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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 [email protected] 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