Issue No.1 2013 Contents Pg 2 Message from the Principal - Not Some But Everyone PSLE Results 2012 Accolades Pg 3 The Road To PSLE Pg 4 21st Century International Arts Festival 2012 Singapore RoboMasters Cup 2012 Pg 5 Niche Status For DANCE FEVER National Track and Field Championship School Activities Pg 6 Speech Day 2012 Pg 7 Primary One Orientation and Activities Pg 8 Ushering In The Year Of Snake Pg 9 Rivervale Welcomes Our Zonal Director CCA Fridays Pg 10 Sports Day International Friendship Day Pg 11 Primary Fours Go Camping Pg 12: Primary Twos – Overnight Experience Primary Twos – Speech and Drama Learning Journeys Editorial Team Editors : Ms Nicole Marie De Souza, Ms Marlina, Mdm Wahidah Pg 13: Primary Fours Visit Places of Worship Sub-Editors : Media Club Members Primary Ones Visit Marina Barrage Student Contributors : Chong Wei Ru, Swetha, Cheyenne Low, Lucian Ho, CT Mani Lakshimanan, Grace Chia, Dayanti, Estelle Chua, Sarah Mattea Lim En-Xuan, Shwetha Sigapi Collaborations Narayanan, Steffin Teo, Leong Hui Eng, Kiran s/o Kasinathan, Haziq Aiman, Danial Toh, Kenneth Brian Pereira, Henry Yap, Vivian Chay, Alifah Liyana, Lim Yu Jie Pg 14: Prefects’ Investiture Raysen, Nicole Han, Isabel Wong, Amir Sufyan, Vicki Yeow Wei Ting, Reiko Koo Ker Mathematics Workshop For Parents Ning, Eileen Ho, Irdina, Krithic, Yeo En Qi Angie, Mohd Ilhan, Chung Weng Ching, Lim Cai Ying, Charise Tang, Nanddika Project Globalisation Adult Contributors : Mr Mah, Ms Brenda Ng, Mrs Linda De Souza, Ms Chong, Mdm Norasidah Murat, Pg 15: Primary Threes Visit Malacca Mrs Oh Adult Photographers : Mr Budiman, Mdm Rhadiyah, Mrs Tan Li Min, Mrs Ler Jui Lin, Mdm Wahidah, Ms Primary Fives Visit Perth Nicole Marie De Souza, Mdm Norasidah Murat, Ms Nur Liyana Jawini, Mrs Janet Pg 16: Primary Fours Visit Surabaya Quek, Mrs Jamie Yeo, Ms Veronica Tan, Mr Loy Kah Tai, Mr Ho Kar Yan, Mr Jonathon Loh, Mdm Wong Wan Hui, Mrs Goh, Mr Mohd Khair, Mr Kumaran, Mdm Zubaidah, Primary Fives Visit Japan Mr Soh 80, Rivervale Drive, Singapore 545092 Tel : 63887450 Fax : 63887449 Website: http//www.rivervalepri.moe.edu.sg Email: [email protected] PRINCIPAL’s messaGE Not Some But Everyone We offer our heartiest congratulations to our recent At Rivervale Primary, we work towards our Vision of graduates who have attained excellent results at the “The Rivervale – School of Excellence, Individuals of 2012 PSLE. These wonderful Riverlites have exemplified Character” which is unpacked in our focus for 2012 and the school value of being “hardworking” and they have 2013. Our focus for 2013 remains as: made us very proud with their achievements. We would also like to thank all staff for their inspirational hard • Synergistic Partnership work and the strong partnerships we enjoyed with our • Culture of Innovation parents. Our graduates have once again produced an • Servant Leadership upward trend in our PSLE results, with more pupils going to secondary schools, more pupils scoring above 250 The School Leaders and Staff strongly believe that and more promoted to the Express stream. A scan of the 5 values of the school, namely Positive Attitude, our other accolades testifies the holistic education that Hardworking, Caring, Loyalty and Teamwork will be Rivervale has delivered. manifested in these 2013 focus for our pupils: We would like to place on record the wonderful partners • Leading Myself who have supported the school throughout the years. • Serving Others The Parent Support Group has been instrumental in • Preparing for the Future providing feedback on school programmes, selecting the Student Care Centre Provider as well as recognising To support these focus, time has been specially set aside staff for their hard work. We also would like to thank our to develop all pupils in Creativity, Financial Literacy as School Advisory Committee, led by Mr Jimmy Tay, for well as Media Literacy in the newly crafted Literacy 21 their generous and continual support. In addition, our sessions as well as the School-wide Leadership and deepest appreciation goes out to the Alumni members for Public Speaking Series. We know that we can count on their steadfast support and their generous sponsorship the unwavering support of the parents for our aspirations of the Alumni Scholarship. Last but not least, our deep to come to fruition. and sustained collaborations with community partners have made learning richer for both the staff and pupils Moving forward, we will work together towards “Not of Rivervale Primary. Some but Everyone”, our tagline for 2012 and 2013. Succeed and Excel! Mr Andrew Mah Principal Year 2010 2011 2012 PSLE Results 2012 Average T-Score 199.8 202 203 Pupils with an aggregate score of more than 250 at the recent PSLE 2012 1 CHEW JUN HAO, KEITH 19 LIM ZI YU 2 CHIA YI XUAN, LARISSA 20 LOO YU HAO 3 CHLOE KANG YUN HUI 21 LUKESH S/O SANDRAMOGAN 4 CHONG WEI RU 22 MUHAMMAD HARITS ZHARIF B AKBAR 5 CLAIRE SIM QIU YAN 23 NAH DAMIEN 6 COLMAN LOW HAO EN 24 NATHAN HO LI RUI 7 DANISH UZAIR B ABDUL HAMID K S 25 NEO JIE YUN JAMIE 8 ERIC HO CHI KIAT 26 NEO XIN YI JAMIE 9 FAN YUXUAN 27 NG SE HNG WAYNE 10 FOO JI HUI 28 NG SE KIT ETHAN 11 FOO XIN YUE 29 NG WAN QING, ADELE 12 JEROME LEE JIAN LE 30 SEAN MICHAEL KOH 13 JOHN CHIA HENG KIT 31 SHI JIAYI, JOEY 14 KENJI TOH IAN YI 32 SRIDHARAN SWETHA 15 KEVIN JOSEPH PEREIRA 33 TANG ZHEN EN 16 KOH CHIN QI REINALD 34 WANG LI RONG 17 LAKSHAYA KARTHIKEYAN 35 XUAN WU QI 18 LEE CHENG DA 36 YAP YI XUAN 2 ACCOLADES In preparation for my PSLE, I read newspapers and books to improve on my grammar and vocabulary skills. I also jotted down notes during lessons and referred to them when I was The Road To PSLE doing my homework or revision. Doing different schools’ examination papers really exposed me to different kinds of questions and the various schools’ standards. By doing many exercises, I was able to identify my weak areas and I could I would like to use this opportunity to thank my Primary 6 Form focus on doing more assessments on the topics I was weak in. Teacher, Mr Julian and my Mother Tongue Teacher, Mdm Sivakamy, as they have played a great role in helping me achieve my good score for the PSLE. When the PSLE was nearing, I felt very nervous as it was my first time taking a national examination. When I was stressed, I listened to music or read books. I would also visualise how it Mr. Julian taught us to visualize doing well for PSLE, goal would be like on the day of the examination. This visualisation setting and to manage our time wisely. We were taught to do helped me a lot as on the actual day of the PSLE, I seemed some Mathematics sums mentally to score high marks and to to feel more relaxed as though I had taken the examination increase our speed in computing which led me to get an A*. For before. English, we were paired up to improve our oral communication and learnt how to summarise texts for easier comprehension. To avoid confusion when approaching Science multiple choice Lastly, I would like to wish all the P6 students good luck for their questions, he taught us to identify the scientific concepts upcoming PSLE! Good luck Riverlites, you can do it! and applying it helped me to get A* in Science as well. He constantly encouraged, motivated and spent his valuable time Chong Wei Ru with us. 6B 2012 Nan Chiau High School 2013 Mdm Sivakamy also motivated me to do well for my PSLE. When she learnt that I wanted to drop Higher Tamil Language (HTL), she advised me not to give it up and motivated me to continue taking HTL. That led me to receive a Distinction in HTL. She also gave us many model compositions and good phrases to use in our compositions. She spent time addressing our doubts. Moreover, she recommended good Mother Tongue books and constantly gave us examination papers for revision. I would like to thank Mr Mah for organising the motivation camp to make us understand the importance of the PSLE. I am very grateful to Rivervale for helping me to achieve good results which enabled me to be accepted into my dream secondary school. Swetha 6B 2012 National Junior College 2013 3 ACCOLADES 21ST CentURY InternATIONAL Arts FestiVAL CHINESE DANCE WINS GOLD WITH HONOURS It was the morning of 26 November 2012. I got up early in the was announced that we were awarded Gold with Honours, all of us morning for my trip to Genting Highlands, Malaysia. The trip was jumped for joy and many of us burst into tears. We could not believe specially organized for the Chinese dancers as we were performing that we were awarded the highest possible award twice in a year! at the 21st Century International Arts Festival. It was also a reward After the competition, we went to the theme park and sat on as for us as we were awarded Gold with Honours at the Singapore many rides as we could. Then, we left Genting Highlands and Youth Festival in the Chinese Dance category. headed to Kuala Lumpur. We gathered at the canteen for the final briefing, after which, Mr We stopped at an orphanage in Kuala Lumpur and had a lot of fun Mah and Ms Chong bade us farewell and expressed their well playing with the children. After that, we headed to Berjaya Times wishes.