Administrative Matters

In preparation for your child’s entry to Primary One in 2025, please complete the following items before the P1 Orientation Day on 14 October 2024, Monday 1.30 pm - 3 pm:

Section A: Mandatory Tasks

1. Onboard Parent Gateway

Developed by the Ministry of Education and GovTech, Parents Gateway is a one-stop portal that strengthens school-home partnership to support our children in their education journey.

You may download Parent Gateway via this link or Download “Parents Gateway” from the official app stores (Google Play, App Store or Huawei AppGallery).

2. Apply for GIRO

GIRO is a convenient, paperless, and cashless payment method to make hassle-free payments for your child’s school fees and miscellaneous fees. The same GIRO arrangement will also be extended to cover their payment of enrichment programmes, school charges and deduction of Primary School Leaving Examination Examinations fees.

The GIRO application can be made through the Parents Gateway (PG) app under the Services tab. Parents will have up till 15 January 2025 to sign up for GIRO for the first deduction in Feb 2025. Please refer to this guidefor more information.

Please note that each child requires a separate GIRO application, do ensure you submit an individual application for each student.

3. Apply for Edusave Standing Order (For Singapore Citizens only)

Every Singapore Citizen (SC) will have an Edusave account created automatically for them.

For SCs in MOE-funded schools, they will receive annual contributions from the start of their primary school education until they complete their secondary school education.

Edusave funds can be used for:

• Approved Fees by MOE (e.g. miscellaneous fees); and
• Level–wide enrichment programmes organised by the school.

To enable the school to use your child’s Edusave account to pay for the above expenses, you will need to sign up for the Edusave Standing Order via the PG app. Schools will continue to inform and seek your consent for your child’s/ward’s participation before the withdrawal of Edusave funds. If you subsequently decide that to use alternative funding sources for enrichment programmes, you can terminate the Standing Order at any time.

You can sign up for the Standing Order here. Singpass login will be required.

4. Declare Travel Plans for 2024 Year-end School Holidays (Not needed if not travelling)

If your child is travelling during the 2024 year-end school holidays, please declare your travel plans through this link or the QR code below:

5. Complete Student Details Form (SDF)

As your child/ward will be starting primary one in January 2025, the Ministry of Education (MOE) would like to collect necessary information about you and your child/ward to provide educational services for your child/ward in our schools.

You will be able to submit via the Student Details Form portal from late November onwards via this link. We will notify you via PG when the portal is available.

Section B: Optional Tasks

6. Apply for School Bus Services

Our school bus service provider is DKJ School Bus Services. Please use this link or the QR code below to express your interest and they will contact you for more details.

7. Enrol into School-Based Student Care

If you would like to enrol your child with our School-based Student Care, you may indicate your interest online via the URL online link or the QR code below:

For more information, please refer here.

8a. Apply for 2025 MOE Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)

Please do NOT purchase any textbook or school attire before you are notified through the school official letter of the outcome of your FAS application as there is strictly no refund.

Below is the Eligibility Criteria and Subsidy information for 2025 FAS:

Please refer to https://www.moe.gov.sg/financial-matters/financial-assistance for more information regarding MOE FAS. Parents can apply through PG app or via this link.

8b. Apply for DigitalAccess@Home

Students from low-income households who are interested to apply for subsidised broadband and/or laptop/tablet under IMDA DigitalAccess@Home can apply via www.digitalaccess.gov.sg or contact 6377 3800 or e-mail: digitalaccess@imda.gov.sg

9. Purchase of School Books and Uniform

Our Bookshop and Uniform vendors are Pacific Bookstores and Bibi & Baba respectively. The default mode of sales is through their online sales channels listed below. They will also be operating in our school during the P1 Orientation on 14 October 2024 from 9 am to 4 pm and on 15 October 2024 from 9 am to 3 pm.

Bookshop: https://www.pacificbookstores.com
*School books Online Sale for collection on 14 Oct and 15 Oct will start on 7 Oct to 11 Oct 2024

Uniform Vendor: https://www.schooluniforms.sg/concord-primary-school
For uniforms, you can also walk in to Bibi&Baba's retail outlet to purchase.
*Far East Shopping Centre
545 Orchard Road, #02-28
Singapore 238882
Tel: 6732 7022
SMS: 9234 1033
Mon to Sat: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Sun: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
*not to be confused with Far East Plaza which is along Scotts Road.

For Online purchase and collection at school, please note the following cut-off dates:

You may refer to here for more information.

10. Apply for POSB Smart Buddy Watch

Our school canteen and bookshop accept cashless payments via the POSB Smart Buddy watch. If you would like to register your child for a POSB Smart Buddy watch, please refer to this Pamphlet for more details.

11. Join M.A.D parents