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Briefing by P1 Form Teachers

Contents 1. Mindfulness Exercise 2. Routines Important for young learners 3. Building Good Habits 4. Building Sense of Responsibility 5. Form Teachers’ Guidance Period (FTGP)

Practised Mindfulness Exercise in class Sit and steady yourself • on the floor Close your eyes • Gather your energy on • your ears Listen to the music • Take your breath slowly •

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Tip 2: Practise Routines How parents can support: • Help your child develop good habits at home. E.g. packing school bag, checking their pencil case • Start by doing it with your child then let him/her show you • Praise your child for being responsible

Tip 2: Practise Routines • Some students forgot to bring their pencil case to school • Sometimes, they forgot to transfer to the pencil from their enrichment bag to school bag • Recommend that they use a different pencil case so it minimises the need to transfer the pencil case from one bag to another

Building Good Habits Pack their bags daily: • Bring only the necessary books to school – Student Handbook – Personal file for letters and homework – Storybooks (CL: Mon, Tues. EL: Wed to Fri) – Stationery – Waterbottle – Textbooks for lessons for the day • Look through personal files regular – Discard outdated letters • Keep school bags to below 3.5kg

Building Good Habits How parents can support: • Some students have been forgetting to bring storybooks • Allow your child access to storybooks from – home – National Library – exchange with cousins • Encourage your child to reread books (just like watching their favourite movies again and again)

Building Good Habits Habit of time management: • Taking note of the time • Know that learning can and should continue at home • Limit screen time and keep to it – Some students may continue on the mobile device wihout parents’ awareness – Affects children’s rest time • Include reflection time to inculcate mindfulness of their behaviour

Building Good Habits Good habits starts from young: • Dress smartly – Name tags should be sown under the school name – Uniform should be pressed – P.E. T-shirt to be tucked in at all times

Building Sense of Responsibility Start taking care of themselves: • Taking responsibility of their belongings – Bring their valuables with them for recess, P.E. lessons, going to special rooms – Bring the necessary books and learning materials to school and home

Building Sense of Responsibility Treat the school like their second home by: • Keeping their classroom and school environment clean and neat – Classroom and canteen duty, and spring cleaning – Pick up litters when they see one – Organise their tables neatly in between lessons • Involve your child in simple chores at home, e.g. bring the bowl to the sink, setting up the dining table

Building Sense of Responsibility Play their role as a child and a student by: • Being a serious learner – Understand that parents play their roles in taking care of the household – As a child and student, they do their best when learning – To be ready for the future

Building Sense of Care Build sense of care for the people around them by: • Treating others with respect – Be mindful of their words and tone of speech – With their kind acts • Remembering that their actions affect others – One’s action will cause inconvenience or hurt to others – Every mistake has a learning point

Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP)  Develops Social Emotional Competencies  Focuses on transition and making friends and managing oneself at the P1 Level

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FTGP: P1 Lessons Some examples of the different themes covered:  Self Awareness Introducing Myself Knowing my Likes & Dislikes  Social Awareness Knowing my Teachers & Friends  Relationship Management Making New Friends

SEAIP  1-1 Teacher conferencing session with students  Focuses on helping students establish relationship with the teachers  To better understand the students’ needs & aspirations

Character Development Programme – 大爱妈妈 • Volunteers inculcating values such as respect, filial piety, care for the environment, etc. • Tell meaningful stories and sing songs to engage the students

Reinforcing Habits and Values at Home • Remind your child to speak politely • Role-model courtesy : As adults, we also thank the children for the favours they do for us • Clearing up after meals • Lights out (for bed) latest by 10 p.m. • Keeping study area clean • Arrive punctually for family events and other occasions • Encourage your child to do their best and never give up

Others Matters to Highlight • FTs to customise according to issues in class. E.g. habit of borrowing money amongst students (slides can be found in YH folder), punctuality in handing in work/forms, etc. • Do share both positive and negative matters

English Language

1. Joy of Learning 2. Unit Coverage 3. Level Focuses 4. Level-Wide Strategies 5. Helping Your Child

Joy of Learning – learning through experiences and collaborative learning Modified Language Experience Approach to writing Discovery learning journey Collaborative learning

Joy of Learning Step Into Reading (SIR) Programme • To read extensively beyond STELLAR books • Graded readers that expose students to a variety of text types • Class discussions to promote reasoning and critical thinking skills • Students respond to various texts through journals and activities e.g. making of bookmarks

Unit Coverage 1. Dan, the Flying Man 2. Mrs Wishy-Washy 3. Walking Through the Jungle 4. To Town 5. Crocodile Tea 6. The Hungry Giant 7. Ants in a Hurry 8. Dan’s Lost Hat 9. When My Baby Sister Came Home 10.Mid-Autumn Festival 11.The First Day of Hari Raya 12.Lazy Duck 13. The King’s Cake 14.The Broken Bangle

Level Focuses Oracy Writing   To speak confidently Develop writing by having eye contact, readiness and smiles and good penmanship  posture Draw-Label-Caption  To speak with strategy  common sentence Construct sentences starters using Subject-Verb- Object structure

Level-Wide Strategies

Helping Your Child Reading and Listening Skills  Set a reading routine for your child (e.g. 10 minutes of reading before bedtime).  Read with your child often and ask questions to check understanding and build vocabulary.  Involve your child in reading by getting them to retell, make prediction, give opinions on the characters’ actions, relate to personal or real-life experiences, etc.  Read a variety of text types (e.g. storybooks, newspapers and magazines).  Choose age-appropriate and interesting texts for reading.

Helping Your Child Taken from: https://www.tes.com/lessons/QrZ2Qfpj65lMRw/five-finger-rule

Helping Your Child Speaking Skills  Create opportunities for your child to share his/her thoughts on various issues.  Have frequent conversations with your child to widen his/her world knowledge.  Practise speaking in front of an audience to raise confidence.  Highlight the use of better vocabulary words to express ideas clearly.  Encourage your child to ask questions and provide reasons for their opinions.

Helping Your Child Writing Skills  Guide your child in penning down his/her thoughts and ideas (e.g. diary).  Make use of the words in the spelling lists in writing.  Expose your child to good writing. Highlight good phrases and sentences used in model compositions.  Guide your child in sentence construction using accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Helping Your Child Writing Skills Importance of Spelling  Spelling supports reading and comprehension.  Proficient spelling aids fluent writing.  Spelling instruction can aid vocabulary development.

Helping Your Child Writing Skills How can spelling be taught? Words with regular spelling  Use phonemic awareness, letter knowledge and letter sounds.  Match sounds to the letters/letter combinations which represent them. f i sh sh  Start from base word un un + friend nd + ly ly

Helping Your Child Writing Skills How can spelling be taught? Words with irregular spelling  Use multi-sensory techniques Look Observe the word Say Say each letter of the word and the word, while skywriting Cover er Without looking at the word, say the letters and word again Write Write the word Check ck Check if the word is spelt correctly

Helping Your Child Being ready for school every day!  Train your child to follow the timetable and pack his/her school bag every day.  Ensure your child is equipped with necessary stationery and books: - sharpened pencils - quality erasers - ruler - glue stick - stapler - coloured pencils - storybook (for daily silent reading)

P1 Mathematics

Content • Introduction • Joy of Learning • Topical Coverage • P1 Level Focuses • P1 Key Strategies • Holistic Assessment • Home Support