1) The document outlines information presented at a Secondary 1 orientation for parents, including introductions of form teachers and details about new school systems like SMS attendance tracking and an e-portal. 2) Assessment and promotion criteria for Secondary 1 Express, Normal Academic, and Normal Technical streams are explained. 3) Various special programmes are listed across different subjects like English, humanities, and mother tongue to enhance student learning and experiences.

1. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING PARENTS' EVENING 8 TH January 2009

2. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING SECONDARY ONE FORM / CO-FORM TEACHERS

3. Mrs Tan-Ho Sin Hsin Heather - Sec 1 (LH)

4. Ms Gan Yueling Grace - 1E1 Form Teacher Mdm Wong Yek June Co-form Teacher 1E1

5. Ms Lim Eu Boon - 1E2

6. Ms Tan Lishi Theresa - 1E3

7. Ms Lim Buk Lan – 1E4 Ms Bai Mei Qi Co Teacher 1E1

8. Mr Eugene Yap Hern An - 1N1 Form Teacher Mrs Amutha Mani Co-form Teacher 1N1(Asst LH-Sec 1)

9. Mr Rahmat Hassan Low - 1N2

10. Mr Koh Choon Lin - 1T1 Form Teacher Ms Amy Tan

11. TO CONTACT US : http:// www.whitleysec.moe.edu.sg /

12. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING NEW SCHOOL SYSTEMS SMS Attendance Marking System E-PORTAL

13. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING SMS Attendance Marking System attendance will be tracked using the sms system. parents need to update students with their latest HP numbers message will be sent to you by system if child is not in school your reply will be captured immediately by the school

14. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING E-PORTAL Learning Management System social platform for parents and children creates awareness in parents about school’s programmes and activities

15. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING http://whitleysec.sg/eportal/index.php

16. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING TIME-TABLE

17. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING CONTINUAL ASSESSMENT (CA) SEMESTRAL ASSESSMENT (SA)

18. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING CA1 SA1 CA2 SA2 OVERALL 15% 25% 15% 45% 100%

19. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING PROMOTION CRITERIA

20. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING SEC 1 EXPRESS Promotion to Sec 2E A pass in English Language and a percentage pass in the average for all subjects Lateral Transfer to Sec 2N(A) Only a pass percentage in the average for all subjects without a pass in English

21. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING SEC 1 NORMAL (A) Promotion to Sec 2 Normal (A) A Grade 5 or better in English Language and 2 other subjects or a percentage pass in 4 subjects Lateral Transfer to Sec 2 Express A Grade 5 or better in English Language and a 70% or higher in the average for all subjects

22. SEC 1 NORMAL (T) Promotion to 2N(T) A Grade 5 or better in 2 subjects (one of which must be English / Mathematics Lateral Transfer to 2N(A) A Grade 5 or better in 2 subjects (one of which must be English / Mathematics) and 70% or higher in the average for all subjects (and deemed able to cope with N(A) courses

23. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

24. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING Head Start Programme (to know more about secondary school life) Performing Arts - Guitar Drama Bollywood Dance Sec 1 -D2N orientation camp

25. ENGLISH LANGUAGE Language Arts Programme – an IT driven project to enhance the use of English Language

26. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING Humanities Heritage Hunt and Blog Activity Bukit Timah Nature Trail (for Geography Students ) Mathematics e-learning

27. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING Mother-Tongue Newspaper reading (CL/ML/TL) Post-exam activities (CL/ML/TL) Conversational Mandarin (ML/TL) Conversational Malay (CL/TL)

28. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING Malay Language Homestay Programme (Malaysia) e-learning

29. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING Tamil Language Tamil Language & Cultural Camp Learning Journey (Malaysia) e-learning

30. Art Cyber IT Art (Enrichment Programme) Enhanced IT skills using photoshop

31. 08/01/09 SEC ONE ORIENTATION /PARENTS’ EVENING THANK YOU