Dear all,

As requested by some of you, the answers for Q46-48 in the Maths Practice Paper (2) paper are attached in the Sharepoint Portal.

Good luck for your examination!

Missing online assignment

Dear all,

I went in to check the no. of submission of online assignment and found out, to my dismay, that SA2 2002 Vocabulary is missing! Hence, I quickly uploaded the assignment. Please do it before sunday. Thanks

Vitamin H of September Holiday

Dear all,

I've posted 2 online assignments, P5 2002 SA2 Vocabulary and 2003 CA1 Vocabulary in the Sharepoint Portal. Complete them by Saturday, 6 Sept 08, 8.00pm. You can find the meaning of the words you do not know and write the definitions in your vocabulary book.

Also, remember to do your 2 newspaper cuttings, sieve out 10 vocabulary words (preferably adjectives and verbs) and complete your Effective Grammar Assessment book.

Study hard this holiday to reap the fruits of your labour this October!

Oh yes, remember to bring your Maths Practice 5 and 6 if you have forgotten to submit them to me on last Friday.

Submission of CA2 test papers on Monday

Dear all,

Please get your parent's signature for your EMS CA2 test papers and bring back the papers on Monday, 25 August 2008!

Thank you.

Cancellation of supplementary class this thursday, 24 July

Dear parents,

Please note that supplementary lesson is cancelled this thursday due to P6 Prelim Oral Examination.

Thank you.

Websites

http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/people.html

http://www.sciberdiver.edu.sg/level.asp?pageCode=PU2D

No supplementary class tomorrow 26 June 08

Supplementary lesson starts on Term 3 week 2 on Thursday as usual.

Updates

Dear Science Trail leaders,

Please do not discard the Science Trail WS. Keep the Ws properly with you and bring it to school when school term starts.

Dear all,

I have created discussion on the 2 book reviews that you need to do. The link is
https://sharepoint.konghwa.moe.edu.sg/school/students/2008P53/Lists/General%20Discussion/AllItems.aspx. Go to 2 book reviews and click "Post Reply" to post your comments. Please follow the instructions I have posted carefully.

Attachment slips

Dear parents,

The attachment slips are guides to let you know where your child stands in term of academic performance.

Paper 1

Dear all,

This is what I went through on Monday. I hope you will not commit the same mistakes again on Wednesday. Good Luck! ",)

Paper 1

Common mistakes for situation writing

Lack of salutation
informal signing off - love, your friend
formal signing off – Regards, Yours sincerely, Yours truly,
no contraction
Feeling word – happy , depressed not “I cannot wait for the trip”
Do not miss out any points so that you can score full marks (6m) for content
Stating Date
Given: 27 October 2007
So, …
27 October 2007 (√)
27th of October 2007 (√)

27th October 2007 (X)
27 Oct 2007 (X)
27 Oct 07 (X)

Keep everything to the left
Eg of a diary entry

Date: 22 April 2008

Dear Diary,
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Xxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Love,
Alice

To score higher marks, you have to consider your audience and think what is the most appropriate thing to say to your targeted audience

For example, if your friend was absent from school because he was sick, you could ask how he was feeling, hope he recover soon, hope that he has a speedy recovery.

For example, if your friend was absent from school because he was away for tournament, you could ask about his tournament, wish him good luck etc

Composition

You get to choose to write on either a picture composition or a situational composition.

Picture Composition

It is very important to look at the picture closely and include the scene (the picture) in one part of your story. For example, the one on shoplifting, you cannot mention that there is no one in the shop as the picture shows a few people.

For fire, many of you missed the helicopter which dropped the rope ladder to save the trapped victims.

You can take on the role of anyone in the picture. You can use first person or third person account. If you use third person account, you have to be consistent with it.

Essence of a story:
setting – where, when, who, what, why, how
main characters – many of you did not include a main character in your story. Some only used the phrases that I have provided. This creates a very cold report not even a story as a story has at least one main character. That is why most scored poorly.
No emotions

Situational writing

I was travelling in an MRT train when it came to a sudden stop. The next minute, I found myself in total darkness.

** Must be FIRST-PERSON account
** Third-person account downgraded by 1 band in content

Use past tense
No contractions are allowed except in dialogue
Try starting your composition interestingly. Please try not to start with “One fine day” or “One sunny day” etc

Paper 1 & Listening Comprehension

Dear all,

I've forgotten to update the dates for SA1 English and Chinese paper 1 & LC in my blog. However, the newsletter sent earlier has the updated Paper 1 dates. I hope no one is confused over the examination dates. Apologies..

HCL Paper 1 & LC : 22/4/08
English Paper 1 & LC: 23/4/08
Chinese Paper 1 & LC: 24/4/08

Reported speech

Dear children,

click here to practise more on reported speech.

Post reading activity

Dear children,

Remember to response to the topic created in the discussion board. https://sharepoint.konghwa.moe.edu.sg/school/students/2008P53/Lists/General%20Discussion/AllItems.aspx

Click on the topic and then click on "post reply".

If you cannot access Sharepoint Portal, you have to response to the topic by writing it on a piece of foolscap paper.

Follow-up activity for the lesson on superlatives - 1 April 08

Dear children,

Click here to go to a story titled "Mousey The Merchant". When you are at the website, click "Full story" to listen to the story. Fill in the blanks of your activity sheet with the correct adjectives and then change the adjectives to superlatives.

This work is due on 3 of April, Thursday.

Cancellation of Supplementary Class

Dear parents,

Today's supplementary class (27 April 08) is cancelled for all girls and some boys, index no 37 - 43, in P5/3 as I will be holding individual oral practice for the remaining boys in P5/3.

The girls will be staying back next thursday for the individual oral practice with me while all the boys do not need to attend the supplementary class next week, 3 April 08.

Thank you

The Power Of Listening

Talk less and listen more :)

A Saam's Tale (Finland)

Source: Retold by Elaine L. Lindy, ©2006. All rights reserved.

ONE DAY, in the land above the Arctic Circle where the Saams and the Lapps live, a young Saam youth named Sergevan ventured on a hunting trip. After three days his food supplies were nearly gone and no deer had been found. Having no better idea, when he noticed an overgrown path, he followed it.

The path led deep into the woods to a hut, and sitting on its front step was a very old woman. She looked up. "Peur?" she said in a raspy voice as he approached. "What?" said the young man. "That's the name of my great-great-great grandfather." "You look just like him," said the old woman.

"I was supposed to marry your great-great-great grandfather - oh, the memories of my Peur from so long ago!" The old woman coughed and Sergevan offered her what was left of his food and drink. Since she had no teeth, she gnawed and sucked on his crust of bread and jam. "Why didn't the two of you marry, if you don't mind my asking?" said Sergevan after awhile.

"I might as well tell you," said the old woman. "Always he took the other side! If I said it was raining, he said it was snowing. If I said it was hot in the tupa, he said it was cold. If I said to go right, he went left. Oh, Peur, Peur! - what a life we would have had if only you had listened to me at least some of the time!"

The old woman noticed Sergevan's hunting arrows and supplies and empty bag. "You must be far from home. You're welcome to stay here tonight. Have you had no luck hunting?"

"There's no deer anywhere!" said Sergevan. "I've looked and looked."

"There's plenty of deer," said the old woman. "You just need to know how to look. Your great-great-great grandfather used to lure the deer by singing. When he stole up to the deer, he'd come so that the wind blew at his back. Now, that's why your great-great-great-grandfather . . ."

In a flash, Sergevan grabbed his bows and arrows and bolted back into the tundra. By the end of that day he returned to the old woman's hut, empty-handed. He didn't want to be unkind to an old woman, but in his heart he felt angry she had given him wrong advice.

"I came back to tell you that your advice did not work," he said, grim-faced.

"You are just like your great-great-great-grandfather!" said the old woman. "He never listened to me either! Now if you had only let me finish what I was saying, I would have said that he'd come up to the deer with the wind at his back and that's why he . . . wasn't a good hunter! When the wind is at your back the deer catches a whiff of human scent and runs away. The wind must be blowing toward your face, so the human scent blows away from the deer. And singing only tells them that you're there - you must be absolutely silent."

"Ah!" said Sergevan. "I'll go back to the tundra now."

"Not now - not at night!" said the old woman. "Sleep here and leave at daybreak, that's the best time to go hunting."

When dawn broke, Sergevan headed back to the tundra. He silently crept up on a deer while the wind was blowing on his face and sent a single arrow flying. Later that day, he and the old woman feasted on his game.

"You are almost like family to me," Sergevan said. "Why don't you come live with my family?"

"I could have been your great-great-great grandmother," said she. "But you know, when they get old, all animals stay at their nest or cave. I will stay here."

"Then I will stay with you," said the youth.

And so Sergevan and the old woman lived for a number of happy years in her hut with plenty to eat and plenty to talk about.

Fractions

Dear all,

I've posted the questions that some of you attempted this morning during supplementary class.

Try to do the questions all by yourself, especially the questions from pix 1217!

Clarification - Marks Allocation

Dear parents,

Here is the breakdown of the percentage allocation of your child's examination results

CA1: 10%
SA1: 20%
CA2: 10%
SA2: 60%

Gotcha! - Road Safety Park

See if you are captured here : https://sharepoint.konghwa.moe.edu.sg/school/students/2008P53/Road%20Safety%20Park%20%204%20March%2008/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Gentle Reminder - Holiday Homework:
1. Math Process Q's 1-6
2. Science WS 1,2,3,7

Bring the worksheets on Monday, the first day of Term 2!

Good Quality Storybooks

Dear all,

Below is a list of good books (complied by Dr Ruth Wong from NIE) for your information. You may want to borrow them to read during the March holiday.

Haiku Competition

To those who are taking part in Haiku Competition,

Some notes on Haiku:

Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Usually they use simple words and grammar. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains five (5) syllables. Haiku doesn't rhyme. A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry!

An example of Haiku
Daffodils in bloom
Children playing together
Happy as can be

Check out this website: http://homepage2.nifty.com/haiku-eg/gardEB2.htm

Maths Revision

Dear all,

Remember to being your APPROVED calculator to school tomorrow.

I have posted the steps for the problem sums in Sharepoint Portal under Shared Documents. Click here:
https://sharepoint.konghwa.moe.edu.sg/school/students/2008P53/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx

You may attempt the problem sums again by covering the steps and answers. Don't worry too much over what you don't know, focus on what you know.

Good luck! Have an early night and eat breakfast tomorrow. Just do your best!

Social Studies Activity

Dear all,

This is an instruction from Mr Koh.

This is a link which you can use for your activity.

http://www.enigmaterial.com/dateline/hn_34/hn_34_03.html

Use the information to complete your Activity book, page 20. It is about the effects of atomic bombs on people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You can either use the info from the link or find their own material.

Answers for problem sums in Maths CA Practice Paper

The answers are provided for you so that you can check your answers, spot your own mistakes and redo the sums till you get the correct answers.

Good Luck!

CA Practice 1
36. 144
37. 13 9/20
38 a) 60 b)20
39. 116
40. $7
41. 936
42. 132
43. 13 (Donald) and 17 (Mark)
44. 360
45. $2625
46. a) 168 b) $11.20
47. a) 128 b) $48
48. a) 9 b) 25 c) $250

CA Practice 2
36. 1
37. 1 hour
38. 180
39. 1/2
40. 51
41. $700
42. a) 6 b) 12
43. $3400
44. 240 apples, 200 pears
45. $205
46. $640
47. 11
48. $1.40
49. 168
50. a) 150 b) $180

Scope of CA (in case you lost it)

English CA1 (Duration: 1 h 50 min)

Begin: 2/19/2008 7:40 AM

End: 2/19/2008 9:30 AM

Description: In Step Units 1-3 (Course Book and Activity Book)
Unit Worksheets
Practice Papers
Effective Grammar Book

Mathematics CA1 Paper 1 (Duration: 50 min)

Begin: 2/21/2008 7:40 AM

End: 2/21/2008 8:30 AM

Description: My Pals Are Here! Maths Pupil’s Book 5A and Workbook 5A
Topical Worksheets
Practice Papers
Chapter 1: Whole Numbers (1)
Chapter 2: Whole Numbers (2)
Chapter 3: Fractions (1)

Mathematics CA2 Paper 2 (Duration: 1 h 40 min)

Begin: 2/21/2008 10:40 AM

End: 2/21/2008 12:20 PM

Description: Use of calculators allowed.
My Pals Are Here! Maths Pupil’s Book 5A and Workbook 5A
Topical Worksheets
Practice Papers
Chapter 1: Whole Numbers (1)
Chapter 2: Whole Numbers (2)
Chapter 3: Fractions (1)

Science CA1 (Duration: 1 h 45 min)

Begin: 2/22/2008 7:40 AM

End: 2/22/2008 9:25 AM

Description: My Pals are Here! Science Textbook 5A (pp 1-43), Activity Book 5A (Activity 1-15) and Workbook 5A (pp 1-36)
Chapters 1 – 4 (exclude Dispersal of fruits and seeds & Germination)
P4 Syllabus – Systems (Digestive/Skeletal/Muscular/ Respiratory/Circulatory), Matter, Water, Heat and Light
Higher-Order Thinking Skills Workbook
Practice Papers

Temperature check on this Friday

Dear all,

How is everyone? Please drink more water and eat more fruits to keep you healthy and ready for the CA next week. I'll be back to school on Thursday.

Please place a thermometer in your bag today and keep it inside your bag for the rest of the week. There is a temperature check on Friday, 15/2/08.

Miss all of you,

Videos on Life Cycle of Plants

1. Life cycle of plants

2. Pollination

3. Fertilisation

Dictation Matters

Dear children,

The unseen dictation is going on as planned on the coming Monday, 4 Feb.

For next Monday, 11 Feb 08, please learn the following dictation.

"I rummaged through my bag for my purple purse. My fingers were trembling. I shook it violently, a soft tinkling noise came from within. I opened the purse with slow trepidation and tipped the contents out. Two five-cent coins landed on my palms. I let out an audible sigh as my shoulders sagged in defeat. My face was contorted in intense anguish. Beads of cold sweat tickled down my temple. The coins seemed to be laughing at me. I clenched my fist to hide the smug face of the coins."


Look at how a former P5/1 pupil wrote her composition. How she shows and not tells. There are a few good phrases that you can learn from her.

Thank you.

Drowsy,
Miss Lee

Visit to the old folks home is on

Dear children,

All of you will go ahead with the visit to the old folks home on Monday. Mr Pek will be going on my behalf.

I remember that Vanessa's mother is going and whose mother is also going? Please let me know.

Interesting Information on cells

1. Not all plant cells have chlorophyll. For example, the scale leaves of an onion do not have chlorophyll.

2. Not all cells look alike. Compare cheek cells, red blood cell and nerve cell.

Click here to see Cell Pictures

3. A cell can survive on its own. That is why it is the basic unit of life.

Vacuole in a Plant cell

CELL SAP VACUOLE
The cell sap vacuole in plants is much larger than animals. In plant cells the vacuoles are usually large and permament and have the same function. In addition to storing important substances, it also helps support the plant. The pressure of water filling the cell vacuole pushes out against the cell wall. This gives the wall enough strength to hold up fairly large green plants. We all know the first indication that we are not giving our house plants enough water. They start to droop or wilt. Now you know who, so keep that cell sap vacuole filled with water.


Taken from http://cellempire.tripod.com/vacuolep.html.

COMMONWEALTH cum BILINGUAL ESSAY COMPETITION 2008

Dear children,

Please choose one title to write on and prepare a draft at home during the weekend. You will write the essay in class on this coming Monday.

1. Write a story or a poem entitled either “The Storm” or “The Ring”.
2. If you were three given special powers, what would they be and how would you
use them?
3. Strange happenings at the market.
4. My best friend.
5. You wake up one morning as the family pet. Describe your day.
6. The Commonwealth Question
“The Environment: Our Future”.
Discuss the likely impact of climate change on life as you know it.
What is to be done?

Modal Verbs

Dear children,

Practise your usage of modal verbs with a game and quiz. Have fun learning!

ESL Quiz

Frog Game

Revision On Solar System

Dear 5 Sincerity,

Here's a rare opportunity for you to travel to space and learn about the Solar System!

AstroAdventure

Click on the "click here to launch the game" :)

Happy revising!

You Can!

I know some of you are not used to the faster pace of learning and doing things in class and the greater amount of homework given as compared to last year.

Take your time to adjust to the pace. No worries.

If you have any problems, feel free to talk to me. ")

Limericks 3

Our results is quite good
As we always like to read books
If our exam get below ninety
Our parents will nag us like crazy
Wish our results will look good

Done by: Yeo Shu Wen, Chen Qi Xuan

The sky is blue,
the cows go "moo".
Farmer Jack sleeps at
the toilet and has
woke up pooing.

From,
Clarisse, E huuan, Hui Hui, Riady

There was once a pokemon,
that turned into a digimon.
The lickatongue licks it's tongue,
and the tongue became lickatongue
and it became a littermon.

Group members ; Joddie, Yao Chen, Cassandra & Enoch

There was a superman,
in his underpants.
Try to make him run as fast as he can,
if only you use a fan!But he ran into the wall,
and that's the end.

By: Teo Shuo Ling, Oh Xing Yee and Lua Jia Jun.

Comic on Outer Space

Dear all,

Clement has kindly and ethusiastically contributed an article on outer space for your reading pleasure. It is illustrated in comic from the magazine, "Young Scientist". It is now in our Sharepoint Portal.

Thank you, Clement and your mother!

https://sharepoint.konghwa.moe.edu.sg/school/students/2008P53/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Photographs - Printing Needed

photo 1
photo 2

photo 3
photo 4
photo 5
photo 6

photo 7

photo 8
photo 9
photo 10
photo 11

photo 12

photo 13
photo 14
photo 15
photo 16


photo 17

photo18

Please let your friends know which photos you are printing under the comment tag. Thank you

Help needed

Dear children,

As part of the Use Your Hands Campaign, our class has to decorate our noticeboard with photographs of you and your classmates cleaning the classroom.

I have taken the photos and I need two favours from anyone:

1. To print the words "Use Your Hands Campaign" in colour and font size of 150.
2. To print out the photos in colour on a A4 size normal paper - I have 18 photographs so maybe 1 person can help to print one.

Let me know if you can help. Thank you!

Limerick 3

there was a ram
that liked picnicking under a dam
when he started eating honey
the bees became angry
and started chasing him into a pig pen

by Colin Chan and Clement Ooi

More Limericks....

There was once a penguin,
who was the pet of the queen.
so chubby and cuddly,
so soft and furry.
And of course, it was loved by the queen. (Ng Yen and partner)

There is a school
who have a teacher called Mr. Koo
who has a car
which shape like star
That says "Moo"
Done by Tristan Chuah

I saw a big fat pig
who had a sharp twig.
He poked my face with the twig
and made a hole
which is next to my mole.

Created by : Rachel & Weixuan

It is so sad to see someone mad.
when people smile i feel glad.
when I say that person is happy
he will go cranky!
He will stomp down the street screaming at people
Tan Xuan Zhao

The man that ran around the van,
happened to be the smartest man.
He skipped away,
and lost his way
and ended up in a foxes den.

Created by: Jia Ning,Ying Jie,Zeph, Ji Liang

The Two Bees..........

There were two bees
They were sitting on a tree
One was reading
And another sleeping
And then soon they were eaten by a giant FLEA !

Made by: Rachel Wong Kali and Gan Zhen Yin

The Blue Faced Man

There was once a man from the zoo
Who caught a bad flu
Everyone passed,
Ran away fast
For his face always turned blue

Made by: Si Xuan

The sky is blue,
the cows go "moo".
Farmer Jack sleeps at
the toliet and has
woke up pooing.

From,
Clarisse, E huuan, Hui Hui, Aidley

Creative Creation!

We proudly present our limericks:

The deer that died in a cup
In the jungle I saw a deer
Its horns were stuck Oh dear
A lion puts it in a cup
And finished it in a gulp
The lion drank its blood like beer.

Created by: Vanessa Wee,Ong Kai Jie, Ong Tiet Gan



There was a woman from Perth
She didn’t want to give birth
When she was showering
Her baby started developing
And then her belly BURST!

Created by: Si Jia, Daryl Fu, Ken Hao, Pearlyn

Instructions for tomorrow lessons

Dear children,

Please ignore the earlier post. You do not need to bring any rags to school as we have done our spring-cleaning today.

Please bring the following tomorrow:

1. One Exercise book - single lined
2. Journal Ex book - decorate the cover latest submission by Friday, 4/1/08.
3. Reply slip of parents' contact (not needed if your parent is emailing the info to me)

For those who haven't submitted these today:

1. $2 for the school handbook - compulsory
2. A pc of drawing on your targets / goals
3. English, Math, Science Activity books
4. Ex books - spelling & dictation, process questions, mental sums

Have a good rest!

Welcome!

Dear children,

Welcome to a brand new year! Please remember to bring some rags to school on Thursday for our spring cleaning!