2017

Bookmarks for GSS: 28 April 2017

From mid-April, Parents Connect members and the Student Leaders pooled their hearts and minds into creating handmade bookmarks for Greenrdigeans as a gesture to motivate them for their upcoming examination. Pictures speak a thousand words of our students’ appreciation of their efforts!

Sports Carnival @ GSS: 24 March 2017

Thank you parents. It was great to have you join the Greenridge family and soak in the fun and games like the various challenges ranging from 5 ‘stones’ to skipping ropes. Your presence certainly makes a difference to our Greenridgeans who are grateful for your support in cheering them on. We look forward to seeing you next year!

Family Matters Parenting Seminars

This is a series of parenting seminars supported by the Ministry of Social and Family Development. These seminars aim to provide parents with valuable insights to more effective parenting strategies on a range of topics from effective communication with teenagers to walking with them through the stressors of academic rigour. Please see the synopsis of each seminar in the section below;

Details	Synopsis
9am – 12pm, Saturday, 25 March 2017 @ Greenridge Secondary School, SPARK! COMPLETED	Theme: Communicating with our teens; Finding a connection with them Are you frustrated that despite your effort to cultivate bonds and deepen relationship with your teen, they remain distant and uncommunicative? In this interactive workshop, we offer insights to the world of teenagers.
9am – 12pm, Saturday, 13 May 2017 @ Greenridge Secondary School, SPARK! COMPLETED	Theme: Empowering Your Teen To Be A Champion In Life Being a champion does not mean winning all the time at all cost. Being a champion means being able to have the inner mental strength and skill to face challenges in life. In this talk, the speaker will discuss the difference between champions and losers.
9am – 12pm, Saturday, 29 July 2017 @ Greenridge Secondary School, SPARK! COMPLETED	Theme: Enabling And Helping Our Children Overcome The New World Danger Through this workshop, our speaker will share real life cyber bullying case studies and bring about awareness of the severity and impact of cyber bullying.

9am – 1pm, Saturday,16 Sep 2017 @ Greenridge Secondary School, SPARK!

Theme:
Coping with Stress: At home or at school

Stress is physical, chemical or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. It is a way that our body responds to demands made upon us by the environment and our relationships, and our perceptions of those demands. The solution is to develop our coping skills, to adapt, to change, or to find methods to solve the problem.

Theme: Coping with Stress at Home or at School

Stress “kills” as much as smoking and drinking. To prevent the harmful effects of stress, you need to develop a habit of releasing your stress, and of strengthening your coping skills. Join us on 16 September 2017 @ Greenridge Secondary School (GSS) to learn more from expert trainer Dr. Carol LK Yeo, on how to help your teens understand and manage stress.

Coping with Stress at Home or at School
Programme Details	Date: 16 Sept 2017(Sat) Time: 0900 – 1300 Venue: Greenridge Secondary School, SPARK!
Synopsis	Stress is a physical, chemical or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. It is a way that our body responds to demands made upon us by the environment and our relationships, and our perceptions of those demands. There is good stress and bad stress. Good stress builds up our resilience. Bad stress overwhelms our coping mechanisms affecting our ability to function well. Stress affects individuals differently. The symptoms are physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, and behavioural. The causes of stress are related to the home, school, and work environments, as well as our personality. The solution is to develop our coping skills, to adapt, to change, or to find methods to solve the problem. This workshop enables participants to: · Understand what constitutes stress · Distinguish between good and bad stress · Recognize the signs and results of stress · Identify the sources of stress · Practise how to release stress · Learn how to help their children manage stress
Expert Trainer	Dr. Carol KL Yeo is an educational psychologist and counsellor in private practice. She has extensive experience in conducting workshops including parenting styles and practices and children’s achievement and conduct, stress management, helping skills, coping with grief, interpersonal skills and parent-teacher communication. She has worked extensively with parents and educators as a former educator as well as a senior guidance specialist and educational psychologist with the Ministry of Education.
Registration	Register online at or SMS/Email your name, child’s name and class to Catherine Banton at 97625186/fms_greenridgesec@yahoo.com

For more information, please contact our FamilyMatters@School coordinator, Ms Catherine Banton, at 97625186 or

Parents! Join the Greenridge family for Bright Spots @ North West on 26 May

Bright Spots @North West is a collaborative effort with North West CDC to spread the message of keeping our environment clean as well as to instil a sense of social responsibility in our Greenridegeans. They will be conducting a survey of Bukit Panjang residents regarding the cleanliness of their estate in preparation for the actual clean up day on 26 May. The role we could play on the day are as follow;

Join the teachers and students in the litter picking effort
Support the Form Teachers in guiding the students
On 19 May, support the students and Form Teachers in their outreach to residents

So do join us and play a part in shaping our Greenridgeans into responsible and contributing members of society.

Please click on the link below to sign up. or email Mdm Radiah (Email: radiah_matmin@moe.edu.sg)