Hougang Primary School

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Hougang Primary School
P1 Parents Briefing January 2009 IT Department
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Philosophy of Education
Education should continually anticipate the
future needs of society and work towards
fulfilling these needs Mr Tharman
Shanmugaratnam, the then Senior Minister of
State for Trade Industry and Education, at
iTopia 2002
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Masterplan for IT in Education
IT will be pervasively and effectively used to
enhance educational processes and structures to
help realise the ability-driven education
paradigm.
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HGP IT Vision
To realize an IT culture where pupils learn
independently and creatively to meet the needs,
responsibilities and challenges of an
increasingly border-less world.
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HGP IT Mission
To develop each child to be a globalize creative
thinker and an independent learner through
excellence in teaching, learning, leadership and
management.
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Organisation Development
Infrastructure Resources
Innovation Culture
Pupil Development
IT Excellence
Recognition Rewards
Authentic Use of Technology
Staff Development
Collaboration with Industry Partners
Staff Development
Partnership Collaboration
IT Framework
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ICT _at_ HGP
School Vision Mission
Department Vision Mission
Capability Capacity Building of Staff Pupils
Educational Digital Resources Repository
Research on Innovative Use of ICT

• Integration of IT into the curriculum
• IT Baseline Standards
• IT Enrichment Programme
• IT Professional Development
• IT Cluster Projects Competitions
• Teacher Action Research

• Collaboration with Industry Partners

• Building Digital Teacher-Creating Resource
  Repository in the various subject discipline

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School Infrastructure Resources

• Data Management Portal (HIP)
• School Learning Management Portal (LMS) for
  e-Learning at home.
• School Local Network Wireless
• 11 teacher notebook ratio
• Project folders for pupils

Widespread Infrastructure Support
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Authentic Use of Technology

• Managing Hougang Broadcast Station

Pupils use IT effectively for active learning
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School IT Enrichment Programme

• To equip pupils with IT literacy skills to
  enhance their learning and prepare them for the
  changing social and educational landscape.
• Fully subsidized by school
• Alignment with MOE ICT Baseline Standards

Pupils use IT effectively for active learning
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Authentic Use of Technology
Pupil Development ICT Enrichment Programme
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P1 Touch Typing course - basic keyboarding
skills

• Using the QWERTY keyboard
• Familiarising with keyboard
• Introduction to Touch Typing
• Beginners Typing Skills
• Proper positioning of fingers
• Typing of Alphabets
• Correcting Typing Mistakes
• Capital Letters and Punctuation
• Numerals and Special Characters
• Short Paragraph Practice
• Alphabetic Sentences
• Skill and Speed Development

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HGPS Innovation Culture

• Cultivating creativity through IT Projects
• LEAD _at_ IT School
• CL Multimedia Teaching Learning Resources
  CD-ROMs
• Hougang Broadcast Station
• TLLM WebBlog P5 P6
• Use of Podcasting P2 - P6

Capacity capability in using IT for school
improvement
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Parents Workshop
HGPS Innovation Culture

• Parents Workshop Cyber Awareness
• Workshop Outline
• Taking practical precautions and protect your
  child from online dangers
• Guiding children to establish a healthy cyber
  culture

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• Media Resource Library

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MRL _at_ HGP
Our Very Own Mascot The Reading Owl
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MRL _at_ HGP

• Promote School Reading Literacy Programme
• Monthly Library Activities
• Book Talks
• Hougang Read-a-Thon Reading Badges
• Competitions _at_ Cafe
• Mobile Library _at_ Canteen

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Cafe_at_Hougang

• Café Loyalty Stamp Redemption
• Forum _at_ Cafe

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School Information Hub
Hougang Primary School Website http//schools.moe.
edu.sg/houps Hougang Information Portal
(HIP) http//www.hougangprimary.info HGP
Learning Management Sytem Portal http//hgps.commo
ntown.net
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IT Department _at_ HGP

• Mdm Suriyani
• HOD IT
• ratni_suriyani_saib_at_moe.edu.sg
• Miss Ashley Pan
• Level Head IT
• pan_kai_wei_at_moe.edu.sg