WPS 2023 Day 1 by Min Min Linda Goh

goh_min_min_linda — 2023-11-19 12:30:30 UTC

What are my school’s current efforts, strengths, priorities and challenges?

What can my level focus on to strengthen 21CC development?

goh_min_min_linda — 2023-11-19 12:31:47 UTC

What can my level focus on to enhance the use of technology to transform what and how our students learn?

goh_min_min_linda — 2023-11-19 12:32:06 UTC

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regularly evaluate the effectiveness our school programme.
Encourage staff to brainstorm ideas and share with school leaders.
Gather feedback from staff to look into it.

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LLP- Project Work

Learning Journey

Project Teams

Unpacking of Values to incorporate the new elements (E.g. Empathy, Resilience)

Challenges:

Resources- Availability of resources

Time- To have more time dedicated for exploration

Teachers Development

Level the playing field of students and teachers

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2023-11-20 07:35:26 UTC

Current effort - PW, DELIGHT learning centres and PAL for lower primary

Strengths - a wide variety of programmes to cater to different children with various learning needs, our classrooms are inclusive, calm down corner to help students with emotional regulation

Priorities - we check in on students’ well-being, student focused - child at the centre

Challenges - students’ backgrounds, adequate and appropriate parental support, very vast student profiles

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2025P6 — 2023-11-20 07:35:28 UTC

Current Efforts:

(1) enhancing learning environment to facilitate T and L, eg: Inno Labs

2) Updating staff on Edtech through PD.

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School has been embarking on Ed Tech Platform (SLS, Google Classroom) to enhance learning and teaching but not all students are ready for the platform due to lack of self-motivation and home support.

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One of our school's strengths would be our strong partnerships with other stakeholders, allowing us to provide more opportunities for our students to be able to develop the E21CC skills, for e.g. actualising their project work, coding lessons etc.

One of our challenges could be getting some parents onboard to support the child's learning at home.

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2023-11-20 07:36:38 UTC

Current efforts:

Provide better and more devices
Enhancing the school environment

Strengths:

Experiential Learning
People
Student centred programmes

Priorities:

Students Well being
Opportunities to develop students holistically to enhance 21st CC competencies

Challenges:

To enhance students’ discipline
To build inclusive environment
To enhance internet connectivity
To develop self-directed learners

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2023-11-20 07:38:13 UTC

Efforts: UPLIFT, DELIGHT

Strengths: PW, ALP, LLP, TSR

Priorities: Levelling up students' diverse needs & background - Equity

Challenges: Parents' concern for screen time and cyber wellness.

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2023-11-20 07:38:19 UTC

As lower primary school teachers (primary 1), it is important for us to promote joy of learning (transition from preschool to primary school ), focus on building adaptive thinking and critical thinking, strengthen cultural knowledge, cultivate good reading habits by creating lower primary library and good habits of reading.

Group 3

chee_wei_leng — 2023-11-20 07:38:46 UTC

Current efforts:

Exposing students to different technology and incorporated into our T&L.

Provide platform and opportunities for students to take part in independent learning.

Strengths:

Provision of professional development for staff to stay relevant.

Regularly introducing and encouraging staff to try on new technological tools.

Priorities:

Getting the staff ready, elevate their competencies.

Challenges:

Opportunities provided but students may not be motivated to take part in them whole-heartedly.

Linking engaging activities which students enjoy to the actual assessment mode.

Staff are introduced to technological tools but when they master, move on to new tool.

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2025P6 — 2023-11-20 07:39:31 UTC

Civic Literacy:

Strong peer support
Having a strong and stable learning environment.
Understanding of the school values and how these values can enhance their self development and social awareness.

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Speak a common language and set expectations for students

Learning Journey-

Set clear objectives

Inform students about the objectives

Consolidating what they have done and what they have learnt

Connecting it back to the objectives

Group11

2023-11-20 07:40:04 UTC

At p5,

we have pw allows the students to use DT to solve real life issues and to contribute to different segments of the community
We make the world our classrooms, planning learning journeys and camps to let our students explore and be more resilient. Allow our students to be more confident creator, collaborators and contributors through authentic learning experiences
Recognising student’s achievements allowing students to value diverse strengths

Group 5

joycetyk — 2023-11-20 07:40:12 UTC

Current efforts: collective collaboration, working towards common vision to better prepare our student for the future
Strength: empowering teachers with necessary skills and mind set
Priorities: staff capacity building
Challenges: Aligning of stakeholders’ mindset with school’s goals and direction

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siti_noraisha_sanusi — 2023-11-20 07:40:24 UTC

P3 level

Strength

Motivated learners, good transition from P2, open to feedback and changes,
Timely check-ins, FTGP & CCE in the woods are well tied in.
Introduction to CCAs > able to develop the students in skills and more exposure in building confidence,
PW > allow students to work in groups and present in class

Challenges

Adaptability in exam settings and readiness (time practice in class)
Diverse family background and setting expectations
Deepen / Leverage on Home-School partnership

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2023-11-20 07:40:34 UTC

It is important to strengthen the communication skills of students at the lower primary. We can continue to provide such opportunities to the students through various programmes across the subjects, i.e., PW, EL Fiesta, BLISS, Speech & Drama (MTL), Mathemagician etc.

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giving voice to our students
Close partnership with stakeholders such that the values are aligned
More project-based learning
More real world problem solving
More opportunities for collaboration and communication

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Using audiobooks - to help build students’ interests in books and reading (flip books)
Incorporating Gamification in lesson planning to complement our syllabus
Reiterating of Cyberwellness in our younger ones

Group 3

chee_wei_leng — 2023-11-20 07:41:16 UTC

Focused Area:

Critical thinking to be able to analyse and discern what they read.

Communication skills to express themselves accurately.

EQ, social skills. Empathy towards others.

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Set school values and expectations
Joy of learning

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more opportunities for students to present and to voice out opinions and co-create lessons with trs.

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Basic touch typing skills
Basic logging in into various ICT learning platforms
Basic Microsoft skills

Group 5

joycetyk — 2023-11-20 07:44:03 UTC

Inventive Thinking:
Promotes problem based learning and linking to real world situations.

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Focus:

Provide age-appropriate research questions to develop self-directed learning skills.
Group work can be facilitated via Google Classroom and Padlet.
Develop social/relationship management skills.

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2025P6 — 2023-11-20 07:44:42 UTC

1) Consistent routines, rules, expectations, processes for all subjects need to be in place in the use of technology for the students.

2) Cyberwellness: Emphasise on the responsible use of technology.

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Gamification

Set clear objectives
Flexibility- catering to the diverse needs of the students
Using extrinsic motivation

Group 3

chee_wei_leng — 2023-11-20 07:45:22 UTC

Explore on technological tools in spelling activities and speaking activities (recording and replaying).

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provide opportunities for collaboration and drive self directed learning using technology such as ALS

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Deliberation and explicit teaching of values during the lessons. (Across all subjects)

Teachers have to be familiar with the 21 CC and use the correct terms especially during teachable moments

There is a need to find time to unpack these 21 CC explicitly. (e.g. revisiting student's actions to values, using TTT for teachers to share on students persona)

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siti_noraisha_sanusi — 2023-11-20 07:45:29 UTC

Adaptive thinking - progress to higher level with new routines and different expectations maintaining joy of learning, exercising flexibility in reacting to changes

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2023-11-20 07:45:31 UTC

Helping our students to be familiarise with the use of ICT devices. Teachers can also use it more actively to make it a routine so that students can be more independent in using the devices and selecting the appropriate tool. Teachers can also emphasize on cyber-wellness and cyber-safety by role-modelling good habits and to have discussions in class.

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2023-11-20 07:45:31 UTC

more individualized feedback
more digitalized class activities (T&L)
basic ict skills
opportunities for each child

Group 5

joycetyk — 2023-11-20 07:46:09 UTC

Inculcate and promote IT skills for lower and middle primary pupils. Increase the pupils’ level of exposure to gadgets other than phone and iPads.

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siti_noraisha_sanusi — 2023-11-20 07:49:06 UTC

Improving Ed Tech in primary schools involves not only providing more ICT support and ensuring equipment readiness but also focusing on teacher training for effective integration, developing age-appropriate programme, and fostering a supportive tech infrastructure.

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Setting routines for students to be able to do SDL

Having self-responsibility and motivation to use the available platforms for SDL

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Use of Google Classroom for collaboration
Use of "Plickers" and Padlet for formative assessment
Use of video story-storytelling to promote certain genre of storybooks found in the library.