Calling for Hidden Talents from 1F

Dear Parents,
We will be having the Myriad of Colours ( our school's very own Arts Festival) soon and Mrs Goh, 1F's Music Teacher has asked me to help to 'call for hidden talents' from the class. If your child can sing, or dance, or do magic or have some talents that can enable him/her to perform on stage, please email me at my email address ow_yeong_wai_mang@moe.edu.sg to let me know and I will arrange for Mrs Goh to audition him/her. She will then select the ones that she finds suitable to perform. I will need to know your reply by this Saturday. Please email me by 1pm Sat 2 April. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

P.S. Mrs Singh, can you pl help to email those who is not able to view the blog? Thanks. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Information for the Learning Journey

Dear Parents,
Besides the things to bring given yesterday, it is IMPORTANT for the pupils to have insect repellent. This is the advice given by the group which went today. I'll be getting some for the children without this. Facilitators will be looking after the children under their care. As the farm is huge, it will be easier for us to look after smaller groups. They will be in contact with me at all times via hp.

The children will be given a worksheet. Additional information is given below. The children have already been briefed about this today.

Grouping for Bollywood Veggies Learning Journey

Kabir’s mom Mdm Kiren	Shubham’s mom Mdm Vinita	Nur Qaila’s mom Mdm Emmi	Rahul’s mom Mdm Nishma	Stephanie’s mom Mdm Ngu	Ezzat’s mom Mdm Erny	Linus’ mom Mdm Jolyn	Mrs Nair	Miss Ow Yeong
Kabir Mushfiqur Manoj	Shubham Shahdan Aaron	Nur Qaila Si Man Natalie Phua Tay Peng	Rahul Shruti Saricha Zoe	Stephanie Fazillah Celeste Rachel	Ezzat Muhsin	Linus Nigel Kah Him Natalie How	Tristan Shreyas	Taran Odelia Marc
3	3	4	4	4	2	4	2	3

Total number : 29

Volunteers – 8 plus 1 teacher

Schedule:

12.30 pm Parent Volunteers ( Facilitators)

-briefing and issuing of worksheets and cameras

1pm Assemble at the kidzone

-Issuing of worksheets and briefing by facilitators

- Put on insect repellent

-Going to toilet and water cooler (fill up bottle)

1.30 – to leave for Bollywood Veggies

2 Activities at Bollywood Veggies – Tour plus activity (amazing race)

Return to school by about 5pm.

Pupils will be taking pictures of the fruits and vegetables seen. Each child needs to take the photographs that they need for their project (my collection of poems with illustrations - pictures taken) and to answer the questions in the reflection sheet. Each facilitator will be in charge of the pupils under their care.

Facilitators, please look after the children till we are back in school at the koi pond – end of duty.

A big thank you to volunteers on this learning journey. Let's work together to make it a good trip for the children:)

Have a wonderful evening!

Ow Yeong

30 March 2011

Dear Parents,
Homework for today is 2 Maths Worksheets (Stapled) - WS 3 & 4 for Numbers to 20. We have gone through in class as to how they should be answering it. As for things to bring tomorrow, they are to bring 3 sheets of A4 size blank paper, colour pencils and green pen.

Today, we practised picture discussion in class. We will start to assess in terms of reading and picture discussion tomorrow.

Things to bring for Friday 1 April (the day of the Learning Journey)
A small bag to hold :
- Snacks ( There will be some simple snacks given at the farm but it is good to pack something along in case it is not enough or in case your child does not eat the snacks provided by the farm.)
- Water bottle with water
- cap
- rain coat / umbrella
- small clip board with pencil attached
-stationery such as extra pencil and erasers

Homework issued tomorrow will be online via Problemsums.com. It will only be issued tomorrow. In this way, your child need not hand in any work on Friday.

This coming Friday is also Reward Friday, after the class returns from the Learning Journey.
Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

29 March 2011

Dear Parents,
Today's homework is English Comprehension (Worksheets 1 and 2). We have gone through in class the key points in the reading passages and have showed the children how to take note of key points to better understand the passage. In this way, they would be able to comprehend and answer the questions better.

Things to bring is the same as yesterday :- Green pen and colour pencils. (This list is kept to a minimum because your child is copying down on his/her own.)

Today we have gone through how one can talk about a picture and discuss about it, using the SPARO method. We went through in class and the pupils brought back a handout to remember what we have gone through in class. The print is smaller as I wanted to include all the slides in one page, and the children have seen the actual slides in class - full screen size, so they should already know what the words are. This handout is meant as a reminder.

I would be assessing the children on a reading passage and oral picture discussion soon. There will be further practice in class before the assessment.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

28 March 2011

Dear Parents,
I am asking your child to copy into their pupil diary these 3 days as there is relatively fewer things to copy and also to get them to practise. Thus there is no typed homework and things to bring list these 3 days ( 28 to 30 March).

You would also be able to take this opportunity to see if your child has copied as instructed.

Homework today - To write an addition story with illustration on a piece of A4 size blank paper for numbers 0 to 20.

Explanation given in class: They have done addition stories before. The difference now is that they should be using larger numbers e.g.  John has 10 apples. He bought 5 more apples. How many apples does he have altogether?
10+5= 15
He has 15 apples altogether.
(To draw the 10 and 5 apples - and colour the pictures drawn).

Things to bring: colour pencils, green pen

By the way, we would be conducting the reading assessment and pictorial assessment ( to read a passage as well as to talk about a given picture) these 2 weeks.

Thank you. Have  a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Things to bring for 28 March (Monday)

Hi:)
Here's the things to bring on Monday:-

a) English blue file
b) Maths pink file
c) colour pencils
d) green pen


The story book for silent reading is a standard item for them to bring daily .Thus I am no longer reminding the children about it.

Thanks. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

Information for 25 March

Dear Parents,
Today, we had a successful tea party during recess. This is in line with our big book "Crocodile Tea" and I wanted to create an experience with them, having a tea party together in the canteen today. We did a class story today and they also did pair writing about the experience. For their homework for English this weekend, they are to write about this experience. Please do ask them to illustrate as well. Please write it in your child's perspective with a description of the tea party and whether he/she enjoyed it.

For Maths, they are given two worksheets - Numbers 0 to 20 (WS 1 and 2). They are to follow the written instructions given on the worksheets to complete. It is already stapled for them.

Homework must be handed in on Monday.

Today, we have also completed filing (it took us two long days and I will still need to work with individual children some time this term to ensure that everything is filed properly) and the children are given their Enlish blue file and the Maths pink file to take home for your signature. Please help to sign on each stack of worksheets (on the cover sheet) - there should be 3 stacks to be signed for English and 3 stacks to be signed for Maths. I will be collecting the files back on Monday as well. I've also gone through for the children to do their corrections, besides filing.

Next Friday, our class would be going to the Bollywood Veggies. I will again be giving groups their instant camera to take pictures of the fruits and vegetables, and of the activity done there. I'll give a more detailed update later. There will be another project after the learning journey. They will be writing poems (with adjectives) about their experience or about the fruit and vegetables that they have seen. Parents who have volunteered and given your name to Mrs Singh are to meet me at 12.30 for a briefing on 1 April outside the hall.

Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend!
Ow Yeong

Thanks.

24 March

Dear Parents,
For tomorrow, the children are to bring their markers (blue or black and colour markers for decoration) and colour pencils. We will be having a tea session during recess tomorrow at the canteen so that the children will have a common experience (Related to our Big Book - Crocodile Tea) and the class will be writing on this experience. I will be providing the extra food for tomorrow for them. Anything provided will be halal.

For your information please. Please help to remind your child to meet me at recess time at the tables nearest the Indoor Sports Hall in the canteen at 3pm. Thank you.

Ow Yeong

23 March 2011

Dear Parents,
Here's the Homework list for today.

23 March 2011

Homework

Please prepare for Week 1 spelling. Spelling is tomorrow (as usual on a Thursday).

(Due on 25 March)

-         Problemsums.com  - Title: Homework for 23 March. It is a practice for sums based on Numbers showing positions as well as for the new topic Numbers to 20.

-         English Worksheets on Crocodile Tea – All except the Listening Worksheet. Please do not do the last worksheet (listening exercise).

Things to bring on 24 March

-         Hole puncher for filing of worksheets

-         Green pen

For tomorrow, as I will be away from school for a cluster meeting, the class will be doing their spelling and also the tedious process of filing and corrections in class with Mrs Nair and the relief teacher (for English and Maths). No homework will be issued tomorrow. (All the necessary teaching and learning are done with me around, thus there will not be any issue of pupils missing class instructions. for your understanding please. Thanks. Have a wonderful day!


Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

Typo error in Things to bring for 23 March

Dear Parents,
There was a typo error for things to bring for 23 March. It should read

Things to bring on Wednesday 23 March  

• Small Whiteboard, duster and marker that can be used  (If your duster is not usable, please bring a packet of tissue instead.)
• Colour pencils
• Green pen

I have pointed this out to the children and they should have rectified on their list.

Thanks. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Information for 22 March (early posting)

Dear Parents,
Here's an early posting of the homework list and things to bring for 23 March Wednesday. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

22 March 2011

There is NO homework today because it was already given on Monday 21 March. Homework given on Monday will be due on Wednesday 23 March. (English Journal and Maths Brain Gym exercise)

Things to bring on Wednesday 23 March 

• Small Whiteboard, duster and marker that can be used  (Please your duster is not usable, please bring a packet of tissue instead.)
• Colour pencils
• Green pen

Ow Yeong

PERI Assessment for Term 2, 3 and 4

Dear Parents,
For Term 1, we have had many bite-sized assessments and we only had rubrics for the different assessments. From Term 2 to 4, there will be some assessments that we will score them so that we have a better idea of their academic progress. Please note that these assessments will only be for us to compare internally and to calculate and record down for documentation purposes. The percentage to be taken for the total calculation of scores for the year are listed clearly in Slides 24 and 26 of the Peri Holistic Assessment for P1 slides which can be found on our school website (on the right hand side).

Fyi pl. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

cc Mrs Singh - Can you pl help to disseminate this particular info to the other parents who are not able to access the blog? Thanks. Have a wonderful day!

21 March 2011 (Welcome back)

Dear Parents,
I hope that your child had a good March holiday! If your child requires extension for his/her scrapbook project on the zoo trip, please do ask your child to see me personally. After hearing his/her explanation, I will then give the required permission for the extension. Maximum extension time would be till this Wednesday if extra time is needed, but it will be given on a case by case basis.

Here's the homework list for today. As it is the first day of school, I am issuing homework which will be due this Wed and will NOT be issuing anything tomorrow so that both the English and Maths work can be done over the extra one day given. This will give your child time to adjust back to homework schedule after the break.

For English (Week 1/2) , we will be asking your child (one at a time reading to me outside the class) to read a passage for us - a bite-size assessment that we will assess and provide a score for their reading. Your child has already done a similar exercise in Term 1, however, the only difference is no score was given for that first exercise.
For Maths, we will be having a review quiz on Subtraction this week. The next topic that we will be doing at the start of Term 2 will be Numbers to 20.

Fyi pl. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

21 March 2011

Homework: Due 23 March  

·        English Journal Writing – How have I spent my March Holiday

(Please share with me how you have spent your one week holiday. Please include an illustration or photograph as well.)

·        Maths Brain Gym – For each of the topics below, please write down at least one self-created question that is similar to the questions you have learnt to solve for that topic. Please include the solutions (answers) as well. Please give your exercise the title listed below.

Eg.

                                                                                      21-3-11

My Review of what I have learnt for Maths in Term 1

Topic 1 : Numbers 0 to 10

My Question:

Arrange the numbers from greatest to smallest.

3      10        8          4

Answer:  10, 8, 4, 3

Topic 2: Number bonds

Topic 3: Addition

Topic 4: Subtraction

Topic 5 : Numbers showing Positions

Things to bring on 22 March

·        Colour pencils and Colour markers for pairwork

·        Maths Coursbook 1A

·        A4 Size Blank Paper – 3 sheets

·        Green pen

Ow Yeong

Information given on 11 March (Happy Holidays)

Dear Parents,
Your child has received the following today:
a) Spelling list for Term 2
b) Homework list which is copied below
c) Report book showing report on personal qualites
d) Plastic folder with my letters and the bite-sized assessments that you need to see and sign (if it is not given yesterday - all given out today) This must be handed back to me when school reopens.
e) rewards earned by your child (Please note that the chocolate or sweets are given by Mrs Nair for the children at the end of the term as her gesture of rewarding them. The stationery etc are from me as usual on Reward Friday which is fortnightly.)

Here's wishing your child a very Happy Holidays! It is a good Term 1 thus far and I look forward to teaching your child in Term 2:)

Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

P.S. Here's the homework list:

11 March 2011

There is no homework for today unless you have unfinished classwork.

Holiday Homework: Due 21 March  

·        English Individual Project : Making a scrapbook based on your learning journey to the zoo.

( You can either write or type, with illustrations and photographs. ( I will be developing for you – the photographs you took at the zoo. Due to a delay, the photographs will be given tomorrow. You can add in your own illustrations as well – either drawn or downloaded from sites that allow free downloading)  The size of  the scrapbook should be A4 size (to staple A4 size papers to make a scrapbook). You must have a cover page, a content page, as well as an acknowledgement page to thank the people who have helped you (for example, to buy resources or to give ideas) in your project. Title of the project: My trip to the Singapore Zoo.  Please write at least two pages after having the cover page, content page and acknowledgement page. No maximum limit.)

Points available to be earned for this project: 30 points

·        Problemsums.com exercises – entitled “March Holiday Homework (Revision for Maths)” – There are 30 questions assigned for your revision for all the topics learnt this term. Reminder: Log in and password are your BC number.

·        Please revise and review the topic of Subtraction for Maths as I will be giving you a Maths quiz on Subtraction when school reopens on Monday.

Things to bring on 21 March

·        Colour pencils

·        Maths Coursbook 1A

·        Plastic folder with the signed documents given either on 10 or 11 March

·        English Individual project

Information on 10 March

Dear Parents,
I was busy all the way from 10am till now so am late in posting blog. Sorry for this.

Homework list
- English Homework is that already stated yesterday - the scrapbook on "My trip to the Singapore Zoo". For details, please refer to yesterday's posting
- For Maths - it will be problemsums.com exercise just assigned. 1 exercise only - 30 questions.

There is NO homework today and tomorrow. I gave holiday homework early so that the pupils will get to enjoy their holidays.

Today I was going through with the pupils on the report I prepared for them, but as I have to attend to others with query etc during classwork today, I was not able to give out all and I didn't want to do that before I spoke to them. Thus for those who didn't get it today, the report plus the bite size documents for signature will be given tomorrow.

As for the photographs taken at the zoo, the shop had problems developing it as their machine broke down and thus I can only give it to them tomorrow. However, I was told by the shop that many photographs were too dark to be seen because the flash was not used, so I just hope that there will be some photos available for use. They are not developing those too dark to be seen. I will inform the children to use drawings or pictures of animals to make up for it.

Thanks. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

Information on 9 March

Dear Parents,
I have prepared a letter for you on the progress of your child thus far for this term. This is on top of the personal qualities report that you will receive in your child's report book this Friday. I have prepared the personal qualities report for you ( a standard item for the level) and I feel that there is a need for further input. Thus I have written a letter to each of you to be given to your child on tomorrow, to be brought home to you. Please do let me know if you did not receive as it may be lost in transit.

For the March holidays, there will just be problemsum.com practice and an English project to be done. I am letting the children think about their project from today onwards and tomorrow, I will let them know the holiday homework (which is problemsums.com and the English project mentioned today). No homework will be given this Friday so that there is more time for homework completion and your child can still get to enjoy much of their first school holiday. (They will technically have this Thursday, Friday, Sat, Sunday and the whole March holidays to complete the homework.)

As for today, here's the Homework and Things to bring list:

9 March 2011

Homework:

• Incomplete Maths Classwork – Worksheets on ‘Numbers showing Position” – Due on 10 March
•  Preparing for the English Individual Project : Making a scrapbook based on your learning journey to the zoo. (Due when school reopens on 21 March 2011. Extension may be given on a case by case basis.)

 ( You can either write or type, with illustrations and photographs. ( I will be developing for you – the photographs you took at the zoo.)  You must give your scrapbook a title, size of scrapbook A4 size (to staple A4 size papers to make a scrapbook). You must have a cover page, a content page, as well as an acknowledgement page to thank the people who have helped you (for example, to buy resources or to give ideas) in your project. Title of the project: My trip to the Singapore Zoo.  At least two pages after having the cover page, content page and acknowledgement page. No maximum limit.)

Points available to be earned for this project: 30 points

Things to bring:

• English Story book (for silent reading)
• Envelope or bag to hold photographs to be brought back - with name clearly written on it
• A4 size blank papers – 4 sheets
• Colour pencils and colour markers
• Cut out pictures of objects  that you can name and spell (for our Maths activity in class)
• Gluestick 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong 

Information for 8 March

Dear Parents,
Here's the Homework list for today. Things to bring would be the same as that for today.

8 March 2011

Homework (Due 9 March)

• Writing Book – to write ONLY on the right side of the book. The left side is to be written by me.

To write a parallel text on “Walking Through the Zoo”.  With illustrations.

Example:

Walking Through the Zoo

Walking Through the Zoo,

what do you see?

Do you hear a noise?

What could it be?

Ssssss.

A snake is looking for his tea.

Helping words: Creeping, Swinging, Running

• Maths – To review and revise the topic of Subtraction

and to read up on the topic of Numbers showing position (in Maths Coursebook 1A) 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

Information for 7 March

Dear Parents,
Today's homework include completion of the English worksheets for Walking Through the Jungle (I have gone through in class and the pupils have also attempted in class as well - unfinished work will be homework.). Some pupils have nearly finished all, others have done half, while some who were not paying full attention may not have attempted much. This was what I have observed at the end of my periods today. As for Maths, pupils are to review and revise for the topic of Subtraction. We will be moving on to a new topic soon. As such, they will need to be very familiar with the topic that we have just completed.

Things to bring will include unread English story book, Maths Coursebook 1A, small whiteboard, duster and marker.

Thank you.
Ow Yeong
P.S. Our next learning journey will be to a vegetable farm. Details will be given later. Mrs Singh, please do check with me to get volunteers for this activity.
P.P.S. As for the home economics lesson on sandwich making, many thanks to the 7 volunteers who have volunteered. We may not need the volunteers to stay that long on 14 April. (Please report at around 1 pm for  a briefing and then please help to prep the ingredients etc, lesson from 2pm to 3pm and after 3 pm for helping to clean up.)  However, will need help for preparation before the lesson, as well as cleaning up after the lesson to ensure that the home econs room is clean and usable for the next class. Thanks for your help!

Information given on 4 March

Dear Parents,
I hope that your child had enjoyed the zoo trip yesterday. Today, their English homework consists of writing their journal on what they like best about the trip, with illustration, as well as where they would wish to visit next. For Maths, they are to complete the HOT (higher-order thinking) worksheet. I've also printed out a working page for them to cut out the numbers 1 to 6 and try arranging them along the given triangle shown on the worksheet. They are to find the combination of numbers whereby each side of the triangle equals 11, without repeating the numbers. I've already shown them how to do one side of the triangle in class. I told them they are like maths detectives and wanted them to spend time playing around with the cut out numbers to find the best solution. Then they can write in the answers. They need not hand in the cut numbers. I gave them two sets in case they cut wrongly or lost any numbers. I will go through the answers in class on Monday for this worksheet. Hope your child enjoy exploring and finding the answers. The process is important and thus I gave them the weekend to think through for this.

Today, I briefed the children on 3 matters, due to my observations.
a) They are NOT to exchange or lend money, or give money or take money from each other. They are to let me know if they did not bring enough money or forget to bring money, when I meet them in the Hall for assembly before class starts and I will lend it to them. The children do not actually understand the concept of money and some have started borrowing from one another, causing problems in money issues.
b) They are NOT to spend so much time 'shopping' at the bookshop as at times, unnecessary money is spent on stickers and nice looking things and children may be distracted by them in class as some started to share and give to others. It is good to share but as it is done during class time, this is not appropriate and  I am concerned with their money spending habit as well.  I am not allowing such 'giving out' during my teaching and learning ( my periods).
c) They must take good care of their health by sleeping early and well, by eating a healthy diet and having good hygiene. If unwell like having a fever, they are to stay at home to rest at the advice of the doctor. However, I have stressed the importance of staying healthy and well so that they can come to school to learn and earn points. I have heard of pupils in another class falling ill one after another ( This last point was not mentioned to the pupils as they may not receive it in the right way. My stress is not on this point but on self care to build up self resistance.) .  As such, I  feel that it is important to advise the pupils on keeping healthy.

Please help to advise your child as well.
P.S. Please do not mention the class above to your child. It will end up with your child being curious and finding out and talking about it, which does not help pupils in the other class. Thanks.

Here's wishing you and your family a very Happy Weekend!
Thank you.

Ow Yeong

Sandwich making activity

Dear Parents, Ms Ow Yeong has planned an activity for Pri 1 F children. This activity is a sandwich making activity which will be held in term 2, week 4 on Thursday from 2 pm to the end of the school. If any of the parents are interested to volunteer please reply to my e-mail address. On behalf of the teachers of Pri 1 F we would appreciate your time and effort for being the part of the volunteer group. Thanks and Regards, Mrs Singh

Things to bring on 4 March (Friday)

Dear Parents,

Things to bring for 4 March:
1) Colour pencils
2) English Story book (unread)
3) Markers ( blue and/ or black)
4) Stickers/ pictures of animals that you like (that can be used for group work - to be pasted )

There is NO homework on 3 March. Please do remind your child to learn spelling for Week 9.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong
P.S. Mrs Singh, can you please help to send this info to the other 15 parents who have not joined this blog? Just for this info. I will not be seeing the pupils so will not be able to print this for them tomorrow. Thank you.

Information for 2 March

Dear Parents,
Today's homework include
a) Maths Worksheets on Subtraction - due only on Friday (We have gone through in class as to what to do for each type of question.)
b) English - to write on the given leaf for our reading tree in class: title, author, why your child likes the book, and your child's name, register no., class and date. To colour leaf ( also due on Friday)

Tomorrow, your child will be going for their zoo trip. I have already briefed them on it. There would not be any MT or other lesson for them tomorrow. They have to bring: clip board with attached pencil, extra pencil and eraser, small box of colour pencils, cap, umbrella/ rain coat, snacks for recess and water bottle. Please do remind your child NOT to bring any homework for submission. Please bring homework only on Friday. As mentioned, Spelling is on Friday. They would be moving in small groups with an adult each in touch of their group. Many thanks to the parent volunteers helping us tomorrow.

As I was sent for a briefing tomorrow in the afternoon (to rep the school), Mdm Aidi will be going in my place. She will be assisted by Mrs Nair, our teacher aide, as well as 6 other volunteers.

I have purchased disposable cameras for them to take photos during their trip and these photos will be developed for them and used for our group project later. Each child can take about 10 to 12 photographs. I hope that the children will have a great trip tomorrow.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Information given on 1 March 2011

Dear Parents,
 Here's today's homework and things to bring list:-

1 March 2011

Homework: (Due 2 March 2011)

To complete English Worksheets (To Town)

To complete the questions in Maths Coursebook 1A – Unit 4 (Subtraction)

Things to bring on 2 March 2011:

• Unread English Story Book
• 3 sheets of A4 size blank paper
• Colour pencils

* Reminder : Spelling for Week 9 is on Friday 4 March.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong