ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2007
Every pupil must be able to use Standard English confidently
| PSLE ENGLISH RESULTS 2006 |
P6 Mainstream English:
A* & A: 34%
A to C: 98%
P6 Foundation:
G1: 5%
G1- G4 : 95.5%
UpWords Challenge 2007
UpWords Challenge is an annual school competition organised for the P5 level by the English Department. The top 3 will represent the school to participate in the annual National Upwords School Challenge in Semester 2.
Primary 3 Boggles
There will be 10 P3 finalists competing in the Final Round.
Primary 4 Scrabble
Pupils from Primary 4 participate in the Scrabble Competition. In this competition, pupils from different classes play against each other. They also learn new words from one another.
New South Wales International Competitions for School (English)
P3 – P6 pupils are strongly encouraged to take part in this international competition.
Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition
This competition aims to inspire young authors all over the world to achieve a high standard of creative writing. It provides a unique opportunity for schools to take part in a global educational project. It also helps to promote the use of English as a leading world language in a fun, attractive way.
Speak Good English Movement
To encourage pupils to speak good English though fun activities and assembly talks. Speaking good English means using grammatically correct English in conversations where rules for constructing sentences are adhered to.
English and Mathematics Camp P1 and P2
P1 and P2 pupils spend the day completing different Maths & English activities at different stations in the school. The pupils learn different Maths & English concepts at the end of the day.
Learning Support Programme (LSP)
The Learning Support Programme supports at risk pupils in the English Language from Primary 1 as well as Primary 2. 47 pupils from Primary 1 and 34 pupils from Primary 2 are taken out from their classes one period a day. The programme aims to bridge the gap between where they are to where they should be at the primary one/two level.
From Term 2 onwards, selected LSP pupils will attend Buddy Reading sessions twice a week in the morning on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.15am – 7.40am. On Fridays, all P1 LSP pupils will attend Language Thru’ Fun sessions where stories, songs, raps and verses are used as tools to teach the language.
At the end of each year, an outing will be organised for LSP as well as Special Kids. Its objective is to expose these kids where most of them come from disadvantaged homes, to experience something new and fun. Last year, they were taken on an excursion organised by the Singapore Explorer. It included a Bumboat Ride at Boat Quay, Trolley Bus Ride @ Town and a Visit to Summit at the Suntec City.
Pupils come back after school to read books in our library
Our new library slogan is ‘Smart Start at My Library’.
Our new library opening hours are from 8.30am – 5.30pm.
Our new library staff is as followed:
Mdm Kwe (Library Coordinator)
Mdm Hong (Library Assistant)
The new borrowing privileges include a loan of three books over a period of one week only. Pupils are encouraged to borrow one Mother Tongue and two English books. Pupils could also use their student passes to book the library computers for viewing educational cd-roms in the library for an hour only.
On top of the weekly library period for each class, pupils are encouraged to come back after school for storytelling in our library between 2.30 -3.30pm.
- Mondays – KidREAD Programme
- Tuesdays – Lower Primary
- Fridays – Upper Primary
A new Reading Programme has been rolled out since Week 1 of Term 2
| Text on reading badge |
Lower Primary |
Upper Primary |
| I love reading 20 books and 5 products 20 books and 10 products |
20 books and 5 products |
20 books and 10 products |
| Avid Reader |
30 books and 10 products |
30 books and 15 products |
| Champion Reader |
40 books and 15 products |
40 books and 20 products |
The products refer to different things for different levels of pupils:
- P1s and P2s – bookmarks
- P3s – book jackets
- P4s and P5s – book recommendations
- P6s – book reviews
Pupils are encouraged to work for the library badges. Pupils may borrow books from our school library or NLB libraries. Library subject teachers will assist by checking pupils’ reading record form and signing for pupils. When pupils meet the reading requirements, they will be issued the library badges.
During the library periods, the spotlight will be on books by Eric Carle and Dr Seuss. Eric Carle is a gifted author-artist. His unique collage illustrations create a world pulsating with life and color. Besides being beautiful and entertaining, his books always offer children the opportunity to learn something about the world around them. It makes the reading of his books a stimulating and lasting experience for young children. As for Dr Seuss, he was the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-Winning Author of children’s books. His books are famous for their funny rhymes and whimsical characters. Pupils could read his books with a ‘rap’ when the sentences end with words that rhyme. This makes reading more interesting.
Our pupils will also be introduced to a few Asian folktales to give them a flavour of the kinds of stories children in other countries listen to. Books by Jan and Stan Berenstain are also recommended to our pupils as they endear us to topics on family relationships through the lives of a particular family of bears. A summary of the library lessons will be given through PowerPoint presentation.
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