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Delineating a Progressive
               Delineating a Progressive                                                                                                           Education is the passport to the  Following               up,     the     activity
                                                                                                                                                   future, for tomorrow belongs to
                                                                                                                                                                                             coordinators played a game named
               Education: Sr1ScA Parent-
               Education:               Sr1ScA         Parent-                                                                                     those who prepare for it today.  “Guess Who
                                                                                                                                                   On the 9th of July, Kuen Cheng  I Am”. Parents were split into
               Teacher Interaction Day                                                                                                             High School held a Parent-Teacher  two breakout rooms and were
               Teacher Interaction Day
                                                                                                                                                   Interaction Day via Zoom video  given a link which had student’s

                  Jointly reported by: Craig Ng Sr1ScA, Khoo Xin Yi Sr1ScA                                                                         platform, where the parents of class  information  filled  beforehand  to
                                                                                                                                                   Sr1ScE were invited to understand  guess. Parents had a great time
                                                                                                                                                   more about the education situations  guessing and knowing more about
                 “Every child is gifted. They just  subject teachers, which included their                                                         of their children.                        their child. There were two emcees
                 unwrap their packages at different  opinions on the learning condition and                                                                                                  to host and interact with parents
                 times.” On the 9th of July, Kuen Cheng  environment of the class, suggestions                                                     In  the  class  of  Sr1ScE,  there  was  throughout the whole session.
                 High  School  held  a  Parent-Teacher  for improvement and words of advice.                                                       a committee team preparing and

                 Interaction Day in order to provide  Most of the teachers gave comments                                                           arranging the activities for the  A group photo was taken to mark
                 an update to the parents about their  and praised the students. In addition,                                                      day. They collected some of the  the day’s event after the games.
                 childrens’ educational  lives  and  Ms Wong also introduced the three                                                             information from students, such as  Finally the long awaited academic
                 build a three-way communication  types of mathematics that high school                                                            a little introduction of themselves,  status was reported by the Form

                 bridge between students, parents and  students learn, which are advanced                                            Sr1ScE Parent-Teacher Interaction Day  their hobbies and so on, as there  Teacher. He said even though the
                 teachers.                                    mathematics, additional mathematics                                                  was a game being played on the  students might not be the best in
                                                              and mathematics respectively.                                                        day.                                      their academics at the moment, but
                 It was approximately a month before                                                                                               The event started at 8:00a.m. with  if the parents are willing to support

                 the event when the class of Sr1ScA  Moving on, Ms Wong proceeded to                                                               a  warm welcome  from  the two  and show concern, he is sure that
                 started their preparations. Our  share  the  feedback  from  students,                                                            emcees.                                   there will be stable improvement
                 Form  Teacher, Ms  Wong  Ming  Hui,  with most of them being humble                                                                                                         during the other half of the year.
                 conducted an anonymous survey  and grateful for their parents and                                                                 The Form Teacher, Mr Lim Hong

                 where students answered written  teachers.  Parents  were  enthralled  by                                                         Yi then addressed the parents and  The interaction event ended with
                 questions regarding their education  the collective opinions of students.                                                         was delighted to have all parents  the comments of the subject
                 and family. Ms Wong also contacted  Ms Wong then shared an article about                                                          make time to attend the Parent- teachers to the students. The Form
                 each subject teacher for relevant  mutual respect between parents and                                                             Teacher Interaction day. The event  Teacher thanked the parents for
                 feedback and opinions.                       teens, which was written by The Star                                                 was then led by a representative of  attending           the     Parent-Teacher

                                                              Newspaper. She emphasized that                                                       the Class Committee to say a few          Interaction  Day.  Some  parents
                 The event started at 8.00a.m. where  every child is special and that parents                                                      words about how they felt about  were then ushered into private
                 Ms Wong briefly thanked everyone for  must also be rational and empathetic.                                                       the class. He said that the class  meetings with the FormTeacher for

                 participating and introduced herself.                                                                                             committee  members are thankful  further individual understanding
                 In the second phase, Ms Wong gave  Before ending off the event, parents                                                           for the cooperation from the  about                 their     child’s   learning
                 an overview on the statistics of the  were encouraged to join a school-                                                           classmates and the atmosphere of          situations and behavior in class.
                 class grades to let parents understand  run talk. They were also prompted                                                         the class was very wholesome.             With that, Sr1ScE’s Parent-Teacher

                 their children’s progress and where  to meet with each teacher to receive                                                                                                   Interaction  Day  came  to  an  end,
                 they need to be strengthened.                individual feedback. With that, Ms                                                                                             bringing the bonds between
                                                              Wong thanked parents for joining                                                                                               parents, students and teachers a
                 Next up was the feedback from  and concluded the event for the day.                                                                                          Reported by:   step closer.
                                                                                                                                                                        Chloe Ling Sr1ScE

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