1. Primary School
Meet-the-Faculty
Academic Year 2012 -2013
19 July 2012
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2. Exec Principal & Vice-Principal
Executive Principal Vice-Principal (Primary)
Mr Ng Eng Chin Mr Melvin Sim
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3. Kepala Sekolah
Kindergarten – Grade 3 Grades 4 – 6
Ms Ratih Damajanti Ms Dian Rumanti
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4. Director of Sport & Chaplain
Director of Sport Chaplain
Mr Matt Wheeler Rev Denny Nainggolan
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5. Subject Heads & Coordinators
English Indonesian Chinese
Ms Isla McLeod Ms Krisnaningrum Suwarko Ms Lily Sugiarto
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6. Subject Heads & Coordinators
Mathematics Science & Inquiry Learning
Ms Mathilda Agnes Poli Ms Sunita Jagtiani
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7. Subject Heads & Coordinators
Inquiry Learning Cambridge Pri Checkpoint
Ms Monika Mack Ms Merry de Fretes
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8. Essential Information
School hours – 07.30 – 14.30 h
Students will meet in the Sports Hall for USSR
Snack is at 09.00 h (except Fri at 10.10 h)
Lunch is at 11.55 h
Vouchers are used but not refundable
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9. Essential Information
CCAs are mainly from 14.30 – 15.30 h
Library – after-school waiting area
Additional pick-up points
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10. Homeroom Teachers
Each Class has an expat and an Indonesian
Homeroom Teacher. They are the points of
contact for parents.
There is no distinction between Homeroom
Teachers
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11. Subject Teachers
Teachers specialise according to their strengths and
passion. They will then focus on their subject areas.
A list of teachers and the classes and subjects
taught, together with their email addresses and the subject
overview, is on our school website.
It can be found at Curriculum Primary Curriculum
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12. Curriculum
The Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Programme
• Developed by Cambridge International Exams in the UK
• Develops skills in English, Mathematics and Science
• Provides a benchmark and prepares for secondary school
More information at www.cie.org.uk
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14. Communication
Communication is essential.
Email (preferred), phone, appointments, sessions (Meet-the-
Faculty, Parent-Teacher Conference, etc), diary, letters,
school website, Tiara Weekly, quarterly reports
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15. Communication Channels
• Use of school diary
• Students will record homework, tests and other events there
• Teachers write comments and notes to parents there and vice versa.
• Email
• Parents provide email address to school and info can be sent there
• The weekly newsletter will also be sent there
• Emails of teachers are on the school website
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16. Communication Channels
• By Telephone
• Teachers may be reached by calling through on the school line
(021) 8459 7175 but may not always be available to answer the
phone.
• Making an Appointment
• The Admin Office will help parents make appointments to meet with
teachers. Teachers may not be available to meet if parents turn up in
school without an appointment.
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17. Communication Channels
• Tiara Weekly
• This is distributed every Friday via email or via your child
• Letters
• School Website
• The school calendar and other information can be accessed from here
• www.acsjakarta.sch.id
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18. Talk to Us
• Let us know if
• Your child is having difficulties
• Your child is unable to be in school (write in diary)
• Your child needs to leave school early (write in diary)
• Share with us
• Strategies that work with your child
• What we are doing well
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19. Reports
Once a Quarter
Comments for Core Subjects in Q2 and Q4.
Usually issued on the 2nd last day of the quarter
Parent-Teacher Conference follows
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20. Reports
Breakdown of assessment marks:
CA 40%, SA 60%
Semester 1 40%, Semester 2 60%
Promotion criteria (Gr 4 – 6)
Pass (50% or D) in English and in 2 other core subjects
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21. What’s New?
Chinese now called Mandarin
Speech & Drama now called Speech & Communication
Indonesian
iMacs and iPads
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22. Miscellaneous
• Have a dictionary at home for reference
• Lower Primary: Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
• Upper Primary: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
• Grade 5 and 6 students need a calculator
• School shop stocks the Casio FX85MS model which can be
used all the way through to the IGCSE in grade 10.
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23. Parents Support Group (PSG)
• Volunteers
• Class Parents (CP)
• Class Parent Leaders (CPL)
• Upcoming Father’s Day event
• Sat 28th July: The Father Factor
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24. Thank You
Teachers will be in the Red classrooms
eagerly waiting to meet you all
Gr 1 - 3 on Level 1
Gr 4 – 6 on Level 2
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