JYPS BULLETIN FOR PARENTS 2 Tampines Street 91, Singapore 528906 Tel: 67830375 Fax: 67887395 Website: http://www.junyuanpri.moe.edu.sg

APRIL 2018

Our School Vision Future-Ready Learners, Leaders of Character

Our School Mission

Nurturing Every Child in a Vibrant and Caring Environment where Talents Blossom

International Friendship Day

International Friendship Day (IFD) is commemorated annually in schools and is a day dedicated to understanding the importance of Singapore maintaining its international space and good relations with neighbouring countries. This year, IFD falls on Friday, 6 April 2018.

The theme for IFD this year is “Celebrating the ASEAN Community”. With Singapore

being the chairman of ASEAN and leading the milestone celebration beyond ASEAN’s 50th anniversary, we celebrate our shared successes and the growth and resilience of the ASEAN people in our journey thus far. Through greater openness and mutual inter-dependence, we hope to inspire our young to play an active role in fostering economic and people-to-people ties, reinforcing our sense of togetherness and strengthening our ASEAN identity.

The school will commemorate this day with a series of exciting activities as part of its Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) Programme to deepen their understanding of the relations that we share with other countries, to sensitise our children towards the geo-political realities inherent in Singapore, as well as nurture in our students the spirit of friendship and collaboration amongst different people.

Students are encouraged to come to school dressed in the attractive array of different countries’ national costumes. Do note that with the ethnic attire, hair accessories must still be in accordance to school rules and school shoes must be worn.

Take A Look!

Photographs of the Upper Primary Sports Challenge held on 9 March 2018 have been uploaded to http://mconline.sg. The link is also available on http://www.junyuanpri.moe.edu.sg/. Do drop by and take a look!

School Calendar of Events

Date Events Remarks 30 Mar (Fri) Good Friday Public Holiday

03 Apr (Tue) P4 Traffic Games @Road Safety Park

For P4 students only Students will go on the learning journey after curriculum hours. Consent forms have been issued.

04 Apr (Wed) 05 Apr (Thu) 06 Apr (Fri)

P3 Social Studies Field-Based Learning Journey to Dairy Farm Nature Park

For P3 students only Students will go on the field-based LJ after curriculum hours. Consent forms have been issued.

04 Apr (Wed) 05 Apr (Thu) 06 Apr (Fri)

P6 Social Studies Field-Based Learning Journey to Singapore Botanic Gardens

For P6 students only Students will go on the field-based LJ after curriculum hours. Consent forms have been issued.

06 Apr (Fri) International Friendship Day For P1 – P6 students School hours as per normal.

06 Apr (Fri) Mathematics Workshop for Parents (3:00pm to 4:30pm)

For parents of P1 – P6 students A letter has been issued on 19 Mar 2018.

13 Apr (Fri) 25 Apr (Wed) 30 Apr (Mon)

P5 Social Studies Field-Based Learning Journey to Asian Civilisation Museum

For P5 students only Students will go on the field-based LJ after curriculum hours. Consent forms have been issued.

01 May (Tue) Labour Day Public Holiday

Semestral Assessment 1 Schedule Date Subject / Paper / Level Remarks 9 Apr (Mon) SA1 Oral Exam

P3 EL and P4 MTL For P3 & P4 students only The Oral Exam will be conducted from 2.15p.m. – 3.45p.m. ./ 4.00p.m. School bus services will be provided as per normal.

10 Apr (Tue) 11 Apr (Wed)

SA1 e-Oral Exam P5 MTL/FMTL/ EL/ FEL

For P5 students only The e-Oral Exam will be conducted from 2.15p.m. – 5.00p.m. School bus services will not be provided. Please make arrangements for your child’s transport.

16 Apr (Mon) SA1 Oral Exam P3 MTL and P4 EL

For P3 & P4 students only The Oral Exam will be conducted from 2.15p.m. – 3.45p.m. ./ 4.00p.m. School bus services will be provided as per normal.

20 Apr (Fri) SA1 Oral & e-Oral Exam (Make-Up) P3 & P4 MTL / EL P5 MTL/FMTL/ EL/ FEL

For affected students only The Make-Up Oral Exam will be conducted during curriculum hours for affected students only.

24 Apr (Tue) SA1 EL & MTL Paper 1 For P3 – P6 students only The schedule and topics to be assessed is attached.

26 Apr (Thu) 27 Apr (Fri)

SA1 e-Oral Exam P6 MTL/FMTL/ EL/ FEL

For P6 students only The e-Oral Exam will be conducted from 2.15p.m. – 5.00p.m. School bus services will not be provided. Please make arrangements for your child’s transport.

30 Apr (Mon) SA1 Oral & e-Oral Exam (Make-Up) P6 MTL/FMTL/ EL/ FEL

For affected students only The Make-Up Oral Exam will be conducted during curriculum hours for affected students only.

03 May (Thu) SA1 EL / FEL Paper 2 & LC For P3 – P6 students only The schedule and topics to be assessed is enclosed with the bulletin for P3 to P6 students only. School hours as per normal.

04 May (Fri) SA1 Mathematics

07 May (Mon) SA1 MTL / FMTL Paper 2 & LC

08 May (Tue) SA1 Science

09 May (Wed) SA1 HMTL Paper 1 & Paper 2 For P5 & P6 students taking HMTL only School hours as per normal

Unwell Pupils and Maintaining Good Hygiene Practice

In our continued efforts to safeguard the well-being of all our pupils and staff, the school would like to appeal to you to keep your child at home should he/she be unwell for whatever reasons and to adhere to the rest period given by the doctor, especially if he/she has a communicable disease such as Hand-Foot-Mouth (HFMD) or Chicken Pox or Gastroenteritis. He/she should only return to school once he/she is fully well.

Semestral Assessment 1 (SA1) Matters

The schedule for P3 – P6 Semestral Assessment 1, with the topics to be tested, is enclosed for your reference. P1 and P2 pupils will not be sitting for SA1. Instead, they will be

assessed holistically (in bite-sizes and in different areas of development) and will receive a Pupil’s Portfolio on their progress.

Absence from Examinations

Please note that if your child is absent for any paper or subject during SA1, his/her absence must be supported with a Medical Certificate from the doctor. Only letters from parents with

official supporting documents will be accepted as valid reasons for his/her absence.

We appeal to parents to exercise personal responsibility and refrain from sending your child to school if he/she is unwell or has been certified by a doctor to be unfit for attendance in school. A child who is unwell will not perform at his/her best.

Once your child returns to school, the subject teacher will make arrangements for him/her to sit for the paper for the purpose of revision and practice. The teacher will mark the paper and give your child feedback on his/her performance.

The marks for the paper will not be included in the overall results at the end of the year. However, the school will make the necessary adjustments to ensure that his/her year-end results are fair and valid.

Home News

We would like to congratulate the following staff who are recipients of: A) NIE Caring Teacher Award 2018

Ms Sharon Lee (National Commendation Award Winner), Mdm Salamah Massa’id, Mdm Foo Ming Peow, Mdm Nurulashiqien Mustapa, Mdm Noor Aishah Abu Bakar

B) MOE Long Service Award

5 Years – Ms Angel Teo, Mdm Celia Lim, Mdm Jane Lim, Ms Pan Xuan, Mdm Phun Win Lin, Mdm Siti Raihani Husainni 10 Years – Mr Mohammad Fauzi Wahid, Mr Mohammad Redzhuan Zulkifli, Mdm Xu Qianhao, Mrs Joanne Ling 15 Years – Mdm Asmara Kamisah Muslim, Mdm Rozana Mohamad Said, Mdm Sim Huihui, Mdm Soh Eng Wee 20 Years – Mdm Hafsah Abdullah, Mr Ivan Ong, Mr Liu Ern Ming, Mdm Sharifah Samirah Syed Mohamad, Mdm Waheeda Abdul Kadir 25 Years – Mrs Marisa De Almeida, Mdm Norainy Jailani, Mdm Nurulashiqien Mustapa, Mdm Siti Shahrina Rahmat, Mdm Subiati Cromo

C) MOE Service Excellence Award

Gold Category – Mdm Lee Li Juin (OM), Ms Sharon Lee Silver Category – Mdm Poh Choon Tee, Ms Jalilah Jalihan, Mdm Fajariah Mohamed Zaini, Mdm Siti Aisah Ahmad

Tip Sheet for Parents on Cyber Wellness

Singapore is one of the most wired countries in the world. It is common to see people engaged on their mobile devices almost everywhere you go. On average, every person in Singapore owns at least one handphone.

Our children are digital natives and very Internet savvy. Most of our children go online most days of the week using their smartphones and start using the Internet from the age of six. The open nature of the Internet may pose risks to our children. Some of these include cyber bullying, excessive internet use, danger with online contacts and accessing inappropriate online content.

One of MOE’s Cyber Wellness principles is to encourage our students to be a positive role model online and advocate positive online behaviour. For more information, please refer to the ‘Tip Sheet for Parents’ which is attached to the April Bulletin.

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JUNYUAN PRIMARY SCHOOL Future-Ready Learners, Leaders of Character 2 Tampines St 91 • Singapore 528906 • Tel 67830375 • Fax 67887395 • http://www.junyuanpri.moe.edu.sg

10 Sin Ming Drive Singapore 575701 Tel: 1800-CALL LTA (1800-225 5582) Fax: (65) 6553 5329

March 2018

Joint Advisory Notice

Dear Parents,

ADVISORY NOTICE ON PARKING REGULATIONS OUTSIDE JUNYUAN PRIMARY

SCHOOL

Our office has received numerous feedback regarding vehicles parking indiscriminately outside

the school especially near the bends. We wish to remind parents of waiting at nearby designated

car parks. While we understand the need of parents/guardians having to pick up their children,

such inconsiderate parking had caused inconveniences, obstruction and danger to other road users.

Under the current Road Traffic Act, any of the above acts constitute to a parking offence. Upon

receiving feedback of such occurrences, LTA will take enforcement action against vehicles found

parking indiscriminately.

In the interest of general public safety, we will strongly like to advise you not to park and wait

along the road and instead in the nearby HDB car parks which gives a grace period of 10 minutes.

You should also come at a later timing to pick up your children when traffic will be considerably

lighter after the school buses have left.

Let us play our part to make the road safe for all road users.

Yours faithfully,

Parking Enforcement Section Mrs Ming Kum

Traffic and Road Operations Group Principal

Land Transport Authority Junyuan Primary School

DEVELOPING YOUR CHILD TO BE A POSITIVE PEER INFLUENCE ONLINE

Positive peer influence is a key principle in MOE’s Cyber WellnessFramework which encourages our students to: Be a positive role model online (e.g. share healthy and positive

content, harness technology to do good); and Advocate positive online behaviours (e.g. stand up for their

peers online, report cases of cyber bullying to a trustedadult/authority, post encouraging remarks on social media).

Being a positive peer influence online will help your child to: Exercise empathy and kindness online Develop resilience and moral courage to stand up to negative

peer pressure and unhealthy online influences Learn responsibility for words and actions Leave positive digital footprints and establish a good online

reputation

Encourage your child to: Be S.U.R.E. before sharing. Check the Source, Understand the

facts, Research and Evaluate T.H.I.N.K. before posting. Ask: “Is it True? Helpful? Inspiring?

Necessary? Kind?” Be an upstander for friends who are cyber bullied Use technology for good

What is Positive Peer Influence?

How can Parents Help?

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Why is Being a Positive Peer Influence Online Important??

Model positive online habits

Value the importance of being a positive

peer influence online

Guide your child to use technology

for good

Encourage your child to be a positive peer

influence online

Key Messages

Resources

ictconnection.moe.edu.sg/cyber-wellness/for-parents

Ministry of EducationCheck out MOE’s Cyber Wellness Portal for up-to-date cyber wellness tips andresources for parents.

National Library BoardPick up some research skills and learn more about the S.U.R.E. method from NLB’seLearn Centre, an e-learning portal for Internet users of all ages.nlb.gov.sg/sure/elearn-centre

Media Literacy CouncilCheck out “Media-WISE: A SMART guide for YOUths” for tips on how your childrencan stay safe and kind online.medialiteracycouncil.sg/-/media/MLC/Resources/Pdf/Youth/Media-Wise.pdf