P1 & P2 Parent Briefing

15 March 2019

1

OUR APPROACH2

Well-being and Motivation

• Decentralized assembly

• Birthday celebrations

• Inter-class games

• Class excursions

• Recognition for efforts

• Breakfast with Principal

Academic

• Stretch & Focused Remediation

• Small-Group teaching

• Mass Lecture

• Writing/Oral Practices

• Revision Exercises

• Enrichment Programme

School Assembly

Form Teacher

Period

1-to-1

interaction

3Level Meeting

Recognitions & BirthdayCelebrations

Level Meeting

Milestone ExperiencesLevel Focus

Primary 1 Primary 2

Induction into school culture, larger

school environment with less individual

attention, more exposure to diverse

pupil

backgrounds and age range

Basic needs of physiology, safety,

belonging and love

Induction into school

and responsibility

Self-awareness and

integrity

Primary 3 Primary 4

More experiences of success and

failure, cooperative learning, growing

desire to compare; transition of

classes: change of

classmates and relationships

Increasing focus on self-worth,

self-concept and self-efficacy

Making responsible decisions with

others in mind

Relationship

management and

self-awareness

Relationship

management and

self-management

Inter-class

games

Small-Group

teaching

Mass

Lecture

Revision

Exercises

Writing &

Oral PracticesBirthday

Celebration Assembly

Programme

Enrichment

Programme

Focused

Remediation

Level

Appreciation

Career Talks

by

parents/Aumni

“Chillax” with

parents

NAPFA Run

with parents

Holiday

Lessons

P5 Interaction with

Principal

P6 Breakfast with

Principal

Decentralised

Assembly

Changes at a Glance

How will my child’s academic progress be measured at P1 and P2?

• Current practices to gather information about students’ learning through checkpoints (e.g. class discussions, in-class work, homework, and bite-sized tests) will continue.

• The change is that these checkpoints will no longer count towards an overall result.

• Use of qualitative descriptors instead of marks and grades to report students’ learning progress in the report book (Holistic Development Profile).

• Parents will be kept informed of the child's progress.

For Parents whose child is in P1 and P2

Example of Learning Checkpoint (Music)

Example of Learning Checkpoint (Art)

Example of Learning Checkpoint (PE)

How will we allocate classes for Primary 3?

• When progressing to P3, students will no longer be assigned classes based solely on academic ability.

• Other factors such as learning progress, gender, ethnicity and nationality will be considered in class allocation to ensure a good mix of students which will foster a rich and diverse learning experience for all.

For Parents whose child is in P1 and P2

How will my child be selected for Edusave Academic Awards?

• Edusave Merit Bursary: P1 and P2 students who display positivelearning dispositions consistently.

• Good Progress Award: P2 and P3 students who have made significant improvement in learning dispositions.

For Parents whose

child is in P1 – P2

Considers positive learning dispositions (e.g. diligence,

curiosity, collaboration and enthusiasm), instead of

academic performance.

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Thank You