Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) Citizenship, Pastoral Care & Discipline

Mission
To nurture every Huaminite into an active contributor and concerned citizen to the school, community and environment.

Vision
Every Huaminite A Passionate Contributor

Programme
I ♥ Seven Huaminite Habits (SH2)
Seven Huaminite Habits is a character programme designed to inculcate positive habits in every Huaminite so that they are equipped with the essential and practical skills which can be applied beyond their primary school education.

i.               Be Proactive
ii.              Be Goal-Oriented
iii.             Be a Teamplayer
iv.             Do First Things First
v.              Listen to Understand, then be understood
vi.             To do your Best
vii.            To contribute passionately

Social Skills and FTGP Lessons
Social Skills lessons are incorporated into FTGP curriculum to better help students manage their SEL competencies and interactions with others. Students are taught explicit steps to apply a targeted social skill. For example, the school adopts Social Skill ‘Use an appropriate voice level’, apart from going through what this particular social skill is in designated FTGP periods, the implementation of Volume Meter school-wide also allows students to self-regulate their voice level and learn to speak at an appropriate level at various settings. With the new CCE (FTGP) syllabus implementation, students are also given more opportunities to be engage in class discussions and presentations

Developing Huaminites’ Voices

The Huaminities’ Voice Corner was implemented in our school recently in 2023. The idea of this corner is to promote students’ voices by garnering their views and opinions on a variety of topics for discussions to achieve better outcomes. Students are also encouraged to use this platform to present a topic or theme of discussion for upcoming school events or projects. This corner is overseen and managed by our prefects. 

VIA in HMPS - HEAD, HEART and HAND
Values-in-Action (VIA) activities are planned and carried out across all levels based on a 6-year VIA Plan. Students learn to serve through the 3H approach, also known as the Head, Heart and Hand approach, whereby they apply the values, habits and skills learnt in school to the organisations that they are serving.

P5 Waterway Watch Society
To provide Huaminites with opportunities to be a “Team-player” in identifying the needs of our society and contributing it back through our small gestures, the school also works closely with NWCDC to provide authentic VIA experiences for our students

Routinized Daily Clean-up in Huamin Primary School (VIA)
To provide Huaminites with opportunities to develop into Passionate Contributors, the school has also implemented the routinised daily clean-up programme since 2014. This is also part of the Values-in-Action 6-year plan for the school

Students are rostered to clean up their classrooms at the beginning of the day for approximately five minutes before they commence their first lesson of the day. At the end of the day just before the dismissal bell rings, they are also required to clean up the classroom for another five minutes during the last period.

The CCE coordinator also carries out a “Cleanest Class Award” per term to affirm the class that demonstrates commitment and consistency in maintaining classroom cleanliness. There are rubrics placed in each class to spell out the expectations on what the students in the rostered cleanliness committee can do to upkeep their classrooms. Their form and subject teachers can also refer to the rubrics to do a quick assessment on the cleanliness of the classroom at any time of the day apart from their fixed clean-up routine.

In addition, each consortium (two levels per consortium) is rostered to clean up school areas like the canteen, foyer, and field right after the recess bell. Parent volunteers from the Parent Support Group are also co-opted to perform recess duties during this period. They are involved in leading the students during the clean-up duty. They also advise and remind our students to observe proper hygiene and to wash their hands before going back to class. Students have given positive reviews about this clean-up, and they learn to be responsible and proactive in safekeeping the cleanliness of our surroundings.

By engaging in everyday responsibilities, we guide our students to cultivate good habits for life. Respect and consideration for others is also shown by taking care of our shared spaces like the canteen. In addition, by taking ownership of our environment, we learn to value all labour that serves a useful purpose in society.

School Support Staff Appreciation Day

School Support Staff Appreciation Day is a day whereby we recognise the contribution of our school’s unsung heroes who have contributed to maintaining the cleanliness of our school compounds. The attribute of perspective-taking was emphasized during this period of time as we encouraged our students to put themselves in the shoes of others, examine the challenges that our school cleaners face, and show appreciation to them