Dance Extravaganza Practice

Pupils involved in the Dance Extravaganza are to report to school from 9 to 10 am on 1st June.

Holiday homework: Reflection

Pupils are to reflect on the following:
-3 things I have learnt in semester 1
-3 things I will do during the holidays to improve my results
-3 things I am happy with right now

Holiday homework: Math

1. Pupils are to re-do five sums a day. These sums are to be selected from CA1, SA1 and mock math exam papers. As the weakness is mostly in section C of the math paper, pupils are to place a blank paper of top of the particular working and re-do the item. Pupils can check to see if they have mastered the sum or still need to work on the math concept that they are weak in. (Discounting the weekends, pupils have 20 days to re-do five sums a day. That would add up to 100 sums if they seriously keep to the target of only 5 a day!) Those who did badly for math can use the holidays to level up.

2. Pupils are to do the practice sums in problemsums.com
    Weaker pupils can do practice sums in P1, P2 or P3 and work their way up.
    Parents can view their children's competency as there are stars awarded when a certain topic is mastered or a ceratin level is reached.
The userid and password is the same as the child's BC. Use only small letters of the alphabet. Do not use capital letters.
  

Holiday homework: Composition

Pupils are to select one of the following compositions and rewrite it in a different way as their holiday homework. Parents or tutors may wish to adopt or adapt ideas below. Pupils are to submit their best composition done during the June holidays when term starts.

Ideas on how to improve in composition writing:
1. Buy a model composition book. (If you want to challenge your child to write even better, buy a P5 or P6 model composition book.)
2. Get your child to read the first 5 to 10 compositions and ask him/her to select the best one. Ask your child to state his/her reasons why that particular composition was the best.
3. Ask your child to write a similar story. Help your child to edit after the composition is written.
4. After 2 or 3 days, get your child to think of 3 to 5 different ways to change the story e.g. different endings, plot, introduction etc and discuss their ideas with you or the tutor. They can decide on the best idea and rewrite the story. (If the composition was written on the computer, the child can save the second one as version 2.)
5. Your child can now proceed to read the next 5 to 10 compositions and carry out the thinking and writing process all over again.

Benefits:
Pupils learn to identify what makes a good composition.
Pupils develop creative thinking when they come up with ideas of different ways to rewrite their stories.
Pupils get to read good compositions.
Pupils will hone their composition writing skills.

Below are two very good compositions written by P4 pupils in 2012, SA1. Perhaps your child could read them and carry out the process stated above for one or both compositions:

English Language Paper 1

SA1, 2012, Question 1

Chen Junye George, 4.9 (modified and edited version)

          The sun shone gloriously in the cerulean blue sky. Fluffy white clouds drifted across the sky as birds chirped merrily and crickets creaked. I was just getting up from bed and yawning lazily. Looking at my bed, I suddenly recalled the incident that happened to me two years ago. A wave of emotions drifted into me as I recalled that incident. It all started like this:

          “Wake up! Wake up Mary!” mother hollered the umpteenth time.

         

          “Mom, I am feeling feverish and I do not feel like going to school,” I replied with a hoarse voice. My throat was aching and swallowing was an agony.

          “Stop your innocent act and wake up!” shouted mother again. I tried to get up but in the end, I was on the bed again. By that time, mother was furious and marched into my room. My mother saw that my face was pale and deduced that I was ill. Touching my forehead, my mother had a great shock, and told me that I had a very high fever. My mother then helped me out of bed and brought me to the nearby clinic. I wondered silently, why I was so unlucky to fall ill.

          As my mother and I waited patiently for our turn, I was getting more and more bored as every minute passed. Finally, we heard the nurse calling my name and went into the doctor’s room. The doctor did a full body check-up for me and finally asked me to open my mouth. Then, the doctor used a torch to look at my throat. The doctor said, “You just have a high fever and a very sore throat. Don’t be too worried.”

My mother was most relieved. The doctor prescribed some medicine. The nurse showed us the medicine and I dreaded the number of pills I had to take. As the nurse slowly explained how they should be consumed, my mother listened attentively. The nurse also reminded me to take my medicine daily in order to recover quickly. After collecting my medicine, my mother and I walked home. I was angry with myself for getting ill and I was filled with envy as I thought of my friends playing happily in school. I wished that I could be in the pink of health as soon as possible.

          After reaching home, my mother ordered me to go to bed immediately. I was sad and bored stiff. Everything was boring when I was ill, I could do nothing except sleep and eat! In addition, I had to eat all by myself as I had to stay a distance from my siblings so that they would not get affected. Moreover, I could only eat porridge when my siblings were having chicken rice and fried chicken wings. Luckily, with the help of the medicine and the care of my family, I recovered quickly. I was over the moon when I was able to return to school. This incident is etched in my mind. I always try to eat a balanced diet and keep fit so that I would not fall ill so easily.

          “Wake up!” my mother shouted. “Okay!” I replied as I hurried to the bathroom to brush my teeth.

English Language Paper 1

Question 2

Nicole Soo, 4.9 (modified and edited version)

          It was a scorching hot Tuesday and the sun’s rays beat mercilessly upon my back as I walked to school. I trudged past the gate and into the canteen. I saw my friend and both of us decided to buy a drink from the drink stall in the canteen. People in the queue were chatting happily. My friend and I joined the queue and soon we were sipping our favourite drinks.

          Suddenly, a piercing scream was heard and everybody whipped around to see what had happened. My friend and I decided to investigate. There was a crowd in the middle of the canteen. A boy had been running in the canteen and he had knocked into a girl. Both of them had lost their balance and landed in a heap on the floor. The girl had been carrying a bowl of scalding, hot soup and the bowl was now on the floor, its contents spilled, creating a puddle. Some of the soup had scalded the boy.

          I walked towards the two people and noticed the girl had a cut on her leg. I helped her up and walked her to the general office while the other boy who was scalded was helped by my friend. A teacher in the office applied medicine on the two children’s wounds while I told her what had happened. The teacher reprimanded the boy for being reckless and told him to be more careful. The teacher praised my friend and me and informed us that we would each receive an award the next day.

         

          Sure enough, after pledge taking in the hall the next day, my friend and I were called up to the stage to be awarded prizes by the principal. She told the school what we had done and a thunderous applause could be heard when the principal finished her speech. I felt as proud as a peacock and told my parents about it when I got home. They said they were proud of me and told me to continue to help other people.

Parent-Teacher Meeting on Friday, 25-5-12 final list

4.1 Parent-Teacher Meeting on Friday, 25-5-11
Venue:4.1 classroom Room C4-08				Location: Nam San Harmony Village
Time slot	Name of child in 4.1		Time slot	Name of child in 4.1
12.30-12.40	Halifi		11.00-11.10	Jaynell
12.40-12.50	Aces		11.10-11.20
12.50-1.00	Au Zi Lin		11.20-11.30
1.00-1.10	Ishaq Haikel		11.30-11.40	Raeann
1.10-1.20	Tan Aik Ming
1.20-1.30	Wong Li Xuan		Parents who are unable to meet me on 25-5-12 can
1.30-1.40	Ru En		arrange to meet me on any Monday or Friday
1.40-1.50	Fan Junian		during term time from 6-6.30pm.
1.50-2.00	Reeve
2.00-2.10	Glenn
2.10-2.20	Xavier
2.20-2.30	Dewi
2.30-2.40	Keith
2.40-2.50	Celine
2.50-3.00	Jun Hao
3.00-3.10	Lim Zheng Ting
3.10-3.20	Jarrell Koo
3.20-3.30	Nandhini
3.30-3.40	Bruce Hein
3.40-3.50	Shahina
3.50-4.00	Xin Hui
4.00-4.10	Cheryl
4.10-4.20	Isaac
4.20-4.30	Kin
4.30-4.40	Benjamin
4.40-4.50	Keru
4.50-5.00	Amellia

Sexuality Talk on Monday 21 May, 10.30 to 11.30 am in the hall.

Please sign acknowledgement slip if you approve or opt out form if you do not.

Parent-Teacher Meeting on Friday, 25-5-12

4.1 Parent-Teacher Meeting on Friday, 25-5-11
Venue: 4.1 classroom, Room C4-08
Time slot	Name of child in 4.1
12.50-1.00
1.00-1.10	Au Zi Lin
1.10-1.20	Tan Aik Ming
1.20-1.30	Wong Li Xuan
1.30-1.40
1.40-1.50
1.50-2.00
2.00-2.10
2.10-2.20
2.20-2.30
2.30-2.40
2.40-2.50
2.50-3.00
3.00-3.10	Lim Zheng Ting
3.10-3.20	Jarrell Koo
3.20-3.30	Nandhini
3.30-3.40	Amellia
3.40-3.50	Shahina
3.50-4.00
4.00-4.10
4.10-4.20
4.20-4.30
4.30-4.40
4.40-4.50
4.50-5.00

No Math remedial on Thursday, 10-5-12

There is no Math remedial on Thursday, 10-5-12 as I will be attending a full day workshop.
Please ask your child to re-do all iems wrong in the 4 Mock Math Exam as practice for the Math Exam on Friday, 11 May.

Math Mock Exam 4 Results

Please get your child to re-do items that were wrong as practice.
Please remind your child to check answers carefully during the SA1 Math Exam on Friday, 11 May.

			Mock Math Exams: MME
2012	Name	Gender	MME1	MME2: SA1MTB	MME3 (Set 2)	MME4 (Set3)
1	AU ZI LIN	F	69	63	65	53
2	CELINE THEN	F	60	40	65	44
3	CHEN SHER TING RAEANN	F	78	70	77	64.5
4	CHERYL NG HWEE SHI	F	38	37	Ab	33
5	GERALDINE CHUA YU TING	F	46	46	44	31
6	IFFAH AMELLIA BTE FARHAN	F	60	49	57	44
7	LEONG JAYNELL	F	74	69	70.5	52
8	LIM KWEE CHUEN	F	59	53	48.5	47
9	NANDHINII D/O RAJENDRAN	F	31	34	23	27
10	NUR AQILAH QUDSIYYAH BTE A R	F	44	46	57	37
11	NUR DEWI HARIATY BTE JAMAL	F	26	28	29	16
12	PALANI SELVAM KAYALVIZHI	F	42	32	48.5	40
13	PEH XIN HUI	F	73	84.5	83	70
14	SEET RU EN	F	56	65	63	57
15	SHAHINA AFZAL	F	50	41	56	40
16	WONG LI XUAN	F	Ab (73)	78	66	72
17	ANG JUN HAO	M	29	49	44	31
18	BENJAMIN TAN WEI SHENG	M	14	12	17	12
19	CHUA TING ZHI, XAVIER	M	63.5	58	71.5	45
20	FAN JUN NIAN	M	56	60	45.5	45
21	GLENN ANG YUK FONG	M	79	83	75.5	66.5
22	HAZIQ HAIQAL B RAHIM	M	66	61	71.5	52
23	ISHAQ HAIKEL B RIFANA	M	22	27	39	19
24	JARRELL KOO JIALE	M	67.5	68.5	70	50
25	LEE CHENG XUN, KEITH	M	54	47.5	60.5	28
26	LI KERU	M	57	63.5	64	47
27	LIM YU XIAN ACES	M	40	28	59	44.5
28	LIM ZHENG TING	M	62.5	72	70.5	64
29	MUHAMMAD HALIFI B HAMIDON	M	24	16	24	20
30	NEO JIE MING, KIN	M	78	86.5	84.5	82
31	NEO JING GUAN	M	64	49	60	33.5
32	NICHOLAS TAN	M	28	19.5	37	19
33	ONG JUN HAO, ISAAC	M	37	42	50	34
34	PAE XIANG SHENG	M	55	Ab	61	49
35	REEVE LIEW KEAT SIANG	M	79.5	73.5	78	69
36	TAN AIK MING	M	78	74	75	64
37	TAN YI HAN, KENNETH	M	24	19	10	17
38	WANG JIA FU EUGENE	M	72	75.5	67	59
39	YEO KENYI, KENICKIE	M	67	79	79	57
40	BRUCE HEIN	M	55.5	48.5	Ab	48.5