Introduction from The Principal, Nicholas Belcher.
Staffing for Academic Year 23/24
Welcome to Key stages
First day back proceedings
Form timetables
Physical Education
External facility schedule for Physical Education
Updates from The Perse Parents Association
Drama
Music
Extra Curricular Activities and School Cloud
Extra Curricular overview for Term 1
Houses
Upcoming events
Pupil Voice
Spotlight on people in our community
Updates from Perse Parents Association
The Perse School Singapore- In the News!
News from Perse School, Singapore
Parent guidance for online safety and social
safeguarding
Important contact information including Safeguarding update
Introduction from The Principal, Nicholas Belcher.
A very warm welcome to academic year 23/24 and welcome home to our new and existing families. The first days of a new term always feel energised and the buzz of what the new term will bring is palpable. I am very much looking forward to engaging with our school community and already I have been amazed by the warmth and welcome which I have received from families, staff and students which I have had the pleasure of meeting. A new term always brings new challenges in international schools and this year is no different as we bid a fond farewell to some existing members and await the arrival of some new ones once the MoM has completed their processes. It is with great pleasure that some of the enhancements we have made over the holidays has increased our PE provision, space and has enabled a spiralised key stage approach to our layout which clearly defines our Primary and Secondary development. As the course of the year progresses, I have no doubt that this distinction will continue to be defined in a variety of ways.
Introduction from The Principal, Nicholas Belcher.
I very much look forward to meeting you at our "Meet the Principal " evening on the 24th August 2023. Of course, this Perse Post has also seen an enhancement and we hope that it is well received and you can see its potential to grow as a consistent channel of communication and most importantly including more of our children’s voice as they return to school.
Regrettably, due to the change in personnel, some procedures and information which you would have expected to receive perhaps at the end of term 3 or during the summer have been delayed and I can assure you that as the team address this in the coming year ,yourselves and your children will find some processes not only more accessible but in receipt of information earlier. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your understanding. This week's staff induction has been very much focused on the excellence of Perse, Singapore and how we continue to build on its successful start and exciting future including priorities in communication. For the students we look forward to welcoming them to the new year, an opportunity to build on existing learning and discover new passions of curricular. For the parents, we welcome you to celebrate our achievements and share in your child's learning journey and be an intrinsic part of our wonderful community.
I wish you all well and seeing you on Monday.
Please find our parent handbook by clicking on the link below.
Parent Handbook
Academic Staffing for 23/24
As we thank Mr Holland, Mr Kusnong, and Mr Ali for their enthusiasm and contributions to The Perse, Singapore and say our fond farewells, we welcome six new staff.
Form Tutors
Year 1.1 (12) Ms Dani. Shaw
Year 1.2 (10) Ms. M. Liu
Year 2.1 (14) Mrs. Joanna Metcalfe
Year 2.2 (17) Ms. Claudia. Joachim
Year 3.1 (21) Ms. Angela. Lu
Year 3.2 (21) Mrs Aastha. Mishra
Year 4.1 (21) Ms Wang. Bing Jie
Year 4.2 (20) Ms Emily. Yu
Year 5.1 (17) Mrs Robin. Ferraz
Year 5.2 (18) Mr Tiui. Elisara
Year 6.1 (12) Mrs ManYing Lee*
Year 6.2 (12) Ms. Sara. Ngooi
Year 7 (17) Mrs G. Belcher*/ Ms Rosie. Stewart*
Year 8 (13) Mr Vanya. Burke
*New staff member
** New staff member, Late starters between August 21st and September , awaiting MoM completion- covered internally until start.
*** New staff member, Joining in November- currently led by Mrs Belcher- qualified Sports Director and PE teacher.
Academic Staffing for 23/24
Teaching and Learning Support Assistants
Ms Harshini. Kalaihselvan (KS1), Ms.Kerrie Hu (KS1-3 Chinese), Mrs Noor Yusop (KS1), Ms. Nur Sulaiman (KS1), Mrs Swigin*. Markose (KS1), Ms.
Mira Rafi (KS2), Ms Farishia Osman (KS1-3)
Mrs. Khaireny Kamarudin (EAL)
Subject Teachers
Art- Mr T. Elisara
Chinese- Mrs S.Rainalter, Mrs W.Wang, Ms. E. Yu, Ms. Bing Jie*
English- Mr A Morse, Ms R.Stewart**, Ms A Lu, Mrs A.Mishra
Humanities- Ms M Lee
Maths- Mr V. Burke, Ms A.Lu,Mrs R Ferraz, Mrs A.Mishra
Music- Mrs S .Ngooi
PE- Mrs Belcher /Mr Zulhilmi. Zolfei***/Mrs R
Ferraz**, Mr T.Elisara
Science- Dr. King, Mrs A. Burke
Welcome to the Perse School Singapore! Ms Dani LOVES animals. Do you have favourite animal? Ms Noor enjoys reading and is looking forward to sharing her favourite books with you!
Meet the Key Stage One Team!
We look forward to meeting you! Ms Mei can always be found with a book in hand and she loves her two cuddly cats. Ms Swigin enjoys tasty treats including ice-cream and chocolate. Do you have a favourite treat?
We hope you had a great break and we are looking forward to showing Ms Joanna will tell you all about her favourite animal (hint: it's very tall!) and Ms Harshini's favourite colour is blue- what's your favourite colour?
Ms Claudia can't wait to tell you all about the countries she visited on the holidays and looks forward to hearing about your adventures too. enjoys the spice of life- especially mala hotpot! What's your favourite food?
Year 3- Ms Aastha, Ms Mia, Ms Angela and Ms Farishia
Welcome back! We look forward to learning with you all. Ms Angela loves travelling the world- please pass on your favourite travel suggestions. Ms Aastha loves adventure and breathing in fresh, cool air when hiking. Ms Mia's sweet voice can be heard throughout the corridors as she loves singing and music so share your favourite song with her! Ms Farishia can be found coasting around Singapore on her longboard when she is not at school.
1.2 Ms Mei and Ms Swigin 1.1 Ms Dani and Ms Noor 2.1 Ms Joanna and Ms Harshini 2.2 Ms Claudia and Ms ElyaYear 4.2
Year 5.1
Hello 4.2 pupils! I am really excited to meet all of you! Have a guess on what pet I have at home and I’ll share with you on Monday!
Key stage 2 (Year 4-5) news
Welcome to our class, where we will learn and grow together! I have just joined the Perse family and can’t wait to meet with you on Monday!
Year 4.1
Welcome back to the Perse! Enjoy our space, 5.1. I look forward to meeting you soon. Sitting on the bench reading is my favourite summer pastime.
Hello hello! I am looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday! I enjoy walking in the rain in my sandals. What about you?
Year 5.2
Ms Emily Yu Yu Xian Ms Wang Bingjie (Fiona) Mr Tiui Elisara Mrs Robin Ferraz
First day back proceedings
Students start entering school from 8am.
All students will take their bags to the dining room and leave on the correct Year group table. They will then be guided to our MPH (The Nest) where they will sit in year groups for the Principal's address. Students will then be supported to their year group classrooms where the class teachers and teaching assistants will be there to guide and orientate them comfortably into the new academic year.
Thank you for your patience and understanding in the delayed communication as a result of change in personnel.
It is important that you receive the correct information as opposed to false information which needs to be changed resulting in confusion.
Timetables
Physical Education
In addition to developing a multipurpose hall for onsite PE and Performance provision and further opportunities for a developed physical education curriculum in the timetable, we continue to use our external facilities for further specific physical education including our much loved swimming programme.
Please see the next page for a timetable schedule for our offsite facility use so that you will know when your child is travelling just along the road to their allocated external location.
*Please note that we are aware of developments and discontinued useage of Turf City in the later part of the year, we are currently sourcing its replacement and in discussions with alternate providers.
PE Schedule for Term 1 : Years 1 to 4 at Turf City
PE Schedule for Term 1: Years 5 to 8 at Temasek Club
Drama
Performance Arts Programme
Trinity College London SOLO Grade Preparation Programme
Discover the magic of our proven program!
3rd year running at The Perse School, we pride ourselves in nurturing confidence and bringing out the best in every student. Whether they love to sing, dance, juggle, or simply express themselves, we'll help them sparkle like shooting stars, illuminating the stage as we celebrate each unique gift.
Every student will also graduate with a prestigious Trinity College London Grade Certificate, a testament to their achievements. Our success rate is astounding – 90% of our students pass with distinction!
Our 30-minute lessons will be rotated weekly and carefully scheduled during class time rotate lesson times so the same classroom lessons are not missed consecutively. Fees will range from $50 lower grades (Initial, Grade 1 &2) and $55 for higher grades (Grade 3 upwards).
*To find out more visit www.playhouseworkshop.com
*To register your interest click
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*To make an enquiry email us on hello@playhouseworkshop.com
Music
Is your child passionate about music and would like to learn to play an instrument at The Perse School, Singapore?
Our Instrumental Music Programme (IMP) is run by the excellent team of instrumental teachers from McKee Music Pte Ltd. Our IMP offers a wide array of instrument choices, including piano, violin, guitar, ukulele, drums, singing, and more. Lessons are once per week, for 30 minutes during school time. We rotate lesson times each week so our students don't miss the same classroom lessons and fees are $55 per lesson, billed per term.
To find out more register your interest at www.mckeemusic.com.sg or contact our IMP coordinator directly at duncan@mckeemusic.com.sg"
Extra Curricular Activities overview
ECA's will start the week beginning 4th September until 8th December 2023 and registration will begin next week using our School Cloud platform which you will receive a login code and walkthrough of the system via email.
We hope with this enhancement to the booking process is more efficient for registering and the fair allocation of extra curricular activities.
As the course of the year progresses, further ECA options will be added to our ever growing programme.
Extra Curricular Activities overview
Monday
Little Environmental Explorers (Year 2 – 4)
Latin (Year 4 – 8)
Origami (Year 1 – 3)
Shine Like a Star, Performance Arts
Programme (Year 1 – 2/3) (Year 3/4 – 5)
Perse Strings (Year 4 – 8)
Multi-sports Vivokids (Year 1 – 3)
Judo (Year 1 – 4) (Year 5 – 8)
Wednesday Crest Club (Year 3 – 5)
Senior Environmental Explorers (Year 5 –8)
Automotive Engineering (Year 3 – 6)
Basic Sign Language (Year 3 – 5)
How to draw anything (Year 1 – 4)
Motown Kids (Year 1 – 4)
Peranakan Design Art (Year 4 – 8)
Shine Like a Star, Performance Arts
Programme (Year 6 – 7)
Gymnastics (Year 1 – 4) (Year 5 – 8)
Friday Junior Fun Fly (Year 1 – 4)
Finance 101! (Year 4 – 8)
Let’s Code: A Robot (Year 5 – 8)
Senior Fun Fly (Year 5 – 8)
Motown Kids (Year 5 – 8)
Liverpool FC International Academy (Year 1 – 2) (Year 3 – 5) (Year 6 –8)
Some exciting developments with Houses this year and some similiarities. At the start of the year from Year 4 upwards. Each house will be allocated a teacher House captain to guide the chosen student Head of House from the Seniors who will arrange one House playtime each week and a house competition will be held each week.
We are very much looking forward to seeing our Houses grow this year and we will see this progress for all year groups as the term continues to blossom.
Upcoming events
Pupil voice.
Coming next week
Spotlight on people in our community
Coming next week
Updates from The Perse Parent's Association
Further information to follow as of next week with key contacts and events.
News from The Perse School, Cambridge
The Perse School Cambridge term still has not started and we wish their GCSE and A-Level students as they eagerly await their results which will be published shortly.
We look forward to receiving Ed Elliott who will be visiting Singapore and our school on the 25th, 26th and 27th September 2023
Parent guidance for online safety and social safeguarding .
Please note that this page will feature a weekly awareness article on internet and social media parenting and student safety. This of course is in addition to future developments in our PSHE curriculum and parental outreach.
Important contact information
For classroom information, 'lost lunch boxes' and key updates/events which will help teachers and your child please contact the classroom teacher directly via email.
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For any safeguarding issues or concerns outside of school please use safeguarding@perse.edu.sg. These emails are managed by the DSL (Mr Belcher) and the DDSL (Mr Teng) and Assistant Head (Mr Morse)
For queries, questions, feedback and positive responses please email questions@perse.edu.sg . . .
For an appointment with the Principal, please use admin2theprincipal@perse.edu.sg so that a convenient time can be allocated to ensure we can give you the full attention which it deserves.