An Outdoor Lesson

Yesterday, the children had an outdoor Science lesson at our school garden with Mdm Juliana.

They were required to look for leaves and describe their shapes and edges correctly.

Mdm Juliana briefing the children

"Look at the edge of the leaf ..." Some plants in the school garden

The industrious children

The school gardener, Uncle Timothy, imparting his practical knowledge to the children

The worksheet
The chart used by the children to classify the leaves

Some sculptures found in our Garden

Interactive Science Clips

Hi children,

This is the link that I used for Properties of Materials. Remember the experiment about how strong a material is? You burst out laughing when the glass broke. Yes, this is it.

This link has many other interactive clips that you may want to try out on your own.

Have fun!

Human anatomy

Today, I showed the class a human torso model.

The children were as excited as could be to see the organs in three dimensional form.

Human organ systems

Dear parents,

Today, we had a Science spelling on the five human organ systems: digestive, respiratory, circulatory, skeletal and muscular systems.

Only a handful of children got all five words correct.

Please help your children to commit these words to memory as these are key words. It'll be useful if the children are able to regurgitate on what these systems entail ie. their functions and what they consist of eg. digestive system consists of mouth, gullet, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and anus.

Outdoor Learning at the Zoo

The children went to the zoo last Thursday for their 'Outdoor Learning at the Zoo' experience.

The purpose of this trip is not only for the children's enjoyment, but also to tie in with our Science Project Work - Creating an Imaginary Animal.

After the trip, the children will be asked to brainstorm features of animals, and step by step, plan and design an imaginary animal of their own in groups of fours.

Loads of pictures for you to enjoy!

Some pictures taken before the children went out, very energetic and excited I must say:

At the canteen, waiting for the bus:

Going up the bus:

At the zoo:

White Rhinoceros:

In a hut beside the rhinoceroses, the children were pinching their noses ...

The giraffes ...

The jaguar lying on a log ...

Honestly, I got no idea what the children were amazed at:

A beautiful spider web ...

At the Reptile Garden:

Children surrounding the Giant Tortoise that gave me a scare:

At the Fragile Forest:

Junwei trying to get the butterfly to land on his palm

Butterflies feeding on something sweet, we presumed:

The raccoons:

The bats:

Mark having his picture taken with butterflies

We were ahead of time, so we went to the Kidsworld:

Comparing their masses with the horses':

A miniature horse being groomed:

Tired and hungry, the children were 'forced' to take a picture before they left their supposedly favourite sanctuary:

We met a zookeeper carrying an orangutan:

Having their much desired break at the Splash Safari:

Min Yi in the washroom:

The sealion performing a stunt:

At the Primate Kingdom:

Australian Outback, having an upclose and personal encounter with the emu:

Looking at the Pigmy Hippo:

White Tiger:

Malayan Tapir:

Children taking their pictures with the macaws:

Before we left, one more picture with our parent volunteer, Mdm Raisah:

Going home, finally!