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Application Forms

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Q&A session with Year 4 RSP Scholars

  • Adric Yap
  • John Koh
  • Keon Teh
  • Then Shan
  • Benjamin Sin
  • Timothy Yip
  • Ray Chong
  • Elliot Yong
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  • Complete the application form from the

school website and return it to the front

  • ffice with supporting documents in

hardcopy by 18th January 2019 at 3 pm

  • Interview on 30th January, Results on

8th February, lessons begin on 11th February

  • Please email me if you have any queries:

– Ms Salinah Bee, RSP Co-Ordinator at salinah@acsindep.edu.sg

RSP Application