Minutes of Meeting crafted for the Staff meeting held on 15 september 2017.

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Minutes of Meeting held on 15 September 2017, at 1:30 pm
to 3:00 pm in the dining area
Attendance: 5/6
Staff Present Absent with apologies
Benjamin Lim ✓
Kang Jia En ✓
Joelin Lee ✓
Teacher Anna ✓
Teacher Lina ✓
Teacher Leizl ✓
Topics:
No. Discussion/Remarks Action By Deadline
1. Welcome and Greeting & (Minutes of Last Meeting) Benjamin Lim
1.1  Welcome and follow up on meal time (N1 and
toddlers)
Benjamin Lim warmly welcomed the teachers to the staff
meeting and went through the agenda for the day’s staff
meeting.
Teacher Lina mentioned that some children were not eating
well during tea break and both Joelin Lee and Teacher Leizl
agreed as well and mentioned that it was the wheat used
that the children dislike.
Benjamin Lim asked if there were alternatives to solve the
issue (Suggestions).
Teacher Lina suggested providing cake or bread. Benjamin
Lim said it was a good suggestion but the menu should be
planned according to healthy guidelines such as the healthy
plate. Benjamin Lim suggested using whole-grain bread.
Teacher Leizl suggested introducing to the children slowly
and gradually by providing them bit by bit until they are
familiar with it. Teacher Lina suggested that this can be
done so by having one side as white bread while the other
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side as whole grain bread. Everyone agreed to the
suggestion.
1.2  Ordering of Resources
Benjamin Lim asked about the progress of ordering
resources before the new term starts. Joelin Lee mentioned
ordering earlier; about 2 months earlier. However, Teacher
Leizl said that it was too early to do so, as certain
administrative issues has to be confirmed beforehand.
Teacher Lina mentioned that processing takes time, about a
month time, with Teacher Leizl adding on that the teachers
would have to check against their lessons and theme.
Benjamin Lim confirmed with the rest of the teacher if in 3
weeks would it be fine. Everyone agreed with it and
requested to remind teachers beforehand.
Benjamin Lim 28/09/17
1.3  Events:
Teachers Day Dinner
Benjamin Lim asked about the progress of teacher’s day
dinner (Games and Montage). Teacher Lina confirmed that
the games and montage were settled and would email the
details by the end of the week.
River Safari
Teacher Leizl mentioned that the details are still not
confirmed and in progress. She mentioned that it would be
confirmed by the following Monday and details would be
disseminated through whatsapp and email.
Teacher Leizl brought up that if there were extra parents
coming, the bus would not be able to cater everyone, as not
all parents have returned the reply slip. Teacher Lina said
that K2 has 100% responses, however N1 is left with Shan
Zhe.
Chinese Lantern Festival
Benjamin Lim said that there was no change in date for the
event, as the presidential election would be a walkover and
the date would not be affected.
Tunas
Teacher Lina said that the consent form was updated and
can be sent out by the following week.
Teacher Leizl said that the dance was progressing well,
however it can still be improved with more practices. She
Teacher Lina
Teacher Leizl
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said that practices will be conducted on alternate days
before nap time.
Teacher Lina 22/09/17
2. Parent Workshop Joelin Lee
2.1  Purpose of meeting:
Joelin Lee warmly take over the time from Benjamin Lim
to talk about the purpose of workshop.
Joelin Lee raised the issue that some children are picky
over certain food. The purpose of having the workshop is to
create awareness with parents for health eating habits for
children.
2.2  Content:
Joelin Lee asked for some suggestions for the possible
content we can have for the workshop. She suggested
PowerPoint slides to start off.
Teacher Leizl recommended the change in menus or the
way we present the food to children. She suggested that the
food can be more presentable. She also suggested that
parents should be encouraged by informing them the
benefits of healthy food and the nutrition that children need.
Teacher Lina also raised the options of the alternatives
parents or teachers can have if children do not eat certain
food.
A unanimous consensus was reached for the suggestions
made by Teacher Leizl and Teacher Lina to have in the
PowerPoint slides.
Teacher Leizl offered to do a rough draft of the PowerPoint
slides and will show it during the next meeting.
Teacher Lina suggested that since the workshop is about
creating awareness and the content should be accurate, a
professional speaker should be invited.
A murmur of agreement was heard however Joelin Lee
asked what kind of speaker to invite. Teacher Lina
suggested the health promotion board (HPB) people.
Everyone seems to be indecisive about this. Joelin Lee
appointed Teacher Lina to look for more information about
the speaker before coming to a conclusion. She said for
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Teacher Leizl
Teacher Lina
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Teacher Lina to provide some information by the next
meeting.
Joelin Lee asked for other contents to be part of the
workshop. Teacher Lina suggested videos of different types
of food and presentations. Examples like “You should eat
carrots? Why? Benefit for it?”
Kang Jia En was appointed to look for possible videos and
give recommendations by next meeting. Kang Jia En 21/09/17
2.3  Kahoot:
Joelin Lee asked what else could be fun and interesting to
put in as well.
Kang Jia En further suggested that Kahoot is a good choice.
It will be a good short quiz that can know what the parents
have understood from the sharing.
Teacher Lina and Teacher Leizl nodded to the idea and
Joelin Lee asked what number of questions will be suitable
for the workshop.
Kang Jia En suggested five questions will do. Everyone
agreed. Kang Jia En offered to do the Kahoot. However it
can only be done after receiving the content of the
PowerPoint slides. She said she will try to do finish it 3
days after receiving the PowerPoint slides (21/09/17).
Kang Jia En 24/09/17
2.4  Hands-on:
Teacher Leizl mentioned that the school should work with
parents like parent-teacher partnership.
She offered hands-on activity to be conducted during the
workshop.
Kang Jia En showed a picture that she came about saying
the activity can be food-making with the parents.
The presentation of the food is nice and Teacher Lina
quickly agreed to this idea. She recommended that the
centre should use the picture Kang Jia En showed for the
workshop.
The picture is of a plate of pasta with two meatballs on it
that have faces. There is also apples that were being made
into race cars. Everyone came to a consensus on this idea.
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Joelin Lee mentioned that more details will be finalised
during the next meeting.
Joelin Lee
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2.5  Goodie bags :
Kang Jia En mentioned that it would be nice for parents to
have something to bring home such as a goodie bag. She
asked for suggestions for items to include.
Joelin Lee suggested apples since it is a workshop on
healthy eating habits.
Teacher Leizl suggested that we could include fruit and
vegetables stickers and a board for children to stick them on
when they eat healthy food. She mentioned that this could
help track what food children are eating at home. Children
could also bring it to school and do a show-and-tell session
in class.
Benjamin Lim suggested that we could include pamphlets
from Health Promotion Board for parents to learn more
information about nutrition and healthy eating habits.
The items in the goodie bags are confirmed to be:
 Apples
 Fruit and vegetable stickers & game board
 Pamphlets form HPB
Joelin Lee 20/09/17
2.6  Date, Time, Venue:
Kang Jia En asked the participants what date, time and
venue the workshop should be.
Teacher Lina suggested a Saturday as it is more convenient
for teachers.
Joelin Lee agreed and mentioned that most parents would
be more free during the weekends.
Teacher Leizl suggested that the workshop should be from
9.30am to 11am. All participants agreed to the timing of the
workshop.
It was agreed that the workshop will be on a Saturday, from
9.30am to 11am.
Teacher Lina recommended that the venue can be at the K1
class, as it is spacious and there would not be many
children on that day. The venue was confirmed to be in the
K1 class.
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2.7  Participants:
Kang Jia En suggested that the workshop should only be for
the parents of K1 and K2 children as it is very hard for
younger children to do hands-on activities with the parents.
She also voiced out that the venue would not be able to
accommodate too many parents, and the number of
participants should be limited.
Teacher Lina suggested 20 parents. Benjamin Lim
commented that it might be too many and suggested
inviting about 10-12 parents. Everybody agreed with him.
Kang Jia En suggested that to limit the number of parents,
we should only invite parents from one class.
Teacher Lina suggested K2 class, and everybody agreed.
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3. Health and Safety (Quality Rating Scale) Kang Jia En
3.1  First Aid Box:
Kang Jia En raised the issue that the first aid box include
items such as antiseptic cream and gauze pads that expired
in July 2017. The items were last checked in May 2017,
and nobody have checked it in the past months. She voiced
out that we would need a long term solution to this
problem.
Teacher Lina mentioned that assigning a teacher to check
on the items and remembering the most recent expiry date
would improve the situation. She also mentioned that the
teacher in charge, Joelin Lee, should be buying the items.
Teacher Leizl mentioned that we could remind the teacher
in charge to check on it.
Teacher Lina then commented that this is overlooked as the
assistant teacher in charge recently resigned. She suggested
finding another person to assist. Benjamin Lim was
appointed to assist Joelin Lee.
The items in the first aid boxes are to be replaced and first
aid boxes are to be checked more regularly.
Joelin Lee
Joelin Lee
Benjamin Lim
Joelin Lee
Benjamin Lim
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3.2  Temperature:
Kang Jia En said that she observed some children
mentioning that they feel cold in the classroom. She also
noticed that the temperature is set below 24°C.

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Teacher Leizl said that the K2 classroom feels hot even
when the temperature is set at 18°C. She also brought up
the fact that the K1 classroom feels cold because the air
conditioner is recently serviced.
Kang Jia En suggested that the air conditioners should be
checked and serviced more regularly.
Benjamin Lim raised the issue of the fans being on while
the air conditioners are on.
Teacher Leizl said that the air conditioners would not be
cold when the fan is not on.
Joelin Lee commented that having the temperature set
below 24°C would not be in line with the guidelines for a
conducive learning environment.
Kang Jia En mentioned that she will contact the contractor
and ask them to do a thorough check on the air conditioners
in the centre. She also recommended that the teachers can
switch on the fans, but have to switch it off when it starts to
get colder.
Kang Jia En
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4. Any Other Business
4.1 Deepavali:
Teacher Leizl asked about the celebrations for Deepavali.
Kang Jia En suggested assigning two teachers to take
charge of the celebrations.
Teacher Lina volunteered to take charge. Teacher Leizl
suggested getting Teacher Anna to assist. A proposal is to
be done up.
Lantern festival:
Teacher Leizl reconfirmed that the children would be
meeting at and leaving from the venue as their parents
would be with them.
Teacher Lina
Teacher Anna
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5. Next Meeting
5.1  Date, Time, Place:
Date: Thursday, 21 September 2017
Time: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Venue: Dining Area
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There being no other matters, the meeting ended at 2:50 pm.
Recorded by:
Benjamin Lim
Kang Jia En
Joelin Lee
Signature:
________________ _________________ _________________
Benjamin Lim Kang Jia En Joelin Lee
Vetted by:
Benjamin Lim
Kang Jia En
Joelin Lee
Date of approval:
20/09/2017