Dear Parents/Guardians, 25 Jan 2017

CHANGKAT PRIMARY SCHOOL 11 SIMEI ST 3 SINGAPORE 529896 TEL: 67830923 FAX: 67844740 T1W4-5 Notification Dear Parents/Guardians, 25 Jan 2017 Learners with Passion, Citizens of Honour ST1: Growing the 21 st century learner ST2: Growing Competent, Engaged & Happy Staff ST3: Fostering effective partnership 1. Event Calendar (Term 1 Week 4 and 5: 25 Jan-8 Feb 2017) Dates Day Levels Subject 27 Jan Fri P1-6 Chinese New Year Concert. School dismissal at 10 am Culture of Care, Collaboration and Excellence ST3 General Office closes at 12.30 pm 30 Jan Mon P1-6 Public Holiday Chinese New Year 31 Jan Tue P1-6 School Holiday 2-3 Mar Thurs- Fri P1-6 Books-2-Go Mass Borrowing by National Library Board Non-issuance of T1W4 Notification on Wednesday, 1 Feb 2017 Term 1 Week 5 (beginning 30 Jan 2017) being a short week, there will be nonissuance of the weekly notification. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Chinese Parents, Staff and Students a Happy, Prosperous Chinese New Year, and all other Parents, Staff and Students Happy Holidays! Gifted Education Programme (GEP) Screening Test Dates Please be informed of the test dates in relation to GEP for Pr 3 students as follow: Screening test: 23 Aug 2017 Selection Test for shortlisted students: 19-20 Oct 2017 Venue: Respective Singapore Primary Schools 2. Snack Time @ Changkat (Pr 1-3: 12.25-12.35 pm; Pr 4-6: 12.55-1.05 pm) In view of school dismissal at 2pm, Snack Time has been scheduled to allow students to have something light to eat before lunch. This time has also been scheduled with the intention of providing students with a Brain Break after long hours of seat work. As students are not allowed to go down to the canteen during Snack Time, Parents and Guardians are advised to pack food for your child/children or provide him/her/them with sufficient pocket money to buy extra food during recess to be eaten during Snack Time. Parents/Guardians are also advised of the following pointers when preparing food for consumption during Snack Time: Pack nutritious food that your child enjoys eating rather than what you think your child should eat. This will ensure that your child finishes all his/her food during Snack Time. Examples of nutritious foods are: 1

o Sandwiches (e.g. tuna, egg) o Fruits (e.g. apples, oranges, grapes, banana) o Biscuits (e.g. whole grain, oatmeal) o Nuts (e.g. almonds) If necessary, cut the food into smaller pieces so that it is easier and faster to chew. Avoid packing food that is soupy or accompanied with lots of gravy. This will reduce messiness during food consumption in the classroom. 2. School Policy- Class Allocation and Subject Based Banding End-of-Year Class Allocation Levels Progression from Pr 1 to Pr 2 Action No banding for English and Math Banding for CL and ML based on students CL and ML summative test scores at end of Pr 1 o No banding for TL in view of smaller cohort size Culture of Care, Collaboration, Learning and Excellence ST1 and ST3 En Bloc Promotion from Pr 1 to Pr 2 with minor student movements at the end of Pr 1 for special cases. Class size capped at 30 per class at Pr 1 and 2 Progression from Pr 2 to Pr 3 Progression from Pr 3 to 4 New form class allocation using Overall EL results at the end of Pr 2 Banding for CL and ML based on students CL and ML summative test scores at the end of Pr 2 o No banding for TL in view of smaller cohort size Banding for Math using Overall Math results at the end of Pr 2 Science classes follow EL form classes Class size capped at 40 per class; smaller class size for lower progress Math and Science classes En Bloc promotion from Pr 3 to 4 with minor student movements at the end of Pr 3 for special cases Class size capped at 40 per class; smaller class size for lower progress Math and Science classes Banding for CL and ML based on students SA2 CL and ML overall scores at the end of Pr 3 o No banding for TL in view of smaller cohort size Progression from Pr 4 to Pr 5 First cut *Subject Based Banding For children offering 4S, 4S/1H(MTL) and 3S/1F(MT): 2

New form class allocation using Overall EL results at the end of Pr 4 Banding for Math classes using Overall Math results at the end of Pr 4 Science classes follow EL form class Banding for Standard CL and Standard ML using SA2 CL and ML overall scores respectively at the end of Pr 4 No banding for TL in view of smaller cohort size Class size capped at 40 per class; smaller class size for lower progress Math classes (4S combination comprises EL, Math, Science and MTL at standard level; 4S1H combination comprises Standard EL, standard Math, standard Science, standard MTL and Higher MTL; 3S1F combination comprises 3 examinable subjects at Standard level and 1 examinable subject at Foundation level. Examinable subjects refer to EL, Math, Science and Mother Tongue Languages) Progression from Pr 5 to Pr 6 En Bloc promotion from Pr 5 to 6 with minor student movements at the end of Pr 5 due to change of subject combination or special cases Banding for Standard CL and Standard ML using SA2 CL and ML overall scores respectively at the end of Pr 5 o No banding for TL in view of smaller cohort size Class size capped at 40 per class; smaller class size for lower progress Math classes *Subject-Based Banding (Pr 4 to 5 and Pr 5 to 6) Background information In line with MOE s philosophy of ability-driven education, the Subject Based Banding (SBB) policy has been implemented to allow schools greater flexibility to provide a more customised and differentiated learning experience for the primary level students. Under Subject Based Banding, Pr 5 and Pr 6 students can take a mix of Standard or Foundation subjects, depending on their overall ability as well as their aptitude in each subject. The intent for Subject-Based Banding is to achieve ability-driven education, allow students to offer subjects at the highest level that they can benefit from and provide students with strong foundation in literacy and numeracy for successful progression beyond primary schools. What is the difference between a standard subject and the corresponding foundation subject? Foundation Subjects put focus on the mastery of core content and skills, and are pitched at a lower level as compared to the corresponding standard subject. Students sit for different PSLE papers for Standard Subjects and the corresponding Foundation Subjects. Studying of Higher Mother Tongue Language 3

The top 30% of the PSLE cohort who take up Higher Chinese at the PSLE will be given bonus points for admission to *SAP (Special Assistance Plan) secondary schools according to the following table: Higher Chinese Grade Bonus Point Distinction 3 Merit 2 Pass 1 *SAP schools nurture students to be proficient in both English Language and Chinese Language, and to have a good understanding and appreciation of the Chinese Culture) The studying of Higher Mother Tongue Language may also strengthen the child s preparation for Mother Tongue Language Paper. However, HMTL score does not count towards PSLE Aggregate score for secondary school placement. The school considers the following factors when offering standard and foundation subjects to pupils: Student s overall performance in all subjects Student s aptitude, ability and motivation for each subject Equipping of students with a strong foundation in literacy and numeracy to prepare students for enhanced long term options in the future School s Subject Based Banding Policy Pr 4 to 5 (Parental option allowed): Criterion Action SA2 overall subject marks 20 marks Assign standard subject (EMS) SA2 overall subject marks 25 marks SA2 overall MT mark 80 Assign standard subject (MTL) Assign HMT Overall Performance of MT for the past 3 years 85 At least a Band 2 for all the other subjects School s Subject Based Banding Policy Pr 5 to 6 (Parental option NOT allowed): Criterion Action SA2 overall subject marks 20 marks Continue with the standard subject (EMS) at Pr 6 SA2 overall subject marks 25 marks Overall MT score > 80 Overall HMT score > 65 (minimum for Merit grade) Continue with standard subject MTL at Pr 6 Continue with HMT at Pr 6 Overall EMS score > 60 (minimum for B grade) 4

3. School Exam Policy 3.1 No exam will be held one day after school holiday and public holiday. This is with the exception of the conduct of Examinations. 3.2 Students who are absent for any of the papers due to illness must present a medical certificate in order to have VR (Valid Reason) reflected in the results slip. Students who are absent for good reasons other than being sick will be granted VR on a case-by-case basis. This will be decided by the Principal or Vice-Principal. Students who are absent for any paper without valid reasons will be given ZERO for the paper. Culture of Care, Collaboration, Learning and Excellence ST1 and ST3 3.3 For a student who appears unwell on the day of exam, School Exam Committee personnel will use their professional judgement to determine the student s suitability to sit for the paper. 3.4 In view of mid-year and final-year exams being used for streaming purpose (Pr 3 to 4; Pr 4 to 5 and Pr 5 to 6), students must minimally sit for the following papers in order to have marks pro-rated for the subject: English Language (EL) Composition (Paper 1) Written paper (Paper 2) Comprehension (LC) Pr 2-4 English Language (EL) and Mother Tongue Language (MTL) Composition/ Situational Writing (Paper 1) Written paper (Paper 2) Comprehension (LC) Pr 5-6 Mother Tongue Language Composition and Written paper (Paper 1/ 2) Compreh ension (LC) Pr 2 Mother Tongue Language Composition and written paper (Paper 1) Written paper (Paper 2) Comprehension (LC) Pr 3-6 5

Math Written papers Practical Test Pr 2-6 Science Written Practical Test Pr 3-6 3.5 Make-Up for Missed Papers Pr 1-2 With the exception of EL & MTL and Comprehension, and Math Practical, make-up will be allowed for the remaining components of EL, MTL and Math within 2 working days from the test date. Papers will be administered to the absentees as and when they return to school during curricular hours. No further make-up will be provided should Students miss the make-up test date. Pr 3-5 Make-up will be administered for Papers 1 and 2 of EL and MTL and written papers for Math and Science within 2 working days from the test date. No further make-up will be provided should Students miss the make-up test date. Pr 6 Make-up will be administered for all papers within 2 working days from the test date. 3.6 Mark Computations for subjects with missed out components Students must have sat for the papers as stipulated in paragraph 3.4 to have marks assigned for the subject. In this case, as Students have not sat for all papers, subject marks will be pro-rated. Otherwise, VR will be reflected under the subject score in the presence of a valid medical certificate or good reason. [Note: If Student is absent for Comprehension or Practical Tests with valid reasons, VR will be keyed in for these components and marks will be calculated accordingly by School Cockpit] 3.7 A worked example of subject marks calculation in School Cockpit Consider the example of P5 English Language with the following components and component marks: Component (Base Mark) Candidate A (Sat for all papers) LC (20 marks) (30 marks) Paper 1 (55 marks) Paper 2 (95 marks) Total (200 marks) 20 25 50 90 (20+25+50+90 ) / 200 x 100% = 92.5% Candidate B (Did not sit for Comprehension with valid reason VR (valid medical certificate) 25 50 90 (25+50+90) / 180 x 100% = 91.6% 6

or with Medical Certificate) Candidate C (Did not sit for listening comprehension; no valid reason; considered as absent from the paper) Candidate D (Did not sit for paper 2 with valid reason or medical Certificate) 0 (Absent) 25 50 90 (25+50+90) / 200 x 100% = 82.5% 20 25 45 VR VR 3.8 Cheating Cheating is a serious offence. Students caught cheating during the exams will be dealt with severely. For example, assignment of ZERO for the test component for which cheating was committed. 3. Collection of Monies for Key Learning Programmes and Teaching Learning Resources (First Collection) Since 2012, the school has been consolidating the collection of payments for key programmes and learning journeys that students from Pr 1-6 will be participating in, as well as additional learning resources required by Students during classroom instruction. The objective of this effort is to cut down on the frequency of monetary collections. Culture Learning Excellence ST1 and ST3 of and The first collection of payment will be for additional learning resources. Singaporean students can tap on their Pupils Edusave Fund for payment of the following magazine / newspaper subscriptions. Primary 4-6 Learning Resources Amount ($) 1 What s Up (EL) [For ALL pupils] 2 Kembara Nusa Magazine [For ML pupils only] 3 Sutti Mayil [For TL pupils only] 15.00 14.00 25.00 For students making payment using their Pupils Edusave Fund, please fill up the payment form and indicate the amount to be deducted from your child s Edusave Fund. Primary 6 For the PSLE Booklets listed in Table A, all P6 pupils will need to make CASH payment. For P6 pupils under FAS, no cash payment is required. We would appreciate if you could have your child submit the completed form and any cash/cheque payment to the Form Teacher by Thursday, 9 February 2017. 7

Please submit all cash payment within a sealed envelope and write your child s name, class and the total amount on the envelope. Thank you. Mrs May Tang / Principal 8

First Collection of monies for Learning Resources Name: ( ) Class: P [4 / 5 / 6] B.C No: Parent s/guardian s Name: Tel No: (H) (O) Tick the magazine / newspaper subscriptions that you would need to purchase: What s Up ($15.00) Kembara Nusa Magazine ($14.00) Sutti Mayil ($25.00) Payment by: (please tick in appropriate box) I wish to withdraw the amount of $[ ] from the above-named child s/ward s* Edusave account for payment of the above-mentioned programme. I also undertake to make the payment in cash if there are insufficient funds in my child s/ward s* Edusave account to meet the payment. $[ ] *Cash / Cheque (Cheque number: ) (*delete whichever is not applicable) Please make cheque payable to Changkat Primary School First Collection of monies for Learning Resources Name: ( ) Class: P [4 / 5 / 6] B.C No: Parent s/guardian s Name: Tel No: (H) (O) Tick the magazine / newspaper subscriptions that you would need to purchase: What s Up ($15.00) Kembara Nusa Magazine ($14.00) Sutti Mayil ($25.00) Payment by: (please tick in appropriate box) I wish to withdraw the amount of $[ ] from the above-named child s/ward s* Edusave account for payment of the above-mentioned programme. I also undertake to make the payment in cash if there are insufficient funds in my child s/ward s* Edusave account to meet the payment. $[ ] *Cash / Cheque (Cheque number: ) 9

(*delete whichever is not applicable) Please make cheque payable to Changkat Primary School Additional Collection of monies for PSLE Booklets (ALL P6 pupils) TABLE A ITEMS TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE PAID REMARKS 1 Tick the subjects that you are registered for PSLE. Standard English Standard Maths Standard Science Standard Chinese Standard Malay Standard Tamil Higher Chinese Higher Malay Foundation English Foundation Maths Foundation Science Foundation Chinese Foundation Malay Foundation Science $[ ] (CASH) $1 per subject *Pupils under FAS are not required to make payment. Additional Collection of monies for PSLE Booklets (ALL P6 pupils) TABLE A ITEMS TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE PAID REMARKS 1 Tick the subjects that you are registered for PSLE. Standard English Standard Maths Standard Science Standard Chinese Standard Malay Standard Tamil Higher Chinese Higher Malay $[ ] (CASH) $1 per subject *Pupils under FAS are not required to make payment. Foundation English Foundation Maths Foundation Science Foundation Chinese 10

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CHANGKAT PRIMARY SCHOOL 11 SIMEI ST 3 SINGAPORE 529896 TEL: 67830923 FAX: 67844740 T1W4-5 Notification (part 2) Dear Parents/Guardians, 25 Jan 2017 Learners with Passion, Citizens of Honour Parents Workshops 2017 The school will be organizing English, Math, Science and Chinese/Malay/Tamil Language workshops for Parents/Guardians on 18 and 25 Feb 2017. Conducted by our teachers, these workshops are meant to provide Parents/Guardians with an overview of strategies used by our teachers in the classroom. A token sum of $3 will be collected for each adult participant and workshop title. This collection will go towards defraying the cost incurred in the printing of training materials and purchase of mineral water. Please note that classes will be open ONLY if there is a minimum sign up of 15 participants (minimum of 6 sign-ups for TL group only). Parents/Guardians will be informed via T1W7 s notification on 15 Feb 2017 if classes will be open. Parents/Guardians who are keen to sign up for the workshops are requested to indicate the number of attendees in the attachment below. Do note that for each subject workshop, all modules will run concurrently. Please return the reply slip and submit the cash payment to the Form Teacher by Wednesday, 8 Feb 2017. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop(s). Thank You. Mrs May Tang/Principal Date: 18 February 2017 (Saturday) Topic Level Subject Time 1 A Guide to, Comprehension & 8.15-10.30am P1&2 EL Composition (Expectations & Strategies) 2 P3&4 EL 8.15-10.30am 3 P5&6 EL 4 Use of Videos as Stimulus in Teaching Spoken Interaction Skills P5&6 5 P5&6 ML 6 P5&6 TL CL 8.15-10.30am 10.45-11.45am 10.45-11.45am 10.45-11.45am 1

Date: 25 February 2017 (Saturday) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Topic Cultivating Interest in Science Striving Towards Excellence in Use of Process Skills Use of Heuristics Skills in Problem Solving Level P3&4 P5&6 P3&4 Subject SC SC MA Teaching and Understanding of: Whole Numbers & Fractions P5&6 MA Teaching and Understanding of: Ratio & Percentage P5&6 MA Teaching and Understanding of: Visual and Non-Routine Questions P5&6 MA Time 8.15-9.30am 8.15-9.30am 9.45-11.15am 9.45-11.15am 9.45-11.15am 9.45-11.15am 2

Concurrent Sessions Concurrent Sessions Concurrent Sessions Concurrent Sessions Parents workshops 2017 Reply Slip Please complete the form below and return it to the Form Teachers by 8 Feb 2017, Wednesday with the cash payment at $3 per adult participant per workshop title. Please insert the money and completed form in a sealed envelope. On the envelope, please indicate Parents Workshop 2017, your child/ward s Name and Class and the total amount of payment. Thank you. Date: Saturday 18 February 2017 Topic Level Subject Time 1 A Guide to, Comprehension & P1&2 EL 8.15-10.30am Composition (Expectations & 2 Strategies) P3&4 EL 8.15-10.30am 3 P5&6 EL 8.15-10.30am 4 Use of Videos as Stimulus in Teaching Spoken Interaction Skills P5&6 CL 10.45-11.45am 5 P5&6 ML 10.45-11.45am 6 P5&6 TL 10.45-11.45am Number attending Total Number of adult participants : Amount payable (A) : $ Date: Saturday 25 February 2017 1 2 3 Topic Level Subject Time Cultivating Interest in Science P3&4 SC 8.15-9.30am Striving Towards Excellence in Process Skills P5&6 SC 8.15-9.30am Use of Heuristics Skills in Problem Solving P3&4 MA 9.45-11.15am Number attending 4 5 6 Teaching and Understanding of: Whole Numbers & Fractions Teaching and Understanding of: Ratio & Percentage Teaching and Understanding of: Visual and Non-Routine Questions P5&6 MA 9.45-11.15am P5&6 MA 9.45-11.15am P5&6 MA 9.45-11.15am Total Number of adult participants : Amount payable (B) : $ Parent s/guardian s Name: Child s Name: Total amount payable (A) + (B) $ + $ = $ Contact No.: Class: 3

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2. School Exam Policy 3.1 No exam will be held one day after school holiday and public holiday. This is with the exception of the conduct of Examinations. 3.2 Students who are absent for any of the papers due to illness must present a medical certificate in order to have VR (Valid Reason) reflected in the results slip. Students who are absent for good reasons other than being sick will be granted VR on a case-bycase basis. This will be decided by the Principal or Vice-Principal. Students who are absent for any paper without valid reasons will be given ZERO for the paper. 3.3 For a student who appears unwell on the day of exam, School Exam Committee personnel will use their professional judgement to determine the student s suitability to sit for the paper. 3.4 In view of mid-year and final-year exams being used for streaming purpose (Pr 3 to 4; Pr 4 to 5 and Pr 5 to 6), students must minimally sit for the following papers in order to have marks pro-rated for the subject: English Language (EL) Composition (Paper 1) Written paper (Paper 2) Comprehension (LC) Pr 2-4 English Language (EL) and Mother Tongue Language (MTL) Composition/ Situational Writing (Paper 1) Written paper (Paper 2) Comprehension (LC) Pr 5-6 Mother Tongue Language Composition and Written paper (Paper 1/ 2) Compreh ension (LC) Pr 2 Mother Tongue Language Composition and written paper (Paper 1) Written paper (Paper 2) Comprehension (LC) Pr 3-6 Math Written papers Practical Test

Pr 2-6 Science Written Practical Test Pr 3-6 3.5 Make-Up for Missed Papers Pr 1-2 With the exception of Math Practical test and (EL and MTL), make-up will be allowed for all components of EL, MTL and Math Review within 2 working days from the test date. Papers will be administered to the absentees as and when they return to school during curricular hours. No further make-up will be provided should Students miss the make-up test date. Pr 3-5 Make-up will be administered for Papers 1 and 2 of EL and MTL and written papers for Math and Science within 2 working days from the test date. No further make-up will be provided should Students miss the make-up test date. Pr 6 Make-up will be administered for all papers within 2 working days from the test date. 3.6 Mark Computations for subjects with missed out components Students must have sat for the papers as stipulated in paragraph 3.4 to have marks assigned for the subject. In this case, as Students have not sat for all papers, subject marks will be pro-rated. Otherwise, VR will be reflected under the subject score in the presence of a valid medical certificate or good reason. [Note: If Student is absent for Comprehension or Practical Tests with valid reasons, VR will be keyed in for these components and marks will be calculated accordingly by School Cockpit] 3.7 A worked example of subject marks calculation in School Cockpit Consider the example of P5 English Language with the following components and component marks: Component (Base Mark) Candidate A (Sat for all papers) LC (20 marks) (30 marks) Paper 1 (55 marks) Paper 2 (95 marks) Total (200 marks) 20 25 50 90 (20+25+50+90 ) / 200 x 100% = 92.5% Candidate B (Did not sit for Comprehension with valid reason or with Medical Certificate) VR (valid medical certificate) 25 50 90 (25+50+90) / 180 x 100% = 91.6%

Candidate C (Did not sit for listening comprehension; no valid reason; considered as absent from the paper) Candidate D (Did not sit for paper 2 with valid reason or medical Certificate) 0 (Absent) 25 50 90 (25+50+90) / 200 x 100% = 82.5% 20 25 45 VR VR assignment of ZERO for the test component for which cheating was committed. 3.8 Cheating Cheating is a serious offence. Students caught cheating during the exams will be dealt with severely. For example,