CA on the way...

How's everyone? Feeling stressed preparing for CA? Stay calm and focused or you will lose your concentration. Spend your time wisely this weekend! Be prepared! Tell yourself that you CAN do it and you will DO your BEST. Check your work THOROUGHLY. All the best to you, 5A!!! Jia You! Jia You! Believe in YOURSELF and 3/4 of the battle is won :)

Vocab Tic-Tac -Toe!!!

5A played a game of tic-tac-toe to reinforce the vocabulary learnt on saying verbs. See how excited the class was? Groups 1 & 3 got into the final round and the winning team goes to Group 3.

English Quiz and Mock Exam

Please do remember that you will have your English Quiz on Reported Speech this Friday (20/2/09) and a mock exam next Tuesday ((24/02/09). Do visit the websites that I have posted on the right for more practices. Remember ... Be diligent!!! Mrs Ong

Total Defence Day Follow-Up (Learning Journey to Fu Chun Primary)

5A went on a learning journey to Fu Chun Primary School to view exhibits of WWII. Some commented that they were fortunate to be living in the 21st Century and not back then where food was scarce and expensive. Klfton commented

" Japanese tortured British soldiers in many cruel and umimaginable ways." He also learnt to appreciate food for tapioca was grown and used as a substitute for rice and flour.

The class had their recess when they reached school at 10.50am. By then, they were famished and could wolf down anything they could grab..

5A would like to thank Salifian's mum who joined us in this trip as a parent volunteer.

Total Defence Day

We commemorated Total defence Day today. The school lined up some activities for the pupils.

1. Demonstration of Fire Extinguished by SCDF

2. Face Painting

3. Performance by Nextstage -- Heroes of the Opium Hill (Bt Chandu)

Groupwork (Reported Speech)

The class had their third leasson on Reported Speech today. To consolidate their learning, we did a simple group activity where the pupils had to convert different types of direct speeches into reported speeches. Teacher invited the pupils to be little teachers to check on their friends' work. Through peer editing, the class will be able to learn from their classmates. Check out their looks (serious/ relaxed) in the pictures) !

Diligence & Perseverance

On 4 Feb, Mrs Agnes Choh gave an assembly talk on our school core values -- Diligence & Perseverance. It was a provoking talk that set the pupils to think. Pupils were asked to put their thoughts into words.

Let's see what some of the 5A pupils wrote:

How I can show diligence and perseverance

Ming Jun
1. Study hard; check my homework
2. Ask our parents, teachers or friends when faced with a difficult question we cannot solve.

Boon Keng
1. Listen attentively when my teachers are teaching
2. Must not give up even when we fail

Royston
1. Put in effort and hard work into whatever we do. Pay more attention
2. Continue to work hard and don't give up when we are given a task.

Trishalyn
1. Revise my work everyday
2. Pay attention to my teacher
3. I believe that by being diligent, we can be successful.
4. I will work hard to achieve my dreams
5. I will try and try until I get it right.

Yan Lin
1. Learn more new skills when I have free time.
2. Do the best I can in my homework
3. Never give up!

Rifdi
1. If I fail in my exam, I will put in effort to pass in the next exam.
2. If I fail to win something for my parents or myself, I will make sure that I will continue to work hard. I will not give up!

Rida
1. Put in effort in my homework and class work.
2. I will not give up easily in school and in my CCA.

Salifian
I I must continue to finish a task even if it is difficult.
2. I will try to be better in my work. I will try till I get it right.

Why is it important for Singaporeans to be diligent and persevering?

Stanley
1. If we do not work hard, we will not achieve our goals and will fail.

Farah
1. We can work together, help one another.
2. If Singapore faces problems, Singaporeans will persevere and find a way out more effectively.

Anissh
1. Not to give up when face with danger.
2. Work hard to achieve something


Yi Yian
1. Singapore is a tiny red dot on the world map but it is a popular and modern place. We are holding events like the Youth Olympic Games. Everyone is diligent and persevering so we are able to do that.

Brian
1. Our economy will be competitive and healthy.
2. Singaporeans can have a better lifestyle.
3. We can earn money to support our families.

Ren Yuan
1. Have the knowledge to solve problems


Khadijah
1. If there is an economic crisis, Singaporeans will continue to put in effort and not give up easily.

Danish
1. If we are not diligent, we will become lazy, unproductive and not creative.
2. We must be persevering so that we can face up to difficulties.


Jia Yu
1. We must ourselves defend Singapore! No one else will do it for us.
2. We do not have natural resources and the only valuable asset in our country is PEOPLE so we must be diligent and persevering!

Temperature Taking Exercise 1

All went well during the temperature taking exercise. See how serious 5A were? They were very co-operative. Only Jia Yu's temperature was above 37.6 so she had to proceed to the general office. She joined the class shortly after that :)