Best Group of the Month for May

A photo retaken as Keng Yee was missing in action in the earlier picture.

Goodbye Joel!

Joel left us for another school in Woodlands as of 29th June 2009.

He has been a free-spirited boy who speaks his mind without worrying about others' opinion in the class. Always ready to make friends, always cheerful and sprightly, and is full of confidence.

We'll miss you, Joel!

Gingerbread Man

Credit goes to Athirah who volunteered to create the masks for her group.

Museum Trip

A backdated post on our Museum Trip before the school closed for the June holidays.

At the canteen, waiting for the bus

On the bus, still as energetic as ever

Outside Asian Civilisation Museum, waiting (again)

Folding the activity sheets ...

The Museum lady who briefed the students on how to complete the activity sheets

Listening attentively ...

'Quick quick quick! This is the one ..."

Finding the information ...

Mrs Lim taking pictures of the children

The search for the creatures continued ...

A detailed description of a Dragon

Spinning the wheels

"Isn't that Sir Stamford Raffles?"

What's Minyi and Jiaying looking at?

The Coolies QuarterVishva and Zafranshah posing in front of a junk boat

You'll have to ask what Kar Moon and Jun Wei what they were listening to

Drawing the imaginary creatures ...

Samples of imaginary creatures submitted

The boys posing with Emperor Kang Xi's poster

School on Monday & H1N1

I've received queries on whether school will resume on the coming Monday.

As long as the Ministry of Education (MOE) doesn't announce in the news or newspapers that school is closed, we are definitely going to have school as usual on Monday.

I've called up individual parents to keep you informed on a few matters:

1) The school has mailed you (by post) a letter on H1N1 as well as a Travel Declaration Form. It is of paramount importance that parents fill up the Travel Declaration Form and get the children to submit it to me on Monday.

2) All children have to bring their thermometers to school every day.

We're going to take our temperature twice a day: once during the first period and the second temperature-taking will be done 30 minutes after recess. This will be done on a daily basis for the first week at least.

The latest trigger temperature is 37.6 degree celsius (as of today). We'll abide by this temperature during the checks on Monday, unless there is a change in the trigger temperature reading.

Please update yourselves with latest information related to H1N1 at MOH (Ministry of Health) website on a daily basis.

I will also be updating important information that has an impact on our lessons in this blog, so do check this space regularly.

Storytelling Audition

Five children got a consent form for a Storytelling audition for PESA (Plain English Speaking Awards).

The audition will be held on next Tuesday in school.

By next Tuesday, the children should have already selected a story, 3 to 5 minutes long, and memorised and rehearsed it.

I'll also need the children to type out the stories in Microsoft Word document so that when they are selected, they can email me the soft copy of the stories for editing if necessary.

Ms Sophia Chia and I will narrow down the number of children to two on Tuesday. Eventually, we'll send one child for the competition.

If it's any cause for wonder, I have selected the children based on a few criteria:

• the child is keen to join the competition
• the child enjoys and is confident in the use of English
• the child's voice is audible from a distance
• the child has an awareness of his audience
• the child is not afraid to present or speak in front of an audience

What to Bring for the Museum Trip

Dear children,

The Museum Trip will be carried out during the curriculum time and we'll be back at about 11.30am, this Wednesday.

Please bring along your pencil case, water bottle and some sandwiches or biscuits.