Criterion 3.3

Customising and implementing

CCE curriculum (Cat 3.2) and

co-curriculum (Cat 3.3)

Sharing with Staff on 30 Dec 2022

Our CCE Framework

A holistic, comprehensive and intentional approach to CCE that involves
the Head, Heart and Hands of every student.

​Every school experience

a CCE lesson

Multiple Choice

Which Strategic Thrust focuses on CCE curriculum and co-curriculum?

• ST1

• ST2

• ST3

• ST4

Our CCE Framework

A holistic, comprehensive and intentional approach to CCE that involves
the Head, Heart and Hands of every student.

Strategic Thrust 1:
Leaders of Character and Active
Citizens who Contribute Positively

SO1.1: To develop leaders of
character who are anchored in
values and able to lead
themselves and others to do what
is right

SO1.2: To develop active citizens
who love Singapore and make a
difference to the school,
community and nation

Fill in the Blank

What is the key approach that the school leverages in delivering its CCE curriculum and co-curriculum?

(Hint: L A R)

· Learn: Explicit teaching and intentional integration of CCE
and leadership practices across the curriculum and co-
curriculum.

· Apply: Authentic platforms across the curriculum and co-
curriculum for students to apply what they have learnt and live
out school values, demonstrate SE competencies and
leadership practices and serve the school, community &
nation.

· Reflect: Students engage in regular reflection across the
curriculum and co-curriculum on what they have learnt and
how they have applied their leadership practices and live out
school values. Students set character goals and assess
themselves and give feedback to their peers in relation to
these goals and success criteria.

Learn-
Apply-
Reflect
approach

Open Ended

Share some examples of platforms / opportunities where our students can LEARN.

LEARN

Pre- Assembly Talks

(e.g. LessOn in Value Education (LOVE) talks by classes

and CCA groups)

​N.B. Plans for 2023

Pre-Assembly Talks in 2023

• Performing Arts and Talent Art CCAs will conduct their LOVE talks on Mondays, as part of Arts ALIVE.

  -This will free up a few pre-assembly slots on Fridays to cover things like executive functioning skills, mental health, SEN.

LEARN

Assembly Talks

Sharing by Principal on Leadership Practice 3 –
Taking Initiative to make a Difference

Sharing by HealthServe on the Migrant Worker
community

​N.B. Some assembly talks on Mondays might be used to cover FTGP / FTGP+, e.g. school-based lessons for NE commemorative events.

LEARN

FTGP lessons

LEARN

FTGP+ lessons

Open Ended

What is the difference between FTGP and FTGP+ lessons?

LEARN

And …

your various subject lessons…

day to day interactions with the students...

Start-It-Right...

APPLY

Values in Action (ViA)

– As part of NE Commemorative Events

Open Ended

Share some examples of platforms / opportunities where our students can APPLY.

APPLY

Values in Action (ViA) @ Home

APPLY

Values in Action (ViA) @ Home

APPLY

CCAs

CCE in CCA (Character Comes Alive!)

When?
10 minutes
-at the start of the CCA session
-at the end of the CCA session

How?
-Choose a task for students to perform during CCA session
Or
-Choose a start/end question to activate discussion

Capturing discussion and reflection
-Journals
SLS

Talent Art

Robotics

APPLY

CCE in CCA
(Character
Comes Alive!)

Term 1

Term 2 - 4

•Safety Briefing
•Expectations
•Routines
•Safe use of equipments

•Collaboration
•Care
•Resilience

•Integrity
•Excellence
•Leadership

Some examples

Task

•Make a new friend who is not from your level.
•Do something today that shows that you include everyone. (Collaboration)
•Speak only the truth throughout the whole CCA practice / session. (Integrity)

Start Question

•What would you do to connect with a younger peer?
•How can you show trust in your fellow CCA members? (Collaboration)
•Complete the sentence: My CCA teachers can trust me to _________ during the CCA practice / session. (Integrity)

End Question

•Name something you have found out about your new friend.
•What did you do today to build trust in your team? (Collaboration)
•Did you have to apologise to anyone today? What was it about? (Integrity)

APPLY

Rugby

Brass Band

Team Bonding Session

APPLY

Rugby

Brownies

Brownies

Red Cross

APPLY

Teacher facilitating a discussion

Rugby

REFLECT

Self-Assessment

REFLECT

Peer Assessment and Feedback

REFLECT

Reflections

Open Ended

Ensuring learning opportunities for student segments and development of 21CC, taking into consideration our students’ needs, abilities and interest...

What comes to your mind?

Discover Your Passion (P6 Post-PSLE activity)

• To provide lifelong self-directed learning and SE competencies (e.g

responsible decision making), since 2020, a series of different
learning experiences that appeal to the students’ varied interests
are provided to all P6 students so that they get to experience 6
hours of programme of their choice.

Student Leadership

• Opportunities are provided for every student to learn, apply and reflect on their leadership skills through the tiered leadership structure.

• Students also exercise agency when they are given a choice to volunteer for Tier 2 to Tier 4 student leader roles. They get to choose these roles based on their interests.

• Teachers cannot veto students’ choice but students have to go through a selection process to be selected as prefects (Tier 3) and head prefects (Tier 4).-

CCA

Participation in CCA helps develop Character,
foster Camaraderie & inculcate good Attitude in
every child and plays a pivotal role in imparting
important

values

such

as

resilience

and

harmony.

Students are given choices to select their CCAs
based on their passion, interests and abilities.
Starting from 2020, almost 90% of the students
are allocated their first choice. The rest of the
students will be given 2nd or 3rd choice based
on their selection.

First

Choice

Second
Choice

Third
Choice

Fourth
Choice

2019

70%

14%

8%

8%

2020

90%

5%

3%

2%

2021

90%

7%

2%

1%

2022

90%

8%

2%

0%

2019

2020

2021

2022(Jul)

P4

17

8

5

3

P5

6

7

3

3

P6

3

2

4

1

With this change, students requesting for
change of CCA decreased.

Open Ended

What are some improvements in CCE that we have made as a school over the years?

Improvement 1: Increased Student Voice and
Agency (SVA) in CCE

Agency is the capacity to set a goal, act responsibly and reflect to effect
change
→ purposeful action that makes a positive difference to self

/others/society

This is illustrated through:
(a) termly 3Ds plan and reflection; and
(b) yearly in-depth reflection at Parent-Child Teacher Conference (PCTC)

SVA: Termly 3Ds plan and reflection

Where do I want to
go?
[set a goal]

Involve students in setting
character/ academic/ CCA/
leadership goals

How do I get
there?
[act responsibly]

Students commit to a plan
of action and take action to
work towards their goals

Where am I now?
[reflect]

Students engage in termly
reflection and self-
assessment in relation to
these goals.

SVA: Termly 3Ds plan and reflection

Where do I want to go?
[set a goal]

How do I get there?
[act responsibly]

Where am I now? [reflect]

SVA: Termly 3Ds plan and reflection

Where do I want to go?
[set a goal]

How do I get there?
[act responsibly]

Where am I now? [reflect]

​N.B. Removal of 3Ds plan template from student handbook and P1/2

SVA @ PCTC

Where am I now?
[reflect]

Where do I want to go?
[set a goal]

How do I get there?
[act responsibly]

SVA @ PCTC

Where am I now?
[reflect]

Where do I want to go?
[set a goal]

How do I get there?
[act responsibly]

SVA in Education & Career Guidance (ECG)

Where am I
now? [reflect]

Where do I
want to go?
[set a goal]

How do I get
there?
[act responsibly]

Student agency is about making responsible decisions and choices rather than
accepting those determined by others.

SVA in School-Wide Sharing

Student agency implies a sense of responsibility as students
participate in society and aim to influence people, events and
circumstances for the better.

Over the years, we have been more deliberate in giving our students
opportunities to conduct school-wide sharing on various topics
such as school values, cyber wellness and NE core events where
their voices can be heard and they can demonstrate agency by
influencing others.

SVA in Love Talks

Students chose the
school values to
present - Care &
Collaboration.

Students chose the
roles, based on their
preferences.

Students collaborated
via Google classroom
to write the script, edit
the videos, work on the
ppt slides.

SVA in Cyber Wellness

Cyber Wellness
Ambassaors

Theme

Term 1

-

Go Safe Online
(Be Safe)

Term 2

P4

Balanced Usage of Internet
(Be Smart)

Term 3

P5

Countering Online
Aggression (Be Kind)

Cyber
Wellness
Week

P3

Be safe, Be Smart, Be Kind

Term 4

P6

Online Gaming
(Be safe, Be Smart, Be Kind)

Cyber Wellness Ambassdors share cyber wellness messages with the school every
term. They work on the presentations and posters, with teachers as the facilitators.

SVA in VIA

Showing Appreciation to the migrant workers in the community

SVA in VIA

Showing Appreciation to the migrant
workers in the community

Students chose the roles (interviewer, recorder,
photographer) that they want to play.

Students chose the questions that they wanted to
ask the migrant workers.

SVA in VIA

“We can make their work easier by not littering and recycling the right things in the recycling bins”
“I learnt that we have to be grateful to those who make sacrifices to help us.”
“We should be kind and respect them.”

SVA in OLE (2021)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our school did a virtual OLE
(e-OLE) with Shanghai Fushan Foreign Language Primary
School in 2021 with one P6 class.

The P6 students had the opportunity to demonstrate SVA
where they acted as ambassadors of Singapore and the
school and shared with Shanghai students about Singapore
and the school.

SVA in CCA

Where do I want to go?
[set a goal]

Where am I now?
[reflect]

How do I get there?
[act responsibly]

SYF Dance
1) Genre/Theme for SYF

2) Choreography

1)Involved students in selection of
SYF genre/theme for Dance through
voting.
2)Students will rate (self and
peers)and reflect on what and how to
improve their steps.

1)Students need to research on the
genre/theme before they can make
an informed choice.
2)Students work on their steps based
on their reflection during breaks and
recesses.

NSG
1)School team

2)After tournament

1)Teachers will set the criterias;
students will work on their skills.
Periodically, they will reflect on what
to improve on.
2)Students review and reflect on
areas for improvement

1)Worked in pairs/group to improved
on their skills.

2)Students worked on what they
reflected during morning exercises/
recesses with peers.

SVA in CCA

Peers coaching after a review session

Student’s notes about Bharatanatyam

SVA in Student Leadership

2020: Bags of Love Initiative for the migrant workers building our new
school block
- Teachers facilitate the discussion over Zoom. Student researched on and
shared about some of the groups that they would like to help.
- The ideas proposed and items to be donated came from the students.
The whole school was roped in to contribute to the project.

SVA in Student Leadership

● 2021: A Little Goes A Long Way Project. A collaboration with Food

from the Heart (FFTH) to organise a food donation drive.

● The project was helmed by our Head Prefect and the Deputy Head

Prefects. The P6 prefects helped to plan the project and P4 and P5
prefects were instrumental in the execution of the project.

● The Heads shared about FFTH and the project with the rest of the

school. Students and staff contributed to the food donation drive.
Prefects then sorted and packed the donated items.

SVA in Student Leadership

● 2022: Working with Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF)
● The P6 prefects initiated the idea to work with CCF as they were inspired by Aaron

Tay, one of the P3 students who was a cancer survivor and CCF ambassador.

● Together with CCF, they conducted an assembly talk to raise awareness about

childhood cancers and the work of CCF. They interviewed Aaron and also came up
with publicity collaterals to help promote Aaron’s jokes books as part of his
fundraising efforts for CCF.

● One of CCF’s services includes a learning centre (Place for Academic Learning &

Support, or PALS in short) which caters to children who need to take time away from
school as they undergo or recover from their cancer treatment. Our P6 prefects also
engaged the preschoolers and primary schoolers from PALS and presented
encouragement postcards to them.

SVA in Student Leadership

P6 Prefects’ VIA with Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF)

Improvement 2: Increased visibility of
student leaders

The visibility of student leaders (Prefects, CCA Leaders, Class
Chairpersons) has increased over the years through:

• performing of duties for the school (e.g. PCTC),

• planning and execution of NE core events (e.g. National Day) and
school events (e.g. Teachers’ Day Celebration),

• leading and initiating VIA projects, etc.

National Day Celebration

Teachers’ Day

Celebration

Improvement 3: Increased VIA
opportunities

VIA at Zhenghua reinforces the culture of C.A.R.E as exemplified by our students who
are:
- cognizant of the current issues that are happening around them or in the community
- appreciative of what they have, and the people around them
- reflective and engage in critical thinking as they strive to solve problems
- empathetic and understand the feelings and perspectives of other people

VIA programmes provide opportunities for students to:

• to take an Action to improve a situation that they care about or to show gratitude to
others who have contributed actively to the community

• to promote Awareness about an issue of concern in the community

• to become Advocates to inspire and influence others to make a difference in
something that they care about

Improvement 3: Increased VIA
opportunities

• Progressive increased level of SVA

for VIA is evident from P1 to P6 and
across the tiered student leadership:
- School-led (for P1 to P6)
- Student-led (by P4 to P6)
- Student-initiated (helmed by Tier
3/4 student leaders)

Area for Growth

National Day Celebration

• There is room for growth for students’ initiative to promote

active citizenry. The school would need to be more intentional
with the efforts, starting from home, to class, to the school,
community and beyond.

- As VIA opportunities are lacking among the CCAs, there will be

more intentional efforts by the different CCAs in 2023 to infuse
ViA in their CCAs.

- As ViA should start from home and school, there are plans to

introduce daily responsibilities (e.g. cleaning classrooms,
canteen) for the school.

Multiple Select

Would you be keen for P4 to P6 students to be rostered to do canteen cleanliness duties?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Outcomes
– Social and
Moral (5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

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and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

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and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

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and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

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and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

– Social

and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

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and Moral

(5.4)

Outcomes

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and Moral

(5.4)

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and Moral

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Outcomes

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and Moral

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Outcomes

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and Moral

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Outcomes

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and Moral

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Outcomes

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and Moral

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and Moral

(5.4)

Open Ended

Any Questions / Feedback?