Principal`s Letter Term 1 - Yio Chu Kang Secondary School

YIO CHU KANG SECONDARY SCHOOL
YCKSS/2016/T1/014
8 January 2016
Dear Parents/Guardian
On behalf of our staff, we would like to wish you and your family a healthy and happy 2016!
As we begin the school year, let us be reminded of what guides us at YCKSS:
Vision:
A community of learners, leaders, innovators
Motto:
Pursuit of knowledge, service to all
Mission:
Growing today for where the world is going
tomorrow
Values:
Teamwork, Respect, Responsibility, Integrity and
Pride
In line with our school vision, we have a three-year theme:
2014
As a community, we build.
2015
As a community, we celebrate.
2016
As a community, we leave a legacy.
For our school context, we will define legacy as something good that we want to hand down to future
generations. With this theme of leaving a legacy as a community, we as a community should be responsible
stewards of what is entrusted to us and play an active role in building the YCKSS Community so that the
generations that come after us will be able to celebrate the fruits of our labour and live a better life. The
focus for each term is as follows:
Term
Focus
1
Honouring Legacies
2
Receiving Legacies
3
Building Legacies
4
Leaving Legacies
We invite you to join us on this journey. Have conversations with your child/ward on this theme and get
them to think of the legacy that they would want to leave.
YCKSS Celebrates
We would like to
1. welcome into our YCKSS community
Miss Sarah Abdullah
Mr Pang Tiangui
Miss Kow Yimin Eunice
Mr Mohammad Raihan
Vice-Principal
Head of Department, Information and Communications Technology
Teacher, Humanities Department
Allied Educator, Mathematics Department
52nd Batch of Sec 1 students
Address: 3063 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, Singapore 569868  Tel: 6456 0669  Fax: 6552 2927
Email: yckss@moe.edu.sg  Website: http://www.yiochukangsec.moe.edu.sg/
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2. congratulate our new appointment holders
Ms June Yang Siwei
Miss Sin Puay San
Miss Ng Kuan Hwa
Head of Department, English Language
Head of Department, Science
Assistant Year Head
3. congratulate our staff who have won the Outstanding Contribution Award
Individual Award
Ms Alice Chia
Mr Chin Pin Chuen Brandon
Mr Wee Daiqi
Team Award
50th Anniversary Publication Team
My Healthy Plate Team
PE Department
Student Development Team
YCKSS gives thanks
We give thanks to our staff who served the school and have moved on as well as our 2015 cohort of
graduating students who had completed their National Examinations.
Strategic Thrusts
In our school, we have three strategic thrusts to guide us to realise our school vision.
Strategic Thrust 1: Holistic Education
Instilling wholesome habits in our students is important.
Our students’ well-being is important and in view of nurturing and sustaining good eating habits, we have
embarked on the Healthy Meals in School Programme (HMSP). This programme is a collaboration between
Health Promotion Board (HPB) and the Ministry of Education (MOE). Through this progamme, canteen
vendors are expected to follow food service guidelines, cut down fat, sugar and salt and serve healthy set
meals comprising whole-grains, fruit and vegetables in the meals. These healthy set meals incorporate food
from the four main food groups – brown rice and wholemeal bread, meat and others, vegetables and fruit
– thereby helping students receive the right nutrients necessary for their growth. We encourage you to also
have healthy meals at home so that we can ensure the well-being of our students.
We want to instill sustainable studying habits in our students. After school, it is important that they spend
time to complete their homework. Ensure that they write a sentence a day, a paragraph a day or a page a
day in their journal. For a start, they may write in English. As they progress, they may extend to writing in
the Mother Tongue. In this way, they will improve their language skills and sharpen their thinking skills. It
is an opportunity for you to find out about their lives and what they think – a great leverage point to build
a relationship with them. To improve their skills in Mathematics, work towards doing five sums a day.
Practice will allow for them to reinforce what they have learnt in class and over time, they will be able to
understand Mathematical concepts better and master the necessary skill to excel in Mathematics.
There are also other aspects in life that we may want to consider cultivating habits in our children. The
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Book by Sean Covey is a good read if you are keen.
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Address: 3063 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, Singapore 569868  Tel: 6456 0669  Fax: 6552 2927
Email: yckss@moe.edu.sg  Website: http://www.yiochukangsec.moe.edu.sg/
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Co-curricular Activities (CCA) is an integral part of learning in secondary school. Do ensure that your
child/ward attends CCA regularly. The CCA timetable can be found on our school website. Students’
participation and contribution in CCA can contribute to his/her holistic development and is recognised in
LEAPS 2.0. Please refer to http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/files/leaps.pdf for more details.
As a YCKSS Community, let us work towards a healthy body and a healthy mind.
Strategic Thrust 2: A Caring and Learning Staff Culture
The professional growth of our staff is integral to the quality of teaching and learning that we can offer to
our students. The following are the focus areas for professional growth this year:
Education Officers
: Assessment, Applied Learning Programme and Action Research
Executive and Administrative Staff : Service Excellence
Strategic Thrust 3: Strong Partnerships
Team YCKSS values a strong relationship with our key stakeholders  School Advisory Committee (SAC),
Parents Support Group (PSG) and alumni  and partners. We would like to thank our key stakeholders and
partners for their unfailing support for our school programmes. In particular, I would like to record my
thanks to Mr Homer Tan for heading the SAC since 2009 and Mr Cheng Tian Yee for leading the PSG in
2014/2015. We would like to welcome our new PSG committee led by Mr Alfred Chua and acknowledge
the support of Mrs Emy Wong who represents PSG in SAC. We are heartened that many of our alumni have
been active in serving the school through the various CCA Groups and community projects. Indeed, we are
looking forward to the synergy of our stakeholders and partners to build our students up so that together,
we can leave a legacy in their lives.
Term 1 Calendar
The following are some of the key events and activities that will take place in Term 1:
Date
4 Jan 2016
Name of Event
First Day of 2016 Academic Year
7 Jan
Temperature taking exercise
8 Jan
Sec 1 Parent-Teacher Meeting
11 - 12 Jan
Personal & Learning Mastery
Workshop for Sec 4N
Remarks
The school welcomes a new batch of
students to YCKSS.
To ensure school’s preparedness in dealing
with daily monitoring of student’s
temperature.
Parents and guardians will be given an
overview of the school directions as well as
programmes organised to enrich the
learning experience of our students.
The PSG will also be present to share their
experiences.
A motivational workshop organised to
increase the effectiveness of our students
to prepare for the GCE N-Level
Examination.
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Address: 3063 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, Singapore 569868  Tel: 6456 0669  Fax: 6552 2927
Email: yckss@moe.edu.sg  Website: http://www.yiochukangsec.moe.edu.sg/
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Date
13 - 15 Jan
Name of Event
Personal & Learning Mastery
Workshop for Sec 4E/5N
18 Jan
Commencement of VA
Programme
22 Jan
Sec 4/5 Parent-Teacher Meeting
25 Jan (Sec 4/5)
26 Jan (Sec 3)
27 Jan (Sec 2)
28 Jan (Sec 1)
8 – 9 Feb
15 Feb
National Education Learning
Journey
22 Feb – 4 Mar
23 – 29 Feb
13 Mar
Remarks
A motivational workshop organised to
increase the effectiveness of our students
to prepare for the GCE O-Level
Examination.
This Value-Add Programme is for the Sec
4E/5N students to strengthen their
academic foundation.
A session organised for parents and
guardians of Sec 4/5 students to
communicate to them about the school's
programme for the year as well as share
about post-secondary options.
Students will visit the “The Future Of Us
exhibition” as part of their National
Education Learning Journey.
Chinese New Year
Total Defence Day
Public Holidays
One of the four NE Commemorative events
that all schools celebrate during the course
of the year.
Registration for GCE N-Level and Sec 4/5 Students will register for the
GCE O-Level Examinations
national examinations.
Common Test 1 (CT 1)
Refer to CT 1 Timetable that is issued
together with this letter. Do work with
your child/ward to prepare well as the
marks will count towards the overall score
for promotion.
Sec 2 Parent-Teacher Meeting
Parents will be briefed about the 2017 Sec
3 Subject Combinations and have the
opportunity to conference with the TCs
about progress of their child/ward thus far.
Sec 3 Parent-Teacher Meeting
Parents will be informed about school
programmes and have the opportunity to
conference with the TCs about their
child's/ward's progress in Term 1.
Every school day provides each student the opportunity to learn, grow and build relationships. Attendance
in school and punctuality are important. I urge you to ensure that your child/ward comes to school on time,
every school day. Let’s work together to build the lives of our students so that the legacy we leave in their
lives will serve to enrich them throughout their lives.
Yours faithfully
Janice Heng (Mdm)
Principal
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Address: 3063 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, Singapore 569868  Tel: 6456 0669  Fax: 6552 2927
Email: yckss@moe.edu.sg  Website: http://www.yiochukangsec.moe.edu.sg/