Warm WelcomeMEET THE PARENTS FOR SEC 2

MARSILING SEC SCHOOL（士林中学）

10 MAR 2017

ADDRESS BY

GOH AIK CHOON

PRINCIPAL

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Introduction Principal

Beatty Sec (1998 – 2002)

Changkat Changi Sec (2003 – 2008)

Yuying Sec (2009 – 2015)

Si Ling Sec (2016)

Former VP Temasek Junior College

Experiences in JCs and secondary schools

Vice Principals

– Ms Fiona Koh, Mr Tay Kim Seng, Mr Tan Tong Aik (VPA)

School e-mail – marsiling_ss@moe.edu.sg

School Website – www.marsilingsec.moe.edu.sg

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Marsiling Sec School （士林中学）

•110 teachers, 27 EAS

•1,113 students in 33 classes

•Supportive School Advisory Committee

•17 air-conditioned form class rooms

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History of Marsiling EstatePrior to the twentieth century, Marsiling was a typical rural area with few villages. The landscape was covered mostly by rubber plantations and wasteland interspersed with attap houses, provision shops, fruits, flower and vegetable farms. One of the notable kampongs in Marsiling was Kampong Lorong Fatimah for about 150 years.

Marsiling Road got its name from the Chinese names given to the estate, which was Maxiling, Maxilin or Maxileng马西岭. Lim Nee Soon林义顺（Yishun） had owned the estate and named it after his hometown of “Maxi” village 马西村 in Teochew prefecture (China).

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“士林”- A community of cultured, reputable, and learned peopleShi 士

◦ 有身份的人 (reputable people)

◦受尊敬的人(respectable people)

◦读书人（学士）(learners)

Ling 林 – a community 聚集在一起

士林中学 - 培养读书人(学士)的园林

(A Community of Learners)

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Merging of strengths and capabilities

Marsiling Sec Si Ling SecEstablished 2000 1980

Major achievement

2012 – President’s Award for Environment

2014 – Lee Hsien Loong Award for Innovations in the Normal Course

External Validation by MOE

2016 –In band 350 to 399

2013 –In band 350 to 399

Vision Self-directed learners, Caring individuals

Silians : Persevere and achieve

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Merging of strengths and capabilities

Marsiling Sec Si Ling SecMission To provide quality learning

and nurture the spirit of caring

To develop in our pupils the determination and tenacity to maximise their potential through a holistic education

Values Respect, Responsibility,Resilience

Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Self-discipline, Empathy, Enterprise

Motto Make Your Mark Excel

Guiding principle High Care, High Expectations

Culture of 6Cs – Care & Camaraderie, Creativity & Change, Community & Collaboration

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Externally Validated

in 2013/2016 by MOE School Appraisal Branch

Score in 350-400 Band

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President’s Award for Environment (2012)

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Straits Times 19 Dec 2016School mergersNew farm, new chapter for Marsiling

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Quoted in the Straits Times

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NEW IDENTITY -

“ We are treating this merger as a chance

to merge both schools' strengths and

capabilities. It's evolving into a new

identity, no longer purely Marsiling or Si

Ling.”

MR GOH AIK CHOON, principal of

Marsiling Secondary School.

Key Stakeholders for the MSS Sec 2017

Formation of joint School Advisory Committee since July 2016

Combined PSG

Formation of Marsiling Sec Sch Alumni (MSSA), 士林中学校友会, in Dec 2016 for all graduands of Marsiling Sec and Si Ling Sec

Value-adding partners◦ Republic Poly

◦ Marsiling community

◦ Well-wishers

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Joint CCA training since June 2016

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Distinctive Programmes – Applied Learning Prog (ALP) and

Learning for Life Prog (LLP)

ALP – Eco-sustainability through Inquiry-based Learning (from Marsiling Sec), partnership with Science Centre

LLP – Values and Character Building through Outdoor Curriculum (from Si Ling Sec)

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E-banner at MOE website

Our Co-curricular ActivitiesTarget to achieve 75% Excellence or Good for CCA grade

Uniformed Groups NPCC – Gold Award

Red Cross – Gold Award

NCC (Sea) – Silver Award

Boys’ Brigade

Sports and Games Football

Badminton (Boys and Girls)

Hockey (Girls)

Performing Arts Concert Band – SYF COA (Silver)

Chinese Orchestra – SYF COD (Gold)

Malay Dance – SYF COD (Gold)

International Dance – SYF COA (Silver)

Drama club – SYF COD (Gold)

Clubs and Societies Scrabble Club – Champion for 3

years

AVA/Infocomm club

Art Club

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Blk A Blk C

Blk BCentral

Square

School Field

Blk D Blk E

Blk F

Blk G

Will start the

construction of

Indoor Sports Hall in

late 2017 ($4.8

million)

Blk

H

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Indoor Sports Hall

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Portion of the field will be used for construction

hoarding

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Aggressive publicity :Open House 2016 (80 PSLE, total ard 160 visitors)

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Open House 2016

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NW CDC - Gold for School Partner Award

PSG parent-child Bonding25 Feb 2017 (Sat)

Academic Outcomes

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Academic Results2016 GCE ‘O’ results – meeting expectations in general

MSL 4 Exp, 133 candidates (L1B5 improved from 25.4 to 24.4)◦ Significant improvement, especially for EL & Hum

MSL 5 NA, 45 candidates (L1B4 dropped from 21.3 to 23.4) [within expectation, could be PFP, DPP effect]

SLS 4 Exp, 23 candidates (L1B5 improved from 24.9 to 24.7)◦ Maintained at fairly encouraging results

SLS 5 NA, 40 candidates (L1B4 improved from 25.2 to 22.6)◦ Improved for A Math, Math & Hum

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NA students taking “O” subjectsEncouraging results◦ MSL

◦ 5 CL candidates, 100% passed - 4 A1, 1 A2

◦ 4 ML candidates, 100% passed – 2 A1, 1 B3, 1 C6

◦ 15 Math candidates, 80% passed – 2 B3, 4 C5, 6 C6, 3 E8

◦ SLS◦ 5 Art candidates, 100% passed – 1 A1, 3 A2, 1 B3

◦ 6 CL candidates, 100% passed – 4 A1, 1 B3, 1 C5

◦ 8 ML candidates, 100% passed – 1 A2, 4 B3, 2 C4, 1 C5

◦ 18 Math candidates, 50% passed – 5 B3, 1 B4, 1 C5, 2 C6, 4 D7, 3 E8, 2 F9

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Conversion of ‘O’ level grades to‘N’ level grades

‘O’ level ‘N’ level

Grades Marks Grades Marks

A1, A2, B3 65 - 100 1 75 - 100

B4, C5, C6 50 - 64 2 70 - 74

D7, E8 40 - 49 3 65 - 69

F9 35 - 39 4 60 - 64

F9 30 - 34 5 50 - 59

F9 0 - 29 U 0 - 49

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% Promoted to Sec 5 NA

75.9

75.3

65.1

75.5

74.9

74.8

50

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2014 2015 2016

Marsiling National

Marsiling Sec (PSLE 172.3)

NT Benchmarking Indicators 2016 (for 2015 outcomes)

SLS (PSLE 120)◦ 1st in a band of 5 schools

◦ ELMAB1 ≤ 10 improved from 27.9% to 31.6%

◦ ITE progression improved from 60.7% to 71.9% (expected 76%)

MSL (PSLE 135)◦ Joint 3rd in a band of 23 schools

◦ ELMAB1 ≤ 10 improved from 61.1% to 77.8%

◦ ITE progression improved from 93.1% to 95.8% (expected 88.6%)

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BUDGET APPROVED BY SAC –TO HAVE AROUND $23,000

SET ASIDE FOR SCHOOL-BASED ACADEMIC

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

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MOE Edusave AWARDSEdusave scholarship

Top 10% - $500

Next 15% - Edusave Merit Bursary $350

Good progress Awards (10%)- $200

EAGLES Awards - $350

Edusave Character Award - $500

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2017/18 Marsiling SAC Academic Awards – in addition to MOE Edusave AwardsMinimum conduct grade : Good

Eligible for all graduating students

SAC Book prizes $300 for GCE ◦ Best all-round in Sec 4 Exp

◦ Best all-round in GCE ‘NA’

◦ Best all-round in GCE ‘NT’

◦ Best all-round in Sec 5 NA

$20 for every distinction scored in National examination (A1, A2, Grade 1 & 2, Grade A & B)

Top in subject per level per stream ($30)

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2017/18 Marsiling SAC Academic Awards – in addition to MOE Edusave Awards (Sec 1 – 3)Minimum conduct grade : Good

Eligible for all non-graduating students

Most Improved Student Award (MISA) $100 (x 25 by Adam Road Presbyterian Centre) or Marsiling GPA (MGPA), $100, for next 10% making good progress (additional 25 by SAC)

SAC Achievement Awards for ◦ Top 3 per level per stream ($50, $40, $30)

◦ Top 3 per class ($30, $25, $20)

Top in subject per level per stream ($30)

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2017/18 Marsiling SAC Academic Awards – in addition to MOE Edusave Awards (Sec 1 – 3)

2018 Marsiling Merit Awards (MMA, $100) for Sec 1 – 3 students◦Top 10% with overall scores above 65% (around 75, total budget $7,500)

◦Top 10% PSLE leavers (>210, >180, >148, around 18, total budget $1,800)

◦With active participation in CCA

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Progression Path (estimated)

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Sec 4E

(O Level)

PolytechnicJunior

College

/MI

Sec 4NA

(N Level)

ITE

Sec 4NT

(N Level)

Sec 5NA

(O Level)

Employment

University

31% 44%24%

28%

60% 23% 14%

40% going to

university in

2020

5% to

university in

1980

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To Poly? –

Eligibility ≠ Posting

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Poly Cut off points – 2014/15 JAE data

For Singapore Poly◦ Accountancy – 12

◦ Banking and Finance – 12

◦ Biomedical Science – 8

◦ Chemical Engineering – 12

For Ngee Ann Poly◦ Banking and Financial services –

10

◦ Mass communication – 10

◦ Engineering science – 8

◦ Psychology studies - 9

For NYP◦ Accountancy and Finance – 14

◦ Business Management – 16

◦ Medicinal Chemistry – 14

◦ Dental Hygiene & Therapy – 15

For TP◦ Aerospace Engineering – 13

◦ Aviation Mgt & Ser – 12

◦ Biomedical Science – 10

◦ Comms & Media Mgt - 13

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From poly to university - in addition to good poly results:

1) 20% GCE ‘O’ results 2) EL at least C6 3) CCA bonus points

Ready-aim-fireFire-aim-ready?

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Target Setting

Target-setting to Maximise Potential

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170

290

PSLE

193Average grade= 4.1

Grade A1Mathematics

Grade F9

O-LEVEL

For each PSLE

score, there is an

expected O-level

or N-level grade

Target Setting to Maximise Potential and PRISM

PRISM - Performance Indicators for School Management

Prism (Expected) Scores

Computed based on the performances of the entire cohort in Singapore (over 5 years)

Reference made to the respective PSLE aggregate

Using average over last 3 years for all candidates with same PSLE aggregate

A1 - 1, A2 - 2, ….., C6 - 6, … ,F9 - 9

MSG – Mean Subject Grade

3.82 means score between B3 and B4, more get B4

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Target-setting to Maximise Potential –SMART Target

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SMART TARGETS

are:

S – SPECIFIC

M – MEASURABLE

A – ATTAINABLE

R – REALISTIC

T – TIME BOUND

We will start by learning how to set

SMART targets.

For my English Language in SA2, I will aim to

score an A2 – B3 since I have scored

an

average of B4 for most of my

tests.

Specific

Measurable

Time

bound

Attainable

& Realistic

Target Marks To Qualify For JC/Poly

English Language 55 C5 65 B3

Humanities 55 C5 65 B3

Mathematics 60 B4 70 A2

Physics/Chemistry 55 C5 65 B3

Design & Technology 65 B3 70 A2

MTL 60 B4 70 A2

TOTAL L1R5 for JC 26 15

ELR2B2 for Poly 21 12

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Marsiling Secondary School Target Setting Exercise Expected Grade computed based on average of last 5 years GCE results

Name

: Class : Exp

PSLE

aggregate: 193

Target Results: For JC , L1 R5 = 13 For Poly, L1 R2 B2 = 9

Signatures by teacher and parent : __________

SubjectPRISM

(Expected) Score

Target

SA1Target SA2

Target

‘O’ level

English 5.9 (55 - 59) B4 B3 B3

SS/History 5.5 (55 - 59) B4 B4 B4

E Maths 4.1 (60 - 64) A1 A1 A1

Science(P/C) 4.1 (60 - 64) A2 A2 A1

A Math 4.2 (60 - 64) B3 A2 A2

Chinese 3.8 (65 - 69) B3 A2 A2

Design &

Technology 4.6 (60 - 64) B4 B3 B3

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Marsiling Secondary School Target Setting Exercise Expected Grade computed based on average of last 5 years GCE results

Name : Class : NAPSLE

aggregate: 162

Target Results: For PFP to poly, ELMAB3 = 11

Signatures by teacher and parent : __________

SubjectPRISM

(Expected) Score

Target

SA1

Target

SA2

Target

‘N’ level

English 3.7 (60 - 64) 4 3 3

E Maths 3.5 (60 - 64) 3 2 1

SS/History 4.7 (55 - 59) 4 4 3

Science(P/C) 3.1 (60 - 64) 3 3 2

Chinese 3 (60 - 64) 3 2 2

Design &

Technology 3.6 (60 - 64) 4 3 3

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Marsiling Secondary School

Target Setting Exercise Expected Grade computed based on average of last 5 years GCE results

Name : Class : NTPSLE

aggregate: 125

Signatures by teacher and parent : __________

SubjectPRISM

(Expected) GradeTarget SA1 Target SA2

Target

overall

English C (60 – 69) C B B

E Maths C (60 – 69) C C C

Science C (60 – 69) C B B

BCL/BML/BTL B (70 – 74) B B A

CPA B(70 – 74) B B B

Homec C(60 – 69) C C C

Design &

Technology C (60 – 69) C B B

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For admission to ITE – B4 = 7

2018 Subject Combinations for Sec 3

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2018 3E1-2 (40 students)

3E1 3E2

English Lang English Lang

Mother Tongue Mother Tongue

Math Math

Social Studies with Hist or Geo Social Studies with Hist or Geo

Add Math or Principles of Accounts Design &Tech or Food &

Nutrition or ART

Pure Chemistry Science (Phy/Chem)

Pure Physics

2018 Subject Combinations for Sec 3

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2018 3N1-3 (120 students)

3N1 (40 students) 3N2-3 (80 students)

English Lang English Lang

Mother Tongue Mother Tongue

Math (‘N’ or ‘O’ level) Math

Sc(Chem/Phy or Chem/Bio) Sc(Chem/Phy or Chem/Bio)

Social Studies with Hist or Geo Social Studies with Hist or Geo

Add Math or Principles of

Accounts

Design &Tech or Food &

Nutrition or ART

2018 Subject Combinations for Sec 3

2018 3T1 (36 students)

OPTION A (18 students) OPTION B (18 students)

English Lang English Lang

Mother Tongue Mother Tongue

Math Math

Computer Applications Computer Applications

Science Design & Tech or ART

Retail Ops* or Elements of

Business Studies

Retail Ops* or Elements of

Business Studies or Music

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*Applied Learning Subject

Retail Operations

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MOE Schoolbag Newsletter - February 2017Retail – A Selling Point

At Marsiling Secondary School, cleaning out display shelves

and vacuuming the floor of a mock shop front is part of their

lesson in the retail operations elective module for upper

secondary students.

……….

“The programme is to provide the students with experience on

what retailing is all about, but on a micro scale,” explains Ms

Noor Asyikin Mustaffa, an Institute of Technical Education

(ITE) lecturer who is conducting the course at Marsiling

Secondary. For students interested in a retail career, the

programme would also provide them with some technical

knowledge before they go on to specialise in the field at the

ITE.

To facilitate lessons, Marsiling Secondary School has

revamped a classroom so that the curriculum can incorporate

practical and theory components.

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From expanding DSA to new ITE diploma: 5 things to know about the latest education changes (7 Mar, Straits Times)

Expansion of Direct School Admission (DSA) scheme

More secondary school places reserved for non-affiliated students

Subject-based banding for all secondary schools

Increased aptitude-based admissions at tertiary level

New technical diploma for ITE graduates

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Advanced Elective Modules at polytechnics for Exp & NA

30-hour modules with hands-on and project-based learning approaches focusing on the practical application of knowledge

Will maximise to take up a total of 8 AEM modules

Modules relevant to the school distinctive programmes:◦ Solar and Clean Energy @ NYP, NP

◦ Application of Renewable Energy @ NYP, NP

◦ Environmental technologies @RP

◦ Sports Events management @ RP

◦ Developing Outdoor and Adventure Learning Activity @ RP

◦ Sports Psychology – the winning edge @ RP

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No. Name of AEM Venue Run date KP IC Student Group

1 AEMRPMS003 -Environmental Technologies

Republic Polytechnic

5 – 8 June Ms Ain 3E (20)

2 AEMSPMS013 –Environmental Explorer

Singapore Polytechnic

19 – 22 June Ms Ain 3N(A) (20)

3 AEMSPEG002 - Product Design and Development

Singapore Polytechnic

6 – 9 March12 – 15 June

Mr Anil 3N(A) (20)

4 AEMRPEG001 - Creating Fun gadgets with Electronics

Republic Poly 7 – 12 June Mr Anil 3N(A) (20)

5 AEMRPMS004 - Food Biotechnology in Human Health and Nutrition

Republic Poly 7 – 10 March13 – 16 March

Mdm Shamala

3N(A) (20)

6 AEMRPBZ001 – Developing Outdoor and Adventure Learning Activity

Republic Poly 5 – 8 June Mr Dhillon

3N(A) (20)

7 AEMRPBZ011 – Sports Psychology – The Winning Edge

Republic Poly 13 – 16 March Mr Dhillon

3N(A) (20)

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Elective Modules @ ITE for the NA & NT

Course Title Schedule Date

Grooming & Poise 27 – 30 Mar 2017

Essential of Personal Finance

27 – 30 Mar 2017

Practical Energy & Water Conservation

27 – 30 Mar 2017

Water Analysis and Water Treatment Methods

27 – 30 Mar 2017

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NT ELECTIVES

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Early Admission Exercise to Poly/ITE

EAE is an aptitude-based admissions exercise that allows students to apply and receive conditional offers for admission to polytechnics based on their aptitudes and interests, prior to receiving their final grades. It allows the polytechnics greater flexibility to select and admit students on criteria beyond just academic grades, thus allowing a wider range of talents to be recognised.

Estimated to be around 800 for each poly.

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Implications for EAE

Increased importance of ◦ School internal exam results

◦ Co-curricular activities records – enrichment, competition, VIA, etc

Added advantage to maintain a good portfolio

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School Discipline rules and regulations

•Corporal punishment for boys

•Detention after school

•Suspension from school

•Zero Tolerance for Bullying and cyber-related offences

•Will work closely with SPF for all theft and serious cases

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Ways to Cope

Enjoy Schooling

Work Hard

Work in Team/with a buddy

Home-School Partnership

62SELF-DIRECTED LEARNERS, CARING INDIVIDUALS

Thank You

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