Maths test to be conducted next week

Dear parents,

While I will not announce small tests and quizzes that are done after every two units, I will announce about the next Maths test coming up. It's the Continual Assessment 1 (CA1) from the Maths Test 1 book. This is because the CA1 encompasses the students' learning of the concepts taught from the start of the year. The marks from the test will not contribute to the Semestral Assessment 1 marks.

Please revise with your child the following units for the test:

• Numbers to 10
• Number Bonds
• Addition within 10
• Subtraction within 10

I will conduct the test on Wednesday, 10 March 2010. Thank you parents for your support.

Spelling 7 Week 9

Hi all,

Here is the order of the words I read out for spelling today.

1. silver
2. bulldozer
3. yellow
4. vintage car
5. blue
6. motor bike
7. green
8. fire engine
9. orange
10. helicopter

Means of checking your child's performance in school

Dear parents,

I'm sure all of you are concerned about how your child is faring in class in terms of his/her English and Maths mastery. Let me assure you that we conduct regular quizzes to check on your child's progress in the subjects. After every two topics covered in class, students will sit for a short quiz based on the two topics. Parents will sign the quiz papers once I have marked them and passed them back to the students. These quizzes are then filed in the English and Maths files respectively.

For example, the students did English quiz 1 for Unit 1 Farm Concert and Unit 2 Mrs Wishy-Washy, which they brought home for parents to sign after I had marked it.

For Maths, the quizzes are found in the Maths Test 1 book. After completing Unit 1 Numbers to 10 and Unit 2 Number Bonds, the students did Maths Test 1. This was also brought home and signed by parents.

When signing the quiz papers, please check the areas of improvement for your child and guide your child in areas he/she may need more help in. As these are short quizzes held to check your child's understanding of the topics taught in class, I will not let parents know in advance about when the quizzes will be conducted. Students should already have mastered the basic concepts tested and be able to answer the questions without preparations by parents beforehand at home. I also would not want the children to be stressed out by these quizzes by having them go through much preparation at home before sitting for them. The marks from these quizzes do not count towards the marks that will be entered in the report book. Marks entered in report book will be based solely on Mid-Year and Final Year exam papers.

Furthermore, your child will also bring home the English worksheets done in class for parents to sign once the worksheets are completed. I have also asked them to bring the Maths workbook home today to complete their corrections and for parents to sign on the last page. Please look through their work done and help to coach your child more in the areas he/she may be weak in.

Rainbow Day 1

Dear all,

The school celebrated Rainbow Day 1 yesterday. How wonderful everyone looked coming to school in their going-out clothes. We enjoyed ourselves at the Rainbow Day concert watching the energetic performances put up by students from P3, P5 and P6. Every class will get to perform on stage at least once a year. I'm sure we all can't wait for our turn to perform.
We also had a special performance put up by our guests from the School of the Deaf. It was an enriching experience for the students as they learnt that we can't clap for them because they can't hear. Instead, we waved our hands in the air to show our appreciation.
We would also like to wish Mr Chia, our principal, a very happy birthday as it was his birthday yesterday.

Spelling 6 Week 8

Hi all,

Here is the order of words I read out for spelling today.

1. caterpillar
2. back
3. gone
4. rose
5. see
6. garden
7. cat
8. red
9. home
10. bird

Thank you for ensuring your child does his/her corrections when he/she recieves the book back tomorrow.

Choice of books for silent reading

Dear students,

Some of you are still not bringing the correct books to school for silent reading in the morning. Please remember that from Monday to Wednesday, bring books written in English. On Thursday and Friday, bring books written in your Mother Tongue (Chinese / Malay) to read during silent reading.

I also notice that some of you are not engrossed in reading your books in the morning. Some of you would rather look around than read your books. I hope that you can bring very interesting books to read so that you would be lost in the wonderful world of books until the flag-raising ceremony.

Welcome back!

Hi everyone,

Welcome back from the Chinese New Year break. Let's start the year of the tiger with renewed vigour to achieve the best that we can be, both in academics and in our daily life.

Have a wonderful year ahead.