撤班

如果学校在迫不得已的情况之下，撤开你子女的班，分派你们的子女到其他的班上课，身为受影响学生的父母，你的反应会是如何呢？

孩子已经上了四个月课，班上已经有了要好的朋友，对老师教课的方式也已经有了一定的了解，同时，对学校的课外活动，班上值勤的任务都已经上了轨道，在这个时刻，将他们撤开，正确吗？

当然，在决定撤班之前，校方肯定会慎重考虑所有的因素，包括这项决定是否会影响学生的求学等等。校方只会在无其选择，才会采取这项决定。但是一切还是会以学生的学习为重点。

其实，我们学校每班的学生人数平均是三十多位，每一班级都有十五/六班，若需要撤除其中一班，然后把受撤班的学生分配到其他的班上课，每一班的学生人数也只会增加区区二/三位而已，肯定不会影响学生的学习，何况小孩子的适应能力比成人强，他们肯定会在最短的时间内适应这些改变。

最近学校有两位女老师有了身孕，导致身体健康状况缺佳，时常缺席教课，校方必须聘请其他老师代课，而家协必须承担这些代课老师的赠贴。如果经济能力允许，家协将会继续支持校方的决定，让受影响的班，保持原状不变。

各位家长，倘若你们子女班的老师在身体健康状况缺佳之下，不能继续教课，校方在迫不得已的情况之下撤除你们子女的班，希望大家能够多多谅解，继续给予校方你鼎力的支持。

谢谢，感恩。

学联篮球赛

2011年
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成绩   : 男女队冠军

雪州学联篮球赛
成绩   : 男队 = 冠军  

             女队 = 亚军

KSSR

内阁在上7/12/10的会议中决定按步就班改善UPSR(六年纪检定考试)和PMR(中学初三，初级文凭考试)的成绩评估方式。最大的改变就是往后中央考试的成绩只占60%，而学校平时连续不断的评估将会提供其余的40%。这项改善将分阶段从今年一年级的学生开始实行。换句话说，到了2016年，今年的一年级学生将成为第一批接受新制度评估的UPSR考生。今年已经就读二年级和以上的学生将不会受到这个新制度影响。

在这项被称为Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR)的新制度里，学校的评估[Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah (PBS)]将提供总考分的40%。学校的老师将以规定的表格和评估方式来决定每位学生应得的分数。学校的评估可分为四个各自占10%的部分。

1) Pentaksiran Sekolah-级任老师观察学生平时的表现

2) Pentaksiran Pusat - 学生实行，教育局考试委员会，提供的任务的效率

3) Pentaksiran Aktiviti Jasmani, Sukan dan Kokurikulum - 体育，运动，课外行动的参与率
4) Pentaksiran Psikometrik - 本能 ，天赋，思考能力，解决问题的能力，兴趣，态度，性格

We Are OK With Extra Teaching Hours

The following article appeared in The Star today. 

TEACHERS' unions should not interfere with Chinese primary schools which are willing to teach Year One pupils beyond the hours set by the Education Ministry, said the United Chinese School Teachers Association (Jiao Zong).

Sin Chew Daily quoted Jiao Zong chairman Ong Chiow Chuen as saying that the National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) should not stop those willing to teach beyond the 23-hour limit per week because Chinese schools were different.

“Chinese primary school pupils need to learn three languages so the extra hours can help them master these.

“With the extra hours, Year One classes will finish at almost the same time as other forms so it will be more convenient for parents and school bus drivers to pick the children up,” he said.

He said the extra hours would not tire the pupils if the classes were interesting.

“Usually, the extra hours will be used to teach English or other subjects that they are weak in,” he said.

On Sunday, NUTP complained that some schools were forcing teachers to teach beyond the 23-hour limit per week.

Its secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng had said that 23 hours were sufficient for pupils at that level and that making children study longer hours would affect other aspects of their growth.

The dedicated teachers in our school fully support Jiao Zong in this issue. They do not mind having to teach our Year One students an extra 200 minutes weekly.

Kudos to Yuk Chai teachers

Antigen

Dear Parents

We received the following email from a parent recently.

Thank you for sending me the latest update information but am very disappointed with the teacher or the school personnel for not informing parents in advance about the jab/injection performed by the Health Ministry which I believe it commence on 18 April 2011.  My daughter got the jab on 19 April, which not supposed to have in school as I have put clear remarks on the Health Record Book that I will take her to a family doctor.  I am very concern about this because my daughter just recovered from her 3 days fever and body still not strong enough to take any jab for this moment.  She complains pains, feeling uneasy and vomiting yesterday.  I hope not to hear anything worst than that when she returning from school today.

I strongly suggest that notice must be given to the parents in advance at least 1 - 2 days as to avoid any bad things happen to the children.  Even though agreed in the health record book for the jab but must take into consideration on current health condition and check through what remarks written on the book before allowing the children for the nurse to jab.  Health Ministry’s dedicated nurse may not be bothered to check the book contents as too many children to be jab at the time, therefore teachers must play their role properly.

I sincerely hope this incident will not happen again or to other children.

To put things into perspective, all the year 1 students in Malaysia will receive their second booster of Antigen in school. Normally the school administration will seek the parents’ permission during orientation to allow their children to receive the jab by filling up a form. If “Setuju” is ticked on the front page of the health record book, the teachers would normally arrange for the students to receive their jab accordingly.

To prevent such incident from recurring in the future, we have requested the school administration to inform students in advance so that they can relay the message to their respective parents about the jab. We have also informed the school administration to check the Health Record Card thoroughly for remarks by parents in the future.

On the part of parents, we hope that everyone would write their remarks or special requests more prominently on the front page of the Card. Parents are also welcome to call the school or come personally to see the teachers concerned/ Head Master for special arrangements.

Our children are dearest to us and let us all work together to provide a conducive learning environment for them.

If you have any constructive suggestions for the betterment of our school, please leave your comments here.

Thank you and happy parenting.