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budget presentation for 2004ACS (Independent) – A School of Choice

Year One Regional

Studies Programme

Parents’ Briefing 2019

Ms Salinah Latiff

Regional Studies Programme

Co-Ordinator


Regional Studies Programme (RSP)

• A prestigious scholarship programme introduced by

our Prime Minister in 2008

• Established in 5 schools

– ACS (Independent)

– RI, RGS, Victoria School, Cedar Girls Secondary School

• Around 100 scholarships to be awarded per cohort across the five schools


To nurture a group of

students who can:

1. Converse in Malay

2. Understand the culture

and contemporary

development in the

nearby region

Objectives of RSP


To enable these

students to effectively

engage in the region

through field trips,

homestays and Values-

In Action programmes

Objectives of RSP


To nurture and prepare future leaders

who can be more comfortable operating

in the region

Objectives of RSP


1. Malay Special

Programme (MSP)

2. Understanding

Southeast Asia (USEA) NOTE : RSP lessons are curriculum

lessons and take precedence over

CCA activities and remedials unless

students are representing the school

in competitions

RSP comprises


Lessons scheduleLevel MSP lessons RSP lessons

Year One Mondays Wednesdays

Year Two Tuesdays Thursdays

Year Three Wednesdays Tuesdays

Year Four Thursdays Mondays


• Offered as a Third Language

• Examinable yearly

• Lessons conducted outside

curriculum time in the school • Mondays for Year Ones

(3 to 6 pm) – Every Week

• No changing of dates since MSP

teacher have to teach other

levels on other days

Malay Special Programme


• Scholars will take the GCE-O level MSP examination at the end of Year Four

• Exam format:– Paper 1: Email and Essay writing in Malay

(20 marks)

– Paper 2: Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension passage, Cloze passage in Malay (30 marks)(Multiple-choice and open ended questions)

– Paper 3: Oral Conversation and Listening Comprehension in Malay (50 marks)

Malay Special Programme


• An enrichment module specially designed by the school

• Key pedagogy: Collaborative Learning

• Lessons conducted outside curriculum time

• Wednesdays for Year Ones (3:15 to 5:15 pm), 12 sessions, from mid-February onwards

• Assessment: Coursework and group presentations

Understanding Southeast

Asia (USEA)


• Scholarship allowance of $1,000 per

annum

• Annual school fees subsidy of $2,400

• Subsidised Enrichment Programmes

including fieldtrips and seminars

• Funding for overseas cultural immersion

trips (maximum of $100 per day)

RSP Scholarship


• Year 1 Singapore citizens (PR and Foreigners not eligible)

• Not taking Malay or Higher Malay as Mother Tongue (MT)

• Those exempted from MT are eligible to apply

• Attained PSLE Score of 240 points and above

• Will be taking Malay Special Programme as 3rd language

(if accepted into RSP, student will be registered by the

school to offer MSP)

• Exhibit scholarly qualities including leadership and other

personal attributes

• Passed interview with panel of RSP teachers

(more details will be informed to the successful applicants)

Eligibility for RSP


Year One RSP lessons

conducted in 2018• Playing angklung, traditional musical instrument

• Playing traditional Malay games

(5-stones, gasing, capteh, congkak, sepak takraw)

• Cooking of traditional Nasi Goreng Kampung

• Visits to Kampung Glam, Malay Heritage Centre,

Hari Raya bazaar and Hari Raya celebration at MSP

teacher’s home

• Cultural day camp and MOE - organised seminar to

learn more on Malay culture

(combined with the other 4 RSP schools)


RSP Room

(concept of

Malay

kampong)


RSP lessons

(presentations, discussions)


Year One RSP activities



Visit RSP or MSP teacher’s homes during Hari Raya

to sample the cuisines and receive Hari Raya ‘hong bao’


Cooking traditional Nasi Goreng

Kampung (fried rice) in school

Examples of Year One activities



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Learning Gamelan from students in Gamelan

Club from Evergreen Secondary School Hari Raya feasting at

RSP teacher’ house


Year One RSP Learning

Journey to Kampung Glam


Visit to Geylang Serai Market


USEA Sharing with other RSP schools


MOE – organized MSP

Cultural Day Camp


Year 1 Cultural Immersion

Trip to Sarawak in 2009


Year 1 Cultural Immersion trip

to Langkawi, Malaysia, in 2015


Year Two RSP lessons

conducted in 2018

• Learning journey to Haw Par Villa to learn about

Chinese myths and folktales

• Peer-led learning journey to Little India and Kampung

Glam to learn more about Indian and Malay cuisines

and culture respectively

• Learn to cook traditional Indian dish (Chicken Curry)

• Fashion week to showcase their designs on Miss

Singapore’s national costume

• Overseas cultural immersion trip to Penang, Malaysia

during the June school holidays to learn more about

the Malaysian culture and Values-in-Action

programme with the local orphanage


Year Two RSP activities

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Fashion Week – Ms Singapore’s costumeYear Two RSP activities

Fashion week – ACSI’s version of Miss Singapore’s national costume


Year Two Cultural Immersion

trip to Jogja, Indonesia in 2013


Year 2 VIA at local orphanage

in Jogja, Indonesia in 2013


We were even featured in Jogja’s

local newspapers in 2013



trip to Bali, Indonesia in 2014

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Batik

painting


trip to Jogja, Indonesia in 2015


Sarawak Trip: Day TwoYear Two cultural immersion trip to

Kuching, Sarawak in 2017


Year Two cultural immersion trip to

Penang, Malaysia in 2018


Year Two RSP activities36


Year Three RSP lessons

conducted in 2018• Focus on ‘Terrorism and Religious Extremism in

Southeast Asia’ with the study of the threats of

terrorism and religious extremism in the SEA

region, including in Singapore

• Visited Internal Security Department Heritage

Centre, Khalijah Mosque (where the Religious

Rehabilitation Group is housed) and the

MUIS Harmony Centre

• Overseas Cultural Immersion trip to Negara Brunei

Darussalam during the November school holidays


Visits to Religious Organizations

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Year 3 Cultural Immersion

trip to local school in Medan,

Indonesia in 2013


Year 3 Cultural Immersion trip to

local school in Surabaya,

Indonesia in 2014

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Year 4 RSP lessons conducted

in 2018

• Pair-work projects on tourism industry, traditional dances,

architecture of houses, art forms, music, medicine, national

symbols and icons

• Group projects on Lives of the Southeast Asian workers

where they visited and studied the ethnic enclaves of Thai,

Filipino and Burmese migrant workers in Golden Mile,

Lucky Plaza and Peninsula Plaza respectively

• Overseas cultural immersion trip to Chiangmai,

Thailand to teach the children English, played games

and painting of murals for local school

• Scholars completed Research paper on their overseas

cultural immersion trip


Year 4 RSP local

learning journeys


Year 4 RSP local learning

journeys


Year 4 RSP local learning journeys

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Year 4 cultural immersion trip

to Bali, Indonesia, in 2013


Year 4 cultural immersion trip to

Sarawak, Malaysia in 2014

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Bali, Indonesia in 2015


Year 4 cultural immersion trip

to Siem Reap, Cambodia, in 2016


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Chiangmai, Thailand in 2017


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Chiangmai, Thailand in 2018


MOE feedback about RSP in

ACS (Independent)• Comprehensive and interesting activities

conducted for the scholars in the RSP

• Year 4 scholars achieved average B3 grade in

the MSP GCE-O level examinations

• Year 5 and Year 6 students able to continue to

offer RSP scholarships at IB

• Year 6 RSP scholars obtained Pass with

Distinctions for MSP and Grade 7 for History in

the IBDP exams


• Complete the application form from the

school website and return it to the front

office with supporting documents in

hardcopy by 18th January 2019 at 3 pm

• Interview on 30th January, Results on

8th February, lessons begin on 11th February

• Please email me if you have any queries:

– Ms Salinah Bee, RSP Co-Ordinator at

[email protected]

RSP Application


Application Forms


Q&A session with Year 4

RSP Scholars

• Adric Yap

• John Koh

• Keon Teh

• Then Shan

• Benjamin Sin

• Timothy Yip

• Ray Chong

• Elliot Yong


• Complete the application form from the

school website and return it to the front

office with supporting documents in

hardcopy by 18th January 2019 at 3 pm

• Interview on 30th January, Results on

8th February, lessons begin on 11th February

• Please email me if you have any queries:

– Ms Salinah Bee, RSP Co-Ordinator at

[email protected]

RSP Application

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