1. BRIEFING ON PREPARATION FOR MERGER
EAST VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL
11 NOVEMBER 2017

2. GENERAL INFORMATION
The merger of East View Primary and Junyuan Primary will take effect in 2019
The merged school site is at Junyuan Primary
2017
2018
2019
Announcement of Merger. Current P1 to P4 students are affected
Preparatory Year for Merger
All P3 to P6 students will begin at the merged school
Upgrading of merged school (Nov 2019 to Dec 2021)
Merged school will continue to operate at the existing Junyuan Primary School site during upgrading

3. BRIEFING AGENDA Information to be announced in 2018 School hours
Textbooks
Curriculum alignment
Assessment
Bonding Activities
Student Care Centre

4. INFORMATION TO BE ANNOUNCED IN 2018
Appointment of Principal-Designate of the merged school
Name of the merged school
Prospective changes to the school uniform will be decided by the Principal-Designate in consultation with stakeholders (SAC, Parents, Students)
Allocation of classes
Student Care Centre

5. SCHOOL HOURS
School will begin as usual with the flag raising ceremony at 7.30am
Curriculum hours will be as follows:
Monday to Thursday 7.45am to 1.45pm
Friday am to 12.45pm
No change in Remedial / Supplementary Lesson Days

6. TEXTBOOKS
2018
2019
To align with Junyuan Pri, new texts will be introduced for English Language :
P3 & P4
Oral Workbook
P5 & P6
Synthesis and Transformation Workbook
P4 to P6
STELLAR Readers
For Mathematics, students will use new Math textbook
For Higher Chinese Language (HCL), students taking the subject will only need to buy one textbook i.e. HCL textbook
No change in textbooks
for other subjects

7. CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT
Both East View and Junyuan will continue with their respective curriculum and assessment practices for P1 – P3 in 2018.
For P4 and P5 levels, the scope and sequence of topics to be taught for English, Science (includes P3), Mother Tongue and Mathematics will be the same.
Students will sit for common papers for SA1 and
SA2. The papers will be set by teachers from both
schools.

8. ASSESSMENT
2018, common papers for SA1 and SA2 will facilitate the Subject Based Banding (SBB) process
SBB for 2018 P4 and P5 students will be jointly administered.

9. BONDING ACTIVITIES
To provide opportunities for students from both schools to get to know one another better, several bonding activities will be organised Students from P2 to P5 levels in 2018 will have an opportunity to interact with their peers from Junyuan Primary as these cohorts will be going over to the merged school in 2019

10. BONDING ACTIVITIES P2 & P3 levels
National Day Celebration joint hands-on activities
P4 Level
Joint Outdoor Adventure Camp
Choir exchange and Floorball Fiesta
P5 Level
Post-exam activities e.g Tchoukball Fiesta
Learning journey to Kidzania

11. STUDENT CARE CENTRE
Both schools have students already enrolled in the respective Student Care Centres (SCC) For 2019, application for a place in the SCC at the merged school will depend on the number of vacancies available