PSSG (Parents)

PL Parent-School Support Group (PSSG)

Our Vision:

An exciting and effective partnership between home and school

Our Mission:

To LINK up all parents to achieve the school’s mission.

[LINK – Linking Intentionally through Networking and Koinonia]

Our Purpose:

To provide support in various ways to help the school achieve its mission.
To raise awareness of the school’s activities and events to other parents.
To encourage parents to contribute their expertise and resources to the school.
To serve as a feedback channel between the parents and the school

Our focus areas:

To support school

As partners in school events, eg year-end strategic planning, talk at staff meet, career talks for the graduating students
As chaperone for learning journeys
As judges for school events
As resource personnel for school events, eg fund raising, work experience programme

To support families

As advocate of building parent-child bonds
As champions of parent-child activities
As mentor to parents
As resource for parent networking

PSSG Programmes for 2023 Calendar (as at 13 Dec 2022)

	Activity	Date
1.	Staff Dedication @ PL Sec (only 2 EXCO parents)	30 Dec 2022 (Fri)

2	EXCO Meetings
2.1	Meeting 1 (on site)	10 Jan (Tue)
2.2	Meeting 2 (Zoom)	29 Mar (Wed)
2.3	Meeting 3 (zoom)	5 July (Wed)
2.4	Meeting 4 (onsite)	15 Nov (Wed)

3	Praying Parents
3.1	PSSG Praying Parents Meetings (Term Time) Alternate online & onsite –when possible)	Jan to Oct, Mon (start on 9 Jan)

4	PMP
4.1	Sec 1 PMP (on site)	5 Jan (Thu) 5:30-7:30pm

5/6	Workshops for Parents (Hosted by item 5- Methodist Welfare Services-Parenting Support Provider/item 6-School)
5.1	Triple P Seminar 1-Raising Responsible Teenagers (Run 1- Sec 1)	11 Feb (Sat)
	Triple P Seminar 2-Raising Competent Teenagers (Run 1- Sec 1)	18 Feb (Sat)
	Triple P Seminar 3- Getting Teenagers Connected (Run 1- Sec 1)	25 Feb (Sat)
5.2	Triple P Seminar 1-Raising Responsible Teenagers (Run 2)	15 Jul (Sat)
	Triple P Seminar 2-Raising Competent Teenagers (Run 2)	22 Jul (Sat)
	Triple P Seminar 3- Getting Teenagers Connected (Run 2)	29 Jul (Sat)
6.1	Parents’ Workshop 1-Cyberwellness (onsite) Talk About Anything: Media & Technology by Focus on the Family (parent-child pairs)	25 Mar (Sat)
6.2	Parents’ Workshop 2- (online) -Mental Well Being by NHG	12 Aug (Sat)

7	Other School Events (supported by PSSG)
7.1	Teachers’ Day Celebration	31 Aug (Thu)
7.2	Work shadow

8	PSSG Organised Event
8.1	PSSG Family Event (onsite)	20 May (Sat)

Fathers@School [Once a term]

Dates	Proposed Topics / Remarks
8 Mar, Wed (T1 W10)	Celebrate Fathers@school 12^th Anniversary
20 May (Sat) (T2 W9)	Combine with Family Event
16 Aug, Wed (T3 W8)	Activity to be confirmed
25 Oct, Wed (T4 W7)	Activity to be confirmed

Our Regular Activities (during school term)

Praying Parents@PL
Praying Parents@PL meets every Monday morning, via Zoom at 8am for a time of prayer and fellowship (7.30 am at SFE room, if onsite). If you have a desire to uphold the school in prayer, join the Praying Parents!

Fathers@School [Once a term]
Our objectives:
1. To know other fathers in the school
2. To share and support each other in our journey as fathers
3. To learn new skills and knowledge to help us to be more effective fathers to our children

PSSG Membership drive

Join us to be a part of the PL’s extended family:
Click on the link PSSG Membership 2023 https://go.gov.sg/pssgmbrship2023 to register. Registration is Free!

For more information, please feel free to email plmgss.pssg@gmail.com

PSSG Executive Committee Members 2023

*PSSG 2023 EXCO*	*Role in PSSG EXCO*
Mrs Audrey Heng	Chairperson
Mrs Yolanda Gooi	Vice Chairperson
Mrs Audrey Gomez	Secretary
Mr Allan Ang	Fathers@School IC
Mrs Josephine Eng	Praying Parents IC
Mrs Mae Oh	Member
Mrs Lim Ching Ching	Member

Photos of 2022

Resources for Parents

Please click on links to view useful information for parents to support your children through secondary and post-secondary schooling years.