Casuarina Primary School would like to wish everyone a HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

 

 

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 BACK TO SCHOOL WITH DAD!

 

Back to School with Dad is a unique movement whereby it encourages fathers to play a prominent role in their children’s lives.  At Casuarina Primary School, we managed to capture these precious moments on camera. It was heartening to see so many fathers taking the time to be with their children on the first morning of January 3.  The presence of both parents means a lot to the children, especially on the first day of school.

 

 

 

PSLE 2011
We would like to congratulate our 2011 P6 cohort for their very good performance in the PSLE. The school has shown improvements over last year particularly in English and Mother Tongue Languages. The following pupils have done particularly well in the PSLE. Well done!

 

 

 

 

 

CCA & ACTIVE LEARNING @CAPS
The school will continue to hold CCA within curriculum time for the P3 to P6 pupils every Friday, from 7.30 to 9am. This initiative is to provide opportunities for every pupil to participate in CCA, which can develop a range of life-skills in them, promote leadership, build character and inculcate values. We also hope to find a better balance between the different learning domains; between knowledge, skills and inculcating values in our school curriculum. The modular Active Learning @CAPS for P1 and P2 pupils will continue to be held on Fridays from 7.30 to 9am. We look forward to your kind support for the school’s CCA and Active Learning@CAPS Programme.

 

 

 

CRANES AND PALMS
CRANES, specially designed for the P1 and P2 pupils integrates three subject areas; CReative Art, Social Studies incorporating NE, and Science. It will be subsumed in the Social Studies period for a few weeks in a term. PALMS implemented for all levels, is an integration of health education, character education and physical health based on the five domains: Physical, Affective, Leadership, Moral and Social in line with the Socio-emotional Learning as well as the National Education framework. PALMS lessons also provide a platform for teacher – pupil discussions on character and holistic health issues. It will be carried out during certain FTGP (Form Teacher Guidance Period) for the P3 to P6 pupils.

 

Through CRANES and PALMS, we hope to broaden the perspectives of our pupils, in particular to holistic health and values education. We also hope to make the learning of non-examinable subjects more integrated, engaging and meaningful for them.

 

 

 

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PROGRAMME
Ever since 2008, the school has been identified by MOE as a TLLM (Teach Less Learn More) Ignite School for its commitment in taking on the challenge of School-based Curriculum Innovation. This endeavour involves the exposure of pupils to two periods of oral lessons every fortnight which include engaging activities such as speech and drama, story-telling, project work presentations and Readers’ Theatre. These lessons crafted to match the themes of the syllabus, will continue this year, in line with the school’s focus on Effective Communication and ensuring more engaged learning by the pupils.

  

 

 

SERVICE LEARNING TRIP TO TANJUNG PINANG, BINTAN

35 selected pupils participated in the annual pupil leaders’ service learning trip to Bintan, from 9 to 11 Nov 2011. They comprised our pupil leaders from our Prefectorial Board as well as from the various CCAs. In Bintan, these pupils from P4, P5 & P6 were engaged in interactive activities with residents of an orphanage. In addition to developing the pupils to be more culturally savvy and increase their international awareness, the objectives of the trip are also to develop pupil leadership, engage pupils in overseas service-learning as well as to promote bonding amongst pupil leaders.  Please click here for photos.

   

   

 

CELEBRATING LEARNING AND SUCCESS

  

SCHOOLS’ GREEN AUDIT AWARD

The Schools' Green Audit programme is designed as a simple environmental audit programme for all schools in Singapore. Pupils work in teams to audit their school and submit results together with a report on their environmental efforts, including plans for improvements. The aim of the programme, which is run biennially, is to encourage schools to adopt a holistic approach as well as to seek continuous improvement in environmental management. We are proud to announce that Casuarina Primary School has been awarded the Green Audit Award – from Orchid in previous years to the Lotus Award for the year 2010/2011. Congratulations to every Casuaranian and staff for the collective effort put into achieving the award.

 

 

 

NEA 3R Comic Drawing Competition 2011

Congratulations to Cheryl Gan and Celine Wong from P6/5 for clinching the 2nd prize and consolation prize respectively in the 3R Comic Drawing Competition organized by the National Environment Agency (NEA). 

 

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (EL) FORTNIGHT OF CELEBRATIONS 

The EL Fortnight of Celebrations was held over two weeks in July 2011 in line with the school’s focus on Effective Communication and ensuring more engaged learning.  As part of the celebrations, pupils put up performances and conducted presentations.  In addition, a range of activities aimed at developing a deeper appreciation of the languages in pupils was organized.    

 

The P1 pupils put up a series of wonderful performances during the ‘Little STARZ’ show on 22 July. The ‘Little STARZ’ show aims to provide our pupils with the platform to showcase their speech and drama skills in front of invited guests, their very own parents and family members. To tie in with the EL STELLAR curriculum, each class acted out stories adapted from the Big Books used in Semester One. Pupils were trained personally by their respective form teachers and each was given a role to play. Overall, the performance received positive feedback from both parents and pupils. 

 

The P2 pupils too put up performances onstage ('Kidz Theatre') on 15 July. Pupils had the opportunity to showcase their talents and the oratorical skills they had learnt as well as enjoy watching their peers’ performances during the poetry recitation based on poems from ‘Mother Goose’.  The P4 pupils put up enthralling Readers’ Theatre performances onstage and in the library, with some groups penning their very own scripts.  Other levels marked the fortnight of celebrations by conducting Integrated Project Work (IPW) presentations, debates and class-based activities aimed at honing their public speaking skills.

MOTHER TONGUE (MT) FORTNIGHT OF CELEBRATIONS 

The MT Languages Fortnight of Celebrations is a new initiative by MOE which aims to immerse pupils in various activities related to the Chinese, Malay and Tamil languages. It aims to encourage pupils to be proficient speakers as well as to instill passion and pride in using the languages.  

 

 CHINESE LANGUAGE (CL) 

This year, the P1 and P2 pupils were engaged in monologues with bamboo clappers, the P3 and P4 pupils put up drama performances while the P5 and P6 pupils partook in reading activities.  Stalls showcasing various features of the Chinese culture such as Chinese knot tying, paper cutting, Chapteh making and Chinese opera mask painting were set up.

 

 MALAY LANGUAGE (ML) 

The Malay Language Fortnight of Celebrations was held in conjunction with the Malay Language Month 2011.  The slogan for the Malay Language Month, ‘Warisan Masa Depan, Bahasa Kita. Gunakanlah’ (Our language. Our Heritage. Use it), emphasizes the importance of Malay language as a legacy to our future generations and aims to encourage the community to actively use it.  The P1 and P2 pupils took part in a riddles contest, P3 and P4 pupils participated in a quiz on famous streets in Singapore and the P5 and P6 pupils did crossword puzzles. To the delight of our pupils, classic Malay films such as ‘Seniman Bujang Lapok’ and Malay folklores such as ‘Bawang Merah, Bawang Putih’ were also screened to them. Traditional Malay games such as kite flying, five stones, sepak takraw and gasing were also played. In addition, the pupils participated in story-telling, poetry recitation and oratorical competitions. 

 

 TAMIL LANGUAGE (TL) 

The Tamil pupils were involved in various activities related to the Tamil Language and culture in line with this year’s slogan, “தமிழை நேசிப்போம், தமிழில் பேசுவோம்’’ (Love Tamil, Speak In Tamil).  The P1 to P3 pupils went on a Tekka trail where they were introduced to Indian artifacts, cuisine and traditional Indian vegetables and herbs.  The pupils also participated in a ‘Fun with Tamil’ workshop. The P4 and P5 pupils attended a Webpage design workshop in Tamil and participated in a ‘Say it in Tamil’ competition while the P3 to P5 pupils also participated in a quiz on TL and the Indian culture. The 8th Annual Uthayam - Tamil Literary competitions was held on 15 July which saw the P1 to P5 TL pupils participating in various categories such as the P1 Talent Showcase, P2 Character Portrayal, P3 Advertisement Skits, P4 Jingles and P5 Presenters. Mediacorp’s ‘Vasantham’ celebrities were invited as judges to the competitions with the parents of our TL pupils as the invited audience. 

 

 

 

SCOUTS Distinguished Service (Bronze Vanda) Award 2011

The school received the Distinguished Service (Bronze Vanda) Award 2011 by President SR Nathan on 12 July at the Istana in recognition of the valuable support rendered to the Scout Movement. 

 

 

 

 

Shell Singapore Youth Science Festival 2011

Our heartiest congratulations to the team members - Natalene Ashok Vaswani, Nuruljannah Bte Muhamad Riduan, Nurul Hanis Bte Moksan and Lim Qiao Ying of P6/4 for attaining the Special Mention Award and the Merit Award at the 34th Shell Singapore Youth Science Festival for their project entitled, “The Che-mystery behind Art”.

 

 

 

Rivervale’s 12th NE Heritage Islandwide Trail

Five of our P5 National Education (NE) ambassadors. Siti Nuryahana (P4/1), Khyla Colline Tanque (P4/2), Nadya (P4/4), Ni Yitin (P4/5) and Ilysa Or Yu Xin (P4/6) participated in Rivervale’s 12th NE Heritage Islandwide Trail on Saturday, 28 May and won the 3rd prize. Well done children!

 

 

 

HOMECOMING @CAPS CARNIVAL

Our school held our carnival, Homecoming@CAPS 2011 on 2 July 2011, Saturday at our school premises. The objectives of the carnival:

• To celebrate the school's 10th Anniversay
• To celebrate Racial Harmony Day
• To provide opportunity for all to bond and have fun as members of the Casuarinian family
• To raise funds to set up our school's very own i-lab@CAPS

Numerous events and activities such as Food Paradise, Games Wonderland, Art Attack, ‘Pasar’ Casuarina, Annual Jumble Sale, made the day a fun and exciting one for the entire family. It was a successful event and we would like to thank all who have contributed to the carnival: our pupils,  staff (teaching, non-teaching and support staff), ex-pupils, ex-staff, SAC members, parents in particular our Parent Volunteers and PSG members, CCA instructors and coaches, staff family members,  and even our contract cleaners, security guards and canteen vendors who lent their support in one way or another.  It is not about how much money we managed to raise, but more importantly the team spirit and bonding as we planned and carried this out together as a school. The carnival has certainly lived up to its name Homecoming@CAPS with practically all stakeholders coming together in true spirit for a worthy cause.

 

P5 SCHOOL IMMERSION PROGRAMME IN XI’AN 

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38 P5 pupils and five staff members embarked on an 8-day 7-night School Exchange Programme with our twinning school, Xi’an Hi-Tech International School from 30 May to 6 June 2011. In turn, 25 staff and 60 pupils from XHIS visited Casuarina Primary School in July. The Exchange Programme is part of the school’s annual Global Outreach Programme to promote international friendship and to increase our pupils’ interest and awareness of the way of life, values and beliefs of people in China.  

 

 

 

 

 

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