WELCOME Townsville Connects Day 2016 16 JANUARY 2016 P1 & P2
Ms Rachel Kunnasekaran Head of Department ENGLISH
READING WRITING LISTENING & SPEAKING VIEWING & REPRESENTING
STELLAR STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading School-Based Curriculum Differentiated instructions to meet the diverse needs of the learners of English and to mould confident users of the language PERI Holistic Assessment Assessment modes for assessment OF & FOR learning
Source: http://stellar.opal.moe.edu.sg/index.hide?c=/stellar/pagetree STELLAR STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading
What is a STELLAR lesson like? 1. Supported Reading Experiences Children read text with the teacher and engage in oral discussions with teacher and peers 3. Language Use Activities in Learning Centres The teacher prepares mini lessons based on specific needs of children to prepare them for reading & writing activities; e.g. grammar, vocabulary, word recognition, decoding skills, spelling 2. Shared Writing Experiences The teacher models writing using children s language. Children engage in writing together and in writing independently 6 STELLAR STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMMES AN OVERVIEW Programmes Speech & Drama Based on the Stellar Texts Hot News Pre - Assembly Current Affairs segment Cool Stories Online Recommended Reading List (posted on the school website) Little Red Dot Newspaper Subscription Literature Adoption iread Boxes/Quest Cards National Library Collaboration (Mass Borrowing@TVPS/Dare to Read activities) Levels P1/P2 P1 - P6 P1 - P6 P4 - P6 P4 P1 - P6 P1 - P6 Listening, Reading and Viewing Areas of Language Learning Speaking, Writing and Representing Grammar and Vocabulary
PRIMARY 1 Listening & Viewing Listening Posts Listening Comprehension - Sound Discrimination - Picture Association - Listening for categorizing information Discussing topics from MLEA Reading & Viewing Shared Book Approach Poetry Recitation Choral Reading Reading Aloud iread Speaking & Representing Writing & Representing Story Retelling Spelling Show & Tell Penmanship Picture Creative Conversation Writing Speech and Individual Drama Writing Modified Language Experience Approach [MLEA] Language Use & Comprehension Vocabulary Grammar Comprehension
Listening & Viewing Reading & Viewing Speaking & Representing Writing & Representing PRIMARY 2 Listening Posts Listening Comprehension - Sound Discrimination - Picture Association - Listening for categorizing information Discussing topics from MLEA Shared Book Approach Poetry Recitation Choral Reading Reading Aloud iread Story Retelling Show & Tell Picture Conversation Speech and drama Spelling Penmanship Creative Writing Individual Writing Modified Language Experience Approach [MLEA] Language Use & Comprehension Vocabulary Grammar Comprehension
STELLAR STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading School-Based Curriculum Differentiated instructions to meet the diverse needs of the learners of English and to mould confident users of the language PERI Holistic Assessment Assessment modes for assessment OF & FOR learning
PERI HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS Listening & Viewing Speaking & Representing Reading & Viewing Writing & Representing Language Use & Comprehension Sound Discrimination Show and Tell Reading Task Penmanship Grammar Picture Association Picture Conversation Oral (Reading Aloud) Individual Writing Vocabulary Spelling Comprehension
How you can help your child
THANK YOU
Ms Ong Chor Meng Head of Department MATHEMATICS (covering)
VISION A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY OF BUDDING MATHEMATICIANS
FRAMEWORK & TEACHING APPROACH Mathematical Problem Solving
PERI HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT Bite-sized forms of assessment to help students build confidence and learn. Eg. Performance Task, journal writing etc. Provide students with richer and more holistic feedback to enable meaningful learning. Semestral assessment only starts at end of P2. Balance use of both summative and formative assessment.
PROGRAMMES STEP Problem Solving Approach Integrated Trail Fun Maths @ Recess 2 nd Hand Goods Rock
HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD Talk about Maths as used in day-to-day situations Seize teachable moments Ensure your child attends school regularly and punctually School work is to be done first Encourage your child to check his/her work for accuracy Encourage your child to develop good work habits where his/her overall presentation demonstrates good understanding of Mathematics concepts required to complete task
REFERENCES MOE Website http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses /sciences/files/maths-primary-2013.pdf
Learn to Love Maths Love to Learn Maths THANK YOU
Mdm Lye Choon Hwan Head of Department MOTHER TONGUE
Mother Tongue Department Vision Making Mother Tongue a Living Language Mission To develop fluency in one s Mother Tongue Language skills: Oral, Reading, listening, and writing. With a good understanding of the respective Culture.
Mother Tongue Department Changes in MTL Curriculum In response to the changing home language environment, Ministry of Education (MOE) set up the MTL Review Committee in 2010 to examine the teaching, learning and assessment of MTLs. Development of new MTL curriculum which emphasizes oracy and interaction skills. 2015 Syllabus: P1: rolled out in 2015 P2: rolled out in 2016
Mother Tongue Department Teaching approaches for the 3 Mother Tongue Languages: MTL Chinese Malay Tamil Teaching Approach Modular Approach Differentiated Teaching Differentiated Teaching
Mother Tongue Department Implementation of modular approach for P2 CL: Type of student All students Type of module covered Core Students who needs more help Core Bridging Students who can cope with more content Core Enrichment There is no modular approach for P1 CL. Differentiated teaching will be carried out instead.
Mother Tongue Department Assessment No Continual Assessments (CAs) and Semestral Assessments (SAs) for P1 P2 is the same as P1 except for SA2 at end of P2. Bite-sized assessments assessing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will be conducted. All dates of the bite-sized assessments will be announced to pupils at least one week in advance. Pupils will be tested only after the relevant lessons are taught.
Mother Tongue Department Approaches to Teaching & Learning (CL) Use of mini whiteboard Use of character cards Bi-weekly magazine (subscription of e-magazine) Use of ICT resources 学乐 Xue Le http://xuele.moe.edu.sg MC Online https://www.mconline.sg ezhishi http://www.ezhishi.net
Mother Tongue Department Approaches to Teaching & Learning (TL) Use of ICT resources Sangamam http://sangamam.moe.edu.sg MC Online https://www.mconline.sg 10T Portal http://www.10tsigaram.com
Mother Tongue Department Approaches to Teaching & Learning (ML) Use of ICT resources Tinta http://tinta.moe.edu.sg MC Online https://www.mconline.sg 10M Portal http://10m.sg
Mother Tongue Department Support from School Strive & Shine Programme to support student learning MTL Fortnight Oracy Training Programme ( P2 CL students) Speech & Drama Programme ( For P2 TL students) Pintar Membaca Programme ( For ML students)
Mother Tongue Department Support from home Encourage your child to watch children s TV programmes or news in the Mother Tongue he/she is studying Converse with your child in your Mother Tongue Read aloud using MTL textbooks
Mother Tongue Department Communications With your child s MT teacher With your child
Thank you 谢谢 Nandri Terima kasih