Parents’ Seminar

1. Parents’ Seminar 2010 College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

2. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Programme Principal’s Address Leadership Development Programmes Co-Curricular Activities Knowledge Management Portal JC Curriculum Q & A College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

3. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Principal’s Address College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

4. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Mission College of the Nation:home of Scholars and Leaders who serve with honour College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

5. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Vision NJCians have sound moral values and a deep sense of responsibility to College and Country Their passion for knowledge is nurtured in a vibrant learning environment which fosters academic excellence, critical and creative thought and an enterprising spirit They are prepared to lead with sensitivity and serve with honour College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

6. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Values Leadership with Sensitivity Scholarship with Creativity Loyalty with Integrity Service with Honour College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

7. Parents’ Seminar 2010 College Achievements Thinking Culture Award (Best School, Zonal, National) Lee Kuan Yew Award (NE) College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

8. Parents’ Seminar 2010 NJC Personality Trail Blazing Passionate Caring Resilient College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

9. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Maximising Your Child’s Education • Know Your Child’s School Activities • Participate in Your Child’s School Life • Be Involved with your Child’s Learning • Be Aware of Signs of Misconduct College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

10. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Parenting • Be a good role model to your children • Inculcate good values in your children • Love your children unconditionally • Provide guidance and support to your children • Develop your children’s potential and interests • Have realistic expectations of your children • Love, not spoil your children • Talk and listen to your children daily • Be sensitive to your children’s feelings • Be firm and consistent when correcting your children College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

11. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Be Connected Handbook Knowledge Management Portal (KM) PAACT College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

12. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Co-Curricular Activities College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

13. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Categories Sports & Games (17) Music & Dance Groups (12) Academic Clubs & Societies (8) Non Academic Clubs & Societies (7) Others (2) College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

14. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Sports & Games Aikido Shooting Badminton Basketball Canoeing/ Dragonboating Cricket X-Country/ Track & Field Hockey Floorball Netball Touch Rugby Soccer Softball Squash Table-tennis Tennis College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

15. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Music & Dance Groups Angklung Chinese Orchestra & Guzheng Ensemble Choir Chinese Dance Indian Dance Malay Dance Western Dance Guitar Ensemble Harmonica Band String Orchestra Piano Ensemble Symphonic Band College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

16. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Academic Clubs & Societies Aesthetics Club CLDDS ELDDS Mathematics Society Science & Technology Society NE Club ILDDS MLDDS College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

17. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Non-Academic Clubs & Societies AVA & PA Club College Publications Greenlink Innovation Club Interact Club Outdoor Activities Club Student Council Uniformed Youth Organisations Singapore Youth Flying Club College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

18. Parents’ Seminar 2010 College CCA Events 26 Feb NJC Road Run 28 July NJC Track Meet 11 Oct Games Festival 18 – 22 Nov Youth Leadership Training Camp (Overseas) College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

19. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Knowledge Management Portal College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

20. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Objective One stop portal where • Students have access to learning resources and information related to their study and holistic development • Parents are able to find out their child’s involvements and performance • Teacher use it to enhance teaching and learning College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

21. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Structure Student Centre Parent Centre Teacher Centre Students Parents Teachers College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

22. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Student Centre News and AnnouncementsInformation on scholarships, competitions, events etc Learning ResourcesLectures, tutorials and elearning resources Special ProgrammesAreas of special programmes such as STaR, Career Guidance and University Admissions, Counseling, etc. My ProfileStudent details, involvement in CCA activities, subjects and tutors College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

23. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Parent Centre News and AnnouncementsInformation on events, scholarships etc CalendarShows upcoming events Document LibraryArchived presentations for parents, PAACT constitution, Guides for using the KM portal Forum/DiscussionArea for discussion, feedback My Child PortfolioView child’s details, involvement in CCA activities, subjects and tutors, results in major examinations College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

24. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Information https://km.njc.edu.sg Accounts will be created when the class allocation for the students have been finalised. Parents will be informed via their children when their accounts are ready for use. Both parents will get their individual accounts. A monthly charge of $5 per month per student is needed to pay for the hosting of the portal. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

25. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Curriculum Overview College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

26. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Three Levels of Study College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

27. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Grading College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

28. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Local University Admissions Either Faculty Score (Based on interviews, portfolios, reasoning & aptitude tests etc) University Score (100% A-Levels) + Or Discretionary Intake (Up to 10% of Univ intake) Based on strengths and talents, participation and achievement in academic or non-academic fields, including CCA , CIP participation and H3 grades. Independent of examination results. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

29. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Pre-Requisites for Courses in Local Universities National University of Singaporehttp://admissions.nus.edu.sg/local/BYA-prerequisites.html Nanyang Technological Universityhttp://admissions.ntu.edu.sg. (Go to Undergraduate Admissions > Collaterals for Downloading > For Local Students - Academic Year 2010-11) College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

30. Parents’ Seminar 2010 MOE Policy – Compulsory Subjects • General Paper OR Knowledge & Inquiry • Project Work • Mother Tongue (Those who sat for HMT at ‘O’ level and obtained a minimum grade of D7 for the subject can choose not to take MTL at H1 level). College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

31. Parents’ Seminar 2010 MOE Policy – Contrasting Subjects • In general, all subjects are classified into 4 categories • H2 Knowledge & Inquiry is a contrasting subject for both the Sciences & Mathematics group and Humanities & Arts group. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

32. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Scholarship Requirements • To be eligible for PSC scholarships, a student must offer more than the norm units of subject combinations (1 unit) H1 MTL. This is not required if already met criteria at ‘O’ level HMT + At least 10 units H1, H2, H3 subjects including GP/KI, PW = 10 + (1) units or 11 + (1) units • H3 subjects and KI is not compulsory College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

33. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Internal Assessment 60% Promotional Examinations 20% Common Tests 20% Continual Assessment College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

34. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Criteria to be Promoted to Senior High Two Please refer to Student Handbook for details. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

35. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Criteria to Retain Subjects Please refer to Student Handbook for details. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

36. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Assessment Periods Term 2 Lecture Tests Week 2: Chemistry Week 4: Mathematics, Physics / Biology Week 5: Geography / History Week 6: Literature in English / MT Language and Literature Week 8: Chemistry Term 3 Lecture Tests Week 5: Economics Week 8: General Paper / Knowledge and Inquiry College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

37. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Assessment Periods Term 2/3 Common Test 24th May 2010; 28th June 2010 to 1st July 2010 Term 4 Promotional Examination 1st October 2010 to 8th October 2010 College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

38. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Parent-Teacher Meeting 2010 Date: 22nd July 2010 Day: Thursday Time: 2pm to 7pm More details will be furnished nearer the date. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

39. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Higher 3 Subjects College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

40. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Why offer H3? H3 programmes will enable our students to pursue their passions and stretch themselves. Currently, universities may admit up to 10% of their students under discretionary admission. From 2008, students’ H3 scores will be considered for discretionary admission. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

41. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Is H3 needed for Scholarship Application? • H3 subjects are not compulsory for PSC Scholarships application. • H3 subjects are designed to allow exceptional students to pursue a subject or area in which they have the interest and aptitude in. • Therefore, students should pursue H3 subjects based on their passion in these subjects College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

42. Parents’ Seminar 2010 What is the criteria to offer H3 in NJC? To study subject at H3 level, students must meet the following criteria: • Obtain minimum of BBC for the best 3 H2 level subjects (include KI) • Obtain a minimum of ‘E’ grade for H1 General Paper or ‘S’ grade for H2 Knowledge & Inquiry • Meet the individual subject criteria to take the subect at H3 level. College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

43. Parents’ Seminar 2010 H3 Subjects Conducted in NJC MOE H3 Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, History, Art, English Literature, Chinese Language & Literature, Malay Language & Literature, Tamil Language & Literature NUS-A*Star-NJC Science Research STaR (Science Training and Research) Conducted in NJC & HCI NTU Contemporary Physics, NTU Numbers & Matrices, NTU Semiconductor Physics Conducted in NUS/SMU All NUS/SMU H3 modules are conducted in NUS/SMU College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour

44. Parents’ Seminar 2010 Thank You! College of the Nation: Home of Scholars and Leaders who Serve with Honour