Staff Bulletin for 2023 T1W4
1Published on Saturday 21 January 2023
You can perform miracles by touching the hearts of those entrusted to your care - St. John Baptist de La Salle
About our SSS Staff Bulletin: This weekly Staff Bulletin is our "virtual" print version of a weekly Staff Contact Time. All staff are expected to read each issue in full and be aware of all the vital aspects of upcoming programmes and processes. The accompanying files/slides for each news item are for your downloading. and reference.. PLUS: Please do continue checking our CES outlook emails daily, for any direct communication as well as urgent / immediate matters.
Principal's Update
Dear Colleagues,
As we pause to celebrate Chinese New Year, I want to express my thanks to the MT dept teachers for organising a spectacular celebration. It is really nice to see many more boys gather in the hall for the Lion Dance performance and CNY concert as well as the lo hei for the P6 boys and stakeholders.
I hope that you found the session on EPMS useful and I hope that we use it in the spirit that it was intended, which is to develop ourselves to become more effective as individual educators and as a school. Fpr those who missed it, please feel free to get together to arrange a separate session I foresee that there will be initial uncertainties but let's all work together to get better at it.
There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
~ C.S. Lewis
Have a Blessed Lunar New Year!
Credere et Servire!
Keep Believing and Serving,
Timothy Goh
FTGP SOW & Stephenian Circle
By: Year Head Team / CCE
Relevant Levels: All levels
Date and Time of Event:
Information Details:
Dear FTs,
Extracted from the LEP shared last week, you may find the lesson plans and teaching resources for FTGP (extracted from the CCE LEP sent last week) in the following folder:
@DEPT_CHARACTER AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION (CCE)>Subcommittees> CCE (FTGP) > CCE (FTGP) Lessons > 2023
Do also refer to your level SOW to find out the scheduled weeks for Stephenian Circle.
Thank you.
Stephenian Birthday Programme
By: CCE
Relevant Levels: P1 to P6
Date and Time of Event: Monthly during CCE (FTGP)
Information Details:
Dear FTs,
Every month, we celebrate during CCE (FTGP) the Stephenians entrusted to our care.
You would have received the Stephenian Birthday Programme package (card, badge and plastic sleeve) for your classes. Please check through the badges and if you have missing or misprinted ones, do fill in this Google Sheet. The first badge of reprints will be submitted to the vendor on 31 January 2023.
Thank you
Ethics and Catechism
By: CCE
Relevant Levels: P1 to P6
Date and Time of Event: Weekly
Information Details:
Dear colleagues,
We hope that the first week of meeting your pupils in their EC groups went as smoothly as it could be. It was the boys' first day reporting to their EC classrooms straight once they reach school and we are certain that they will only get better at it.
Some gentle reminders for the following weeks:
EC teachers, please be in your EC classrooms by 0715 and you can start taking attendance. Lessons will begin at 0735 after morning assembly.
Thank you
Class Committee Selection and Training
By: CCE - Student Leadership Team (Elias)
Relevant Levels: P1-P6
Date and Time of Event: T1W5, Mon, 30 Jan and T1W6, 6 Feb, 12pm-1pm
Information Details: Class Committee Confirmed Roles 2023:
(Important link)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1llfuu1pUyrMnvrvfjXZwFQ-kruYdLf0xMTqCTsWFAGU/edit?usp=sharing
Please read the instructions on the link above for more information.
Confirm Roles and Inform Form Class:
By T1W5, Mon, 30 Jan, 12pm - Form teachers to confirm class committee roles after considering subject teachers' suggestions (if any).
Inform form class of their class committee roles before class committee training 1 commences.
Duration of leadership roles:
All class committee student leaders will be holding onto their leadership roles for at least 1 semester.
Form Teachers have the option to change student leaders who have been consistently "approaching expectations" in term 1 and 2 to another more suitable student.
Let's have another take on the paradigm of potential (Everyone has genius) and see that they are not there yet but we will help them get there eventually (hopefully).
Thank you so much colleagues and lets work together to nurture Men of Integrity and Men for Others.
Learning Needs Analysis (LNA)
By: Chor Kheng
Relevant Levels: (All staff)
Date and Time of Event: 18 Jan to 3 Feb
Information Details:
Dear Colleagues,
Just a gentle reminder to complete your LNA in Opal 2.0. It should take about 15 minutes. In doing so, you may have a better idea of the kind of individual learning you would like to do for your professional development for the year. Your RO will be acknowledging your LNA in the Opal 2.0 system.
Step 1: Log in www.opal2.moe.edu.sg (in Google Chrome please)
Step 2: Click on PD Plan (top bar next to Catalogue)
Step 3: Click on Learning Needs
Step 4: Check that Selected Year is 2023
Step 5: Start your LNA, deliberate on it before submitting.
Your LNA is personal to you, so please answer the questions that would help you in your personal professional development.
Thank you
Learning Needs Analysis.pptxStephenians
Living in Faith,
, Leading in Service and
Learning as a Community,
for the Glory of God.