‘Growing a Big Heart’ Values Driven Character and Citizen Education … ‘Where Character Shines’

1. ‘Growing a Big Heart’ Values Driven Character and Citizen Education… ‘Where Character Shines’ Values Education, articulated and reinforced through Integrated School-based Values Education and Various Values-in-Action Programmesin Partnership with the Community.

2. Lesson on Values

3. GROWING A BIG HEART WHITE SANDS PRIMARY SCHOOLCHARACTER AND CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME

4. Approach to Character Education • Key CCE Programmes • Integration of CCE in the curricular and co-curricular programmes • Partnerships with stakeholders to promote CCE • Question & Answer Session Flow of presentation

5. MISSION To Nurture Caring Hearts, Creative Minds and Confident Individuals

6. VISION To be a vibrant school where character shines and talents soar

7. SCHOOL VALUES Respect Responsibility Resilient Rallying Together

8. SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY We believe that every child has unique talents and abilities that can be developed to his/her fullest potential if his/her emotional and physical needs are met.

9. Twin Pillars of a Holistic Education • Pictures of • the activity in action – issuing of card, • Pupils’ responding to it • Pupils greeting in classroom, bowing Character Education Academic Excellence VALUES EDUCATION

10. WHITESANDIANS WITH A BIG HEART Cce VISION

11. WHITESANDIANS • WITH A • BIG HEART Confident Creative Caring Respectful Responsible Resilient Rally Together

12. WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IP Areas

13. Explicit and implicit inculcation • of values • Integration of Values Education • in curricular and co-curricular • subjects • Values inculcation through • School Based Programmes APPROACH TO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

14. Pupil Leadership& CCA Programmes CCE Programmes in MT Languages VIA – CIP GIFT EXPLICIT TEACHING OF cce WITHIN THE CURRICULUM

15. Current Affairs: Newspaper Reports ‘I CAN’ Programme Sports/CCA/ Aesthetics Implicit TEACHING OF cce WITHIN/ Outside THE CURRICULUM

16. Structured Assembly Programme • LIVES Lessons: Integration in EL • WOW • Di ZhiGui: Integration in CL Key programmes promoting CCE

17. KEY PROGRAMME 1: Structured Assembly Programme

18. STRUCTURED ASSEMBLY PROGRAMMES SEL 4R Values C2015 Outcomes

20. CCEVIA PACKAGES

21. CCE INTEGRATION IN TOTAL CURRICULUM CCE Integration in Total Curriculum

22. KEY PROGRAMME 2:INTEGRATION IN ELLearning and Inculcating Values Education via Stories (LIVES) Lessons

23. LEARNING AND INCULCATING VALUES EDUCATION VIA STORIES (LIVES LESSONS) 3 – 4 periods per term Integration with EL and SS Books with stories aligned to our school values P3: Stories on Care P4: Stories on Resilience (Endurance) P5: Stories on Humility & Being Responsible P6: Stories on Respect

25. KEY PROGRAMME 3:INTEGRATION IN ELWhispers of Wisdom (WOW) : Short Stories with Morals in EL

27. WHISPERS OF WISDOM - WOW • Ignite interest via stories • Short texts with moral lessons • Conducted once a fortnight • Before school • 10 – 15 minutes • Class discussions on the values/moral of story

28. KEY PROGRAMME 3:INTEGRATION IN 3 MT LANGUAGESWhispers of Wisdom (WOW) : Short Stories with Morals in MT

29. WOW IN MT LANGUAGES • Extended to MT Languages in 2013 for P4 Pupils • Plans to Primary 3 – Primary 6 pupils as part of MT CCE lessons from 2014 • Teachers to instill values through Value Based Stories • (storybooks, videos and I-pad story applications) • Pupils to do role play or craft work base on the stories • All lessons will end with a reflection of impact whether as an individual or as a group

30. Primary 3 Theme: I can! Value: Resilience Story of a Butterfly

31. ‘Flower Madam’ Story on Resilience ‘Soldiers with Pride’ Story on Respect

32. Primary 3 Theme: I can! Value: Resilience State words of encouragement to a friend who is going through a difficult time

33. STORIES ON VALUES USING IPAD Download Tamil Story Apps from the Ipadwhich cater to the different abilities of the pupils (HP, MP and LP).

34. TL STORY APPS Stories for LP Pupils • Variety of genres • Stories that can be customised to suit pupils’ needs Stories for HP and MP Pupils

35. Higher Progress Middle Progress Lower Progress

36. KEY PROGRAMME 4:INTEGRATION IN CLDi ZhiGui – Vocabulary Building Through Stories with Morals

37. DI ZHI GUI

38. Teachers Telling Stories To Engage Pupils Giving Out Of Phrase Cards

39. PUPILS CARRYING OUT VALUES IN PRACTICE AT HOME

40. KEY PROGRAMME 5:PLATFORMS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES

41. PUPILS’ CCE EXPERIENCE Providing Platforms for Our Pupils’ Character to SHINE

42. EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION PLATFORMS TO STRETCH TALENTS AND DEVELOP CHARACTER IN STUDENTS • GOTCHA • ‘I Can’ Programme • VIA: PROJECT SHINE

43. KEY PLATFORM 1: “GOTCHA!” We want to ‘catch’ you doing good things!

44. FOR EVERY 3 GOOD DEEDS, YOU WILL GET 1 COLOURFUL BOOK MARK

47. KEY PLATFORM 2:“I CAN!” PROGRAMME

48. “I CAN” PROGRAMME Reporting the News : A Skit (P4D) Singing ‘I’m Yours’ by Jason Mraz (P6B&C)

49. KEY PLATFORM 3:VALUES IN ACTION: PROJECT SHINE

50. PROJECT SHINE