Guest Blogger on Learning with Recipes

Hi!There....I think its a very interesting idea to let pupils learn how an instructional text is done using a food receipe and getting them to restructure it in the right way. It's a excellent choice to motivate LA pupils.


Pavithra.

Guest blogger on The Place in BigInAsia

Hi people,
On pg 5, look for the section which refers to The Big Place?
What is the Big Place and why is the Big Place doing what they are doing?
Share 1 advantage and disadvantage of their mission?
How will it contribute to the environment?
Hurry to save our earth!!!!

Guest Blogger on Racial Harmony Day - Singapore HeritageFest

Having fun playing "Zero-Point" :)

We are celebrating this year's Racial Harmony Day tomorrow! :)

Racial Harmony Day (Chinese: 种族和谐日), which was first launched on 21 July 1997, is celebrated annually on 21 July in Singapore. The event is to commemorate the 1964 Race Riots, which took place on 21 July 1964.
Racial Harmony Day also represents a day for schools to reflect on, and celebrate Singapore's success as a racially harmonious nation and society built on a rich diversity of culture and heritage.

In schools all across the nation on that day, students are encouraged to be dressed in their traditional costumes such as the Cheongsam and the Baju Kurung.
Traditional delicacies are also featured in the celebrations. Traditional games such as Kutih-kutih and zero point are played in schools, where inter-class competitions are sometimes organised.

This year, the Cultural Heritage Festival’s theme is, “Who’s Your Neighbour?”

In the past, neighbours were counted among our best friends. They were always there when we needed help and they were the ones we counted on should we run out of daily necessities.

Festivals were often celebrated with the sharing of goodies in one another’s house.
Over time, neighbourly life has taken a back seat in our hectic lives.
Singaporeans are encouraged to reconnect with each other through a series of activities.
Go on, check out the diversity in your neighbourhood today!

In class today, we read 2 texts in the Little Red Dot and did the comprehension questions that followed (LRD 14/7, p 7). The first passage was about a woman whose money ($1050!!) and belongings (her ATM cards and identity card) were stolen from her.

At first I thought that she was very unlucky, but when we discussed it in class, I realized that actually, she could have prevented it from happening. Do you know why? Well, firstly, she had put the money in a plastic holder in her side pocket. All $1050!! I can’t imagine having so much money. And if I did, I would NOT put it with my EZ link card in my pocket! Secondly, she fell asleep! Miss Wong said she must have been a hawker, because there was a line in the passage that said she boarded bus 66 at Jalan Besar Hawker Centre at 5.30 pm, probably after she closed her stall. Maybe that’s why she was so tired.

The second passage was about someone whose handphone got stolen from his own flat! He was a 28-year-old man. While he was on the computer in his unlocked flat, he heard a noise and turned around. A man was standing at the entrance, and he said that he was looking for the man’s flatmate. The man went into the bedroom to look for his flatmate but when he came out, he noticed that his handphone, which he had placed on the table, was missing. He confronted the stranger, who immediately returned the phone and fled. The man gave chase, but soon lost sight of him.

I guess it was a good thing that he returned the man’s handphone, but it was also quite silly to leave your door unlocked and to let a stranger walk into your house!

Low crime doesn’t mean no crime. I guess even though we think we’re in a safe place, we must still be very careful with our things and don’t give the thieves a chance!

A page from our LRD activity...

By Zara Trinidad

4 Joy did some interviewing today with this week's LRD. It was really noisy, but it was quite fun asking each other questions about the festivals that we celebrated. One of the "rules" was that we had to ask each other questions and answer in complete sentences, which was very hard!!

This is what I found out from 4 of my friends from this week's LRD p 16.




Name: Anne Lee Sook Yen
Race : Chinese
Name of festival celebrated: Chinese New Year
How is the festival celebrated:
She celebrates the Chinese New Year by going to other people’s houses and giving them Mandarin oranges. Adults give her red packets. Other people also come to her house and give Mandarin oranges.
What she loves most about this festival and why:
She loves the red packets because they have money inside them and she can save money.




Name : Chen Shu Xin
Race: Chinese
Name of festival celebrated : Moon Cake festival
How the festival is celebrated :She celebrates it by eating Moon Cakes and
playing with lanterns.
What she loves most about this festival and why :
She loves moon cakes because they are delicious.




Name : Chloe Ng
Race : Chinese
Name of festival celebrated : Chinese New Year
How the festival is celebrated : She celebrates Chinese New Year by going to other
people’s houses and collecting red packets. She will give them Mandarin oranges.
They celebrate it during January.
What she loves most about this festival and why :
She loves the food and different dishes because they are all delicious.




Name : Mon Theint
Race : Chinese (from Myanmar)
Name of festival celebrated : Christmas
How the festival is celebrated : She celebrates it by singing songs and giving gifts
to other people.
What she loves most about this festival and why:
She loves getting presents because she will get new things.

It's fun to interview friends!

7 ways to wash our hands

From LRD 30/6/2009

Before Term 3 started this week, my form teacher called my mother if we had travelled anywhere. My mother said that schools were really taken a lot of precautions to make sure everyone is healthy when school starts.

Yesterday, my teacher showed us some Powerpoint slides on hygiene. I guess it must be very important now to keep our hands clean because in today's LRD, there was an article about washing hands too!

Page 9 explains that your hands may look and feel clean, but it is still important to wash them properly and regularly. I like this paragraph:

"Just think of all the things you touched today-- food, the handle of the door, the toilet, the staircase railing-- and then think of all the other people who have touched those same things."

It made me shudder to think of all the germs that have landed on my hands today!! So gross!!

I remember that a long long time ago, when I was in Nursery, we sang a song about washing hands.

This video that we watched in class today brought back such memories!

National Orange Ribbon Celebrations

The National Orange Ribbon Celebrations (NORC) has kickstarted a month-long celebration in July to commemorate racial and religious harmony.

The theme for this year’s NORC event “Many Races, One Gracious Community”. This celebration seeks to promote the Olympic values of “Excellence, Friendship & Respect” in support of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010. (You may remember the actions that you have learnt from this week's class assembly!)

A key feature of this year’s celebrations is to gather as many pledges from the people conveying our personal commitment to live in harmony as one gracious society. Every single pledge makes a difference! Grow the Movement! Make Your Pledge Today!

Follow this link http://orangeribbon.onepeople.sg/2009/ to make your pledge. By clicking on the button that says "Pledge here", you can write a pledge (which is like a promise) to live in harmony with your friends and other people around you.

For example, you could write that "I pledge to lend a helping hand to all those around me who need help so we can all learn well as a class." Let's show our that CCPS girls care about others around them!

Thoughts on LRD 12/5/2009

We looked at various articles in this week's LRD and these are our thoughts:





Article # 1: Treasure trove in king tut's tomb!





2 things that we find interesting in the article:


1.In November 11, last year, some archaeologist found a flight of stairs leading to a underground tomb!


2.The other side of the door was the Pharoah's burial chamber which was beautifully decorated with an enormous gold and blue shrine.





Article #2: Stars in the making





3 things that we find interesting in the article:


1.The dance class actually provides scholarships for talented youth aged seven to 16 who have a passion for the arts but lack the funds.


2.It looks like the children who are taking part in the dance classes enjoy themselves very much.


3.They learn new things that are very interesting and challenging.





2 new words from the article:


1.Hone - a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.


2.Immersed - to involve deeply; absorb: She is totally immersed in her law practice.





1 photograph that is related to the article:

Article #3: Squids

Three things that we find interesting in the article:
1. Squids release black ink when attacked to confuse their enemies.

2.Squids do not have eyelids.

3.Squids change colour to camouflage themselves.

Two new words from the article 1.molluscs 2.bioluminescent

Your Singapore Through Their Eyes Writing Competition

Calling all P4 - P6 pupils!

There is a writing competition open to all of you called "Your Singapore Through Their Eyes: Singapore(RE)presents".

You may write poems, plays or stories (maximum of 3 pages) and send it to Miss Wong at misswongccps@gmail.com by this Friday, 22 May 2009.

Please use Arial font, size 12.

More information can be found at www.ystte09.com

Swine Flu is now known as Influenza A (page 15 of LRD - 5 May 2009)

While people are cautious about the eating pork or pork products, they are actually safe for consumption if they are well-cooked. Previously known as Swine Flu, Influenza A is a new strain of virus formed by the combination of viruses from humans, pigs and birds. There is yet a vaccine found for this new strain but we need not despair over it. What we could do is to maintain a high level of personal hygiene and ensure that we take responsibility for our own health e.g. seeing a doctor when we are not feeling well.

For updates on Influenza A, you can visit the World Health Organisation (WHO) website.