04 January 2021 PLTP / 01 / 2021
Dear Parents/ Guardians, Principal’s note
2020 was indeed a very challenging year for all of us as we responded to the massive disruptions at both national and school level due to the COVID-19. However, we also saw the best in our people as we manage the challenges. The entire education fraternity—teachers, staff, students, parents—came together and found ways to keep our students learning. In essence, it took a village to save this school year. We certainly look to the New Year with hope and optimism.
We are proud of our students’ resilience and achievement in 2020. We continued to perform well in the PSLE and we wish our class of 2020 as they move on to secondary schools. While we are not yet out of the COVID-19 situation, we want to give thanks to our supportive parents who work alongside with the school. We are deeply appreciative that HBL and SMM are implemented smoothly with your continued support, encouragement and understanding. A school can only be effective when the parents and the community support the practices and learning programmes of the school.
Due to COVID-19, we have seen many innovative disruptions involving technology which affect our personal and work lives. In the aspect of learning and teaching, we have seen that home-based learning offers the possibility of creating uniquely valuable learning experiences for our students. We believe, with a sense of optimism and excitement, that there is an even greater potential for blended learning to become an integral part of school life which would improve learning greatly in our school. Teachers need to leverage the highly interactive nature of web-based learning applications to make students’ learning accountable by enhancing their ability to reflect, apply, elaborate, contextualise, evaluate and synthesise their learning, and not just in navigation, page scrolling and indulging in information search.
However, technology remains just one part of the equation to engage learning in school and at home. Without the guidance of a skilful teacher and supportive home environment, effective independent learning cannot take place. We will continue to explore effective teaching strategies to build up the students’ character, learning dispositions, and values and inculcate a sense of identity in this blended learning environment.
On behalf of the school, we would like to wish all of you a healthy and bountiful 2021!
Koh Chin Thong, Martin Principal
1 School Leaders and Year Heads
Let me take this opportunity to introduce our school leaders and Student Development Team (SDT) to you.
Mr Chua Chye Hock, VP (Academic P1-P3) Mdm Wong Su May, VP (Academic P4-P6) Ms Regina Kim, VP (Admin)
We can be contacted via hpps@moe.edu.sg
The Student Development Team (SDT) oversees the holistic development of the pupils. Through the SDTs, the school seeks to provide a safe, respectful and disciplined learning environment for pupils where they have opportunities to engage in quality learning experience and acquire values supportive of their lifelong well-being. We are pleased to introduce the members of the SDT.
The YH and AYH will send out letters each term to keep you updated of key matters pertaining to the respective levels.
Student Development Team Email
P1 & P2 Assistant Year Head/ YH (Covering)
Ms Iris See Siao Jun see_siao_jun_iris@moe.edu.sg
P1 Level Manager
Ms Lam Yuen Kay lam_yuen_kay@moe.edu.sg
P2 Level Manager
Mdm Farah Adzlin Kasmany farah_adzlin_kasmany@moe.edu.sg
P3 & P4 Year Head (YH)
Mr Dominic Sy Sian Khye sy_sian_khye@moe.edu.sg
P3 Level Manager
Ms Jasmine Lam lam_yen_fong_jasmine@moe.edu.sg
P4 Level Manager
Mrs Audrey Kho ng_shi_ying_audrey@moe.edu.sg
P5 & P6 Year Head (YH)
Mr Muhammad Sadhiq Bin O N M muhammad_sadhiq@moe.edu.sg
P5 Assistant Year Head (AYH)
Ms Sheila Zheng Yi Ting zheng_yiting_sheila@moe.edu.sg
P6 Level Manager
Ms Rajesheela d/o Rajanthiran rajesheela_rajanthiran@moe.edu.sg
2 Updates in the Teaching Staff
We would like to bid farewell to the following staff and thank them for their contribution to the school.
Ms Peh Yunn Chyn Teacher
We also welcome the following staff who joined the school. Mdm Toh Siew May English & Social Studies Teacher Ms Nurul Fareeha Ramlee English & Maths Teacher
Mr Ho Ghim Khoon PE Teacher
We like to congratulate the following staff members for their new appointment wef 01 Jan 2021. Mr Muhammad Sadhiq Year Head
Mdm Yang Lan HOD GE2
Ms Tan Shi Qi HOD Aesthetics
Mr Jeremy Wan SH PE & LLP
Ms Noorashikin Bte Yahya ST/Learning Needs (Lower Primary Learners)
3 COVID-19 Safe Management Measures (SMM) and Security
The school believes in providing our pupils with a safe and secure environment to ensure that good learning takes place. To achieve this purpose, we seek the strong collaboration with parents and the community. As a school, we will adhered to all safe management measures (SMM) and will enforce them for all staff, pupils, parents and visitors. These measures include the wearing of mask, visitor registration, SafeEntry check-in and temperature screening. All pupils are also required to conduct their temperature check daily in class with their own Oral Digital Thermometer (ODT). As part of SMM, the school also ensure that our pupils and staff practice good personal hygiene through frequent hand-washing as well as wiping down of surfaces (classroom and canteen tables) before and after using them. The school will also be practising fire drills, lock-down drills and evacuation drills to ensure that our school staff and pupils are familiar with all emergency drills.
Schools will re-open in 2021 with Safe Management Measures (SMM), such as temperature taking, visual screening of students, and reducing congestion where possible. It is not mandatory for students to have a TraceTogether token when schools re-open. It will be required in schools only when all of the tokens have been distributed nationwide. Please collect for the TraceTogether token when the token is available for collection in your constituency. We will understand that schools will only distribute the tokens when the collection at the current venues ceases.
While most Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) and school activities will resume, higher-risk activities will remain suspended or limited to a smaller group. You are reminded not to send your child/ward to school if they are unwell or have flu-like symptoms.
4 Staggered Dismissal Timings and Vehicle Pickup Points
In addition to the list of safe management measures (SMM) mentioned earlier, the school has also reviewed and implemented staggered dismissal in Jun 2020. These are all in an effort to decongest and ensure safety for our children. The key decongestion strategy is to stagger the movement of students from the classrooms to their various pickup points and also to ensure sufficient space for at the pickup points to provide safe distancing.
While the daily dismissal timings do not change, the school will stagger the release of students from their classrooms by levels. This is to minimise congestion at the corridors and staircases as they move to their respective pickup points and gates. We have also reviewed the space congestion of the various pick-up points and made some changes to the vehicle pickup point. Pickup Points for Children Walking or Taking Public Transport. There is no change to the various pickup points for this group of children. The school will continue to designate waiting areas by levels with sign post to minimise intermingling across levels. However, we urge all adults waiting to pick up their child to observe safe management measure; to wear mask and observe safe distancing at all times. We will have staff onsite to manage and they can turn away anyone without a mask or not adhering to safe distancing.
Pickup Points for Children to be Picked Up by Car. To ensure further spatial segregation for our students while waiting for their parents, we have now two designated pick-up points for Lower Primary (P1-P3) and Upper Primary (P4-P6) students.
Level Pickup Point Access Gate Gate Opens Lower Pri,
P1 to P3
Level 3 Foyer Via Gate 2 1250H to 1345H on Mon, Tue & Fri 1320H to 1415H on Wed and Thu *Pick up after gate closure time will be at Bus Bay (Level 1 via Gate 4) Upper Pri,
P4 to P6
Level 1 Bus Bay Via Gate 4 After all the school buses have left the Bus Bay.
Est. 1315H on Mon, Tue & Fri Est. 1345H on Wed and Thu NOTE:
For family with children from across levels, the Lower Primary child(ren) will always follow the Upper Primary sibling’s pick up point. This will be the permanent pick up point; for instance, on days where the Upper Primary child is staying back in school for lessons, the Lower Primary sibling will still proceed to the Bus Bay for pickup. This is to ensure simplicity and consistency for the children and parents.
Traffic Reminder:
As the road along Holland Drive are strictly demarcated as “No Parking” zone, parents are reminded not to come to the school before the gate opening time. The school staff and LTA enforcement officers will enforce this, and pictures might be taken for follow-up by LTA. This is to ensure that we traffic along Holland Drive can flow to facilitate the expeditious movement of buses and cars out to the main roads.
5 Traffic Issues
As you are aware, Henry Park Primary School is a big school with a large student population. Traffic to and from the school during the school reporting times and dismissal time can be very heavy. We would like to appeal to you to help the school ensure a safer and smoother traffic flow. Please follow the instructions given by our staff and parent volunteers. Do give them your full understanding and cooperation so that we can ensure the safety of our pupils.
In the morning, if there is a traffic build up at level 3, please drop your child off at level 1 Bus Bay. Please note that only a right turn is allowed at level 1’s exit. We have noted some parents making illegal left turns at level 1’s exit and there have been near misses. For your safety and of other motorists, we appeal to you to adhere to the traffic guidelines. Both left and right turns are permitted at level 3’s drive-way exit.
Please refrain from sending your child to school before 6.30 a.m. To avoid morning traffic congestion, you may drop your child at school by 7 a.m. & arrive 20 minutes after dismissal to avoid afternoon traffic congestion.
The school gates will be opened 10 minutes before dismissal time. We would also like to remind parents not to arrive too early before dismissal and park their vehicles along Mount Sinai and Holland Road as this will result in a traffic congestion.
Please refer to Appendix 1 for gate opening hours for arrival and dismissal.
6 School Bus
We like to remind parents whose children are taking the school buses that on days when your child is not taking the school bus back home at the standard dismissal time, please inform the bus driver in advance. This is to avoid holding up the bus as the driver will try to locate your child before moving off.
7 Pupils’ Well-Being
In the next few days, the school will collect the pupils’ workbooks, files and materials, and placed them in the classrooms. Pupils should use their timetable to guide them in packing their school bags so that they can better manage the weight. We seek your assistance in guiding your child/ward in the matter. Our collective efforts will ensure that our pupils’ school bags are not too heavy.
Our P1 students will adjust well to primary school with our active support. We need our parents to encourage your child to be independent but if they need any help, to confidently approach their teachers so that they can be assisted. Children have to learn to manage homework and cope with assessments. Support from parents is critical at this stage.
For a start, encourage your P1 child to talk about his/her new experiences and what he/she likes and doesn’t like about school. Listen for any worries he/she might have and attend to those concerns. It is easy as adults for us to brush aside what seem to be small matters, but it is helpful to learn to see things through his/ her eyes.
As your child adapts to school life, show your support in other ways, such as valuing him/her for who he/she is, and not what he/she has achieved. Instead of comparing his/her performance with others or expressing disappointment when he/she is not performing up to your standard, appreciate his/her efforts and focus on the learning process - not only on the marks!
8 Snack Break
To cater to the well-being of our students, all students may have daily 10-minutes snack breaks during lessons time as planned by each level's class teachers. Snack break timings will be arranged by teachers who will reference the staggered recess times of each level. Depending on the nature of the lessons, the teachers will instruct the students when they will have the 10-minutes snack break during the period and day.
We seek your cooperation in packing healthy snacks or fruits for the 10-minutes snack break & encouraging your child/children in taking responsibility for the maintenance of the cleanliness of the classroom by observing hygiene protocols and completing the necessary wipe down procedures after finishing their food.
9 Annual Prize Giving Day Webpage 2020
The Annual Prize Giving Day (online) was held on 17 November 2020 for the P6 students and 18 November 2020 for the Primary 1 to 5 students. It was a joyous celebration as we recognised our students’ academic, character and talent achievements together with their teachers, parents and classmates. In consideration of the safe management measures that had to be put in place due to the COVID-19 situation, we had our PGD conducted virtually in the classrooms via the Zoom platform. The event was hosted by our students. Parents of our prize winners were invited to share in this proud moment with the prize winners and their classmates.
The school will share this memorable event via the Annual Prize Giving Day Webpage 2020 where you can view the Principal’s, Guest-of-Honor’s and our Outstanding Student’s speeches, concert items as well as photos of all our prize-winners. This webpage will be launched on 22 January 2021 and the link for the website will be posted via Parents’ Gateway.
10 School Achievement- PSLE 2020
We are proud to announce that the P6 (2020) did well in the PSLE. More than 27% of pupils obtained a T-score of more than 250. In all subjects, our pupils have fared well when compared with national results and comparable schools. Congratulations to our P6 pupils (2020) and we wish them the best as they seek their secondary school education.
11 Calendar of Events
A copy of the Term 1 Calendar of Events will be provided to your child. Please refer to Appendix 2.
12 Parents’ Engagement 2021
We value building positive partnership between parents and the school. The school will be organising several engagement sessions in the year to provide further support to our parents.
Types of parents’ engagement Objectives Terms Parents’ briefing - Communication & engagement on national and/school policies
- Meet and Greet Teachers and understand assessment & curriculum matters
Term 1
Parents-Teacher Meeting (PTM for P1-P6)
- Meeting with teachers to discuss on the holistic development on your child(ren)
Term 2 & Term 4
Parents-Child-Teacher Conference (PCTC for P1-P5)
- Students presenting their learning experiences in HPPS
to their teachers & parents Term 2 or Term 4
Please find below the schedule for PTM & PCTC for your early planning. More information will be provided closer to those dates.
Term 1 (Respective Dates) Term 2 Friday, 28 May 2021 Term 4 Thursday, 18 November 2021
P1 Parents’ Briefing via Zoom Thursday, 21 January 2021
1500 - 1630
PTM PCTC & Meeting with Mother Tongue Language teachers
P2
Parents’ Briefing via Zoom Tuesday, 19 January 2021
1500-1630
PCTC PTM & Meeting with Mother Tongue Language teachers
P3
Parents’ Briefing via Zoom Friday, 15 January 2021
1500-1630
PCTC & Meeting with Mother Tongue Language
teachers PTM
P4
GEP Parents’ briefing via Zoom Friday, 8 January 2021
1500-1600
Parents’ Briefing on via Zoom Thursday, 14 January 2021
1500-1630
PTM PCTC & Meeting with Mother Tongue Language teachers
P5
Parents’ Briefing via Zoom Friday, 22 January 2021
1500-1630
PCTC & Meeting with Mother Tongue Language
teachers
PTM
P6
Parents’ Briefing via Zoom Wednesday, 20 January 2021
1500-1700
PTM & Meeting with Mother Tongue Language
teachers
NA
13 Recycle N Save Initiative
As part of the school's continuous Green effort to encourage a sustainable lifestyle, the school has partnered with National Environment Agency (NEA) and F&N to launch the "Recycle N Save" initiative. The initiative aims to inculcate good recycling habits and responsible environmental stewardship in our students. A Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) has been placed at the canteen to offer a convenient way to recycle aluminum cans and plastic drink bottles. Below is the picture of the RVM for your reference.
Students only need to rinse the empty bottle or can before placing them into the RVM. The bottles and cans collected in the RVM can then be transported to the recycling facility. We would like to seek your support at home to encourage our students to play their part for the environment through the active practice of the 5Rs –Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Re-purpose and Recycle, in school and at home.
14 Parenting Article The upside of being average
Even when your kid isn’t acing competitions and winning prizes, there’s so much to celebrate, discovers Tee Hun Ching – a lesson she learnt from her 12-year-old. You may want to read more using the link below:
https://www.schoolbag.edu.sg/story/the-upside-of-being-average
Koh Chin Thong, Martin Principal
Vision
Lead with Character, Serve with Talents
Mission
Nurturing concerned citizens with integrity and a spirit of excellence through holistic education
School Values
Appendix 1
Gate Opening Hours
By Car (Arrival)
Gates Opened Gates Closed Remarks Level 1, Gate 4
(vehicle entrance gate)
0630 hrs 0800 hrs Gate 4 is controlled through arm barrier access
Level 3, Gate 2 (vehicle entrance gate)
0630 hrs 0735 hrs If you arrive after gate closure hours, please use Level 1, Gate 4
Level 3, Gate 6 (vehicle exit gate)
This gate is strictly for cars to exit
Note: Please drive off immediately after dropping your child. Parents are not allowed to park
in the school.
By Car (Dismissal)
Gates Opened Gates Closed Remarks
Level 1, Monday, Tuesday, Friday Gate 4 is controlled through arm
Gate 4 barrier access. Parents may drive in
1330 hrs 1900 hrs
(vehicle only after school buses have left.
entrance Wednesday, Thursday gate) 1400 hrs 1900 hrs Level 3, Gate 2,
Monday, Tuesday, Friday Parents should arrange to pick their children at Level 1 if they come in
1250 hrs 1345 hrs
(vehicle after gate closure hours.
entrance Wednesday, Thursday gate) 1320 hrs 1415 hrs Level 3, Gate 6 (vehicle exit gate)
School Arrival (Walk-in)
Gates Opened Gates Closed Remarks Level 1, Gate 3
(Bus Bay
Pedestrian Gate)
0630 hrs 0800 hrs
Level 1, Gate 5 (Bus Bay Exit Gate)
Students are NOT to enter school from this gate
Level 3, Gate 1 (Pedestrian Gate near vehicle entrance gate)
0630 hrs 0735 hrs Students who arrive after gate closure hours, should use Gate 3 (Bus Bay Pedestrian Gate).
Parents will not be allowed in. Level 3, Gate 7
(Pedestrian Gate near vehicle exit gate)
0630 hrs 0735 hrs Students who arrive after gate closure hours, should use Gate 3 (Bus Bay Pedestrian Gate).
Parents will not be allowed in.
School Dismissal (Walk-Out)
Gates Opened Gates Closed Remarks Level 3, Gate 1 Monday, Tuesday, Friday
(Pedestrian Gate 1250 hrs 1800 hrs near vehicle Wednesday,Thursday entrance gate)
1320 hrs 1800 hrs
Level 1, Gate 1B (near Indoor Sports Hall)
Monday, Tuesday, Friday Parents will be allowed into the
designated waiting area behind canteen. (Pls observe SMM.)
1250 hrs 1330 hrs
Wednesday, Thursday
Enter Gate 1B via road level, Gate 1.
1320 hrs 1400 hrs
Level 1, Gate 3 (Bus Bay Pedestrian Gate)
Monday, Tuesday, Friday
1330 hrs 1900 hrs
Wednesday, Thursday
1400 hrs 1900 hrs
Level 1 Gate 5, (Bus Bay Exit gate)
Students are NOT to exit school from this gate
Level 3, Gate 2A (Pedestrian Gate near vehicle entrance gate) & Turnstile
Monday, Tuesday, Friday This is for students who are walking out. It is a one-way exit only.
1300 hrs 1800 hrs
Wednesday, Thursday
1330 hrs 1800 hrs
Level 3, Gate 7 Monday, Tuesday, Friday Parents will be allowed in to wait at (Pedestrian Gate 1250 hrs 1800 hrs the designated waiting area at near vehicle exit Wednesday, Thursday School Exit Gate Porch
HPPS GATES - Gates 1 to 7
Gate 1 (Pedestrian Gate) Level 3
Gate 2
Gate 1
Gate 1 (Pedestrian Gate) Level 3
Gate 1
Gate 1A
Gate 2
Gate 2A (Pedestrian Gate) Level 3
Gate 2A
Gate 3 (Pedestrian gate) Level 1
Gate 4
Gate 5
Gate 6
Gate 7
Appendix 2
HPPS 2021 Term 1 School Calendar (Mon 4 Jan to Fri 12 Mar)
Note: All events will be during curriculum time unless stated *More details about the event will be given at a later date # Date for event to be confirmed later
Day/Date Event Remarks
Fri, 8 Jan P4 GEP Parents’ briefing P4 GEP classes only
3pm to 5pm (Zoom)
Thu, 14 Jan P4 Parents’ briefing 3pm to 4.30pm (Zoom)
Fri, 15 Jan P3 Parents’ briefing 3pm to 4.30pm (Zoom)
Tue, 19 Jan P2 Parents’ briefing 3pm to 4.30pm (Zoom)
Wed, 20 Jan P6 Parents’ briefing Mainstream + GEP
3pm to 5pm (Zoom)
Thu, 21 Jan P1 Parents’ briefing 3pm to 4.30pm (Zoom)
Fri, 22 Jan P5 Parents’ briefing Mainstream + GEP
3pm to 4.30pm (Zoom)
Fri, 22 Jan Launch of PGD webpage
Mon, 25 Jan Start of P6 Remedial/ Stretch
lessons
Mon, 25 Jan Start of Recreational CCA
Mon, 1 Feb Start of P4 & P5 remedial
Wed, 10 Feb Photo taking for School Smart
Card
Primary 1 and 6 pupils
Thu, 11 Feb Chinese New Year Celebration & Commemoration of Total
Defence Day
7.30am to 10am
Fri, 12 Feb Chinese New Year Public Holiday
Mon, 15 Feb Chinese New Year School Holiday
KIV # Annual Athletic Meet Details will be given at a later
date Sat, 13 Mar to Sun, 21 Mar Term 1 School Vacation
