PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

• 19 November 2008

  Dear Student/Parent/Guardian

  2008 GCE ‘N’ Level Exams Results

  The ‘N’ level results will be released on 18 Dec 2008 in the school hall at 2 pm. Students collecting the results that day should be in full school uniform. We will also be having the Prize Giving Ceremony for all award recipients for their academic achievements following the announcement of the results. The Best Class Award will also be given out that day.

  All the Best to our 2008 ‘N’ Level students! I look forward to seeing you.

  Regards

  Mrs Janet Oh

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  SEC 2 STREAMING APPEAL RESULTS

  Dear Parent and Student,

  Below are the finalised class lists after considering all the appeals.

  3E1 3E2 3E3 3E4 3E5 3E6 3N1 3N2 3N3

  The appeal process is based primarily on meritocracy, with special considerations given to students with strong valid reasons. Due to the limited vacancies in the popular classes, it is regretted that some of the appeals have not been successful.

  If you need further clarifications, you may send your queries to Mr Ang Keng Kiat via email (ang_keng_kiat@moe.edu.sg).

  Thank you.

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10 October 2008

Dear Student, Parent/Guardian,

Welcome to VP

I am very pleased to welcome to the Junyuan Family, our new Vice-principal, Mr Ling Khoon Chow who joined us on 15 Sep 2008 . Mr Ling, happily married and a proud father of a little girl, was formerly VP/Dunman Secondary School.

We have almost come to the end of the school year and I would like to share with you some of the upcoming events.

2008 GCE ‘O’ Level Exams

The 2008 GCE O-Level written examination will start on Monday, 20 Oct 2008 and will end on Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 . Here is wishing all our Sec 4E/5N students all the best for the coming exams. Continue to stay focused and give your best!

From 20 Oct to 22 Oct 2008 , the written examination will be conducted in the afternoons. Lessons for Sec 1-3 will continue in the morning.

School will be dismissed at 12.30 pm each day for the period 20 - 22 Oct. Reporting time remains unchanged.

Bridging Programme for Sec 3 – EL and Math

Sec 3 Express and Normal Academic students who fail to obtain a pass grade in English Language &/or Math for the End-of-Year Exams will not be receiving their report books on 21 Oct but will do so only after they have completed the Bridging Programme scheduled from 28 Oct- 7 Nov, 8.00 am to 12.30 pm. The timetable for the EL and Math lessons will be issued to these students in due course. They will be tested for either EL or Math or both on 10 Nov (EL test) and 11 Nov (Math test). The results for these tests will be released on 18 Nov and their report books will be issued on the same day.

Graduation Day

The graduation ceremony for all Sec 4 and 5 students will be held on 13 November 2008 , 8.45 am in the School Hall. Parents of all graduating students are warmly invited to the school to witness this momentous event on that day.

Prize Giving & Appreciation Day

We will end the academic year by acknowledging the good work of our staff and students on 23 Oct 2008 at 9.00 am at the Mulit-Purpose Hall/Tampines Central Community Club. Parents of prize winners will receive an invitation to be present for the prize giving ceremony.

Do take some time to be with family during the coming holidays.

Happy Deepavali to all our Hindu staff and students!

Happy Holidays to all!

Warmest Regards

Mrs Janet Oh

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10 Oct 2008

Dear Parents / Guardians,

SUBJECT COMBINATIONS FOR SECONDARY THREE 2009

Your child in Secondary Two will be required to exercise his/her options for subject combinations in Secondary Three.

Attached are our Secondary Three subject combinations that we are offering in 2009. Computer Studies is a new subject to be introduced in 2009. Each student is given up to six choices in the subject combinations and the streaming is based on the Sec 2 overall combined results, except for Science subject which will be based on the average of the Sec 1 and 2 overall combined results.

Below is the schedule for this entire Streaming Exercise:

No	Events	Date	Venue
1	Briefing of confirmed Sec 3 subject combinations to students	10 Oct (Fri)	School Hall
2	Parents and students to discuss and finalise on their choices	10 Oct – 19 Oct	-
3	Streaming exercise	20 Oct (Mon)	School Computer Labs
4	Signing of subject combinations verification slip by Parents	20 Oct (Mon)	-
5	Return of verification slip to Form-Teachers	21 Oct (Tue)	School Parade Square
6	Release of Streaming results	12 Nov (Wed)	Outside General Office
7	Closing date for Appeal	14 Nov (Fri)	General Office
8	Release of Appeal results	21 Nov (Fri)	Outside General Office

We hereby seek your understanding that while we would like to give every child his/her choice of subject combination, this may not always be possible due to resource constraints.

Thank you.

Mrs Janet Oh

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Subject Combination for Sec 3 (2009)

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22 September 2008

Dear Parents

Ever wondered how to get more involved in your child’s learning experience? Do you know what sort of difference you can make if you get more involved in your child’s school? How do our schools work with parents to benefit our children?

Tune in to “Educating Junior, Hand-in-Hand” on Channel NewsAsia on 1^st and 8^th October 2008 at 9.30pm to find out how parents and teachers enrich the learning experience together . The programme will also be shown on Mediacorp 8, Suria and Vasantham.

The detailed broadcast schedule is:

You could also get a sneak preview of the programme on Schoolbag.sg (http://schoolbag.sg/). Schoolbag.sg is MOE’s online newsletter for parents, where you can read about education news, information for parents and also articles contributed by schools and parents!

Thank you

Mrs Janet Oh

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