parent briefing 2 jan 2019 · school values: kindness, integrity, resilience, responsibility,...

Parent Briefing 2 Jan 2019

School Values: Kindness, Integrity, Resilience, Responsibility, Creativity

First 3 Days of School P1 Orientation

Why

• To ensure a positive beginning for all new P1 students entering Cedar Primary School.

How

• To create a caring, safe and conducive learning environment by inducting P1 students into the school and class structures, routines, expectations and programmes.


P1 Form Teachers

S/N CLASS FORM 1 FORM 2 FORM 3

1 1 Kindness Miss Vivien Lim Mr Muhammed Jabbar Ms Diana Chong

2 1 Integrity Anita June Purasamy Mdm Tan Poh choo

3 1 Resilience Mahadi Ramli Mdm Jeow Mui Hwa

4 1 Responsibility Mdm Wong Ooi Ling Mr Yeo Teow HiangMrs Lim-Goh Ngerk

Hong

5 1 Creativity Mdm Eileen Soh Ms Lisa Mr Gwee Tee Ghee

6 1 Respect Mr Daryl Sung Ms Nur Diyana Ms Chua Shuu Chuh

7 1 Care Mdm Sharon Teo Mrs Constance Chia

Reporting Time

Monday – Friday by 7.40am

Dismissal TimeMonday, Tuesday and Thursday 1.45pm

Wednesday and Friday 1.15pm

Morning Activities

Before 7.20am

• Have breakfast• Interact with friends • Sit and read• Play at basketball court

By 7.30am • Silent Reading at parade square

Dismissal

Your child needs to

• Know how he/she is going home and inform teachers

• Be picked up promptly (safety)• Inform teachers of any changes

Recess

Snack Time (5-10minutes)

Between 11.30am – 12.00pm

9.15am – 9.45am

At Recess Your child needs to/ can

• Bring or know how to buy food• Bring the right amount of money• Know dietary restrictions• Know food allergies and inform teachers• Clean up after eating and/or drinking• Have a toilet break• Interact or play with friends

For Snack Time Eating a snack is not compulsory

Snacks are to be /can be• consumed in the class• something dry and can be consumed quickly

e.g. biscuits, nuts, dried fruit.• brought from home *No sweets, meals, fresh milk products


Timetable

Your child will be learning how to use the timetable to• pack the right books and materials for the next

day’s lessons• be dressed in the right attire for lessons

Please provide support for your child in this.


What else to pack for everyday

• 1 English and 1 Mother Tongue story book of appropriate reading level

• Orange Homework File

• Student Handbook

• Sharpened pencils, erasers, a ruler and a small box of coloured pencils

• A packet of tissue paper

• An extra pair of shorts

• Coins to call home when necessary

• Water bottle and a snack* (if needed)


What not to bring to school

• Too much money• Expensive items • Any digital device, including handphones• Any toy or game • Trading cards• Jewellery• Accessories


Personal Belongings

All students must :

• label all their own school and story books, files, worksheets, wallets, water-bottles, with their name and class

• take responsibility for their own belongings


General Expectations for all students

All students are to • Attend school regularly • Be punctual and present for all lessons• Participate in all class and school activities• Adhere to all school and class rules and routines• Inform teacher of medical condition and/or illness and issues of

concern • Ask permission to leave and enter the class – e.g. toilet• Demonstrate the school values


Learning our School Values

January – KindnessI can show kindness by • Giving someone a smile• Being courteous• Caring and sharing• Using kind words

February – ResilienceI can show resilience by • Picking myself up• Making the most of

opportunities given• Making right choices• Believing in myself


Expectations for all students

ATTIRE AND APPEARANCEStudents are expected to be neatly attired at all times.

Attire• Students are to wear the prescribed uniform. • Strictly no modifications to the uniforms and PE attire allowed.• House T-shirts and PE shorts are only to be worn during CCA, PE

and PAL lessons.• The house T-shirt must be tucked in neatly when worn.



• No jewellery or any item of personal adornment (e.g. bracelets, necklaces, wristbands, etc.) is to be worn.

• Nails must be kept short and without nail polish.

• No make-up should be worn in school.

• No tinting, bleaching and colouring of hair. Students with coloured hair will be required to dye their hair back to the original colour.



Footwear permitted• Plain white shoes that provide support for sporting

activities (e.g. white canvas or white track shoes).• No doll shoes or leather shoes allowed.• Only shoes with shoelaces and velcro fasteners are

allowed.• Only plain white socks that cover the ankles.


Hair

Girls

Fringe / bangs must not go below the eyebrows.

Long hair to be tied or plaited into one or two plaits.

Only black hair accessories (e.g. hair band, hair pins / clips) are allowed.

Multiple piercings are strictly forbidden, and the piercing can only be on

the earlobe.

A matching pair of small, plain studs or transparent ear sticks may be

worn.

The length of school skirts should cover the knees.


Hair

Boys• Boys must be clean-shaven and neat in appearance.• Hair must be kept short and neat.• Hair must not cover the forehead, touch the eyebrows or shirt

collar.• The fringe must not touch the eyebrows when it is combed down.• Hair at the back of the head must be sloped.• No outlandish hairstyles (e.g. layered, shaved, spiky) are allowed.• No sideburns are allowed.


Safety and Security

If Your Child Is Sick

• With fever and rashes, vomiting, flu-like symptoms, having

HFMD or contagious diseases, please seek medical help

• Inform the school that your child is ill and the days your child

will be away from school

• Provide a medical certificate or a letter of excuse to your

child’s from teacher upon return to school.


Safety and Security

If Your Child Is Sick in school and you are unable to pick

him/her up, please

• Arrange for an adult family member or care-giver to do so

• Provide a letter identifying the person who is picking

him/her up and authorising him/her to do so

*The person picking him/her up is to report to the General Office

first and sign an early departure form


Safety and Security

Please provide us a copy of:• Medical records if your child is suffering from an ailment that we

should take note• Relevant Legal documents from Courts of Law where relevant

Please take note that we • Are not allowed to administer medication to your child• Can supervise your child taking his/her medication


Safety and Security

To build your child’s independence and self confidence, parents are strongly discouraged from coming to school during curriculum time.

For safety reasons, the school does not encourage anyone to come into the school premises unnecessarily.

The school gates will remain closed during school hours.

Safety and Security Traffic Flow for drop off only (7.00am to 7.40am)

Safety and Security

Traffic Flow for vehicle pick-up and drop off ONLY. (No parking for private cars)School gate E is open from 7.45am-12.30pm (everyday) andfrom 2.00pm for Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and from 1.30pm for Wednesdays and Fridays


Home-School Communication

•Student Handbook

Please

• check your child’s handbook daily for messages from teachers

• acknowledge by signing in the handbook after you have read the

message and

• follow up with the necessary action.



Letters

You will also be kept updated on upcoming events through

termly communiques (notification letters) and other

notices.

It’s a good practice to check your child’s bag daily for such

letters.



Parent-Teacher Appointments

• To meet up with your child’s teacher, please make an appointmentwith the teacher to avoid disappointment. (* Appointments can only take place after school.)

• To speak to your class teacher, please leave your contact numberwith the Office and your child’s teacher will contact you as soon as possible.

• Write a note for the teacher in your child’s Student Handbook

*Please refrain from calling after 6pm and on weekends.


Support Homework & Assessment

Homework may be a continuation of work started in classPlease

• Ensure that the homework is done by your child so that we canfollow up

• Follow up with the teacher’s recommendations beyond signingyour child’s worksheet or file

• Having a balanced perspective to assessments• Teach your child to take responsibility for their homework


Support for Homework & Assessment

Where possible, help to coach your child in the following :• Telling time• Counting money• Addition, subtraction and multiplication tables* (when

taught in school)• Spelling • Reading

It would help if you could monitor and coach. We will do the rest..


Support from Home

Parents can and should role model habits like reading and good speech patterns

Teach your child to be independent by being able to

go to the toilet on his / her own

pack his / her school bag,

dress himself / herself,

show you letters given to him / her by the school, etc.

Please refer to the website @ https://www.schoolbag.sg

MOE Website for Parents

https://www.schoolbag.sg/


Possible Issues in school

•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


Possible Issues in school

Should this occur, parents should

• allow the school to look into the matter rather than take

matters into your own hands

• not confront another child should a disagreement arise

between your child and his/her class/school mate.

• be open-minded and not react too quickly


Strengthening parent-child relationship

• Take an active interest in your child’s progress through his /her

primary school journey. 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 his/her interests and friends.

• Your child needs your attention right through his school life but the

type of attention you give needs to change with his/her age.


• Provide consistent attention to signal your interest in

your child’s progress

• Have a good understanding of his/her strengths and

weaknesses

• provide the necessary support to help him/her achieve

success right through his educational journey

Strengthening parent-child relationship


•Keep the communication channels open.

•Giving feedback directly to teachers and the school.

•Be assured that the school will not compromise on learning.

•Empower the school to care and discipline.

•Be patient because education can be a slow and long

process.

Supporting the school


• School books

A schedule will be given to your child for the collection of his/her

school books for each subject. Please adhere to the schedule given.

• Temperature Taking Exercise

Your child will receive a complimentary Oral Digital Thermometer.

He/she will be learning to use it to measure own body temperature

during Temperature Taking Exercise. The thermometers will be kept in

school for safe-keeping.

Admin Matters to note

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