Did you watch 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'?

If you've enjoyed the show, perhaps you may want to read the entire series of 7 fantasy books by C.S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature.

The Chronicles of Narnia
1) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2) Prince Caspian
3) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4) The Silver Chair
5) The Horse and His Boy
6) The Magician's Nephew
7) The Last Battle

Shawn Goh got 'The Voyage of the Dawn' for his group prize and he liked it so much that he bought the entire series!

More Books?

How about some mystery/detective stories? A few of you were checking out the detective/private investigator section on the Career Guidance website.

1) The Secret Garden by F. Hodgson Burnett
2) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Choose the simplified version)
3) The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Choose the simplified version)
4) The 'Mystery' series by Enid Blyton
a) The Rockingdown Mystery
b) The Rilloby Fair Mystery
c) The Ring O'Bells Mystery
d) The Rubadub Mystery
e) The Rat-a-Tat Mystery
f) The Ragamuffin Mystery
5) Destination Unkown by Agatha Christie

Titles in purple - for better readers (e.g. if you have scored at least an A in your English :))

Do let us know if you have read any of the books and encourage your friends to read too!

Bored during the Hols? Read :)

Here are some books which I enjoyed when I was a kid. See if you can find them in the library. Do let me know if you like the books after you've read them.

1) Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
(Ryan bought this book after reading an extract of it in our C.A.1 and he said he liked it.)
2) I am David by Ann Holm
3) Sing to the Dawn by Ho Min Fong
4) The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
(Choose the simplified version.)
5) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
6) The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

I will recommend more books next week. Do check our class blog during the holidays. If you have an interesting book to recommend, please feel free to share it with us on the blog by sending an email. I hope you remember my email address for the blog.

School Award Winners

Award Winners from our class:

Academic Awards
Top in Class & Level - Chia Zhi Yi
Second in Class - Vanessa Tan
Third in Class - Victor Ooi

Top in English - Chia Zhi Yi & Victor Ooi (87%)
Top in Mathematics - Chia Zhi Yi (95%)
Top in Science - Chia Zhi Yi (88%)
Top in Chinese - Eng Wei Xin (94%)
Top in Malay - Dzaki (82%)

Character Values Award - Mavis Mah

CCA Awards
Drama Club - Eng Wei Xin
Brownies - Sabrina Boo
Library - Victor Ooi
Rugby - Timothy Pan
Rope Skipping - Tan Cai Qi
Sailing - Dominic Lau

Certificates of Achievement
Leona Wu - Outstanding All-Rounders Award (CDC level)
Johnson Chui - 1st in North Zone ICT Competition

Congratulations to all!

Top Performers in S.A.2

Most of you have shown improvement in all your subjects. Well done!

These pupils top the class in the various subjects for S.A.2.

Top in English
Chia Zhi Yi - 87.8%
Odelia Chung - 87.8%

Top in Mathematics
Wang Han Chu - 100%

Top in Science
Chia Zhi Yi - 91.5%

Top in Mother Tongue
Eng Wei Xin - 96.8%

Congratulations!

Let's Revise Maths (2)

Hi P5 Pupils,
Here are a few more questions for your comments and discussion.
For Q1 to 3, tell us which answer is right or wrong and why.
For Q4, tell us the answer and how you can get it the fastest way possible.

Q1. Given a square with length 8cm. Find its area.
A: 32 cm
B: 32 sq cm
C: 64 cm
D: 64 sq cm

Q2. Change 0.6 to percentage.
A: 0.06%
B: 0.6%
C: 6%
D: 60%

Q3. Find the most number of 3-cm cubes that can be put into a container measuring 10cm by 5cm by 9cm.
A: 9
B: 27
C: 50

Q4. What is the fastest way to find the answer to the following?
1-2+3-4......+16-17+18-19+20

Happy revising!

Let's Revise Maths

Hi P5 Pupils,
Hope you have found the revision and homework over the last 4 days helpful.
I would like to get you to discuss some of the common mistakes that we make.
Can you spot the mistakes in the following solutions? Explain why they are wrong.

Q1. Express 5.5m in cm.
Solution 1: 5.5 m = 505 cm
Solution 2: 5.5 m = 5500 cm
Solution 3: 5.5 m = 5005 cm

Q2. Evaluate 2 + 4 x 50 - 30.
Solution 1:
2 + 4 x 50 - 30
= 6 x 50 - 30
= 300 - 30
= 270

Solution 2:
2 + 4 x 50 - 30
= 6 x 50 - 30
= 6 x 20
= 120

Solution 3:
2 + 4 x 50 - 30
= 2 + 4 x 20
= 2 + 80
= 82

What do we need to remember in order to do Q1 and Q2?