P6 Parent Engagement Session24 February 2020

PRINCIPAL’S

ADDRESS

Mrs Wang-Tan Sun Sun

Responding to the Evolving Threats of the Wuhan Coronavirus

• If you have returned from mainland China within the last 14 days, with day of return counted as Day 0, please do not come to school. Should you need to reach us, email us at meetoh_sch@moe.edu.sg or call us at 6489 3326 and our teachers will get in touch with you.

• Ensure your child is well before sending him/her to school.• Ensure your child brings a working ODT to school. • Ensure your child can log on to SLS from home.

Responding to the Evolving Threats of the Wuhan Coronavirus

• Stay tuned to PG notifications and letters.

• Please defer all non-essential travel during the weekends and school holidays. If your child must travel, please seek approval from the Form Teachers and declare your travelling plans at the Parents Gateway (PG) Portal through "Services" -> "Declare Travels”.

Strategic Plan

2019-2021

ST 1

Nurturing the Whole Child to be Ready for

the Future

1.1 Students as engaged learners, who learn with joy and develop learning dispositions for

life-long learning

1.3 Students who

develop character and PQs; and

further interests and/or passion

through related CCAs

1.2 Students who

(a) embody the school motto of compassion, conscience, purity

and righteousness;

(b) are equipped with the 21st Century Competencies

(c) love and have a sense of rootedness to Singapore, and contribute to the community.

Personal Qualities (PQs)

• To equip our students to thrive in a fast-changing, globalised world

Mee Toh School Motto and Values

• Foundation of character

• Provide compass for behaviour

SE Competencies – Skills,

knowledge and dispositions that

help students develop the 21st CC

21st CC necessary skills to

thrive in globalised world

Personal Qualities- A set of desired Attitudes & Skills

expressed in simple statements

Personal Qualities (PQs)

21st Century

Competency

Critical and Inventive Thinking

Social-emotional

Competency

Social Awareness

School Value of

RespectPersonal Quality (Pg 23 of Student HB)

• Demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to different

cultures and religions

• Respond open-mindedly to different ideas and

values

Example

Home-School Partnership• Parents are our one of our key

partners in the holistic education of the children

• Together, we will nurture our students to anchor on school motto & values and develop in them the desired Personal Qualities.

Term 1 Assembly Talk: Compassion

School Value Level Personal Qualities

Care P1-P6 o Show care and concern for the environment and

people around me

o Show kindness and empathy

Service P1-P6 o Appreciate and show gratitude for others

P1-P3 o Offer help to family members, teachers & peers

P4-P6 o Take actions to contribute to the common good of

others in the community

Lev

el

Personal

QualitiesActions you can take

P1-

P6

o Show care and

concern for the

environment and

people around

me

o Be kind to others and speak respectfully

o Help peers with their school work, collect worksheets for buddies when

they are absent

o Be quiet and considerate when walking from place to place in school

o Carry out classroom duty

o Switch off fans and lights when not in use

o Keep our class and school clean

o Show kindness

and empathy

o Think, “If I were him/her, how would I feel?”

o Share good things with others

o Ask for permission before doing something because it may affect others

o Be sensitive to peers’ needs and encourage them

o Take initiative to help others

Level Personal Qualities Actions

P1-P6o Appreciate and

show gratitude for

others

o Be grateful and say “please” and “thank you”

o Be punctual for school and class

o Greet with a bow and say “Good morning/ Good

afternoon” to all adults in school

P1-P3

o Offer help to family

members, teachers &

peers

o Take initiative to help others

o Volunteer to clean the classroom

P4-P6

o Take actions to

contribute to the

common good of

others in the

community

o Participate actively in the planning and execution of

IPW-VIA activities

o Take good care of classroom resources and school

properties

o Contribute to your family, our school and beyond

Learning from Straits Times-Singaporeans of the year 2019- Extending a hand to help othersThis year's The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year finalists have

inspired others with their warm hearts and kind acts, and their hope of

seeing more good in society.

Organised by The Straits Times, the

Singaporean of the Year award is given each

year to a Singaporean individual or group that

has made an impact in society.

This could be through achievements which

have put Singapore on the world stage, or for

improving the lives of others in the community,

or showing resilience in the face of adversity.

PUBLISHED ON DEC 25, 2019

Learning from Straits Times Singaporeans of the Year 2019

A kind act from a stranger helped

him to get to where he is today.

When Mr Veera Sekaran could

not afford to pay university course

fees for a degree in botany,

lawyer Haridass Ajaib stepped in

to bear the cost. All he asked in

return was for Mr Veera to pay it

forward.

He kept his promise and pays it

forward by hiring former convicts,

and helping the elderly and

children with special needs.

Learning from Straits Times Singaporeans of the Year 2019▫They may be young but they are full of ideas and dreams to make a concrete change.

▫About six years ago, the Seng siblings were at a hawker centrewhen they witnessed an elderly woman fall while trying to pick up her walking stick that had slid to the ground. Wanting to find a way to prevent such a mishap, Ian Hao and Ing Le invented a walking stick holder they named Qanemate.

▫The device is now on its 17th prototype after going through rounds of feedback from the elderly at nursing homes.

• for children to apply what’s learned in a structured or unstructured way

Creating Authentic Settings or Projects

student-initiated VIAaugmented reality rock climbing wall

In 2019, we went to the P1

classes to share with our juniors

about school safety.

The P1 students were very

attentive as they listened to our

presentation.

We hope that they have learned

the importance of school safety.

“Of all the VIA projects that we had done

over the years, this is the most memorable one.

We had a hard time brainstorming for a meaningful activity

after the PSLE. Fortunately, using the Design Thinking

process, our class decided to design a set of mind-

stimulating game for dementia patients.

We were very nervous on the day when we had to share

and teach our game to the elderlies at Silver Circle

Senior Day Care Centre. It was worse when my teacher

assigned each of us to teach two to three seniors on our

own! We couldn’t speak dialect and couldn’t understand

them too. We really had to find ways and means to

make them understand.”

The project was so meaningful that we felt we had to

do our best to teach them how to play the game. We

hope the game can help to stimulate their brains and

keep them healthy…

“This project makes us realise that when we

really have the heart to help others, we will

think hard to make the idea work to the best

of our abilities!”

P6-7 students’ reflection on P6 student-initiated VIA

Integrated Project Work (IPW) - VIA

IPW – learn the importance of teamwork, presentation skills, etc.

VIA – encourage children to identify & understand community issues, initiate

action with their peers to make a difference in the lives of others

IPW-VIA Fest

P5 IPW-VIA E-Waste Project

ALP – Environment Education – children practise environmental care in the

Applied Learning & Learning for Life Programme

MTS Water Conservation Campaign

community & as a nation.

Wushu Quan Package – a customised

Wushu routine taught during PE lessons to

enhance physical attributes & instil values

LLP – SENSE @ MTS – encourage children

to lead a healthy and active lifestyle,

develop in them the sound values and

characters & to be socially responsible

• engage children - be innovative & think creatively & critically as they

solve real-world problems

“Wishy Washy” - Best Ginnovation (Green Innovation) Projects 2019 (Primary)

- OCBC Green Pitch Award 2019

Holistic

Target for

Students…

Develop their Metacognition(an Executive Function)

Where am I now? Where am I going?

How can I achieve it?

How do I respond when I am not getting there as planned?

School value: Resilience

Personal Quality: Demonstrate the Growth Mindset

Student HB Pg 23

Growth Mindset

is the key to lifelong learning

Helicopter Parents Source: https://www.schoolbag.sg/story/helicopter-parenting

Helicopter Parents

Some suggested ways

Parents are encouraged to allow your child to attempt the homework on their own. Guide your child, but do not do their homework for them.

Provide structures for students to develop good habits that support independent learning such as teaching them to jot down their homework and packing their bags.

Find out more (do not jump into conclusions) and always work with your child’s teachers first as they are the ones who know your child well.

Train your children to be able to relay information to their teachers & vice versa.

Encourage Joy of Learning!

P6 Assessment Weightings 2020

Level Term 1

CA1

Term 2

SA1

Term 3

Preliminary

Term 4

PSLE

P6 Non-weighted 100% 100% -

• Results are Quantitative indications of the level of mastery of knowledge and

skills learnt

• Qualitative and formative feedback during daily work also serves to scaffold

students’ learning.

• Motivate our children towards Excellence, and strive towards personal

mastery, not towards chasing the last mark.

Partnership between School & Parents

Guiding Philosophy

Quality Relationships

Anchored on Mutual Trust and Mutual Respect

A mindset of partnership, collaboration and mutual support

Guided by MOE and Mee Toh School Ethos

Mee Toh School is committed to deliver quality education to all our

students, provide quality service to our partners and at the same time,

care for the well-being of our teachers and all who work here.

We will do our utmost to serve you with courtesy and respect and we

expect that you treat us with the same respect that you would like to be

accorded.

Please let us know if our efforts fall below your expectations. Your

feedback and words of appreciation will inspire us to continue to deliver

our best.

Thank you for working with us, making Mee Toh School Community a

gracious one, and the school a place conducive for learning, growth

and work!

Service Quality Statement

PSLE…

THE PSLE is a useful checkpoint

To understand where our children are at in their learning after six years of primary school

To gauge their learning needs so that they can progress to a secondary school and take subjects at a suitable level

PSLE…• Foundations have been built over the past years in child’s education.

• Academic focus will intensify this year to gear our students up towards the national examinations.

• School Values of Excellence … importance of diligence and deliberate practice.

• Healthy dose of Stress is good.

• Take the PSLE in the right perspectives.

Do we as parents (whether the Child did well or not) forget that PSLE is

just one part of our child’s journey?

This journey is special. It is intimate. It is the most empowering

investment a parent can ever make in and with his/her child. And it

takes a lifetime, or at least our lifetime.

PSLE…sharing a parent’s perspectives…

Every crossroad we face with our child is a start of a renewed relationship

with him/her.

It is definitely not the end of it, that is, a crossroad is not a dead end.

PSLE…sharing a parent’s perspectives…

“ … don’t compress a lifetime into a moment and judge them …instead spread out that moment into a lifetime and then patiently nurture hope, faith and love with them for all time. That’s the greatest privilege of being a parent. And the most rewarding one too!”

What Can Parents Do to Bring out the Best in our Children?

Create the Environment for holistic development

The Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Thanks!Happy 2020