7 April 2011

Dear Parents,

Here's the information regarding homework and things to bring:-

7 April 2011

There is NO homework today as your child has been given the time to complete all corrections and exercises in his/her Maths Activity Book 1A Part One.

Homework will be issued tomorrow.

Things to bring on 8 April

• Maths Activity Book 1A Part One
• Colour pencils

I will be away from school for a cluster event tomorrow and the class will be assigned to an English review exercise (with grammar/vocabulary and sentence construction components) as well as a Maths review exercise in class tomorrow during the 4 periods (2 English/ 2 Maths). Fyi pl. Mrs Nair will be there with the class, and with my relief teacher as well.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

6 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Today we will be having another round of book sharing whereby the children will be going to different classmates to share their favourite stories with them as well as to convince them that it is a great book to read. By the way, we are still doing the reading assessments thus far and is only half way through. I can only do that during written work.

As for homework and things to bring, this is what has been typed for them today. Yesterday, they had their practice to copy down things to bring and homework.

For today:

6 April 2011

Homework (Due 8 April)

To complete all incomplete work in Maths Activity Book 1A Part ONE.

By now, all pupils should have already completed all exercises, except the last 2 journals at the back of the book. For those who have to do corrections or who have not completed all exercises, please take these 2 days to complete all. For those who have been dutifully following instructions and completed your work, you would have already earned an extra 20 points and you will just have to do your last 2 journals.

On Friday, please hand in your Maths Activity Book 1A Part ONE. You should have completed the exercises in the whole book by then. Pupils who have completed all the work properly ( in a neat and orderly manner) and have done all corrections necessary will be awarded another 20 points.

For English, please think and write down why you like the story book that you will bring on 7 April. Please note down the best part(s) of the story and the interesting characters in the story. You will be doing an advertisement during class time.

Things to bring on 7 April 

• A story book that you like very much
• 3 A4 size blank paper
• Stapler
• Colour pencils
• Colour markers
• Newspapers cutouts of advertisements as samples

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

5 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Today's homework is just a one-page investigative worksheet, whereby pupils are to form a word less than 10 points and a word more than 10 points, with letters given associated with a designated number of points e.g. A - 2 points, E - 3 points, C - 2 points so ACE will be 7 points ( which can be the answer for the word less than 10 points).

Things to bring is just colour pencils and a green pen. As the children have not completed their book sharing, classwork for Maths took a longer time than expected, they are also to bring the same book and their A4 size paper as well for tomorrow.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

4 April 2011

Dear Parents,

4 April 2011

There is NO homework today. Your child is to read a new book at home and get ready to share it with his/her group tomorrow, about what the story is and what he or she likes about it. Your child is to bring the story book along with him/her.

Things to bring on 5 April 

• Story book (For sharing)
• Colour pencils
• Colour markers
• A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

 P.S. For those who did not bring their Maths Activity Book 1A Part 2, I've bought a new one to give to them as we needed to do class work in that book today. For those who already have those books at home, and it is not used, and if I have given them the new book to do their work, please bring them to school so that I can let others use. Thanks. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

1 April 2011

Dear Parents,
We had a good trip today, although the weather was rather hot. The things brought back today are the things that your child has redeemed with the vouchers he or she has received based on the points that he or she has earned during these 2 weeks. Every 10 points - 1 voucher. This is to ensure that the numbers are more manageable and the children can then count (within numbers to 20) and know how to make a choice (which makes use of their number bonds and other maths strategies to get the best combination with the vouchers that they had received). We hope to motivate your child to work harder in his/her learning and to display a positive attitude in class.

1 April 2011

Homework due 4 April

1. Maths Activity Book 1A Part 2 

-         1^st 2 Pages - Numbers to 20 (We will be going through and doing the rest in class. Please do not do more pages on your own.)

2. Journal - This was given out to all pupils present. (Those who have not received because they were absent are to do on a piece of A4 paper first and then later paste it into the journal next Monday.)

-         Please write about your learning journey today at the Bollywood Veggies. Please describe what you see and what you did. Please also tell me how do you feel about this trip.

-         For those who did not visit the Bollywood Veggies, please write about what you did at home and how did you feel about not going today.

Things to bring on 4 April 2011

-         Maths Activity Book 1A Part 2

-         Journal

-         Maths Coursebook 1A

-         Colour Pencils

-         Green Pen

Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend!
P.S. The next exciting event will be the sandwich making session. Parents of children who are allergic to cheese or tuna, or have any food allergy- please do let me know. (Mrs Singh - Pl help to let the other parents know about this. Thanks. )

Ow Yeong

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