WelcomePPS Open House

13 July 2019

• Introduction to Primary School Education and Punggol Primary

• Our Signature Programmes

• Our Achievements

• Partnering the School in Your Child’s Education

• School Tour

Programme

Primary Education

• Formative years

• Early stages of learning

• Discovering talents and abilities

Aims of Primary Education

• Lay a strong foundation

• Nurture well-rounded individuals and passionate lifelong learners

• Prepare the child for the future

Preparing our young

For the future

21st Century Competencies –Balancing knowledge with skills and values

Developments in Local Primary Education

• Promote Learn for Life and moving away from over-emphasis on exams and grades

• Strengthening efforts to nurture well-rounded individuals through Outdoor Education

• Providing a structured and supportive environment after school through student care services

• Providing greater supportfor students with special educational needs

What is primary school like?

• More engaging teaching methods

• Programme for Active Learning (PAL)

• Enhanced school facilities

• Holistic Assessment

• Focus on Character and Citizenship Education

More Engaging Teaching Methods

• Active and creative learning strategies

• Investigative tasks, experiments

• Role play, drama

• Outdoor activities

Programme for Active Learning (PAL)

• More opportunities for your child to participate in non-academic activities during curriculum time

• Discover new interests, develop a range of skills and build character

Holistic Assessment

• Focus is on building child’s confidence and desire to learn

• Focus on learning progress

• Feedback on child’s development

• No weighted assessment for

P1 and P2 and empahsize

Learning Dispositions

Character and Citizenship Education

• Builds character through inculcating values and social-emotional competencies

• Nurtures values of responsibility, respect, resilience, integrity, care and harmony

Character and Citizenship Education

• Develops a sense of shared identity and encourages students to contribute to society

• Family Time to reinforce values taught, both at home and in school

Learning Support Programmes (LSP)

Cater to child’s strengths and needs:

• English: provides additional learning support to students in the English Language at the time they enter P1

• Maths: provides additional learning support in Math at the time they enter P1

Punggol Primary School

Brief Background

• Established in 1995• Student Population: 1350 pupils (7 P1 classes in 2019)• Staff Strength: 1 Principal

2 Vice Principals94 Teachers and 16 Support Staff

• Awarded the MOE’s School Distinction Award and Singapore Quality Class in 2014

• PERI Upgrading in 2018 (including SCC)

Our VisionA Gracious Community of

Confident and Innovative Lifelong

Learners

PRIMARY SCHOOL

We want our children to be

Our Mission

Igniting the Joy of

Learning,

Inspiring All to Care

and Share.

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Our School Core Values

Developments in Local Primary Education

@PPS

Moving away from over-emphasis on exams and grades

No exams for P1 & P2 * Vibrant PAM programmes to complement

rich Academic programmes. 20 CCAs to choose from

Strengthening efforts to nurture well -rounded individual through Outdoor Education

Developmental P1-P6 Outdoor Education Programme

S.T.A.R.S. programme GreeNovation Programme Unstructured Recess Play (URP)

Providing a structured and supportive environment after school through student care services

School-Based Student Care Centre operating from Jan 2019 onwards

Providing greater support for students with special educational needs

Case Management Team Many hands approach to help every pupil

(HOD/Student Management, Year Heads, School Counsellor, Senior AED(LBS)

Learn for Life @ PPS

Learning

Dispositions

Description

Curiosity

& Motivation

The interest to learn and the desire to

know more.

Respect

& Collaboration

The respect one accords to others and the

willingness to work with others.

Pride

& Responsibility

The ownership of one’s own learning and

the drive to give one’s best.

Perseverance

& Resilience

The determination to keep going despite

challenges and the will to pick oneself up

from setbacks.

Co-Curriculum Activities (CCAs)

CCAs:

Sports • Hockey• Multi-Sports

Development

• Basketball

Aesthetics • Chinese Dance• Malay Dance• Indian Dance• Art• Chinese Brush

Painting

• Band• Guzheng• Angklung• Choir

UniformGroups

• Boys’ Brigade • Girls’ Brigade

Clubs • Robotics• Info Comm• Maths

• English Drama • Chinese Language

Journalist• Green Club

PPS Signature Programmes

Igniting the JOY of Learning

S.T.A.R.S. Programme

Authentic Problem-Based Learning

PPS Signature Programmes

Igniting the JOY of Learning

Speech and Drama for EL and MTL

My First Milestone

ICT-integrated Learning Journeys

PPS Signature Programmes

Igniting the JOY of Learning

Aesthetics Live in Various Expressions (AL!VE) in PPS

PPS Signature Programmes

Inspiring All to Care and Share

• GREENOVATION - PPS Green Curriculum

P6 Social Entrepreneurship

Inspiring All to Care and Share

PPS Signature Programmes

Social and Moral

- Service learning at Bright Hill Evergreen

Home for all CCA student leaders and P6

prefects.

- Paying it Forward FAS Programme

Young Savers Programme

Toys Buffet

9.4 Social and Moral

PPS Signature ProgrammesInspiring All to Care and Share

PPS Cares & Shares Programme(Toys from the Heart, Adoption of Brighthill Evergreen Home)

PPS Signature ProgrammesInspiring All to Care and Share

P3 & P4My Community, My Responsibility

P1 & P2 My Home, My Responsibility

Inspiring All to Care and Share

PPS Signature Programmes

Dear Parents, Here is a list of chores that a 8 year old child

can do independently. Please go through with your child and

pick 3 chores that he/she can manage and let him/her do it

for a week. Thank you!

Dear Pupil, Please choose 3 chores that you can do to help out

at home and write its number on the next page. Do these

chores over a week at home and get your parent to sign.

Thank you! .

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Achievements and

Affirmations

Pupil Excellence

HOCKEY

National Inter-Primary Schools Hockey Championship

2018 2019

Senior Girls – 1st Runners-up Senior Girls – Champions

Senior Boys – Quarter-Finalist Senior Boys – Champions

Junior Girls – 1st Runners-up Junior Girls – Tournament

Ongoing

Junior Boys – Champions Junior Boys – Tournament

Ongoing

Singapore Youth Festival Presentation

Category 2014 2016 2018

Chinese Dance Distinction Accomplishment Distinction

Malay Dance Accomplishment Accomplishment AccomplishmentGuzheng Ensemble Distinction Accomplishment Commendation

Choir Distinction Distinction Accomplishment

Concert Band Accomplishment Distinction Accomplishment

Angklung Ensemble Accomplishment Commendation Accomplishment

Indian Dance NA Accomplishment Distinction

Singapore Youth Festival

Art Exhibition

2015 2017 2019

2 Certificates of Recognition1 Certificate of Participation

3 Certificates of Recognition 1 Certificates of Recognition

Uniform Groups 2017 2018 2019

Girls’ Brigade Company Award

Sustained Gold Sustained Gold Sustained Gold

Boys’ Brigade JM Fraser Award

Gold Honour Roll

Silver Honour Roll

NA

Uniform Groups

Other Achievements

Asia Pacific Robotics Competition

20181st and 2nd place

2019Competition On-going

Inter-school Debating Championship

2018• Champions• Best speaker

2019• Best speaker for Preliminary Round 2

• Top 5 schools (South Zone)

Organisational

Excellence

MOE Masterplan of Awards MOE Masterplan of Awards

People Developer Standard Certified

MOE’s Masterplan of Awards

MOE Masterplan of AwardsSchool Distinction Award

National AwardSingapore Quality Class

• The Green Audit Award 2018 (Vanda Miss Joaquim )

• Green Audit Certification (Gold)

• Energy Efficiency National Partnership Award 2017

• Community in Bloom 2018 (Gold)

• Outstanding Environmental Outreach Project Award

2018

• WWF Eco School Awards 2018

Other Achievements

Singapore Youth Science Festival

2018• Certificate of Accomplishment• Certificate of Commendation

Young Innovators’ Fair

2018• 3 Certificates of Distinction

• 1 Certificate of Merit

National Environment Challenge

2018• Finalist

Preparing Your Child

For Primary School

Adapting to primary school

In primary school, your child will need to:

• adjust to a larger learning environment

• adapt to longer school hours and a structured timetable and schedule

• interact with more students and teachers

• become more independent and responsible

Support a healthy lifestyle

Ensure your child has:

• Sufficient sleep

• A balanced diet

• Unstructured play

• Outdoor activities in the day

Be involved!

• Attend seminars and workshops

• Ensure communication with teachers

• Participate in a Parent-Teacher Conference

• Volunteer in school programmes e.g. festival celebrations, buddy reading, learning journeys

• Join the Parent Support Group

Primary 1 registration

process

For more information on the Primary 1 registration process, please refer to:

www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/ primary-one-registration/