Dear Parents/Guardian,
MOE has been organising the "Transition to Secondary Education" Parent Seminar in the last few years for parents with Primary 5 or Primary 6 students. The seminar aims to:
- Deepen parents' understanding of the secondary school education landscape;
- Provide parents with information and tips on how to help their children transit into secondary schools; and
- Provide parenting skills/knowledge on teenagers.
Registration and enquiry details can be found in the form below.(Please click on this shortURL link (https://goo.gl/K6RRfo) if you cannot view the form below).
Thank you and we look forward to your participation.
欢乐一家亲
Mid-Autumn Celebration @NYPS
Our Culture, Our Future
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Our school will be celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on the 16 September 2016 (Friday) at King's Road Campus (KRC) in collaboration with Farrer Holland Neighbourhood Committee (Ulu Pandan Community Club). We would like to invite you to join us in this celebration together with our alumni and ex-pupils. We have organized many traditional activities for the guests to immerse in our heritage and culture. Please join us for an evening of reminiscence to relive your childhood memories.
Celebration Programme
The celebration will be held in carnival ambience with events held in KRC Courtyard, Basketball Court and CRC. Programme highlights are as follows:
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Lantern Parade
The Luminous Dragon will lead participants on a trail at the end of the carnival. For safety reasons, only battery-operated lanterns are allowed within our campus. The use of sparklers and candles is strictly prohibited.
The "Green" Lantern 绿色环保灯笼
To enhance the festive mood and promote environmental awareness, you are invited to make lanterns with your child at home by using recycled materials. Please present your masterpiece to the General Office and remember to indicate your child's name and class. The lanterns will be displayed around the school campus. You can collect the lantern back from the CRC Covered Play Area (next to the Grand Central Valley) by 21 September 2016 if you wish to keep it.
Donations of Mooncakes
There will be festive food tasting at the Courtyard. We appeal for your kind donation of a variety of food such as mooncakes, pomelo, etc. You may indicate your contribution in the reply slip attached and submit to the General Office as soon as possible. We thank you in advance for your kind donation and support. Please bring the food to the General Office between13 and 15 September 2016.
Parking and Safety Matters
1. For safety reasons, parking of vehicles inside the school is limited and based on first-come, first-served basis. Please refrain from parking or waiting along King's Road, Queen's Road and Coronation Road. Public carparks in the school vicinity are available. We regret to remind you that indiscriminate parking is subjected to the enforcement actions by LTA. Thank you for considering the needs of the residents and bearing their convenience in mind.
2. Please note that high heel shoes are strictly not allowed on the school's running tracks. Do refrain from bringing skateboards and roller boards as well.
You may contact Mdm Chua Deak Her at 64672677 should you have further queries.
We look forward to an enjoyable evening with you and your family. Thank you.
Mrs Lee Hui Feng
Principal
Contribution Of Items for Mid-Autumn Celebration 2016
| Types of items | Please bring to General Office @ KRC |
1 | Mooncakes (baked or snow skin) |
Between 13 and 15 Sept |
Mooncakes (halal) | ||
Mooncakes (vegetarian) | ||
Pomelo (whole) | ||
2 | The "Green" Lantern "绿色"环保灯笼 |
By 13 Sept |
Lanterns (Commercially made) |
Mediacorp is giving out complimentary tickets through the FamilyMatters@School network to reach out to parents. You can forward the attached email to parents.
In the email attached, parents can click the link at the first-liner, which will direct them to Singapore Parenting Congress website. Parents can then sign up for the workshops they are interested in. Please note that this is a special concession for schools under FamilyMatters@School. Tickets are limited, and are on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Parents who are successful in their registration will receive a confirmation email. Parents are to print out the confirmation email and bring it along the event day itself.
If parents have any enquiries, kindly contact the event organiser, Lynn at tel: 68196207 or emailhello@smartparents.sg.
Dear Parents,
Pick-Up Procedure at Dismissal for Normal School Time, After School Enrichment Programme (ASEP) and Student Care Centre (SCC)
To enhance the safety and security of the school, the school has implemented several measures for the gate control and movement of vehicles along the driveway at KRC. We apologise for any inconveniences caused and hope that you will support us to ensure that the school premises will be safe and secured for all our pupils.
The following measures will be implemented with immediate effect:
a. On-Foot Pick-Up
1) Normal School Time Dismissal: Side Gate B will be opened at 1.20pm for parents/guardians to walk into the school to pick-up their child at the Meeting Point. Please note that pick-up is only allowed at the Meeting Point. Parents/guardians are not allowed to pick-up their child from any other premises in our school. This gate will be closed at 2.15pm for security reasons.
2) ASEP Dismissal: Side Gate B will be opened at 3.15pm for the ASEP dismissal, including CCA. This gate will be closed at 4.45pm for security reasons.
Note: Please be reminded to use Side Gate B for entrance and exit on foot.
b. Vehicular Pick-Up
1) Normal School Time Dismissal: Main Gate A and B will be opened at 1.50pm for parents/guardians to drive into the school to pick-up their child at the Meeting Point on a "pick-and-go" basis. Your vehicle must enter by Gate A and exit by Gate B. Both Gate A and Gate B will be closed at 2.15pm.
2) ASEP and SCC Dismissal: Main Gate A and Main Gate B will be opened at 4.15pm for parents/guardians to drive into the school to pick-up their child at the Meeting Point on a "pick-and-go" basis. Your vehicle must enter by Gate A and exit by Gate B. Gate B will be closed at 4.45pm.
3) Pick-Up after 4.45pm. After 4.45pm, you may still drive into our school to pick-up your child. However, please be reminded of the following:
a) You are advised to practise a "pick-and-go" basis as there are limited parking facilities.
b) For parents/guardians who are picking up their child from the SCC, you may park your car in the Staff Car Park or at the parking lots beside the canteen.
c) Please note that parking along the main driveway facing the track and field will not be allowed as our driveway is narrow and we have seen several near misses of vehicle collision.
d) Vehicle must enter by Gate A and make a U-turn before Gate B and then exit at Gate A.
e) Please note that all our school gates will be closed at 6pm.
f) For pick-up of SCC pupils after 6pm, please liaise with the SCC Person-In-Charge.
If you miss the gate opening timings, please arrange with your children to do pick-up outside Gate A. However, please take note not to wait outside Gate A, along King's Road.
The following table summarises the opening/closing time for pick-up on foot and by vehicle:
| Gates | Opening Time | Closing Time | Remarks |
| On-Foot Pick Up | |||
| Side Gate B | 1.20pm | 2.15pm | Normal School Dismissal |
| 3.15pm | 4.45pm | ASEP dismissal | |
| Vehicular Pick-Up | |||
| Main Gate A Main Gate B | 1.50pm | 2.15pm | For "pick-and-go" at Meeting Point. Enter by Gate A and Exit by Gate B. |
| 4.15pm | 4.45pm | ||
| Main Gate A | 4.45pm | 6.00pm | For "pick-and-go" at Meeting Point or Parking within Staff Car Park or Parking Lots beside Canteen. |
Thank you very much for your understanding and co-operation.
William Woo (Mr)
Operations Manager
Why kids should do chores
13 May 2016
Retired Principal, Mrs Jenny Yeo shares how parents can nurture young children to be more responsible and independent through doing chores.
Want an independent, caring and helpful child? Give him/her some responsibilities, say experts.
On my recent holiday in Japan, I was very impressed with cleanliness of the streets and I marveled at the civic mindedness of the inhabitants. One of the traditions of Japanese education is that students do soji (cleaning). Soji starts after lunch and lasts for about 20 minutes. This happens four times a week and on the last day of each semester, there is a longer sprucing-up called o-soji (big cleaning). Throughout cleaning time, the public announcement system blasts cheerful marching music. Every class is responsible for cleaning its own classroom and two other places in the school.
Japanese schools have non-teaching staff called yomushuji, or shuji for short. They have many responsibilities, including serving as crossing guards, but their main job is cleaning and maintenance. Through cleaning, values like responsibility, cooperation and discipline are inculcated. Although students only need to take care of the areas they are accountable for, they are more considerate of shuji and less likely to litter or mess up the public areas.
These days, many Singapore students attend after-school activities like enrichment programmes, tuition or sports classes; activities that parents hope it will help with academic achievements or furnish their child's portfolio. Few are expected to help out with everyday responsibilities; some parents even react adversely when children are asked to help out with these responsibilities at school.
Here's some food for thought; research by Dr Marty Rossmann, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota and Richard Weissbourd (Ed.D), psychologist from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, shows that children who help out with home duties or chores actually do better in school and they are more empathetic and caring.
In fact, children who participate in everyday responsibilities perceive themselves more positively, have a stronger sense of self-worth and are less stressed. Interestingly, the effects are comparable to that of affectionate hugs and fun play with their friends.
These children also feel good that they are contributing; they feel wanted, needed and bonded to the family. They see that they have an important role to play in the family and the daily responsibilities help to make caring and helpfulness second nature to them.
In the past, helping out with housework was part and parcel of growing up in my family. My mother would assign a room to each of us. My elder sister was responsible for the living room, and my twin sister and I were in charge of a bedroom each. Our duties include wiping, dusting, sweeping and mopping, and making the beds. At mealtimes, we take turns to set the table and everyone had to wash their own dishes.
My mother made us understand why and how the chores were to be done. She also showed us ways to make the beds and tools to use for cleaning. She motivated and rewarded us occasionally but also laid ground rules and meted out consequences if we failed to do so.
In retrospect, not only did my siblings and I learn how to clean and organise; we also learnt time management. No chores done, no play time! We grew up learning to be responsible for a comfortable home environment and the family naturally were thoughtful towards each other. For example, we were mindful not to mess up the house because we knew we would not want the areas we are responsible for to be a mess!
It is common for many of us now to outsource household work or leave it to the domestic helpers. This begs the question, how do we get the children involved? A friend of mine made sure her children understood the role of the domestic helper was to support the family with certain everyday responsibilities, but everyone in the family had a part to play in keeping the home clean and duties assigned. For example, the children washed their own shoes and the whole family washed the car together.
If you want an independent, caring and helpful child, experts recommend to give your child everyday responsibilities.
Start them young, set clear and realistic standards according to the child's stage in development and assign age-appropriate tasks. For example:
Encourage, praise, show affection and love when your children put in effort. Be patient, do not nag and accept that it will take time to start a child on everyday responsibilities. Sometimes a child may take his or her time to complete each task but remember not to intervene. Remind and explain to them on time management. If we take over the task, the child will be deprived of the satisfaction they experience when they complete the task and it will cultivate irresponsible behaviours. The child might think that they are not capable of doing it, lose their self-confidence and stop trying. It is worse if they set their mind to leave the chores as it will be done by someone else eventually.
Steer clear of financial rewards if your goal is to instill the values of care and responsibility. A star on a chart for a young child and positive verbal affirmation are much better ways to reinforce and motivate.
To nurture responsible, independent, and caring adults of tomorrow, we as the adults of today have to let our children experience the important part they can play in helping and caring for the family and be socially responsible for their surroundings and environment.
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