MESSAGE BY MRS SOONG ON SFE @ GMS(P)

School Family Education Programme.

We want to praise God for giving us the opportunity to start the School Family Education (SFE) in the school. SFE was launched on 2 April, 2010 and its centre is in operation in the current AGAPE room which is now known as the SFE Centre.

SFE is one of the recommendations of Family Matters Singapore(FMS), previously known as Public Education Committee on Family (PEC).

SFE adopts a holistic family learning model – equipping parents with effective parenting skills and training them to be parent facilitators, helping the staff of the school to enhance their familylife, and providing students with life skills training.

The parent-child relationship has much impact on the child’s academic achievements and positive attitudes / behaviour, regardless of socio-economic status, ethnic/ racial background or parents’ education level.

With support from North West, South East and South West CDCs, and Fei Yue CounsellingCentre, SFE was piloted in Nanyang and Temasek Primary Schools, and Bartley andCommonwealth Secondary Schools in January 2002. SFE was launched by Dr YaacobIbrahim, then Acting Minister for Community Development and Sports on 15 April 2002.

SFE has been well received by parents and participating schools. Since 2002, it has reached close to 2 million people. As at 2010, there are 227 schools in the SFE programme.