Staff Bulletin for 2023 T2W4

Published on Saturday 8 April 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,


Welcome back to week 4 of Term 2 and hope you had a good long weekend. On the staffing front, I forgot to introduce and officially welcome Geraldine Pereira, Choo Watt Kian and Choo Huiyun to our EL and MT departments respectively, as well as Lee Sok Hiang and Goh Heng Chin who have joined our relief staff strength since the end of Term 1. Gowrie Somu has also been officially posted back to us as School Counsellor, and Nicholli Ee as our OM. 


The IP heads have also been discussing our Homework practices and policy and it is a good chance to share your thoughts on what is considered homework and how we manage the load for our boys across the various subjects, the feedback we provide and the follow up actions with our boys who are not able to complete them. 


For this week, we will be stepping up on our effort to reinforce routines and set the tone with our P3 boys. 


As we mark Easter Sunday, it also coincides with Springtime in the northern hemisphere. Iike Spring, Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life, which is also symbolises by eggs. So, let us all start the new week with renewed hope and vigour. 


Wishing all our Christian colleagues a blessed Easter!


Credere et Servire!  


Keep Believing and Serving,

Timothy Goh

Sharpening our Saw: A World Beyond School

By:  VP

Relevant Levels:  All Staff

Date and Time of Event:  -

Information Details: 


Dear everyone,

We are all very familiar with the the saying "It Takes A Village to Raise A Child."  

MOE launched a year-long engagement series titled "A World Beyond School", on partnering parents, industry and the larger community in order to enrich our students' experiences and exposure to industries. This is one of the videos from the MOE YouTube channel tha presents an introduction to this.

The video presents highlights of MOE's Parent Support Group Engagement Session held on 25 March, including segments of Minister Chan Chun Sing's opening remarks and Panel Discussion. In attendance were various schools' PSGs, school representatives, parents and leaders from the COMmunity and PArents in Support of Schools (COMPASS).

Both the video "Supporting Our Children for A World Beyond School" and Minister's opening remarks are linked here.

Hope we enjoy the highlight and refresh our perspectives in our work with our students.


Many cheers!

Prefect EXCO 2023 Ranking/Voting

By: CCE - Student Leadership Team

Relevant Levels: P1-P6

Date and Time of Event: T2W4, Mon, 10 Apr - T2W5, Mon, 17 Apr

Information Details: 

Dear colleagues,

The ranking/voting process will be open only to the P5-P6 students from 10 April, 2pm, to 23 April evening.

Prefect EXCO 2023 Nomination Presentation Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBYfUYJfEiBWlYpLVaZFVzlRWZDT-Z0xb

Please do rank/vote as we want a holistic perspective of all nominees. Your vote counts towards the overall decision of the final outcome:

https://forms.gle/nb2urxDp96R83gtv6 


Thank you.

Staff Interest Group - Day Trip To Johore Bahru

By:  SWBC

Relevant Levels:  (all staff)

Date and Time of Event:  -

Information Details: 

SWBC is planning an interest-group day trip to Johor Bahru.

The table below shows the available dates and timings. If you would like to join this trip, please indicate Y for the date(s) that you prefer:


Please access the link https://go.gov.sg/swbcjb2023 and indicate Y if you are interested, as well as your preferred date, N if you are not interested. Kindly do so by Monday 17 April. More details will be provided once we have confirmed the trip and cost that each person has to pay, based on the final sign-up numbers.

This trip will be a great opportunity for us to unwind, bond, and explore JB together. We hope to see many of you joining us for this fun-filled trip. Feel free to approach Jia Jing if you have any queries.

Thank you

Staff list JB trip Survey.2023.xlsx

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