23rd May - Be Yourself Day
The children were free to come in any costume they want.. just be themselves! The whole class was extremely enthusiastic and almost all the children came in reali wonderful costumes - traditional, snow white, knights, air stewardess, dancers, soccer players and many more! They are soOOooOOoo adorable! I love them to bits!
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Awards Galore!
[Certificates given out on the last day of Term 2 - 25th May]
I would like to congratulate our Class
Star Pupils of April!They are, in no particular order of merit,
- Stacey Hong
- Wong Chong Jin
- Jovyn Toh
Stacey has been a steady worker and has shown that she can be trusted with responsibilities.
Chong Jin has always been a well-behaved boy who has a trusting nature. He shares willingly and puts in effort in all of his work. Keep it up, Chong Jin!
Jovyn has improved tremendously in both English and Maths. Her responsibility towards her work is commendable. Maintain the wonderful job, Jovyn!
(Jovyn absent on that day)
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I would also like to congratulate our Class Star Pupils of May!
They are, in no particular order of merit,
- Tay Teck Hong
- S Yasothai
- Atalya Foo
Yasothai has proven herself to be responsible in her work and has shown vast improvement in her subjects! Keep working hard, Yasothai!
Atalya has shown maturity in the way she manages her school work. She can also be trusted with responsibilities.
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Our Maths Masterminds!Both Shaun and Teck Hong had scored full marks for the SA1 Mathematics Exam =)
Well done, boys!
'Extra Effort' Award!
These children have attained this award as they have put in extra effort for either English, Mathematics or Handwriting.
Keep it up!
Your efforts have paid off =)
Children who have done well in the SA1 Exams!
They have all attained the
'Keep the Progress' Award!
Maintain the high standards you have achieved!
Stacey, Shaun & Darren have attained the
'Looking Good' Award this term for their excellent handwriting.
Good job!
Naomi, Jeryl and Jovyn have attained the
'Working Hard' Award for improving in BOTH English and Mathematics.
The results are evident in their SA1 Exams.
I'm proud of you!
(Jovyn absent on that day)
Spelling Achievers for Term 2!
Congratulations to our 3 Spelling Kings - Dao An, Jaedon & Kenneth and our one and only Spelling Queen - Tamilyn!
aaaaaaaaaaaa ALL ARE ACHIEVERS!
Class Party 
We had a class party on the last day of school too! The children brought a shocking amount of snacks! Really surprised me there.
View the video below to see the yummies we had enjoyed!
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Happy Birthday, Dao An! Hope you enjoyed yourself today. We celebrated Dao An's birthday in the canteen today with a huge, delicious cake and lots of other yummy snacks! Thank you to Mrs Lim who organized this wonderful party ;) Also thanks to Dao An's auntie who helped out. Click here for photos!
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Dear all,
The school will be celebrating 'Be Yourself Day' next Tuesday during the first two periods. Children will be allowed to come to school dressed up in an occupation or character. For example, a chef, a nurse, Minnie Mouse etc.
This is a fund-raising project organized by S'pore Press Holding as part of their community involvement to raise funds for The President's Challenge. The money collected will be given to 'President's Challenge' for 47 charities.
If children are participating, they are to donate a small sum of $2 and come dressed up next Tuesday. If your child does not want to participate but wants to donate, please do so too! I'll be collecting the donations from tomorrow onwards.
Proceedings for 'Be Yourself Day' Show
1) Form teachers will select 2 best dressed pupils from their class.
2) Students from each level will walk across the stage.
3) Judges will select top student per level.
4) Winner will get $25 Times book voucher.
Note that there will be NO school for the children on this day.
Please be punctual and try to keep to the 15 minutes allocated to you.
The schedule is attached below for your referral.
Time | Child | Parent |
730 - 745 | Naomi | Laura Lim |
| 745 - 800 | Yasothai | Santhana Bose |
| 800 - 815 | Padmarupah | Mdm Kasturi |
| 815 - 830 | Jeryl | Angeline Cheong |
| 830 - 845 | Jaedon | Tan Lip Teng |
| 845 - 900 | Stacey | Ow Mui Cheng |
| 900 - 915 | Verlene | Valarie Teo |
| 915 - 930 | Kenneth | Elvi Poon |
| 930 - 945 | Chong Jin | Sim Lan Hong |
| 945 - 1000 | Priscilla | Soh Sim Charn |
| 1000 - 1015 | Dao An | Lim Kar Yee |
| 1015 - 1030 | Vanessa | Jocelyn Novita |
| 1030 - 1045 | Jovyn | Serene |
| 1045 - 1100 | ------------ | ------------ |
| 1100 - 1115 | Matthew | Rachel Lim |
| 1115 - 1130 | Darren | Connie Teo |
| 1130 - 1145 | Jeong Soo & Jeong Hee | Jung Yu Jin & Veronica |
1145 - 1200 | ------------ | ------------ |
| 1200 - 1215 | Lexann | Gan Shan Shan |
| 1215 - 1230 | Teck Hong | Rani |
| 1230 - 1245 | ------------ | ------------ |
| 1245 - 1300 | Amanda | Mrs Lai |
| 1300 - 1315 | Vignesh | Sujatha |
| 1315 - 1330 | Hansel | Mr & Mrs Kwok |
| 1330 - 1345 | Atalya | Jasmine Lee |
| 1345 - 1400 | Tamilyn | Lin Lixia |
| 1400 - 1415 | Yih Shang | Foo Hoe Ying |
| 1415 - 1430 | Isabel | Sherina |
Not coming: Ginette, Shaun
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Dear parents, especially all Mothers!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!
Click on the video clips below to see what the children have been up to on Friday!
[Note that the clips may take some time to load, depending on server speed]
Making Mother's Day Cards...
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The exams are over! I can tell that all the Couragers have done their very best and I'm proud of them all. I have gone through the English and Maths papers with the children today so that they are aware of their errors. On the whole, I am pleased with the results that they have obtained, especially from those pupils who have improved tremendously. You I'm know who you are ;) From their wide toothy grins and cheers today, I'm sure the children are happy with their results too!
Keep up the fantastic achievements, children!
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Below is a list of common mistakes that was made in the Practice Papers 2006. Please take note if your child has made that mistake so that you could help in reminding him/her not to repeat it!!! I've gone through the answers and reminded them, but being young children, they need LOTS of reminding and drilling!
ENGLISH PRACTICE PAPER 2006
For English, I would just like to focus on two components:
1) Rewriting sentences using the correction punctuations
[Take note of the following points]
- Capital letter for names and at the start of the sentence
- Commas to separate parts of a sentence [when there are 2 or more things]
- Full stop for end of sentence
- Use question mark if the sentence is a question
2) Joining sentences using 'and'
[Take note of the following points]
- Get children to note the words that are repeated in each sentence
- For eg: James likes running. James likes swimming.
Note that 'James likes' is repeated in both sentences. Many children tend to write 'James likes running and James likes swimming'.
Hence, remind your child NOT to write 'James likes' twice as it is redundant.
The correct answer is 'James likes running and swimming'.
Qn 6) Circling 4 roosters
Problems: - Almost half of the class circled only 2 roosters or they circled the 4th rooster in both rows. [I don't understand why!!!]
Qn 9) Writing the number '12' in words Problems: Children are unable to spell! This is unacceptable as I've given them many quizzes on spelling the numbers 1 - 20! Spelling is important in Maths too! Some wrote their answer as '13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20'. They probably assumed that they are supposed to list down numbers.
Remediation: Please guide children in reading the instructions & to learn their spelling of numbers! Losing 2 marks just like that is really a pity.
Qn 10) Arranging numbers from greatest to smallest
Problems: Children did not read the instructions and went to SPELL out the numbers. Some arranged from smallest to greatest.
Remediation: Please remind children the importance of reading the instructions, especially when it is UNDERLINED and BOLD! Also, reinforce the meaning of 'greatest'.
Qn 14 & 15) Making a family of 2 number sentences
Problems: Children choose any number they wish, some numbers NOT even given! Numbers given are 17, 5, 9 and 8. Children are to identify 3 numbers that can form 2 number sentences, one on addition and another on subtraction. Many of them gave the sentence '9 - 8 = 1'. This is incorrect as there is NO number '1' given! A 'family' of number sentences also means that if you identified '8, 9 and 17' to form a sentence '8 + 9 = 17', you have to use these same 3 numbers to form another sentence!
Remediation: More practice on number bonds so that children are able to identify the 3 numbers accurately!
Qn 26) Identify and colour the shapes of the same size as the one given Problems: Children only coloured ONE square [usually the 4th one]. This is because it looks exactly the same as the one given. However, there are 2 more squares that are of the same size! They are the 1st and 3rd squares, except that they are tilted.
Remediation: Please guide children in reading the instructions and help them see that the tilted squares are of the same size as the one given. The full 2 marks can only be awarded if 3 squares are coloured.
Qn 29 - 33) A question on 'Ordinal Numbers'
Problems: Children just look from left to right, assuming that 1st Fairy = Fairy E. They did not realize that the fairies are having a race and that the fairy nearest to the Finishing Line is considered 1st. [1st Fairy = Fairy A] Hence, many got qn 29 and 30 wrong. Also, some are unable to differentiate their 'LEFT' from 'RIGHT', hence getting qn 32 and 33 wrong. Another problem is that children are unable to write '3rd' and '5th', hence their answers are 'Fairy D is 3 from the left' and 'Fairy F is 5 from the right'. This is incorrect. They must write '3rd' and '5th'.
Remediation: Guide children on where their 'left' and 'right' is! Also guide them to write '1st', '2nd' etc whenever the question is asking them for POSITION.
I think that's about all! I hope I have addressed and clarified the problems that parents surfaced up to me about the difficulties their child has faced.
Points to take note for the exams [Remind child!]
- Write down NAME, INDEX NUMBER and CLASS on exam paper
- Do NOT leave any BLANKS. Try every single question. Make intelligent guesses if you do not know the answer.
- 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.
- 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]
- 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!
All the best to all my dear 'Couragers'!!!
In the midst of preparing for the exams, we will still find time to have a good time and celebrate another Courager's birthday! Happy Birthday to you, Jeong Soo!
Thank you to Jeong Soo's Mom & Guardian in organizing this early birthday celebration for him! ;) The children & I thank you for the lovely goodie bags!
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