By: CCE VIA and Science department

Relevant Levels: Primary 4

Date of Event/Programme/Item: Term 4 and December holiday

Information Details:

Dear Colleagues,

Some of you would have noticed the 6 orange plant towers placed in our basketball court a few weeks ago. This project is an integration of VIA through Applied Learning.

The seedlings planted by the Science and Green club members have starting growing! The harvested vegetables from the towers will be contributed to a non-profit organization - Willing Hearts. It operates a Soup Kitchen which prepares, cooks and distribute meals for the needy.

1. Schedule of classes

In the upcoming weeks, the Primary 4 pupils will be involved in the following activities which inculcate values through experiential learning of harvesting the plants.

Week 4 FTGP: Sharing of slides attached and design a card to the beneficiaries.

Week 5: Harvesting of plants (Primary 4A, 4H, 4I)

Week 9: Harvesting of plants (Primary 4E, 4N, 4P) *(Tentative planned week, depending on growth of plants)

2. Parent involvement

We will be getting one parent per class to be part of this VIA programme. More information will be given through the year head.

3. SLS Extended VIA Activity: December Holiday Family Volunteering

To encourage more of our boys and their family in volunteering activities, the VIA programme will dive into the December holiday where we welcome parents to sign up for volunteering services alongside with their children at Willing Hearts.

A SLS package will also be assigned to all Primary 4 pupils during the holiday. They can post photos of their time volunteering there and share reflective messages with schoolmates in 2023.

WILLING HEARTS welcome all to care and to serve. Colleagues, if you would also like to make good use of your personal time to do something meaningful, here's the link!

https://willinghearts.org.sg/get-involved/

Please refer to the slides attached for more details on P4 VIA programme.

Thank you!

By: Meng Thong and Irene

Relevant Levels: ALL

Date of Event/Programme/Item: TERM 4

Information Details:

Please refer to attached document

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eWtitJqnKU7hCA7KTfCpIVgnBOv7ATHI/view?usp=sharing

By: irene

Relevant Levels: P3 TO P5

Date of Event/Programme/Item: 26 OCT TO 4 NOV 2022

Information Details:

Please refer to attached document

By: Yiqun and Charlene

Relevant Levels: ALL

Date of Event/Programme/Item: P3 and 4 Oral examination on 10 to 13 October 2022

Information Details:

Please note that P3 and P4 Oral examinations will be conducted on 10 to 13 October 2022, during curriculum time. OEs will be relieved to conduct the examinations outside the classrooms. Students in the classrooms will have lessons as usual, according to timetable.

Please refer to slides for more details. Thank you!

By: Charlene and Yiqun

Relevant Levels: All

Date of Event/Programme/Item: 10 and 13 October 2022

Information Details:

Please note that P5 Oral examinations will be conducted in the afternoon on 10 and 13 October 2022. Please refer to the document for more details. Thank you!

By: IP Heads

Relevant Levels: P3 to P5 pupils

Date of Event/Programme/Item: 17 to 19 October 2022

Information Details:

During the upcoming PSLE Marking Days, the school will conduct enrichment/remedial programmes for P3 to P5 selected pupils from 17 to 19 October 2022. Please see the attachment for more details.

P.S. P3 to P5 Form Teachers, please update the google form if there is any changes once you collect back the consent forms by 11 October 2022. Thank you!

By: Chor Kheng

Relevant Levels: (All Staff)

Submission Deadline: Friday, 21 October 2022.

Information Details:

Dear colleagues,

It is time to nominate individuals and teams that are deserving of the Outstanding Contribution Award (OCA).

The Outstanding Contribution Award (OCA) is an annual exercise to commend and reward individual staff and teams who demonstrate excellence in their work. The OCA aims to promote recognition, respect and appreciation of the staff and promote quality teaching, work processes and enhance staff professionalism.

Who are eligible for the OCA?

Permanent and contract staff in mainstream schools and MOE Kindergartens.

Supplementary manpower pool in mainstream schools [Contract Adjunct Teachers (CAJTs), Adjunct Executive and Administrative Staff (EAS), and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) associates/managers].

Who are not eligible for the OCA?

Flexi-Adjunct Teachers are not considered as part of the teacher quota (TQ) of the school. Besides Flexi-Adjunct Teachers, relief teachers and temporary staff hired directly by the school are also not eligible for the OCA.

There are 2 categories of the award:

1) Individual Award

2) Team Award

Each individual award is between $500 and $1000 which will be credited to the winner’s bank account in January 2023. The amount for the team award depends on the number of people who are awarded. That being said, the amount is not to exceed $500 for each person.

The school has a policy whereby OCA Individual Award winners are not eligible for the OCA Award the following year to provide opportunities for other staff to win the award. They will be eligible for the OCA Award the year after the following year e.g. Teacher A who wins the OCA Individual Award in 2021 is not eligible for the OCA Individual Award in 2022 but is eligible for the OCA Individual Award in 2022.

Although 2021 OCA Award winners will not be eligible for the OCA Award this year, do feel free to nominate them if you would like to recognise them for their outstanding contribution this year.

2021 Individual Award Winners: Annie, Jansher, May May, Nirosshini, Soon Weng and Sukesi.

2021 Team Award Winners:

1. Animo St. Stephen’s: Danielle, Murni, Nicole Venturi, Timothy D’Cruz

2. Contact Tracing Team: Herdawati, Hidayah, Nirosshini, Yasmin

3. P5 and P6 CL Oral PLT: Jiajing, Ka Bee, Li Shan, Yi Ru, Yiqun

Nominees for the Individual Award will be evaluated and selected through staff voting based on the following 3 criteria:

1. Innovation:

How does the staff or the team use innovative and effective initiatives to improve student / staff / organisation outcomes?

2. Outcomes:

What are the quantitative and/or qualitative outcomes of the initiatives?

3. School Values:

How does the staff or the team exemplify the school values of Faith, Service, Community?

Nominees for the Team Award will be evaluated and selected through staff voting based on the above 3 criteria and 1 more below:

4. Teamwork:

How does the team demonstrate a high level of collaboration to achieve the outcomes?

You may nominate yourself and/or your team.

Send in your nomination(s) via the following link by Friday, 21 October 2022.

Link: https://go.gov.sg/sssoca2022

Thank you.

By: CCE - Catechism and Lasallian Celebrations

Relevant Levels: -

Date of Event/Programme/Item: -

Information Details: Hi everyone, the Catechism and Lasallian Celebrations Committee is looking for an iron. If you have one which is still in working condition but do not need anymore, donate it to us. Please pass the iron to Agatha or Veron.

Ironman welcome too.