Welcome to Primary 1 Parent-Teacher Meeting 4 Jan 2017 Evacuation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Primary 1 Parent-Teacher Meeting 4 Jan 2017

Evacuation routes in case of emergency

Fire Evacuation Plan • Alarm Triggered • Announcement over PA system • Keep calm and listen to instructions • Go to the Assembly Area at Swiss Cottage Secondary School field

5 Golden Rules • Always be polite and greet each other • One person talks at a time • Always be honest • Respect others and their property • Care for each other as brothers and sisters

S.T.A.R. Approach (before greeting the Anthonians) • Silence (if necessary, signal it by raising your right hand) • Tidiness (physical setting) • Attire (personal grooming) • Respect for one another

Opportunities to Learn How to Live Well @ SAPS ‘Home - Sexuality Ed Anthonian Back to lessons School Care Conduct Care’ Prog School Rubric Buddies Prog. Values In Project Anthonians Primary 1 ‘Let’s Do It Learning Work action Right!’ Journey& Matters! prog Camps Programme s A responsible and CARE Quest & Cyberwellness respectful Anthonian who NE Core Leadership Edusave & ECG lessons Living Well & CCA Character Events & CCE lessons cares for self, family and programmes Award peers.

Morning Assembly • Pupils are to remain at the canteen or bus bay when they report to school before 7.15am. • At 7.15am, a chime will be played – signal for pupils to proceed to the hall. • By 7.20am, pupils are to be seated in the hall for QUIET TIME. Pupils should read a book while waiting for assembly to start.

Latecoming • Morning assembly will start at 7.30 am. • Pupils who come after 7.30 am are considered late. • Persistent latecomers will be issued with a warning letter .

Recess Assembly • Pupils should stop playing and proceed to the assembly area 5 minutes before end of recess (first chime). • Pupils to sit down quietly in twos and wait for their subject teacher.

Cultivating Good Habits for Life through Everyday Responsibilities Dail ily y Cleaning eaning @ S SAPS P1 & P2 All Levels 5 minutes before recess 9.10 a.m. (P1) and 9.40 a.m. (P2) Class Duties • Duty Roster monitored by Class Committee and reinforced by P3 – P6 teachers Last 5 minutes of the day • immediately after dismissal prayer After Snack Time / Recess • to reinforce the ‘T’ in STAR (Tidiness) • P3s to P6s can only leave their classrooms at 1.45 p.m. after cleaning up. • Teachers will take P1s and P2s to their respective dismissal points after the prayer to wait for dismissal at 1.45 p.m.

Dismissal • School ends at 1.45 p.m. daily. If your child is going home by foot, please wait for her/him at the side gate of the Entrance / Exit. • Street 32 is known as the Entrance • Street 34 is known as the Exit • Please do not change your child’s mode of transport. • Please be punctual to pick up your child .

School Attire • The school tie must be worn every day for assembly with the school uniform unless pupils have PE or Get Active! on that day. • Pupils may remove their tie when they reach the classroom. • For the school PE attire, the polo T-shirt must be tucked in.

School Attire • Only school socks or plain white socks without any label or logo are allowed to be worn with white canvas shoes. Socks must cover the ankle. • Nametags must be sewn above the school crest on all shirts/blouses/PE attire. New nametags can be ordered from the school bookshop.

General Appearance • Hair must be neat. No fancy haircut allowed. • Only a small pair round ear-studs or earrings are allowed for girls. • Hair accessories must be black.

Handphones • Handphones must be switched off during school hours. • Must seek permission of teachers to use phone after school for necessary calls/messages. • Handphones should not be used for playing games or listening to music. • Consequence for misuse of handphones – It will be confiscated and parents have to come to school to claim it personally from the General Office.

Traffic Management – Dropping off/Picking Up • At Vehicle Drop-Off Point • 1.45 p.m.: School buses will leave first (Reason: To reduce traffic congestion and inconvenience to all) • 2.00 p.m. onwards: Parents who are driving, can drive in to school to pick up their child(ren) during normal and wet weathers.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Parking on the roads outside the school main gate is a traffic offence.

ANTHONIAN DIARY Parents to read through school rules and acknowledge by signing on page 25 Please fill in your child’s particulars and sign on page 1

Things to Bring (Daily) • Pencil case (Sharpened pencils, eraser, ruler, green coloured pencil) • Coloured pencils • Anthonian Diary • Reading Material • Communication & Homework File

Reminder • Outstanding documents (GIRO form, dental form, photographs, travel declaration form etc)

Things to Bring (Mon, 9 Jan) • Follow timetable given e.g. Math textbook, MT textbook / workbook

Class Timetable (Sample) PERIOD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0915 - 1245 - 1315 - T IME 0745 - 0815 0815 - 0845 0845 - 0915 0945 - 1015 1015 - 1045 1045 - 1115 1115 - 1145 1145 - 1215 1215 - 1245 0945 1315 1345 Mother Mother Mother MONDAY TACT PAL English R Maths Music Music English English Tongue Tongue Tongue Social Mother Mother Mother TUESDAY English English English E Maths Maths Art Art Studies Tongue Tongue Tongue Social Mother Mother WEDNESDAY PAL PAL PAL C English English English Maths PE Studies Tongue Tongue Mother THURSDAY Assembly LW LW E English English Maths Maths English CCE CCE Tongue Health Mother Mother Mother FRIDAY English English S English Maths Maths PE PE Education Tongue Tongue Tongue S Living Well / Music Catechism

exercise book (spelling) Art Maths textbook / workbook

Health Education English (Listening Comprehension and Oral) Stellar Handwriting

Social Studies Folio / Activity Book Pupil’s Profile Subject Files

WHEN YOUR CHILD IS UNWELL

If your child is absent… Please inform the Form Teacher of your child’s • condition and the duration of his/her medical leave. • Do submit either a medical certificate and/or a letter that explains your child’s absence. The document(s) should be submitted when your child returns to school. The purpose of this arrangement is to prevent truancy. • A medical certificate is required when your child is absent for any assessment. .

If your child is absent… • Any child with symptoms of infectious disease (e.g. HFMD, Chicken Pox) must stay at home until all the blisters dry up and the MC given expires.

Teacher’s expectations • Pupils’ Belongings e.g. shoes, tie, water bottle, snack box, wallet etc. (Label them) • Textbooks • Worksheets • Preferred mode of communication

Teacher’s expectations • Expectations of pupils • Home support

Learning Attitudes Aspects that aid learning: • Hand in work on time • Put in effort in completing every piece of class work • Develop the habit of reading through questions and instructions before attempting tasks

Learning Attitudes Aspects that aid learning: • Develop the habit of checking their own work.  Too eager to hand in work  Quality of work compromised (careless mistakes) • Be focused during lessons • Participate actively in all class activities

General Tips Help your child to … • Check the diary daily for homework • Set aside time for you and your child to revise what is taught in class daily • Read with your child daily

General Tips • Ask questions and get your child to justify his/her answer • Set a time limit for homework • Read Anthonian Updates (monthly)

ENGLISH

English Language Areas: • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing • Grammar • Vocabulary

English Language STELLAR strategies: • Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) • Shared Book Approach (SBA) - Big Books • Modified Language Experience Approach (MLEA) – Class, Group and Individual Writings) • Learning Centers (Reading, Listening & Speaking) • Learning Journeys • Learning Sheets • Stellar Handwriting Books

English Language STELLAR strategies to complement STELLAR: • English Language Speech Arts (E.L.S.A.) • School / Class Library Reading and Activities • Reading Comprehension Practices • Listening Comprehension Assessment Book • Written Expression / Composition Writing • Spelling

English Language Term Term Term Term P1 Assessment 1 2 3 4 Weekly Spelling (Tuesday)     ELSA (including Show & Tell)    Listening   (Phonemic Awareness & Listening Compre) Reading Aloud    (Running Records/Reading a Passage) Stimulus Based Conversation   (Interpretation and Explanation) Mini-Reviews (Grammar/Vocabulary)   Comprehension   Writing (SBA/MLEA Individual-     Writing)