Yangzheng Primary

[magiccastle]

Hi dragonflow,

Thks for the info.

To be a SAP school , the school has to be strong in it’s Chinese culture n activities.
My few visits to the school , sad to say ,I don’t feel it . On the contrary, I feel the reverse. . Unlike other school like pei chun n Tao nan, u feel the chinese environment once u step into the school.
I really hope the school advisory committee can be more proactive to promote the chinese environment in the school. School like Mee Toh offer higher Chinese from p1 tho they have not attained the SAP school yet. At least , the school is on its way toward obtaining it.

[its888me]

It’s end of Term 1 today and I’m quite disappointed with my child’s Science teacher. She has given the students practice papers for CA1. BUT, till today (which is end of Term 1 and start of school holiday), the teacher has not even got through the correction of one the papers with the children. According to my child, the rest of the papers were also rushed through before CA1.


I looked through the school timetable, Science is merely 5 periods for the whole week. Maybe that’s the reason of the rushing through and exercises not marked…? However, no point asking the students to do tons of exercises without going through the correction and even marking.

[atrecord]

Has anyone/everyone attended the teachers-meet-parents session 2 weeks ago?


I just want to suggest that maybe it would be better to wait longer before the session. My feeling is that the teachers might not have enough time to know the students better (if at all) yet before the session, and this could sometimes lead to instances when the teachers are forced to comment on the students when they are ill-prepared to do so. They would inevitably end up giving some generic comments or start talking general issues that has nothing to do with the student at all!

I know teaching is not easy, so would like to make it less stressful for the teachers. At the same time, it will also make it less meaningless for the parents to attend such sessions.

[its888me]

I missed the parent briefing this year. However, I can call the teacher to understand more about my child. From last year’s experience, the briefing is just to go through the score from the exam which I could read from the test paper myself. So, I think the briefing is not much of value-added especially due to short 5min (or is it 10min?) allocated time.


I found it more effective to talk to the other parents and to find out more while waiting

[YZPS]

Dear Parents


We thank you for your feedback and have since taken the necessary actions to address your concerns raised. Please do look out for the next Letter to Parents from the Principal where we will share with you the school’s multi-cultural programmes (involving the Chinese, Malay & Tamil languages ) to be implemented this year in line with raising the cultural quotient of our pupils, as well as help pupils appreciate their mother languages more through learning them in fun ways.

YZPS

[slepland]

Enhancement to citizenship piority.


http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2012/03/seven-new-primary-schools-for-2013-and-further-differentiation-and-outreach-at-p1-registration.php

[slepland]

dragonflow:

magiccastle:

Hi 2 years back , I remembered the alumni or the school advisory board said that they are trying to apply to MOE to upgrade yangzheng as a SAP Sch . With it's long historical Chinese history n frequent mention of it's name in the Chinese newspaper, I thought the school should tap on it's strong Chinese alumni to build up itself as a SAP school .

Can the school comment on the status? Do the parents have a chance to meet the school advisory board members during any of the school events?
Nowsday, the school doesn't seem to reply to the parents queries at the thread anymore .

I think I did see an article somwhere at the entrance to the school which quoted that Yangzheng should strive to be a SAP school. So far I have not seen or heard anything about this being worked on, maybe the school had done some efforts in this direction and we would appreciate you can share with us.

The school advisory committee has to have deep pockets. Also links with the business community & government will create the environment to the status desired. Great alumni students must step forward to help. Just like hwa chong.

[pa1407]

Eat fruit day programme


Hi,
my boy in am session came back with 2 tubs of fruits last Friday. In it was some cut banana and pineapple. He was doubtful to eat it as he said the fruits were blackish and lots of students threw them away(food wastage!). His friend gave him another tub and he took it as he deemed it was wasteful to throw it away. He brought them home for 2nd opinion. The pineapple pieces had many deep black "eyes" not removed. Large part of the core also remained. Though edible, it definitely does not look appetizing. The banana was alright but some oxidation took place and it was a little brownish. When I opened it up, there was a slight stale smell and we threw it away, regretful that we did not take a picture of it. I believe that the smell maybe contributed by the prolong storage at room temperature. My younger boy in the pm session, however ate it all up. Wonder if it smelled already(the younger one may not be able to tell)… Are the fruits properly handled and safe for consumption ? Are they properly stored ? Is there any assurance that the school or the fruit vendor provide ? Why don’t the school promote bring your own fruits day instead, such that the children can bring fruits from home, to their liking and ability to eat(for those with loose tooth) ?? I for one would probably opt out for this programme in future.

[reddiechan]

I believe there must have been a lapse of at least 2 to 3 hours from recess to dismissal time for your am session boy to show you the tub of fruits. To be fair, bananas tarnish real quickly, especially with increased surface area when cut to small pieces with feeding little mouths in mind. Little kids generally don’t like pineapples anyway, but I felt it’s a good variety for exposing the children to different kinds of fruits. To bring your own fruit is especially troublesome for lazy parents like me, and worrisome as well, since there would be another lapse of time before they get to eat it at recess period - you don’t get to see how tarnished they get then when they’re eating at school. The school had most likely intended for the fruits to be consumed there and then during recess time and therefore presented them that way. To extend the ‘looks’ of the fruits so that they don’t tarnish will require some salt or other agents, but that would bring about other nutrition issues. What parents can do is to encourage our children to embrace the programme as much as possible, which is helpful in helping our little ones to adapt to different environments as well.

[pa1407]

For parents who do not store fruits at home, you can always get your child to buy fresh cut fruits from school's fruit stall. Would definitely like children to take part in such healthy programmes by school but to adapt to eating fruits that may have been mishandled or badly bruised is not for me.