Happy Birthday, Clarence!

We celebrated Clarence's birthday today in the canteen with a delicious chocolate cake and lovely goodie bags . On behalf of the class, I would like thank Mr and Mrs Tan for the wonderful treats~ Happy Birthday, Clarence darling! Enjoy the photos =)

Awards! (Term 1)

Dear all,

I'm proud to announce that 2 Hope (and 2 other P2 classes) has attained the following school award!

Well-Kept Class for the Month of January

Well done children! I'm proud of you for being responsible to your duties in keeping the class clean! Let's try for the next month too!

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Spelling Award

I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our 2 Spelling Kings for Term 1. They are namely Glenn and Nicholas. Both have scored a perfect score for all Spelling exercises in Term 1. Well done, boys!

You would have received the spelling list for Term 2. Spelling for Term 2 will continue to take place on Mondays at 3 p.m. The first spelling of the term will commence on 17th March 2008. Please take the time during the March break to prepare for the upcoming Spelling exercise.

Click here for Term 2 spelling list or refer to the side bar on the right of this blog.

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Penmanship Award
These certificates serve to commend pupils with excellent handwriting and to encourage them to take pride in their handwriting and achieve good penmanship skills. For Term 1, Justine, Kezia, Jaslyn, Jit Huat, Xiu Min and Nicholas have clinched this award. Keep up the great work!

Show & Tell - Unit 3 and 4

We have almost completed the Show & Tell for Unit 3. The topic was 'My Favourite Book/Story/Poem'.

For this week (Unit 4), the children will share on their 'Favourite Fairy Tale Character'.

I hope to get parents' help in reiterating to children what fairy tales are. Some children have the impression that Shrek and Tom & Jerry are fairy tales! Below are some pointers you may want to highlight to your child once again. Thank you.

How to identify a Fairy Tale:

1) Setting

• Castles, cottages, mountains, rivers, and forests are typical of fairy tales.
• Apartment builldings and city streets are not typical environments of fairy tales.

2) Characters

• Usually consist of folkloric characters such as fairies, globins, elves, ogres, witches, giants and talking animals.
• Presence of archetypes/Stereotypes. i.e. Princesses and princes are characterized as 'good characters' and witches and ogres are characterized as 'bad characters'. Hence, Shrek (ogre) is not a fairy tale as he is a 'good' ogre.
  

3) Plot

• Usually starts with 'Once Upon A Time' and ends with 'Happily Ever After'

Fairy tale plot elements might include:

• Hero (or heroine) heroine has bad luck
• Hero (or heroine) must perform impossible tasks
• Hero (or heroine) must fight a villain
• Hero (or heroine) meets magical helpers
• Hero (or heroine) is treated badly
• Hero (or heroine) is in danger
• Magic spells
• Villain is punished
• Hero (or heroine) is rewarded with wealth
• Hero (or heroine) is rewarded with a happy marriage
• Things happen in threes (three battles, three tasks)

Non-fairy tale plot elements might include:

• Hero (or heroine) always has good luck
• Hero (or heroine) is always treated nicely
• Hero (or heroine) solves problems without any help
• Story is realistic-no magic
• No one is punished in the story
• Hero (or heroine) is never in danger
• Hero (or heroine) does everyday ordinary things