SA1 Oral - Show & Tell

This is a gentle reminder that the Show & Tell component of the SA1 Oral Exams will be on next week. Please remind and help your child prepare in advance. Thank you. Below are some important information that you would need. (These information can also be found in the SEED letter dated 22 February 2008)

Schedule:

8 April (Tuesday)

• My Favourite Toy
• Register Numbers 1 - 10

1. Joshua Aw
2. Beatrice Han
3. Benjamin Ting
4. Bryan Wong
5. Cheryl Chng
6. Clarence Tan
7. Danial Zalfiyan
8. Darcel Al Anthony
9. Glenn Neo
10. Goh Menthol

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9 April (Wednesday)

• My Favourite Game
• Register Numbers 11 - 20

11. Belle Huang
12. Jaslyn Tan
13. Kezia Tiffany
14. Arena Khairunnisa
15. Lam Zi Yang
16. Denise Leong
17. Low Jit Huat
18. Daphne Loy
19. Matthew Ho
20. Natalie Chia

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10 April (Friday)

• My Favourite Cartoon Character
• Register Numbers 21 - 31

21. Bertram Ng
22. Nicholas Ang
23. Nur Adli
24. Nur Marlini
25. Raiyan Lye
26. Tan Junwei
27. Teo Rena
28. Theofilia Tan
29. Tricia Lim
30. Justine Ursua
31. Yeo Xiu Min

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Duration:
Pupils should not exceed 5 minutes.
(Teacher will flash a card or ring a bell at the 4th minute as a reminder to pupil.)

Grading:
Pupils are graded based on the following criteria points. (For a detailed breakdown, please refer to the SEED letter dated 22 February 2008)

• Clarity and Pronunciation
• Content
• Uses complete sentences
• Posture and eye contact

Other points to take note of :

• As it is a SHOW & Tell, kindly bring along the item involved or a picture/photo of it as well.
• Pupils should NOT be referring to any notes/pieces of paper during their presentation. They should prepare way before hand at home.

All the best to the pupils in 2 Hope!

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

PowerPoint lessons - Photos

By today, the children would have attended 5 out of 8 of their PowerPoint lessons. Being equipped with basic IT skills are indeed important in today's society and I have to say I'm impressed at how IT-savvy they can be. They show much determination and potential. Take a glimpse of their cyber experience =)

Curtailment of school hours during Swim Meet

Dear all,

The Swim Meet will be on Friday, 22nd February 2008.

Lessons will start at 9.30 a.m. and pupils will be dismissed from school at 11.25 a.m.

Primary 1 and 2 pupils do NOT need to attend the Swim Meet. They will go home straight after school. The school bus has been notified of the curtailment hours and the bus service will operate accordingly. Please make your own arrangements if you usually fetch your child on your own.

Thank you.

Class Photos

Ordering of Class Photos
The class photos taken are out and available for ordering!

There is a total of 2 photos - formal and informal. The children had a look at them today.
Each photo costs $2.50 so 2 photos, $5

I would be taking orders from tomorrow onwards. Some children have already indicated their choice and paid me since the last collection of money for the photos. (Note that some of them only ordered 1 photo (eg. informal photo), hence if they wish to purchase the formal photo, they have to hand in another $2.50 to me. I have already informed the children about this matter)

Buying of the photos is NOT COMPULSORY (However, they are definitely worth buying! No regrets as they all look so good!)

I've posted the photos for parents to have a look as well.
The quality of the photos here is not good here as they are only sample photos. The quality of the photos that you will receive will be much better. (Click on photo for enlarged version)

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Show & Tell - What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

Dear all,

Here are some photos taken during the Show & Tell sessions for 'What I Want To Be When I Grow Up'. We have 2H children who wants to be artists, nurses, pop divas, veterinarians, F1 racers, bottle makers and many more! =)

Friendship Hand Puppets

KC Times are sessions whereby time is set aside for children to engage in activities that would instill moral values, good attitudes and social skills in them. These sessions are scheduled on certain Assembly periods and will go on throughout their 6 years in KCPPS.

The focus for KC Time last week was 'Friendship'. The children made hand puppets out of socks. This simple activity helped the children to forge stronger friendship bonds with their classmates as they used the puppets to communicate with one another. Enjoy the slideshow below =) Feel free to download the photos by clicking on 'View All Images' and then clicking on the individual photo that you want to download. After that, click on 'View Full-Size' before downloading the photo.