MISSIONTo nurture a

community of

independent learners,

effective communicators,

active citizens and

reflective leaders

VISIONCaring

Community

Innovative

Leaders

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English Masters 2016On 13 August 2016, RSS sent 12 teams to participate in

the challenging English Masters 2016 held at Bedok Community Centre where they competed in the areas of language skills against other Primary 5 and 6 students in Singapore.

In our inaugural participation, one of the RSS teams did the school proud by emerging 2nd Runner Up in the competition. The team won a trophy each and $200 in cash, after a tie-breaker session with Nanyang Primary School. The team comprised Chew Han Lin, Valerie Chua Yu Jia, Er Zhi Xin and Chin Li Wen, all of whom are from 6 Care.

1 2016年国际小学生电脑创意写作比赛

新加坡赛区铜奖余芷欣(6爱班)新加坡赛区银奖戴婉雯 (6爱班)国际赛区铜奖戴婉雯 (6爱班)

2 2016年全国中小学生华文文化常识比赛

亚军:蔡宇佳 (6爱班)倪晶晶 (6爱班)颜馨怡 (6爱班)林伟杰 (6爱班)

3 2016年第十一届全国小学生相声表演赛

优胜奖王家宝 (6爱班)罗永亮 (6新班)

4 2016年第二届全国小学生绘本创作大赛

优胜奖傅焯玲 (4新班)万恩宣 (4新班)林宇心 (4新班)许栯苡 (4新班)

2016年校外华文比赛成绩今年我校同学积极参加下列全国及国际比赛，并在比赛中赢得

奖项。恭喜这些同学，希望他们再接再厉。

Nonetheless, I have all the reasons to be confident because character building forms the core beliefs and tenets of the teaching profession, be it in primary, secondary or tertiary.

That is why at RSS, we place a premium in nurturing the whole child. The child is at the centre of learning. Our beliefs about a child and how he learns guide us to help him be the best that he can be. Schools are institutions of learning and crucibles of socialisation. Character and Citizenship Education, therefore, provides the moral compass for students to develop characters anchored on strong values guided by an ethos of discipline, care and concern for self, family, friends and the community at large.

Recently, at the MOE Work Plan Seminar, Acting Minister for Education (Schools) Mr Ng Chee Meng also spoke about the importance of helping our students experience the joy of learning, to nurture an intrinsic motivation towards learning in every student. Scoring well in school examinations is important, but it should not be the end-goal of learning. Rather, learning is a lifelong journey of exploration and discovery, where one experiences deep personal fulfilment from acquiring new knowledge and skills.

I cannot help but to add that a deep sense of personal fulfilment from acquiring new knowledge and skills can indeed take one to greater heights in realising one’s dream and passion; and this may not necessarily be achieved through scoring well in examinations.

Great things happen because people dream!

Mrs Jenny LeongPrincipal By the end of 6 years of Primary School education, students should be equipped

with the following 21st Century Competencies based on our Mission

使命：培养勤于学习、善于沟通、乐于奉献的公民和精益求精的引领者

• Present, share &

assess information

• Interact withothers

• Thinking skills

• Make

improvement

Independent Learners

Effective Communicators

Active Citizens

Reflective Leaders

• Singaporean identity

• Service to community • Interest for learning

• Learn for

knowledge

It has always been my dream that every child who passes through our hands at RSS will be able to exhibit

the values of Care, Magnanimity, Respect, Honesty, Resilience, Responsibility, Helpfulness, Leadership and Teamwork exemplified by our Three Littles: Little Friend, Little Master and Little Teacher, even after they leave RSS.

As the Chinese idiom ‘十年树木，百年树人’ says, it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person.

Winners of

English Masters 2016

2016年校外华文比赛

From the Principal’s Heart Sustaining Academic Excellence

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Calista Liew, Andrea

Tan and Chew Zhi Qi of

5 Leadership with their care

LEVEL NAME CLASSPRIMARY 3 TAN XIANGYI SOPHIA 3 SERVICE

CHUA EN ZHI, ALEECIA 3 GENEROSITY

LUCAS LEE RUI GUO 3 GENEROSITY

PRIMARY 5 HEOK XU' EN 5 CARE

LEVEL NAME CLASSPRIMARY 3 YEOW YEN YENG CAYLENE 3 INNOVATION

JODY WONG WEIQI 3 RESPECTLEVEL NAME CLASSPRIMARY 3 WONG KANG YU 3 SERVICE

LEVEL NAME CLASSPRIMARY 5 HEOK XU’ EN 5 CARE

PRIMARY 6 YONG XIANG AN, LUCAS 6 LEADERSHIP

ICAS SCIENCE 2016 ICAS ENGLISH 2016

ICAS WRITING 2016

ICAS MATHEMATICS 2016

Community In Bloom

Awards 2016

The biennial Community In Bloom (CIB)

Awards is spearheaded by NParks and it

aims to motivate and encourage community

gardeners to improve the standards of their

gardens and to continue enjoying gardening as

a fun and healthy activity. Our school took part

in the assessment this year. Three students

from 5 Leadership, Calista Liew, Andrea Tan

and Chew Zhi Qi shared with the judges on

the plants in the butterfly enclosure, the

surrounding plants near the enclosure, the

challenges of sustaining the growth of flowers

in the enclosure and the mini nursery where

they had to nurture young plants that could

be transplanted elsewhere in the school. The

school received the CIB Educational Institutions

- Silver Banding.

ICAS High Distinction Awardees

National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore

(NMOS)

NUS High School, working in partnership with Singapore Mathematical Society organises the NMOS

every year for primary school students. NMOS aims to cultivate enthusiasm and instil a love for

Mathematics and generate greater interest in Mathematics among primary school students. It also

provides an avenue to challenge and stretch our students’ mathematical potential and seeks to nurture

mathematical talents in our youths.

This year, 43 P5 students from our school took part in this event. Amongst them, four of our students

did very well to clinch the Silver and Bronze awards.

Our heartiest congratulations to the following students.

AWARD NAME CLASSSILVER NG MING YU 5 CARE

BRONZE GARETH PHUA WEE KIAT 5 CARE

BRONZE TAN SHU EN, SUMMER 5 CARE

BRONZE KYLER TAN 5 LEADERSHIP

Winners of NMOS 2016

Sustaining Academic Excellence Sustaining Academic Excellence

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CCA Achievements 2016CCA COMPETITION/NAME OF EVENT ACHIEVEMENTS

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57TH NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016

80M HURDLES (C BOYS) JOEI MAH ZHI WEN, 5 INNOVATION - 4TH

SHOT PUT (B GIRLS) PHYLLIS CHOO MAN NING, 6 RESPECT - 8TH

100M (C GIRLS) ONG ZEEN SHYANE, 5 RESPECT - 6TH

200M (C GIRLS) ONG ZEEN SHYANE, 5 RESPECT - 6TH

4 X 300M RELAY (B BOYS)ADEN PRIMNATS, 6 GENEROSITYONG LI KIAT, ISAAC, 6 CARE

LIM YONG JIAN, DEXTER, 6 INTEGRITYMAURICE TAN YIP KAI, 6 RESPECT (RESERVE)

8TH

SPSSC SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDCHAN TING, 6 RESPECTNEO DINGTAO, 6 INTEGRITY

VICTORIA SCHOOL 96TH TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS INVITATIONAL

BOYS 4x100 METER RELAYONG LI KIAT, ISAAC, 6 CARE RAYYAN TEN, 6 SERVICEALDRIC ONG, 5 LEADERSHIP

JOEI MAH, 5 INNOVATIONTAN WEE BOON, ADEN 6 INTEGRITY (RESERVE)

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JUNIOR GIRLS

CHLOE LIAN HUI XUAN, 5 LEADERSHIPNGOH YI YUN, 5 LEADERSHIP KIKO TAN JING XUAN, 5 LEADERSHIPTAN RUI QI, 5 LEADERSHIPWEE JIA YING, 5 LEADERSHIPJOLENE ANG YI XIN, 5 INNOVATION

SOH WAN QING JERLYN, 5 INNOVATIONSTACIA MAH SIANG YEE, 5 INNOVATION TAN LI YOU, 5 SERVICEWANG LI SHIH, 5 RESPECTLIM ZHI YAN, 5 GENEROSITYJOVIN HOO JIN HUI, 4 SERVICE

3RD

SENIOR GIRLS

MAEGAN YOW, 6 RESPECTGOH XUE JUN ANABELLE, 6 LEADERSHIPEMILY LOW SONG LING, 6 LEADERSHIPELIZABETH WANG YUWEI, 6 INNOVATION

FOO QI YUN, 6 SERVICEKELLY KOH HUI QING, 6 RESPECTCHERINE NG SHI LIN, 6 RESPECTNATESAKRWNG NG, 6 RESPECT

4TH

SENIOR BOYS

BRYAN LEI HENG YI, 6 CAREHO ZHI LIN, RYAN, 6 CAREAUSTIN TOO CHOON TZER, 6 CARE DARREN CHUA MING ZHE, 6 LEADERSHIP

LEE JUN HUI, 6 LEADERSHIP TAN YU JUN, 6 INNOVATIONKYRAN LEE, 6 SERVICETAN WEI XUAN, ROYVEN, 6 GENEROSITY

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TEAM EVENTS - UNDER 12NING TAY, 6 LEADERSHIPLIM WAN LING, 5 CARE

3RD

15TH NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TENPIN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016

SINGLES EVENT - JUNIOR GIRLS LIM WAN LING, 5 CARE - 1ST

DOUBLES EVENT-JUNIOR GIRLSLIM WAN LING, 5 CAREVANESSA KHOO, 4 RESPECT

1ST

TEAM EVENT - JUNIOR GIRLSNEO HUI XUAN, KELYN, 5 LEADERSHIPCALISTA LIEW, 5 LEADERSHIP

LIM WAN LING, 5 CAREVANESSA KHOO, 4 RESPECT

2ND

ALL EVENTS - JUNIOR GIRLSLIM WAN LING, 5 CARE - 1STCALISTA LIEW, 5 LEADERSHIP - 6TH

ALL EVENTS - SENIOR BOYS HENG JUN RUI, 6 RESPECT - 4TH

MASTERS FINAL - JUNIOR GIRLSLIM WAN LING, 5 CARE - 6TH CALISTA LIEW, 5 LEADERSHIP - 8TH

MASTERS FINAL - SENIOR BOYS HENG JUN RUI, 6 RESPECT, 6TH

OVERALL SCHOOLS - JUNIOR BOYSTING YU CONG, 4 GENEROSITYKEITH WONG HONGXUN, 4 LEADERSHIP

KWEK PENG SUAN LEROY, 5 INNOVATIONSEAN CHIN, 5 CARE

4TH

OVERALL SCHOOLS - JUNIOR GIRLSNEO HUI XUAN, KELYN, 5 LEADERSHIPCALISTA LIEW, 5 LEADERSHIP

LIM WAN LING, 5 CAREVANESSA KHOO, 4 RESPECT

3RD

OVERALL SCHOOLS - SENIOR BOYSDANNON LIM, 6 RESPECTTAN YIRONG ISAAC , 6 SERVICE

TAN BING ZHE, 6 SERVICEHENG JUN RUI, 6 RESPECT

4TH

OVERALL SCHOOLS - SENIOR GIRLSYANG YONG XIN, ANESSA, 6 INTEGRITYTAN XUAN QI ALICIA, 6 INNOVATION

ARIEN,LEE SI YING, 6 INNOVATIONNING TAY, 6 LEADERSHIP

6TH

SPSSC SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HENG JUN RUI, 6 RESPECT

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SENIOR GIRLS BOULDERING CHALLENGE TAN LING SHYEN, SHERMYN, 6 LEADERSHIP - 1ST

TOP ROPE CHALLENGE EVENT TAN LING SHYEN, SHERMYN, 6 LEADERSHIP - 1ST

SPEED CLIMB TAN LING SHYEN, SHERMYN, 6 LEADERSHIP - 4TH

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200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY BRANDON KHOO, 4 INNOVATION - 3RD

100M BREASTSROKE BRANDON KHOO, 4 INNOVATION - 4TH

50M BACKSTROKE CHAN YI XUAN, JONATHAN, 3 LEADERSHIP - 8TH

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REPRESENTED SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED

TAN JUN XIAN, 5 INNOVATION GOI RUO EN, 5 CARE JERALDYN LUNG, 5 LEADERSHIP

VALERIE CHUA JEANSHUEN, 5 INNOVATION TENG XIN LIN, 5 LEADERSHIP

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TAN RUI QI, 5 LEADERSHIP - MERIT AWARD

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SINGAPORE TECH CHALLENGE 2016

ISAAC KOH, 6 INTEGRITYMATTIAS PHUA, 6 CARELOH JING XIANG, 6 LEADERSHIP

1ST

REPRESENTED SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED

CASEY PHUA, 5 CARETAN KENG HONG, 5 LEADERSHIPSOH ZHEXIAN, 5 LEADERSHIPEWAN GOH, 5 LEADERSHIPLEE XIANG LIANG, 5 SERVICEVINCENT LIM JING EN, 6 CAREJOON KEW CHENG, 6 CARELUCAS YONG, 6 LEADERSHIP

JERRYL PHING, 6 LEADERSHIPCLARENCE KOH, 6 LEADERSHIPRALPH LOO, 6 INNOVATION KEIRA CHIAM, 6 LEADERSHIPNIGEL ONG, 6 GENEROSITYBRANDON LAI, 6 GENEROSITYBRYAN LAW, 6 GENEROSITY

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ETHAN SIA YI TENG, 6 CARECOLIN CHONG IAN YEW, 6 LEADERSHIPISAAC WAN ZI HENG, 6 SERVICEONG YAN JAEK, 6 RESPECT

XAVIER LIAN HONG JUN 6 GENEROSITYDARYL DAVID RONNINGEN, 6 INTEGRITYASHTON ONG YANG-JIE, 6 INTEGRITY

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2016 INTERNATIONAL CHINESE LANGUAGE COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

SINGAPORE DISTRICT BRONZE AWARDS ER ZHI XIN, 6 CARE

SINGAPORE DISTRICT SILVER AWARDS TER WAN WENN AVRIEL, 6 CARE

INTERNATIONAL BRONZE AWARDS TER WAN WENN AVRIEL, 6 CARE

THE 9TH NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHINESE CULTURE COMPETITION

SECOND PRIZEVALERIE CHUA YU JIA, 6 CAREGAY JING JING CRISTAL, 6 CARE

CINDY NGAH, 6 CARELIM WEI JIE, 6 CARE

2ND NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL “CHINESE PICTURE BOOK CREATION” COMPETITION

MERITDANIELLE BAN EN XUAN, 4 INNOVATION DAYLIA KOH YOU YI, 4 INNOVATION

RACHEL LIM YU SIM, 4 INNOVATION VENUS POH, 4 INNOVATION

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ENGLISH MASTERS 2016CHEW HANLIN, 6 CARE CHIN LI WEN, 6 CARE

ER ZHI XIN, 6 CARE VALERIE CHUA YU JIA, 6 CARE 3RD

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Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)Lab on Wheels

RSS welcomed two Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) Lab on Wheels buses on campus on 3 and 4 August 2016. The mobile platform is retrofitted from a 40-seater bus that houses technology that is both engaging and fun to learn. With the help of the industry partners, the school hopes to ignite the young’s passion for technology through experiential activities such as coding through Minecraft!

Code For Fun

As Singapore works towards building

a smart nation to harness technology

to the fullest, RSS is getting our P5

students ready by exposing them to

coding during school-based enrichment.

The skills that students picked up

from the coding sessions will go far in

preparing them to be future ready for

the many demands as students have

to persevere in finding a solution to

different problems that may arise along

the way. Students got a taste of how

to run and write Scratch program. They

dragged blocks from the block palette

and attached them to other blocks like

a jigsaw puzzle to command the Moway

robot around.

P4 Chinese Culture and Leadership Adventure Camp

The P4 Chinese Culture and Leadership Adventure Camp 2016 brought students through a journey of self exploration in the best classroom - closer to nature and into the great outdoors. Blessed with fine weather for most parts of the camp, students had the opportunity to challenge themselves and overcome their fears.

Who says only students have fun on board the

IDA Lab on Wheels

Rockclimbing Activity

I need to be gentle when I handle the moWay robot

Posing with his moWay robot

Students collaborating to debug

a programme

P5 students trying their hands on programming through Minecraft

National Day Celebration 2016The theme for this year National Day Parade (NDP) is Building Our Singapore of Tomorrow where efforts

in nation building continue to journey with hard work towards realising our dreams in building our future together.

We celebrated 51st National Day - the 1st year for the next 50 years in our journey towards SG100, on 8 August 2016 with an array of activities in the hall and classrooms. The celebration was marked with the Observance Ceremony, community singing, RSS Talents and quiz held in the classrooms. This year’s NDP theme song ‘Tomorrow’s Here Today’ was clearly the hot favourite amongst the champions of both the junior and senior categories of RSS Talents, a talent competition organised in conjunction with the National Day celebration. Well done, RSS students, for the patriotic showcase of your unique edition of ‘Building Our Singapore of Tomorrow’!

Finalists of Red Swastika Talents 2016

Student comperes of Red Swastika Talents 2016, Randall & Alyaa

The best classroom and

the richest cupboard are

roofed only by the sky.

– Margaret McMillan

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Nature Trekking Activity

High Elements Activity

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Is it my turn yet?

Prefect Investiture 2016-2017

Goi Ruo En Head Prefect 5 CARE

Soh Zhexian Assistant Head Prefect 5 CARE

Samuel Neo Tuan Wen Assistant Head Prefect 5 CARE

Ear Kah Ern Executive Member 5 CARE

Ng Kang Wei Jason Executive Member 5 CARE

Tung Ezanne Executive Member 5 CARE

Wang Yu An Executive Member 5 CARE

Krystal Lek Ze Ting Executive Member 5 CARE

Phua Yi Xian Casey Executive Member 5 CARE

Liang En Ling, Victoria Executive Member 5 LEADERSHIP

Ngo Xin Su Sandra Executive Member 5 LEADERSHIP

Koh Hwee En Joyce Executive Member 4 CARE

Tara-Jade Sim Executive Member 4 CARE

Leng Wei Han, Wayn Executive Member 4 CARE

Yap Rui Xuan Charlotte Executive Member 4 LEADERSHIP

Chew See Lin Isabel Executive Member 4 LEADERSHIP

Danielle Ban En Xuan Executive Member 4 INNOVATION

Janice Poh Jie Xin Executive Member 4 INNOVATION

Koh Keira Executive Member 4 SERVICE

Goh Rui Ying Executive Member 4 SERVICE

Joon Jun Han Executive Member 4 RESPECT

Lim Xuan Olivia Executive Member 4 GENEROSITY

The Prefect Investiture 2016 - 2017 was held on 27 July 2016. The P3 and P4 prefects officially joined the Prefectorial Board during this ceremony. It marked the handing over of duties for the

newly elected Head Prefect and Assistant Head Prefects. The new team of executive members were also appointed to serve and be an exemplary role model for their fellow prefects.

This is the list of our Executive Members 2016 - 2017:

Children’s Day

We celebrated Children’s Day on 6 October 2016 with the theme, ‘Thinking Of Others’. For this year, celebrations started earlier for the students as recess activities were introduced. The most action came from the game station ‘Gotta Catch Them All’ as students collected stamps by aiming and throwing beanbags at cartoon characters. After they had successfully received all three stamps from the various stations set up around school, the students redeemed a prize from a variety of items given. Many enjoyed the recess activities, smiling from ear to ear. The celebrations then continued in the hall with more games and a skit and dance by the teachers. The students were at an all time high. The hall celebrations ended with video messages from the school leaders, teachers and school staff to the students, wishing them a Happy Children’s Day!

Watch me aim, throw and score!

Look at me designing my badge!

So many badges made by the students…

My very own badge!

Yipee! We collected all three stamps.

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Teachers having fun while learning

Strengthening Positive

Teacher-Student Relationship

Workshop

Building positive teacher-student relationship is important to

create a positive impact on the students in the classroom.

In order to strengthen positive teacher-student relationship, on

24 June 2016, two trainers from the Centre for Social-Emotional

Learning conducted a workshop and shared with the teachers the

importance of positive teacher-student relationship and how to

overcome challenges to build positive teacher-student relationship.

It was an engaging session and through the real-life examples and

practical strategies shared, teachers’ learning was invaluable and

they were more aware of the important role they play.

Towards A More Inclusive School - Special Needs Workshop

RSS teachers and school leaders attended a Special Needs Workshop on 1 June 2016, organised by AED LBS Miss Uma Sivalingam and Miss Nuraini Nordin.

The workshop had four different segments that helped teachers to:1) engage students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the classroom, by understanding the characteristics of this disorder, the way the students learn and think best which will help teachers modify the way they interact and teach these students2) understand how to incorporate movement, play and exercise to increase the chance of managing students with attention issues better and to improve students’ learning and behaviour in the classroom

3) understand the learning needs of dyslexia better and how they can help their students with this learning condition cope better with the mainstream curriculum4) reflect whether their students with Special Educational Needs are coping with the current standard curriculum and what the dos and don’ts that they need to take note of when working with Special Educational Needs students

Teachers learning how to keep their

students active in the classroom

Miss Tan See Hui(Education Officer)

Ms Nurul Farah Ain Binte Ismail

(Technical Assistant)

Welcome New Staff

NATIONAL DAY AWARDS

THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL, 2016

Ministry of Education

MR CHUA KWAN HENG

National Day Awards

THE COMMENDATION MEDAL, 2016

Ministry of Education

MDM SEAH SHER LI

NATIONAL DAY AWARDS Teachers learning how to build positive

teacher-student relationship

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pick up sticks

P1 Parent Engagement - New PSLE Scoring

System in 2021A STEP TOWARDS HOLISTIC EDUCATION

On 13 July 2016, MOE announced the changes to PSLE scoring and Secondary One (S1) posting,

which will be implemented for the 2021 PSLE cohort (i.e. P1 students in 2016). The changes are a

part of a broader shift away from an excessive focus on academic results towards a holistic education.

A total of 98 parents turned up for the engagement session held in RSS by our school leaders on

27 August 2016. The main objectives of the engagement session are to help parents understand the

changes to the PSLE scoring and S1 posting and provide a platform for them to provide their feedback.

The PSLE changes alone will not be enough. All of us - educators, parents and the community-at-large - need

to play our part in making this paradigm shift to free up time and space for holistic education. Let us

work together to write the next chapter of this story.

congkak five stoneslearning station

Racial Harmony Day - Eurasian Culture

The theme for this year’s Racial Harmony Day (RHD) is ‘Our Cultural Heritage’. RHD is commemorated annually

on 21 July 2016 to remind us of the Racial Riots that took place in 1964 and concerted efforts are needed to

preserve the racial harmony we enjoy today.

In our belief in educating our students and preparing them to be a Little Friend who appreciates the cultural

differences we celebrate in our unique society make-up, we focus on the Eurasian Culture to better understand

this unique culture.

NE Committee had planned and implemented interesting and educational programmes and activities that sought

to create greater awareness of the unique culture of the local Eurasian community in Singapore.

Together with parent helpers from Parent Support Group, our teachers took on the role as Station Masters. They

shared with all our students in great details the historical background, cultural and customary practices that our

Eurasian friends have. Students had the opportunities to try out the traditional games that reflect the cultural

cohesion we share in Singapore.

6th SAP Scholars Programme

今年的六月假期，16名五年级同学在两位老师的陪同下，到南京行

知学校参加了为期22天的深度浸濡活动――儒子游。

在这22天里，同学们走入了行知课堂，与行知小学的朋友们一同学

习、一同玩乐。在行知朋友家做客时，我们受到盛情款待，一同渡

过了美好的时光。此外，我们也参观了宝船小学，与宝船小学的师

生进行了交流。

我们在行知基地还参加了许多有趣的活动，如：剪纸、书法、染

纸、翻花绳、捏面人、印章纂刻，到行知茶园体验采茶，到附近的

荷花苑钓龙虾……我们还参观了许多当地的名胜古迹，如：三国

城、霸王祠、南京大屠杀纪念馆等。

这一段旅程真的是丰富多彩！一个又一个精彩的活动让我们结交了

新朋友，还学习了许多与历史、文化相关的知识。我们更是拓展了

视野，对于中华文化有了更深入的了解。

和行知小学的朋友们一同造纸

陶艺

农家做客

书法课

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Teachers’ Day

Celebration

Every RSS Teacher is a Gardener, they

grow seeds that grow forever.

In celebration of Teachers’ Day this year, the P5

Prefects worked tirelessly over a period of more

than two months to plan and prepare the concert,

decorations and gifts. This year, the Prefects also

collected messages from the students during

recesses so that all the students in RSS could

express their appreciation for their wonderful

teachers. All their effort was worthwhile as

everyone had a meaningful and memorable

Teachers’ Day Celebration.

The P5 Prefects who worked so hard to organise the

Teachers’ Day Celebration

Traditional cake-cutting

P1 and P2 students performing for the teachers

P5 Prefects putting up a skit

The P5 Prefects collected messages from all

the students and arranged them as ‘flower

bouquets’ for the teachers

Teachers playing games during the concert

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