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Dear

26 May 2020

Dear Parents / Guardians

Greetings from the PGVP family. Welcome back to Term 3! Hope you have had a restful Mid-Year School Holidays break with your child. In this issue of the PGVP Quarterly, we will highlight important changes for Term 3 which you need to take note of as we transit into phase 1 of the post circuit breaker and the safe re-opening of schools on 2 June 2020. This phase is especially important and precious to our graduating P6 cohort as it is the last stretch before they sit for their impending Prelims and PSLE, which will start in mid-July and August respectively. FHBL (Full Home Based Learning) When we entered Circuit Breaker, we had to conduct full Home-based Learning for the first time. It was a challenging time for our teachers, students, our support staff as well as you, the parents. However, we came out stronger and more confident in planning and delivering HBL. An MOE review showed that generally all stakeholders were satisfied and confident about FHBL. Parents were also supportive of online lessons and in fact, the workload of students remained similar or more than when they were in school. Generally, we were also able to complete the planned syllabus. However, schools have concerns regarding low progress/SEN learners and the reduced opportunities for skills development. Where PGVP is concerned, we have addressed these issues by providing increased face- to- face engagement for this group of students during FHBL and also during the last 2 weeks of the Mid-Year School Holidays. Moving forward, we recognise that HBL is not the complete substitute for classroom learning and will therefore calibrate the HBL load. We will also continue to pay attention to the mental and emotional well-being of students on HBL. In PGVP, our teachers have also put in effort to plan the HBL and do the necessary follow-up to check on student well-being. We have also been receiving messages from parents thanking our teachers for their hard work and dedication. Thank you parents for your appreciation – it really affirms the teachers for their effort!

Mid-Year School Holidays Programme To support our students, during the last 2 weeks of the circuit breaker, identified students, especially those in the P6 cohorts, high needs students, low progress learners and students with special educational needs requiring additional support have been coming back for the Mid-Year School Holiday Programme. The face- to- face sessions aims to help close their learning gaps and to keep them engaged. We have received positive responses in terms of attendance and affirmations from parents on this matter. Our heartfelt thanks to all the teachers who are involved and also parents for your full support of this programme. Staff Movement The school bids farewell to the following staff members: Mdm Uma, Mdm Tan Su San, Mrs Candice Tu and Mrs Dorina Goh. We thank them for their contributions to the school and wish them all the best in their future endeavors. At the same time, we would like to extend our warm welcome to the

Issue 3 (2020) PGVP/149/2020

PUNGGOL VIEW QUARTERLY

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following staff: Ms Kalai Vaani (TL), Ms Joanne Tay (Music), Mr Nur Ashriq Ferdaus (PE), Ms Nur Liyana Bte Yahya (AED LBS) and Ms Sezhiyan Nandhini (TL). Welcome to the PGVP family! Safe Re-Opening of school for Term 3 We have shared with you the revised academic calendar for Term 3 in a previous notification before the start of the Mid-Year School Holidays (Ref PGVP 136/2020 dated 29 April 2020). We have also outlined the back-to-school approach and broad mitigation measures to enable a safe return to school in our notification on Arrangement for Schools After Circuit Breaker (Ref PGVP/148/2020 dated 22 May 2020). More details on the measures will be shared here. Safe Management Measures for Arrival The phase 1 of post circuit breaker focuses on the safe reopening of schools. We will look into enhancing ring fencing and the reduction of transmission risks with safe management measures. During this phase, the school will need to strengthen our ring fencing measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our staff and students. As part of the ring fencing measures, we need your help to ensure that students exhibiting fever, flu-like symptoms or are staying with household members who are unwell with flu-like symptoms do not come to school. If they are in school, they will be kept in an Isolation Room before they are picked up by their parents. Visitor management As part of the safe management measures, we will be minimising the number of visitors entering the school. Only visitors with appointments are allowed into the school. All visitors with appointments (e.g. instructors, vendors), will need to check-in to SafeEntry and the school’s Visitor Management System as well as be screened for fever & flu-like symptoms. Parents outside the school gates must observe the safe distancing rules and stay at least 1m apart from each other. Enhanced safe management practices

Masks and face shields: It is mandatory for all students and staff to put on either a mask or face shield in school. The exception will be when students are doing physical exercise as mentioned in the previous notification. We will continue to reinforce the need for personal hygiene, routines (e.g. hand washing and wipe down) and proper mask wearing during the CCE lessons. Our school bookshop will also stock face masks for sale should your child need to purchase one.

Safe distancing in school: We will enforce the safe distancing measures in school through

distancing markers and furniture arrangement. Classrooms will have fixed cluster/exam-style seating. To ensure safe distancing, teachers will also be largely conducting frontal teaching. Our students will also be seated at designated tables in the canteen during recess. In addition, students will need to observe safe distancing through the distancing markers at various venues.

Supervised handwashing and wipe down routine: Teachers will be supervising students

to ensure that they wash their hands regularly and properly. We want to encourage parents to help instill the habit of proper handwashing with soap and water for 20 seconds at home. Students will need to wash their hands minimally for the following:

o Upon arrival in school o Before and after recess o After physical activities o Before dismissal

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Students will also be doing recess, classroom and PE equipment wipe down. This routine should be already familiar with them as they have been practicing this before the circuit breaker. Minimising congestion and crowding

Staggered Arrival and Dismissal: For students who are reporting to school during the scheduled weeks, the curriculum will start at 7.30 am. All students should be in their respective classes by 7.25 am. To prevent congestion, students will report directly to the classrooms. As far as possible, please help to ensure that your child reaches school between 7.00am and 7.25am. Similar to the arrangement during FHBL, there will be a group of students whose parents are in the essential service and do not have alternative care arrangement. These selected students will be doing their HBL in school. On days where they are reporting to school for school-based HBL, they will report at 8.00am to the canteen and they will be dismissed at 1.00pm. The HBL schedule will be given to all involved in due time.

We will also stagger the dismissal of students to prevent over-congestion at the dismissal gates. We have to minimise the use of Gate 2 (Punggol Place) for dismissal due to the potential crowding of the narrow pedestrian walkway along Punggol Place. As such, all students will be dismissed via the Back Gates. (Gate 3 - Back Gate at the indoor basketball court; Gate 4 – Field Gate ; Gate 5- Annex Gate between school field and MK block)

Level In school Dismissal Venue Dismissal

Time

P1 T3W2 and T3W4

Gate 3 (Back gate) 1.20pm

P2 Gate 4 (Field gate) 1.25pm

P3 Gate 5 (Annex gate) 1.25pm

P4 T3W1 and T3W3

Gate 3 (Back gate) 1.25pm

P5 Gate 4 (Field gate) 1.30pm

P6 T3W1 to T3W4

Gate 5 (Annex gate) 1.30pm

Students doing HBL in school Canteen (for SCC students) / Gate 5 (for non SCC students)

1.00pm

Please note that ALL students are strictly reminded not to loiter in school or outdoors before and after school dismissal. We seek your help to ensure that your child come straight from home and go directly home after school. To minimise the risk of exposure, if possible, students are encouraged not to take public transport. If the distance permits, they should walk to and from home instead.

Staggered Recess for Term 3 Week 1 to Week 4: In order to reduce the intermingling between classes and levels, we will stagger the recess time as shown in the table below. Each recess will accommodate only one level. To ensure safe distancing in the canteen, students will be seated at the same assigned seat every day. All students, with the exception of the P3 level will have their snack break at 11.55am in the classroom. For the P3 level, their snack break will be brought forward to 8.30am as their recess has been scheduled to 10.25am instead of the usual 9.25am slot. Students are encouraged to consume healthy snacks such as biscuits, sandwiches or fruits which could be packed from home.

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Week In-School Recess Time

Week 1 & Week 3 P4, P5, P6 P4 : 8.55 am P5: 9.25 am P6 : 9.55 am

Week 2 & Week 4 P1, P2, P3, P6 P1: 8.55 am P2: 9.25 am P6: 9.55 am P3: 10.25 am with the snack break shifted to 8.30 am slot

To minimise the intermingling of student groups during recess play, all classes will be allocated designated play areas.

Students taking school bus: All school bus drivers will visually screen students for fever or flu-like symptoms. If students are unwell, they will be asked to stay at home and not come to school. All students would have been allocated assigned seating even before the circuit breaker and hence this practice will continue. The school bus operator will also be stepping up the cleaning and disinfecting regime of their school buses. The following school bus guidelines will need to be followed by all students taking the school bus:

o Students are to sit at the assigned places o Students will need to wear a mask / face shield at all times while in the bus o Students are not to talk or interact with other students in the bus.

Resumption of after-school programmes for Term 3 As students are returning to school after a long break, our focus for the first few weeks of the term must be on reintegrating students back to school with the purpose of gradually returning to the normal intensity of teaching and learning. To help students to get used to the rigour of school life, the following after-school programmes will gradually resume in Term 3.

Start date After School Programme

T3W1 onwards R3 for P6: With effect from Week 1, R3 will resume on every Tuesday and Wednesday from 7.30am – 7.55am. Teachers will leverage on this pocket of time to revisit topics and skills taught. Students will be using this slot to clarify their doubts too.

LSP/LSM/RRP/SDR: These programmes will resume as soon as the school reopens. More details will be provided in a separate letter for those involved.

T3W2 onwards P6 Remediation for selected students will start in Week 2. Identified students will be informed separately.

T3W3 onwards P6 Starlite . Details will be given nearer to the date.

T3W5 onwards* When full cohort returns

P5 Starlite. Details will be given nearer to the date. P3 / P4 CARE . Details will be given to identified students nearer to the date.

* To be confirmed depending on COVID-19 situation and government posture at that time.

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P6 Matters Our P6 students will need to ramp up their momentum in these last few weeks before they sit for their important exams. It is critical that they re-establish a study routine and schedule at home if they have not already done so. When they are back in school, our P6 teachers will spare no effort in ensuring that our students are prepared for the PSLE. Schedule for Prelim and PSLE Exam Please see below the schedule for the Prelim and PSLE Exams.

Date Exam Subject

Mon, 13 Jul – Tue, 14 Jul 2020

Prelim Oral English Language Chinese / Malay / Tamil

Wed, 29 Jul 2020

Prelim Listening Comprehension

English Language Chinese / Malay / Tamil

Thu, 13 Aug 2020

PSLE Oral English Language

Foundation English Language

Chinese / Malay / Tamil

Fri, 14 Aug 2020

PSLE Oral English Language

Chinese / Malay / Tamil

Foundation Chinese / Foundation Malay / Foundation Tamil

Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Panjabi / Urdu Foundation Bengali / Foundation Gujarati / Foundation Hindi / Foundation Panjabi / Foundation Urdu

Thu, 20 Aug 2020

Prelim Written English Language

Fri, 21 Aug 2020

Prelim Written Mathematics

Mon, 24 Aug 2020

Prelim Written Chinese / Malay / Tamil

Tue, 25 Aug 2020

Prelim Written Science

Wed, 26 Aug 2020

Prelim Written Higher Mother Tongue Languages

Fri, 18 Sep 2020

PSLE Listening Comprehension

Chinese / Malay / Tamil

Foundation Chinese / Foundation Malay / Foundation Tamil

Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Panjabi / Urdu Foundation Bengali / Foundation Gujarati / Foundation Hindi / Foundation Panjabi / Foundation Urdu

English Language / Foundation English

Thu, 1 Oct 2020

PSLE Written English Language Paper 1 English Language Paper 2 Foundation English Paper 1 Foundation English Paper 2

Fri, 2 Oct 2020 PSLE Written Mathematics Paper 1 Mathematics Paper 2

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Foundation Mathematics Paper 1 Foundation Mathematics Paper 2

Mon, 5 Oct 2020

PSLE Written Chinese / Malay / Tamil Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Panjabi / Urdu Paper 1 Chinese / Malay / Tamil Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Panjabi / Urdu Paper 2 Foundation Chinese/ Foundation Malay/ Foundation Tamil Paper 1

Tue, 6 Oct 2020

PSLE Written Science Foundation Science

Wed, 7 Oct 2020

PSLE Written Higher Chinese / Higher Malay / Higher Tamil Paper 1

Higher Chinese / Higher Malay / Higher Tamil Paper 2

Removal of Common Last Topics (CLT) for the 2020 PSLE In light of the impact that the extended CB period has on curriculum time and to further allay students' concerns and anxiety about catching up with the curriculum (as mentioned by Minister Ong), Common Last Topics (CLT) will be removed from the PSLE this year. From the dipstick conducted with schools on content-based subjects, schools, including ours, will be able to complete the syllabus for all graduating levels with the removal of the Common Last Topics (CLT). Do note that there is no common last topic for the language papers. The following are the details of the CLT removed:

Mathematics (Standard and Foundation): The Common Last Topics for PSLE Standard Mathematics are only the Primary 6 content of the following topics: Speed, Volume, Pie Charts, Solid Figures and Nets. The Common Last Topics for PSLE Foundation Mathematics are only the Primary 6 content of the following topics: Volume, Geometry and Pie Charts.

Science (Standard and Foundation): The Common Last Topic for PSLE Standard Science is Interactions within the Environment. The Common Last Topic for PSLE Foundation Science is Interactions within the Environment.

Direct Schools Admission (DSA) We have previously notified parents on DSA via the notification on DSA (PGVP/146/2020) dated 13 May 2020. Since then, some additional information from DSA schools has also been disseminated to you via PG. A reminder that the annual DSA-Sec exercise is ongoing and applicants only need to fill in one online form to apply to multiple schools and talent areas. Parents may submit applications for DSA-Sec via the centralised online portal from 12 May to 5 June 2020. We strongly encourage you to consider applying to DSA schools with programmes that is a good fit for your child. Do approach your child’s form teacher if you need any advice or help in the application. Upcoming Events in Term 3 Please refer to the attached a summary of the Calendar of Events for Term 3 school activities. Please note that the actual details of some of these programmes may change due to the prevailing COVID-19 conditions and government posture at that time. We will keep you updated if there is any change. Below are some of the key events we would like to highlight:

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P1 to P6 Revised Assessment Plan for Semester 2 (Terms 3 & 4) Due to the CB and the revised academic calendar for Term 3, the Assessment Plan for Semester 2 will be adjusted to ensure that we are able to adequately assess the learning progress of each child. Please refer to the table below for the revised assessment plan which will supersede the earlier version. For the well-being of our students, the revised plan will ensure that the weighted assessments correspond to the demand of the assessment tasks and are not scoped such that it is similar to the demand of SA1. The school will also ensure appropriate pitching of content, format and mode of assessment guided by curriculum coverage. We will issue the details of the coverage in a separate notification.

Overview of the Revised Assessment Plan for Terms 3 and 4

EYE:End of Year Exams MYE:Mid-Year Exams EYE:End of Year Exams

Level Term 3 Term 4

2 Jun – 14 Jul 27 Jul – 4 Sep 14 Sep – 20 Nov

Primary 3 WA – 15% WA – 15% EYE – 70%

Primary 4 NA WA – 30% EYE – 70%

Primary 5 NA WA – 30% EYE – 70%

Primary 6 NA PRELIM – 100% PSLE

* To help P6 students get used to the rigour of sitting for the full exam paper for PSLE, we will provide them with a timed practice under non-exam conditions before their Prelim exam. This will be held in Term 3 Weeks 6 & 7 during curriculum time. More details will be given to the students when they are back in school.

Parent Teacher Conference (PTC) We will be conducting our 2nd PTC for P1 to P5 and selected P6 students on Thu (16 July) and Fri (17 July) before we go for our 1 week mid-term 3 break. In order for the PTC to be conducted in a safe manner for all, we will be putting in place social distancing measures for the PTC session. We will share more details with you in a separate notification. Thank you for your patience and support over the CB period. My teachers and I look forward to receiving your child as he / she returns to school on Tue, 2 June 2020. Together with my staff, we will continue to monitor the progress of your child and be in regular contact with you and your child to provide support during this transition. Should you have any further queries, feel free to contact the School Leaders or your child’s form teacher. In the meantime, Stay Safe and Stay Healthy. Yours in partnership, _____________________________ Dr Vivien Ang Wek Cheng Principal

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---------------------------- Parent’s/Guardian’s Acknowledgement Slip ------------------------------

PGVP/149/2020 Punggol View Quarterly (Term 3/ 2020) (This acknowledgement slip will only need to be completed for parents who do not have PG)

I, ________________________(name of parent) of _________________________(child) from Primary _________ (class) have read and noted the content of the Term 3/2020 PGVP Quarterly.

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2020 Term 3 Calendar of Events

Day / Date Level Event / Activity Remark(s)

Mon, 22 Jun –

Fri, 3 Jul P1-P6 MTL Fortnight

Activities conducted during MT

Lessons

Wed, 1 Jul –

Thu, 30 Jul P1-P6

Health Promotion

Month

Activities conducted during

curriculum time

Mon, 6 Jul School

Holiday Youth Day

Thu, 9 Jul –

Tue, 14 Jul P6

Timed practice for

PSLE for all subjects

To be conducted during

curriculum time. A separate

notification will be issued.

Mon, 13 Jul –

Tue 14 Jul P6

Prelim Oral

EL & MTL

After curriculum hours.

A notification will be duly posted

on PG.

Mon, 13 Jul –

Wed 15 Jul P1-P6 Racial Harmony Day Commemorative Exhibits

Wed 15 Jul P1-P6 Class VIA day

Thu, 16 Jul –

Fri 17 Jul P1-P6

Parent Teacher

Conference 2

P1-P5 and selected P6.

A notification will be duly posted.

Mon, 20 Jul – Sun 26 Jul

School Holidays

Mid-Term 3 Break

Wed, 29 Jul P6 Prelim LC (EL/MTL) A notification will be duly posted

on PG.

Fri, 31 Jul Public

Holiday Hari Raya Haji

Fri, 7 Aug P1 - P6 National Day

Commemoration

School will end at 10.30am.

A notification will be duly posted

on PG.

Mon, 10 Aug Public

Holiday

Holiday in lieu of

National Day

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2020 Term 3 Calendar of Events

Day / Date Level Event / Activity Remark(s)

Thu, 13 Aug –

Fri, 14 Aug P6

PSLE Oral

EL & MTL

School is closed for PSLE.

P1-P5 students need not report

to school.

Student Care Centre (SCC) will be

open from 1.00pm to 7.00pm.

SCC students are to report no

earlier than 1.00pm.

A notification will be duly posted

on PG.

Thu, 20 Aug

P6

Prelim – English Language

A notification will be duly posted

on PG.

Fri, 21 Aug Prelim – Mathematics

Mon, 24 Aug Prelim – Mother Tongue Languages

Tue, 25 Aug Prelim – Science

Wed, 26 Aug

Prelim – Higher

Mother Tongue

Languages

Thu, 3 Sep P1-P6 Class VIA day

Thu, 3 Sep P1-P6 Teachers Day

Celebration

A letter will be issued nearer the

date

Fri, 4 Sep School

Holiday Teachers’ Day

SCC / KCare are closed (annual

closure)

Mon, 14 Sep P1 – P6 First day of Term 4

School starts as per normal at

7.30 am. Students are to report to

the respective assembly area at

7.25am.

* A separate exam schedule will be issued nearer the date.