Arts Fest 2008

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Practice for CL song presentation

Class 1-1 is going to present their song in Mandarin to the whole school in Term 4.

(above) Ms Lee guiding pupils in doing actions for the song.

(above) Standing up and rolling your hands.

(above) Another part of the song presentation where our dear children are very focused.

(above) Sure, sure it is thumb-up!

Arts Festival Reflection

These pupils told us specifically what they liked about the art gallery. Such writing or explanation is very commendable because the readers will know exactly what you like.



So next time when you reflect on a topic, DO NOT just write "I like it", "It is nice" or "It is beautiful". Continue the sentence with 'because' to explain WHY you like it.



For instance, I like class 1-1 pictures because they used the correct colours, or Class 1-1 drawings are so nice because they are so creative.

(above) Yu Ling tells us the reasons why she liked 1/7 the art gallery.

(above) Irfan used adjectives like bright and beautiful to explain why he liked class 1/8's art gallery.

(above) Pei Shan explains briefly why she liked class 1/4 drawings.

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Children's Day activities-When I dream

Log on to www.esplanade.com/octoburst to find out more.

Show and Tell

Show and Tell will be brought forward to Tuesday, 26 August, instead of Wednesday.

Remember to memorise your script, bring your script and props to school on Tuesday!

We had our picnic on Friday!

The pupils had been waiting for their turn to have a picnic in the school prior to their MLEA writing. Finally, the day came. Almost everyone came with bags of snacks and tidbits, and their personal toy/teddy bears!

Hope that you can still recall the process starting from our 'travelling journey' to our picnic venue, and the songs we sang.

(above) This is our spot to have our picnic. See, we had placed all our food in the centre.

(above) The sun was out after a short but heavy downpour. Here were the four lovely girls having their picnic.

(above) Our Malay pupils with their caps and hats and our delicious food prepared by our parents! See Danish (far right) who struck a pose like a macho man!

(above) A close-up snapshot of the food that the parents prepared for their child! Thank you parents!

(above) Our chubby and handsome boys!

(above) Gladys brought a box of colourful cakes that reminded us of the olden good days where such cakes were common.

(above) Justin and his colourful cupcakes in a blue container!

(above) See the soft toys that the pupils brought with them!

(above) Samuel (right): Why do we look so alike? Is it because of our red caps?

Irfan (left): I think because of our bright smile and chubby face.

(above) Irfan (left): I look more cool like Batman.

Samuel (right): I look more cute, right?

(above) Aaron: I am too busy munching my food and being Wen Xuan's bodyguard now.

(above) Who is cuter? Of course it is our Gabriena!

(above) Wow, Wee Khong, our Mrs Ang served you with cakes!

(above) Kudos to Justin who was very civic-minded because he was one of the few pupils who cleaned up the floor after the picnic. The other pupil was Si Yu who offered to help Miss Woo to clean the area too.

Words to learn:

1. journey

2. travelling / travel

3. venue

4. picnic
5. mat

6. munch / munching

7. toothpick

8. clean up

9. pack up

10. share our food

11. nuggets

12. sandwiches

13. (fried) fishballs

14. crackers

15. sushi

16. cakes with cream topping

野餐记趣

今天我们去野餐。

测验前夕

测验前夕

Subtraction within 100

(ab0ve) Justin came forward to illustrate what he knew about the story sum.

(above) Pupils working on the sum on their own whiteboard.

(above) Owen sharing his knowledge with his classmates.


(above) Heng Wee was next to illustrate what he had understood from the story sum.

(above) Pupils drawing the number line before attempting subtraction sums.

So pupils, remember to pause after each sentence to think about what you have read.

You can draw too.

Keep up your good work!

Learning at our own pace

(above) Pupils settled in their seat, chose their book and lost themselves in the story.

(above) It was time to read again! Gabriena is doing silent reading after chosen her own book.

(above) Justin was sure to make himself comfortable while he indulged in his reading.

(above) Charlton is another book lover!


(above) Chun Ling was doing the learning sheet after reading a book he chose.

(above) Alicia and Rachel were forming words.

(above) Rachel joined Danish in forming a story using the flashcards.

(above) Yu Ling and Chu Xin were engaged in their Scrabble game.

(above) Reading the Reader's Theatre script together.

(above) Deciding on the role that each will take up.

(above) Getting ready to get into actions!

Colouring Competition for you!

The Carnival and Heartstrings Walk, is held on 23 and 24 August 2008 at the Esplanade Park.

The Carnival will include the Sharity programme for children aged 4-12 years old on Saturday, 23 August 2008 from 9.30 am to 1 pm.

Sharity is a public education programme by NCSS.

Launched in 1984, the name “Sharity” was conceptualised from the words “share” and “charity”.

Its mascot, Sharity Elephant, symbolises the qualities of caring and sharing.

Activities during the carnival include a Colouring Competition for children aged 4 to 7 years old and Drawing Competition for children aged 8 to 12 years old.

Chidlren need to register at 9.30 am on 23 August 2008 for the competitions and the judges’ results will be announced on the same day. There will also be a prize presentation ceremony.


For more information, go to www.ncss.org.sg

English Test next week

Hi pupils

Remember to revise for your English Test next week.

Look through your Term3 Spelling List too.

All the best to you!

Passion fruit, what are thou?

(above) Passion fruit when it was still not riped. Photo taken in HortPark, Singapore.

Most pupils had their first try eating passion fruit today. Not only that, they also had the chance to hold in in their hands, touch and feel the skin of the fruit, and smell it.

(above) Passion fruit when it is ripe. This fruit photo was taken when I went to HortPark, Singapore!

Of course, they got to try the juicy yellow flesh with crunch black seeds. A number of them were quite put off when they saw the slimy flesh and we got at least one convert who likes it after the first try!

Read more about passion fruit here.

(above) Raziq was the very first pupil to try the passion fruit. What does his expression tell you about how he thinks of passion fruit? Sour? Sweet? Delicious?

(above) See the yellow stuff on their spoon? That is the passion fruit! They were very courageous to try it!

(above) Owen: I better make sure the passion fruit is still on my spoon.
Gabriena: Arrrgh......ready to swallow the flesh...only after the photo is taken!


(above) Finally it was our turn to try the fruit!


(above) Ms Lee & Mrs Ang wanted to try too! Do we look like we were eating our medicine?


(above) Hey, we, the four beautiful girls were next to taste the fruit!

Winners of My Birthday Book Contest

[All photographs were taken by our budding photographer, Aaron.]

(above) Annisa won the Best Book Cover. Receiving her prize from Mrs Ang.

(above) Megan received her gift for winning the Top 5 Best Illustrator contest.


(above) Chu Xin was one of the best illustrators.

(above) Ernie, another winner of top five best illustrator.

(above) Charlton, another top five illustrator.

(above) Gabriena won the top five best illustrator too.

(above) Gabriena receiving the prize from Miss Woo for the top five best authors.

(above) Irfan was another winner.

(above) Next was Chu Xin.

(above) Yu Ling was one of the top five best authors too.

(above) Not forgetting Annisa.