Science Centre Visit

It's such a pity that I couldn't go to the Science Centre with the class! I came down with a high fever the night before and couldn't get out of bed because I was aching all over on Tuesday morning. I got 3 days MC. Nevertheless, I got Madam Kaur to cover me at the last minute.

Tan Qi's mum, Jane and Bryan's mum, Serene also made the Science Centre trip a great one for the kids. Thanks to all who helped. Here are some photos of the trip. I can't wait to go back to school to hear the kids' stories...;p

Term 2 Awardees

Term 2 Champion Spellers;

Back Row: Anh Kiet, Evelyn, Jocelyn

Front Row: Kezia, Kelly, Isaac, Tien Yu, Xiu Min

Write It Well Awardees : Gautham, Daniel Goh, Sanjeetha

April's Star Awardees : Anh Kiet, Jocelyn, Sanjeetha, Russell
Term 2 Best Group Leader: Zery Chan

Visit to Science Centre on Tuesday/ 22nd May

Dear All,

By this evening, you should have received a consent form regarding "Visit to Science Centre and Omnimax Show on The Human Body".

Please attach $5 with the consent form. The $5 is for worksheets [$3] and bus fare[$2]. Pupils will have to pay for the bus fare because not all P1 classes are going for this trip. KCPPS will only pay for the bus fare if the whole level is going for a specific Learning Journey.

For this trip, please bring the following on Tuesday.

1. Wear PE attire
2. Bring water bottle
3. Bring snacks/ refreshment
4. Bring pencil box
5. Bring story book and homework diary
6. Some money [ for simulator ride and extra food]

Updates/ Events Schedule

Dear All,

Books
By now, your child should have handed in these books.

1. 1B Math Activity Book Part 1
2. 1B Math Activity Book Part 2
3. 1B Math Homework Book
4. 1B English Activity Book
5. 1 jotter book for Written Expression

If your child has not handed in any of the above, kindly hand them in before Term 2 comes to an end.

Files

All pupils have brought back their 3 files before the SA1. Please revise through the worksheets in the file during the school holidays. All files should be brought back to school by the end of Term 3 Week 1. However, there are 9 pupils whose Math [blue] files have been recalled recently due to an upcoming Math departmental check. These pupils are

1. Ryan Wee
2. Tan Qi
3. Tien Yu
4. Kelly Lam
5. Daniel Goh
6. Russell Koh
7. Syazani
8. Tan Shun An
9. Daniel Tan

Upcoming Events

Tuesday / 22nd May - Visit to Science Centre and Omnimax Show on Human Body

Saturday / 26th May - Walkathon

26th May - 24th June - School Holidays

Reminders

By now, your child would have collected back 4 sets of exam practice papers. There are 2 practice papers for English [stapled together] and 2 for Mathematics [stapled together].
I've gone through all the practice papers with the children in class Kindly go through these papers with them again, taking note of their mistakes.

Kindly file the English Practice papers in the Green file and the Maths Practice papers in the Blue file after revising.

There is one more important issue that I would need parents to help me with. As the children are still young, they do not know how to behave during an examination. Despite my reminders, they have the tendency to talk to their friends while doing the practice papers on their own. Some will also ask on the meaning of certain words. This is unacceptable. Even if they do not know the meaning of some words [this is inevitable], or do not know how to do some Maths sums, they are not supposed to ask their friends or teacher. They will just have to TRY, understand from context and make intelligent guesses.

The teacher will only address issues such as:
1) Missing pages,
2) Possibility of missing words/ Errors in the exam papers,
3) Going to the washrooms,
4) Dropping of pencil etc,.

Kindly help to remind your children on this issue.

Some important points to take note for the exams [Remind child!]
1]Write down NAME, INDEX NUMBER and CLASS on exam paper.

2] Do NOT leave any BLANKS. Try every single question. Make intelligent guesses if you do not know the answer.

3]TIME is precious! Move on to the next question if you are stuck on a particular question.

Do the questions you are confident in and then return back to the questions that you were stuck at.

4]READ INSTRUCTIONS.
Many children do not read instructions and hence, they lose marks. [They circle instead of colour, tick instead of cross out, start from smallest number instead of greatest etc]

5]After completing the paper, always CHECK! [Check that you have done ALL questions and check your answers to see if they make sense!]

Hope this blog entry helps!