Children's Day 2011 - 6 October 2011

Children’s Day was celebrated in school on 6 October 2011 and it definitely was a fun and exciting day for the girls.

On top of the slightly longer recess, the girls were each treated to a cup of Matkool Ice Cream and a pack Potato Chips. There was also a surprise lucky dip and it was a sure win as each girl walked away with items such as stationery, stickers and hair accessories. Girls were delighted with the Henna and Tattoo booths which saw long queues as CCEs manning these booths worked tirelessly on the craft for the girls.

Check out the pictures of the day here.

Mrs Corinna Foo and the CCE Exco would like to thank the parents who have answered our call and generously donated cash & items to make the event possible. Thanks also to all the CCEs who helped out during the AM & PM sessions - you were great in taking on the assigned roles so that we could ensure all 1400 girls had their share of goodies in the quickest and orderly manner.

Children's Day 2011 - Updated

Thank you to all parents who have already generously contributed towards our school Children's Day Celebration!

Since our last appeal, we now realise the event will be held concurrently with Lower Primary Games Day. As such, due to time and space constraint, we will scrap the international games booths. Instead, we will now be setting up tattoo/henna booth as well as a lucky dip booth. Distribution of free ice cream will still be the highlight of the day.

All the items donated as token for games booths previously will be used for lucky dip. We hope that all of 1350 girls will be able to get at least one token from the lucky dip. Todate, we have yet to reach the desired number of tokens.

Once again, we are appealing for your generosity to donate the following items :

1) Tokens for Lucky Dip (Stationery/Hair Accessories)

2) Cash Donation (preferred) - all donations for this appeal will be spent for Children's Day only.

For Token Donation:

All items should be new and unused, any quantity will be acceptable.

Please put your items in a plastic bag, label the bag "Children's Day"with your daughter's name and class and submit it to General Office by 21 September 2011.

For Cash Donation:

Kindly give your donations in the form of cash or cheque make payable to "SACP Magdalenian Fund".

Please write "Children's Day Donation" with your daughter's name and class at the back of the cheque and submit it to General Office by 21 September 2011.

Parents, we look forward to your kind generosity.

Let's make this Children’s Day a memorable one for our girls!

“WE WELCOME FAMILIES” Week 2011

The Businesses for Families Council (BFC) is organizing the “We Welcome Families Week” from 3 Sept (Saturday) to 11 Sept (Sunday) to raise awareness of family-friendly businesses. Families get to enjoy special family deals during this September school holidays.

Look out for attractive deals, special promotions and family packages at family-friendly establishments across Singapore. These establishments can be identified by the Businesses for Families Marker accreditation logo (red) or the Pledger logo (blue). Download the new ‘We Welcome Families Mobile Application’ on iPhone and Android handsets to enjoy these fabulous family offers!

During the week, you can also participate in ‘We Welcome Families’ Photo Contest. Submit a 2-Generation photo of your family creatively showing a family-friendly feature at your favourite business establishment and stand a chance to win weekly cash prizes of $150 or grand prize of $1,000. It’s that simple!

Keep a lookout for fun family activities on 10 September (Saturday) at nex @ Serangoon Central. You can join the challenging ‘We Welcome Families’ Race and enjoy the edu-taining puppet show and much more! See you and your family there!

More information of the above can be found here.

Children's Day 2011

This year, the CCE Exco is organising a fun-filled Children's Day with an ice-cream treat and international games booths on 6 October 2011.

CCEs will be setting up game booths of different nationalities to give our girls an opportunity to appreciate international children's games. We are appealing for donations for the tokens to be given out at the game booths. You may like to donate the following items :

1) Stationery

2) Hair accessories

3) Stickers

We are also hoping to purchase ice cream for the girls. To make this delighful experience possible, we are appealing to parents to donate to the purchase of the ice-cream. This donation can be of any amount. Your generosity will determine the quantities and flavours that we can offer to the girls.

For Token Donation:

All items should be new and unused, any quantity will be acceptable.

Please put your items in a plastic bag, label the bag "Children's Day"with your daughter's name and class and submit it to General Office by 20 September 2011.

For Cash Donation:

Kindly give your donations in the form of cash or cheque make payable to "SACP Magdalenian Fund". Please write "Children's Day Donation" with your daughter's name and class and submit it to General Office by 20 September 2011.

We look forward to your kind generosity.

Together, we can make this Children’s Day a memorable one for our girls!

SFE Programme - How to Beat Exam Stress 5 August 2011

With exams just about 2 months away, come join us for our August parenting workshop "How to Beat Exam Stress" where speaker Donus Loh will guide parents on how to tackle this stressful period with our children.

Details of the talk as follows:

Date: Friday 5 August 2011

Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm (light dinner will be served @ 6.30pm)

Venue: SACPS Performing Arts Room 1 (Level 1)

Fee: $5/person, $8/couple

Copy of the flyer has been distributed to the girls.

Send in your reply slip together with cash payment to the General Office by Wednesday 27 July 2011.

SFE Programme - Understanding Your Child Through Handwritting Analysis

Can handwritting really indicate if a child is happy, depressed, stressed, confident or insecured?

Come join us for a parenting workshop where together with William Pang, a certified handwritting expert, we will find out how the handwritting of our children can provide us with a better understanding of them.

Details of the talk as follows:

Date: Friday 22 July 2011

Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm (light dinner will be served @ 6.30pm)

Venue: SACPS Performing Art Room 2 (Level 1)

Fee: $5/person, $8/couple

The flyer has been distributed to the girls. Send in your reply together with cash payment to the General Office by Wednesday 13 July 2011.

Any further enquiries, please email to sacps_sfe@yahoo.com.sg

SFE Programme - My Father, My Hero - 28 May 2011

Check out the photos here

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Let's celebrate Father's Day early this year with My Father, My Hero programm!

Start off the day with a meaningful and fun interaction session for daddies and daughters as they play bonding games. Thereafter, while daddies pick up better communication skills @ a short talk "Turning the Hearts of The Children to Their Fathers" by Jason Ng, the girls will do some art & craft activity.

Date: Saturday 28 May 2011

Time: 8.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: School Canteen

Fee: $20/pair (inclusive of refreshment & art material)

The flyer has been distributed to all girls, do register early as only 40 places are available on a first come first serve basis. Send in your reply slip together with payment to the school's General Office by Wednesday 18 May 2011.

SFE Programme - Mother & Daughter Day for P3-P6 - 14 May 2011

Check out the slideshow on the right!

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Calling all P3-P6 mummies and daughters, come spend some time together and build memories that last through a Picture Frame Making Workshop

After refreshment and some games, the girls will continue with their art and craft activities while mummies can pick up some tips on Effective Communication with Your Daughters by Michelle Soliano from Family Life Society.

Date: Saturday 14 May 2011
Venue: School Canteen
Time: 8.30am - 12.30pm
Fee: $20/pair (includes refreshment and art materials)

The flyer has been distributed to all P3-P6 girls, do register early as only 40 places are available on a first come first serve basis. Send in your reply slip together with payment to the school's General Office by Wednesday 4 May 2011.

SFE Programme - A Date with Dad - 9 April 2011

Check out the slideshow on the right!

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Dads & Daughters, go on a date together to engage in some fun-filled and exciting activities to build stronger bonds that last!

Date: Saturday 9 April 2011

Venue: School Canteen

Time: 8.30am - 12.30pm

Fee: $20/pair (includes painting materials & light refreshment)

The workshop includes a t-shirt painting activity for each father-daughter pair where you will design as a team to foster creativity, ideas and bond at the same time. Please bring along a white/light coloured t-shirt for this activity.

Thereafter, let your hair down, get up on your feet and dance with joy at a Happy Feet programme.

The flyer has been distributed to the girls, only 50 places are available - do register early as its on a first-come-first serve basis. Send in your reply slip with payment to the General Office by Wednesday 30 March 2011.

43rd Annual Track & Field Meet 10 March 2011

Under the hot and blistering sun, the P3-P6 girls came together for the 43rd Annual Track & Field Meet on Thursday 10 March 2011.

The competitors for the day lived up to the athlete's pledge they took at the opening of the meet and sportsmanship was the name of the game throughout the morning. Girls who were not competing gave their all by cheering for their respective houses and friends.

The highlight of the morning was the Parents Race - its was heartening to see so many parents coming forward to take part in it and this thrilled the girls.

Equally thrilling was the Teachers Race which got many girls up on their feet cheering the teachers who were representing their houses.

Congratulations to all participants of the meet and thank you parents, your presence today @ Bedok Stadium meant a lot to your daughters!

Check out the slideshow on the right :-)

MOE ExCEL Fest 2011

MOE ExCEL Fest is an annual event that celebrates and shares exciting and innovative practices in schools. It is also a platform for parents and members of the public to find out more about the latest developments in our education landscape. MOE ExCEL Fest 2011 will be open to the public on 2 April 2011 (Saturday) at the Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The theme for ExCEL Fest 2011, Different Pathways to Success: Strong Fundamentals, Future Learnings, turns the spotlight on the diverse pathways in Singapore’s education landscape. The diversity of opportunities caters to children with different needs and abilities. Through these opportunities, we aim to nurture our children to realise their fullest potential, to equip them with knowledge and skills to face future challenges, and to prepare them with the foundation for lifelong learning.

Visit the MOE PAVILION and schools’ EXHIBITION BOOTHS to gain insights into different types of schools and education choices and find out more about what they can offer your child.

Attend SHARING SESSIONS and SEMINARS to learn more about topics chosen specially for parents. Highlights include:

- Changes to the primary education landscape and how they will affect your child

- Different education choices and routes available and how they can help to maximise your child’s talents

- Cultivating soft-skills for the future – how to develop skills that are essential for your child to succeed in the 21st Century

Sharing Sessions and Seminars on 2 April are now open for registration!

Limited seats are available.

Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.

Don’t wait, register now at www.excelfest.com

Workshop on Guided Reading Skills for Parents

The Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL) and CDAC (Chinese Development Assistance Council) is organizing a workshop on reading Chinese picture books for pupils, parents and parent volunteers. Admission is FREE. Details as follows:

Date: Saturday 12 March 2011
Time: 1pm to 4.30pm
Venue: Hall at CDAC (65 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore 436957)

(If your child is currently in Primary 2 or 3, you may wish to enroll her for the guided reading activities on that day)

Parents who are interested to join this workshop, you may contact Ms Xu Yishi (CDAC) directly at 66035532 or email yishi@cdac.org.sg

Closing Date: 9 March 2011

CCE Recognition Award for Year 2010

This happy group of CCEs was recognised by the school for their active volunteerism in school events in 2010 during the Canossian Saints Day celebration on 25 February 2011.

Mrs Corinna Foo and the Exco members would like to thank all CCEs for volunteering their time and energy in 2010 and we look forward to your continued support and more CCEs coming forward in 2011!

Do look out for our email blast for help! If you are yet to be in the loop and wish to be included, please email to cce.sacps@yahoo.com.sg indicating your name, contact number, daughter's name and class.

SFE Parenting Talk fo Parents - Motivating Your Child To Excel

After an enjoyable year-end holidays and the recent festivities, its time for our girls to get down to some serious work! How do we motivate our children in the coming months as they come face to face with tests and exams?

The School Family Life Centre is organising a talk "Motivating Your Child To Excel" to help parents rediscover your children and equip parents with the tools to develop and enhance your childrens' strength:

Date: Friday 4 March 2011

Time: 6.30 - 9.00pm

Venue: Performing Arts Room 2, SACPS Level 1

Speaker: Mr Johnny Ong

Fee: $5/pax, $8/couple

The flyer with details of the talk and speaker has been distributed to the girls and copy of it is here for your easy reference

Those interested in attending the workshop, please return the reply slip with cash payment to the General Office by 23 February 2011.

parenTHINK Forum 2011

The release of Amy Chua's recent book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, has sparked debate on the acceptable limits of discipline, with many criticising her harsh disciplinarian tactics as abusive. The recent furore serves as a timely reminder of a pertinent issue in parenting - what exactly is the difference between discipline and abuse and where should one draw the line.

Raffles Institution's Community Advocates is pleased to invite parents of SACPS to parenTHINK, a forum organised by students from the CCA with support from the Singapore Children's Society to promote discussion and understanding on the highly contagious issue of discipline.

Details of the Forum as follows:

Date: Saturday 26 March 2011

Time: 8.15am to 11.00am

Venue: Raffles Institution (Years 5&6) Performing Arts Centre

Registration is free and a morning tea is provided.

The forum will see a brief introduction on the topic by the students, followed by an expert panel discussion featuring notable experts such as Dr Daniel Fung, Senior Consultant and Chief of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Mr Alex Lee, Member of the Panel of Advisers, Juvenile Court; Child Protection Officers from MCYS and Research Officers from the Singapore Children's Society.

Please log on to http://parenTHINK.comuf.com/ for further details and to register.

SACPS parents who will be attending this workshop, please email you name, daughter's name & class to the SFE Co-ordinator at sacps.sfe@yahoo.com.sg

Canossian School Holds 1st Mass @ Temporary Site

Following is a report in The Catholic News 13 February 2011 Vol 61 No 33 by Paula Png:

Students and staff of St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School celebrated their first Mass at the school’s holding site at Bedok North Road, having moved from Bedok North Avenue 4 late last year.

The temporary move was part of the Education Ministry’s plans to improve and upgrade the facilities of the old building. The Jan 10 Mass, celebrated by Father Johnson Fernandez, marked the beginning of the new school year as well as a new chapter in the school’s history. Joining the school community in prayer were the Canossian Sisters and Ms Grace Tan, principal of Canossa Convent Primary school.

The celebration concluded with a teachers’ dedication prayer and a students’ commitment prayer, in which both educators and pupils asked for God’s blessings and strength to stay committed to their endeavours through the new academic year.

“As I looked around the hall at the eager faces of the little girls, I wondered what is going on in their minds and hearts at such school Masses,” commented Sr Cecily Pavri, supervisor of the Canossian schools.

“Some appear to be mildly present, others fidget restlessly but at those moments in the liturgy when they were invited to be still and pray, it amazed me at how angelically deep into prayer they were.”

She added, “I firmly believe that a Catholic school is privileged to structure such strong moments of connecting with the divine into the school programme. It is imperative that we nurture the inner anchors of our children so that all other curricula can rest strong on this God foundation.”

The school community expects to return to its refurbished building in 2013.

School Family Education - MCYS Jan 2011 Newsletter

The School Family Education (SFE) Programme is another family life education effort by Family Education Department, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).

The SFE e-newsletter aims to provide updated information on SFE and other family life education programmes and happenings. In each issue, a short article on parenting issues will also be shared.

The January 2011 issue can be found here.

MCYS would like to hear from you on how they can make this e-newsletter and the SFE programme better. If you have any suggestions or feedback or wish to contribute to the e-newsletter, please contact mcys_sfe@mcys.gov.sg

CCE Exco

The CCE Exco is a core team of parents who supports the school in planning and organising events or programmes which involve parents. The team also liases with other CCEs to promote parent involvement in school activities.

Following is the updated organisational chart of the CCE Exco:

Hello P1 Parents!

Welcome all new P1 parents!

The year ahead will be an exciting one as you begin a memorable journey with your girls as they embark on their primary school life.

Many of you have signed up to be in the loop during the orientation on 4 January 2011 and we thank you for your quick response. For those who were undecided and would now like to sign up, you can fill up the form given and ask you daughter to hand it to her form teacher. Alternatively, you may email us at cce.sacps@yahoo.com.sg to let us know.

All contact details will be added to our database and you would receive email blasts in due course.

In the meantime, do read through the blog to see what we have been up to the last few years and do check in on the blog on regular basis to keep abreast of what is happening.

See you soon @ a CCE event or @ a SFE parent workshop!

School Family Education - MCYS Family Bonding Contest

MCYS would like to invite all parents to take part in the Family Bonding Contest.

Email your best family bonding idea (limited to 80 words) which you have done during the year end holidays to mcys_sfe@mcys.gov.sg

Don't forget to include your name, contact number, email address, mailing address, and name of SFE School. The best 10 entries will receive a $20 NTUC Voucher!
Closing Date: 17 January 2011