Dialogue with Parents

1. Dialogue with Parents 2009 Sec 2 / 3

2. Agenda • Presentation by Principal • Q&A • Meeting with Form Teachers

3. Support Structures [Financial] • Edusave • Financial Assistance Scheme • Opportunity Fund • Internationalisation Fund

4. Support Structures [Emotional] • Counselors • Children with Special Needs

6. A poor 2.4km run timing pushed him into the bronze category – and into a club of young men who will begin National Service (NS) earlier than those who managed at least a silver.

7. In a bid to improve fitness levels among students, all five polytechnics will be introducing new fitness or training-related programmes by the end of the year.

9. Teacher Level Committee • Consists of Deans, Vice-Deans, Level Discipline Teacher, Form Teachers • Work as a team to oversee all the pupils in the level • Pastoral Care • Discipline Matters • Academic Matters • Administrative Matters

10. Sec 2 Level Committee • Mrs Daphne Lim, HOD/Aesthetics • Mr Steve Ow, HOD/Special Proj Miss Lee Chee Peng, SH/Maths Miss Shamsiah, LH/CLE Mr Francis Ng, SH/PE Miss Wong Puay Kee

11. Sec 3 Level Committee • Miss Manonmani, HOD/ICT • Miss Goh Hui Ling, HOD/EL Mr Glen Tan, LH/CLE Mrs Eunice Mak, SH/CCA

12. Dean • The Deans are overall-in-charge of the level • Separate assemblies for each level will be chaired by the Deans every Thu • Deans will address the level based on Feedback from teachers

13. Developmental Framework

14. W.H.E.E.L. Week

15. My Outdoor Journey SEC 2 WHEEL WEEK Outward Bound Singapore 4 - 8 May 2009 Objective: To build resilience & cultivate teamwork amongst Fairsians

16. Internationalisation Programme The objectives of the Internationalisation Programme are: • To develop pupils to be culturally savvy; • To expose pupils to the world and sensitise them to the place of Singapore in relation to its global context; and • To deepen pupils’ commitment and rootedness to Singapore

17. Internationalisation Programme • Vietnam • Indonesia [Bali] • Malaysia [Lumut] • Malaysia [Malacca] • Thailand [Chiang Mai] • Thailand [Bangkok] • Cambodia

18. Secondary 2s Upcoming Events

19. Semester 1 – Term 2

20. Semester 1 – Term 3

21. Semester 1 – Term 4

22. Secondary 3s Upcoming Events

23. Semester 1 – Term 2

24. Semester 1 – Term 3

25. Semester 1 – Term 4

26. Objectives of Target Setting • To raise awareness amongst students on their individual potential • Guide students using targets as a goal they should work towards

27. Creating a Scaffold for Progress • Each student will be given an initial target grade for all subjects he or she offers • Once a target is reached, the teachers and parents can revise the target upwards

28. Performance – tracking progress • Students enter their targets into their school diary. After every test, the students compare their results against their targets to keep track of their performance • Teachers use class contact time and other times to discuss with the students on their targets and guide the students to work towards achieving them

29. Your Target Improvement needed Your Current Performance

30. Your Target for Maths = A2 B3 B4 Your most recent score = C5 An Example

31. Promotion Criteria for Sec 3

32. Promotion Criteria for Sec 2

34. Upper Secondary Curriculum • Prepares pupils to continue their studies in an Institute of Higher Learning e.g. JCs or Polytechnics • Need to understand the Entry Requirements for the JCs and Polytechnics

35. Features of the Subject Combinations • Only the relevant 6 subjects are required for JC and relevant 5 subjects for Polytechnic entry • Majority of pupils take between 7 to 8 subjects. Pupils can take a 9th subject on a case by case basis • Subject combinations are broad-based and include English, Mother Tongue, Humanities, Mathematics, Sciences and Humanities

36. Subject combinations for 2009 Sec 3 can only be confirmed in Semester 2, 2008

37. Principles used in Streaming • Streaming tries to match a student with a subject combination by considering ability and interest • Streaming is meritocratic. Students are placed using performance in terms of overall score & relevant subjects • Subject to places available for a particular subject combination

38. Streaming Process • Application by pupils and parents – represents preference and assessment of strengths and weaknesses by pupils and parents • Posting by school • considers application, • professional assessment of strength and weakness of pupils using their results and teachers’ knowledge of the pupil, • applies meritocratic principle when places are limited by using overall score

39. Domains considered during Sec 2 Streaming • English • Mother Tongue • Mathematics • Science • Humanities • Aesthetics

42. Enhancing the Normal Course A number of changes have been introduced to the Normal Course to enable our students to: • benefit more from their learning experience • do well in school and progress as far as possible in their post-secondary education Enhancing the Normal Course

43. MOE Policy: Refined Promotion Criteria from Sec 4N(A) to 5N(A) New promotion criteria will better match the polytechnics’ admission requirements. Benefits • N(A) students will be able to cope better with polytechnic education • Students will be motivated earlier in their secondary school years to make the effort to qualify for polytechnic courses Enhancing the Normal (Academic) Course

44. Refined Promotion Criteria from Sec 4N(A) to Sec 5N(A) * From 2009 Sec 4N(A) cohort • Current Criteria • New Criteria* • EL ≤ 5 • B3 ≤ 10 • EL ≤ 5 • MA ≤ 5 • EL-Maths-B3 ≤ 19 Enhancing the Normal (Academic) Course

45. New Direct Pathway to ITE’s Higher Nitec Courses for Sec 4N(A) Graduates • Sec 4N(A) students who do well in their ‘N‘ Levels can enter ITE’s Higher National ITE Certificate (Higher Nitec) course directly. Institute of Technical Education Junior College/ Centralised Institute Polytechnic Higher Nitec Nitec Direct Entry Sec 5N(A) Sec 4N(A) Based on student’s GCE ‘N’ Level examination results Enhancing the Normal (Academic) Course

46. New Direct Pathway to ITE’s Higher Nitec Courses for Sec 4N(A) Graduates 10-week Preparatory Course • Successful Higher Nitec applicants will go through a 10-week preparatory course starting in January. • The course covers areas such as: - oral and written communication skills - science and mathematics topics Enhancing the Normal (Academic) Course

47. New Direct Pathway to ITE’s Higher Nitec Courses for Sec 4N(A) Graduates More practice-based lessons Save 1 year BENEFITS OF DIRECT ENTRY Opportunities for further education Good job opportunities Enhancing the Normal (Academic) Course

48. Students in NA Course who perform well will be considered for the NA Through-Train Programme, where students skip the GCE N Level Exam and prepare directly for the GCE O Level Exam in their 5th year in the school.