Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your support and prayers as we handle the school bus situation. We have now appointed a new provider, Liberty Resources, and terminated Yeap Transport. We are now working on transiting all the boys to the new provider and will be holding a webinar on Monday to explain further. There is some light at the end of this tunnel.

I would like to start my one to one meetings with you, and would like to request for 30-60 minutes of your time to catch up with each one of you. Do feel free to let me know when is a good time for you. You can send an invite through Google Calendar, message me or just catch me anytime in school when is good for you. You can also check with my calendar on availability. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=dGltb3RoeV9nb2hAbW9lLmVkdS5zZw

Some of you have come to express concerns about the PLTs being on Thursday afternoon. At the end of last year, we heard feedback that more time was needed for PLTs to do a more thorough job of reviewing and planning better lessons to benefit the level and so decided to shift it to the afternoon. But due to clashes with CCA, SDR/RRP, remedials and the unavailability of part-time and flexi teachers in the afternoon, it is quite challenging for some to meet on Thursday afternoons. It is not easy to shift the Thursday at this point in time, and so to help alleviate the situation, we have allowed some groups to meet in the morning during their common free time. We will also re-look the calendar and stand down more Wednesday meetings as well to free up more time. Thank you for your feedback and if you have other concerns and ideas, do feel free to raise it.

Here's a favourite story of mine as a reflection for this week, as we go though the ups and downs of life:

There is a story of a farmer who used an old horse to till his fields.

One day, the horse escaped into the hills. When the farmer’s neighbours sympathized with the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

A week later, the horse returned with a herd of horses from the hills. This time the neighbours congratulated the farmer on his good luck. His reply was “Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?”

Then when the farmer’s son was attempting to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyone thought this was very bad luck. The farmer’s reaction: “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

Some weeks later, the army marched into the village and conscripted every able-bodied youth they found there. When they saw the farmer’s son with his broken leg, they let him off. Was that Good luck or Bad luck? Who knows!

Have a great week ahead!

Credere et Servire! Keep Believing and Serving,

Timothy Goh

By:    VP

Relevant Levels:   All

Date and Time of Event:  -

Information Details: 

Dear everyone, 

As we continued to share with our students this week on 7 Habits, let us also look at how Habit 3 could apply to our daily T&L in our subjects / classes.

Habit 3 - Put First Things First: 

Amongst the many things that we want to do with our boys in class, what are our personal fundamental building blocks for effective teaching and learning in each of our classes? What are the most important things to put in place before all the other aspects can have a chance of success?

• Ensuring that every boy is ready to start the lesson

• Classroom management and routines

• Clear lesson routines that facilitiates the learning activities for the subject / lesson

• Establishing and communicating clear success criteria with the boys so they aware and take charge throughout the lesson what they are setting out to learn

• Knowing where the class or each student is in terms of learning readiness or weak/strong in before each lesson

• Good follow-up questions/assignments for each lesson so that we get and give good feedback and follow up with targeted focus for each next lessons

• Building class rapport and TSR with each student, so each boy knows that we care and wants to learn from us

These are some reflective preparative angles, hope they are useful, and we will definitely have more of our own too.

We share a common vision, we see the same bright star - from "We Are Lasallian"

Thank you

By:   CCE 

Relevant Levels:  All levels   

Date and Time of Event:  6 January 2023

Information Details: 

Dear colleagues, 

There will be a combine Assembly for We Love Our School and Eco-Green on 6 January. 

Assembly will start at 12.55 p.m. You may start logging in from 12.50 p.m.

Please refer to the zoom details below. 

Meeting ID: 823 8486 4898

Passcode: 520501

We Love Our School Assembly 

Dear FTs, 

After the presentation, please spend the next 10 minutes during assembly to practice the following with your class:  

1. How to hold the broom correctly and sweep the floor properly. 

2. How to wipe down/clean the classroom table thoroughly. 

You may re-play the videos saved in this google drive below to guide your pupils, the proper way of holding the broom and cleaning. 

We hope to showcase the classes with the best demonstration next WLOS assembly. Please do upload one video of your practice and saved it into the same link below. Name the video according to your class.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iLy1yyIf78sOX5U_kyJOmcCPFnpHJ2_H?usp=share_link 

Thank you.

By:   SWB/CMT

Relevant Levels:    All Levels

Date and Time of Event:  N.A.

Information Details: 

Dear colleagues,

 We have come to the mid-point mark of Term 1 and it is timely for us to refresh our understanding of how we can manage a challenging student in the classroom or, should the need arises, refer the student to other personnel for more support. 

Please refer to the documents below for more information.

Case Referral Process:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JwSCh6OEQ7yXOIfVF1HvMnjw80WZpdzo/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102646949050067250434&rtpof=true&sd=true 

Level 1 Intervention Guide:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CcZZcHz7u-RYWE1s1ZAzhlh7FPiZk437/view?usp=sharing 

Thank you.

By:   CPDD

Relevant Levels:  P1 & P2 Mathematics teachers  

Date and Time of Event:  Implementation of P1 / P2 Syllabus - Sharing by School 

Information Details: 

Date: 15 Feb 2023 (Wed)

Time: 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Venue: P6H (Former Maths Room)

Dear P1 & P2 Maths teachers,

There will be an upcoming sharing by colleagues from Kheng Cheng School on how to engage students in learning Mathematics by making use of an online platform for ‘Mathematics Around Us’ in the teaching of P1 / P2 Mathematics.

Thank you

By: Partnership Liaison Officer (PLO) - Lishan

Relevant Levels: All Staff

Date and Time of Event:  N.A.

Information Details: 

Dear all,

Please note the following SOP when you need the support of parent volunteers for your programmes/events/projects:

1. Fill up a PV Request Form (Found in S:\@Heritage and Partnership\Partnership - SSSPARK\Spark Request_Blank Form) and submit to the PLO via email or Whatsapp at least 4 weeks before date PVs are needed.

2. PLO will look through your PV Request Form and contact you for clarification, if needed, before saving a copy of your PV Request Form into the Sharing Folder (S:\@Heritage and Partnership\Partnership - SSSPARK\SPARK Request\2023).

(UPDATE)

3. (a) For Schoolwide Programme/Event/Project (e.g. event decoration, First Day of School), PLO will send email to SSSPARK EXCO for your PV request, cc to you.

(b) For Level or Small Group or Class Programme/Event/Project (e.g. Level LJs), PLO will inform PV Requestors to get PVs from their own student groups using their own channels (e.g. ClassDojo). If you are unable to get enough PVs on your own, alert PLO 2 weeks before event date to contact SSSPARK for support.

4. PLO will update SSSPARK of all activities where PVs are requested. This is the school's effort to maintain communication with SSSPARK who may be approached by other parents for queries on level programmes.

5. PV Requestors to alert PLO if SSSPARK has not contacted you or teacher-in-charge nearing the date PVs are needed.

Thank you.