Health Check-up

Every one is so anxious about the health check-up over the past few days. Every day, they will ask Miss Woo when they will have injection.

Once this word is heard by the rest, there will definitely be a commotion.

Some will frown, some will be animated about their fear and worries, some will joke about it while some will join in the chit-chat with zeal! :~)

Finally, they met the gentle and understanding nurses for the health check-up today.

They had eye and ear check, and measurement of their height and weight.

Three pupils were discovered to have very poor eye-sight after the check because the nurse informed Miss Woo about it. So, Miss Woo will be talking to these parents on this coming Friday Parents-Teacher Dialogue.

(above) Samuel was having his eye check.

(above) Pupils were waiting for their classmates to complete the check-up before they went for their recess.

(above) While every one was busying chatting and laughing, Dylan was seen sitting at a corner with his comics book. What an ardent reader!

Audition for performance on 11Nov

Yesterday, pupils went through a simple audition for a few roles for the coming drama performance to be staged on 11 November, Tuesday.

It is the last activity for the Literature Appreciation Programme (LAP) by MAC in which each class will put up a performance on the chapter book Spider!

(above) Annisa in the role of Min, pleading the teacher Miss Tweedle not to kill the spider.

(above) Rachel clasped her hands, begging Miss Tweedle too.

(above) Heng Wee looks as if he is dancing!

(Above) Aaron was in the role of ... ...? What do you think?

Where is Ms Angeline Lee?

Your co-form and MT teacher is in China with Nanyang Girls' primary school teachers and pupils.

Yesterday, she started her first day in Suzhou Xinhai (Sec) School to learn more about their programme.

You can take a look at their school here.

History history-all in the past

What do you know about history?

History is a subject that focuses on events and people in the past. There is a saying that we learn from history. That is to say we can learn from the mistakes, tragedies or successful stories of the past so that we will avoid them (tragedies and mistakes) or walk in the path of righteous people who did great deeds for others.

I found a fabulous website that enables us to learn about the past through games and activities.

Yes, it is this BBC site (below).

Do you know William Shakespeare?

Have you heard of this famous playwright (one who writes scripts for a play/drama) William Shakespeare? He was one of the greatest playwright in the history.

He was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died on April 23, 1616. How long did he live? (Do your calculation now:)

(above) Photo taken from http://librarykvpattom.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/shakespeare.jpg

Wonder how he looked like in pictures and portraits? Click here.


More about Shakespeare

A brief impact he made in the world and Language here.

A timeline of his life and things that he did.


[For parents: Read an article on Teach Children Shakespeare at four.]

An excerpt: "With primary school kids there isn't a fear factor because they've never heard of him. What we do with children from the age of eight is unfold the story piece by piece and engage them with key moments of drama and try to get them involved in an empathetic moment of drama."


Watch Video Clips

1. Animated Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Introduction




2. Animated Shakespeare Series Romeo And Juliet Part2A




3. Animated Shakespeare Series Romeo and Juliet Part2B




4. BBC animated Romeo and Juliet Part 3




5. Animated Winters Tale Part 1



6. Animated Winters Tale Part 2



7. Animated Winters Tale Part 3



8. BBC Shakespeare animated tales Julius Caesar Part 1




9. BBC Shakespeare animated tales Julius Caesar Part 2




10. BBC Shakespeare animated tales Julius Caesar Part 3




11. BBC Shakespeare animated tales As you like it Part 1



12. BBC Shakespeare animated tales As you like it Part 2




13. BBC Shakespeare animated tales As you like it Part 3





Read Shakespeare's masterpieces

1. Read a sample of his plays here. Look for Shakespeare Scripts for Kids. A few plays are listed for you.

Or go direct by clicking on the below links:

-Macbeth script (I studied this book for my 'O' Level Literature:)
-The Merry Wives of Windsor script
-Much ado for nothing script
-Tempest 1.1
-Tempest 2.2
-The Winter's Tale
-Twelfth Night

2. Shakespeare for Kids-activities

3. You can read summary of Shakespeare's work here. These may be a tad long and difficult for you so you may want to read with your parent(s).

4. Online colouring, play puzzles and others about Shakespeare here.


Or here.
Both take a while to load so be patient.

5. Young People's Shakespeare Series-three scripts and a summary about each play.


Borrow books from public library

You may want to see if the local libraries carry these books.

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream (below) by Lois Burdett


2. Scroll down Amazon.com once it is loaded for more titles on Shakespeare for children.

Okie Dokie, that's all from me on Shakespeare.

Deepa Raya Concert on 30 October 2008

On Friday, the Malay and Indian pupils put up a concert for the whole school. Besides performing dance and songs, origin and other information of Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa were shared too.

(above) 1-1 Malay pupils in their traditional costumes after the concert.

(above) The P1 boys were so delighted as they watched their peers performed on the stage.

(above) The Malay pupils waiting for their turn to perform after the dance item by the Indian pupils.

(ab0ve) Pupils joined in the dancing of the chorus of a Malay song.

(above) The girls were learning the hand movements for the chorus.

The Giving Tree & book review from Vanness

(above) Vanness with the library book after reading the previous blog entry.

Wow, Vanness has borrowed the book from the public library so soon after he read the blog about this book.

Book Review from Vanness
I love the story because it is interesting. The tree loved a little boy and the boy kept asking the tree for things; some things the tree did not have. When the boy was getting older, he kept chopping down the tree. After that, the tree did not have anything left.


Some ideas for all of you who want to share your book review or reflection on the story you read.

1. Write a poem on the story.

2. Write your own story (with the same title "The Giving Tree" in Vanness' case)

3. Design a comic strip (with 4 frames) to summarise the story.

4. Tell us (in writing) why other children should read this book too.

5. List 5-10 things you have learnt from the story (e.g. I've learnt to be generous to people; I want to remember those who are helpful and kind to me, I've learnt how to use the word 'gigantic' to make sentences, etc.)

6. Choose your favourite sentence(s) or passage(s) from the story and tell us why you like it.

7. Tell us why you like or don't like the story. Give three reasons to explain your preference.


You can also go to these websites to download and print your preferred Book Review Forms.

Complete it and give it to me so that your sharing can be scanned and uploaded to the blog!

1. Click here OR.

2. Click Book Recommendation form OR

3. Click Fairy Tale Book Report OR

4. Click Fiction Book Report OR

5. Click Simple Book Review OR

Note: 2 to 5 are from this website.


Not sure how to write and what to include in your Book Review? You can read submissions by children who like their books here.

Don't worry too much about your grammar and/or spelling as you write your review or reflection. The most important thing is to express your views (what you think).