Dear Parents/Guardians,

Remembering 2015As the year draws to a close, let us reflect on 2015 which has been dotted with bittersweet memories for all of us. This year, we mourned the passing of a great leader, our founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew as well as our fellow educators and students who did not survive the Sabah earthquake.

These poignant events proved to be valuable learning points for all of us as we picked up lessons on character, resilience and compassion.

At Townsville, we have always strived to provide our students with a holistic education in tandem with MOE’s directives to build a student-centric, values-driven education. In August, we embarked on our inaugural P4 day camp to expose our students to life skills and build up their team spirit. The activity was successful in preparing our young charges for their P5 adventure camp next year.

Recognising Our Children’s Artistic TalentsWe are always proud to celebrate our students’ successes. This year, our P6 student, Xandyr Quek, was featured in The Straits Times article ‘New artistic space for children’ on 3 October. The artistic and creative 13-year-old had created a spectacular scale model of Singapore’s cityscape with plasticine and clay which is on exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore. Find out more about Xandyr’s accomplishment in our Townsville Gems.

A Time for RejuvenationThe school holidays present many opportunities for you to spend time with your children. Family bonding is essential to building the ties between you and your child. Take time to invest in this relationship-building so that you can provide the best environment for your child to thrive in school.

I wish everyone happy holidays and a great year ahead!

Best wishes,Mrs Liu-Loh Wee ChengPrincipal

TOWNSVILLEIssue 4 2015

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Acknowledgements:Advisor : Mrs Liu-Loh Wee Cheng

Editor : Miss Nur Shameem Abdul GafoorContributor : Ms Lim Fangyi

Photographs : Mr Lim Boon Hai, Mr Darren Li, Mr Koh Chi Wei, Mr Hadirman and Mr James Teo

Layout & Design : Incisive Design N Print

From the Principal’s Desk

This year, our PE and Outdoor Education Committee initiated a one-day camp for all P4 students on 31 August. The camp aimed to introduce our students to life skills associated with the outdoors and to provide them with meaningful opportunities to

work together in teams and build resilience. Judging by the pictures, the students certainly had a fun and productive day!

Primary 4 Day Camp

An exhilarating experience in trying to cross this height obstacle

Putting on their thinking hats in solving a problem

Scaling the heights through rock-climbing

After term-long lessons on Speech and Drama, our P1 students put up an entertaining performance on 2 September to the delight of their audience. They showcased their talents in public speaking as well as acting before their proud parents.

Thanks to members of Townsville Parents United (TPU), Townsvillites showed their appreciation for their teachers on 3 September with a vibrant concert. Before the concert, all teachers recited the Teachers’ Pledge led by our Principal, Mrs Liu who also delivered the Teachers’ Day message. Our adorable emcees then took to the stage and introduced the concert items for the day.

There was a stirring performance by students from the Angklung and Kulintang CCA with their rendition of Phantom of the Opera followed by some energetic dance performances. Needless to say, it was a fitting acknowledgement from our students for our teachers’ dedication and sacrifice.

P1 Speech and Drama Programme

A rendition of ‘Phantom of the Opera’

A moving tribute to our teachers An entertaining dance performance by our students

Concert finale

Parents and their children before the actual performance

A Homage to Our Teachers

Our talented teachers geared up on 8 October to celebrate Children’s Day with a lively concert for our young champs. The day started with mass singing of the Children’s Day song, Semoga Bahagia followed by our Principal’s speech. The P5 and P6 teachers gave the Great Singapore Workout a twist with a comical and upbeat dance routine.

Giving their own account of Cinderella aptly titled, Mark-rello, the P1 and P2 teachers delighted the students with their skilful acting. Simulating The Voice, a popular reality television singing competition, our P3 and P4 teachers left our students guessing the teacher behind ‘the voice’.

Our students were kept entertained with a dance-and-song item by our EAS team and sporting School Leaders who donned colourful wigs to their amusement. The Mother Tongue teachers also entertained all with a lively dance performance led by Mr Mo Liwen. The concert was certainly a memorable one!

Children’s Day Celebrations

Doing the ‘MRT Squeeze’ with a shuffle

The cast of Mark-rello

Charming the students with a 60s beat

Townsville welcomed its first ‘chicky’ residents on 9 October after 21 days of incubation. With the help of Mr Koh Chi Wei and Mdm Felicia, our Science Lab Assistant, 9 chicks hatched successfully from the 15 eggs placed in the incubator. Students could view the chicks at the Chirpy Chicks Station which makes learning through inquiry an enjoyable experience.

Our P6 cohort participated in an array of activities and interactive programmes as part of their post-PSLE enrichment initiative. Our students gained meaningful insights on what to expect in secondary schools when they went for their immersion programmes with selected cluster secondary schools. Outreach talks by secondary schools in Townsville on 6 November also provided our students with opportunities to learn more about the programmes offered in secondary schools.

They also had fun learning body percussion to aid them in their Graduation Day performance and went on interactive learning journeys to Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Interactive and Digital Media as well as Singapore Discovery Centre.

Townsville’s Chirpy Chicks – An Egg-cellent Project

Highlights of 2015 P6 Y.E.A.H. (Year-End Activities Hooray!)

Learning about clean energy through the Applied Learning Programme

Learning the steps during Body Percussion

Constructing a bridge out of only newspapers and testing its strength

An opportunity to learn the life cycle of a chicken

Immersions at Secondary Schools

I&E Design Thinking Workshop

Fun with animation and design at Nanyang Polytechnic’s

School of Interactive and Digital Media

Contact us at townsvilleps@moe.edu.sg

or +(65) 6457 4345

http://www.townsvilleps.moe.edu.sg

Townsville Gems“I love My Singapore” Creative Writing Competition organized by Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Union and supported by SG50 Committee

The winning entries which were published in the “Compilation of SG50 ‘I Love Singapore’ Essays”:

1. Chen Siyuan2. Chen Siqin3. Loh Ee Hsuen4. Tay Xin En5. Nadiah Jing Ling Binte Mohamad Rafiei6. Lin Yi7. Tan Kai Teng

‘Woodlands’ at the National Gallery Singapore

It was a proud moment for Townsville when P6 student, Xandyr Quek, was featured in The Straits Times ‘New artistic space for children’ on 3 October. Xandyr had created a stunning, colourful scale model of Singapore’s cityscape using clay, plasticine and sticky foam. His exhibit titled ‘Woodlands’ is one of the most impressive pieces on display at the Keppel Centre for Art Education, an education facility at the National Gallery Singapore.

School Green Awards - Lotus Sustained Achievement Award and the Sustained 3R Award

Congratulations to our team of teachers comprising Mdm Suhaizan Talib, Mdm Suzana Su’ah and Mrs Madhavi Chandramohan led by our HOD for Science, Mrs Lata Krishnan for obtaining the SEC-Starhub School Green Awards (SGA) and 3R Awards 2015 organised by the Singapore Environment Council. The awards are in recognition of Townsville’s efforts in promoting environmental awareness amongst our students through our school-wide programmes. The Lotus Sustained Achievement Award is given to schools which receive the Lotus Award for at least three times consecutively.