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Our Monthly Bulletin Nan Chiau Primary School April 2017

Dear Parents,

The first term has come to an end. It was a fun, busy and fulfilling term.

In addition to celebrating our 70th School Anniversary, our students

have also participated in various competitions, concerts and sports

events. I would also like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt

thanks to all our teachers, staff, Alumni, students and parents who have

graciously lent their support in one way or another at various events held

in Term 1.

I hope that our students are fully recharged and ready for the new Term.

Term 2 will be another fulfilling term with many activities in stored, one of which is the

Primary 5 learning journey to the NEWater Visitor Centre to learn about Singapore's water

sustainability strategy and the importance of water. Another highlight for the term is the

Primary 3 learning journey to SHHK to learn about the culture and history of SHHK. There

will also be the much anticipated annual SHHK Inter-school Sports Meet. I know that our

athletes have been training hard and our school will be there to cheer them on as they display

exemplary sportsmanship.

To end my note, I have a piece of good news to share with you! I am pleased to announce

that the Business Excellence Assessment Committee from SPRING Singapore has endorsed

our school to be of Singapore Quality Class and People Developer status. This is affirmation

and motivation to continue our improvement efforts in reviewing our processes for the

holistic development and education of our students. We will continue to uphold the name

of the school and make the necessary improvements to take Nan Chiau Primary School to

greater heights!

Mdm Mae Quah

Principal

Founded 1947


Upcoming Events

Date Level Involved Activity

6 April All International Friendship Day Celebration

13 April

P3 : AM session

P4: PM session SHHK Inter-Schools Sports Day

P1, P2, P5, P6 Home based e-learning day

(Non-school day)

14 April All Good Friday

20 and 21 April P6 SA1: Mother Tongue e-Oral / English Oral

24 and 25 April P3 and P4 SA1: English/Mother Tongue Oral (updated)

26 and 27 April P5 SA1: Mother Tongue e-Oral / English Oral (updated)

28 April P3 to P6 SA1: English and Mother Tongue Composition

1 May All Labour Day

2 May P5 and P6 SA1: Higher Mother Tongue

3 May P3 to P6 SA1: English/Listening Comprehension

4 May P3 to P6 SA1: Maths

5 May P3 to P6 SA1: Mother Tongue/Listening Comprehension

8 May P3 to P6 SA1: Science

International Friendship Day

The school is celebrating International Friendship Day on 6 April,

Thursday. In conjunction with the theme ‘ASEAN 50’, we would

like to encourage our students to attend school wearing costumes

from ASEAN countries or their own traditional ethnic costumes,

with their school shoes. If they do not have any costumes, they

may come to school in either their uniform or PE attire.


“Entering The World Of Your Child” Parenting Talk

FAMILYmatters@NCPS will be conducting a Parenting Talk “Entering

The World Of Your Child” on 22 April 2017 from 9am to 11am at the

Media Resource Library at level 2. By entering the world of your child,

parents are helping to open a world of opportunity for the child to make

sense of life, along with enhanced parent-child relationship.

For registration and more details, kindly email Ms Josey Koh at

[email protected] or visit website: http://ncpsfms.weebly.com.

Please drop the completed form in “The Little Red Box” outside the

Family Life Centre by 17 April 2017 (Monday).

Invitation as speakers for the 6th Education and Career Guidance (ECG) Fair

This year will be our 6th year running the ECG Fair. Our theme for 2017

is “Dream it! Do it!” We would like to invite parents to share their passions

for their profession with our students at our ECG Fair as speakers for our

concurrent career talks.

Date: 29 June 2017

Time: 8.30am – 12.30pm

We welcome parents from all professions including entrepreneurs to talk about the value of

work and give a glimpse of work life to our P5 and P6 students. Do contact Mdm Kiu at

[email protected] if you or your friends/colleagues are able to render help as our

speakers.

Nan Chiau 70th Carnival II – Donate Prizes

Nan Chiau 70th anniversary Carnival II would be brought forward

from the eve of Children’s Day to the eve of Teachers’ Day. It will

be held on 30 August 2017 to enable our former students to

participate in our school’s 70th Anniversary celebration.

As part of our recycling efforts, we will be collecting pre-loved items as game stall prizes. You

may donate excess stationery items and storybooks (in good condition). Your child may bring

these items on the following dates:

Date of Collection: 10 to 12 April 2017

Venue: General Office

mailto:[email protected]


School Updates

Staff Movement

A very warm welcome to new staff members who have joined our NCPS family.

Mdm Tham Lai Yin, Serene

Mdm Chuan Ai Ling

Mdm Fiona Yong Yuan Qi

Mr Low Yew Kwong

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the following staff who have moved on from NCPS.

Mr Jonathon Loh

Mr Lim Fung Jin

Ms Siti Masura Hatnen

We thank them for their dedicated service to NCPS and wish them all the best in their journey

ahead.

Road Safety

For students walking to the school

Please advise your child to use the appropriate pedestrian crossing and

adhere strictly to traffic light signals when entering the school. Remind

your child not to use mobile phones or other electronic devices when

crossing the road. Wait for vehicles to come to a complete STOP before

crossing even though the traffic light is in the pedestrians’ favour. Your

child should practice the kerb drill before crossing:

Stop • Look right • Look left • Look right again

Raise their hands while crossing in order to alert the drivers

For parents who are driving

We have observed that our parents continue to drop their children off along the main road

outside Gate A and Gate B. This causes inconvenience to road users and nearby residents.

For the safety of our students, please drop off your children only at Gate C. Do not park your

cars at the kerb side along Anchorvale Link as this obstructs traffic. If needed, park your

vehicles at the public car park opposite the school. We appreciate your cooperation with traffic

marshals who are our parent volunteers and the security guards to ensure overall safety of

everyone and smooth traffic.

As role models to our children, let us demonstrate safe practices through our actions and be a

responsible road user.


Achievements

First Lego League (FLL) 2017 Competition

A group of 15 InnoScience students represented our school in the First Lego League (FLL)

2017 Competition. It was a fierce fight as a total of 188 teams participated, consisting of

about 1000 competitors representing 5 different countries; Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,

Vietnam and China.

We are extremely proud to announce that one of our school teams, emerged as the 2nd runner

up for “Innovation Solution” in the First Lego League (FLL) 2017. The winners are Joy Wong

Xinyi (6RP), Adele Leong (6RP), Cher Xuan (6RP) and Ashwin Lokesh (6RS) from NCPS

Team 2.

We are also proud of all the teams who had participated for their dedication and hard work

throughout the 2 days of competition. They kept their spirits up despite the long hours and

motivated each other.

2nd National English Writing Competition

Over 160 students from more than 40 primary schools in Singapore participated in the 2nd

edition of the on-the-spot National English Writing Competition (NEW-C). For category 1

(Primary 3 & 4), out of the 80 entries, our student Ang Yu Tong (4SC) won the Merit award.

For category 2 (Primary 5 & 6), our student, Shania Lim Jia En (6SC) also won the Merit award.

Congratulations to the both of them!


School Events

Primary 2 Learning Journey to Kidzania

The Primary 2 students visited Kidzania for their Learning Journey. They experienced different

jobs showcased in Kidzania. They had the tricky task of managing their time to experience as

many jobs as they could. They also learn how to budget and use their ‘Kidzo’ dollars (the

currency used to trade in Kidzania) wisely. On that day, the students had many opportunities

to exercise decision-making.

“I feel very excited and happy to learn about the many occupations. I love the hands-on

activities such as baking buns and cutting sweets.” - Johanna Boh (2PS)

Nan Chiau 70th Anniversary SHINES Carnival and Home-Coming Reunion Tea

Nan Chiau High School organised the SHINES Carnival and Home Coming Tea Reunion on

11 March 2017 as part of the Nan Chiau 70th Anniversary Celebration. The Carnival had many

food and games stalls set up by Nan Chiau High students and their Parent Support Group. Many

of our students, parents and staff participated in the Telematch events and Carnival. It was a

joyous occasion with a festive mood as staff, students and parents enjoyed the activities

together as a big Nan Chiau family. In the afternoon, Nan Chiau Alumni members had a great

time catching up and reminiscing about the good old school days with former classmates,

teachers and principals. It was a moment of nostalgia that would be fondly remembered by all

who attended.


Primary 1 to 6 Story Sharing by Ms Tan Ter Cheah

The school invited Ms Tan Ter Cheah, the author of the book ONE, to

give an assembly talk in conjunction with the school’s “Readers For Life”

programme. This is a school-wide programme aimed at cultivating a

reading culture in NCPS. During the

assembly talk, Ms Tan gave a short

sharing of her autobiography, ONE. She

lost her right leg to synovial sarcoma at

the tender age of six and her book is based on her recollections.

She shared about how she persevered and overcame her

difficulties. She used her personal experience as a springboard

to share tips on how everyone can overcome their fear, sadness,

anger to become someone useful and independent. She even

brought a prosthetic leg to show our students to enhance their

learning and understanding.

“I enjoyed the talk by Ms Tan very much as I got to see a

prostatic leg. I realised that the problems I’ve faced is not so

serious after all!” - Christy Lim Ke En (5IT)


Primary 5 Dragon Boat Rowing

The Primary 5 students went for their dragon boat rowing activity at the Kallang Water Sport

Centre during the March holidays. It was conducted by the Singapore Dragon Boat Association.

The activity helped to develop sporting excellence, cultivate mass participation in the sport and

most importantly, team work. The students had an enjoyable morning rowing the boats and

even had a rowing competition just before the end of the session.

“Teamwork and coordination is needed. If I were to

row alone, I would not be able to move the boat but

with the help of my fellow classmates, teachers and

instructors, we were able to row the boat. I am

thankful that I had an opportunity such as this. It is not

every day where you can find twenty over people to

dragon boat with!” - Chloe Ang (5RP)

Primary 5 NEWater Learning Journey

The Primary 5 students visited the fifth NEWater

Visitor Centre. They gained very useful insights on

the purpose of the plant and were awed by the fact

that the plant is able to produce 50 million gallons

of NEWater a day. The students were thankful that

the plant has the capacity to supply water for about

25 years. They were enthusiastic about how the

NEWater Visitor Centre produces enough water to

fill 92 Olympic size swimming pools. The self-

learning kiosks provided the students with

opportunities to explore on their own to acquire more knowledge independently.

“I like the visit to the NEWater Visitor Centre as I have learnt that there are four sources of

water supply. Water is precious and we must save water so that we will have enough water to

use in future.”- Faustine Tan Xiao Xuan (5PS)


Primary 6 Camp

The Primary 6 students attended a camp in

March at the MOE Outdoor Adventure

Learning Centre at Dairy Farm Road. They

worked and played hard together as a class

throughout the 3-day 2-night stay. The

students loved the camp activities as they

were able to discover their interests &

talents as they experienced the outdoor &

adventure activities. They learnt to

overcome their fear and built their

confidence. Through this camp, students

developed a sense of class identity and

belonging as they forged meaningful

friendships through the activities. Students

also had the opportunity to develop their

social and emotional competencies, as well

as leadership skills.

“I am thankful for this entire camp. This camp was beyond my expectations and it had also helped me

to build a stronger friendship with my friends. This camp had helped me reach my inner strength that I

never knew was there. Thank you very much!” - Lim Yik Bin (6SC)

“I am thankful for this camp. I had to step out of my comfort zone

and get to experience how life is like in a completely different

environment. I even got to cook a simple meal outdoors. I also

got to bond with my classmates and teachers through different

exciting and fun activities conducted by the instructors. I am

thankful to all the instructors and teachers as they were the ones

who guided me through when I was facing an obstacle.” - Amber

Chua Zhi Xuan (6PS)

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