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On 4 January 2016, – the first day of the new school semester, Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School had the honour of starting off its year with the Acting Minister of Education, Mr Ng Chee Meng and Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, Associate Professor Dr. Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim. Through our ‘Breakfast With Love’ platform, parents, teachers and students had the privilege of meeting and conversing with Acting Minister Ng and Dr Faishal, coupled with photo-taking sessions to commemorate the event.

Upon addressing the attendees about the importance of a primary school education and the launch of the parent-child activity book, ‘Wow, You’re In Primary School’, Acting Minister Ng visited some of the inviting classrooms that had been prepared for our students. Parents were invited to visit the conducive learning environment and interact with their children’s Primary 1 form and co-form teachers. ‘Circle Time’ was conducted to promote bonding and allow interaction between parents, the student and teachers. Many parents shared their appreciation of being invited into the classroom to be involved in the activity, citing that it offered a more in-depth understanding of their children’s transition into a primary school.

In all, it was an honour to have had the Acting Minister of Education, Mr Ng Chee Meng and Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, Associate Professor Dr. Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim visit Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School, to start the year off in good stead. Our older students were excited to see the new faces joining them as part of the AIPS family, and our new Primary 1 students, while nervous at the start of the day, were excited to return to school the following day and start their journey of learning.

A.I.P.S. Issue 1 2016

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Quality Staff

GrowinG a Class, CultivatinG a PraCtiCe!

leGo-inG at BotaniC Gardens

rest and relax away!

Ideas Party, an annual event for teachers to share effective pedagogies with their colleagues, was held in December 2015. The theme for the Ideas Party was ‘As you grow your class, cultivate your own practice’. Our Senior Teacher for English, Mrs Michelle Tan, began the session with a story to remind our colleagues of the need to continue learning and honing our professional mastery. This was followed by the breakout sessions. A total of seven different presentations were conducted by colleagues who were eager to share what they had learnt from trying out various innovative techniques in class as well as what had worked and what had been modified for future lessons. There were four sessions dedicated to the use of ICT as a tool in lessons. Sessions were fully subscribed. This signals the importance of engaging the students through purposeful use of technology. A big thank you to all the presenters for all the effort they had put in to ‘grow’ the teachers!

In an effort to promote staff bonding, AIPS organises its Rest and Relax Day annually. It is an opportunity for all staff to play, chat and relax together. The F-cube committee arranges an array of activities that appeals to the staff’s interests like baking, dancing, picture book designing and even photography skills.

This year, the Rest and Relax Day was held on 27 May. There were three activities organised – baking, fitness and art and craft. Mdm Mabel Chia and Mdm Rohana

led the staff in baking puff pastries while a group of trainers from Fitness First led a group of fitness enthusiasts in their fitness routine. Last but not least, Mdm Wong Suk Mee taught budding artists to design their very own picture books. The teachers were grateful to end the semester with these fun-filled activities!

To end the year off with a bang, staff at AIPS headed to the Botanic Gardens on 23 November for a retreat.

The theme for the retreat was creative thinking and innovation through building blocks and what better way to do that than with LEGO! As the staff walked into the session, they were greeted with bricks that brought out the inner child in every one. As the day progressed, there was much play, but not without thinking out of the box. Teams came together to share their knowledge, problem-solve and find innovative solutions to the difficulties they faced whilst creating their LEGO story.

It was definitely a session enjoyed by one and all.

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The CL department reading committee conducted one of its outreach

programmes at Toa Payoh CDAC at OnePeople.sg Building on 7 May to give

a guided reading session for children from ages five to eight. Children were

engaged in listening to a story on “Shou Huang Hou” (A queen who is very

slim). Thereafter, they drew in their reading portfolio, which was provided

by the CDAC, as well as customised their bookmarks by decorating different

fruits and colourful patterns on them. Teachers had a great time with the

children and the children had a wonderful time receiving presents and

laminated bookmarks they had made on their own.

Holistic EducationusherinG in the year of the Monkey

The annual Chinese New Year celebrations were held on 5 February this year. As in previous years, our School Advisory Committee (SAC) members and the elderly from Sree Narayana Mission Home were invited to join in the celebrations. The highlight of the concert was the Lion Dance and the accompanying Monkey mascot that had been invited. On top of that, there were performances by the Chinese Dance, Harmonica Ensemble and Choir as well as sing-along sessions and a quiz to share snippets of information on Chinese New Year. Classroom activities were organised and conducted for all levels. Teachers engaged the students on Chinese New Year culture and practices through Powerpoint slides and videos. It was a meaningful day for the teachers and pupils.

Guided readinG at toa Payoh CdaC

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aiPs health fest

aiPs Cares

aPPreCiation of the arts - taMil draMa

Held on 5 February, the annual AIPS Health Fest aims to encourage our students to get active and exercise! A series of exciting activities such as the Roving Carnivals, Drink Up! Package, Mass Exercise and Captain’s Ball were organised

for our students. Students were also introduced to interesting traditional games and they played five stones, pick-up sticks, paper ball, gasing and kuti kuti. Many

of our teachers played alongside the students and engaged them in various ways.

The Papa, Mama and Me Games Fair was held on the same day! The objective of the fair is to promote family bonding amongst children and their parents as they sit together and plan games for the student

population at AIPS. And they did not disappoint! Games like Minute to win it, Archery Games, The Sniper, Ring Toss, Tic-Tac-Toe, Spinning Top and Chapteh were organised for the enjoyment of all pupils.

This year, the Health Fest included a Drink Up! package which was introduced in view of the humid climate in Singapore. An assembly programme was held to share with pupils the importance of drinking water, which was followed by activities that were conducted in class.

With all that went on, it was an enriching and purposeful day for the students.

On 4 February, Primary 5 Tamil pupils were brought to Goodsman Art Centre to watch a fun-filled Tamil Drama inspired by real events in Singapore in the 1930s. The title of the drama is “Katiyangaran Manickam”. Pupils recalled the history of Singapore as to how artists came to Singapore to provide entertainment to people through drama and music. Incorporating artists of other races highlights the unique quality of multiculturalism in Singapore.

It was a good exposure for the pupils as they got a chance to see how the characters were portrayed.

a ChanCe to sCraBBle

This year on 2 April, the AIPS Malay Department took part in the annual Hawazi Daipi Challenge Trophy (Scrabble Competition) Cendekia Sahibba National Competition for primary, secondary and junior colleges organised by Bishan Park Secondary School.

It was a good platform for students to think creatively and critically using the Malay Language. The activity also encouraged the use of Malay Language while enriching the participants with a wider scope of the Malay vocabulary. It helped to inculcate a sense of camaraderie in a healthy competitive environment.

The students had a fruitful and enriching learning experience and enjoyed their journey of learning.

The school’s annual Care Carnival was held on 19 and 20 May 2016. The objective of this carnival is to promote and foster care among the school community. Our teachers and staff donated generously to the Jumble Sale and the funds collected were channelled to help our school’s FAS (Financial Assistance Scheme) pupils. Adopting the feedback given last year, an “Appreciation Stall” was also set up for pupils to pen their thanks and gratitude to their teachers and friends. The stickers at the stall were highly sought after by the pupils as they added a ‘bling’ to their ‘Thank You’ notes. Another new addition was the games stall manned by our FAS pupils. Pupils could play the games, test their skill and luck, and walk away with delightful prizes. The FAS pupils were supported by our teachers, Ms Eliza Goh, Mdm Tan Su Hui and Mdm Wong Suk Mee. All in all, the Care Carnival was a success and AIPS would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this meaningful cause.

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Holistic EducationenGlish Can Be fun!As part of a whole school approach in promoting literacy, lessons were set aside from 7 to 11 March and a series of engaging and interactive English Language games and activities were conducted in school. Students participated eagerly in various fun-filled activities, ranging from Learning Walls Quiz, Captions Contest, Spelling Bee, National Library Board (NLB) Mass Borrowing to Library Challenge. An array of exciting English Language games such as Charades, Taboo, Pictionary and Scrabble were also organised for the students.

To encourage reading amongst our students, the English Week ended with the most anticipated Character Parade. With creativity and individuality, all our teachers and students brought the various characters to life by fashioning costumes and props made out of seemingly unpromising material such as toilet paper, rags and random pieces of cardboard.

In order to further support the development of a vibrant English culture at AIPS, English Rocks Your Socks has also been introduced to the students. Through the introduction of thematic packages like Heroes, students will learn common vocabulary, phrases and idioms which will help develop students into effective communicators.

In Term 3, other thematic packages on food and animals will be introduced. In addition, good phrases to be used when ordering food in the canteen and asking for permission to go to the toilet will be put up at the canteen stalls and water coolers respectively.

All in all, it provides a good platform to immerse our students in the English culture.

fun with tanGraMLower primary students of AIPS were in for a treat as they embarked on a Mathematics programme over four or five periods of curriculum time in Semester One. This is uniquely and specially designed for the Primary One to Three students using a Mathematics manipulative, Tangram. In order to stimulate interest in the learning of Mathematics through engaging and interactive activities and to increase students’ success and confidence in Mathematics through building a strong foundation, bringing students through a hands-on programme is vital in AIPS. Through the use of tangrams, we hope to develop the spatial-visualisation skills of students in geometric figures. It also aims to develop and enhance thinking and problem-solving skills in an effective and interesting manner for the students. The activities that are designed for the different levels help to nurture students’ intrapersonal and social intelligence by working collaboratively with peers.

Introduced for the first time this year, all Primary Six pupils were involved in Batik Painting lessons in Semester One. As part of the lessons, the

pupils learnt the traditional technique of tie-dye. It was a wholesome experience as they were given opportunities to make predictions, discover

outcomes and record results. The session concluded with the pupils crafting their very own batik piece, which were assessed by the teachers

on creativity, colouring skills and technique used. It was a wonderful learning for one and all!

let us Batik away

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The annual Scouts Job Week celebrates the spirit of helping others and extending a helping hand to others. This year, the cub scouts went out into the neighbourhood to offer assistance to the residents as a step in engaging the community. On 12 March, Saturday, 60 cub scouts, together with 4 teachers, went into the neighbourhood and assisted the residents in daily chores such as folding and hanging clothes and clearing the trash.

Through this event, the cub scouts learn the importance of helping others and most importantly, they learn positive values and get to reinforce them at home. At the end of the event, the students were tired but they felt that the activity was meaningful and enriching. The event was a success and the cub scouts managed to raise a total of $1000 from both days.

Holistic EducationsCouts day CoMMeMoration and JoB week

Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) camps have always been an unforgettable learning experience for our students year after year. This year, the Primary 5 and Primary 6 CCE camps were held at the beginning of the year to create the opportunity for the students to have fun together as a class and bond. In line with the school’s vision, ‘Leaders of Character, Learners for Life’, the CCE camps serve as a platform for the students to display their individual leadership qualities.

Exciting activities were planned for students to learn values through collaboration and team work. One of the highlights of the Primary 6 camp was the outdoor cooking experience. Students were patient and displayed teamwork and respect during the entire cooking process. At the end of the cooking experience, happy faces could be seen as all tucked into the delicious spaghetti they had cooked together in teams. The Primary 5 students also shared the same enthusiasm during their camp as they took part in the team games as well as problem solving activities. In the process, students learnt how to communicate effectively and work together.

Through the CCE camps, the 3R values – Respect, Resilience and Responsibility were evidently translated into actions by our AIPS students. It was definitely a fun learning for one and all!

P5 & P6 CCe CaMP

AIPS commemorated the annual Scout’s Day on 22 February which coincides with the birthday of the Scouts’ founder, Lord Baden Powell. For the first time, 15 cub scouts, accompanied by their teachers, went on stage to renew and reaffirm the Scout Promise and Scout Law and show their steadfastness in upholding the positive values of Scouting, during the morning assembly. The assembly was a simple yet meaningful ceremony for the students.

Scout’s Day

Scouts Job Week

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The annual Prefects’ Investiture was held on 10 March this year. The ceremony witnessed the appointment of 32 new prefects who had successfully completed the prefects’ training. The newly appointed Head Prefect, Sazzlyanna Binte Sazali and Assistant Head Prefect, Kodukula Krishna Teja, were also sworn in during the ceremony. The ceremony began with an opening address from our principal, Mrs Goh, and ended with all prefects reciting the Prefect’s Pledge. It was a significant moment for the prefects and a proud moment for all the parents who had especially taken the time off to grace the occasion. We wish the prefects success in their journey towards becoming Leaders of Character, Learners for Life.

As part of the AIPS’ departments’ efforts to stretch our students’ potential, entries were sent in for various competitions. We are proud to announce that we have winners in the following competitions:

Hearty congratulations to all our stars!

Grand Prize Winner: Tan Xuan En, 5 Care

PrefeCts’ investiture

aiPs aChieveMents

Name Class Category Award

Adhithi Veerappan 1 Resilience Fancy Dress Consolation

Vasanthakumar Kaavinya 2 Respect Speech & Drama Consolation

Ananthitha Yathukulan 4 Resilience Story Telling Consolation

Kannabiran Sahaana 4 Resilience Story Telling 3rd Prize

Kathiravan Divya 4 Diligence Story Telling 2nd Prize

Chong Pang IAEC Tamil Language Competition

Haiku Competition

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Primary 3 Primary 4

Primary 3 Primary 4 Primary 5 Primary 6

SASMO and Kangaroo Math Award Winners

National Story Challenge 2016

Primary 5 Primary 6

CoMPetitions (sasMo)

Math kanGaroo (sMkC)

CL Department

Individual Category – both reached the semi-finals

Team Category – Emerged as first runner-up

ML Department

Team Category – reached the finals

The National Story Challenge is a three-week competition organised by the National Library Board and The Theatre Practice. The main aim of the competition is to cultivate young talents in their spontaneity, creativity and acting skills. This year, the competition was held before the March holidays, from 27 February to 12 March.

Two individuals and two teams from the Chinese (CL) and Malay (ML) departments were chosen to represent the school. This is the first time the ML department took part in this competition. The results, as follow, were encouraging –

As a cherry on the cake, the first runner-up team has been invited to perform at the MTL Symposium in August 2016. It was definitely a fulfilling experience for one and all.

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Individual Creative

Senior Girls – 2nd

Nur Asfarina Binte Mashardy

Pair Creative

Senior Girls – 3rd

Nuryn Falisha Binte NoreffendiRia Adriana Binte IsmadiShariffah Batrisyia Binte Syed Firdaus

Junior Girls – 4th

Charlize Ashwini D/O Yamalasamy Sabado Lyka Larisse Malazo

Team Creative

Junior Boys – 1st

Bandaru Yashwanth Naga SaiJayston Ashwin S/O YamalasamyLee Jun Yi MervynJaylan TanTan Zhi Jian Xavier

Junior Girls – 3rd

Chow Shi YanKang Jia WeiOnyekaba ReginaTryshanna D/O Jai ShankerWong Huai Xuan

Double Dutch

Junior Boys – 1st

Emmanuel Syukri Onyedika AghasiefoMohamad Faiq Mohd HezrinMuhammad Anaqi Ridz Syakib Bin Mohd IshamTan Jia Hui Jaylan

Speed Relay

Junior Boys – 3rd

Aqeel Danish Anaqi Bin Muhammad IrwanJayston Ashwin S/O YamalasamyMuhammad Mustaqim Bin IsmadiTan Zhi Jian XavierMohamad Faiq Mohd Hezrin

Overall

Junior Boys – 3rd

AIPS Volleyball Team

AIPS Rope Skipping News

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Our AIPS Volleyball team and Rope Skippers participated in the zonal competitions and the Rope Skippers made it all the way to the nationals,

doing us all proud. The following are their achievements:

aiPs sPorts news

North Zone Volleyball

Championships

Senior Boys – Third

north Zone roPe skiPPinG ChaMPionshiPs 2016

Team CreativeJunior Boys – 4th Bandaru Yashwanth Naga Sai

Jayston Ashwin S/O Yamalasamy

Lee Jun Yi Mervyn

Jaylan Tan

Tan Zhi Jian Xavier

nationals skiPPinG ChaMPionshiPs 2016

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five CCa GrouPs of aiPs PartiCiPated in this year’s Presentation and the followinG are their aChieveMents:

CCA Group Certificate of

Angklung Ensemble Accomplishment

Chinese Dance Distinction

Choir Accomplishment

Harmonica Ensemble Accomplishment

Indian Dance Distinction

Kudos to our five participating CCA groups!

SYF Arts Presentation 2016The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Arts Presentation is organised by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to celebrate the achievements of our

students in their Co-curricular Activities (CCAs). It is a fiesta in celebration of Singapore’s unique cultural and artistic diversity. It also reflects

MOE’s belief in the importance of a well-rounded education.

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Innovation in Organisational Systems

eMBraCinG the future

As part of the school’s community outreach programme with SEMBWaste,

AIPS staff and students came together for the collection of recyclables. As in

previous years, flyers were distributed to households in neighbouring blocks

and on 15 April, all teachers and Primary 5 students proceeded to collect

recyclables put aside by our friendly neighbours. A total of 1,300kg of old

newspapers and 160kg of clothing were collected. After the fruitful sessions,

students returned to school to complete a reflection on their experience and

as expected, it was a positive one. It was a successful session and one which

the school will continue for years to come!

Newspaper Recycling Project

Strategic Partnership

ACE - Appreciating the Past, Celebrating the Present and Embracing the Future – the theme for AIPS’ twentieth anniversary celebrations, was integrated in all aspects of our celebrations for the year and the culmination of the celebrations was no different. Distinguished guests, parents and students were treated to twenty years of the school’s achievements on 20 November, which was the school’s annual Appreciation Day. We were honoured to have the chairman of the School’s Advisory Committee, Mr Charles Tan, as the guest-of-honour.

Beginning with the launch of the AI20 commemorative book, which showcased the growth of AIPS in the span of twenty years to the presentation of awards to staff for the years of service to the school, it was truly an appreciation of past achievements. Following that, to celebrate the present, Primary 1 to Primary 6 students who had done well for the year were recognised. Not only that, staff who had made improvements and innovated for the year were appreciated as well. Embracing the future included two important aspects – the opening of the school’s Eco-Garden, Ecotopia, and a video montage of the upgrading the school would be going through in the coming years.

It was a day filled with appreciation for all that AIPS has done and the atmosphere at the end signalled the excitement of what is to come in the years ahead for our wonderful school!

At AIPS, we believe in partnering our parents to ensure the growth of each individual child. We provide a variety of platforms for parents to

interact with school leaders. Apart from the Meet-The-Parents sessions which were held on 15 January, 22 January and 29 January for the

various levels, as well as the Parent-Teacher Conference on 25 May, we also had our Breakfast with Principal, where parents were invited to have

breakfast with the school leaders. Here, parents had the chance to clarify and answer queries with regards to school matters while interacting

with the middle managers. This year, the event was held on 20 April and the response was encouraging. Parents had an engaging session and

left feeling filled with food and with the knowledge that their children are in safe hands!

Touching Base with our Valued Partners

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Editorial tEam

Advisers Mrs Melinder Goh Mrs Han Lee Kwang Mdm Sulasni Abdul Rahman

Editor Ms Inderjeet Kaur d/o Harbans Singh

Members Mdm Mabel Chia Mdm Angela Tang Mdm Meredith Goh Mdm Deepa T Jeyaraman

Mdm Mahalechime Udaykumar Mdm Tan Li Ping Mr Daniel GohMdm Halina Taib

Mr Sakthi Ganapathi Ramachandra Mr Umar Samat Mdm Mei Ling Tan

Ms Exther Tan Mdm Chong Li Ying Miss Annie Lam An Ni

FarewellWe bid a fond farewell to:

Ms Weng Ting Ting

Mr Thomas Lee Tuck Pheng

and wish them all the best in their future endeavours!

We would like to welcome the following teachersto the AIPS family:

Mdm Zhang Li

Mr Umar Bin Samat

Ms Amirah Othman

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On 9 April, 600 PCF and Childcare Centre kids and their teachers and parents, gathered at AIPS for their annual Mini Sports Day.

Flanked by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Singapore Police Force (SPF), Emergency Preparedness Department (EPD) of the Peoples’ Association (PA), as well as numerous volunteers from Chong Pang GRC and AIPS, the day started with a rousing warm-up led by AIPS staff. The Guest-of-Honour, Grassroots Advisor, Mr Kwek Hin Chuan Henry, arrived in the midst of the workout and flagged off the first event.

The children went through obstacle courses organised by the various community partners and had a wonderful time running, crawling through tunnels, shooting at targets and dressing up in ethnic costumes amongst other activities. The culminating event was a family bonding game, organised by PA, consisting of four family members, going through a challenging yet fun race to bond through working together.

Accompanied by Grassroots leaders, Mr Kwek mingled with the parents and the crowd. He also lent support to the canteen vendors and the volunteers at the various booths. The booths were set up by the various stakeholders to promote emergency awareness and preparedness such as the First Aid booth.

The day ended with all students receiving prizes for their active participation. Hip hip hooray for another successful run of the event, where AIPS contributed to the community efforts to instil emergency preparedness through fun and sporting activities.

Chong Pang Mini Sports and Emergency Preparedness Day 2016

BUNDLE OF JOY

Mother:Mdm Chong Li Ying

Son: Wong Qi Huan

Mother:Mrs Cheryl Chhabra

Daughter: Alysa Chhabra

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