CCA day

It was CCA day. Parents brought their children along to help understand the purpose, benefits and participation requirement/ options. Holistic education and leadership development are opportunities not to be missed. After briefing by the Principal and head of CCA, parents accompanied their child to stream through the labyrinth of displays put together by the students of various CCA groups.
At regular intervals, CCA groups performed on the parade square. Precision drills, hip-hop, marches, live band music and first aid demo were eye catching and interesting.

Seniors manning the display booth of various CCAs were on hand to brief the parents and secondary one students and guided them through interactive activities. The confidence of the seniors do give parents a sense of excitement to think their child would, in due time, be molded likewise if the child engages and grow with the CCA.
PSG volunteers were on hand to help ease the visiting parents with their personal experience of managing their child through 4 years of CCA and the joy of discovering the leadership growth and maturity CCA brought.
PSG volunteers were also using the occasion to connect with the new PSG members once more (all parents of TKSS students are automatically PSG members). Response from visiting parents was good to the activities planned by signing up for events at the PSG counter. The events opened for registration were TK1 Nite and parenting seminar “Dim Sum for the Family”. The cheerfulness among the PSG volunteers was a clear display of friendship developed across ethnicity through participation in PSG activities. The PSG volunteers are driven by a common goal … to partner with the school in engaging parents for the benefit of the students. The next four years will be a new and exciting journey for the sec one students and their parents.

Welcome to TKSS.

Reaching out to New Parent

The new cohort of students came to register for 2011 secondary one in TKSS. Parent support group were organized and on hand to simultaneously welcome the new parents who were accompanying their child. The preparation work were put into effect with well thought through brochures and stationaries to help in enagaging the parents. Partnership between the school and parents is forged through engagement, participation and involvement. TK1 Nite is one of the major events for sec 1 parents. Principal and Heads of Departments leverage TK 1 nite to give finer points on collaboration for the benefit of the student.
PSG committee is also organizing a parenting seminar for the benefit of all PSG members to learn more about managing parent-teen conflict. Dr John Ng has been arranged to speak on this topic. He is well sought after for his renowned "Dim Sum For the Family" seminar. 20 copies of his book relating to the seminar will be given to 20 lucky participants. Seminar is to be held on 25 Feb, 2:00 to 4:30pm, TKSS library. This event is supported by school and School Family Education (SFE).

Welcome to the new academic year 2012

Welcome to the parents of sec 1 TKSS students, 2012. The year ahead will be a new phase for your son and yourself, as parents (especially if the child is the eldest of your children). Holistic education is the aim of TKSS. Students will have opportunities presented to them for development. Parents play a crucial role in providing support and encouragement for the child to grow and excel in secondary school education.
PSG (Parent Support Group) aim to strength the partnership of parents with the school for the development of our child. PSG organises activities for parents to engage with the school as well as programs on parenting. We hope you will participate in these activities. For parents with a strong sense of volunteerism, PSG and TKSS school management will welcome any help we can get. From tending to libraries to working on projects. If your profession can offer students education opportunities, do approach the school. When participating, you can form your parents network and make friends along the way. Do scroll through the previous blog postings to get a flavour of the PSG activities.
You can contact the school office or PSG committee members to get involved.
Welcome to an exciting 2012.
Hei Tong,
Vice Chair and blog adminstrator of PSG Committee.

Under One Roof... Racial Harmony Day in TK

Writtern by : NORLIA EMBONG

Photo by : CLIFF HEW & MEGA

Congratulation to Public Service Star Award receipent

The picture below was taken from The Straits Times dated 29 Aug 2011. We are fortunate to have him in our School Advisory Committee. Congrtaulations !!!

TK Bazaar 26 May 2011

Dear Bazaar Team,

It was heart warming to see the great response from teachers and students at our stall. I was so shocked that the 100 cupcakes were wiped out within the first hours of business. The curry chicken was just left with gravy and the Bundung sold to the every last drop. $400+ for two

hours work is amazing, may be we should consider to open a permanent store in school uh, haha.....

It was wonderful to see one and all in high spirit yesterday.Well done team! With regards...Sebastian

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Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for being part of this wonderful cause. Appreciate all the time and effort put in.

Warm regards,

Jasma

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Dear All,

To those of you who were present today at the TK Charity Bazaar – Thank You so much for such a vibrant support. We sold our TK Cupcakes for less than an hour! Excellent work indeed. The Chicken Curry and Bandung were just as good. We sold to the very last drop and yet through word of mouth many came back to ask for more..more..more. We told them come back next year please!! For the surrogate buyers Thank You so much for adopting the Cup Cakes. And last but the least, Thank You to those who were involved indirectly too …..like poster making ( Smrita ) and etc…etc. It is always a pleasure working around those who gives their best.

A Special Thanks to:

1. Maisie for her Rose Syrup Adventure

2. Emily for her enduring spirit

3. Cliff & Sebastian for being the str

ong pillars

4. Poh Choo the everlasting support

5.

Yin the Curry Lady

6. Alena for being there when we need you

Best Regards, Norsiah Reja

Sports Day ... PSG runner

TK Sports Day is always a special, exciting day, oh...and I dont mean just for the kids. For me and some of the parents that compete in the highlight of the day's event, the inaugural 4x100m relay parents vs teachers vs TK alumni race, it is something we have been looking forward to all year. Last year the parents team came in 3rd. The teachers and alumni were too quick for us (there were rumours of steroid abuse by the winning team and runnerup teams but hey lets not get into that....). This year the parents are going for GOLD! Perhaps we are a tad competitive but it is all in the name of fun and a good laugh.

I started the day by "talking up" our imminent victory to everyone at my office that would listen. I posted on my facebook and twitter that I told my son, Shaun to warn his teachers to say hello to the guy in the red adidas shirt at the start line because once the gun goes off, all they will see is my back :)

To generate some extra spice in the race, I wore Shaun's house shirt "Tagore" and got the Tagore cheer squad to really cheer on the "uncles" in the race! Everyone was having so much fun and it was building up to a heady crescendo fueled by testosterone and adrenalin.

When the race was about to start, we got down to serious business. Because the parents team looked too formidable (ahem...), the judges decided to mix up the teams. My team had 2 parents and 2 teachers. Once the gun went off, we forgot we were unfit, 40 something, office bound corporate soldiers and turned into racing cheetahs. To add to the excitement, there were a few spills and thrills, people falling over, batons dropped. At the end of the race, we were all smiling, congratulating each other and back slapping each other like we just ran in the REAL Olympics! and yes, my team did win gold!

The serendipity of being part of the TK Sports Day is the reaction from my son. He was happy to see his "papa" participating and being part of his school's event, he received numerous questions from his mates ("is that your dad?" followed by "when did he escape from the zoo/circus.." good on them to have a sense of humour :). I also got a chance to meet and be-friend some of Shaun's mates. So lots of good things that came out of this event.

You can bet your house on it that I will be back next year! Will I see you at the start line?

Steven Pang