PEI TONG PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY 1 ORIENTATION
21 November 2015
Overview
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Communication Channels
Teacher-Parent Interactions
School Hours
Attire and Appearance
School Security
First 2 days of school
Sending and Fetching
Pei Tong Primary School
Communication Channels
1. PTPS Student Handbook
2. Email (for all teachers)
2-way
correspondence
3. Message to General Office Staff
4. School Website (Feedback)
5. School Facebook (Pt Newsphere)
6. SNAAPP
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1-way
SNAAPP
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SNAAPP's
helpline:
68151210
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Teacher-Parent Interaction
1. P1 Orientation & 1st 2 days of school
2. Mid Year update on student’s progress
(PTM) (Term 2 Wk 8 - 10)
3. Teacher initiated meetings of at-risk
pupils
4. Parent initiated meetings with teachers
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School Hours
Monday & Tuesday (7.45a.m. to 1.45p.m.)
Wednesday - Friday (7.45 a.m. to 1.15p.m.)
All students are expected to be in the school
canteen by 7.30 a.m. for silent reading.
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur – English Storybooks
Fri – Mother Tongue Storybooks
Recess: 9.45 a.m. to 10.15 a.m.
Submit an MC or Parent’s letter when absent (with strict compliance)
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Attire and appearance
Refer to PTPS Student Handbook (pg 5 to 8)
/ Orientation Booklet (pg 5 to 8)
- name tags; shoes; socks; hair, fingernails,
tinted glasses, jewellery, ornaments,
electronic equipment, handphones
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Unsuitable hairstyle
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SECURITY IN SCHOOL
Upon entering the school,
- exchange NRIC or other identification card for a
visitor’s pass from the guard room
- parents are not allowed to enter the
teaching block during school hours.
- approach the staff in General Office for help.
Arrangements will be made to fetch the pupil from
the classroom
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SECURITY IN SCHOOL
• No parents, relatives or any members of
the public will be allowed to
– remain in school during school hours
– purchase food from the canteen
– make use of the school facilities
• To bring your child home earlier, remember
to sign out in Early Dismissal Book
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IMPORTANT DETAILS
• Refer to packing list for first 2 days of school
• Label your child’s files, books and belongings with
permanent marker or pen
• School bookshop (Popular Bookstore) is opened
from 9.00 a.m. to 4 p.m. during weekdays
• Go through "Dolch Sight Words“
• Let your child practice copying
simple sentences every day.
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CLASS WORK & HOMEWORK
• Child may be asked to complete his/her
unfinished work at home
• Homework assigned to him/her to be
checked by parents and completed by
students
• Outreach lessons may be conducted for
selected students; to be informed by
teacher
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HOMEWORK POLICY
• Long Homework: 1 hr per subject
(Short Days and Weekends)
• Short Homework: 30 min per
subject (Long Days)
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First 2 days of school
4 Jan, 5 Jan
1) Class timetable will be distributed on 4 Jan,
Monday or 5 Jan, Tuesday.
2) Pupils to follow the timetable from
Wednesday onwards. Pack the bag according
to the class timetable.
3) Parents are not allowed to go near the
classroom during the first 2 days.
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First 2 days of school
4 Jan, 5 Jan
4) During recess, students will have a P3/P5 Buddy
to help them buy food and orientate themselves
in the canteen during recess for the first two
days of school (4 Jan and 5 Jan)
5) Twenty minutes before dismissal, all P1 students
will assemble at the hall.
- Students taking the school bus will be grouped according to
their bus routes at the back of the hall.
- Brother/sister of the pupil will be dismissed 10 minutes earlier
to meet the P1 students in the hall.
- Teachers will lead the rest of the pupils to the respective
designated exits.
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First 2 days of school
4 Jan, 5 Jan
6) During dismissal, students taking school bus will
be accompanied by the school bus attendants to
board the bus at the school carpark area.
7) Parents whose children are not taking the
school bus could fetch them at brown side gate
(near Blk 323) or at the orange front gate
(near the traffic light).
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First 2 days of school
4 Jan, 5 Jan
8) No parents are allowed to park their cars in
the school compound. Please park at the
public carparks near the school. Do not stop
your car along the road and wait for your
child.
9) From 6 Jan onwards, parents should not
remain anywhere within the school premises
during school hours.
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Sending and Fetching
1)
Parents who are driving are to drop off/pick up
their children at the carpark near Blk 323, 337.
If it rains in the morning, cars will be allowed to
enter the school for pupils to alight at the
foyer.
2) Should it rain during dismissal time, parents are
allowed to drive into the school compound 15
minutes after dismissal (to avoid peak period
when buses are driving off).
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Sending and Fetching
3) For parents picking up their children at the
gates, kindly proceed to the general office for
assistance if you cannot locate your child at the
pick-up location after 10 – 15 minutes.
Inform your child to seek help from the general
office if they can’t find you.
4) Remind your child to wait inside the school for
you.
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