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Our Monthly Bulletin Nan Chiau Primary School August 2017

Dear Parents,

Established in 1947, Nan Chiau has been striving to progress with time,

continuously undergoing self-renewal in line with the needs of the nation and

making positive contributions to the educational development of Singapore. As we

celebrate the school’s 70th anniversary this year, the school will be organising a

carnival with the support of our dedicated PSG. We welcome the alumni to return

home to join in the celebration and catch up with their ex-primary school teachers.

In August, we also celebrate National Day. The theme for 2017,

#OneNationTogether, reminds Singaporeans that regardless of origin

and background, we unite as one people and one nation. May we set the

right tone for our children, ingrain in them the right mindset and values so that they

can grow into citizens of good character and build the long-lasting friendship with

their peers.

We will be celebrating Teachers’ Day at the end of August. As the Chinese saying

goes, “饮水思源” which literally means “when drinking water, think of its source”.

Let us not forget the teachers who have nurtured our students tirelessly. Giving

them a note of appreciation will be a nice gesture to thank them for their support,

guidance and sharing of precious life lessons.

I wish all of you a happy National Day and to all my wonderful colleagues,

A HAPPY TEACHERS’ DAY!

Mdm Mae Quah

Principal

Founded 1947


Upcoming Events

Date Activity Remarks

31 Jul – 1 Aug P6 Prelim Oral

3 Aug and 11

Aug

P4 VIA @Tampines SAC 4IT and 4RP

8 Aug National Day Celebration Early dismissal @ 10.30

a.m.

9 Aug National Day Public Holiday

10 Aug School Holiday

17 – 18 Aug PSLE Oral Exam Non-school day for P1 to P5

21 – 25 Aug P5 CA2 / P6 Prelim Exam

23 – 29 Aug P2 Learning Journey to the Hort Park Refer to the consent form

via SNAC

23 Aug P3 GEP Screening Exercise During curriculum time

30 Aug NC70 Carnival II cum Teachers’ Day

celebration

All in PE attire

31 Aug Teachers’ Day School Holiday

National Day Celebration: Early Dismissal

National Day celebration will be on Tuesday, 8 August 2017. Students will be in school from

7.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. Students are strongly encouraged to report to school in red T-shirt, PE

shorts, school shoes and socks. All supplementary and remedial classes will be cancelled on

that day. Students only need to bring their storybooks and water bottle. 9 August 2017 will be

a public holiday and 10 August 2017 will be a school holiday.

Nan Chiau’s 70th Anniversary Carnival II

As part of Nan Chiau’s 70th Anniversary celebration, we will have our

carnival on 30 August 2017. All lessons will be suspended and students

will report in their PE attire. The Primary 3 to 5 students will be designing

and organising games for friends from other levels. It will be a day of fun

learning and character building. It also gives them the opportunity to

challenge that entrepreneur dare! We thank our PSG for co-organising this

event together with the school and the parent volunteers for supporting the

event.

Alumni are welcome to join in the carnival from 12.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Do take time to meet

your ex-teachers while enjoying the fun activities!


Parenting Talk Organised by FAMILYmatters@NCPS

FAMILYmatters@NCPS will be organising a Parenting Talk on

12 August 2017, Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Family Life

Centre. The topic is “Help my Child Beat Procrastination” by Mr

Adrian Choo. Procrastination is a habit of delaying work. With the

guidance from parents, children can overcome the habit of

procrastination and reduce the unnecessary stress on parent-child

bonding. Do sign up to learn practical tips on how to help your

child in beating procrastination. To register, please email to

[email protected] with your name, contact number, your child’s name and class.

Announcements

Words of Appreciation – Teachers, Staff and Service Providers Appreciation Day 2017

The school will be celebrating Teachers’ Day on 30 August

2017. We strongly encourage students to express their

appreciation for their teachers through simple and

thoughtful ways such as presenting them with handmade

cards and crafts. Please do not buy gifts as our teachers are

unable to accept them. Words of gratitude are the best form

of appreciation for teachers.

We would also like to invite parents and students to share experiences with teachers, staff and

service providers (e.g school bus, book-shop, student care centre) who have performed their

duties with dedication and excellence. It will be helpful if you can give the staff member’s full

name and specific evidence of what he/she has done for your child. The appreciation emails or

letters will be put up on our school notice boards.

You may write in to the school through the school’s email, [email protected] or submit a hard

copy to the General Office. In your email or letter, kindly state:

Your name, email and contact number

Your child’s name and class

Name of teacher(s) or staff (including service providers) you are complimenting

Please write in to us before 21 August 2017. Your words of appreciation will encourage our

NCPS staff to do even better!

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Achievements

The 13th National Primary School Chinese Story-Telling Competition 2017

Ai Tong School and the Singapore Middle School Chinese

Teachers’ Association, with the support from Singapore Hokkien

Huay Kuan and Capital 95.8FM, jointly organised the National

Primary School Chinese Story-Telling Competition 2017 on 15

July 2017. The objectives of the competition are to motivate all

students to learn and speak Chinese, as well as to promote Chinese

culture and traditional values.

15 students have been selected from 77 participants of 42 schools

in the preliminary round. All participants displayed their innate

gift on Chinese story-telling in the finals. After a fierce fight, our

CLDDS member, Teoh Zhi Ling, of Primary 3 Responsibility

emerged as the national champion. Great job, Zhi Ling!

The CLDDS welcomes new members to join and support the CCA.

“I am really happy to clinch this award. I want to thank my parents and teachers. Although I

was very nervous during the competition, I managed to overcome it in the end” – Teoh Zhi

Ling (P3 Responsibility)

2017 Speak Up! Competition

Speak Up! Kids is Singapore’s first national public

speaking competition for primary level students.

Organised by Speech Academy Asia and Sphere

Exhibits, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings, this

competition serves as a public speaking platform for

the young.

Our school sent 7 teams of Primary 4, 5 and 6 students

to participate in this competition. More than a hundred

teams from schools all over Singapore participated in

the competition. We are proud to announce that the Upper Primary team clinched the 1st Runner

Up after a fierce competition. The three girls are Noelle Leow (6 Responsibility), Lim Kang

Ying and Alina Su (5 Respect). A worthy mention are our finalists from the P4 level. They

are Toh Jun Hao (4 Respect), Hamilton Seah and Eason Low (4 Responsibility).

Congratulations!


iDigix 3D Tronics Challenge 2017

A group of our students from Primary 4 Sincerity

took part in the iDigix 3D Tronics Challenge

2017 held at Singapore Science Centre on

Saturday, 8 July 2017. Their challenge was to

build and code a smart vehicle.

It was no easy feat for them during the

competition as they had to change their

components and codes before they could finally

complete all three segments. We are proud to

announce that a group of our students achieved 2nd runner up in the Junior Category. They are

Isaac Wong Xin Kai, Han Jun and Henrik Koh Liang Ming. Another group won the Best

Teamwork for the Junior Category. They are Bryan Yoong Kar Chong, Bryan Ong Zhong

Yi, Lim Qi Jun and Leong Cong Jie.

Let us congratulate them for their performance. You have done us proud!

2nd Runner up team Best Teamwork team

2017 SYF Art Exhibition

Our student, Vera Yang Kai Qing, from Primary 6 Respect,

represented the school at the SYF Art Exhibition and obtained

the certificate of recognition. Her artwork “My Dream House

in Green Space” was showcased in the ground theatre of

SCAPE.


School Events

NC70 Art Exhibition

As part of Nan Chiau 70th anniversary celebration, Nan Chiau

High and Nan Chiau Primary had a joint Art Exhibition at The

Arts House from 13 to 16 July 2017. It featured 40 artworks by

75 students from NCPS. It was a tribute to the deep learning

and rich experiences our students have gained through

the art curriculum in school.

Our Art Club members visited the exhibition on 14 July. The

students learnt to appreciate how the artists imagine, inquire and

discover the ways to interpret and express the concept of

“space” at the exhibition.

Racial Harmony Day (RHD)

NCPS celebrated Racial Harmony Day (RHD) from 17 to 21 July 2017. A series of activities

were planned for our students during this period. They had the opportunity to find out more

about our diverse culture and tradition through the Assembly programme, recess activities,

social studies lessons and classroom activities. On 20 July, many of our staff and students were

adorned in different ethnic costumes to demonstrate their appreciation of cultural diversity and

willingness to embrace others from diverse backgrounds. Our students thoroughly enjoyed

celebrating diversity during this commemoration.

Kinmen School Exchange Programme

On Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 81 P5 students from Kinmen

County, Taiwan, visited us for a 2-day exchange program

together with their teachers. The Kinmen students were placed

in four P4 classes and four P5 classes. They also attended our

Racial Harmony Day Assembly programme in which they

performed - 扯铃 (diabolo). It was a feast for our eyes!


“Prior to their arrival, we gathered together to design a simple folder for our guests. Teachers

also prepped us adequately on what we were supposed to do and being a good buddy to our

visitors. When they first arrived, they were uncomfortable and the atmosphere was awkward.

However, as time passed, the ice slowly melted and we began to know a little more about each

other as we spent fun times together during recess. We introduced them to our favourite places

and food in school. We found out that they really loved the variety of food in our canteen! We

had an amazing time getting to know our buddies better. We hope that our Kinmen buddies

would come and visit us again soon!”- Alena Siaw and Chloe Ang (P5 Responsibility)

Hari Raya Puasa Celebration

On 29 June 2017, the school celebrated Hari Raya Puasa. Our Malay students and teachers

wore their traditional costumes on that day and other students celebrated by wearing traditional

ethnic costumes too. A series of activities were planned on that day. The

students were entertained by a dance, skit and quizzes during assembly.

During recess, they had fun learning to make cookies and even had a chance

to taste them.

National Education (NE) Show

The P5 students attended NE Show 2017 on 15 July, Saturday. It

was held at the The Floating Platform. This year’s theme

#OneNationTogether is to remind Singaporeans that regardless of

origin and background, we belong as one people and one nation. It

encourages Singaporeans to harness our diversity and to leave no one

behind as we strive towards an even brighter future. ‘Together’

emphasizes the importance of unity in times of uncertainty and challenges ahead and represents


a call-to-action for all Singaporeans to overcome the odds together. The students together with

the teachers had a wonderful and exciting time at the NE show.

Learning Journeys

Our Primary 2 to 4 students had gone for their learning journeys in July. Our Primary 2 level

was selected to visit the exhibition at the Arts House and the National Gallery on 13 July 2017.

At the National Gallery, they were taught about gallery etiquette while they explored dreams

and stories through site-specific installations and interactive artworks.

The Primary 3 students went on an interactive trail to Kampong Glam as part of the school’s

National Education/Social Studies initiative to enable students to find out the origins of

Kampong Glam. Our Primary 4 students went to Chinatown Heritage Centre for experiential

learning of the 19th century Singapore.

“The students had an exciting and thrilling experience at the Arts House as they get to

explore new and different things as well as appreciate the impressive Art pieces on display" –

Mdm Syairah, Form Teacher of P2 Sincerity

Growing the Reading Culture

To promote the love for reading, we have book blasts twice a term to promote new books

purchased by the library using different themes. Video recordings of book recommendations

by teachers and school leaders are broadcasted to students. Once a term, we create a special

books' day to invite the students to browse and borrow books from the library. Partner us in

cultivating the reading habit by bringing your children to the public library. Join your children

in reading too. Together, let’s help our children to develop reading as a lifelong habit.

Term 1 Pick a book for your Valentine

Term 2 Read, Share and Swap activity for P1 n P2

Term 3 Celebrate the Reading Month with the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter

Term 4 Books -to-Go event by NLB


Education Career Guidance (ECG) Fair

Our 6th ECG fair was held on 29 June 2017.

The theme for this year was "Dream it! Do

it!" 24 speakers were invited from different

professions to share about their careers with

our P5 and P6 students. The students were

able to attend 4 sessions of different

speakers. We have also invited

representative from Nan Chiau High School, Anglican High School and Raffles Girls School

to share their school programmes to our Primary 6 students.

Primary 5 Prefects Value-In-Action (VIA) Activity

Every year, the Primary 5 Prefects will have the opportunity to help in the packing and

distributing of food items to the needy at Owen Road. These food items were donated by our

NCPS students. This is done 5 times a year. Besides distribution of food items, our prefects

spend time interacting with the senior citizens as well.

This VIA platform is for our prefects to develop community leadership. It also serves as a

learning experience that supports their development as socially responsible citizens who

contribute meaningfully, not only to the school but also to the community, through the learning

and application of values, knowledge and skills.


P4 Value-In-Action (VIA) @ Tampines Senior Activity Centre

The school organises VIA

programme for the Primary 4

students with the objectives of

learning to be a caring person as well

as to learn to communicate with the

senior citizens. All the P4 classes are

scheduled to visit Tampines Senior Activity centre. They perform

items, such as wushu, guzheng, play games and sing together with the senior citizens. Through

this event, students are given the opportunity to display the value of sincerity and respect to the

seniors they interact with.

Nan Chiau 70th Anniversary Celebration: A Special Interview

Mdm Evon Lim Kim Eng joined our Nan Chiau Nascan

Student Care Centre since the start of operation in 2014. Her

job involves mainly logistic work.

Although she was given a few choices of schools to work in,

she chose NCPS because she is an alumnus here. When she

was studying in Nan Chiau, the campus was situated in Kim

Yan Road. The female uniforms were all white and they

shared the campus with the high school students.

Thanks to the good education she received from Nan Chiau, she is very fluent in Chinese.

Although her parents spoke dialects, she still picked up Tang poetry, Song Ci, Chinese idioms

and proverbs easily. This helps her in her job greatly.

Over the years, she realised that the motivation of students to learn Chinese is not as strong as

before. She tried her best to impart her knowledge to the students. She enjoys talking and

working with students. She really loves our NCPS students. The students are often shocked to

know that she used to study in Nan Chiau.

She feels that Nan Chiau’s 70th Anniversary is a very meaningful event and she wishes Nan

Chiau a happy 70th anniversary.

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