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Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)

2019 P6 Parents Briefing

60 Barker Road, Singapore 309919 | Tel: (65) 6256 1633 | Fax: (65) 6256 1366 | www.acsbr.moe.edu.sg/

Outline of ACSBR Education

1. Philosophy

2. Key programmes

3. Outcomes

4. Sec 1 posting

5. Changes to affiliation policy


Our Beliefs

● God is our Strength & our

Provider

● There is strength in diversity

● We can bring out the best in

everyone

● We are called to serve our God,

our Country and our Community.





God-fearing

• Sense of worth

• Sense of purpose

• Sense of honour

Growing in Grace

• Honour our self & our words (integrity)

• Honour each other (respect)

• Honour effort (commitment)

• Honour excellence

3 Senses

4 Honours


Sense of worth –fearfully & wonderfully made with strengths, gifts, talents and limits

Sense of purpose –blessed to be a blessing & beacon of truth & light

Sense of honour –character as the bridge and pathway from worth to purpose


Honour our self & our

words

•What God has given to each one –gifts, talents, limitations

• Integrity – matching words and deeds

Honoureach other

• Seeing differences not as less or bad but a opportunity to empathize and embrace

Honoureffort

•Nothing worth doing is easy

•Value of hard work and perseverance

Honourexcellence

• Journey of being our best for the world


Touch Hearts

Empower Minds

Enrich Souls

PhysicalAcademic

Aesthetics Leadership

Social Personal Effectiveness

Spiritual

& Moral

Head

HeartHand

An ACS (BR) Education


Building character through sports and outdoor education

Developing effective

communicators

through Drama, Debates & Public Speaking


– Thought for the Day

– Chapel

– Head, Heart and Hands Programme

– Sexuality Education

– National Education

– Values-In-Action (VIA)

– Strengths-based

Values Education


The Makings of an ACS(BR) Gentleman

Level Level Theme Focus Values SEL Focus21st Century

Skills

Sec 1Making of the

ACS(BR)

Gentlemen

Self

The Barker Way –

Respect

Integrity,

Commitment,

Excellence

Self Awareness, Self

Management

i) Critical and

Inventive

Thinking,

ii) Information and

Communication

Skills,

iii) Civic literacy,

Global

Awareness and

Cross-cultural

Skills

Sec 2Working together

as ACS(BR)

Gentlemen

OthersSelf Management,

Social Awareness

Sec 3Leading as

ACS(BR)

Gentlemen

Leading

Social Awareness,

Relationship

Management,

Responsible Decision

Making

Sec 4Excelling as

ACS(BR)

Gentlemen

Excelling

Relationship

Management,


Making

Sec 5Leaving a legacy as

ACS(BR) GentlemenImpacting


Making


• Vision: Every ACSian can Lead andwill be given a chance to Lead

• Based on Principles of ServantLeadership

• Baseline leadership H3 lessonsprovided for all students in theschool

• Breadth & Depth of Opportunities• Student Leadership Tracking System

to facilitate spread of leadershipopportunities

Leadership Development Programme


Talent Development Programme

● Every ACS(Barker Road) gentleman has a talent

● Take ownership of your own growth and development

● School will provide the opportunity

● Domains:○ Cognitive○ Physical○ Aesthetic○ Leadership○ Entrepreneurship


ACS(BR) Outdoor Experiential Programme

At ACS(Barker Road), we believe in the holistic development of the individual through the school curriculum

Every ACS(Barker Road) Boy will undergo a progressive three-year Outdoor Experiential Programme from Secondary One to Three which seeks to expose them to outdoor living, encourage independence, teamwork and resilience, and eventually develop their leadership potential


11 Sports and Games 4 Uniformed Groups

5 Performing Arts Groups 3 Clubs and Societies

CCA Programme


CCA Outcomes

Sport Zonal Nationals

C Division B Division C Division B Division

Badminton 4th Bronze Quarterfinals

Basketball Gold Quarterfinals

Bowling 4th

Golf Silver

Rugby Bronze

Swimming 4th 4th

Table-Tennis Bronze Quarterfinals

Tennis Silver


CCA Outcomes• Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation 2019

• Uniformed Group Inter-Unit Competitions• Boys Brigade – J M Fraser Gold Award

• National Police Cadet Corp (NPCC) – Gold Award

• National Cadet Corp (Sea) – Distinction Award

• Scouts & Ventures – Frank Cooper Sands Gold Award

Certificate of Distinction Certificate of Accomplishment

Chinese Orchestra – Mixed Ensemble

Concert Band

Band - Percussion Ensemble

Choir

Dance – International

Drama – Odin

Drama – The Ground


CCA OutcomesCCA AchievementDebates Debate Assocation Debating Championship - Gold Division winner

Timothy Koh of 4S1 was named Best Speaker of this competition.Digital Media

Singapore Youth Photography Convention (all 1st positions) Individual category – Dylan Cheng, 3H2

Street Photography – Nicholas Koh, 4G1

Perspective Photography – Joshua Tan, 3S3

Macro Photography – Luke Lee, 3H3

Creative Aperture Photography – Ethan Cheah, 4L1

Robotics Club

Robotics Challenge 2019ACSBR teams achieved 1st and 4th place in the Tracing Challenge and 4th place in the Obstacle Avoidance Challenge IDE (Innovation, Design and Engineering) SeriesACSBR team achieved 3rd place in the Sprint Category


Learning at ACS Barker Road

1. Strengths-based – Subject-based banding

2. Interest driven

3. Technology-enabled (1:1)

Why 1:1?

• The need to engage a new generation of learners

• The evolving global landscape demands learners with strong social-emotional competencies and thinking skills

• ICT as an empowering tool

MOE 21st Century Competencies Framework


Reflection

“The teacher made the lessons interesting, helping me to remember facts, and understand the lesson better. From primary school to secondary school, there was a lot of change in learning. We had to

do research on our own, instead of being "spoon-fed" in primary school. After every week, I would give my notes to my mom, and she would test me. If I got most of my facts and theories

right, I would pass, that's how I ensured that I had learnt. What I liked about the lessons was that it was interesting, very productive (we would cover a lot in 1 lesson), and our teacher was awesome”


2018 GCE N-LEVEL RESULTS

• 81.3% qualified for PFP/DPP/Sec 5N course• 34.3% qualified for the Polytechnic Foundation

Programme (PFP)• 47.0% qualified for the Direct Entry Scheme to

Polytechnic Programme (DPP) / O-level Programmeat Sec 5N

2016 2017 2018

Qualified for Polytechnic Foundation

Programme

15.0% 22.2% 34.3%

Qualified for Sec 5N 87.5% 92.1% 81.3%

Retained in Sec 4N 10.0% 6.3% 4.7%

Channelled to ITE 2.5% 1.6% 14.0%

Mean EMB3 14.1 13.9 14.0

Expected EMB3 15.6 15.0 15.3


2018 O-LEVEL RESULTS

2016 2017 2018No of Distinctions No % No % No %8 or More 5 1.9 5 2.1 13 5.47 or More 20 7.6 20 8.2 31 13.06 or More 41 15.5 41 16.9 58 24.35 or More 69 26.1 65 26.7 84 35.14 or More 105 39.8 94 38.7 104 43.5


2018 O-LEVEL RESULTS

2016 2017 2018Mean L1B5 17.1 16.9 15.8Expected L1B5 19.5 18.2 19.4Mean L1B4 13.1 12.9 12.2Expected L1B4 15.0 14.0 14.9

JC Polytechnics ITE2018 79.1% 98.7% 1.3%2017 74.1% 97.1% 2.9%2016 71.2% 96.2% 3.8%


• Parental Support (Lighthouse, Food Ministry, Exam Prep Support, Prayer)

Family@Barker


Sec 1 Posting 2019

Affiliated Students Non-Affiliated

Students

Cut-Off

Point

Top Score Cut-Off

Point

Top

Score

Express 191 247 244 247

Normal

(Academic) 158 195 185 196

Normal

(Technical) 121 149 138 157


Changes to affiliation policy

• In Committee of Supply (COS) Debate 2017, MOE announced changes to affiliation priority admission to secondary schools. “MOE is committed to ensure that all schools remain open to all students, regardless of their backgrounds and connections even while we recognise the valuable historical ties between affiliated primary and secondary schools. Today, 27 secondary schools offer students from their affiliated primary schools priority in the Secondary One posting. Affiliates qualify for this priority only if they indicate the affiliated secondary school as their first choice.

• Starting from the 2019 S1 Posting Exercise (i.e. 2019 PSLE cohort), 20% of places for each course (Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical)) in every affiliated secondary school will be reserved for students who do not benefit from affiliation priority. This is an extension of how we had set aside places for children without prior connections at the Primary 1 Registration Exercise. Since the 2014 P1 Registration Exercise, at least 40 places in every primary school are set aside for children with no prior connections to the school in Primary 1.”


2017 2018 2019

Express No % No % No %

ACSP 97 40.93% 93 38.91% 105 45.65%

ACSJ 100 42.19% 95 39.75% 96 41.74%

Non-affiliated 40 16.88% 51 21.34% 29 12.61%

Total 237 100.00% 239 100.00% 230 100.00%

Normal Academic No % No % No %

ACSP 24 30.00% 48 60.76% 23 29.49%

ACSJ 37 46.25% 28 35.44% 32 41.03%

Non-affiliated 19 23.75% 3 3.80% 23 29.49%

Total 80 100.00% 79 100.00% 78 100.00%

Normal Technical No % No % No %

ACSP 3 7.50% 5 12.50% 5 12.82%

ACSJ 4 10.00% 4 10.00% 5 12.82%

Non-affiliated 33 82.50% 31 77.50% 29 74.36%

Total 40 100.00% 40 100.00% 39 100.00%


Implications for ACSP & ACSJ students

• The Cut-Off Point (COP) for students who benefit from affiliation priority will rise on average about 7 to 10 points.

• Apart from the rise in points, another implication will be the restriction of options for students who are in the option band (Express/Normal Academic or Normal Academic/Normal Technical).

• These students will not be able to gain entry in ACSBR should they choose the more demanding curriculum option i.e. Express in Express/NA band, NA in NA/NT band.


Possible Considerations for ACSJ and ACSP Parents

1. With the increase in percentage of students that ACSBR can take in via Direct School Admission (DSA) to 20% (up to 56 places per cohort), ACSJ and ACSP students can choose to gain admission to ACSBR through one of sport, performing arts or clubs and societies CCAs (19 areas)

2. Students who are placed in the stream option bands (Express/NA or NA/NT) should choose the less rigorous stream in order to have a higher probability of gaining entry into ACSBR

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