HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Dear Children,
Your very first year of school in Endeavour Primary seemed to have zoomed by.  I hope you have had a great time of learning and growing in 2010. 

I would encourage you to continue reading books of both languages during the holidays  : ). 

I would also like to THANK Mrs Tay, Ms Lee (CL), Mdm Shikin (ML), Mrs Riz (Music) and Mr Ali (PE) for working alongside me in nurturing and teaching 1C.  Endeavour Eleven Claps for YOU!

Have a WONDERFUL holiday and a BLESSED Christmas!

See you in 2011.

End of Term Updates

Dear Parents and Children,

As Term 4 will be coming to an end soon, please take note of the following:
1.  All Health Booklets have been returned to the pupils.  Some pupils who need further checkups will be given referral letters by next week.

2.  All SA2 marks have been finalised  and keyed into the system.  Report Books will be given to parents next Tuesday.

3.  All ART FOLIO, together with the art pieces, are to be returned to me.  They will be using it next year.

English Revision

Please note that the following files have been returned to pupils for revision:

1) English Worksheet File - all STELLAR worksheets, revision papers, L.C. practice papers
2) English Writing Folio - all compositions, model compositions (please take special note of the latest model compositions given out on Monday, 18 October)

Pupils have to complete another set of revision paper and hand it in on Monday, 25 October.

Math Updates/ Others

We have completed the whole Math syllabus.  These are the areas of concern for most of the pupils:
1.  eg. 100 - 37 (double renaming required)

2. Time interval - eg. Two hours after 1 o'clock is ______; 3 hours before 4 o'clock is ______.

3. Before/After - eg. 65 comes just before ______ (ans: 66)
                                ______ comes just after 19 (ans: 20)

4. Tens and Ones - eg. 43 + 20 = ______ tens 13 ones (ans: 5)
                                     65 + 12 = ______ tens 17 ones (ans: 6)
                                     30 + 21 = 4 tens _____ ones (ans: 11)

5. Conversion of Money - eg. $30 = 15 two-dollar notes
                                               50cents = 5 ten cent coins

6. Pupils need to remember to show Number Sentences and workings for Section C - Problem sums

Others:
For pupils who have not handed in their Health Booklets and Health Screening Forms (green & purple), please do so by Monday, 25 Oct.

English S.A.2 Paper 1 & L.C.

Reminders:
1) English S.A.2 Paper 1 (Composition) - 27 Oct (Wednesday)
2) English S.A.2 (Listening Comprehension) - 27 Oct (Wednesday)

Please note that Listening Comprehension includes Spelling, Listening for sound discrimination and Listening for picture matching.

English Homework

Dear children, here's what you can do during the holidays for English revision.

(1) Read at least 5 story books.
(2) Revise the Past Tense List.
(3) Learn Spelling.
(4) Revise the use of comparatives and superlatives. Check out the websites below. You may need your parent's help to navigate the websites.



Comparatives and Superlatives: Some Rules
Comparatives and Sueprlatives: Exercises (You can do the first 2 exercises.)
Comparatives and Superlatives: Quiz

Math Updates

We have completed the topics on Division and Time.
Last 2 topics for Term 4 will be Numbers to 100 and Money.

The pupils will sit for their Math SA2 Alternative Assessment (Practical Test, 10% of SA2) on 24 September.

Things to do for the Holidays:
1. Math Workbook, Review 6, pg. 35 to 38.
2. Time Worksheet
3. Parents to sign on pg. 33 of Workbook and on Test 6
4. File all marked worksheets and test papers into the blue Math file

English Oral Assessment on next Monday

The pupils have learnt how to use the Audacity program to record their own reading. The reading rubrics for assemssment were also explained to them. Some of the recordings were played in class and the pupils listened to their friends' reading and did peer evaluation. Next Monday, pupils will be taking their English oral test. The marks (10%) will be included in the S.A.2.

To get a good grade, pupils should:
(1) pronounce the words clearly (e.g. do not forget the last consonant sounds, e.g. sat, days, rests, like)
(2) read fluently (do not give a jerky delivery)
(3) read at an appropriate pace (with appropriate pauses after commas and full-stops)
(4) read with expression (with varying pitch and appropriate tone)
(5) be loud enough to be clear (should not be too soft or too loud)

I have listened to the pupils' recordings and most of them are able to read fluently. However, a number of them missed out the last consonant sounds. Some of them read in a monotone and a few were too soft. Please help your child to practise reading before the test. Thank you.

Reminder: There will be an English Quiz tomorrow.

CA2 and SA2 Matters

There is NO CA2 for P1 level.
SA2 is from the last week of October to the first week of November.
The actual dates will be released next term.

Math Updates

We have completed the topics on:
1) Nos. to 40
2) Mental Calculation
3) Multiplication
4) Division

There will be a class test on the first three topics next Monday, 30th Aug.
We will also be completing the topic on TIME by the end of Term 3.

Our Ice-cream Party

Dear boys and girls, did you enjoy our ice-cream party? Remember to thank Mrs Tan and our 3 friends from 5A, Wilbert, Manwin and Thu Ta, who helped out. I'm pleased that you were cooperative and helped to clean up the classroom after the party. Which of the ice-cream flavours (chocolate, vanilla and raspberry) did you like best? Which toppings (marshmallows, M&M chocolates, raisins and rainbow rice) did you select for your ice cream?

Rainbow Day 3 (Video)

Now you can watch your performance again ....

Ice-cream Party

The pupils read 'The Giant's Ice Cream' and will be having an ice-cream party this week. Please remind your child to hand in the consent form tomorrow. The ice-cream flavours are vanilla, chocolate and raspberry and the toppings include M&M chocolates, marshmallows, raisins and rainbow rice. Do write down in the form any food allery your child may have. Thank you.

Past Tense List

The pupils have learnt how the past tense form of regular verbs is formed. They have also learnt the past tense form of irregular verbs. A list of these words was given to them. Please help them to study the Past Tense list. Teach them to pace themselves... perhaps they can learn five words a day. Many of the pupils have already started and I'm proud of their progress. Thank you for your help.

Pupils can review what they have learnt with the video lesson below. The video is a bit difficult to follow and you may wish to view it together with your child so that you can guide him or her.

Rainbow Day 3

Well Done, Children.  You did a GREAT job on Rainbow Day 3.  Hope you have enjoyed yourselves.

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English Quiz

There will be an English Quiz on Thursday.

Our New Class Librarians

A big 'thank you' to our class librarians, Bernice, Gabriel Lim and Cheng Yang, for their service in Term 2. They did a great job keeping track of the class library books and maintaining discipline at the reading corner.

This term, we have 3 new class librarians - Daniel, Janelle and Eunice. Their duties include helping to select the class library books from the school library, checking that all the books are returned at the end of the English periods, making sure pupils line up to select the books, ensuring pupils read quietly at the reading corner and even taking turns to read to pupils who are not able to read well!

Pupils can read at the reading corner when they have completed their work.

Term 3 Week 2 - Math Updates

We have completed Unit 11 - Graph.  There will be a class test on Monday, 12/7/10, based on the topics MASS and GRAPH.

Our class will be performing on Rainbow Day 3, 21 July (Wednesday).  Parents are invited to come and watch.  It will be uploaded onto our class blog also.  We will be doing a Line Dance : )
Please put on a white shirt or t-shirt and jeans (or dark-coloured pants).  It is alright if there are prints on the shirt/ T-shirt.  If you do not own any of these, you do not need to buy them.  I'll see what I can do....

Modified Language Experience Activity - Sandwich Making

On Tuesday, the pupils had their first Modified Language Experience Activity (MLEA). First, they watched the teacher demonstrate how to make a sandwich. Then they recalled the steps in making a sandwich, which were recorded on a big sheet of paper. After that, it was their turn to make the sandwich. The pupils were cooperative and took turns to do the task. After the activity, pupils did group writing. They wove the steps of making a sandwich into a simple story.