QUEENSWAY SECONDARY SCHOOL 2020 Secondary 1 Registration Day 8.30am, 23 Dec (M onday) 1
S ECONDARY 1 R EGISTRATION D AY I NTRODUCTION & WELCOM E M r Yeo Choon Hwa (Assistant Y ear Head - Sec 1) 2
P ROGRAM M E FOR S ECONDARY 1 R EGISTRATION D AY 1. Introduction & Welcome 2. Principal’s Address 3. Administrative M atters 4. Preparing for the First Week of School 5. Registration for 1E Students at Atrium 6. Subject-Based Banding & GEAR UP Briefing for 1NA and 1NT Students 7. Registration for 1NA and 1NT Students in the Hall 3
QUEENSWAY SECONDARY SCHOOL 2019 Secondary 1 Registration Day Principal’s Address M r. Peter Tan Chong Tze 4
S ECONDARY 1 R EGISTRATION D AY I NTRODUCTION & W ELCOM E Vice Principals M r Ng Hock Soon M r Y ong Wei Leong 5
QUE E NSWAY SE CONDARY SCHOOL WE L COME S YOU
Q UEENSWAY S ECONDARY S CHOOL • Is established since 1 961 • Caters to varied talents and produces good performance • Nurtures students to become confident, life-long learners caring, responsible citizens • Provides a conducive learning environment with caring and dedicated teachers • Offers varied special programmes to bring the best out of every student
Q UEENSWAY S ECONDARY S CHOOL A sc ho o l whe re AL L c an ac hie ve suc c e ss ac c or ding to his/ he r ability Ng Shi M un, QSS Class of 2009 PSC Scholar (Kings College, UK) 8
Important School Information PSLE Cut-Off Scores Stream / Year Express Normal (A) Normal (T) 2019 242-222 194-168 152-131 2018 242-220 199-168 153-130 2017 236-212 196-171 153-125
Va rie d ta le nts & va lue - a dde d pe rforma nc e The QSS Experience: • Healthy diverse mix of students Student-Centric, Values-Driven of varied talents and Holistic Education: backgrounds • Attracts academically inclined students from Express/ Normal Course 150 in Express, 120 in NA/ NT Upper Sec: 3 Exp Classes (75%) offer pure sciences, 2 maths O-Level subjects offered by NA Elective M odules for NA/ NT
Important School Information Curriculum Time: • Mon-Thu 7.40 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Fri till 1.00 p.m. Enrichments and Remedial 2.30pm-3.30pm CCAs 3.30pm – 6.00pm
The Stakeholders’ Choice Parents’ Survey: 4 Main Reasons 2019 2018 2017 1 Convenient Location 29% 32% 31% 2 Good Track Record of 34% 35% 37% academic performance 3 Good Discipline of the 12% 13% 13% school 4 Recommendation from 11% 11% 12% friends/ relatives
A Holistic Education Challenging and Rigorous Curriculum Comprehensive Character Development Programme 13
QSS Character & Citizenship Education Programme Show Care and Concern for Others 14
Our Character Development Programme Student Leadership & Outdoor Education Level Camps 15
Our Leadership Programme Learning to Work in Teams, Learning to Lead and Serve Various Leadership Opportunities & Platforms 16
Nurturing Caring Citizens & Life-long Learners Applied Sciences as ALP Growing a M aker Culture among students – collaboration with SP Sea Perch M odule – Introduction to STEM
Nurturing Caring Citizens & Life-long Learners Applied Sciences as ALP • Collaboration with Singapore Polytechnic : Outstanding students partner with SP and are awarded the YEA (Gold) award for preferential admission to SP Engineering courses. • Life-Sciences Programme : Exposure to experiments in life sciences and CSI to expose students to scientific applications. • Sea Perch Programme Students work in teams to construct an underwater robot which can be used for water quality testing and object recovery. Exposure given to STEM principles.
Nurturing Confident, Life-long Learners Sports & Outdoor Education as LLP 19
Trips for Internationalization Experience We expose our students to different cultures Experiential Learning & Cultural Immersion Overseas Trips to ASEAN & Asia
Partnership with Parents We work closely to support the students Dads for Life Staff & Parents Appreciation Lunch Annual Fun Fair Cooking Session
Invitation to onboard Parents Gateway
What is Parents Gateway? • A digital platform (by MOE and GovTech) to bring greater convenience to parents to perform simple administrative functions and receive relevant information from schools. • Queensway Secondary School was one of the pilot schools for PG since July 2018. • QSS will send important information via The PG mobile app to all parents. All parents are highly encouraged to download the app.
Parents Gateway Mobile App School Events e.g. Principal’s letters / School Sec 1 Orientation Exam Timetables / Announcements programme Holiday Homework MOE Resources Travel Declaration Consent forms for Parents e.g. ECG
Download the app directly from your Apple App Store or google Play Store Enable “Allow Notifications” to receive push notification Keyword search ‘Parents Gateway’ Supported OS Versions: Android 6.0 or later & iOS 9.1 or later
Login with SingPass If you have issues signing in with Singpass, you may visit the SingPass website or contact their helpdesk at 6643-0555
Complete your Onboarding Retrieve your child’s details and verify the information to proceed
Please note • For parents of foreign students without SingPass access, hardcopy consent form(s) will be issued to the student. If need be, SM S will be sent out to parents without PG access on important school information.
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QUEENSWAY SECONDARY SCHOOL 2020 Secondary 1 Registration Day Administrative M atters 30
A DM INISTRATIVE M ATTERS 1. M ass Appeal Exercise M other Tongue and 3 rd 2. Language M atters 3. Students With Special Educational Needs 4. Books and School Uniform 5. Transport and Financial M atters 6. Art & M usic Elective Programmes (AEP/ M EP) 31
1. M ASS A PPEAL E XERCISE 32
M ASS APPEAL EXERCISE Students, who wish to appeal for a transfer of school due to any of the following reasons, may participate in the M ass Appeal Exercise (M AE): 1. Serious M edical Conditions 2. Dyslexia and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 3. Physical Disabilities 33
M ASS APPEAL EXERCISE Reasons that will be considered for M ass Appeal: 1. Serious M edical Conditions (E.g. chronic heart or kidney conditions) An official letter from a certified doctor must be attached to the application 34
M ASS APPEAL EXERCISE 2. Dyslexia and Autistic Spectrum Disorder Submit a comprehensive report written by a relevant professional (e.g. psychologist, speech and language therapist). Other documents may include report from primary school. 35
M ASS APPEAL EXERCISE 3. Physical Disabilities Submit assessment from qualified medical professional. It should clearly describe the extent of disability (temporary or permanent) and type of assistive device currently using e.g. wheelchair 36
M ASS A PPEAL EXERCISE • Proceed to the M ass Appeal Exercise booth on the left side of the hall when this briefing ends. • Collect an application form, complete it and submit it with the necessary supporting documents through us: By 12 noon on 23 Dec 2019 (today) • Each student is only allowed to submit one application • Please note that if you are successful with the mass appeal application, you will not be allowed to reject the offer and request to be admitted back to Queensway Secondary School 37
R ELEASE OF M ASS APPEAL RESUL TS • Report to our school on 2 nd Jan 2020 (Thu) • If successful, student will be given the new school posting letter and be asked to report to the new school • If unsuccessful, student will remain with our school 38
A PPEALS FOR TRANSFER TO INDEPENDENT / SPECIAL ASSISTANCE PLAN / AUTONOM OUS SCHOOL • Please apply directly to the school you wish to transfer to • If successful, obtain a letter of acceptance from the school, and then come back to us to get endorsement of release from Queensway Secondary School 39
2. M OTHER T ONGUE & 3 RD L ANGUAGE M ATTERS 40
M OTHER T ONGUE (H IGHER C HINESE L ANGUAGE ) • Students who are interested in taking Higher Chinese Language (HCL), please speak to M r Lim (HOD/ M TL) at the front of the hall after you have done your registration • HCL is offered to our students from Sec 2 onwards. 41
O THER LANGUAGES • For enquiries on other languages (e.g. Higher M alay Language, Higher Tamil Language or 3 rd Languages, please speak to M dm Esther (SH/ TL) at the front of the hall after your registration 42
EXEM PTION FROM M OTHER TONGUE • If a student was previously exempted from taking M other Tongue in primary school, please bring the letter of exemption to school on 2 nd Jan (Thu) and submit a photocopy to the Class M entor. 43
3. S TUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 44
S TUDENTS WITH S PECIAL E DUCATIONAL N EEDS • Should your child require support related to special educational needs, please proceed to the Special Educational Needs booth on the left side of the hall after you are done with the registration. 45
4. BOOKS AND SCHOOL UNIFORM 46
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