FamilyMatters@School - P1 Father-Daughter Bonding Programme - 20 July 2013

Calling all Daddies, come spend a fun morning with your daughters!

SACPS in collaboration with Ministry of Social & Family Development has invited Centre For Fathering to conduct a father-daughter bonding programme specially for the Primary Ones - "Breakfast with Dad".

Date: Saturday 20 July 2013
Time: 8.30am to 10.30am
Venue: SACPS
Fee: $10/pair (strictly one father one P1 daughter)

Details of the workshops can be found here.

Note only 20 places are available on a first come first served basis.

So hurry, send in your reply slips & payment in cash to the General Office soonest!

FamilyMatters@School Parenting Workshop - 20 July 2013

SACPS in conjunction with Ministry of Social & Family Development has invited Touch Community Service to 
conduct a parenting workshop, "Knowing Me, Knowing You", this month.

Date: Saturday 20 July 2013
Time: 9.00 am to 12.00 noon
Venue: SACPS 
Fee: $5/pax, $8/couple

Details of the workshops can be found here.

Parents who are interested to attend the workshop, please fill in required details on the reply slip and return the reply slip together with cash payment to the General Office by Thursday 11 July 2013.

The Amazing Family Race - 8 June 2013

A great way to bond with the family during the upcoming June holidays!

For more details and registration, click here.

Eat With Your Family Day - 31 May 2013

Centre For Fathering’s Eat With Your Family Day (EWYFD) is back for an 11th run. This year, EWYFD has been set for 31 May. Schools and organisations can now show their support for family life by registering for the annual event, and releasing staff early for the day.

Today’s society has caused us to be so caught up in our own agenda that sometimes our families have lost their priority in our lives.  It is ironic when parents work so hard to put food on the table, but have no time to share with their family. Centre for Fathering wants to stress the importance of regular family meals. Family cohesion and unity starts with a conscious effort in being there for the family, be it a day out, an active role in your children’s life or something as simple as the Asian culture of sharing a meal with your family.

Since its inception in 2003, EWYFD has increasingly gained support from schools and companies year after year. In 2012, some 164,696 people from 403 companies, schools and government organisations participated in the event. This year, we hope to gain the support of more than 400 organisations, and surpass 200,000 participants.

We invite you to take up the torch and spearhead this event in your company. To encourage you staff to spend time with their family by releasing them by 5pm on 31st May 2013 to have dinner with their family.

National Family Celebrations 2013

The annual National Family Celebrations is back! 

This year's Celebrations adopts the theme “100% Family: Made to Last” by going back to basics and revisiting our family values. 

Families are welcomed to attend the month-long events and programmes happening between 29 May and 29 June 2013. 

For more information, please visit www.nfc.sg.

FamilyMatters@School Parenting Workshops - April 2013

SACPS in conjunction with Ministry of Social & Family Development is organising the following parenting workshop in April 2013:

1) How to Motivate Your Child 
Saturday 13 April 2013   9am to 12pm 

2) Helping Your Child with Stress Time Management 
Saturday 20 April 2013 9am to 12pm

Details of the workshops can be found here

Parents who are interested to attend the workshops, please fill in required details on the reply slip(s) and return the reply slips(s) together with cash payment to the General Office soonest!

Parenting Seminar 2013 – Transition to Secondary One

Specially for P6 Parents!

Registration is now open for the next Parenting Seminar 2013 – 

Transition to Secondary One.

Brief details are as follows:

Date: Saturday, 20 April 2013

Time: 2.00pm-5.30pm

Venue: Ministry of Education Edutorium

Fee: Free

For more details, please refer to the link

http://www.moe.gov.sg/events/seminars-for-parents/transition-to-secondary-education/

To sign up, interested parents can log on to the above link and complete all required fields in the online registration form.

As registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis, parents do sign up early!

Welcome P1 CCEs!

A warm welcome to all new P1 CCEs!

It is definitely an exciting time as  you begin a memorable journey with your girls as they embark on their primary school life.

Thank you for visiting the CCE & SFE Booths on 3 January 2013. For those who have returned the completed CCE registration forms, we appreciate your quick response. For those who were undecided then and would now like to sign up, you can fill up the form given and ask your daughter to hand it to her form teacher. Alternatively, you may email us at cce.sacps@yahoo.com.sg with your name, daughter's name, class and do let us know if there is any specific areas that you would like to volunteer.

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

In the meantime, do browse 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 workshop!

Going Beyond The PSLE Exams - Part 2

The following was published in The Catholic News December 16, 2012, Vol 62, No 25

Dance, choir, taekwando for this all-rounder

She took part in taekwondo, Chinese dance and choir in her school, and has guitar, piano and ballet lessons outside of school. She even found time to act in the musical Annie this year.

And when the PSLE results were released, all-rounder Erika Goh scored A* for Maths and Science and A for English and Chinese.

The St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School student said she does her best to manage her time well, making use of every spare moment to either focus on her studies or get some rest in between activities.

“You shouldn’t get stressed out with the PSLE,” said the Catholic girl, adding that students should “take it as a positive thing. It’s like any exam”.

She said she would sleep at about 11pm after finishing her homework. However, she slept earlier during the exams upon the advice of her parents, “so that I won’t get a mental block”.

Her teachers also helped her and her schoolmates “by giving extra lessons after school and by telling motivational stories and offering support”, she said.

Erika’s schedule of activities would certainly tire out many students her age.

The student, who was appointed prefect in Primary Five, is a member of the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir and practises with them for four hours every Saturday.

She and her schoolmates participated in the 2012 Singapore Youth Festival in Chinese dance and Choir. “The Chinese dance rehearsals were very rigorous” right before the competition, she said.

In June, she went for the auditions for the musical Annie and was accepted. “From July onwards there were lots of rehearsals for the performance in August,” she said, adding that “it was a great experience to meet new friends and I had fun”.

Erika received her school’s Magdalenian award for her academic achievement and for being an all-rounded student.

She attends novena devotions at Novena Church. She and her family are parishioners of the Church of the Holy Trinity.

Going Beyond The PSLE Exams - Part 1

The following was published in The Catholic News December 16, 2012, Vol 62, No 25

Juggling studies, family duties and sport

Ruby Heramis received the Bakhita award from her school, St Anthony’s Canossian Primary, for being an all rounded student and rising against the challenges of life to achieve excellence.

She comes from a family of six children and, being second in the family, has the responsibility of helping her mother look after her two younger brothers aged three and five.

“When I’m at home I have to feed my baby brothers and also make sure that they take naps in the afternoons,” said Ruby. “When my siblings are asleep ... I study and do my homework.”

Nevertheless, “I’m very happy to help out at home and be a role model to my younger siblings,” she said.

Ruby, who was selected to be captain of the school netball team this year, scored an A for English, B for Maths and Science, and a Grade 4 for Chinese.

She does not have tuition.

“Being the captain of the team means that I have to be responsible for the younger ones and other team mates,” she said.

Her Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) commitment saw her juggling twice-a-week practices with studies and home commitments.

Ruby recalled that during the PSLE exams, her older brother Ryan helped cover her duties at home. She said he inspires her as he also did well in his PSLE two years ago and received awards.

She said her school has taught her to be “charitable, humble and forgiving”, qualities she attributes to a Catholic education.

Ruby says she has chosen St Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School for her secondary education.