Dear Parent / Guardian

Secondary 3ENANT English Language Oral Examination 2020

The following are the dates for the Secondary 3ENANT English Language (EL) Oral Examinations 2020.

*SBB: Subject-Based Banding 

Thank you for your continual support and partnership in the education of your child/ward.

Yours sincerely 

Mr Victor Owyong

Principal

Dear Parents / Guardians

Greetings from PHS!

This is to inform you of adjustments that will be made to the curriculum time on days when the 2020 GCE N-level Listening Comprehension examinations will be conducted:

1. 16 Sep (Wed) for Sec 4NT English Language

2. 18 Sep (Fri) for Sec 4NA English Language

3. 21 Sep (Mon) for Sec 4NA Mother Tongue Language

4. 23 Sep (Wed) for Sec 4NT Basic Mother Tongue Language

In support of the above examinations, on the days when the examinations are to be conducted, some of the other classes will be dismissed earlier to allow the school to prepare for the examinations and to provide a conducive environment for the candidates. In addition to early dismissal, there will also not be a second recess for all levels on the days of the examinations. Curriculum timing may also be revised.

Please take note of the adjustments that may affect your child on 16, 21 and 23 Sep:

You may wish to make an arrangement with your child / ward to accommodate the alternative schedule. Your understanding, cooperation and support for our Secondary 4N cohort are much appreciated.

For curriculum time that may be lost due to the adjustment, the subject teachers will ensure that the coverage of teaching content will not be compromised.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely

Victor Owyong, Principal

Dear Parents,

We have prepared three video presentations on the upper secondary subject allocation.

We believe that these videos are useful in helping our Sec 2 students decide on their subject combination at upper secondary.

Please click on the following links to access the videos.

Sec 2 Express
Sec 2 Normal(Academic)
Sec 2 Normal(Technical)

You may wish to know that time was set aside for your children to watch the video and clarify any queries with their form teachers.

If you need further clarification, please type in your question using the link below:

https://go.gov.sg/subjectallo2020

Thank you

PHS Subject Allocation Team

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are glad to inform you that the PHS Graduation Tea 2020 will be held on 25th September 2020, Friday, in Presbyterian High School. In view of the Covid-19 situation, we are not able to host an annual Graduation Night for all our graduating students. Nonetheless, this tea event will include elements of Graduation Service and Graduation Night. And it will be planned by all teachers from the Sec 4/5 consortium. Please refer to the attachment for the details. 

PHS

Attachment: Letter_to_Parents_on_Graduation_Tea_2020.pdf

Dear Parents and Students

The school will be celebrating Teachers’ Day together with our 55th Thanksgiving & Honours Day on 3 September 2020 (Thursday).

The school celebrates the Thanksgiving & Honours Day yearly in our school Hall. This year due to the COVID-19 situation, the students will view the programme on video in their individual classroom. As part of the COVID-19 safety measures, there will be no intermingling between classes. The school will also provide individual bento set for all students to consume with their teachers in class. 

The dismissal time for the various levels will be staggered as follow:

Sec 1 – 10 am

Sec 2 – 10.10 am

Sec 3 - 10.20 am

Sec 4 & 5 – 10.30 am

4 September 2020 (Friday) is Teachers’ Day, students need not report to school.

Victor Owyong

Principal

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This is a follow up notification to students who are taking the GCE N-Level examinations in 2020. They can participate in the 2021 Joint Intake Exercise (JIE) to apply for admission to courses offered by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), or Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP).

SingPass accounts will be created for eligible students to apply ITE or PFP via JIE. While it is encouraged, the existing log-in process for both the JIE and PFP application will remain in place. Students will still be able to access the JIE application portal using their NRIC/FIN and Date of Birth, or the PFP portal using the unique PIN code generated on Form P.

Students will receive a mailer at their home address between 7 September and 18 September 2020, with instructions on how to activate their SingPass account.

Students who already have a SingPass account will not be issued another SingPass account or receive a mailer.

Thank you.

For more details, students can visit the website at www.singpass.gov.sg.

Dear Parents,

To support parents in building a healthy relationship with your teen, particularly when they reach adolescence, PHS is working closely with MSF & Thrive Parenting! - Parenting Support (under AMKFSC Community Services Ltd.) to offer the Positive Parenting Webinar Series, free of charge.

This is one of the most effective evidence-based-programme to help parents in raising Responsible & Competent Teenagers as well as Getting Teenagers Connected.

We encourage parents to attend these 3 Webinars on 3 Saturdays morning in August (10am-11am) on 1/08, 8/08, 15/08 via Zoom.

Seminar 1: Raising Responsible Teenagers

Date: 1 August 2020 (Saturday)

Time: 10am – 11am

Seminar 2: Raising Competent Teenagers

Date: 8 August 2020 (Saturday)

Seminar 3: Getting Teenagers Connected

Date: 15 August 2020 (Saturday)

Time: 10am – 11am

Registration starts from 20th July 2020 and ends on 24 July.  To optimise opportunities for engagement with parents, there is a registration limit of 100 participants. Please sign up early to avoid disappointment.  Only registered parents will receive the webinar link directly.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Ms Wanna Zhang at HP: 9667 5614.

Thank you.

Link

Sign-Up Link (from 20 July)

https://tinyurl.com/yb5y3t5q

Synopsis of the 3 Seminars

https://tinyurl.com/y78vst9w

Dear Parents/Guardians, 

Arrangement for early dismissal has been made to support the conduct of the National Examinations (27 July 2020) and the celebrations of National Day (7 August 2020).  Please refer to the attachment for the details. 

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Attachment: 2020/announcements/Principal_Letter_on_MTL_ LC_and_National_Day_Commemoration.pdf

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We thank you for the strong partnership in supporting our school efforts. 

As we exit from Phase 1: Safe Re-Opening to Phase 2: Safe Transition, we have some important updates that require your attention.  Please refer to the attachment for the details.

Thank you.

 Attachment: Letter for Parents_2 July 2020.pdf

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We thank you for your trust, patience and strong partnership in supporting our efforts during the Full Home-Based Learning (FHBL) in Term 2. 

With the end of the Circuit Breaker (CB) on 1 June 2020, we enter the phase of Safe Opening.  Attached is the Principal’s letter to all Parents/Guardians to update you on the teaching and learning in school.  A copy of the letter will also be available in the school’s website under the announcements page. 

Thank you once again for partnering with us to grow your child/ward in Preshigh.

Attachment : P's Letter to Parents @ 12 June 2020

In view of the evolving covid-19 situation, MOE will continue to provide some level of temporary support to MOE FAS students for 2 months. For the months of June and July 2020, a secondary student on MOE FAS will receive $40 per month respectively.

The meal provisions will be disbursed over two top-ups through School Smartcard. The first top up is from 9 June to 15 August 2020, while the second top up from 7 July to 15 August 2020. It has to be redeemed by 15 August 2020 at TransitLink Add Value Machines. There will be no extension of redemption period.
Attached is the updated list of suggested merchants that accept EZ-link payment. Alternatively, you can refer to the list of merchants at www.ezlink.com.sg/where-to-use

 Attachment: List of Suggested Merchants (Updated).pdf

Our Reference: PHS /2020/T2/019 

29 May 2020

Dear parents / guardians

With the end of the Circuit Breaker on 1 Jun 2020, we enter the phase of safe opening. 2 Jun 2020 marks the beginning of a brand new school term. This new term with new arrangements and routines will be a new normal for all of us.

We hope that this issue of Parent Kit will help you to understand Back to School arrangements better and how you can guide your children to adjust back to school.

We also ask for your support to keep our school and children safe, as you have done before the start of Full HBL. Pages 7 to 10 of the Parent Kit provides information on how you can do so.

At PHS, we are working behind the scenes to prepare our school to ensure the safety our students so that learning can continue when school re-opens. We look forward to welcoming our students back in school!

Thank you and keep safe!

Yours faithfully,

Victor Owyong

Principal

Attachment: Resource Kit - Parent Kit - Back to School.pdf

Link:  go.gov.sg/pg-back-to-school-video

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 With the end of the Circuit Breaker period on 1 June 2020, we will progressively bring students back to school from 2 June 2020, in a careful and safe manner.

From 2 June 2020, our graduating students and students who need additional support will return to school daily. The other levels will rotate weekly between Home-Based Learning (HBL) and returning to school for lessons. The school will ensure that safe management measures are in place to keep our students safe. Click on the attachment for more details on the measures and arrangements.

Our teachers will continue to monitor the progress of your child and be in regular contact with you and your child to provide support during this transition. MOE will continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation. We urge you to rely on official sources of information and not to circulate any unconfirmed information. If you have any further queries, please contact any of the officers below

Thank you.
PHS Website Team

 Attachment: Letter to Parents Term 3

Dear Parents / Guardians

Term 2 of this academic year has been a very different one from previous years because of the precautionary measures that have been put in place to contain Covid-19.  We thank God that PHS staff and students have been kept safe from Covid-19 and we continue to seek His protection. We have been on Full Home-Based Learning (FHBL) since the third week of this term on 8 Apr 2020 and last week MOE had announced that the school holidays will be brought forward to commence on 5 May 2020.

Please refer to the attached letter from the principal, on the adjustments that MOE and our school would be making in the light of these changes. 

Attachment: Letter to Parents

Dear Parents / Guardians,

Thank you for standing by your teens and supporting the school through the HBL period! 

With the upcoming holidays, your teens will be spending more time at home. This will be a wonderful opportunity for you to deepen your relationship with your teens and bond more as a family. By making small changes to what you say and do, you can relate better to your teenager, and equip them with the much needed support and positive attitude needed for life.  

This issue of Parent Kit provides you with tips on how you can frame your conversations with your teenagers positively, and things you can do to guide your teenagers to become mentally and emotionally resilient. It also suggests ways in which your family (your teens included) can bond while showing care for each other.

Stay safe and keep healthy.

Thank you.

Mr Victor Owyong

Principal

Presbyterian High School   

Attachment: Resource Kit - HBL (Part 4).pdf

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Our Prime Minister has announced yesterday that the circuit breaker period would be extended from 4 May 2020 to 1 Jun 2020.

We wish to thank parents for your support and acknowledge the hard work of teachers, parents and students to implement Home Based-Learning (HBL) since 8 Apr. In view of this, MOE has decided to bring forward the Mid-Year School Holidays, it will be from 5 May 2020 (Tue) to 1 Jun 2020 (Mon).
Term 3 will start on 2 Jun (Tue). It will last for 14 weeks, ending on 6 Sep (Fri). There will be an additional Mid-Term Break from 20 July 2020 to 26 July 2020.

Thank you.

Click here for CNA Link

The Government has provided a range of support to Singaporeans, including families with school-going children who are affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 and the resultant circuit breaker measures. During this circuit breaker period, MOE, with support from the Sayang Sayang Fund launched by the Community Foundation of Singapore, will extend meal subsidies to your child/ward regardless of whether he/she returns to school during full HBL. This provision will apply for the full HBL until 4 May 2020.

MOE will disburse the school meal subsidies via two top-ups to eligible students’ School Smartcard. Each child/ward will receive a total of $120. The School Smartcard can be used to purchase food and essential groceries at selected hawker centres, food courts, minimarts, convenience stores and supermarkets as listed in the following URLs:

Your child/ward can redeem the extended meal subsidies at any Transit Link Add Value Machine once every two weeks, starting from 14 April 2020.  The locations of  Transit Link Add Value Machines can be found at this URL, https://www.transitlink.com.sg/PSdetail.aspx?ty=art&Id=29.

You could also obtain the details from the 2 attachments.

Thank you.

Attachments

List of Suggested Merchants

FAQs for Redemption of Extended Meal Subsidies through School Smartcard

Dear Parents/Guardians

 Please refer to the attached document for information on Full Home-Based Learning.

 
Thank you

Victor Owyong

Principal

Attachment

Dear Parents/Guardians, 

In a message sent to you via PG on 29 Mar 2020, we had shared that we would be implementing the Staggered Dismissal Times from 30 Mar onwards.

As a follow up, we are providing you with information on the dismissal times on all days.  Please take note that our school follows a two week time-table schedule and that dismissal times vary for different classes as they take different subject combinations. The parents' letter for each level is hyperlinked below.

Sec 1

Sec 2

Sec 3

Sec 4/5