PEI TONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY 1 ORIENTATION 21

PEI TONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY 1 ORIENTATION 21 November 2015

Overview - Communication Channels Teacher-Parent Interactions School Hours Attire and Appearance School Security First 2 days of school Sending and Fetching Pei Tong Primary School

Communication Channels 1. PTPS Student Handbook 2. Email (for all teachers) 2 -way correspondence 3. Message to General Office Staff 4. School Website (Feedback) 5. School Facebook (Pt Newsphere) 6. SNAAPP Pei Tong Primary School 1 -way

SNAAPP Pei Tong Primary School

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SNAAPP's helpline: 68151210 Pei Tong Primary School

Teacher-Parent Interaction 1. P 1 Orientation & 1 st 2 days of school 2. Mid Year update on student’s progress (PTM) (Term 2 Wk 8 - 10) 3. Teacher initiated meetings of at-risk pupils 4. Parent initiated meetings with teachers Pei Tong Primary School

School Hours Monday & Tuesday (7. 45 a. m. to 1. 45 p. m. ) Wednesday - Friday (7. 45 a. m. to 1. 15 p. m. ) All students are expected to be in the school canteen by 7. 30 a. m. for silent reading. Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur – English Storybooks Fri – Mother Tongue Storybooks Recess: 9. 45 a. m. to 10. 15 a. m. Submit an MC or Parent’s letter when absent (with strict compliance) Pei Tong Primary School

Attire and appearance Refer to PTPS Student Handbook (pg 5 to 8) / Orientation Booklet (pg 5 to 8) - name tags; shoes; socks; hair, fingernails, tinted glasses, jewellery, ornaments, electronic equipment, handphones Pei Tong Primary School

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SECURITY IN SCHOOL Upon entering the school, - exchange NRIC or other identification card for a visitor’s pass from the guard room - parents are not allowed to enter the teaching block during school hours. - approach the staff in General Office for help. Arrangements will be made to fetch the pupil from the classroom Pei Tong Primary School

SECURITY IN SCHOOL • No parents, relatives or any members of the public will be allowed to – remain in school during school hours – purchase food from the canteen – make use of the school facilities • To bring your child home earlier, remember to sign out in Early Dismissal Book Pei Tong Primary School

IMPORTANT DETAILS • Refer to packing list for first 2 days of school • Label your child’s files, books and belongings with permanent marker or pen • School bookshop (Popular Bookstore) is opened from 9. 00 a. m. to 4 p. m. during weekdays • Go through "Dolch Sight Words“ • Let your child practice copying simple sentences every day. Pei Tong Primary School

CLASS WORK & HOMEWORK • Child may be asked to complete his/her unfinished work at home • Homework assigned to him/her to be checked by parents and completed by students • Outreach lessons may be conducted for selected students; to be informed by teacher Pei Tong Primary School

HOMEWORK POLICY • Long Homework: 1 hr per subject (Short Days and Weekends) • Short Homework: 30 min per subject (Long Days) Pei Tong Primary School

First 2 days of school 4 Jan, 5 Jan 1) Class timetable will be distributed on 4 Jan, Monday or 5 Jan, Tuesday. 2) Pupils to follow the timetable from Wednesday onwards. Pack the bag according to the class timetable. 3) Parents are not allowed to go near the classroom during the first 2 days. Pei Tong Primary School

First 2 days of school 4 Jan, 5 Jan 4) During recess, students will have a P 3/P 5 Buddy to help them buy food and orientate themselves in the canteen during recess for the first two days of school (4 Jan and 5 Jan) 5) Twenty minutes before dismissal, all P 1 students will assemble at the hall. - Students taking the school bus will be grouped according to their bus routes at the back of the hall. - Brother/sister of the pupil will be dismissed 10 minutes earlier to meet the P 1 students in the hall. - Teachers will lead the rest of the pupils to the respective designated exits. Pei Tong Primary School

First 2 days of school 4 Jan, 5 Jan 6) During dismissal, students taking school bus will be accompanied by the school bus attendants to board the bus at the school carpark area. 7) Parents whose children are not taking the school bus could fetch them at brown side gate (near Blk 323) or at the orange front gate (near the traffic light). Pei Tong Primary School

First 2 days of school 4 Jan, 5 Jan 8) No parents are allowed to park their cars in the school compound. Please park at the public carparks near the school. Do not stop your car along the road and wait for your child. 9) From 6 Jan onwards, parents should not remain anywhere within the school premises during school hours. Pei Tong Primary School

Sending and Fetching 1) Parents who are driving are to drop off/pick up their children at the carpark near Blk 323, 337. If it rains in the morning, cars will be allowed to enter the school for pupils to alight at the foyer. 2) Should it rain during dismissal time, parents are allowed to drive into the school compound 15 minutes after dismissal (to avoid peak period when buses are driving off). Pei Tong Primary School

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Sending and Fetching 3) For parents picking up their children at the gates, kindly proceed to the general office for assistance if you cannot locate your child at the pick-up location after 10 – 15 minutes. Inform your child to seek help from the general office if they can’t find you. 4) Remind your child to wait inside the school for you. Pei Tong Primary School

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