MeettheParents Session

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Meet-the-Parents Session
Welcome

• P4 Parents
• 8 March 2007

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Parents Pledge

• As partners in education and role
• models, we, the parents of CHIJ St.
• Nicholas Girls School pledge that
• We will support and participate
• wholeheartedly and selflessly in the
• activities of the school to achieve all
• round development for our
• daughters .

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• We will work hand in hand with the
• principal and teachers to guide our
• daughters to develop a sense of
• aesthetics, social responsibility and
• moral values.
• We will be totally committed to help the
• school and our daughters in their
• efforts to build a gracious and continually
• progressing nation.

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Programme

• Introduction
• School Vision, Mission and Values
• Admission to SNG (Sec)
• Highlight of Programmes for P4
• Interaction with Form Teacher
• Getting to know your Parent Class Rep

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Principal

• Ms Chan Wan Siong
• Chan_wan_siong_at_moe.gov.sg
• Science trained
• Started teaching in June 1984
• Appointed Principal/Naval Base Sec in Dec 1997
• Joined School Appraisal Branch as Senior Quality
  Assessor in Dec 2001
• Joined SNG on 15 Dec 2006

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Vice-Principal

• Mdm Jo-marie
• Jo-marie_at_moe.gov.sg
• Science trained
• Started teaching in 1998
• Joined SNG on 15 Dec 2006

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Key Personnel
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Key Personnel
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Key Personnel
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P4 Form Teachers
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Other P4 Teachers

• Miss Toh Shufen
• Mdm Tan Yoke Joo
• Mrs Sim Yew Tai

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School Mission, Vision Values
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School Mission
The mission of CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls School is
the creation of a Christ-centred school community
where all work together for the promotion of
truth, justice, freedom and love, with special
reference to the need of the pupils who are
disadvantaged in any way.
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School Vision
A Leader in Every Student Every student believes
she has the talent and the capacity to make a
positive difference. She translates that belief
into practice guided by the values of truth,
justice, freedom and love. The staff embody the
same belief in their work, inspiring the students
to be the best they can be.
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School Values

• Truth
• Justice
• Freedom
• Love

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School Values
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Admission to SNG (Sec)
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Full School

• Offer a 10-year programme
• We encourage all our Pri girls to join the Sec
  Section which offers the
• Special course
• Express course

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Affiliation

• ALL SNG pupils who score 250 and above are
  eligible for SNG (Sec)
• Only SNG (Pri) can apply for SNG (Sec) Express
  Course

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Admission to Special Course

• Top 10 of PSLE cohort
• PSLE aggregate score at least 250
• Must offer CL or HCL at PSLE
• Must offer HCL at Sec

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SNG Sec 1 (2007)
Current P4 Enrolment 240
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HCL Bonus Points

• For admission to SAP schools only

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Criteria to offer HCL in Sec (Express)

• Top 11 30 of PSLE cohort
• A in CL or Merit in HCL

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Moving on to P5
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No streaming

• Previous EM1/EM2 gt Merged stream
• EL, CL/HCL, Math, Science
• Foundation Class
• Fondation EL
• Basic CL
• Foundation Math

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Subject-based Banding

• To be implemented for P5 in 2008
• Details to be released by MOE in due course

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Option to offer HCL in P5

• Based on teachers recommendation
• Criteria EL CL Band 1
• Option by parents
• To consider
• Overall ability
• Pupil interest

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PRIME
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PRIME

• Upgrading of existing school building
• Move out in Dec 2008 to Kebun Bahru Pri School
  along AMK Ave 2
• Expected completion date Dec 2010

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Thank you

• Have a pleasant evening!

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• Primary 4 Meet-the-Parents
• 8 March 2007

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CA1 results
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• English

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Areas of concern

• 1. Writing
• Pupils need to
• develop their stories more fully
• use more descriptive words
• increase their vocabulary
• be more careful of their tenses

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Areas of concern

• 2. Comprehension
• Pupils need to
• answer questions directly
• learn not to add redundant information in their
  answers

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Recommendations

• Pupils to
• read a variety of reading materials that are of
  different genres, especially information texts,
  to widen their general knowledge
• read sample/model compositions to get more ideas
  for composition writing
• have a collection of good phrases for use during
  composition writing
• eg. paralysed by terror, heart pounded

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• Chinese

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Areas of concern

• 1. Comprehension skills
• Pupils do not understand the passage due to a
  lack of vocabulary.

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Areas of concern

• 2. Composition writing
• Pupils need to
• improve on their vocabulary
• be more detailed in their descriptions
• improve on their observation skills and written
  expression

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Recommendations

• Pupils to
• read a variety of reading materials to expand
  their vocabulary
• review vocabulary taught
• have more practice in answering comprehension
  passages

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• Mathematics

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Areas of concern

• Pupils are weak in the following areas
• 1. Word problems
• Presentation of solution needs to be more
  systematic
• Number statements must be written
• eg. 2 345 1 100 1 245

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Areas of concern

• Pupils are weak in
• 2. multiplication tables
• 3. the following topics
• Factors
• Multiplying by 2-digit numbers and Long
  division

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Recommendations

• Pupils need to
• commit to memory the multiplication tables
• organise their steps and working more
  systematically
• exercise more caution and to learn to check their
  work (eg. work backwards)
• learn to use model-drawing to help them
  understand the more challenging word problems

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• Science

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Areas of concern

• Pupils are not able to apply knowledge and
  concepts learnt
• Pupils have learnt that air can be
• compressed.
• Many cannot apply this concept
• when tested.
• Eg Study the diagram shown
• Many stated that the amount
• of air inside the container is
• 530cm³ if we pump in 30 cm³
• more air.

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Areas of concern

• Pupils are not able to draw conclusions from the
  given information.
• Pupils did not revise topics learnt regularly.
  (Reflected in the fluctuating results for Pop
  quizzes.)
• Pupils need to answer the question being asked.
  Do not give answers that are too general.

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Recommendations

• Pupils need to constantly review basic facts
  taught in class
• 2. When answering Science questions, pupils
  need to
• read the questions carefully
• underline the key word(s), if any
• analyse the data/information given
• NOT jump to conclusions
• take time to explain their thoughts clearly and
  carefully

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If you would like to speak to HODs/Subject
teachers, please proceed to the following
venue(s)
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• Thank you