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Preparing your Child
(and yourself)
for Primary 1
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From Kindergarten to Primary School…
A BIG step in your child’s Life.
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Getting ready for Primary 1
• Attend P1 Orientation Programme.
• Purchase school uniform & textbooks together.
• Identify school facilities with your child.
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Primary 1 Orientation
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Excite and involve your child
• Choose the school bag and stationery together.
• Label the school bags and stationery with your child.
• Visit the school website.
• (http://www.springdalepri.moe.edu.sg/)
• Share your positive school experiences with your child.
• Get elder siblings or cousins to share their
positive school experiences with your child.
Getting ready for Primary 1
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Familiarisation of school routines
• School hours (7.30 am – 1.30 pm)
• Flag-raising Ceremony
• Assembly
• Recess
• School Bus: Pick-Up & Drop-off points & Discipline on the
bus, identification method, school bus number
Getting ready for Primary 1
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• Spell & write his/her name in English & Mother Tongue.
• Identify and recognise colours.
• Read simple sentences.
• Understand simple instructions in English & Mother
Tongue.
Literacy Skills
Skills for Primary 1
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• Values of coins & dollar notes
• Pocket money & value
• Telling time
• Telephone numbers
• Count from 1 to 20
Numeracy Skills (Learning Mathematics in daily life)
Skills for Primary 1
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Practising ‘Schooling’ skills
• Following school and class rules.
• Sitting and listening attentively for longer periods of
time.
• Asking for permission and help.
• Passing messages (between school and parents).
• Organising his/her things in the school bag.
• Dry run some possible scenarios that may
happen in school.
Skills for Primary 1
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Developing independence by …
• Tying his/her own shoelaces.
• Dressing himself/herself.
• Buying his/her own food.
• Packing his/her own bag.
• Having good hygiene habits.
• Eating on his/her own.
• Giving him/her some responsibility at home.
Skills for Primary 1
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Arrangement at home
• Cut down on nap time and adjust the timing.
• Have a conducive study area to do homework.
• Sleep early at night.
• Ensure your child has a good breakfast.
Skills for Primary 1
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• Choose TV programmes that are child appropriate,
informative and pro-social.
• Work with your child a timetable for the Nov/Dec school
holidays.
• Cultivate good reading habits.
• Train your child to eat faster.
Arrangement at home
• Allocate time for reading, doing homework &
playing, e.g. at the playground & playing computer
games.
• Monitor what your child views during computer usage.
Skills for Primary 1
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How to support your child?
• Normalise the changes.
• Give assurances.
• Talk to your child about his/her worry about
school, e.g. peer relationship. Work a solution
together.
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• Be involved in your child’s learning, e.g. doing of
homework.
• Allocate time to talk to your child every day after school.
• Go through his/her bag after school together.
• Set up routine after school.
• Work together with your child’s teachers. Have an
open communication.
How to support your child?
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Believe in your child & learn to let go
Lastly & most importantly,
How to support your child?
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Transition to Primary 1
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/primary/
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Enjoy this wonderful journey with your child!