Welcome to Bishan Park Secondary School

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Welcome to Bishan Park Secondary School
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School Leaders
Mr Vasuthevan, Principal Mrs Choi Mok Sang,Vice
Principal Mr Lim Soon Wai, Vice Principal
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Middle Management
Mr Shue Pei Yan, HOD PE Mrs Tan Shao May, HOD
English Miss Diana Goh, HOD Mathematics Mrs Linda
Wee, HOD Humanities (internal) Mr Mr Mathi
Vanan, HOD IT Mr Colin Peterson, SH Pupil
Development
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Middle Management
Mrs Kong Chuen Pei, SH CCA Mr Tay Teng Joo,
Advisor Admin Mr Ismail Bin Abdullah, Advisor
Malay Mr Kenneth Sim, LH Lower Sec Science
(internal) Mr Ng Joon Yong, HOD Craft Tech
(internal) Miss Mak Mun Heng, Coordinator Chinese

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Secondary 1 Form Teachers
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Vision
Learning School, Caring Community, Contributing
Citizens A First Choice School
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We Are A Learning School

• We bring our books, we need them.
• We are early for class, we want to learn.
• Were responsible, we do our homework.
• Were attentive, we surely can perform.

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Subjects
Express/ Normal (Academic)
English Literature Mother Tongue Design
Technology Mathematics Food Nutrition
Science Art History Music Geography PE
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Subjects
Normal (T) English Design Technology
Mother Tongue Food Nutrition Mathematics
Music Science Art Computer
Studies PE
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Subjects

• Implications
• More demanding for our students
• Time management is important
• Important and useful for our students to read
  widely

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Assessment
Percentage Express/ Continual
Mid-Year Normal (A) Assessment
Final Semester 1 15 25 Semester
2 15 45 Total 30
70
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Assessment
Percentage Normal (T) Continual Mid-Year
Assessment Final Semester 1 20
25 Semester 2 20 35 Total
40 60
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Assessment

• Implications
• Consistent work is needed
• Our students must take homework seriously and do
  their best
• All pieces of work given must be done with pride
  and handed in on time

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Important Dates
Mid Year Exam 1st week of May Release of
Results 2nd June 2009 Common Tests 3rd week
of August Final Term Exam 1st week of Oct
Release of Results Last week of Oct
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Promotion Criteria

• Express
• 50 or better in English and 50 or better in
  total aggregate marks (all subjects)
• Lateral Transfer to Normal Academic
• Do not meet the above criteria

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Promotion Criteria

• Normal (Academic)
• 50 or better in English and any two other
  subjects OR
• Any 4 subjects
• Lateral Transfer to Express
• At least 70 in total aggregate marks (all
  subjects)

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Promotion Criteria

• Normal (T)
• 50 or better in 2 subjects, one of which must be
  English or Mathematics
• Lateral Transfer to Normal(Academic)
• At least 70 in total aggregate marks (all
  subjects)

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Sec 1 Literature

• Aims to instill in our students a love for the
  English Language
• 4 components Prose, Poetry, Play and Film
• Non written End of Year Exam
• Marks will be based on class assignments,
  projects and portfolio

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Electives

• Art, D T and Food Nutrition are important
  subjects with marks forming part of the total
  aggregate marks
• No written End of Year Exam for these subjects
• Marks be based on finished products and
  preparatory work

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Science Modular Programme

• The 3 modules (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) will
  be taught by different teachers
• Continual Assessment to be based on tests
  conducted at the end of each module (10 weeks)
• Final End of Year Exam on all the 3 modules

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Media Studies (Digital Art)

• Conducted in AniMac Studio (iMac computers)
• Focuses on basic concepts of image editing and
  creative use of photo editing software
• Students works include greeting cards and posters
  which will be assessed and graded.

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Teenagers

• a very special group of people
• private, creative, temperamental
• difficult to understand them
• difficult to communicate with them
• want to be different

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Parents

• Motivate
• Monitor
• Be Role Models
• Love

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School Hours

• Dismissal Time
• Monday 3.15 pm
• Tuesday 2.45 pm
• Wednesday 2.15 pm
• Thursday 1.15 pm
• Friday 12.30 pm 1.15 pm
• Reporting Time
• Monday 8.30 am

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School Hours

• Reporting Time
• Monday 8.15 am
• Tuesday to Friday 7.15 am

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Thank you and have a good evening