Meet The Parent Session 1...Meet The Parent Session 1 Primary 3 & Primary 4 20 January 2017 5.00...

Gracious Woodlanders with the Zest to Excel

RESPECT RESILIENCE PASSION ADAPTABILITY COLLABORATION INNOVATION

Meet The Parent Session 1Primary 3 & Primary 4

20 January 2017

5.00

p.m.

Principal’s Time

Subject based banding

Student Development Matters

6.00

p.m.

Please proceed to your child’s

respective class for form teachers’

briefing


Principal’s Time


Thank You for Your Support

• 40th Anniversary

• Opportune time to

review WDP Compass

• Inputs from you as key stakeholders

– What is important for our pupils to be future

ready?


WDP Compass

Pupils Striving for

Excellence

Motto: Step by Step Towards Excellence

Vision


Values

Respect

Resilience

Passion

Adaptability

Collaboration

Innovation

Mission

To develop in pupils, skills and knowledge

and a desire for continuous learning in order

to stay relevant for the future

Pupils Bettering

Their Social and

Emotional skills

Pupils Pursuing

Learning with

Self-directedness

Pupil Outcomes


How can you help your child to grow?


Some Learning Points

• Praise children for trying their best, not for results

• Your child will go through some adjustments in P3P4

– More challenging content

– “Middle child syndrome”

• Your encouragement and time spent listening

to them will be very valuable


Some Learning Points

• Developing value of RESILIENCE

– Manage your expectations as parents

– Ok to experience some difficulties / failures – don’t

be in a hurry to rescue

– Praise when sincere and used sparingly, is much

more effective than praise all the time

• Trust and work with teachers

– Seek to understand – not just from child’s

perspective


Woodlanders, it’s all about your…

•A ttitude

•C ommitment

•E ffort


Good Job as buddies , P3s!


Home-School Partnership

Parents are Important

Partners in Education


Support Your Child

Support self-directed learning:• Help your child develop good homework habits and time

management skills

• Create a conducive learning environment at home

Focus on developing your child’s strengths

• Avoid comparing your child’s performance with that of others

• Provide emotional support – conversations need not just be about academic work


Support a Healthy Lifestyle

Ensure your child has:

• Sufficient sleep

• A balanced diet

• Unstructured play

• Outdoor activities in the day

Encourage your child to join and be active in a CCA


Subject-based Banding

• From P5, pupils will take subjects at either

levels:

– Standard

– Foundation

• Foundation subjects

– A form of SUPPORT – increase confidence

levels

– Allow pupils to focus on strengths and work on

weaker subjects at an appropriate pace


Subject-based Banding

• At end of P4 – parents’ decision

• At end of P5 – school’s decision

Considerations:

• Academic performance throughout the year

• Confidence level

Possible question:

• Will combinations like 4F (4 Foundation subjects) and

2S2F (2 Standard and 2 Foundation subjects) limit my

child’s options in future?

Your child’s education is a lifelong journey that will be more than 10 years – many

points in this journey for them to start afresh.

YOUR SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.


Subject-based Banding (DSA)


What is Subject-based Banding?

Introduced to ensure that your child’s

interests and strengths are taken into

consideration

To recognise the different abilities of pupils

and give them greater flexibility to

concentrate on the subjects they are good at

To help your child build up the fundamentals

in the subjects that he/she needs more time

to work on


How does Subject-based Banding work?

Based on pupil’s results, school recommends a

subject combination

Parents fill up option form indicating the

preferred subject combination

At P4 : Pupil sits for school-based examinations

English, Math, Science and Mother Tongue are

available at standard and foundation levels

Mother Tongue is also available at the higher

levels (Higher Mother Tongue)

At P5 : Pupil takes subject combination chosen

by parents


Takes the same

subject

combination in

P6

All other pupils

At the end of P5 :

Takes 4

foundation

subjects

Pupil who takes

two foundation

subjects and has

difficulty coping

Takes 2

standard

subjects and 2

foundation

subjects or

Takes 4

foundation

subjects

Pupil who takes 4

standard subjects

and has difficulty

coping


At P6 : Pupil takes subject combination

decided by school

At end of P6 : Pupil sits for Primary School

Leaving Examination (PSLE)


What are the choices available?

Passes all 4 subjects

and performs very well

in Mother Tongue

Language

At the end of P4 You child will be

recommended to take

Passes all 4 subjects

Passes 3 subjects

4 standard subjects +

Higher Mother Tongue

4 standard subjects

4 standard subjects


What are the choices available?

At the end of P4 You child will be

recommended to take

Passes 2 subjects

or less

4 standard subjects

2 standard subjects +

2 other foundation

subjects

4 foundation subjects


STUDENT DEVELOPMENT MATTERS

P3 FORM TEACHER 2017

Passion1

Passion2

Mdm Neo Siew Bee Ms Lee Sor Luan

Mrs Ong Sock Li Sally Mrs Komathi Jayaraman


Mdm Yeo Huay Ling

Mrs Sim Poh Geok Andrea

Passion3

Passion4

Ms Samantha Soh

Mdm Woo Wai Kwan Ms Lee Yin Yin


Mr Felix Ong Chin Yam

Ms Norhaslinda

Bte MoktarMs Priya DarshiniMr Lim Say Hwee

Passion5

Passion6A

Ms Li Xinni


Ms Lam Cheng Cheng

Passion6B

Mr Muhd Azri Bahajjajj Bin

Shaik


Adaptability2

Adaptability1

Mr Xu BinMs Nur Sabrina

Bte Wahid

Ms Tan Suat Horng Mdm Ibrizi Bte Ishak


Mrs Ariel-Thia Woon Ling Mr Arasan

Mr Kwok Shee Seng Timothy Ms Chua Min Li

Adaptability4

Adaptability3

Ms Wong Fong Ling

Mrs Arivelagan

Theivanai

Mr Teng Aik Jin Ms Oh Yee Lu

Mdm Koh Ming Li,

Marcia


Adaptability6A

Adaptability5

Mrs Doris Yeo Mdm Veronica Ng Mdm Thoraiyah Bte

Omar


Adaptability6B


Holistic development of student


Assessment Cycle


RESPECT RESILIENCE PASSION ADAPTABILITY COLLABORATION INNOVATION

English - Read and Tell

Math Performance Task

Mother Tongue – Read and

Tell a story

Science Performance Task, Science

Practical

Semestral Examination


CCA in WDP

Choir

Chinese Dance

Handbells & Handchimes

Ensemble

Indian Dance

Malay Dance

Volleyball

Cub Scouts

Art Club

Chinese Cultural Club

Information and

Communications Club

Library

Robotics Club

Speech and Drama Club


DSA-Sec Schools

DSA-possible CCA Some examples of Secondary school

participating in DSA

Choir Nan Hua High School

Tanjong Katong Girls School

Chinese Dance

Indian Dance

Malay Dance

Chung Cheng High School (Yishun)

Fuchun Secondary School

Riverside Secondary School

Handbells & Handchimes Ensemble Cedar Girls Secondary School

Chung Cheng High School (Yishun)

Robotics Admiralty Secondary School

Fuchun Secondary

Scouts Presbyterian High School

Unity Secondary School

Woodlands Secondary School

Volleyball Bukit Panjang Government High

Dunman High School

Presbyterian High School

Yishun Town Secondary School


CCA members

Attitude

Commitment

Effort


P4 Overseas

Learning Journey

P4 Leadership

Fiesta

Cultural Camp

during March

Holidays

Project Work

Conversational

Chinese/Malay

programme

Values in ActionLearning Journeys to

the Zoo and other

field trips

Swimsafer

program


Li Li

DeviKen


THANK YOU

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