Cross Country at MacRitchie Reservoir

Date : Friday, 11th March 2011

On the last day of school, just before the March school holidays, it was the annual PHS Cross Country.



Instructions given before the race starts



Warming up






















The "Fit" leading the young



 

Mrs Jenny Chin, Chairperson of PSG, was the Guest-of-Honour

 


Jenny flagging off the start of the race!







 

Unexpected onlooker, making his getaway



  See her determination 

 

"What would you like to have?"



Service with a smile



Here are the prizes





Token of appreciation for the Guest-of-Honour

Photo credits: Mr Ang Lee San (PSG) and Benjamin Loh.
Thanks Mr Ang and Benjamin for the photos.

Meet-The-Parents Sec 1, 8th Jan

Venue : Bethel Hall, PHS

What a good start to the new year!

It was a chance for PSG to meet parents of Sec 1 pupils - to answer queries on PSG's involvement in the school.  Interested parents were concerned on the level of presence required of them, if they join the PSG.  Do they have to be there at every school event?  Is it a must to sit in every PSG meeting? 

The answer is, as often as you are able.  Every parent who signs up as a PSG member is not expected to be present for every school event, or to attend PSG meeting.  But we do hope that each parent would be willing to contribute their time, expertise, and "in-kind" to the school at least once.  We also welcome you to observe our meeting. 

The contribution each parent gives is a labour of love, for the school, and our children who attend the school.  When our children see us in school, helping out in the activities, they know that we are concerned about them.

Every time, we chaperone the pupils to a school outing, we get a precious opportunity to get acquainted with our child and his/her classmates. It is a good time to know the form-teacher.

PSG parents support each other by networking, and sharing our experiences.

Parents can help in areas, where we have the expertise.  E.g. teach the pupils to make paper crosages, to be tied around their wrists. You can see a bowl of them in the photo (left).  These were originally made by pupils for Teachers' Day last year.

Although the school funds the school events, there are some events, e.g. Parents HugS, which are supported wholly by parents.  Mrs Jenny Chin, PSG Chair-person made an appeal on Sat, for funds.  There were 3 Parents HugS last year, and the pupils enjoyed them tremendously! 

We would like to make an appeal for funds to continue such activities.  Please email us at psg@preshigh.edu.sg  for the PHS-PSG Appeal Letter.  You can make your donation, either in cash or cheque, and submit it to the School General Office.  Kindly mark "PSG" at the back of the cheque.  Do note that donations of more than $100 are tax-deductible.

We would like to welcome the parents who signed up in the PSG and we look forward to working together in 2011! 

ParentHugs #2, 18th May

We had our 2nd treat for ParentHugs and it was Subway cookies!  There were 3 flavours : White Chocolate with Macadamia, Double Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chip!

Many parents (incl PSG) showed up at 9.00 am on Tue, 18th May. The cookies were delivered in covered trays and help was needed to re-pack them into little Subway paper bags - 2 cookies per bag.

 

 It was a good time for parents to get to know each other, while packing the cookies into bags.

The purpose of this event was for parents to show their love and concern for their children by providing these "treats"....

... and when our children "HUG" us back in appreciation, it makes all the difference to us.... (continued below)..

 

So this time, PSG decided to award a little extra to 2 classes that were most outstanding in their demonstration of their thanks.  This would be mostly impromptu and should not last more than 2 minutes. Grading were based on creativity, teamwork and sincerity. 2 Humility (lower sec) and 4 Endurance (upper sec) stood out from the many demonstrations and each pupil from the 2 classes were given an extra cookie for their efforts.  Parents went to their classrooms and presented them with the "prizes".

4 ENDURANCE

4 ENDURANCE

2 HUMILITY

ParentHugs was organised to encourage pupils to have a spirit of gratitude, appreciation and not to take gifts for granted. Pupils have to able to demonstrate this gratitude, be it a simple word of thanks or a little drawing.

Thanks to the parents and PSG for their help: Shendy Gibson, Wendy Teo, Lillian Foo, Kelly Tan, Melina Hee, Rina Tay, Shirley Leong, Lynn Quek, Noriki Ide, Jenny Chin, Celia Lee, Alvin & Elicia Soh, Ang Lee San & Sheena Ang. Our thanks also go to Mrs Boey and a teacher who sat with us in packing the cookies, as well as to all those who were unseen helping us.

Photo credits:

Lynn Quek, Ang Lee San and Celia Lee