School-Parent Interaction

Session

20174 Brilliant

Form Teacher – Mr Liew Guan Jie

Co-Form Teacher 1 – Mdm Janice Cheng

Co-Form Teacher 2 – Ms Leong Yin Leng

A little about myself…

5th year in teaching

My first school

A father

Safe environment

Teach pupils, not simply subjects

Objectives of this Interaction Session

Foster

School-Parent

Collaboration

Share

Discipline

Policies

Seek support for

school initiatives and

activities

The Impact of Parent Involvement

Triple P - Positive Parenting Program (SFE)

• Aim: Prevent behavioural, emotional and

developmental problems in children by

enhancing the knowledge, skills and

confidence of parents

• The evaluation study on Triple P has shown

• Improved parenting competency

• Reduced parenting stress

• Reduced negative emotional states

• Reduced child’s difficult behaviour.

Fill up the questionnaire to help us match

you with the right programme

Tentative Dates of Triple P Level 2 Seminars

Saturday, 6 May 20179.00am – 11.00am

Saturday, 22 July 20179.00am – 11.00am

Saturday, 19 August 20179.00am – 11.00am

Please contact our FamilyMatters@School coordinator

Ms Javen Ho at 9116 9382 OR sfe_wsps7@yahoo.com.sg

if you need assistance or more information

Triple P Level 2 Seminars

(Primary)3 X 90 minutes parenting seminars3 seminars include:

(i) Power of Positive Parenting

(ii) Raising Confident, Competent Children(iii) Raising Resilient Children

Our Mission

To Nurture Caring Hearts, Creative Minds and

Confident Individuals

Our Vision

A Vibrant School of Choice where Character

Shines and Talents Soar

Care

Respect Responsibility Resilience Rallying Together

Excellence

Hallmark of a Whitesandian

By the end of the six years, our pupils will be

confident individuals with caring

hearts, creative minds and will

exude the qualities of being

responsible, respectful, caring

and able to rally together in

times of need and resilient in

times of adversities.

Getting in touch… Email address – liew_guan_jie@moe.edu.sg

Call General Office for urgent matters

Email response may not be immediate, probably 2-3 working days.

School contact details:

General Office Number: 6922 9100

Staff Room 1 Number: 6922 9124

(EMS / ML teachers)

Staff Room 2 Number: 6922 9125

(CL / TL teachers)

Pupil’s Handbook

Class Dojo

SNAC™ (Smart Notification Acknowledgement Console)

SNAC™ is a smartphone

(Android& IOS) app that

uses the 3G/4G/WIFI

network to receive

notification send by the

school.

Why Use SNAC™? As of April 2015, the school is

utilising SNAC™ to send notifications such as our school’s In Link Bulletin to parents.

We will be discontinuing the use of printed copies for notifications in the later part of the year.

Please sign up if you have not done so.

Instructions for signing up can be found in http://whitesandspri.moe.edu.sg/for-parents/snac

Common Understanding

Pupils Grooming

School Uniform → Mon

PE Attire → (Tues, Wed, Thurs – CCA, Fri)

Attendance Matters

If pupil is absent,

an MC or Parent’s letter is required

Subject Teachers

English – Mr Liew/ Mdm Cheng

Mathematics – Various teachers

Science – Ms Leong

PE & HE – Mr Alvin Tan

Social Studies – Mr Liew

Art & Craft – Mr Raizi

What we are doing for English

English lessons are conducted via

Listening

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Grammar

Vocabulary

Areas of Language Learning (Overview)

School-based Resources (Overview)

STELLAR Learning Sheets

Companion Booklets

Oral & Listening Comprehension booklet

Comprehension

Synthesis

Composition

Term 1

(0%)

Term 2

(30%)

Term

3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Paper 1

(Writing)

Paper 2

(Language Use)

Paper 3

(Listening

Comprehension)

Paper 4

(Oral

Communication)

Components to be tested (Overview)

Assessment Format

PAPER COMPONENTITEM

TYPENO. OF ITEMS MARKS DURATION

1

(Writing)

Continuous

WritingOE 1 20 50 min

2

(Language

Use)

Visual Text

ComprehensionMCQ 5 5

1 h 20 minGrammar MCQ 8 8

Vocabulary MCQ 8 8

Punctuation MCQ 3 3

Synthesis OE 4 4

Grammar Cloze OE 7 7

Vocabulary

ClozeOE 7 7

Comprehension 1 OE up to 8 8

Comprehension 2 OE 5 10

Assessment Format

PAPER COMPONENTITEM

TYPENO. OF ITEMS MARKS

3

(Listening

Comprehension)

Listening

ComprehensionMCQ 14 14

4

(Oral

Communication)

Reading Aloud OE 1 passage 6

Stimulus-based

ConversationOE 1 visual stimulus 10

What we are doing for Mathematics

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Unit 1:Numbers to 100 000

Unit 2:Factors and

Multiples

Unit 3:Multiplication and

Division of Whole

Numbers

Unit 4:Whole Numbers:

Word Problems

Unit 8:Fractions

Unit 9:Addition and

Subtraction of

Fractions

Unit 10:Decimals

Unit 11: The Four Operations

of Decimals

Unit 12:Decimals: The Word

Problems

Unit 14:Tables and Graphs

Unit 15:Time

Unit 7:Symmetry

Unit 5:Angles

Unit 6:Squares and

Rectangles

Unit 13:Area and Perimeter

Topics to be tested (Overview)

Term 1

(0%)

Term 2

(30%)

Term 3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Units 1 – 4

Units 8 – 12

Units 1 – 12

Unit 14Units 1 – 14

Paper Format

BOOKLET ITEM TYPE NO. OF QUESTIONS MARKS DURATION

Booklet AMultiple-

Choice19 38

1 h 45 min

Booklet B

Short-Answer 20 40

Problem Sums2 6

4 16

What we are doing for Science Science lessons are conducted via

5 ‘E’ cycle through Inquiry Based Learning Engage Explore

Explain

Elaborate

Evaluate

Process skills Basic : Observing, Classifying , Comparing,

Communication, Using Apparatus

HOTS :Analysing , Inferring , Investigating,

Generating Possibilities, Predicting, Evaluating

What we are doing for Science Text book, Activity Workbook

Term 1: Cycles, Systems

Term 2: Systems, Energy (Light)

Term 3: Energy (Light), Energy (Heat)

Term 4: Energy (Heat)

Science Process Skills book

Assessment :

Term 1: Bite-size test, SA1, CA2 SA2

Please do not dispose the books after the

year

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Matter Plants and their parts Light and shadowsHeat and

temperature

Your amazing body

as a systemLight and shadows

Heat and

temperature

Topics to be taught (Overview)

Topics to be tested (Overview)

Term 1

(0%)

Term 2

(30%)

Term 3

(30%)

Term 4

(40%)

Diversity of living

things

Life cycles of plants

and animals

Diversity of living

things

Magnets Diversity of materials Diversity of materials

Matter MatterLife cycles of plants

and animals

Human digestive

system

Human digestive

systemMagnets

Plant system Plant system Matter

Light LightHuman digestive

system

Heat Plant system

Light

Heat

Paper Format (SA1, CA2 & SA2)

BOOKLET ITEM TYPE NO. OF QUESTIONS MARKS DURATION

A Multiple-Choice 30 60

1 h 45 min

B Open-Ended 14 40

More details on Assessment will be sent out at a later date.

Supplementary/Remedial Lessons

Monday

2.15 pm – 3.00pm Mother Tongue

3.00 pm – 3.45 pm Science

Tuesday

2.15 pm – 3.00 pm Mathematics

3.00 pm – 3.45 pm English

Supplementary lessons will commence in Term 2.

Key Programmes for Primary 4

Department Enrichment

Programmes

Day / Time Pupils

involved

Cost per child

Mathematics ● Math

Olympiad

Training

22 Mar - 17 May

(1.45 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.)

31 May - 2 Jun

(9 a.m. - 11 a.m.)

20 pupils $120

($84 by

Edusave, $36

by School)

Science ● E2K 1 Feb - 8 Mar

(1.45 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.)

Key Programmes for Primary 4

Department Enrichment Programmes Day / Time

Physical &

Health

Education

● Road Safety Park 7 Mar

(TBC)

● NAPFA 10 Apr

● Outdoor Camp 3D2N 25-27 Sep

Social Studies ● Field-based Learning to

National Museum of

Singapore

TBC:

P4A & P4B - 10 July, Mon

P4C & P4D - 11 July, Tues

P4E - 12 July, Wed

Key Programmes for Primary 4

After-school programme (For Latch-key pupils)

LWK after Class Programme

City Befrienders' Club

Student Haven

Pupils’ progression from P1 to P5

Primary 3

Primary 4 Primary 5

SBB

1st 2 classes placed according

to their strengths in EL and

Math; & rest mixed ability

Foundation

Stage

Orientation Stage

Parental

Option

Primary 2

Primary 1

Pupils progress en-bloc

Pupils progress en-block

Subject-Based Banding (SBB)

SBB introduced in 2008 to ensure that student’s interests and strengths are taken into consideration when he/she progresses Allow students to take subjects at different levels

depending on their aptitudes and abilities in these subjects

help each pupil to proceed at a pace that child can manage

Introduced as a refinement to the streaming process SBB aims to help every student realise his potential

E.g.: Student is

• strong in English and Mother Tongue

• very weak in Mathematics and Science,

• May Choose :

• Standard English & Standard MT

• Foundation Math & Foundation Science

•Rationale

• Help focus and improve on the subjects

that are strong in while building up the

fundamentals in the weak subjects

An Illustration

SBB Terms Used (since 2008)

4 Standard Standard : English; Math; Science; MTL

4 Standard + 1 Higher MT 4 Standard [EL; Math; Science; MTL] + Higher

Mother Tongue

Foundation Foundation: EL; Science; Math; MT

Recommendation for 4S + 1 HMT at

Primary 5

Criteria 1

Criteria 2

EL MATH MT SC

Band 1 Band 1 Band 1 Band 1

EL MATH MT SC

Band 1 Band 1 Band 2*

Band 1 or 2

* [min. 80 marks]

Recommendation for

Std / Fdn Course at Primary 5

4 Standard

Pass 3 or more subjects at Primary 4

4 Foundation

Band 4 (below 50 marks) in all subjects

Recommendation for

Std / Fdn Course at Primary 5

• The school is open to students taking

foundation course with the following subject

combinations:

– 2 Standard & 2 Foundation

– Standard English, Standard Mother

Tongue

– Foundation Math and Foundation

Science

Parental Option

The school will recommend the course for students to study at Primary 5, based on the Primary 4 End-of-Year Examination results.

Parents will indicate their choice for the type of course shortly after the release of the Primary 4 End-of-Year Examination results (in Middle of November).

Arrangements will be made for the parents to meet the teachers if they need clarifications regarding the choices.

Primary 4 Assessment Weightage

40

Assessment Percentage

CA 1 Nil

SA 1 30 %

CA 2 30 %

SA 2 40 %

Total 100 %

Interaction Time

Hope you have enjoyed the session.

Looking forward to collaborate in ensuring great success

for your child

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