My Birthday Storybook

Pupils are going to 'produce' their own storybook on "My Birthday Story". Go to the blog entry on the book cover!

(above) A small cake to simulate birthday party to elicit pupils' memory on a birthday party.

(above) Pupils singing the birthday song in English, Mandarin & Malay.

(above) Still singing... ...

MLEA writing with ICT

(above) Vocabulary needed for the group writing.

(above) Class dictated story for the pupils' experience on making a collage for Singapore's birthday.

(above) The ending of a story.

(above) Rachel (right) pointing at some mistakes on the screen.

(above) Pupils at work in the Media Hub.

(above) Alicia tilting her head to ask me questions when I was taking a picture of her and the group writing.

(above) We brainstorm. Alicia writes. This is group work!

(above) Aaron: Ooophs...time is running out. We got to write faster.

(above) Writing in process using the tablet PC.

(above) Another group's writing.

(above) Chu Xin: How do we continue from here?


(above) Putting all brains together now.

(above) Chun Lin (left): That is a good idea, Si Yu!

(above) All eyes on the writing. Very good team work.

(above) Let's think together on how to start the first sentence.


(above) Bingo! We thought of it already but let's choose the colour of our text.

(above) Danish writing down the group's ideas.

(above) That's the title of our story.

Dragon fruit season?

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On Monday, the kids ate the dragon fruits that Mrs Ang brought. Though it was after the kids learnt doing a mind-map on dragon fruit, a fruit that can be seen in Singapore, and writing the script for the Show-and-Tell, most of them, except about 7 kids, were so excited (always!) and eager to eat them.

See for yourself!

(above)Mrs Ang distributing (which means giving out) the cut fruit to each pair of pupils.

(Above) Gabriena and Danish sharing a piece with much eagerness. It seems that Gabriena has an upper hand but Danish is forever so cool and calm.

(above) After some times, this is what I happened to see.

Danish: Oh no, there goes my last bit of dragon fruit!

Gabriena: Yummy! So sweet!

(above) Dylan: So wonderful that I can have the whole piece to myself!


(above) The more Dylan ate, the lower his head went. :~)


(above) This is Aaron's second helping! Initially he hates dragon fruit, which he wrote in his script. But he was very courageous to try on that day and that changed his opinion forever!


(above) David enjoying his moment.

(above) Rachel (left) was forcing herself to eat it whereas Megan liked it.

(above) Two boys sharing their portion like gentlemen!

(above) Chu Xin (right) and Wen Xuan (left) aiming at the piece they wanted.

(above) Yummy dragon fruit which brings so much fun and joy to us!


(above) This is a posed photo.

"See, we have finished it!" said the girls.

(above) Charlton was waiting patiently for Alicia to cut the dragon fruit so that they can pick it up easily.

(above) Pupils who wanted a second helping after some had enough of the fruit!

Read more about Dragon Fruit here.

Learning 1 to 100

Pupils in the Media Hub learning Maths on 1 to 100. Specifically on 'more than' and 'less than', which is a difficult concept for some because of the language.

Seen on the OHP screen is a flipchart (like a page) created by Mrs Ang using ActiveStudio software which is for Interative White Board (IWB) that Beacon uses.

My birthday book Contest

(above) Book cover

Hello, class 1-1 children!

You had a simulated birthday celecbration today and I know all of you were eyeing the cake that was brought in for the writing lesson. Finally at noon, you tasted the chocolate cake with cream and chocolate chips coated on top of the cake. So did all of you leave the school with a sweet and delicious taste in your mouth?

As you write your story book and draw illustrations, do give your best for it is YOUR storybook.

You are the author and illustrator!

I've decided to make it into a contest!

We shall choose the best five authors and illustrators among the 29 entries and the best Cover Page design.Winners will get a prize.

Remember that book cover is one of the important parts of a book because it will attract people to read or buy your book.

Below are some examples of book cover. Think about what makes it attractive.

Is it the colour?

Or the pictures?

Or the layout?

Or the words used on the cover?

Or all of the above?

Drawing competition

Though you are not eligible for this competition because you are over-age, hope you will like the illustration of this poster.

Goal Setting

Today during Pastoral Care (PC) lesson, pupils learnt what is goal-setting, the importance of goals and how to set a goal.

Look at this picture. What is this man's goal?

That's right! To become a mascular man in the poster!

If this scrawny or skinny man wants to become the mascular man in the poster, what must he do?

Look at what he is thinking! (in the thought bubble)

Yes, he is thinking he has to eat more vitamin pills, go to Gym to exercise, lift 50kg of weights and eat the correct food.

These actions are what he has to do to achieve or win his goal.

(below) goal-setting ladder can be downloaded here.

It is just like your goal is to reach the top of this ladder so that you can see what is over the wall. What must you do? Yes, climb each step of the ladder until you reach the top! Will you stop half-way if you are tired, lazy or distracted by things around you?

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Parents and readers, the following information are from kidsgoals (read or download the whole document in pdf format).

What is a Goal?
You set a Goal whenever you say, "I want to..." Your Goal might be that you want to get a pet dog. Or that you want to learn to dance - or to play football well. Or your goal might be to get better grades at school.

Why are Goals important?
When you have a Goal, it makes you feel full of energy. Having a Goal makes you feel good about yourself and about everybody else. It makes life much more FUN!!!

When is a Goal a good Goal?
It's always good to have a Goal. But there are ways to make Goal-setting even more fun!

Here is a list of four things that make a good Goal:

1) A good Goal says EXACTLY what you want.
For instance, you might say, "I want a pet." That's not a very exact Goal, is it?

If you said, "I want a pet DOG," that would be a good Goal.

But suppose you said "I want a dog, that will be a little bit smaller than me, it will be brown and black, it will have big pointy ears, and a nice long tail," then that would be an EXCELLENT Goal, because you are saying EXACTLY what you want.

2) A good Goal says WHEN you want it.
If your goal is "I want to get good grades at school," to make it a good Goal, you would say something like: "I want to get grades that are one grade higher than the ones I got in my last report card.

And I want to get these grades by the time I get my next report card."

That way, you're saying EXACTLY what you want, AND you're saying EXACTLY WHEN you want it!

3) A good Goal is when you believe it.
If you said, "I want to learn to fly like a bird," that's not a good Goal, because you can't believe it, because you know you haven't got wings!

But if you say, "I want to learn to hang-glide (or swim) next year," then that's a good Goal, because you know that it is possible, so you can believe in it!

4) A good Goal says HOW you're going to get it.
To have a good Goal, you need to make a PLAN. This is great fun!

The plan will be different for every Goal, because every Goal is special.

Differences between a moth and butterfly

Here's another website that tells you the difference in words and pictures.

http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/beal/curriculum/butterfly/mothorbutterfly.html

A moth

You would need this information to do your Reading Comprehension WS 3 drawing on Moth and Butterfly!

A butterfly

Photos from above website

Investigative lesson-Tangram 2

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(above) Like this photo that I had taken very much. Though it was posed by these pupils, they looked so natural. I guess Beacon kids are used to people observing and admiring them!

Yvonne had observed this group earlier on and commented that they should earn the MOST CO-OPERATIVE GROUP because each of them was handling one aspect of manipulation on the laptop. This explained the posed photo.

Created this magazine cover using Big Huge Labs.

(above) Each member was concentrating on the activity.

(above) Transferring information onto their learning sheet.

(above) Annisa learning Tangram on Tablet PC.

(above) Each group working on their task independently. Seen here were Aaron and Gabriena trying to fix the pieces into the alphabet E.

(above) Forming a house with Tangram pieces.

(above) (from right) Ernie, Megan and Alicia fixed their eyes on the pieces as Alicia manipulated them.

(above) Vannese (centre) explaining his move as Justin (far left) and Cheong Wei (far right) looked on closely.


(above) Another two groups working co-operatively.