Boon Lay Garden Primary School the Garden where diversity blossoms

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20 Boon Lay Drive, Singapore 649930 | Tel: 63160998 | Fax: 63160209 | 🖂 blgps@moe.edu.sg

5 January 2021

Through Mrs Christine Low Principal

PRIMARY THREE LEVEL MATTERS Dear Parents / Guardians,

We would like to welcome you to the beginning of a new academic year. We are very excited about the upcoming year and would like to take this opportunity to share with you and your child what to expect for this term.

LEVEL MATTERS

1. Year Head and Assistant Year Head

Year Head Assistant Year Head

Mrs Jasmine Ng

jasmine_susie_tan@schools.gov.sg

Ms Ainah Saaban ainah_saaban@schools.gov.sg

2. P3 Form Teachers

Class Form Teachers Email Addresses P3/1

Miss Steffi Marianna Rodrigues Miss Cheong Qian Hui, Odelia

steffi_marianna_rodrigues@schools.gov.sg

-P3/2A

Mdm Rufihaza binte Ramlee Miss Lye Chiew Min

rufihaza_ramlee@schools.gov.sg lye_chiew_min@moe.edu.sg

P3/2B

Mr Tang Chee Weng Mdm Siti Nur Baeyah Karim

tang_chee_weng@schools.gov.sg siti_nur_baeyah_karim@school.gov.sg

P3/3

Mrs Selina Cai – Ng Hui Min Ms Mei Tian Tian

ng_hui_min_selina@schools.gov.sg mei_tiantian@schools.gov.sg

P3/4

Miss Chan Yien Qing

Mdm Puteri Nor’Atika Raja Ismail Mr Ng Ee Noch

chan_yien_qing@schools.gov.sg

puteri_noratika_raja_ismail@schools.gov.sg ng_ee_noch@schools.gov.sg

LTP P3/01/2021

Boon Lay Garden Primary School

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Class Form Teachers Email Addresses

3/5

Mrs Khan – Nur Zakiah Ahmad Mdm Pok Yam Lee

nur_zakiah_ahmad@schools.gov.sg pok_yam_lee@schools.gov.sg

3/6

Mrs Valerine Loh – Chen Aizhen Miss Yang Yu Qing

chen_aizhen@schools.gov.sg yang_yuqing@moe.edu.sg

3. Topics to be learnt

Subjects Topics to be learnt

English Unit 1 : Fearless Phil Unit 2 : The Wolf’s Story Unit 3 : A Kitten for the King Mathematics ● Numbers to 10000

● Addition & Subtraction within 10 000 ● Word Problems on Addition & Subtraction ● Multiplication Tables of 6, 7, 8 & 9

Mother Tongue

3A Chinese Language Textbook & Workbook (Units 1-5)

3A Malay Language Textbook and Workbook MEKAR (Units 1-3) 3A Tamil Language Textbook and Workbook (Units 1-3)

Science ● Classification: Diversity of Living and Non-living Things ● Plants

● Animals

● Fungi and Bacteria

4. Assessment

Building on efforts to move away from an over-emphasis on academic results, there will be no weighted assessment for Primary 3 in Term 1. As Primary 3 is a transition year, where students are exposed to a new subject, i.e. Science, we want to provide them with adequate time and space to adjust to the increased curriculum demands.

Instead, subject reviews will be conducted to monitor students’ progress and check on their understanding. While they are not weighted, the subject reviews are important to inform us of our students’ progress. Students will be informed of the review weeks by their respective Subject Teachers.

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5. Level Programmes

Remedial/Supplementary/Enrichment Class

The teachers will inform your child and you accordingly via Parents Gateway if your child is selected to attend any remedial/supplementary or enrichment class. We strongly urge all parents to assist in ensuring your child/ward attends the lessons regularly in order for them to fully benefit from it academically.

Habits of Mind (HOM) Training

The school aims to use Habits of Mind (HOM) as a thinking curriculum to inculcate thinking dispositions and develop Self-Directed Learners in every student. HOM inculcate good learning habits and thinking dispositions which will enable students to become Self-Directed Learners.

As part of a whole-school approach to introduce HOM to the students, P3 students will be attending Habits of Mind Training sessions on Thursdays during CCA time. Students will be taught HOM through hands-on activities to understand what each Habit of Mind looks like, sounds like and feels like. The students will learn ways to apply these habits in school and at home.

School-Parent Meeting (SPM) & Class-Parent Meeting (CPM)

In our effort to foster a positive home-school partnership, there will be a Class Parent Meeting on Thursday, 14 January 2021, 3 pm – 4.30 pm. This is an opportunity for you to meet up with the Form Teacher who will share his/her expectations, class rules and routines with you. It is also a platform for you to partner the school in nurturing your child holistically. We strongly encourage all parents to attend. In view of the Safe Management Measures (SMM) in school, the meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Information on registration for the meeting will be sent to you via Parents Gateway (PG) on Tuesday, 5 January 2021. Please register by Monday, 11 January 2021. The Zoom link will be sent to you once you have registered for the meeting.

Gifted Education Programme Identification Exercise 2021

The tentative schedule for the two stages of the GEP Identification Exercise 2021 is as follows: a) GEP Screening Exercise - 18 August 2021

(English Language and Mathematics) (Wednesday) Shortlisted pupils are invited to participate in the Selection Exercise.

b) GEP Selection Exercise - 19 & 20 October 2021 (English Language, Mathematics and (Tuesday & Wednesday) General Ability)

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6. Daily Short Break (10 minutes) in class

There will be a short-break of 10 minutes (between 9.00 am to 9.30 am) for students to consume a simple snack. Students are strongly encouraged to bring a simple healthy snack of fruit, vegetables, biscuits or buns for consumption during the short break.

7. Parents Gateway (PG)

With the introduction of the Parents Gateway mobile app, all school announcements will now be broadcast via Parents Gateway. Do read announcements in Parents Gateway regularly to be kept updated of school programmes and events, and make consent.

8. Revised Edusave Merit Bursary (EMB) and Edusave Good Progress Award (GPA) Eligibility Criteria

We are pleased to inform you that from 2019, all P3 Singaporean students in Government and Government-aided schools can be nominated for the Edusave Merit Bursary at the end of school year, if they meet the following criteria:

a. Consistently demonstrated positive learning dispositions in the course of the year; and b. Demonstrated good conduct.

All P3 Singaporean students in Government and Government-aided schools who do not quality for the EMB can be nominated for the Edusave Good Progress Award, if they meet the following criteria

a. Showed the greatest improvement in learning dispositions in the course of the year; and b. Demonstrated good conduct.

9. Daily Temperature-taking Exercise

Please ensure your child has a working thermometer and bring it to school every day as the school continues with daily temperature-taking in the classroom early morning.

10. Wearing of Mask

All students are required to wear their mask to school and in school throughout the day. To practise good hygiene, do wash the mask regularly.

11. Values Education

Our focus on CARES value for Term 1 is ‘Cooperation’. We would like to encourage you to support our initiative by emphasizing this value to your child at home.

We hope that this letter will be helpful to you as you support your child in his/her learning journey. We look forward to fostering a strong partnership with you.

Yours sincerely, Mrs Jasmine Ng Year Head P3 & P4

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TERM 1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR PRIMARY THREE

(Tuesday, 5 January 2021 to Friday, 12 March 2021)

WEEK

DATE

EVENT/ACTIVITY

FOR WHOM

Week 1

04/01 – 09/01 Tue 5 Jan Thu 7 Jan Sat 9 Jan

School Re-Opens No CCA

PSG EXCO Meeting 1 (9 am – 11 am)

P2 – P6 students P3 – P6 students PSG parents Week 2

11/01 – 16/01 Thu 14 Jan Thu 14 Jan Sat 16 Jan

No CCA

P3 School & Class Parent Meeting (3 pm – 4.30 pm) PSG/Fathers@BLGPS Meeting 1 (10 am – 11.30 am) P3 – P6 students P3 parents PSG parents Week 3

18/01 – 22/01 Wed 20 Jan Thu 21 Jan

P3 Math Olympiad Training 1 (2 pm – 3.30 pm) Start of CCA Selected P3 students P3 – P6 students Week 4 25/01 – 29/01 Mon 25 Jan Wed 27 Jan

PSG & Fathers@BLGPS Investiture

P3 Math Olympiad Training 2 (2 pm – 3.30 pm)

PSG parents

Selected P3 students Week 5

01/02 – 05/02 Wed 3 Feb Thu 4 Feb

P3 Math Olympiad Training 3 (2 pm – 3.30 pm) Chinese New Year Celebration Rehearsal (during CCA) Selected P3 students Selected students Week 6 08/02 – 12/02 Mon 8 Feb Wed 10 Feb Thu 11 Feb Thu 11 Feb Fri 12 Feb

Commemoration of Total Defence Day (Pre-assembly)

P3 Math Olympiad Training 4 (2 pm – 3.30 pm) Chinese New Year Eve Celebration

(7.30 am – 9.30 am) No CCA

PUBLIC HOLIDAY – CHINESE NEW YEAR

All levels Selected P3 students All levels P3 – P6 students All levels Week 7 15/02 – 19/02 Mon 15 Feb Wed 17 Feb

SCHOOL HOLIDAY IN LIEU - Chinese New Year P3 Math Olympiad Training 5 (2 pm – 3.30 pm)

All levels

Selected P3 students

Week 8

22/02 – 26/02 Wed 24 Feb P3 Math Olympiad Training 6 (2 pm – 3.30 pm) Selected P3 students Week 9

01/03 – 06/03

Wed 3 Mar Sat 6 Mar

P3 Math Olympiad Training 7 (2 pm – 3.30 pm) Fathers@BLGPS Meeting 2 cum Bonding Activity (8.30 am – 1 pm)

Selected P3 students PSG parents

Week 10

08/03 – 12/03 Mon 8 Mar – Tue 9 Mar Wed 10 Mar

P1 – P6 Class Photography

P3 Math Olympiad Training 8 (2 pm – 3.30 pm)

All levels Selected P3 students School Holidays Sat 13 Mar – Sun 21 Mar