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HUAMIN PRIMARY SCHOOL The Happy Home of Quality Holistic Education . . .

Where We Learn to Love and Love to Learn.

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Huamin Primary School

1 July 2015

Letter to Parents No.: 103/2015 Dear Parents, Know your best allies: Your child’s teachers

Miss Leong Sou Cheng, an educator at an international school, shares about an effective partnership between parents and school teachers.

Knowing how and when to partner teachers is important for your child’s education. Research has shown that children with involved parents have a better learning attitude and performed better. In teacher education, parent-teacher collaboration forms a big piece; beginning teachers attend courses to learn how to engage parents, and are assigned mentors to guide them through their first year. Schools in Singapore recognize the value of cultivating this relationship, and teachers constantly try to engage parents. However, a partnership is a relationship, a two-way street. Unless there is





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mutual involvement and respect, what a teacher does alone will only have limited impact.

Today, more than 95% of schools have PSGs or Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), as compared to 17% about 20 years ago. Evidently, much has been done to encourage parent-teacher partnership. Especially in primary schools, the partnership has improved considerably with more opportunities for dialogues, communication and involvement. Punggol View Primary School, for example, implemented the Three-Directional (3D) dialogues to engage parents effectively in discussion. Haig Girl’s school also hosted Parent-Child-Teacher Conferencing (PCTC) to facilitate meaningful discussion between children, parents and teachers. Going beyond school dialogues, then-Principal Mr Ong Kong Hong from Teck Whye Secondary School used Facebook as a “less formal platform for networking, sharing and discussion” to bring the school community together. He also hoped that in time, teachers would take on a more proactive role in partnering parents.

Despite the availability of various mediums of communication and support, they are sometimes not utilised meaningfully to achieve the intended purpose. Parent-teacher partnership seems to decrease exponentially as a child grows older. Parent involvement, if any, tends to be most active only during specially arranged parent meetings concerning bad behaviour or poor academic performance. When that happens, the already tenuous relationship between parent and teacher is strained; so more will be needed for its reparation, and positive collaboration is difficult.

The Reggio Emilia philosophy considers the child, the teacher and the family as “inseparable and integrated” elements that are essential to the educational experience. The well-being of these three elements are interdependent; each of these elements will not only affect the achievement of the child at school, but also impact the quality of teaching the classroom and the relationship dynamics at home. During the early years of a child, parents are usually highly visible in the learning environment, and understandably, they gradually retreat into the background when their children become teenagers. However, active participation is integral to the success of a child in school, and parents must always make their presence felt, and learn how to leave the right presence.

A teacher and a parent have the same goal – they both want a child to learn. The irony, however, is that the relationship between a parent and a teacher is sometimes sensitive and fragile, fogged with unnecessary judgment and

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misunderstanding. The same concern, which is the child, is also the same source of judgment, often biased. Constantly, and without basis, they find themselves judging each other, further obscuring this relationship with doubt and suspicion.

Children are clever; they recognize the power struggle between the two important adults who can directly affect their well-being at home and in school. Good children want them to like each other, but troubled ones, the opposite; they know they can benefit from animosity, and would play one against the other to get what they want. Am I saying that children can be manipulative? Yes, and your child know the right strings to pull, because he is smart. Yes, and we have all tried to hoodwink our parents. Teachers, like parents, want the best for their students. Your child’s teachers are no different, and that makes you a team, not adversaries. Parents, never forget that you are and will always be the first teacher in your child’s life. When you work as allies, your influence is potent. _____________________________________________________________ This article is extracted from MOE online portal, www.schoolbag.sg We encourage you to visit this online portal for education news, school features and tips which you may find useful in the learning journey with your child.

Staff Movement We warmly welcome the following staff to our Huamin family: -Miss Junity Tay (EL/MA)

-Miss Beverly Ng (CL/CME)

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School Advisory Committee (SAC) We would like to introduce to you our new SAC Chairman, Mr Jayagobi s/o Jayaram and to extend a warm welcome to our three new SAC members:

Mr Jayagobi s/o Jayaram SAC Chairman

Mr Gobi Nathan Ms Khoo Kim Yin Vania Mr Juraimi Bin Jumahat Member Member Member





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Parent Support Group (PSG) Executive Committee (EXCO) We are proud to announce the official appointments of our PSG EXCO as follows:

Mdm Sadhana Snin Chairperson

Mdm Aspalela Mdm Ng Siow Ling Mdm Sabariah Vice Chairperson Secretary Treasurer

Mdm Juliati Mdm Deng Xiu Qin Parent Liaison Officer 1 Parent Liaison Officer 2





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Racial Harmony Commemoration 2015 As part of our school’s continuous effort to educate students in the importance of harmony among different ethnic groups, we would be commemorating Racial Harmony on Wednesday, 15 July 2015. To educate and engage our students actively and meaningfully, we will be conducting the following:

Pre-Assembly Talks & Assembly Programme Activities such as traditional games, handicraft and sale of traditional

games during recess. The sale of traditional games will cost between $0.50 to $1.00.

Please encourage your child/ward to come to school in an ethnic costume of another race or your own ethnic costume on 15 July 2015. All students are to wear school shoes. Students who are not wearing ethnic costumes must come in their school uniform. We look forward to having your continued support in your child’s participation.

18th Inspiring Chinese Language Teachers Award

18th Inspiring Chinese Language Teachers Award Ceremony





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We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Miss Jutina Loh Kai Yin (third from the left) on the winning of the 18th Inspiring Chinese Language Teachers Award. This Award aims to give due recognition to deserving Chinese Language teachers who have shown exemplary efforts towards the teaching of Chinese Language and culture. It also rewards those who develop in students an appreciation of the Chinese Language and culture in the year 2014.

Miss Loh has been teaching at Huamin Primary School for the past 6 years and has contributed significantly to the growth of Chinese Language in the school. Besides being an effective teacher who is able to make lessons interesting by incorporating various teaching strategies such as cooperative learning and integrating technology, she is also an inspiring mentor to her peers. We look forward to her further contribution in inculcating the learning interest of Chinese Language of our students at HMPS.

Our Students’ CCA/Co-curricular Achievements Hockey The National Primary Schools Hockey Championships came to an end on Thursday, 28 May 2015. Our Senior Boys and Girls had shown a lot of grit, perseverance and passion throughout this tournament, donning the Huamin colours. We are proud that our Senior Boys emerged 3rd Runners-Up (4th). Weiqi Club Our Weiqi Club students did equally well. They participated in 3 competitions, achieving the following:

National Youth WeiQi Championships 2015 Individual Silver Award: Lu Tong (4A1)

Good Friday WeiQi Challenge 2015

Individual Silver Award: Lip Yip Kiu (2A5)

ShouTan Cup National Tournament 2015 Individual Silver Award: Lu Tong (4A1)

Individual Bronze Award: Ren Le Tian (4A1)





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Primary 4/5 Cultural Immersion Programme to Malaysia 25-28 May 2015

The Mother Tongue Department went on a 4-Day Immersion cum Cultural

Programme to Johor Bahru (JB) & Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia from 25 to

28 May 2015. It was an enriching experience where our students and

teachers were exposed to the dynamic learning environment in 3 schools,

namely Bukit Damansara (KL), Foon Yew High School (JB) and SJK(T)

Masai (JB).

All of us learnt to appreciate the history and culture of Malaysia, experience

the learning of Mother Tongue Languages in the 3 Malaysian schools as well

as build friendships with one another. Our students enjoyed the trip and the

learning greatly and are looking forward to sharing their meaningful

experience with the school in Term 3.





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Total Defence Awards (TDA) The Total Defence Awards (TDA) award recognises educational institutions and family and community organisations that demonstrate strong support for National Service. Organisations that go the extra mile will be accorded the Advocate Award in recognition of their strong support and pro-active policies and roles. The award is assessed by the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (ACCORD) Council. We are very proud to share that Huamin Primary School has been conferred the NS Advocate Award (Organisations) this year.

Assembly Talk by Senior LTC Foong, our SAC Vice-Chairman.

Police vehicles & Panel Displays by Yishun North NPC during Total Defence Day @Huamin





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Important Announcements for Parents

1) Health Advisory to Parents - MERS-CoV situation

Thank you for your timely return of the reply slip for the Health Advisory to Parents Letter No: 100/2015 dated 29 June 2015. Our School shall continue our efforts in safeguarding the well-being of our students. In view of the MERS-CoV situation, our teachers have been instructed to stay vilgant to look out for students who may be unwell upon returning from travel to MERS-CoV affected areas (e.g. South Korea and the Middle East). Please be informed that if any student develops a fever or flu-like symptoms within two weeks from travel to MERS-CoV affected areas, he/she should:

Inform the school immediately;

Refrain from coming back to school until he/she is recovered; and

Wear a mask and promptly see a doctor. Inform the doctor of the areas that he/she had travelled to. This includes informing if they had visited a healthcare facility in South Korea or the Middle East.

2) Temperature –Taking Exercise on 2 July, Thursday A temperature-taking exercise for all students to maintain preparedness will be conducted on 2 July, Thursday 2015. All students should have their own working thermometers. In addition, your child will need the Pupils’ Handbook 2015 to record his/her temperature during the exercise. 3) Huamin Primary School Open House 2015 Huamin Primary School warmly welcomes you to have an insight of our happy home of quality holistic education, where our students learn to love and love to learn. Please join us on 10 July 2015, Friday during our Open House from 3.00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to tour our school and participate in the programmes for both K2 students and parents. Please download the attached pamphlet cum registration form for more details on our Open House from our school website at





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http://www.huaminpri.moe.edu.sg/school-info/school-anouncements/huamin-primary-school-open-house-2015. To register your K2 child/ward for the workshops, please fill up the form and fax it to the school's fax number (67552455) or send it as an attachment to our school's email address ([email protected]) by Wednesday, 8 July 2015. For further enquiries in regards to our Open House, please call the school at 67529004. Looking forward to seeing you at our Open House on 10 July 2015!

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4) Update On New Construction Works Affecting Huamin Primary School Our students were last updated and briefed during the Assembly talk in May before the school June holidays commenced. Please be informed of the following: Covered Walkway

The covered walkway outside the School is at the stage of near completion. It is now opened for public use. With effect from Term 3, starting on 29 June 2015, all students walking from the block 349 area will use the covered walkway to come to school. The temporary side gate across the football field has been closed from Monday, 29 June 2015.





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5) Supplementary/Remedial Programme Dates For Term 3

To complement our teaching and learning programme at the Middle & Upper Consortiums, the teachers will continue to conduct remedial (P3 & P4) and supplementary (P5 & P6) lessons this term. Please refer to the following table for the dates for supplementary/ remedial lessons for Term 3.

There would not be any supplementary/ remedial lessons in Week 9 due to the conduct of Prelims & CA2 examinations.

Please take note that only supplementary lessons for P5 and P6 levels will continue in Week 1, Term 4. Remedial lessons for P3 and P4 levels will only start in Week 2, Term 4.

Week Dates Days

1 29 & 30 June 2015 (Supplementary lessons for P5 & P6 will be

as per normal.

There will be no remedial lessons for P3 and P4 students in Week 1 only due to changes

in schedule.)

Mon & Tues

2 6 & 7 July 2015

3 13 & 14 July 2015

4 20 & 21 July 2015

5 28 July 2015 Tues (27 July 2015, Monday is a school

holiday in-lieu of Youth Day.)

6 3 & 4 August 2015 Mon & Tues

7 11 August 2015 Tues (10 August 2015, Monday is a public

holiday in lieu of National Day.)

8 17 & 18 August 2015 Mon & Tues

10 31 August & 1 September 2015 (Supplementary lessons will only continue for

P6 students due to the preparations for PSLE. All other levels will stand down for this

week after CA2 examinations.)

Mon & Tues





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6) Term 3 Schedule for Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) and Morning Exercise Programme

We will conduct CCAs and Morning Exercises in the schedule stated below:

Morning Exercise

Venue Level

Hall (Aerobic Workout) Primary 1, 2 and 3

Parade Square and Track (Static exercises and jogging)

Primary 4, 5 and 6

Term 3 Morning Exercise Schedule (Tuesdays and Fridays)

Week 2 (week beginning 6 July)




Week 6 (week beginning 3 August)



Co-Curricular Activities

Term 3 CCA Schedule*

Week 1 (week beginning 29 June)






* Please take note that this CCA schedule is not applicable to P6 pupils as CCA is suspended for all P6 pupils wef Term 3.





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7) Home-Based Learning (HBL) Day

The school is designating 24 July 2015 as Home-Based Learning (HBL) day to prepare students and teachers for school closure due to unforeseen circumstances.

Primary 1 to 6 Levels Friday, 24 July 2015

Through the simulations, we hope to equip students with the necessary skills to engage in self-directed and collaborative learning through the effective use of ICT. Students will NOT report to school on the HBL Day.

Students will be briefed on the HBL package for their respective level closer to the actual date by their subject teachers. In order to accommodate students who might not have computer or Internet access at home, the school will be opening both its computer labs from 8am-12pm. Please remind your child/ward to be dressed in their school uniform or PE attire if they are returning to use the computers in the school.

If you or your child/ward have any further enquiries using MC Online from home, please call their helpdesk at 6777 5198 from 7am-9pm.

Health Tips for Parents Healthy Snack

Snacks are an important part of a growing child’s diet. Healthy snacks give

children extra calories and nutrients between meals and offer an opportunity

to add a few more vegetables and fruits to their diet.

i. Limit the amount of added sugar in your child’s diet.

ii. Cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, and peanuts have heart healthy oil.

It makes a great after-school snack. 28.35 grams of nuts is equal to one

serving of meat.

iii. Healthy snack includes apricots, figs, raisins, mini carrots, celery with

peanut butter and low fat cheese with crackers.

iv. Mix together ready-to-eat cereal, dried fruit and nuts in a sandwich bag for

an on-the-go snack.

v. Toss dried cranberries and chopped walnuts in instant oatmeal.





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Parenting Tips Leveraging on your child’s psychosocial development

According to Erikson’s psychosocial stage of development, school-going

children will undergo a developmental period known as Industry vs Inferiority.

In this period, children will evaluate their competence by asking questions

such as “How good can I be?” They constantly compare themselves to others

and seek recognition from significant adults and their peers. There is also

emphasis on academic performance since children spend most of their

waking hours in school. A child who successfully undergoes this period, will

develop industry and be more confident and capable in handling future

challenges.

Below are some of the ways parents can help your children overcome this

period.

i. Praise

It may not be in our culture to regularly praise our children. However,

praises can build your child’s self-esteem and confidence. When

praising your child, praise his actions (i.e. helpful, caring, hardworking)

instead of their traits (i.e. clever, pretty).

ii. Encouragement

At times, your child may get disheartened over certain tasks that he

wishes he could have done better. Use these opportunities to

encourage your child. Share with them success stories of people who

were met with challenges and who eventually managed to overcome

them and explore with your child ways that they can improve.

iii. Explore beyond academic achievements

While academic achievements are usually a child’s main gauge for

success, you can also communicate to your child that there are other

forms of success. This is important as children need to develop in

areas beyond cognitive abilities such as sports, the arts and social

skills.





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iv. Avoid using ridicule or criticisms

Harsh criticisms or ridicule can be harmful to your child’s self-esteem.

Children who face these frequently may start believing that they are not

competent and may develop an inferiority complex. Instead, use

encouragements and constructive feedback, coupled with strategies for

improvement so that your child does not feel hopeless and useless.

Date Activity/Programme Students

Involved

Remarks

2 July (Thurs)

Temperature-taking Exercise

All students Please refer to the details in this newsletter.

10 July (Fri)

Huamin Primary School Open House 2015

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Please refer to the details in this newsletter.

11 July (Sat)

NE Show for P5 Students

P5 Students only

Please refer to Letter to Parents No.:093/2015 dated 29 June 2015.

15 July (Wed)

Racial Harmony Day All Students Please refer to the details in this newsletter.

17 July (Fri)

Hari Raya Puasa (Public Holiday)

All Students All students are to report back to school on 20 July (Mon).

24 July (Fri)

Home- based Learning(HBL)

All Students Please refer to the details in this newsletter.

24 July (Fri)

SG50 & Aesthetics Night

Selected Students

More information will be provided nearer to the date.

26 Jul (Sun)

Youth Celebrate! 2015

Selected P6 Students only

More information will be provided nearer to the date.





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Date Activity/Programme Students

Involved

Remarks

26 Jul (Sun)

Youth Day (Public Holiday)

All Students -

27 Jul (Mon)

Youth Day Off-in-lieu

All Students All students are to report back to school on 28 July (Tue).

6 Aug (Thur)

National Day Celebration

All Students More information will be provided nearer to the date.

7 Aug (Fri)

SG50 Commemoration Day (Public Holiday)

All Students All students are to report back to school on 11 Aug (Tue).

9 Aug (Sun)

National Day (Public Holiday)

All Students

10 Aug (Mon)

School Holiday Off-in-lieu of National Day

All Students

20 - 21 Aug (Thur & Fri)

PSLE Oral P6 Students only

P1- P5 students do not need to report to school.

4 Sep (Fri)

Teachers’ Day All Students All students do not need to report to school.

In Partnership,

Mdm Noorismawaty Ismail Principal Huamin Primary School





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Letter to Parents No.: 103/ 2015 Index No.: ____ Acknowledgment Slip (To be submitted by all students to the Admin Centre by Friday, 3 July 2015) I, parent / guardian of __________________________ (name of child/ward) of Primary ______ (class), acknowledge the contents of this letter. _________________________________ ____________ Name and Signature of Parent/ Guardian Date

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