Ang Mo Kio Primary School2021 PRIMARY 1 ORIENTATION

First ZOOMeet with Parents

Motto

Aim High & Work Hard

Be Motivated & Confident to Pursue Dreams

6CoreValues

Resilience

Integrity & Responsibility

Excellence

Care & Respect

4 AMKP Student Mascots

School Vision:Every Child,

a Confident Person, a Joyful Learner and a Caring Citizen

Nurturing the

Confident

AMKPian

Key Changes in Singapore Education

‘Learn for Life’ is a value, an attitudeand a skill that our students need topossess, and it is fundamental in ensuringthat education remains an uplifting force insociety. It is what underpins theSkillsFuture Movement. It also has to be aprincipal consideration in our schoolsystem.

(September 28, 2018 – MOE Work Plan Seminar)

Learn for Life – important areas

1. Uplifting All

2. Learn Languages for Life

3. Joy of Learning

4. Many Possibilities in Education

5. Future-Ready

6. Development of Educators

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Laying the Foundation Well at P1 and P2

• Build a strong foundation for life-long learning, starting from pre-school and transiting to Primary 1

• Shift the emphasis away from grades to the joy of learning and intrinsic motivation

PROMOTEJOY OF

LEARNING

ENHANCE STUDENT

WELL-BEING

FOSTER AN ATTITUDE

OF LEARNING

FOR LIFE

Key messages to the Primary School Educators & ParentsPrimary School Educators should… Parents should…

Build on the positive attitudes and dispositions for learning that pre-school children bring with them as they enter P1

Collaborate with their children’s primary school teachers to develop in their children a positive attitude towards learning

Deepen basic skills and concepts learnt at pre-school• Design meaningful activities to help students see the

relevance in their learning as they transit to P1

Enrich their children’s learning experiences beyond school by encouraging them to explore and ask questions

Adopt teaching and learning practices which are developmentally appropriate• Avoid above-level teaching and above-level testing• Leverage a range of assessments to provide effective

feedback in academic & non-academic domains• Values & character devt are as important as academic

learning

Pay equal attention to their children’s cognitive and non-cognitive development• Academic preparation alone

does not guarantee a smooth transition for children

MOE’s effort to promote the joy of learning

1. Adjusting school-based assessmentstructures (e.g. removal of weightedassessments for P1 and P2 children)to pace out teaching and learning

2. Refreshing the Holistic DevelopmentProfile to better reflect a child’sprogress in learning and todiscourage peer comparison (e.g.use of qualitative descriptors insteadof marks in P1 & 2)

3. Revising the criteria for the EdusaveAwards to celebrate children’sprogress in non-academic aspects

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The AMKPExperience

Nurturing Confident Person & Caring Citizen

ChoicesRelation-

ship“I”dentity

Nurturing & SupportingPositive Identity, Quality Relationships & Responsible Choices

Systems & Structures

•Year Head System to Support & Guide Form Teachers

•Peer Relationship & Networking Support (Subject Head for Student Well-Being)

•HOD Educational Support & High Needs Support Team (Counsellors, Learning & Behavioural Support Officers, Student Welfare Officer etc.)

Nurturing & SupportingPositive Identity, Quality Relationships & Responsible ChoicesProgrammes

• Programme for Active Learning (PAL) – P1 & P2

• Character Matters (1 hour per week)• Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP) + Assembly

Period• National Education (NE) lessons• Lessons on Student Leadership and Social-

Emotional Learning

• HOD CCE

Character Matters – Showing Care & Respect

Student Well-Being & Social Emotional Competencies

Self-Actualis

ation

Esteem

Belonging

Safety

Physiological

Co-Curricular Activities (after P2)• Holistic Development

• Exposure to Learning outside of School Subjects

• Opportunities to Develop New Interests & Strengths

• Possibilities of Direct Schools Admission (DSA) at P6

Discipline & Safety

Discipline with Dignity (DwD) Long-term behavioural change,

not quick fixes

Builds in Critical Thinking &

Importance on Learning

Rules are reasonable and

Consequences are logical

Adults to be Role Models

Always treat students with

dignity

Responsibility is more

important than obedience

The 3‘B’s of Behavioural Expectations

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Be Here

Be Punctual

Be Kind

• Attendance• Attention• Awareness

• Punctuality• Deadlines• Responsibility

• Respect• Care for Others

School’s Focus On Social Skills Training

Attendance Punctuality

Students to achieve at least 95%

attendance

Students to be in school by 7.25 a.m.

Students to submit Medical certificate

(MC) or other relevant documents to FT

for absence

Students will be booked for late-coming

after 7.30 a.m.

Written notice of absence will be

given to students if attendance is below

95% in a term

Conduct Grade will be affected

Attendance and Punctuality

Compulsory Education Act (CAP 51)

The two key objectives of CE are to give our children:

• A common core of knowledge which will provide a strong foundation for further education and training; and

• A common educational experience which will help to build national identity and cohesion.

According to the Compulsory Education Act (Cap 51), where a child fails toattend regularly as a pupil at a national primary school or a designatedschool/be home-schooled (where exemption is granted), the parent/guardian ofthe child shall be guilty of an offence. The penalties provided in the Act for aperson convicted for the offence are a fine not exceeding $5,000, or toimprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.

Source:_www.moe.gov.sg/education/education-system/compulsory-education

Types of Absence

1. Absence with Medical Certificate (MC)

• Hospitalisation Leave

• Medical Leave (only from registered doctors)

• (Absence due to medical reasons without MC will be

covered under Absence with Private Valid Reasons)

2. Absence with Valid Reason (Official)

• Participation in officially sanctioned overseas activities e.g. Youth

Olympic Games, or Overseas Learning Journey with school

• Officially excused from attending school

• PSLE Oral Exam Days

• Marking Days

• Home-Based Leaning Days (eLearning Days)

• Student with no paper during Period of Examinations

3. Absence with Valid Reasons (Private)

• Medical (student unwell with parent’s letter of excuse)

• Bereavement or serious illness of family member

• Leave of Absence (only for parents’ work commitments or other family-

related child-minding challenges)

• Personal or family commitments (external non-school activity deemed valid

by school) > family vacations will NOT be valid from 2018 onwards

• Special situations e.g. student held in remand, or required to attend court

hearing

4. Absence without Valid Reason (Good Reason)

• Family-related

permissive/ abusive parenting

marriage problems

student needs to help with household chores

• Financial-related (“No money for bus fares.”)

• Truancy

Developing Self-Regulated, Joyful Learners

•Motivation

•Mind-set

•Managing Learning

Learn for Life – Former Minister (MOE) Ong Ye Kung “Put to rest the mistaken notion that there is a single, dominant path to success that starts from a very young age. The school system will become far more flexible than today, so that we can customise learning to the student,

to give them time to blossom at different points in their lives, while anchoring the belief that we can grow and get better.” Minister for Education, Ong Ye Kung, COS 2019

“…the education system must focus on achieving and measuring learning outcomes and avoid over-emphasizing the importance of academic grades, which represent actually

only a fraction of the attributes needed to succeed in life.”

“…the system must recognise the diversity of strengths and talents amongst our

young, and that only a passion-driven learning process will be self-directed, lifelong, and

resilient to disruption because the young person is motivated to learn, unlearn and re-learn. In this system, the goal post has shifted from teaching a student enough so that they can

graduate, to helping students learn to learn so that they actually never really graduate.

Minister Ong Ye Kung, Speech, 26 March 2018

Growth Mindset

Learning to learn

To Build Motivation, Growth Mind-Set and Skills to Manage Learning

•Set & Understand Learning Goals

•Recognise Progress & Gaps

•Ask and Use Feedback to Learn and Improve

•Learn with and from Others

•Personal Ownership

•Develop Learning Dispositions

Formative Assessment Strategies

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Learning Dispositions:

Positive behaviours and attitudes towards learning

Curiosity Resilience

Collaboration Excellence

Learning Dispositions

Student Outcomes

Learning Dispositions Observable Actions

A Joyful Learner, A Confident Person and A Caring Citizen

Curiosity Asks questions to find out more

Shows an interest in learning new things

Thinks up new ideas

Resilience Stays on task and manages distractions

Shows perseverance in challenging situations

Knows what to do when faced with difficulty

Collaboration Respects ideas/perspectives shared by peers

Work well with others in a group learning setting

Learns with and from others

Excellence Takes effort in checking his/her work*

Uses feedback and learns from mistakes to improve own learning

Knows where one is in his/her learning and what his/her next steps are

Technology to Enhance Learning & Support Joy of Learning• From Possibilities to Necessity

• Student Learning Space

• New Online Learning & Communication Tools (Gmail accounts)

• Cyber-Security & Cyber-Wellness

Educational Support• Believe All Children Want and Can Learn

• Giving Feedback, Removing Obstacles and Providing Learning Tools

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Changes To School-based Assessment Practices

• Removal of Mid-Year Examinations (MYE) for P3, P4 and P5 starting from 2020

• Intent: • reduce the load and stakes of school-based assessment (SBA)

• move away from an over-emphasis on academic results

• help our students experience more joy and develop stronger motivation in learning

• Assessment weighting distribution for Weighted Assessment (WA), and End-of-Year Examinations (EYE)

Weighted Assessment (WA) (Only for P3- P5)

•ONLY 1 WA per subject per term

•Add towards the Final Performance for the Year

•Short Tests, Set of Daily Work or Projects

•NOT the same as Year-End Examinations

•Focus on Individual Level of Mastery, NOT comparison

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Assessment Weighting Distribution

P3 • Term 1 WA: 10%

• Term 2 WA: 15%

• Term 3 WA: 15%

• Term 4 EYE: 60%

P4 and P5 • Term 1 WA: 15%

• Term 2 WA: 15%

• Term 3 WA: 15%

• Term 4 EYE: 55%

P6• Term 1:

practice paper

• Term 2 MYE

• Term 3 Prelim

Revising Criteria for Edusave Awards for Primary Schools

Awards are offered to

pupils based on their

conduct, leadership skills,

learning dispositions and

academic performance.

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School Support System

• MOE Financial

Assistance

Scheme (FAS)

• School-based FAS

Financial

AcademicSocial-emotional

• After-sch EL remedial

lessons

• After-sch reading

programme

• After-sch enrichment

• Pull-out Maths lesson

during curriculum time

• FTGP lessons

• Sch Counsellors

• Allied Educators

(Learning and

Behaviour

Support)

•Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)

•School-Based Student Care Centre (SCC)• Operated by NASCAN Students from low-income families are

eligible for the Student Care Fee Assistance (SCFA) scheme administered by MSF can receive up to 98% subsidy of the monthly fees.

• Application forms for SCFA are available at the school-based SCC.

MOE/ School-basedHelp for Child & Family

Partnerships to Help Child & Family

• Collaboration with MSF to offer Positive Parenting Programme (PPP)

• Collaboration with Self-Help Groups e.g. Mendaki, CDAC, SINDA – subsidised tuition programme

• Referral to External Agencies e.g. Family Service Centres(FSC)

Child Protection

•Physical & Social Well-Being

•Working with Child Protection Services (CPS) from MSF

•Conversation & Partnership for the best arrangement for the child

Contact Addresses for Communications

• General Office : 64520794

• Email Address : amkps@moe.edu.sg

• School Website : www.angmokioprimary.moe.edu.sg