THE VISTA TIMES From the
Principal’s Desk
It has been close to two years since the outbreak of the coronavirus. Students and staff have had to make adjustments to prevent school-based transmissions and they have shown to be highly adaptable; keeping the learning going despite the restrictions imposed at the various stages in the battle against the pandemic. As we brace ourselves to learn and work in a post-pandemic Singapore, how would that scenario look like? For sure, it will be uncertain and constantly changing. As a school, what should our focuses be to ensure our students can continue to thrive and do well? From the lessons gleaned during the initial circuit breaker to the various phased reopenings, we know that students need to be able to take ownership of their learning, be disciplined and self-directed. This is evident as the school pivoted between home-based learning and physical schooling on several occasions. They also need to possess a growth (or abundance) mindset and be savvy and discerning in using technology in navigating the various digital platforms for their learning. They must also be students of good character, able to embrace diversity and empathise with others. With lesser opportunity to socialise, collaboration and teamwork are still key skillsets that they would need to have and muster. Hence, we have also revisited and refined the school key programmes/activities to develop students into “Self-directed Learners, Gracious and Confident Leaders, Tech-savvy Creators and Balanced Individuals” at the end of their primary education with us. In this issue of “The Vista Times”, we will continue to highlight some of the programmes/ activities that we have provided to our students despite restrictions imposed by the safe management measures. Our teachers, as caring frontline heroes, will continue to strive to provide learning experiences which are as “rich and authentic” as possible for our students in order to achieve our desired student outcomes.
HIGHLIGHTS 2 Appreciators of the Arts 4 Confident Team Players 6 Critical Thinkers 7 Caring Leaders 8 Upright & Gracious Citizens 10 Healthy Individuals 11 Joy of Learning 15 Every Parent A Supportive Partner 16 Every Staff Matters
Besides the staff, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents for your understanding and support during this challenging period. Lastly, we would like to wish our P6 students all the best as they embark on their next stage of learning next year. We are proud to have provided each and every one of them with a firm foundation to take on the greater challenges ahead.
Ong Lye Whatt Principal
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Appreciators of the Arts
Appreciators of the Arts
Our student artists from SYF Category A standing proud with their masterpiece
P6-4 students playing a catchy pattern on the Congas by hitting on the drumheads.
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P4-5 students taking turns to play a melody on the resonator bars along with a rhythmic accompaniment.
The students experienced an upheaval in their learning and had to adjust to the new normal. It is heartening to know that even though they could not physically play with their friends, they were able to use technology to connect with one another and to pick up new skills.
P3-5 students building on their ukulele rudiments.
P2-8 students exploring body percussion by clapping, stamping, patting or clicking along to the music.
Last two rows of P6-4 students creating deep booming bass sound on the Surdos.
SYF Category C - Innovative Network
Music
Students across all levels experienced different modes of music-making. Students developed an understanding of musical concepts through various activities. Skills ranging from instrumental proficiencies to music improvisational and compositional techniques, are promoted.
SYF Category B, Our Dream School Standing proudly with their artwork, our artists for Category C P6-6 students attempting stick click technique with drum mallets.
P6-4 students engaging in propulsive musicmaking with Brazilian percussion instruments.
Our P6 students were exposed to popular grooves and breaks used in Brazilian music. Students learnt different percussion instruments such as surdo and caixa. This developed students’ acquisition of percussion fundamentals. It also cultivates a global appreciation of world music practices.
Artists from SYF Category A, piecing their individual artwork together
Our artists for SYF Category C curating their final artwork
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Artists for SYF Category B taking the perfect shot while artists from Category C build an innovative network tree using copper and beads
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Confident Team Players
Confident Team Players
International Dance
Chinese Language Drama Club
On 17 April 2021, a team of International Dance students participated in the Chinese Street Dance Competition. This competition is organised by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning using dance as a medium. Not only do the students get to flex their dance skills, they also showcased their understanding of the competition theme “Perseverance” in their dance choreography. Learning also took place when the students presented in Chinese the challenges they faced during practice and how they overcame them.
Our CL Drama Club students took part in the Text Recital Competition for Primary Schools organised by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL). The competition aimed to raise students’ Chinese language reading proficiency, ignite their love for learning the language and deepen their understanding of Chinese texts. We are proud to share the achievements attained by our students as follows: Award
Name
Class
Gold Award (Individual Category - Upper Primary)
Lu Weien
P5-1
Gold Award (Group Category - Upper Primary)
Yan Yingxuan Tan Tian Xin
P5-3 P5-5
Bronze Award (Group Category - Upper Primary)
Lok Rui Xi Dylan Tan Yu Xuan Li Wangning Lim Yi Nuo Fu Zhiqian Tan Sze Hui Clarisse
P5-1 P5-2 P2-2 P2-3 P3-3 P3-7
Silver Award (Group Category - Lower Primary) Lu Weien (P5-1) performing his recital
Boys’ Brigade The “Best Boy Award” serves to give recognition to the most outstanding Boy in his respective BB Company. Jaden Law (P6-3) is a proud recipient of the award. He is recognised for his contributions and active participation during the weekly sessions. He is an exemplary member of the Company who gives his best. He shows commitment by rallying and encouraging his fellow BB members. Well done, Jaden!
Scouts The Akela Award is a national award. It is the top honours for Cub Scouting in Singapore. To qualify, a Cub Scout must hold the Gold Arrow and pass specific proficiency badges, show general knowledge of scouting and successfully complete an interview with the District Commissioner. We are proud to announce the recipients of this award. Name Tan Yan Ru Jerlyn
Class P6-1
Amylea Sufi Bin Selamat
P6-2
Eswarawaka Rushvida Reddy
P6-3
Reven Lee Meng Lok
P6-6
Sheyanne Tho Zixuan
P6-6
English Literary Club Three students from English Literary Club took part in the Mythos (Junior Orators) Competition. Jayachandra Laya (P5-4) qualified for the Finals. She also attained the Top 20 Performers title. Mythos (Junior Orators is a Storytelling Competition organised by The Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) Debate and Oratorical Society. The competition consists of two preliminary rounds, a semi-finals and a grand finals. Each participant was required to submit a video of his/her storytelling.
A group of students also achieved the BB Gold Award this year. The Gold Award is the highest and most honourable award in the Juniors Programme. It is only awarded to boys who have successfully completed the programme with exemplary conduct in school and at home.
Programme for Active Learning
The students are as follows: Award
Name
Class
Boys’ Brigade Gold Award 2021
Tan Shi Han
P6-1
Gabriel Tan (Chen Jingkai)
P6-2
Law Zer Shuen Jaden
P6-3
Samuel Tan (Chen Jingrong)
P6-3
Chan Xin Yi
P6-5
Tan Kaizhe Jayden
P6-6
Exploring nature at the outdoor trail.
Infocomm Club Our students took part in the Roszania! Imagine Cup Challenge (Circuit 2) in November’ 2020 and Pei Hwa Virtual Hackathon 2021. We are proud to share some of their achievements. The Rosyth Imagine Cup hackathon competition was held annually for students to express their creativity and demonstrate their knowledge and skills in Computational Thinking to create meaningful artefacts. Rosyth Imagine Cup (November’ 2020)
Pei Hwa Virtual Hackathon was a great learning opportunity for students from Primary schools to deepen their Micro:bit coding and basic crafting (“Maker Movement”) skills collaboratively with their peers. They innovated to create products that could address authentic real-world problems.
Junior Category (P3 & P4) - Gold (Honours) Leo Yong Xian Jovan (P4-4’ 2020) Senior Category (P5 & P6) - Gold (Honours) Caydran Mah Jeun Kei (P5-4’ 2020)
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Pei Hwa Virtual Hackatho
Team Members: Leo Yong Xian Jovan (P5-4), Lee Jun Kai (P5-4), Soo Cheng Hou (P4-5) Lee Yiu Hei (P4-6) • Commendation Awards
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Look at our Lego masterpieces!
Using everyday objects to create a ping-pong game.
P1 and P2 students experience the Programme for Active Learning (PAL) throughout the year. Social-emotional competencies are taught through different domains such as Games and Sports, Outdoor Education, the Performing Arts and Visual Arts. Through these lessons, students experience situations where competencies such as self-management, self-awareness, social-awareness, relationship management and responsible decision making can be put into practice. They also learn to cultivate a Growth Mindset through these various experiences.
Doing sand art with my friends!
I will persevere on!
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Critical Thinkers
Caring Leaders
Students from Team 3 hands-on to stop their pencils from dropping onto the floor.
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Students expressed gratitude through Teachers’ Day Celebration. Students learnt what Gratitude is on SLS before penning them in SLS, Padlet, “Thank You ‘Cher” website or expressing their gratitude and thanks in other forms. Alumni are informed via email and Facebook to pen their appreciation via Padlet (http://go.gov.sg/nvtps) or Thank You ’Cher (https://thankyoucher.edu.sg/#explore_map). Appreciation notes from the students and alumni are collated into a Gratitude Wall and displayed along a corridor. P4 and P5 Prefects designed and customised pencil cases made of canvas for our school teaching and support staff.
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ALP-ExCiTe aims to nurture P1 to P4 students as computational thinkers who are given opportunities to : (i) appreciate technological affordances (ii) acquire digital skills and knowledge through experimentation and experiential learning (iii) apply knowledge and generate creative solutions to solve real world issues ( e.g. environmental conservation) through collaboration
Growth Mindset Journey @ NVTPS
Enriching stories shared on Wonderful Wednesdays
IvP Programme provides opportunities to students who have an interest in innovation. Students empathise, ideate and prototype to create solutions for community problems.
P1 Students experimenting with Scratch Jr Sprites
Students from Team 11 modifying their prototype to clean the ceiling fan.
Terrific Thursdays
With positive feedback from Project GEM launched during the Circuit Breaker last year, our team took a bigger step this year to promote
P1 Student exploring and interacting with Scratch Jr Sprites.
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Students from Team 10 creating their solution to solve car owners problem. With The Car Finder, we can always remember our car’s location.
Student from Team 1 prototyping their Water Bottle Hanger.
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positive mindsets within our school-wide community. We kickstarted two initiatives, namely Wonderful Wednesdays and Terrific Thursdays. In North Vista, we believe in starting the day right. Every morning via Zoom, enriched stories of persevering Vistalites are shared. These serve to inspire our students and to affirm our teachers for their continued efforts in encouraging our Vistalites.
On Terrific Thursdays, a clip on promoting positive mindset is broadcasted during our pre-assembly programme. It aims to introduce students to the power of adopting a positive mindset, as opposed to a fixed mindset. In the spirit of “Catch Them Doing Right” (CTDR), teachers lead by example as Growth Mindsetter Teachers. They encourage students to listen attentively to the weekly sharing.
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Upright & Gracious Citizens
Upright & Gracious Citizens The P5 students bonded with the elderly from St Andrew’s Nursing Home@ Buangkok. Our students chitchatted, played Bingo game and taught them eye and upper body exercises. Miss Nisa helping out to count the clean plates that students generate
Lower primary eco-ranger helping to give out stickers to encourage students to finish their foodpaks. Theodore from P3-7 presenting the Thank you card to the school Security Guard.
Mrs Tan, the school librarian, delighted to receive her notes of appreciation and goodie bag.
Environmental Education
Environment Champions and teachers giving a morning assembly talk before the start of the campaign
(Tetrapaks & Food Wastage Reduction)
Students conducting eye exercises for the seniors. Lego artefacts displayed in school.
Students washing the tetrapaks before recycling them. Students worked in groups to enage the seniors Students working on their Lego artefacts to represent Singapore’s six pillars of defence.
P5-4 students interacting with the elderly through the Zoom platform.
Discipline (Change Makers Award)
P1-2, Koh Wei En
Primary 6-4, Nur Asmidah and Nur Qistina
The Change Makers Award, held semestrally, aims to recognise students for showing positive changes in their behaviour. Students are nominated by their form and subject teachers. Nominations are submitted to the discipline committee for endorsement.
Students worked in multi-racial groups to answer questions about the different races living in Singapore.
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Primary 5, Muhd Iskandar and Adryan Izwandy.
P3 to P5 Eco-rangers were deployed to encourage students to wash tetrapaks and recycle the tetrapaks into proper receptacle. Students were encouraged to separate their thrash in the canteen. Recycling drive was held to encourage students to recycle paper and plastics as part of the Earth Day celebration. P6 Eco-rangers helped to collect and weigh the recycled materials. Over 200kg of paper and plastics were collected. Clean plate campaign was held over 2 weeks to encourage students to finish their food. Each plate would translate into $1 donated by the sponsor of the programme to the needy. We counted 9568 clean plates in total.
Recycling Drive on Earth Day with P6 Eco Rangers
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Healthy Individuals
Joy of Learning
Through the incorporation of Formative Assessment during lessons, students were introduced to the ‘Traffic Light’ system and the shifting of index numbers on the whiteboard. Using these 2 tools, PE teachers gave feedback to the students after each lesson so that they were able to work on their weaknesses in the following lessons. This also enabled the teachers to plan more appropriate activities based on the level of proficiency of individual student or class.
Md Qaiser (P3-6) referring to the SGEM poster to request for permission in the classroom.
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Physical Education The Sports and Wellness Enrichment Programme is for selected students from Primary 1 to Primary 4 cohort. The school partnered the National Healthcare Group (NHG) to strengthen students’ total well-being. Students learnt skills during the weekly Sports and Wellness Enrichment Programme to make better nutrition choices and to stay physically active. During the physical activity component, students were introduced to a variety of aerobic activities and different games or sports.
Jerrick Kua (P3-7) referring to the SGEM poster to request for permission outside the staffroom.
SGEM teachers in-charge Ms Atiroh and Ms Subha caught in action planning for the assembly presentation.
The Speak Good English Movement aimed to encourage students to speak standard English in their daily lives. Using a series of videos taken in the school context, students were taught how to articulate commonly misspelt words and make polite requests.
Traffic Light 校长、副校长们向同学问好
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小狮子们到课室向学生拜年
今年的农历新年庆祝会在除夕2月11日早上圆满举行。庆祝会的其中一 个高潮是我校所有教职员工一起录制的音乐录像短片。通过喜庆的乐曲 和真诚的祝语，将新年的祝福与快乐传递到学校的每个角落。由于疫情 限制，专业舞狮团无法入校表演，因此我校的舞蹈团学生扮成舞狮，同 校长和副校长们去各班拜年，并且分发巧克力红包和柑橘给大家，送上 新春的祝福！
大头娃娃向老师拜年
校长、副校长们和远景 舞狮团的合照 Skateboarding during Sports & Wellness Enrichment Programme
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Joy of Learning
Joy of Learning
Maths
Science
Factual Fluency
Factual fluency activities are widely practised in our school where every P3 & P4 student gets to review his proficiency in the Math concepts previously learnt. A checklist is given to each student at the start of each term for students to record their points for the various math skill. Math Star Award certificates would also be awarded to students with outstanding performance at the end of each term. Factual fluency champions from P4-1
P6 students learning how to create rockets using recyled materials
Science Centre Instructors teaching P4 students on how to be a successful Mayor running a town during Pandemic.
Our P4 and P6 students participated in the Science Centre Singapore Zooms to School. P4 - Pandemic crisis!
Factual fluency cards used to test the speed and accuracy of P3-1 on multiplication.
Through storytelling and roleplaying, the students acted as the mayor of a city that was facing both climate change and the pandemic. As a team, they had to decide on their priorities to address problems as medical issues and food shortage issues. They used kahoots to vote on their choices and the SCS educators would explain to them the consequences of their choice. Factual fluency Champions from P3ICAN
P6 - Blast off!
Science Centre Instructor teaching the P6 students on how to launch their own homemade rockets
The students learnt about the design of rockets and the different parts of a rocket that can enable the rockets to fly. The students were provided with recyclable materials to design their own rockets. At the end of the workshop, they were given the opportunity to launch their rockets and observe how far their rockets had launched.
P1 to P6 Vista Mathematician Challenge Booklets.
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Vista Mathematicians Challenge (VMC) Snapshot of Multiplication Table Recitation Videos featuring Lim Shi Jie Rayden from P2-6
Recess Activity
- Challenge Booklets The challenge booklets include authentic math puzzles and openended questions that are customised based on each level. These help to provide opportunities for students to explore and apply mathematical concepts that they have learned out of the normal classroom setting.
Kami gembira dapat membantu rakan-rakan lain agar lebih yakin membaca.
- SLS Challenge The SLS Challenges include digital activities that empower students to articulate mathematical concepts through multimodal tasks. Students are not only able to present mathematical concepts through words but also video, audio, photos and illustrations. P2 to P6 students were also encouraged to unleash their creativity by recreating songs or interesting ways to recall certain mathematical concepts such as multiplication tables.
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Snapshot of Multiplication Table Recitation Videos featuring Daanish Mohammed Shanavaz from P2-6
- VMS Recess Activities There are different math activities scheduled for P1 to P6 students during their respective recess. Students were invited to take part in activities that involve math and other disciplines such as Art. Through these activities, we hope to inspire students to see Mathematics as a beautiful and creative object.
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Kami menolong satu sama lain agar dapat membaca dengan lancar.
Program Bacaan Intensif Bahasa Melayu diperkenalkan tahun ini dengan objektif utama untuk menyokong murid sekolah rendah yang kurang berkemahiran membaca agar dapat mengenali bunyi suku kata dan kosa kata, serta untuk mempercepat kefasihan murid-murid yang sudah boleh membaca.
Pada akhir penggal 3, secara keseluruhan, terdapat peningkatan ketara dari segi kelancaran membaca dan mengecam perkataan dari para murid. Pembaca yang dibantu rakan telah mempamerkan nilai berdaya bingkas dalam mencapai matlamat membaca. Di samping itu, rakan sebaya yang menolong mereka juga telah menunjukkan sikap kasih sayang yang tinggi dalam membimbing rakan-rakan sebaya untuk menyelesaikan tugas membaca. Ini benar-benar mencerminkan nilai kasih sayang Vista Utara yang murni dalam kalangan murid-murid. School Core Values : Respect • Resilience • Responsibility • Integrity • Care • Harmony
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Every Parent A Supportive Partner
Passionate . Selfless . Nurturing . Responsible . Fun-lov ing . When we think abou t parent volunteers in NVTPS, the abov NVTPS, we are blesse e adjectives appear d to have this grou in our minds. In p of like-minded ind talent to support the ividuals contributin school’s activities an g time, effort and d initiatives. Before safe manage ment measures we re tightened in Heigh Alert Phase 2, our pa tened rent volunteers were involved in ‘Science Eureka Week’ and ‘International Frien dship Day’. Through their encourageme nts, patient expla nations and care, our students benefitt ed much from parti cipating in the activities. During recesses, on e cannot miss the friendly voices greeting the stude nts with a bright “Hello, good morning!” These bis tro angels clad in the ir blue PSG polo tees were a we lcoming sight for bo th staff and students. Moving ge ntly around the cante en, they were teachers’ added pa irs of eyes and hand s, ensuring that the students abide d by safe manage ment measures while eating and pla ying. Quietly clearing up the tables after the students an d giving them enco uraging thumbsup for good eating habits, these were jus t some of the many things that our pa rent volunteers ha d done to support school. the Kudos to this group
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International Frien dship Day – PSG Volunteers Listening Teacher i/c During Intently To Briefing.
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Every Staff Matters We are members of the SWC
Celebrating Teachers’ Day with our MK friends
The team of teachers in the Staff Wellbeing Committee came together to give the staff pantry a new makeover. The staff pantry became a welcoming place where staff could have their meals and relax. The birthdays of every staff were also celebrated bi-monthly through singing of birthday songs and presenting the birthday-person a voucher to be spent at the canteen.
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In July, a Care pack was also given to every staff to recognise their hard work during the pandemic. In September, the school staff celebrated Teachers’ Day by playing a game of ‘Angel and Mortal’ whereby staff were encouraged to show care to one another in discreet. The day of reveal was done during the actual Teachers’ Day Celebrations itself when the staff had lunch within small groups.
Ng Jun Yi son of Mrs Candy Ng
Arrival of
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Oliver Boh uze f Mr Boh Z o n so
Receiving our Care Pack
From my secret Angel
Afiya Humayra daughter of Mdm Lydia
babies
Evan Wu son of Mr John Wu
You Chen Nolan Lim Reuben Lim son of Mr ee Chia Lin L m & Md
New staff in 2021
Tan Erin Rebekah daughter of Mdm Jelena Chia
Kai en Lau Jia Rayyis Ayd na ya Ili se o R son of Mdm
MOE Kindergarten
Mr Amran B Tasrif (VP EO) Mr Wu Chuheng John (Year Head) Miss Devaki D/O Vindinnada Ms Nurhariyanni Binte Ramli Mdm Rajabunnisah D/O Abdul Latiff Ms Roxanne Chua Wan Xuan Miss Sukainah Binte Mohamed Mohsen Mr Tan Kim Leong Dennis Mdm Angela Seow (FAJT) Mr Kumerasan s/o Kanayson (ICT Manager)
Ms Janis Ann Pereira (Deputy Centre Head) Ms Audrey Lim Miss Charlene Quek Li-Zhen Mdm Herma Ayuni Binte Hassan Ms Joey Inez Isabelle Lee Mdm Lian Yanli Ms Nithiya Ashok Kumar Miss Nursyazana Ika Binte Idris Ms Siti Suzanna Binte Kamsari Ms Soh Ah Kiow Mdm Ting Sieng Mee (OSO)
Publication Committee: Mdm Peh Shay Ling • Ms Ian Farah • Mdm Wu Lihua 16
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