Request for Parent Volunteers

Dear Parents,

Our school has organized two programmes for our P1 pupils
1. Innochef lesson - 20 July, Wednesday, 2:30-4:30p.m.
Pupils will be baking cupcakes and making Milo. This in conjunction with the book, The King's Cake.
2. Maths Trail to Changi Airport - Week 5 (date and time to be confirmed)
Pupils will go to the Changi Airport and will be engaging in mathematics-related activities.

I will need at least 5 parent volunteers for each programme and would like to request for your help if you are interested to participate. Do drop me an SMS if you would like to be a part of the class activity. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Summary of What We Learnt

Picture Composition Writing

• Make use of the given helping words.
• Begin a sentence with a capital letter.
• End a sentence with a full stop.
• Begin a new paragraph with a two-finger spacing.
• Begin a new paragraph when you're writing about a new event in the story. (Pupils have the most difficulty deciding when to start a new paragraph)
• Write the story in the past tense.

Please Note: The children still require many reminders on the above points. Please do help me to remind them as repetition will help them pick up the writing skills faster.

Grammar

Whose vs who's

• Definition: Whose - possessive pronoun ; Who's - short form/contraction of who is

How to choose the correct word to fill in the blank?

• Use the long form of who's to fill in the blanks.

Example: Who is book is this?

• If it is incorrect you use whose instead

Example: Whose book is this?

• If it is correct,

Example: Who is the one wearing the black shirt?

• Replace it with the short form

Example: Who's the one wearing the black shirt?

Penmanship

Pupils need constant and strict reminders to:

• write the 'tall' letters properly - especially k, t, l, h, b
• write the 'short' letters properly - for especially s, z, m and n

Please note that this is important as teachers from the other levels have commented that students still make this mistakes when they are in primary 2, 3, 4 and 5. Let's get the children to practice good penmanship from P1. Thank you for your help.

Mathematics: Mass

• Definition: Mass is a measure of how heavy an object is

Important Notes:

• If the scale balance is balanced, the right pan is equal to/as heavy as the left pan.

• If the scale balance is not balanced, the right pan is not equal to/heavier than/lighter than the left pan.

• You can substitute an object with the number of units it represents. (This is quite abstract for pupils and some are finding difficulty grasping this. I will be highlighting this again during remedial/class)

Example: 1 durian - 4 marbles, 1 apple - 2 marbles

If a book is as heavy as/equal to 2 durians,

book - 8 marbles

Thank you for reading this post. I hope it helps you guide your children.

Ist July

Important Notice:

1. Do take note that Monday is a school holiday. School will resume on Tuesday, 5th of July. If your child has remedial lessons with me, do ensure they are in school by 10.45 a.m.

2. The Show and Tell letter for Semester 2 has been given. Please take note of the date your child is presenting and help them to prepare for their chosen topics.

3. Please sign the Spelling Book. Books of Dragon Grp Members are still in class as the English leader did not distribute them.

4. I would like to inform you that I will be requesting for your signature after every completed chapter so that you can monitor your child's progress. Thank you for your support.

5. In view of the time contraints, I would be summarizing the week's lesson and putting up a post by Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. every week instead of a daily update. I hope this helps you.


Homework

1. Non-routine Sums Booklet page 1-4 (Revision) and page 1-2 (Mass)
2. Picture composition
Title : The Lost Wallet
3. Complete the Spelling corrections. Each correction (word, phrase or sentence) must be written three times.
4. Young Zoologist Badge Booklets

• Marks for each 'project' are indicated by the number in the star.





• Marks will only be awarded if the completed work is satisfactory. Otherwise, it will have to be done again.





• The Young Zoologist Badges will be given according to the marks acquired.





• To be submitted by 15th July

30th June

Important Notice:

1. Parents' Notification has been given out today.
2. Temperature taking exercise - It was a success. For your information, I will be keeping the thermometers so as to save everyone the hassle of replacing or buying new ones should they get misplaced. I apologise for not notifying you that the thermometers were with me prior to today.


Homework

1. Unit 10: Mass worksheet page 1-11. Please sign the cover after your child has completed the homework.
2. English worksheet page 7-9
3. Please complete the corrections in the Math workbook. Please sign the workbook after your child has completed their corrections.

29th June

Important notice:

1. Musical Theatre Course Edusave form - Please sign the edusave form to enable your child to participate in the musical theatre programme that will start next week.

Please note: Students who were not given an edusave form, please pay in cash. The following students are:

Shraddha
Sriram
Shing Raye


2. Some of the parents have highlighted that they have misplaced the School Health Service Booklets and as such cannot provide me the Medical Information and Consent Form for Immunisation. I have made a copy of both documents and given it to your child. Please complete it and return it by tomorrow.

28th June

Homework:

1. Basic English Grammar page 39-41.
2. Homework 1B page 1-8.

First day of Term 3

Good evening Parents,

I look forward to working with you again in Semester 2. Below is some housekeeping matters to take note of:

1. Collection of Health Booklets
2. Collection of Medical Information Form and Consent Form for Immunisation (can be found in the School Health Service - Health Check and Immunisation Booklet)
3. $1.70 to be collected by tomorrow for the FTGP booklet.
4. Remedial consent forms have been issued. Please return them tomorrow. Do take note if your child has to attend remedial on Monday and Tuesday or only Tuesday(highlighted in yellow) .
5. Please ensure that your child has Maths Homework 1B by tomorrow as I will be using it. I will not be collecting Workbook 1B Part 2 until further notice.

Starting date: 28th June, Tuesday
Starting time 10:45 a.m.
Waiting point: Canteen

Homework:

1. Math Workbook 1B Part 1 5-8
2. English Language Usage Booklet page 8 ( use of plural nouns)

What was taught in school today?

Mathematics: Mass

1. Pupils were taught the use of the terms heavier than, lighter than and as heavy as. Pupils were given hands on experience using a balance scale to determine which of a set of two objects were heavier. It was highlighted that the heavier object will weigh the scale down.

English: Plural Nouns

1. Pupils were taught to transform singular nouns into plural nouns. They were taught simple rules for example:

Add the suffix -es for plural forms of words ending with o, x or ch:

Singular: Plural

Watch : Watches
Match : Matches
Flamingo : Famigoes
Potato : Potatoes
Box : Boxes
Fox : Foxes

2. Pupils were taught one exception:

Singular : Plural

Mouse : Mice


I hope this information helps you.