Movie treat on 6th July 2009

Dear girls and parents, apologies for taking such a long time to decide a date for our movie outing as my children were down with the HFMD virus one after another during the June holidays. Well, I have managed to arrange for a movie outing this coming Monday 6th July at AMK hub. We shall be watching Ice Age 3 at 1030am. Perhaps we could all meet at 1010am right outside the cinema on Monday morning? Remember to have your breakfast before turning up ok? Also, bring along a jacket or pullover in case the cinema gets too cold :)

See you then!
Mrs Tan

Lower Primary Games Carnival 2009

4th May Monday

Everyone was present in school today and the oral examination for CL went smoothly. While waiting for their turns, the girls were given revision papers from various subjects as well as corrections and extra worksheets to keep their gainfully occupied. It must be rather hard on them to sustain the silence and stamina for working on worksheet after worksheets for 4 hours. Applause!!

Homework

1. Maths process skills WS 7
2. Chinese Revision Paper
3. Science WS

29th April Wednesday

Dear parents, this morning at 7am, I went through the topic on application of the Apostrophe with the girls. Prior to this, I have noticed that the girls were unable to understand the need/purpose of using the apostrophe and hence not able to use them correctly. Below are some common mistakes.

• These boys' are the drivers sons.
• These boys are the drivers' sons.
• The childrens' computers are spoilt.
• The children's computers are spoilt.
• These are my youngest's sister books.
• These are my youngest sister's books.
• These boys' are Joan friends.
• These boys are Joan's friends.

Some of the girls have difficulties identifying the categories of things/people in the sentence and therefore, unable to correctly identify the ownership of things to people or people to people.

28th April Tuesday

Dear parents, in view of the recent swine flu, the school requires the girls to have their thermometers ready in the bags everyday. Please ensure that their thermometers are in working conditions. There will be a temperature taking exercise tomorrow before lessons begin. Tomorrow is Wednesday, where I'll see the girls at 7am. We will be working on Grammar tomorrow.

1. English Comprehension 2

Practise Reading aloud

1. Speak clearly and loudly
2. Try to read without pauses or hesitations
3. Vary your pitch and tone appropriately

(passage 1)

Once, there was a huge frog. He was so thirsty one morning that he drank almost all the water in the pond. The tadpoles and the fish in the pond were worried. They asked the wise owl for help.

"You must make the frog laugh," the owl advised. "When he laughs, the water he has drunk will come pouring out of his mouth."

So, the tadpole told a funny story. He laughed before he could even finish it. But the frog did not find it funny. Then, the fish sang and did funny actions. Still, the frog did not laugh.

Finally, the eel began to dance. As he did so, he accidentally tickled the frog's huge round belly. The frog began to laugh and lots of water came gushing from his mouth.

(passage 2)

James was thirsty when he woke up in the night. He picked up his pitcher and walked to the well in the yard. When he leaned over it, he saw the moon in the water.

"The moon has fallen into the well!" he exclaimed. He ran back into the house, grabbed a long rop and dashed back to the well. He threw the rope into the well. James hoped that the hook that was tied to the end of the rope would help him fish out the moon.

Suddenly, the hook caught something in the well. James pulled hard. He lost his balance and landed flat on his back. When he looked up, he saw that the moon was back in the sky.

"I've succeeded," James thought happily.

27th April Monday

Dear parents, the girls have started filing this term's worksheets into their English files. You can expect the files back for home revision anytime tomorrow or Wednesday. They have also received their listening comprehension books where there are oral practices at the back of the book. The girls can practice reading the passages and try describing the pictures.( We have done so once in class)

Homework

1. Chinese Workbook pg 89, 91, 92, 93, 94
2. Maths revision paper 2
3. English composition 2

23rd April Thursday

Dear parents, there will be sandwiches provided for girls who turn up in class at 7am for extra coaching. So do not panic if you have no time to prepare any breakfast for them. Last Wednesday, milo was provided.

Homework

1. Maths practice 7 & 8
2. Language booklet 2 WS 25 (Supposedly fininshed in class)