Mother's Day Flower Sale 2010

With Mother's Day round the corner, the School held a Mother's Day Flower Sale on Thursday 29 April 2010. Proceeds from the sale go to the School Building Fund.

This flower is the fruit of labour of a few CCEs who spent several hours hand making them. Simple as it looks, it nevertheless wowed the girls. The sale was overwhelming during the am and pm recesses.

Thank you girls for showing your love for mum and we are sorry we had to turn away many of you as the flowers were snapped up very quickly.

Thank you to all CCEs who turn up to support the School in this activity!

DadsforLife Conference 2010

DadsforLife is holding their inaugural conference in May! The conference is part of an exciting line-up of events to celebrate Fatherhood.

Renowned international and local speakers will be there to share their journeys of fatherhood and experiences of transformational relationships with their children.

Full details of the Conference can be found here

Fathers of SACPS girls who will be attending this conference, kindly provide your name, contact details, daughter's class and tickets stubs to the SFE Co-ordinator, Ms Margarette Taylor, via the School General Office no later than 2 weeks after the conference.

Family Bonding 1 Day Trip to Kukup, JB

Come mid May, the exams will be over and it will be time for fun! What better way than to come join in a Family Bonding 1 Day Trip to Kukup, JB organised by the School Family Education Centre on Saturday 15 May 2010.

Full details of the trip can be found here.

Deadline to submit reply slips would be Friday 30 April 2010.
Do book your places early as its only limited to 80 pax!

How To Beat Exam Stress

With the exams round the corner, the likelihood of both parents & girls being stressed out is very high. Hence, the School Family Life Centre will be inviting Mr Jason Ng, a speaker with the Family Life Society, to give a talk entitled How To Beat Exam Stress. The talk is to help empower parents with the skills and mindsets to help their children cope with exams and reduce their stress effectively.

Details of the talk as follows:

Date: 30 April 2010 (Friday)

Time: 7.30-9.30pm

Venue: Magdalenian Centre, SACPS Level 1

Fee: $5/per person, $8/couple

(Cash Payment Only)

More information of the workshop & speaker can be found on the invite which will be given to all girls. Reply (with payment) is to be returned to the General Office. Deadline is Friday 23 April 2010. Limited space available, do register early to avoid disappointment.

Alternatively, a copy of the invite is attached here

Talk For Parents - Transition to Secondary One

The above talk is organised by Centre for Advancement of Family Education Pte Ltd (CAFE), and supported by Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and Ministry of Education (MOE).

Date: Saturday 22 May 2010
Time: 2.00pm - 5.30pm (Registration starts at 1.30pm)
Venue: Victory Hall, 743 Hersing Hub, Level 8, Toa Payoh Lorong 5 (nearest MRT: Toa Payoh)
Fee: $5.00 per person
Closing Date: 15 May 2010

More details of the talk can be found here - http://fcd.ecitizen.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/7F61AE86-0DAD-474A-BB53-C75F86D0C295/0/Parentingseminar2010Flyer.pdf

As the response of this talk is overwhelming every year, the school has managed purchased 10 tickets. The first 10 to email the school's SFE Co-ordinator, Ms Margarette Taylor at sacps_sfe@yahoo.com.sg will be able purchase the tickets direct from the school.

Otherwise, tickets can be purchased direct from the organiser - ticketing contact can be found in the above flyer as well.

School Family Education @ SACPS

SACPS strongly believes in working in partnership with parents to provide the best education for our pupils. As the adult role models in our childrens' life, the school sees the importance of bonding as a family in order to build stronger relationship with our children. Year on year, the School Family Education Centre (SFEC) has organised programmes to cater to these needs.

Upcoming events are as follows:

30 April 2010 - Talk for Parents: Help you Child Beat Exam Stress
15 May 2010 - Family Bonding Trip to Kukup
25 May 2010 - Tea Time Talk cum Jewellery Making session for Parents

More information on the above programmes will be annouced in due course. Do note that a nominal fee is usually charged to cover operating course.

To help us in our role as parents, the SFEC has a collection of family education resources such as books and DVDs. The SFE Centre located on the 1st level, next to the General Office, is open every Tuesday from 9am to 2pm and parents are welcome to come by to utilise or borrow these resources.

Free Seminar for Parents

Actionpreneur Pte Ltd is conducting the following seminar that ensures your child applies what they learn.

Do You Think Your Child Can Actually Achieve Better Result In School But They Are Not?
(This workshop is suitable for children from age 9 - 17)

Do you realize that your child has the potential to excel in school, but they did not?
Do you realize that your child is smart but they could not do well in exam?
If your child is smart and has the potential, then why they are not achieving a remarkable result?
What can be the reasons?

Unless you discover the reasons for their underachiever’s performance, you could not help them at all.

There are many factors contributing to a child's inability to perform well in school.
Sending your child to tuition may not be the only solution. Tuition may not address the issues that your child is facing. It is like giving panadol to a cough patient, he is not going to be cured.
Your child may face some other issues that is not academic related, but can affect them academically.

So how are you going to help your child? What are some of the issues that you child may be facing that is affecting their results in school?

We would like to invite you to this FREE Youth Success Seminar to find out:

- Why does MY child lack the motivation to study?
- 5 steps to help MY child get better result in school.
- Why some study strategies does not work for MY child
- How to raise MY child’s confidence level.
- How to help MY child to study more effectively.
- How can MY child acquire positive attitude in life.

SMS to 9637 2267 NOW to reserve your seat or send an email to info@actionpreneur.com

Register NOW to secure your seats early. (Limited to 30 seats ONLY)
You may bring your children to the seminar.

Dates:3rd April or 4th April 2010
Time:3pm to 5pm
Venue: 10 Winstedt Road, Block B #01-12 Trainers Resource Centre
(5 mins walk from Newton Food Centre. Next to ACS Junior)
Map: Click link for direction http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_1/travel_site_21032/5/
Nearest MRT station: Newton MRT

An Invitation - Fathers@School and Dads For Life Website Launch

The Dads for Life movement was launched in November 2009 as a community movement to inspire fathers to be good influencers in their childrens' lives.

The Fathers@Schools programmes, to be launched on 1 April 2010, is intended to support the objectives of the movement by providing a focal point to promote fathers involvement in their childrens education and to mobilise and support fathers to be role models to their children and to be more active in their childrens lives. Participating schools receive $2000 funding annually to support the development of father-focused activities in schools.

Parent representatives from the school are invited to the launch where more information about the movement and the Fathers@Schools programmes will be shared.



Alternatively, for more information on Fathers@Schools, as well as the Dads for Life Movement, can be found @ www.dadsforlife.sg.

Lenten Reflection

This is a special invite to all Catholic parents of P4 to P6 girls.
The school with the support of the Praying Parents is organising the above event on Friday 12 March 2010, 6.00-8.00pm.
The evening's program details are as follows:

1) 6.00-7.00pm - Parents Session
Faith Formation by Sr Janet Wang, Head of SACPS Chaplaincy Team
Topic: Greatest Love
Venue: Chapel

2) 7.00-8.00 pm - Parents & Children Session
Stations of the Cross
Venue: Festival Court

Non-Catholic parents are welcome to join in the sessions if they wish to participate.
We look forward to seeing you!

CCE Recognition

Every year, CCEs who have contributed on a regular basis are recognised for their voluntary services to the school during the Canossian Saints Day celebration.

Receiving their awards on 26 February 2010 during the am session celebration were Michelle Khoo, Devy Suleiman and Charles Wee from the CCE Exco.


(L-R) Ms Helen Hong (VP), Charles Wee, Mrs Eugenie Tan (P), Devy Suleiman

Another group of parents who received their awards during the pm session celebration were the ladies from the Praying Parents - Sylvia Ng, Sheila Tan, Karen Misson, Priscilla Seet, Julie Ngiam and Caroline de Silva.


(L-R) Sylvia Ng,Sheila Tan,Karen Misson,Priscilla Seet,Julie Ngiam,Caroline de Silva, Theresa Yong

Congratulations to all recipients!