In Link Bulletin 

As mentioned in the IN LINK Bulletin (ILB / 05 / 2018), all pupils need not come to school on Friday, 09 November 2018 as it falls on the School Marking Day cum 2019 P1 Orientation Day. 

Please be informed of the following arrangement for class allocation for 2019.  There will be re-grouping of Primary 3 to Primary 5 pupils for next year. This is to facilitate interaction of pupils from both Coral Primary School and White Sands Primary School.

White Sands Primary will be having her Annual Prize Giving Day on Friday, 16 November 2018. The theme for this year is “Tapestry of Excellence”. The theme signifies the journey our pupils experienced to achieve excellence in our endeavour to provide holistic development.  

The programme for the day is as follows:

 *Prize winners will be notified separately.

Parents are requested to make necessary alternative transport arrangement where necessary. The school bus will fetch pupils to school as usual in the morning. The school bus will leave school after the Primary 1 to Primary 4 Prize Giving Ceremony at 11.00 am.  

Our congratulation goes to all who have put in their best effort, regardless of whether they are going up on stage to receive their prizes. We also wish to recognise parents, teachers and non-teaching staff for their dedication and hard work in support of the pupils’ growth and development.

The 2018 PSLE results will be released either on Thursday, 22 November 2018 or Friday, 23 November 2018. There will be an announcement via a press release a few days before the actual date.

Primary 6 pupils will report in their full school uniform to receive the results which are normally released at 11.30 am in the school hall. We strongly encourage all parents to accompany the children to collect the results as there will be announcements regarding online processing of secondary school application. 

As part of the school’s proactive and preventive measures to ensure that the school is prepared for health related emergencies that may arise such as pandemic flu, we seek your assistance in updating the school on travel plans involving your children for the upcoming year-end holidays.

All P1 parents need to declare the travel plans of their P1 children regardless of travel intent. A nil return is required. For P2 to P6, only parents who intend to travel need to declare their children’s travel plans.

Details on how to update your travel plans are found in Annex A. Please submit the travel plans by Wednesday, 14 November 2018.

Please be informed of the school hours for the new academic year.

*A lunch break will be provided from 12.45 pm to 1.15 pm for Primary 6 pupils
** Pupils will take part in CCA on either Wednesday or Thursday

All pupils are encouraged to report to the respective assembly venues by 7.30 am. All pupils are also expected to be in school for flag raising ceremony, which will be at 7.40 am. Lessons will begin at 7.45 am. 

While the name of the merged school remains unchanged as White Sands Primary School, the school will be having a new crest to signify the merger of our school with Coral Primary School. While the merged school will continue with the same uniform design of the current White Sands Primary School, there will be a change in the school badge.

As the current school badge is attached on the school shirt (or blouse) and PE shorts, the school will provide at no cost to parents one new school shirt (or blouse) and one PE shorts to each of our current Primary 1 to 5 pupils.  Parents may collect the shirt (or blouse) and PE shorts from the uniform vendor during the year end sales on 22, 23, 26, 27, 28 November 2018 and 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 26, 27 December 2018.  Parents may also purchase new school badge separately at a price of $3.00 (for a set of 2 badges).

For parents who have successfully applied for MOE/School-Based Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), their children will be given 2 sets of school uniform and PE attire as part of the provision under FAS.

Parents are requested to wait outside the respective school gates when fetching their children during school dismissal. Parents are reminded not to enter the school or wait at the foyer to fetch their children. To facilitate an orderly dismissal, access to the school bookshop and school-based student care centre will not be permitted 15 minutes before and after school dismissal time.

For parents who drive to fetch their children, they will still be permitted to drive into the school compound to fetch their children from the school foyer. However, they will not be able to park within the school compound during school dismissal due to the unavailability of space. To facilitate a smooth flow of traffic at the school foyer, parents are requested to make arrangements with their children on the timing they will fetch their children. For the same reason, parents are also requested not to wait in their vehicles at the school foyer.

Parents are reminded to apply early for the 2019 MOE FAS.  Application forms are available from the General Office.

The eligibility criteria are as follows:

·         Pupil must be a Singapore Citizen

·         Family’s Gross Household Income (GHI) does not exceed $2,750 per month or Per Capita Income (PCI) does not exceed $690 per month.

Please note that if you have children studying in different schools, you are required to submit only one application form for all your children to only one of the schools.  The school receiving the application form will inform you of the outcome for all the children.  Unsuccessful applicants will be notified by 31 December 2018.

Dear P1 – P6 Parents/Guardians,

Online Year-End Holidays Travel Declaration Exercise

Access to the travel declaration module is via the Marshall Cavendish Education online portal at www.mconline.sg. A guide on how to perform the declaration can be found in the following page.

To log in to the portal, please use the details as shown below.

Login ID         : P_(Your child’s class in the format of level and class, followed by the last 5 characters in your child’s BC). For example if your child is in class 6D and has the BC number of T1234567H, your user id would be P_6D4567H

School             : WSPS

Password     : parent01 (the default password, otherwise please use your personal password which you have changed previously on your first login)

The portal works best with Google Chrome.

For technical assistance, please contact Marshall Cavendish Online at 6777 5198 during operating hours, or refer to the FAQ section on their website.

Please input your child’s/ward’s travel declaration by 14 November 2018. For any changes or plans made after the deadline, please continue to update your travel details using the portal.

Please contact Mr Liew at 6922 9124 if you need any further clarifications.

Thank you.

Mr Liew Guan Jie
Subject Head – ICT

Guide for Travel Plan Declarations

Step 1 – Click on School Admin

Step 2 – Click on View My Child’s Travel Plans under School Matters

Step 3 – Click on Declare

Step 4 – Fill in the travel declaration

Step 5 – Click on Save to submit the declaration or Save & Add Another to submit travel declaration and add in another country of travel