PSG Welcome Night 2008

PSG Welcome Night
5 March 2008
7pm -9pm

To show our appreciation to our current parents volunteers and to welcome new members, the school PSG and PSG exco organised a welcome dinner cum family fun session for our PSG members. Mrs Chew our principal (in pink shirt and black pants at the back of the crowd in the above photos)joined in the fitness fun session. The parent volunteers had a fun fitness bonding session with their children conducted by a qualified instructor, followed by a introduction of the school PSG committee members and PSG exco members by Mrs Pauline Yap. The PSG family had a sumptuous dinner catered for them at the AVA room and were seen busily signing up for school activities that required mass parent volunteers participation.

Family Treasure Hunt at Sembawang Beach

Family presenting their logo design.

10 Nov 2007, saturday

9am to 12.30pm

Activities :

Ice breaker

Family Logo Design

Family Treasure Hunt Trail around Sembawang Beach

Snack & Debrief time

Free & easy Time

NE trail for parent & child bonding

During the June holidays, the PSG/SFE team organised an NE(National education) Trail for parents & children bonding. The NE trail tapped on the school existing NE packages, which had won the school the prestigious LKY NE award in 2005. There were 5 stations spreading throughout Fort Canning. The trail provided a lively & authentic learning experience for the parent and child to find out and share about the history of Singapore while promoting parent/child bonding. It was a fun-filled and educational morning spent in the lush greenery of Fort Canning Park. Each family was given a map and question booklet. Everyone had a wonderful time running around the park, looking for answers to complete the Trail.

At the end of the trail, a sharing session was conducted by the teacher in charge, Serene, regarding the NE programmes in GRPS. A certificate of participation endorsed by the principal was given to all participants.

shared by Serene & Janet

Coffee Talk on Disciplinary

Date : 12th Oct 2007
Time : 2pm-5pm
Venue: Training Room (Level 3)

Coffee talk session on disciplinary issues conducted by our parents facilitator, Mdm Anne, Mdm Sheila and Mrs Pauline.

Stress Mangagement and Tea Appreciation Workshop

A Stress Management and Tea Appreaciation workshop was organised for the parents on 25th Aug 2007. Richard and Serina from HeroTraining & Consultancy taught parents how to manage stress and the importance of time management. Participants also learned more about tea leaves and tea brewing from Mr Patrick. They were treated with the signature tea from Tea Chapter which is used to serve Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Singapore.

PSG Visit To Old Folks Home

Date : 3rd Sept 2007

Time : 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Venue : Tai Hwa Kwan Society, Toa Payoh Lor 5

The parents & children team played BINGO game with the old folks. The children helped to row out and track the numbers, put up large display sign of numbers called out, delivered little gifts like tissue, oilment, biscuits, etc as the old folk managed to strike a bingo. The parents in turn partnered the old folks with failing eyesight to cancel out the numbers on their card. the parent & children also cheered and applaused everytime the old folks striked a bingo. It's a really a heart warming scene. More and more old folks joined in the game when they saw the joyous mood. In particular, there was one senile old man who was not able to comprehend what's happening but he gamely joined in the fun and clapped his hands to follow what the parents volunteers are doing.

"little gifts"

"failing eyesight can't stop me bingoing"

"BINGO!"

Discussion Forum-Visit by Mrs Chew & Mrs Tan

Mrs Chew and Mrs Tan made a visit to the discussion forum session (despite a fully packed EV week) to thank the parents and particiapnts for being supportive of the school programs & activities.

Discussion Forum - Children program

Children program - muffin baking

23rd & 24th Aug

10.30-12pm

The discussion forum would not be possible without the support of another group of parents volunteers namely Mdm Jenny Tan, Mdm Ai Choo and Mdm Tan Hua Hua . These parents kept the children meaningfully occupied while their parents were either partipating or faciliataing the forum. Great teamwork!

Discussion Forum-Parenting Style by Parents Facilitator

Discussion Forum : Parenting Style

23rd & 24th August , 10.30am-1.30pm

Training Room @ 3rd level

Well done and great work ! Our hardworking and passionate parents faciliators, Mdm Rani, Mdm Sheila, Mrs Pauline and Mdm Anne pang have initiated & organised our 1st discussion forum for parents with the help of our lovely SFE cordinator, Cassandra. The particiapants found the session useful and are heartened to share parenting tips with each other. The faciliators fulfilled great satisfaction from running such session. As quoted from Mdm Anne Pang " Feeling very empowered & warmth by the participants' response to our discussion workshop, many like to have this type of platform to talk about parenting & children issues."

Family Movie Special

Parenting talk on inspiring & teaching children through movies (4-7 yrs) 1 Sept 2007

Check out details at www.family.org.events/ratatouille.html

Fun with Bats 21 Jul 2007

Fun with Bats at Kentridge Park

5pm to 9.30pm

Participants : 2 fully packed coaches of parents & children

Parents helping their children drawing their perception of bats and making bat masks. Families relaxing and admiring the sunset during dinner break. The group activities learning about bats are facilitated by Dr Vilma (Bat Expert).

Bonding thru' Dumpling Making

'Bonding thru' Dumpling Making' was held on 19 May 07 in the school Dinning Hall. Parents and pupils learned to make the traditional rice dumplings. Our parents volunteers did a great job as 'trainers' for the session. Parenting tips and cooking tips were exchange during the session. Mdm Yaamanni said she enjoyed the session very much as she liked to cook with her daughter. Mr Cheu Beng Fai (father of Caressa 5 Kindness & Carena 4 Love) and his family enjoyed this activity as it provide a great opportunity for family bonding time.

Sail & Bond

On board the Imperial Cheng-Ho High Tea Cruise.
20th May 2007
3.30pm - 5pm

亲子阅读讲座

Bonding thru' story telling (in Mandarin)

为了促进亲子关系，并能更正确有效地引导孩子阅读课外读物，本校家长支援小组于四月七日（星期六）上午九时在本校举行亲子阅读讲座，由爱的伯乐语文中心校长张美香女士主讲。张校长精彩的讲演让我们获益匪浅，给我们留下了深刻的印象。与会者都希望本校能再次举办类似的讲座。



Shared by Mdm Wong