12 January 2010 (Wednesday)

大家好！

Admin

1. Letter on New School Dismissal Time and Term 1 School Calendar

2. PSG Recruitment Flyer--Return to the OFFICE by 17/1/2011

华文

1. 听写一--明天

用心学哦！加油！

Chinese

1. Spelling1--Tomorrow

明天见！

11 January 2010 (Tuesday)

大家好！

华文

1. 听写表

听写表上个星期五就分了，听写日期也都写好了，每次都是星期四，除非有事影响。

大家注意哦！

2. 听写一--一月十三日（这个星期四）

3. 2A活动本--明天交

完成第二到第六页。

有很多同学已经交了！

你们好棒！

4. 周记一--最迟明天交

那些没有交的同学，老师要打屁股咯！

Chinese

1. Spelling List

It was given last Friday, the dates were written on it too.

Every spelling will be on THURSDAY unless there are special events.

Please take note!

2. Spell 1--13/1/2011(THURSDAY)

3. 2A Activity Book--Hand in Tomorrow

Complete page 2 to 6.

Many of you have already handed in the work, WELL DONE!

4. Journal 1--Latest by TOMORROW

Miss Tan is unwell, boys, do pray for her to get well soon!

明天见！

10 January 2010 (Monday)

Dear Parents,

My apologies for putting up a post only at this time. I have been down with fever the past two days and my temperature went up to 39.8 degrees. Therefore, I was unable to go to school today. But rest assure that your child did not waste his time in school today. The class would have been instructed to complete certain pages of their Maths 2A Part 1 workbook (based on concepts that I have taught last Friday). I will be back tomorrow and lessons will resume. Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

7 January 2011 (Friday)

Dear Parents,

Admin

• Please complete "Pupil Medical Record" form. Submit on Monday.
• Many boys have yet to submit their 2A books, forms, money, health booklet, etc. Parents please check your child's homework diary over the weekend for items which your child has yet to submit. I seek your assistance in reminding your child to bring these items by Monday.

English

• "Information for Parents on Grammar & Vocabulary Items Covered in Term 1" was issued today. Parents please sign on the paper to indicate that your child has shown it to you. Please keep this well at home as you would need to refer to it when you are revising with your child for the exams.
• Spelling List (Term 1) was issued today. The boys have been informed of all the dates for spelling in term 1 and they have written these dates in their spelling list. Please sign on the spelling list to indicate that your child has shown it to you.
• Spelling (Unit 1) will be carried out on 11 January (Tuesday). Do remember to study over the weekend!

Thank you and have a good weekend!

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

6 January 2011 (Thursday)

Dear Parents,

Please have your child submit the following if you have not done so:

• Individual Pupil's Particulars Form
• Travel Declaration Form
• Health Booklet
• Report Book

Social Studies (Please submit the following tomorrow)

• Catholic High School National Education Booklet
• Social Studies Activity Book

Maths (Please submit the following tomorrow)

• $10 for payment of ATM book
• 2A Workbook Part 1 and Part 2 (if your child has not submitted, his name would have been recorded on the board today)
• Maths file

English (Please submit the following tomorrow)

• 'My Pals Are Here' Grammar Workbook
• Oxford English Comprehension book
• If your child did not submit the above-mentioned books, his name would have been written on the board today
• English file
• One single-lined exercise book labelled "Journal"
• One single-lined exercise book labelled "MLEA"

I hope it's not too overwhelming. Thank you very much for helping to ensure that your child submits his materials on time!

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

6 January 2011, Thursday

大家好！

欢迎回来哦！

华文

1. 周记--星期一交

-把自己喜欢的东西贴在封面上，或者用美丽的包装纸包起来都可以！请写上中文姓名！

-完成《看图写话一》。

2. 2A 课本--明天带

3. 公民与道德教育（学生读本）--明天带

Chinese

1. Journal--Hand in on Monday

-Decorate your Journal with things you like, you can use stickers or wrappers! Please write down your CHINESE name.

-Complete Sentence Writing Based on Picture 1.

2. 2A Textbook--Bring TOMORROW

3. Civic And Moral Education aka CME (Student Copy)--Bring TOMORROW

大家都长大了哦！都是大哥哥了！

你们也见过了你们一年级的小弟弟了。

今年也要乖乖的哦！加油！

明天见！

See you tomorrow!

Welcome Back!

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to a new school year! I hope both you and your child have had a well-rested holiday as this year will progress at a much faster pace as compared to last year (because our precious ones are no longer in P1). Last year was considered a "honeymoon period" for them as they were new to the primary school system. But after having gone through a year of training, the boys are now expected to know very clearly what they should and should not do in school.

As they are now in P2, I would be focusing on strengthening their foundation so that they would be ready to take on more challenges in P3. I will be stricter with the boys this year so that they would learn to be more serious about their work and also to help them put in their best effort in the year-end exams.

In order to attain my goal of helping your child to reach his fullest potential in school, I need your assistance to constantly remind your child of the good behaviours that are expected in school. When the boys are focused and alert, they would then be able to learn as much as possible in school.

Now, for some housekeeping matters. Please submit the following on Friday:

• Travel Declaration Form
• Individual Student's Particulars Form (Any changes are to be made in blue/red ink)
• $10 for the purchase of ATM book (I will help you buy the book)
• All subject files
• Health Booklet
• All 2A workbooks/ activity books
• 3 single-lined exercise books

That's all for now. Do remember to check the blog daily for the latest updates!

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

18 October 2010 (Monday)

Dear Parents,

Admin

• There is no school on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday due to PSLE marking. School resumes next Monday and SA2 will commence next Monday as well.
• Deadline for the payment of school magazine ($10) is next Monday. A NIL return on the reply slip is required.
• English and Maths files are returned for revision.

English

• Complete Grammar/Vocabulary assessment book page 94 to 147 as revision. Parents please help your child to mark the exercises that he has done (answers can be found at the back of the book). --> The boys should be able to complete all these exercises on their own as they have learnt all the required grammar items already. Thus, these grammar exercises should serve as a revision and not meant to be "re-taught".
• Please refer to the previous post on "How to Answer Comprehension Questions" to get some tips on minimising the deduction of marks when answering comprehension questions.

Thank you and all the best for SA2!

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

How to Answer Comprehension Questions

1. Answer in a complete sentence (with a full stop)

Incomplete sentences are grammatically wrong --> marks will be deducted

• E.g. How does Uncle Tom go to work on a fine day?
• Incorrect: On his motorcycle
• Correct: He goes to work on his motorcycle.

Do not start a sentence with "Because" or "It was because" --> this is grammatically wrong and marks will be deducted

• E.g. Why does Mrs Bala take a taxi home?
• Incorrect: Because she has many things to carry.
• Incorrect: It was because she has many things to carry.
• Correct: She has many things to carry.

2. Do not repeat the question in the answer

Repeating the question in the answer will not result in a deduction mark but it may cause careless (spelling/grammatical) mistakes to occur in the process of copying

• 1st E.g. How does Uncle Tom go to work on a fine day?
• Avoid this: Uncle Tom goes to work on his motorcycle on a fine day.
• Use this: He goes to work on his motorcycle.

• 2nd E.g. Why does Mrs Bala take a taxi home?
• Avoid this: Mrs Bala takes a taxi home because she has many things to carry.
• Use this: She has many things to carry.

3. Answer the question in the tense stipulated by the question

• E.g. Who were Mr and Mrs Low?
• Incorrect: They are Huiling's parents.
• Correct: They were Huiling's parents.

• If "does/do" appears in the question --> answer in present tense
• If "did" appears in the question --> answer in past tense

4. Answer question that requires the meaning of a word

• E.g. What does the word "pleased" mean?
• Incorrect: happy
• Incorrect: The word pleased means happy.
• Avoid: The word "pleased" means happy.
• Correct: It means happy.

• The answer that is given should be able to replace the word in the passage fittingly.
• E.g. They are very pleased --> They are very happy.

5. Answer the question that requires the quotation of a word, a phrase or a sentence from the passage

• E.g. Which word from the passage means happy?
• Incorrect: pleased
• Correct: The word is "pleased".

A sentence

• E.g. Which sentence from the passage tells you that Mr and Mrs Low are happy?

Incorrect:

• They are very pleased.
• The sentence is They are very pleased. (no quotation mark)
• The sentence is "they are very pleased." (capitalization is required)
• The sentence is "They are very pleased". (wrong placement of full-stop)

Correct: The sentence is "They are very pleased."

11 October 2010 (Monday)

老师在这里祝大家明天好运哦！
加油！

I wish you all the best for tomorrow's paper!
Do you best!

明天见！
李老师

8 October 2010 (Friday)

大家好！

华文

1. 年终模拟考试（一）--星期一交

2. SA2看图写句+听力--星期二
大家记得温习哦！

-没有在课本里学过的字可以写汉语拼音。
-可以抄的字不要写错。
-句子可以写长一点，可是句型要正确。

3. 好朋友32--星期一带

Chinese

1. End-of-Year Mock Exam Paper 1--Hand in on Monday

2. SA2 Picture--Sentence Construction + Listening Comprehension--Tuesday
Remember to revise.

-Words that you did not learn in your textbooks, you can write in HYPY.
-Words that you can copy, please copy it correctly.
-You can attempt to write longer sentences, but the sentence construction must be correct.

3. Hao Peng You32--Bring on Monday

星期一见！
李老师

7 October 2010 (Thursday)

Dear Parents,

There is no homework today. The boys have been doing trial papers, revision worksheets and compositions this week. Files will be returned tomorrow for revision over the weekend. Thank you.

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

6 October 2010 (Wednesday)

Dear Parents,

English

• Complete spelling corrections and sign. Submit spelling book tomorrow.

Thank you.

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

5 October 2010 (Tuesday)

Dear Parents,

There is no homework for today. Thank you for checking the blog!

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan

大家好！

华文

1. 听写18和19--这个星期五

Chinese

1. Spelling 18 and 19--This Friday

注意：

1. 看图写句（10分）
12/10/2010，星期二。
休息前，30分钟。

2. 听力测验（10分）
12/10/2010，星期二。
休息后。

3. 总听写（10分）
14/10/2010，星期四。

4. 考卷（55分）
27/10/2010，星期三。
休息前，1小时20分钟。

ATTENTION:

1. Picture--Sentence Construction(10 marks)
12/10/2010, Tuesday.
Before recess, 30 minutes.

2. Listening Comprehension(10 marks)
12/10/2010, Tuesday.
After recess.

3. Spelling Test(10 marks)
14/10/2010, Thursday.

4. Paper 2(55 marks)
27/10/2010, Wednesday.
Before recess, 1 hour 20 minutes.

明天见！
李老师

4 October 2010 (Monday)

Dear Parents,

English

• Reminder: Spelling for Unit 21 will be conducted tomorrow.

Maths

• ATM book has been returned today. Please keep the book at home for revision.

Regards,

Miss Joyce Tan