Prize-Giving 2013

Dear all,

Last Thursday was truly a proud moment for all of us to see so many of our classmates receive awards and prizes for the core subjects! For the parents who unfortunately, were not able to join us, here is a summary of our achievements!

Our class, 5 Self-Discipline 6, won the HIPS Superclass award for the Primary 5 Level! This award is given to the class which achieved outstanding results in the school character development activities (e.g, the cleanest class, the best-behaved class, most charitable class in the level etc).  Everyone contributed in one way or another. I am truly proud of you all!

Another outstanding achievement is the Model Pupil of the year. Both awardees are from our class, Lin Min and Xue Qing. Excellent! =) Continue to be a good role model to your classmates next year!

Academically, you have all worked hard, and both Mrs Baldwin and myself are so proud to see many of you taking prizes for being the top 3 in the level for core subjects.
English: Wei En and Sarah
Mathematics: Irving and Zachary
Higher Chinese: Karen, Wei En and Lin Min
Chinese (Std): Lin Min
Science: Magdalene, Wei En and Sherman

The good progress award for our class goes to Ashley, who displayed resilience and self-discipline, and worked hard to improve her grades throughout the year.

Lin Min and Carson also received the CCA Awards for both Chinese Speech and Drama Elite and Wei Qi respectively for being outstanding contributors in their CCA.

Alister received the Gold Award in the Annual Mathlympics. Yan Bing, Irving and Alister also received the Gold Award for Singapore & Asean Schools Math Olympiads(SASMO).

Wei En, Levelle and Lin Min received with the HSK Chinese Proficiency Test Distinction Award. Chinese is not an easy language to master, continue to keep your interest in this subject!

The Service Excellence Award for Prefects goes to Lin Min and Sarah, our Deputy Head Prefect and Asst. Head Prefect respectively. They have contributed greatly to the school this year, leading teams of prefects to help out during school events such as the Teachers' Day Celebrations.

This year, Levelle, Samantha, Sarah, Xue Qing, Ryan and Karen have worked hard in championing good character among their peers as members of the Friends of Singa and received the Friends of Singa Bronze award. Well done!

Finally, many of our pupils have done well in the various International Competitions & Assessments for Schools (ICAS):
Distinction in English: Sarah, Wei En, Ryan, Alister and Ying Fei
Distinction in Mathematics: Yan Bing, Alister, Sherman and Kang Yan
Distinction in Science: Carson and Alister
Distinction in Computer Skills: Ryan

After working hard this year, enjoy your holidays and recharge for an exciting year ahead! 

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

Cleanest Class Award (October)

Dear all,

Congratulations on receiving the cleanest class award for the month of October! Keep up the good work and continue to keep our learning environment clean!

Thank you to those who have been taking out their time to maintain the classroom even though you were not instructed to. This is really a strong display of good class spirit and initiative! I'm very proud of you.

Yours Truly,
Miss Chan

Class Booth Success

Dear all,

Thank you all for coming by to support us today at the Carnival! It was a roaring success!

I was impressed by the generosity displayed, many of you contributed your tickets towards our class booth. It really showcases our strong class spirit! Way to go!

Thank you to all the volunteers who worked hard and some even stayed beyond their shift to help. You were all so enthusiastic despite the difficulties we faced due to location and space. =) Also thank you to the others who were not part of the helpers team but still came by to help out at your own free time as well!

You have all displayed our school core values of resilience, charity and sincerity. You have done me proud again. ^^

I know everyone is excited to know how much we have raised, I will announce it once I receive news from the school.What's important is not whether we have raised the most funds, but that we've all contributed to the fund-raising for the school!

Please drink lots of water and have a good rest tomorrow. Have a good September Holidays!

Yours Truly,
Miss Chan

Hello again

Dear all,

Sorry for the lack of updates lately as I was feeling unwell.  Hence here is a long post to keep up with the happenings lately.

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P5 Camp

Welcome back from the camp! I am truly sorry and disappointed that I was unable to join you all, but I am glad that everyone had fun. It was a pity about your kayaking, but your safety comes first. Don't be too disappointed!

Here is the only photo I have of your performance, sent to me by the other camp teachers, who gave me positive feedback about your teamwork! Well done, I am so proud =)

Mrs Baldwin also shared with me how many of your overcame your fears and challenged yourselves during the activities. I'm sure the camp is one experience you will remember for a long time to come (I still remember my own P5 camp fondly!)

I shall try to see if I am able to get photos from the other teachers to share your experiences of camp with your parents on the blog.

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Mathematics CA2

Thank you all for being so cooperative and understanding the past 2 days when I barely have my voice, hence we are still able to have lessons and check through the papers with minimal disruptions. I really appreciate that =)

As mentioned, you have all done pretty well for your Paper 1. Keep it up! I will release your Paper 2 on Monday. Let's bear in mind a few important learning points from this CA2:

1) In answering, fractions should not have decimals in it. Hence, multiply both numerator and denominator by the same number such that the decimal is removed. Then, remember to simplify the fraction.

2) When questions require drawing (Symmetry, Tessellation etc), it is best to do it in pencil. In case you make a mistake, you can easily amend it. More importantly, you should always use a ruler. Freehand drawings will be immediately marked wrong.

3) Graph question: when asked to do drawing of graphs, always draw a dotted line to match the value at the axis of the graph. This is the best way to ensure that you are accurate.

You have all done well by being very consistent with your units and final statements. Keep up the good habit!

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Mid Autumn Carnival 

Thank you for volunteering to help out at the school Carnival. Almost everyone in our class is involved! I am impressed with your display of our school core value - Sincerity. I'm sure we will all have a lot of fun while doing our part for the school.

Please do continue to support by buying more tickets, the lucky draw prizes are really attractive this year (Cameras, Tablet, hampers etc) Moreover, all food, games and purchases during the Carnival can only be paid for using the coupons from the tickets. There are many stalls selling quality goods at good value, and even cheap branded bags and clothes! Parents may want to look out for those stalls on the day of the Carnival! If you wish to buy more tickets, you may do so through me or going to the general office.

We reached our target of selling all our 42 x $20 tickets! =) To do my part for the school as well, everyone in the class will be receiving a $2 coupon from me as a reward for being so supportive. Do spend it on anything that you like during the carnival!

In the event that you are unable to attend the carnival, you may pass the $2 coupon to your friends to spend at the Carnival, or donate it towards our class booth funds.

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Have a good rest this weekend!

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

Chinese Language Fortnight

Dear all,

To create a more conducive environment for learning and using of the Chinese Language, our school organised “Mother Tongue Fortnight” from 22 July to 2 August 2013. We had both our own pupils and even external organisations to put up Chinese performances and our class was also involved through the following: 

Interclass Chinese Recital Competition

Our class is one of the 3 classes who went through the preliminary round to perform during assembly. Though we did not emerge the Champion in the end, it was still great effort. Well done! 

Chinatown Heritage Centre Learning Journey

The learning journey to Chinatown on Friday was led by our very own classmates Zachary, Regine, Paul and Jane. They did an excellent job of leading and explaining the various parts of the Museum! Here are some photos to share our experience.  

Yours Truly,

Miss Chan

P3 Practical Test

Dear children,

I am really appreciative and thankful for the help that you have given to the teachers and juniors during the P3 Math & Science Practical Test today. It was more challenging as the pupils are young, and this is their first time attempting the test but you all did your duties well and the whole event went smoothly. We even finished ahead of time as you were very quick with the setting and packing up. For those who are unable to join us due to your Chinese Supplementary classes, thank you for helping out in the hall before your lesson.

I am extremely proud, this is really a whole class effort. You have all displayed the school core value of sincerity, well done!

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

Congratulations!

Dear all,

I am proud to share with you that Alister and Irving got through the preliminary round to the 2nd round of National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore 2013 organised by NUS High School of Math & Science. Well done! All the best for the next round!

Regards,
Miss Chan

Kuaibanshu performance at Esplanade

Dear all,

I am proud to inform you that our school has been selected to perform today at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre on 6 July 2013, Saturday. The performance starts at 1.15pm.

Our very own Sarah is one of the Kuaibanshu performers who performed 2 days ago and they were selected through audience voting to perform again today! Way to go!

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

Asia Pacific Youth Robotics Competition (Summer Games)

Dear all,

Today, our school's Robotics Club went for a Competition (APYRC) and I am very proud to announce that our school did extremely well!

Here are some achievements of our classmates:

Congratulations to Zachary and Dylan for coming in 3rd for the Sumo category!

Congratulations to Xu Wen for coming in 2nd for the Tug-of-War category!

I am happy to share that two other teams from our school also clinched 2nd place in Sumo and 1st place in Tug-of-War!

Well done to all the children who put in effort for this competition, regardless if you won or not. Use this chance to learn as much as you can from this competition and aim to do better next time during the Winter Games!

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

Term 2 Recycling Competition P5 Champion

Dear all,

Congratulations on winning the Interclass News Paper Collection Competition in Term 2 within the P5 level! I am very proud of you. Our class has collected 220 kg of newspapers and 4 kg of can tabs!

You have all done well by contributing the newspapers and can tabs in Term 1 and 2. We also have to thank our science monitors Rui Min and Nicholas, who diligently tied up all the newspapers during their breaks and stacking it neatly at the back of the classroom.

Let us all continue to work towards doing our part for the environment!

Regards,
Miss Chan

Newspaper collection

Dear all,

Thank you for all your efforts and contribution to the inter-class recycling competition. I think that our class has done very well, and I was really happy to see everyone work together without complaints to bring the newspapers and can tabs to school.

Regardless whether we win or not, I'm impressed by the amount we've collected!

Well done!

We shall continue again after the June Holidays! Let's work hard again for the next recycling competition in Term 4!

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

International Friendship Day

Dear all,

Today our school celebrated International Friendship Day. Children and teachers came dressed in costumes from various Asian countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Japan etc. We also had an engaging and informative presentation by the pupils and teachers.

I am very proud that our very own classmates - Chloe, Wei En, Nicholas, and Rui Min put up a great presentation of their Project Work PowerPoint. They have shown courage, initiative and resilience over these few days while training for this presentation. Well done!

Unfortunately I was unable to take any photos personally as I was seated too far back in the hall with the class. Hopefully I will be able to get a photo of the presentation from other teachers and post them someday.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Chan

Congratulations!

Dear all,

Today the school celebrated Chinese New Year with performances put up by our own pupils.

Back in the classroom, it was an array of bright red colours and traditional costumes.

I am proud to announce that all our hard work paid off! The class came in first in two categories - namely the HIPS Hurray Competition and also the Class Display Competition. ^^

Well done my Champions of 5 Self-Discipline 6! I am truly proud of you!

Cheers,
Miss Chan