Tao Nan School Parent Support Group (TNS PSG) was founded in 2002 with a handful of parents. Today, the TNS PSG committee members are parents from diverse background but all sharing a common goal - to help the school in its mission to nurture our children.
Mission
Our mission is to support the school's efforts in creating a conducive learning environment for our children and foster a closer relationship between the teachers, parents and pupils.
How to join the TNS PSG?
As we believe that it is very important for all parents to be involved in the education of their children through active participation and support of school activities and programs, we consider all parents in TNS to be automatically part of our school’s parent support group. The PSG committee is formed to work closely with the school to identify and organise various activities and events throughout the year.
2013 PSG Committee
Chairman
Patrick Pang
Co-Chairman
Jimmy Ong
Vice Chairman
Denmy Lam
Joyce Tan
Treasurer
Sharon Yeap
Asst Treasurer
Yeo Bee Bee
Communications
Winnie Cheng
Lena Yam
Operations
Angie Ng
Judy Tay
Ooi May Ling
Dads for Life
Jimmy Ong
Photographer
Angie Ng
Henry Surapong
Committee Members
Teh Bee Tin
Rosaline Tan
Mabel Tan
Jasclyn Lim
Clarice Chew
Henry Surapong
Yvette Lee
Boone Wong
Shirley Lau
Tan Siew Pheng
Meiling Wong-Chainani
June Dewi
Jenny Ang
Lily Ong
Ong Sock Bing
Please feel free to contact us at psg@tns.sg if you have any further queries or if you like to partner with us in volunteering your time and services to the school’s regular or ad-hoc events. To be kept informed on upcoming events and School Family Education (SFE) programmes, kindly sign up for a Facebook account at http://www.psg.tns.sg and click on the ‘Join’ button to tap into the PSG network.
Areas Parents can be involved in
Dear Parents,
Tao Nan School Parent Support Group (TNS PSG) was founded in 2002 with a handful of parents. Today, the TNS PSG committee members are parents from diverse background but all sharing a common goal - to help the school in its mission to nurture our children to their fullest potential.
How to join the TNS PSG? We believe that it is beneficial and important for all parents to be involved in the education of their children through active participation and support of the class and school’s activities and programs. We therefore consider all parents in TNS part of our school’s parent support group. The PSG committee is formed to work closely with the school to identify and organise various activities and events throughout the year. The PSG committee will work with the appointed Parent Class Representatives (PCRs) to disseminate information and activate the parents to come alongside to help when there is a need.
How You Can Help... You can volunteer your time and talents by:
(a) taking part in one or more of the daily duties
(b) assisting in the various school events.
(A) Daily Duties
(1) Learning Support Program
The LSP is to provide support to primary 1 & 2 pupils who require extra help in English language. Pupils are identified for LSP by their class teachers. Each parent volunteer comes in once a week each time to give close attention and guidance to one or two students to cover the following areas:
To listen to the child’s reading the stories and correct or teach the child how to pronounce words in the stories.
Engage child in discussion about the story.
To explain the meaning of the words or paragraphs
The LSP sessions are held every Monday (12.15-12.45pm), Tuesday (12nn-12.30pm) and Thursday (12nn-12.30pm). Six volunteers are needed each day. Each volunteer is expected to help only once a week.
(2) Library Duty
The volunteers will help students with the borrowing and returning of books.
At times, the volunteers may need to remind the students to be silent in the reading areas for the benefit of all library users and also to assist the school librarian with wrapping and repairing of books.
Library Duty is from Monday to Friday (12nn-1pm). Three volunteers are needed each day. Each volunteer needs to help only once a week.
(3) Before School Care
This duty involves looking after the Primary One students during their Silent Reading time when they come to school in the afternoon. The B4 School Care duty helps to ensure that children who arrive in school earlier then the teachers’ official working hours are cared for until the teachers arrive, and also to allow the teachers more time to prepare for their day’s work. The venue is the Primary One students assemble area at either Foyer C or Canteen depending on the day of the week.
B4 School Care is from Monday to Friday (12nn-1pm) except Wednesday (12.15-1.30pm). Two volunteers are needed each day. Each volunteer needs to help only once a week.
(4) Recess Duty
We need two volunteers for each day for this duty. The job is to keep a watchful eye on the lower primary students (P1 n P2). The volunteers will need to
Remind the children not to run in the canteen
Offer help to children to open their food wrapper etc
Reassure the children who had forgotten to bring their wallet and let them know that they can still get food from the stall vendors but REMIND them to pay back to the vendor the next day.
Inform the cleaner immediately if there is spillage of food/soup on the floor, and to block out the spillage area to prevent students from slipping and falling and hence hurting themselves
Recess duty is from Monday to Friday (3-4pm). Two volunteers are needed each day. Each volunteer needs to help only once a week.
(5) After School Care
This program started two years ago and was well received by both parents and teachers. This duty is to look after a few selected Primary Five and Six students (as identified by their form teachers). The scope of duty is:-
Take the students’ attendance
Make sure they finish their homework given by their teachers
Help the students with their school work if you know but this is not a prerequisite
After School Care is on Monday and Friday (1.30-3.30pm). Four volunteers are needed on both days. Each volunteer needs to help only once a week.
(B) Supporting Events
PSG supports the school in the various events throughout the year:
Besides the daily duties, these supporting events require many parent volunteers to help in organizing as well as the running of the program on the day itself. Parents are usually informed by the PSG committee via the parents’ network through the Parent Class Representatives (PCRs) who are chosen at the beginning of the year during the level briefing sessions.
The support of all parents is important in ensuring that our children are engaged and developed to their fullest potential. We encourage all parents, especially fathers, to be actively involved in the school activities.
Our mission is to support the school's efforts in creating a conducive learning environment for our children and foster a closer relationship between the teachers, parents and pupils. Feel free to email the PSG committee at psg@tns.sg if you have any clarification or suggestion!
Thank you for your support and we look forward to working closely with you in the year ahead!
Workshops to Help You Prepare your Child/Ward for PSLE
(P5 Parents)
Strategies to Help Your Child in PSLE Mathematics Speaker: Mr Norman Tien, from Neuromath
23 Feb 2013 (Sat) 2-5pm Strategies for PSLE English Speaker: Ms Lam May Fong, HOD of English
09 Mar 2013 (Sat) 1.30-4.30pm details...
Workshops to Help You Prepare your Child/Ward for PSLE
(P6 Parents)
Strategies to Help Your Child in PSLE Mathematics Speaker: Mr Norman Tien, from Neuromath
23 Feb 2013 (Sat) 2-5pm Strategies for PSLE English Speaker: Ms Lam May Fong, HOD of English
09 Mar 2013 (Sat) 1.30-4.30pm Strategies for PSLE Science Speaker: Mr Stephen Chua, HOD of Science
16 Mar 2013 (Sat) 8.30am-12pm details...
Announcements
The registration for the Family Bonding at Forest Adventure on 19 Mar 2011 (Sat), 9am-12pm, was already closed last Wed, 02 Mar, due to overwhelming response.
We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment caused.
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