29 August

ENGLISH

I have completed marking the boys' compo AMODES a few days ago. Generally the boys did alright. Some boys still did not want to plan their compo well resulting in them not answering the question to the point. The question was on 'the day I received my report book'. Some of their compos wrote about the examinations prior to receiving the report book. The part about the report book was only written at the conclusion. It should have been the main gist of the whole story. There were two boys who wrote in the third person although I had reminded them to write in the first person, even on the AMODES day itself. Please help to remind the boys the importance of writing their compos in the first person. 

For now, I still cannot reveal the marks to them as I have not gain the approval to release them. Thank you for your understanding. :)

Let's end off today's blogpost with this video. Probably you can share this with your sons too. :)

27 August

ADMIN MATTERS

1) The letter for the Teachers' Day Celebration will be given out today.]

2) Recently, the boys have been playing with papers in school. They will make it into guns or even into swords. I have told them that they can only play it during recess or the breaks but not during lessons. I have also informed them that once the papers are confiscated, it will not be returned to them. Please advice your sons not to do so. Thank you. :)

25/08/2014 Announcement

CL



Dear pupils,

I have given you CL AMODE 1 paper, please ask your parent to sign on the paper.

CL spelling 15 will be on 27/08/2014(Wed). 没有默写。



Best regards,

Mdm Zhang

AOB

Teachers' Day is round the corner. Do encourage your sons to post their teachers day message through this website: www.tinyurl.com/chsteacher2014 :) 

22 August

ENGLISH

1. Learning Sheet 12 homework - pages 14, 15, 16 and 17 by Monday, 25th August.

2. Compo AMODES - after taking a peek at their compos, one of the boys did not write his compo in first person (I). For those compos that are written out of focus or out of point, we will reduce the content mark by one band down. For instance, if he should get 7-8 marks for his content, but since it is out of focus, his marks will be reduced to 5-6 out of 10. Please help to remind the boys that for these two terms, it is really important that they write their compos in first person. 

That is all for now. Have a great day! :)

p/s: I hope they have done well for their GEP exams today! :)

21 August

ENGLISH + AOB

1) I am officially taking over as 3 Goodness' form teacher as of today. Please update me anything regarding your child to me (for example, MCs, doctor's letter, parent's letter etc). Any other information will be disseminated by me or Zhang Laoshi. 

2) The school has given out a letter by the Police/LTA regarding the traffic along Bishan Street 24. 

3) I have compiled some good phrases or ideas for the Speak Well Booklet pages 23 and 24. The boys are to read those and stapled it to their Speak Well booklet. 

4) I have started checking the boys' compo files and I realised that some of them did not take out the term 1 and 2 papers and keep them at home. Please remind them to do so once I have returned the files to them. Thank you. 

5) Compo AMODES - I have not started marking as the standardisation marking has not been carried out. I will update and provide feedback regarding the boys' compos once I have started marking.

Thank you and have a great day! :) 

19 August

ENGLISH

Gentle reminder that the Compo AMODES will be tomorrow, 20 August right after recess. Please remind the boys not to play and tire themselves during recess so that they can focus easily during the test. They are highly encouraged to read up model compositions written in first person and study especially the compo file and writing matters. They are highly encouraged to use good phrases to beef up their composition and firm up their introduction and conclusion. 

The boys are to return the Compo files tomorrow, 20/08/14 with these items in it:
1) Term 1 and Term 2 content pages.
2) WP7 - Original draft, corrections, plan and good phrases
3) WP8 - Original draft, corrections, plan and good phrases
4) WP9 - Original draft, corrections, plan and good phrases
5) Wei Xuan's composition correction 

I have returned the Learning Sheet 12 and I-comprehend to the boys yesterday. They are to keep them in their bags always. The classroom was used as an examination venue for the P6s since last week, hence, I could not keep anything in class. Thank you for your kind understanding. 

Homework for today is just the Learning Sheet 12 booklet pages 4, 7 and 8. They are to hand it up on Thursday. They are encouraged to complete the homework after their AMODES.

Let's end off today's post with this quote by Salvador Bali: Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. 

Let's encourage our boys to strive their best and work hard to achieve their dreams. 

Have a nice day! :)