REGENT SECONDARY SCHOOL PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP 2011 MINUTES OF MEETING Thursday, 27 Oct 2011 @ Regent SS Meeting Room,

1930hrs
Present Mr. Phua Huat Chuan Ms. Rajanmi Fernandez Mr. Kamali Bin Mangon Lee Wei Yin Karen Chen Elf Tay Tracy Soon Jennifer Tay Esther Yeo Ms. Candace Chan Principal ST, PSG Coordinator PE & English Teacher, PSG Coordinator PSG Chairperson PSG Secretary PSG PSG PSG PSG SFE Coordinator

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DISCUSSION Last Minutes of Meeting The last minutes of meeting held on 14th Sept 2011 were distributed and there were no amendments to the minutes. New SFE Coordinator Mdm Anidah has left us since end September and Ms. Candace Chan has been standing in as SFE Coordinator in October. Ms Esther Yeo will start in November as our new SFE Coordinator. Planning Proposals for Activities in Year 2012 Mr Phua briefed the parents on 2012 school calendar. The SFE coordinator and Ms Fern will plan and add on the SFE talks and other PSG activities to the calendar. When done, the PSG Schedule will be updated accordingly. Events Outside Planned PSG Schedule (1) Peoples Association Family Life Section: Card Game Design Competition The PA Family Life Section is organising Happy Family Game 2011 card game design competition and it is opened to all Secondary and Tertiary students. Its objective is for students & their families to create card games that facilitate family bonding. Ms Fern has passed down the info to the students via the art teacher. Finalist stands a chance to win up to $1000 cash.

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Ms Fern, Esther

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(2) MCYS: Dads For Life 2nd Anniversary Drama Performance

MCYS has commissioned local drama company Act 3 International to develop a skit for presentation as one of the item at the event and is recruiting secondary school students for the skit. Ms. Fern have already given all the information to Ms. Andrea Nathan, teacher in charge of English Language Drama Society.

(3) Prima Deli: Prima Taste Cooking Workshop Prima Deli has pitched the idea of conducting cooking classes (either demonstration only or with hands on) for Regent Sec PSG parents. The main aim is for team bonding among parents. PSG will consider it as possible future activity for PSG parents.

(4) Parent Forum by Singapore Polytechnics at Greenridge Sec School

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DISCUSSION Greenridge Sec in partnership with Singapore Polytechnic will be conducting a talk to educate parents on polytechnic education and course selection. Regent Sec parents are invited to attend. The talk will be held at Greenridge Sec on 25 Nov 2011. Parents who are interested can call Greenridge Secondary at 67601052 for more details.

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Discussion On Some Future PSG Events (1) Dads For Life Programme Prawning was suggested to be the next Dads For Life event in Term 1. Parents had suggested the event to be held on a Saturday evening. Wei Yin will gather information and inform the details on a later date. (2) Regent Cultural Night & Awards Day Mr Phua intends to hold the Awards Day together with the Cultural Night and the two programmes are scheduled to be held 2~3 weeks before the mid year exams. Tentative date set is 13 April 2012 and the venue is at Kallang Theatre.

Wei Yin, Ms Fern

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PSG & School Web Page The teachers contact list has already been updated. Facilitator Course For Parents Wei Yin highly recommended the above course for parents, especially parents of lower secondary students. Three of our parents, Wei Yin, Karen and Martina are attending the July ~ Nov course. In this course, facilitation skills are being taught which can be very useful in our daily life. Topics on family, marriage, tweenies, adolescents, relationships, especially teenage behaviour, communication with teenagers, etc are being highlighted and discussed. Exchanges of experiences with parents from other schools also helps in the understanding of our children. This course is highly subsidised by MCYS. The new SFE Facilitator Course will be starting in January 2012. Wei Yin urges interested parents to sign up for the course. Parents can download application form from MCYS website or request a copy from SFE coordinator.

Wei Yin Winson

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PSG Name Tag The PSG Name Tags are yet to be done. Past School Events Coffee Talk 30th Sept 2011 Flyers were distributed to parents driving their kids to school to invite them to the coffee talk. It was targeted at parents who have a little time to spare before work. However, there was only one parent who turn up that morning. Parents had suggested to schedule coffee talk session on Saturday afternoons for possible better parents participation.

Wei Yin

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Night Study Programme for Sec.4 and Sec.5 Pupils 26th Sept ~ 12th Oct 2011

Mr Phua mentioned that the NA students were also interested in the programme but was not given the chance. The efficiency of the program will only be known after the release of the O level results and whether the programme will be continued next year will depend on the results. Mr Phua thanked PSG members for the contribution of snacks and drinks for the programme.

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DISCUSSION PSG also extend their appreciation to the school and all the dedicated teachers who have sacrifice their time to help our graduating students in this programme.

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Parenting Talk by SPF Outreach Program for At Risk Kids 8 Oct 2011
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Singapore Police Force piloted the talk at Regent Sec. Their main target is to reach out to families with problem kids and to work with these families to help the kids. SPF will be conducting talks at more schools. Parents who have attended the talk felt that it was an eye-opening experience. Info

Achievers Tea 27th Oct 2011

Mr Phua informed that selection criteria for students to attend the Achievers Tea were based on their improvement from the last exam results. The students conduct is also taken into consideration. Wei Yin

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Updates of School Events Only selected items were discussed at the meeting. For more complete schedule, please go to regentsecondary.moe.edu.sg and select the PARENTS tab. Date / Time
28 Oct 2011
(5pm) (6-7pm) (7-9pm) Meet the Parents Session (For Sec 2 & 3) Dialogue Session with Sec 1 Parents (by Principal) Meet the Parents Session (For Sec 1 only)

Program

Location

Remarks
Selected Sec 2 & 3 pupils & parents

School

All Sec 1 parents Selected Sec 1 pupils & parents

18 Nov 2011 (5.30~8.30pm ) 23 Dec 2011 (Morning) 14 Jan 2012

(9-10am) (10am-1pm)

Graduation Night & Alumni Home Coming Awareness of SFE Program Sec 1 Registration
Character & Citizenship Development (Address by Principel)

School Hall

Alumni, Sec 4 & 5 pupils & parents PSG parents All Sec 1 parents

School

School
CCA Open House

All Sec 1 pupils & parents

27 Jan 2012
(6-7pm) (7-9pm) A* Academic Programme Parent Teacher Conference

School

All Sec 4/5 parents

25 Feb 2012
(9-10am) (10.30am 12.30pm) Update on NA programme

School
Internationalization Programme

All Sec 2NA & Sec 3NA parents All Sec 3 parents

31 Mar 2012 (9~11.30am)

Streaming Talk

School

All Sec 2 parents

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DISCUSSION Any Other Matters School Uniform Quality of cloth for shirts Kris feedback that the cloth used for the shirts was rough and her child felt hot wearing it. The school will highlight this matter to the school uniform vendor to use smoother material. Socks Mr. Phua confirmed that all Regenites have to wear the Regent socks as this gives the students a sense of belonging. Tracy pointed out that her childs socks were too short and the word REGENT cannot be seen after wearing them on. The school will confirm with the vendor on the availability of various sizes for the school socks. Certificates of Appreciation Certificates of Appreciation were presented to PSG members by Mr. Phua for their participation and contributions to school events in Year 2011. Mr Phua welcomes more parents to share with him any other issues of concern and to work closely with the PSG to have better improvement in every aspect for the school and the students.

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Next Meeting The next PSG meeting is scheduled to be in January 2012, but the date will be announced later. End of Meeting Meeting adjorned at 9.05 pm. Minutes recorded by Karen Chen.

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