❖ Introduction from The Principal
❖ Walky Talky Tuesdays
❖ Key Stage news
❖ Subject Weekly Content
❖ Art and Design
❖ Physical Education
❖ Science
❖ Inspirational Insights
❖ Music
❖ Chinese
❖ Spotlight on people in our community
❖ Lantern Making competition
❖ Houses
❖ Pupil Voice
❖ Mid Autumn Festival
❖ Reminders
❖ Updates from Perse Parents Association
❖ Academic Year Book
❖ Parent guidance for online safety and social safeguarding
❖ Important contact information including Safeguarding update
Introduction from the Principal; NicholasBelcher
With a number of momentous occasions this week, it seems fitting to keep this weeks introduction short.
Thank you to our children on Children's day and everyday for trying hard everyday to be kind to one another and always strive to be your individual self.
Thank you to our Teachers, who often put our family before yourselves in dedication to student achievement and ensuring that everyday is enriching, engaging and inspiring for our students and families.
Thank you to our PPA for adjusting, supporting and encouraging a positive community.
Thank you to our community for taking moments to reflect, encourage and take opportunities to come together and share celebrations together as such as this evenings Mid Autumn Festival. Have a great weekend ahead.
Our School, Our Community , In action!
'Walky Talky Tuesday's' – come and join Gillian Belcher & Arabella Lambe from 8.30am - 9.30am.
A chance for a chat amongst parents and a walk-up Bukit Timah Hill and the surroundingareas
(we don't alwaysgo up hills!).
If it's raining, we will postpone to the following week.
We are hoping to keep this as a weekly event, so do join us! If you have any questions, please email Arabella: arabella.lambe@perse.edu.sg.
Key Stage One (Year 1-3)
NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES
For the last few weeks Key Stage One have been exploring different ways in which we can show appreciation to those around us. The everyday heroes, working tirelessly to help make sure we feel safe, happy and comfortable.
Year Ones set up a 'Perse Post Box' and thought wrote thank you letters to school community members. They were very excited to find the next day that their post box had received some return mail the next day!
To extend the appreciation and warmth throughout the school, the 'Perse Post Box' has been set up in the dining hall for other pupils to write letters of appreciation and our Year One 'Posties' will be delivering them around the school.
Letters of appreciation don't have to stop at school through! Think about people in your life who are help you and write a letter to post to them. Remember to be specific in your message so they know exactly why you think they are great!
Key Stage 2 (Year 4-5) News
Year 4 pupils embarked on a captivatingjourney into the past with their enthrallingroleplay,"The Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar." Through this enthrallingactivity, they are immersing themselves in the intriguing historical events surrounding Julius Caesar's life, from his remarkable ascent to power to his fateful downfall.
Thank you, parents, for your incrediblededication and support in creating amazing costumes and practicing lines with our littleRomans. Your efforts have played a crucial role in making our event excellent!
Meanwhile,the Year 5 pupils are activelyinvolved in an exciting collaborativeproject. By immersing themselves in the captivatingworld of ancient civilizations– Mesopotamia,Indus Valley,Yellow River and Ancient Egypt , they are uncovering valuableinsights into the intricateconnection between humans and rivers.
Key Stage 3 (Year 6-8) news.
This week we are hearing from Mr Burke, one of our fantastic KS3 staff about what he loves most about being a Year 8 form tutor.
Being form tutor this year with year eight has been a privilege – I particularly enjoy our news quizzes on current affairs, discussions and our games, puzzles and riddles. Year eight are a welcoming, keen, astute and inclusive bunch and are growing into fine problem solvers, debaters and role models for the lower years.
Next I’m especially looking forward to working with year eight to develop their independence and leadership alongside the Senior Duke scheme, and around school.
If you want to know more about Senior Duke there is a link with information:
https://juniorduke.com/senior/
Spotlight on people in our community
Hello everyone! My name is Kartini. I am the administrative support to our superstar SLTs. I also manage the front desk duties at the reception. There is never a dull moment in a school day. Other than scheduling appointments and my regular administrative duties, I manage bus duty, replenish classroom supplies and attend to telephone calls.
I also assist students with their loss and founds, applying a band-aid on a paper cut, calling up a parent when a student is sick, and at times, lending a listening ear when they feel sad or laugh with them when they have funny stories to share. Although working in a school is always busy, I feel a great sense of fulfillment in what I do when I see big happy smile on the students' faces.
Whenever I have some time to spare, I volunteer at a children center where we read stories and engage in fun craft activities. That's all about me for now. Till next time, Happy Friday and have a lovely weekend!
Subject Weekly Content
Please find the subject weekly content link below. For a term 1b. curriculum letter reminder please find links below:
CL Year 1 TERM 1A.pdf
CL Year 2 TERM 1A.pdf
CL Year 3 TERM 1A.pdf
CL Year 4 TERM 1A.pdf
CL Year 5 TERM 1A.pdf
CL Year 6 TERM 1A .pdf
CL Year 7 TERM 1A.pdf
CL Year 8 TERM 1A.pdf
ART AND DESIGN
Theyear 6 pupilshaveinvestigated multiple perspectives to create their ownMayan, Aztec influencedschools,buildings anduniforms! Beloware the diverseuniform designsto match their concept schoolsfor doctors, pilots,dancers, sports andmore. A lotoffun forpupilsto seeideas take form and shape!
Physical Education
As the half term draws to a close so do many of the topics that we havecovered. Year 1 and 2 have continued with their fundamental skills and have seen great improvementwith their throwing and catching and are able to do it now with a variety of balls and objects over varying distances! We havestarted to add in small games too!
Years 3 and 4 have seen the introduction of Ultimate Frisbee to their lessons to finish off their unit of work on target games. They are learning to pass and move into a space and standing still when they have the frisbee which will be transferable skills for when they start Netball next half term.
Years 5 to 8 have been focussing on Rhythmic Gymnastics and attemptingto work with a hoop whilst balancing,focussing on linking these into a well put together routine. I look forward to seeing their final performances next week!
Swimming will continueafter half term for a few weeks for Years 5-8, please check these dates on the next slide. Swimming for Years 1-4 will be in January.
Mrs BelcherPE Schedule for Term 1 : Years 1 to 4 at Turf City
PE Schedule for Term 1: Years 5 to 8 at Temasek Club
Many different types of technology are used up in our Science department that help us open up a world of ideas to your children. But it’s not just video clips, microscopes and digital scales. The internet provides us with a lot of useful resources, information and simulations. The key is teaching our students to be selective when researching a topic. This is true across subjects but especiallywhen looking up ‘facts’ for science. Students in year 6 havea digital ‘homework help’ to use this week, if they need to – an example of an age-appropriateresource to help them review work from the past week.
Science – week 7
All teachers have the use of a visualiser in our classrooms. This equipmentallows us to show on the main board good examples of work, a book or passage we are reading together or how to make something up close. In science, this also allows us to demonstrate practical tasks, identify features on specimens (like the flowers your children brought in) or make observations as a class.
us to embed terminology. This week, we used iPad games to review and embed words at the end of a topic. If you see a green screen in the photos, then that student just matched a term and definition correctly! Winning in all senses of the word!
Often, our students will learn a lot of new scientific terminology across one topic and remembering that is difficult. One way we learn these words is to use competitive games that allow
"InspirationalInsights".
Thank you to those of you who have reached out to guest speakers on our behalf and even volunteered yourselves!
We are continuing to add to our schedule so if you missedthis last week or have had time to think about what you can offer to our life long learners programme, please do fill in
Inspirational Insights registration form
Music
In Music, the students continue to hone their skills through various music activities in class such as the I-spy musical notes activity and the treble notes reading challenge. In music making, the students had the opportunityto participatein various ensembles, learning to listen to other musicians as they make music together. In creative music, the Year 4 students explored the Garageband apple loops with the Year 6 students taking their music further by 'balancingand mixing' the various soundtracks. Ms. Sara
Y1.2 Kaizer Aguinaldo
Y2.2 Hiroto Hashimoto
Y3.2 Adam Farid
Y3.2 Anish Abplanalp
Y4.2 Garance Aldebert
Y5.2
Aidan Bendacha
Y4.1 Andreas Koloen
