Something I'm proud of 1

Ma Wai and Joel are the first presenters for our new theme.

'I took a picture with Mr Khaw Boon Wan.'

'I won this Gold trophy when I was in Primary One.'

People are like Crayons

'We could learn alot from crayons:

Some are sharp,
Some are pretty,
Some are dull,
Some have weird names,
All are different colours - but they all have to learn to live in the same box.'

Contacting me

Dear parents,

My personal handphone number will not be available to your children. However, you will be able to reach me via a few ways:

1) Write me a note in the Student Handbook

2) Call me at the school's number 6758 8837. The administrative staff or teachers who pick up the phone will leave a message on my table and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

3) Email me at lim_lui_yen@moe.edu.sg

Thank you for your understanding.

The Gruffalo

Dear children,

Don't forget to visit the Gruffalo's website: www.gruffalo.com. There're clips, games and activities among others.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Blue Pufferfish put up our first ever RT (Readers' Theatre) performance today!

Two of the children, Sue Gi and Leon, made the effort to make a mask each for their roles ie. Middle-sized Billy Goat Gruff and Little Billy Goat Gruff. Very cute indeed!

The children worked very well together. Although there's only one role each for the Bridge and Narrator, the two pairs (Min Yi and Yuen Qing; David and Jennifer) came to an agreement on how they would take turn to read out the lines, without my intervention. And fights over the roles - a common scenario among little children - are totally unheard of. I'm impressed that these children display a level of maturity that's beyond their physical age. I hope that the rest of the performing groups will model after them when they are selected to do Readers' Theatre in the following months.

After the performance, the audience was asked to comment on 3 things that they find commendable and 3 things that the group could improve on.

Generally, the children adored the masks and Zafranshah's dramatisation of the troll falling into the river. Although they thought the group's volume on the whole was quite soft and more dramatic voices and actions could be incorporated, most of the students were of the opinion that the RT was well done.


Some children have approached me regarding the next Readers' Theatre. I will most likely make it a fortnightly affair so that it doesn't take up too much curriculum time and the participating children will have sufficient time to mull over their roles and create resources for their performances.

Best Group of the Month for March

Purple Octopus

They are awarded 'Best Group of the Month' title after a month of collection of points based on behaviour and the ability to answer questions correctly during quizzes.

Below is a picture of the group icons and their points for the month of March. We'll start afresh on every 1st of the month. Below the icons is the Homework column. I'll write down the homework for the day or important things to bring the next day so that the children can jot them down in their Student Handbook.

'My Favourite Thing' 4

We present ... ... Zafranshah and Betty!

"CJ-7 and Kitty are a family."

"My mother bought this sticker collection book for me because I like Manchester United."

It's been fun listening to the children telling us about their favourite things. I believe their friends get to know them better as well. Although some of the children tend to trail off or become soft in their volume during Show & Tell, they are generally prepared for the session. After the Show & Tell, the audience get to ask 3 questions about the items during the Q&A session. The questions show that the audience were listening, and listening very well at that.

Well done, children!