PSG Meeting Min (2011July22)-R

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REGENT SECONDARY SCHOOLPARENTS SUPPORT GROUP 2011

REPUBLIC POLYTECHNICFriday, 22 July 2011 @ 1300hrs.

PresentMr. Rajanmi Fernandez ST, PSG Coordinator

Lee Wei Yin PSG Chairperson

Lilian Tan PSG Vice-Chairperson

Karen Chen PSG Secretary

Toh Chui Chui PSG

Siti Zawiyah PSG

K. Vijayasimahan PSG

Elf Tay PSG

Mdm. Anidah Bte Ahmad SFE Coordinator

S/N DISCUSSION ACTION BY

1. Last Minutes of MeetingThe last minutes of meeting held on 26 th May 2011 was distributed and there wereno major amendments to the minutes.

Wei Yin

2. PSG Web PagePertaining to Mr Phuas suggestion of showing the PSG web page at the click onthe PARENTS tab, Wei Yin, after discussion with Mr. Winson Chua, explained thatthere are currently other information under Parents drop-down list that though not

controlled by PSG, are relevant to parents, i.e., to retain those information underParents and create another PSG tab on the top bar solely for the PSG webpages will not only make the already crowded top bar on the Regent website morecrowded, it will also create confusion for users: not knowing the differencebetween the 2 tabs.

However, an improvement that Winson has done was to put PSG on top of thedrop-down list instead of the last previously.

PSG web page has already been updated with past event photographs, latestmeeting minutes and updated calendar of up-coming events for parents.

Wei YinWinson

3. Facilitator Course For ParentsWei Yins feedback on the above course is very positive. The course is interesting.Not only parenting skills can be learnt, skills on facilitation, gathering information,opinions, etc were also taught.Information exchange, experience sharing with parents from other schools rangesfrom relationship with children, spouse, balancing family life with work, etc to PSGoperations, structure, activities, etc.She strongly encourages parents to take up the course.

4. PSG Name TagWei Yin explained that the PSG Name Tags have not been done yet due to verybusy schedule and other more urgent and important issues to resolve, e.g. the

bowling event scheduled on 30 July 2011.

Wei YinAnidah

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5. Past School Events

SFE Talk Helping Your Teenagers Succeed - 27th May 2011The speaker for the talk was Mr. Lee Teck Ming. The attendance for both themorning and afternoon sessions were good. Parents attending the talk alsoreceived souvenirs courtesy of MCYS.

Oral Exam 31st May 2011 ~ 3rd June 2011Ms. Fern on behalf of the school thanked the three parent volunteers, Jennifer,Martina and Kris for helping out in the oral exams.

OPUS Band Public Performance 13th July 2011The above event was successfully held at the Yew Tee Community Club hallwith Mr Alex Yam as GOH. The event has delighted many Regents Secondaryschool parents and students.

INFO

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6. 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 Program Location Remarks

22 July 2011(8am-12pm)

Sports CarnivalAim : To have maximumparticipation by students.

RepublicPolytechnic

All parents

22 July 2011(12pm-2pm)

PSG MeetingRepublic

PolytechnicAll parents

30 July 2011

(9-11.30am)

SFE Talk Parents As Coach.PSG members to help

registration, etc.

School All parents.

30 July 2011(1pm-3pm)

Lunch + Bowling (Dads forLife program)

CDANSNeed at least20participants.

7 Aug 2011(2-2.30pm)

Regent Band Performance National Day Celebration

IstanaAll parents &students

8 Aug 2011(10am)

National Day Celebration SchoolAll parents &students

1 Sept 20116.30pm-9.30pm

Teachers Day CelebrationOrchid

Country Club10 parents

17 Sept 2011(9am-11am)

Parenting/Teen Workshop Lets Appreciate Each Other

School All parents

22 Oct 2011

(2-3.30pm)

Parenting Talk

Maximising Your TeensPotential School All parents

27 Oct 2011(4-5pm)

Dialogue Session with Sec 1Parents (by Principal)

SchoolAll Sec 1parents

27 Oct 2011(5-7pm)

Meet the Parents Session SchoolAll Sec 1 - 3parents

23 Dec 2011(Morning)

Awareness of SFE Program Sec 1 Registration

School All Sec 1parents

Wei Yin

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7. Any Other Matters

Pre-Notification to PSG on School EventsFor school events that involve PSG participation, Wei Yin requested the schoolto notify PSG in advance on the details of what the parent volunteers areexpected to do. This will facilitate in smooth planning and encourage more

parent volunteers to join.

Karen had also mentioned that the school Calendar shown at the schoolwebsite currently does not contain any school event. She suggested that theschool puts in events in the calendar.

External Safety Validation on 6th July 2011The school underwent External Safety Validation (ESV) on 6th July 2011.Dialogue sessions with various staff, pupils and stakeholders of the school wereconducted and the purpose was to assess if the various group of staff, pupilsand stakeholders understands MOE / school's safety Standard OperationProcedure and guidelines and whether the school or themselves practise them.Vijay and Karen represented the PSG group and together with otherstakeholders attended the ESV dialogue session with representatives fromMOE (Building Section) and two teachers from other schools.

During the dialogue session, there are two areas pertaining to the safety of ourchildren in school which the PSG felt should be addressed :-

(1) Provision of Sick BayPSG learnt that there is currently no sick bay available in the school andstudents that have fallen ill during school hours can only either rest on anuncomfortable sofa in the general office, in class or in the canteen to waitfor their parents to bring them home.

PSG felt strongly that there is a necessity to have a sick bay to cater for theneeds of students not feeling well.

(2) Traffic Control at School GatesDuring morning peak hours, though both the school gates in front of thedrop-off point are opened, there is still traffic congestion at the gates. Thistraffic congestion is especially serious during rainy days.Karen suggested to control the traffic direction at the gates during peakhours. There should be NO RIGHT TURN for out-going traffic from 7 am to7.25am. This may help to ease the congestion.

Anidah suggested First Aid training for PSG members. This will be useful since

the parent volunteers will be assisting in many school events.

Ms Fern has agreed to bring up the issues to the relevant personnel in theschool administration for possible resolutions.

Updates on School Calendar and Schedule for eventsWei Yin requested the school to provide a schedule for holiday programmes inadvance. This is to allow parents to make plans for overseas trip during theschool holidays.

Ms Fern pointed out that for academic area, Mrs Low can be contacted for theschedule. However, for CCA, it will be more difficult to gather the information as

the various CCA have their own schedule.

However, Ms Fern said that generally, Sec. 1 & 2 will start their year endholidays two weeks before the official date. Sec. 3, 4 & 5 will follow the official

Ms. Fern

Ms Fern,school

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date with possible extra lessons in November and, free from academic classesin December.

Early dismissal of Sec. 1 & 2 is to minimise disturbances during the GCE OLevel examinations.

Sec. 4 Motivation TalksDue to poor feedback from the teachers on the motivation talks given tostudents last year, the school has decided to stop the talks and instead have thetime practise session.

Wei Yin requested that the school should seek alternative study skillsprogramme e.g. mind-mapping, for the students.

Parents suggested that such talks should be given in Sec 3 when students aremore mature and have some idea about the subjects they are studying for Olevel. Sec 4 may be a bit late to learn and practice such skills.

Ms. Fern will feedback to the school management on this issue.

Ms Fern

8. Next MeetingThere will be no PSG meeting in August due to Ramadan and the need to plan forTeachers Day celebration. Next meeting date in September will be announced ata later date and likely a week day evening.

End of Meeting

Meeting ended at 2.30 p.m.

Minutes recorded by Karen Chen.

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Documents

PSG Meeting Min (2011July22)-R