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Jurong West Primary School Primary 1 Briefing cum Orientation 20 November 2015 1
Jurong West Primary School
Primary 1 Briefing cum Orientation
20 November 2015
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1. School Vision, Mission and Core Values
2. Single Session, Reporting Time, Dismissal Time and Point
3. Arrangement for the first two days of school
4. Miscellaneous Fees
5. Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)
6. Consolidated Bills
7. Healthy Meals and School Bag
8. Purchase of School Uniform and PE attire
9. ALP and LLP
10. Communication with You
11. PERI HA Briefing
12. PSG
13. Key Personnel
14. Questions and Answers (Q & A)
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Agenda
• Excellence in Attitude (Having high expectations of ourselves and giving
our best, leading to excellence in action)
• Excellence in Life (Achieving to the best of our abilities through a fun
and enjoyable journey)
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Vision
• To develop a CONFIDENT person (believe in oneself),
• an active CONTRIBUTOR (always giving selflessly),
• a CONCERNED citizen (a caring individual who is
socially responsible, cultivates a healthy lifestyle, putting
nation before self) and
• a CONSCIENTIOUS learner (thirst for knowledge and
love for learning).
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Mission
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Core Values
R.I.S.E Respect people / environment
Integrity do the right thing / loyalty to
class/school/ family /country
Self-discipline resilience / self-directed/ self-
control
Excellence excellence in attitude /
excellence in action
• P1 to P6 will be in the same session.
• Reporting time will be the same for all
levels but dismissal time differs for the
different levels.
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Single Session
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Reporting &
Dismissal Time for
Primary 1 DAY Reporting Time Dismissal Time
Monday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.
Tuesday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.
Wednesday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.
Thursday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 1.45 p.m.
Friday 7.30 - 7.40 a.m. 3.45 p.m.
Reporting to School
• The school gantry will be opened daily
from 7.10 a.m. to 7.40 a.m.
• Teachers will carry out their safety and
security duties daily at 7.10 a.m. onwards.
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Driving to School
• You can drive into the school to drop off
your child
• Please do not park along the main road
• Gantry close at 7:40 a.m.
• Parents are to fetch their children from Side
Gate (Basketball court).
• Please fetch your child punctually.
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Dismissal Point
• Parents may accompany your child into the school
compound at 7.40 a.m. but do not follow your child
to the hall and classrooms.
• Parents are allowed to observe your child during
recess from the perimeter of the canteen
from10.15 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.
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Arrangement for the first 2 days:
4th Jan (Mon) & 5th Jan (Tues)
• $13 per month for Singapore Citizens
(Standard fee of $6.50 and second-tier fee
of $6.50).
• For PRs, please refer to the letter pertaining
to School Fees for details.
• Standard fee – Encourage to make payment
via GIRO.
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Miscellaneous Fees
• Deductions via GIRO are made between 26
& 27 of each month from February to
December.
• Second-tier can be deducted from the
child’s Edusave A/C for Singapore Citizens
if you tick the ‘Yes’ box in Part 1A of the
GIRO form.
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Miscellaneous Fees
• MOE provides financial assistance to
needy Singaporean students in
Government and Government-Aided
schools.
• Eligibility:
– Gross household income of $2,500 and
below, OR
– Per capita income of $625 or less
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MOE Financial Assistance
Scheme (FAS)
• Successful applicants will receive:
– Free textbooks
– 2 sets of uniform, PE attire & school
socks
– 1 pair of school shoes
– Subsidised fare for public transport
or school bus
– Free meal valued at $1.50 per day
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MOE Financial Assistance
Scheme (FAS)
E-Meal System for FAS pupils
- Pupil EZ-link card is used to identify FAS
pupils only (no money stored or deducted)
- Tap the card at canteen stall to redeem the
food daily
- $1.50 per day
- Un-used money is not carried forward
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MOE Financial Assistance
Scheme (FAS)
• Application form is available from the
General Office.
• For parents applying for FAS, please do
not make any purchases from the school
vendors before you are advised on the
application outcome.
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MOE Financial Assistance
Scheme (FAS)
School based FAS
• JWPS provides additional meal support for
FAS and needy students
– Tuesday to Friday
– $1.50
• valid after 12 noon, for students to have lunch at
the canteen
• Un-used money is not carried forward
Other FAS Schemes
• ST School Pocket Money Fund
– $60 per month
• Back to School Pack
• Please visit the Whispering Hearts booth
for more details
• Part of school efforts to improve its
administrative operation to reduce the
frequency of monetary collections and
time involved in the collection for both
parents and school staff.
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Consolidated Bills
• Parents will receive one consolidated
bill for their child, to streamline and
consolidate the collection of payments for
all enrichment programmes, CCAs and
other learning resources required your
child throughout the year.
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Consolidated Bills
Healthy Meal
• School canteen will serve healthy meal
from 2016
• Set meals only (2 types per day)
– Main course + vegetable + fruit
• Price
– $1.00
– $1.50
– $1.80
School Bag
• Please do not overload your child
• Help your child pack the bag and ensure
that the bag is not too heavy
• Locker outside each class for your child to
keep books and stuff not needed at home
– It is advisable not to bring them home
• Please purchase 2 sets of School
Uniform and 3 sets of PE Attire.
• Take note of the house colour of your
child before buying his/her PE attire.
• Pupils can report to school in the PE
attire on days when they have PE or PAL
lessons.
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Purchase of School Uniform
and PE Attire
• All P1 pupils will be given a set of 6 name
tags.
• You can place order for additional name
tags, directly from the uniform supplier, if
required.
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Name Tags
Applied Learning Programme (ALP)
Art of Communication for Personal
Excellence
Level Programme
P2 Choral Reading
P3 Readers’ Theatre
P4 Story-Telling
P5 Public Speaking
Learning for Life Programme (LLP)
Experiential Learning of Lifeskills
for Personal Excellence
Level Programme
P1 Outdoor Education & Sports Education
P2 Outdoor Education & Sports Education
P3 Outdoor Education & Sports Education
(Swimming)
P4 Outdoor Experiential Learning (Camp) &
Sports Education
P5 Outdoor Experiential Learning
(Overseas/Sentosa Learning Journey)
No textbook
STELLAR (STrategies for English Language Learning And Reading)
The Big Books (Story Books)
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English Language
SNAAPP (School Notification & Attendance APP)
• Application for Download – iPhone, iPAD : AppStore
– Android : Google Play
• Google Chrome browser on PC
• Communication between school to parent for letter/notification/consent etc.
• Refer to the handout for instructions to download and register your child
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Communication with You
Besides Snaapp, you can contact us:
• Phone
6793 3419
• Come to our office
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Communication with You
PERI HA Briefing
• The briefing will be held for all P1 parents.
Date : 4th Jan 2016 (first day of school)
Day : Monday
Time : 8.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.
Venue : School Hall
Invitation to join
PSG
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Parents Support Group
(PSG)
KEY PERSONNEL
Designation Name
Vice-Principal (Academic) Mdm Chua Mui Ling
Vice-Principal (Admin) Mr Lim Chin Guan
Administration Manager (AM) Mdm Idayu
Operation Manager (OM) Mr Jason Wong
School Staff Developer (SSD) Ms Tay Siew Hwee
HOD English Ms Rena Tan
SH English Mdm Tan Mei Ching
KEY PERSONNEL
Designation Name
HOD Mathematics Mrs Jerica Koh
SH Mathematics Ms Wai Lai May
HOD Science Mdm Patricia Goh
SH Science Ms Chong Siew Hui
HOD Mother Tongue Ms Wong Sheau Yun
SH Malay / Tamil Mr Jasni
LH CL Mdm Pua Chia Wei
KEY PERSONNEL
Designation Name
HOD PE/CCA Mr Lau Ban Hwee
SH CCA (Covering) Mr Daryl Ong Wei Loon
SH Aesthetics Ms Lau Chin Yong
SH ICT Ms Carol Cheong
HOD CCE Ms Norizham
SH CCE Mdm Nor Hazilah
Assistant Year Head Mrs Sophia Ow Yong
P1 Level Manager
•Mrs Sophia Ow Yong (Assistant Year Head)
Form Teachers
Class Form Teachers
1A Mdm Noorwanie
1B Mrs Syafrein
1C Mdm Toh Hong Yee
1D Mdm Doris Ng
1E Mdm Siti Hawa
1F Mdm Dina Kharismawati
1G Mdm Ameenal
1H Mrs Farihin
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