Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Mr Gentleman Award for Term 2 week 10

Congrats to Tristan and Igin for winning the Mr Gentleman Award for Week 10 Term 2.
Well done !

23/5/12

1) Pls compete Holiday homework for English.
2) Pls log on to Ask and Learn portal on the school website . Instructions will be given there about the e-learning. User id and password is the BC no of child. Pls get pupils to complete the activities listed for both English and Maths. The pupils have 4 days to complete them. ( from Thursday 24 May to Sunday 27 May)
3) Results for the Group Competition- term 2. The top group is group 2 and the second group winner is Group 4.  Congrats to Marcus, Anson, Nat, Jeremy, Darius and Langdon. (Top group) Congrats also to Jed, Anton, Lucas, Ren Cher and Tristan. Well done!
4) The School Management has decided to fix hooks behind the doors of Pr 1 and 2 classrooms for teachers to latch onto the wall behind. The hooks will be fixed at a higher position beyond the reach of the pupils. This will be done during the holidays. We hope that this will help ensure our pupils' safety when they move about in the classroms.
5) Pls learn Spelling List 1 for Term 3.
6) Pls hand Travel Plans to G.O. if your son has not handed his  yet.
7) Gentle reminder- PTM tomorrow according to the time slot you registered for in the "Ask and Learn": portal. See you in Pr 1- Gentleness classroom.

This will be the last post from me on this blog for this term. 
Happy Hols!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

22/5/12

1) Hand in travel forms by tomorrow. If you are unsure abt your travel plans at the moment, you may submit a 'nil return' for  now and then update your plans with the General Office during the holidays. It is absolutely crucial to inform the General Office about your updated travel plans.

2) Tomorrow is the last day of school for Pr 1 pupils. Pls remember to meet the teachers you have signed up with for "Meet The Parents" session on Thursday 24 May at the scheduled time. Your sons do not have to be present for the meeing. 

3) Holiday Homework for English has been assigned for your child. The package has been given to him. Pls get him to read at least 5 story books and record in the Reading Log provided. He also has to complete a WS on Pronouns, showing the drawing of arrows for Contextual clues  and learn from a Past Tense List. Thanks!

Blessed holidays to one and all . May the Lord bless you and all your family members and give all of you a meaningful rest!

Thanks and God Bless,
Mrs C. Thomasz

Monday, May 21, 2012

21/5/12

1) No Literacy Block tomorrow.
2) Parent to sign Unit 14 WS. Bring WS tomorrow for filing.
3) Hand in travel plans tomorrow.
4) Spelling List and Parents' Info for Grammar and Vocab ( Term 3) are given. Parent to sign. Spelling will only start in week 2 of term 3.
5) Do Write Right WS BK Part two Pg 20, 21, 23,24, 26 and 27. Hand in before school tomorrow.

Friday, May 18, 2012

18/5/12

1 Complete FTGP Bk Pg 12, 13, 22 and 23. Cut out the two notes and pass to pupils on Monday.
2) The receipient of the "Mr Gentleness Week 9" is none other than LUCAS. Congratulations, Lucas! I am so proud of you.
3) Journal Writing will commence in Term 2.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

17/5/12

1) Parents,  Please check if you are able to enter the Ask and Learn account of your child. I have re-set all the passwords for all pupils. So the user-id and password is the BC of your child by default. You will need to access this account for both the schedule for 'Meet the Parents' and the 'School Closure' on-line activities.
2) Pls return all Class Library books by tomorrow.  (We need to account for all books) Thanks!
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

16/5/12

1) Letter from GO is given.
2) Complete the last SPURS activity.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

15 /5/12

1) Thermometers are returned to the pupils. Pls wash the tip of thermometer with soap and water daily. Pupils have to bring it daily to school for temperature-taking.
2) Parent to sign Unit 13 WS.
3) Do Unit 14 WS Pg 4 to 16 ( some pages have been completed by the pupils in class)
4) Pls hand in reply slip for "Meet the Parents" by tomorrow. ( for those who have not submitted yet)
5) Some parents asked me this morning about CCA forms that were given out last week.. The CCA forms were given out by the PE teacher to selected pupils. Those pupils are requested to submit  the reply slips to General Office.

Monday, May 14, 2012

14/5/12

1) Reading scoresheet is given. Parent to sign and hand in tomorrow for filing.
2) Drafts "The Giant's Ice Cream" are returned for parent's signature. Pls hand in tomorrow for filing.
3) We had two cocoons resting on our Science table last week.( brought in by Marcus and me)  This is to facilitate discussion on Life Cycles which will be covered soon in class. This morning, we freed one butterfly into the open. It was a joy for the children to see it fly out. They clapped and cheered for it There is still another cocoon , waiting for its turn.
Here are the photos . It starts with the most recent photo above and ends with the earliest photo of the  caterpillar below.





4) Impt- Letter for Parent-Teacher meeting and school Closurefor 24/5  is given. Pls hand in reply slip tomorrow. ( last page of letter)
5) Do Unit 14 WS Pg 1, 2 and 3
6) Do Grammar WB Pg 49
7) Just to let you know that I will be selecting a Mr Gentleness weekly based on excellent behaviour of pupil  in class. For last week, it was Tze Ren. Congratulations, Tze Ren.

Friday, May 11, 2012

11/5/12

1) Re-write whole story for "The Giant's Ice Cream" using a sharpened pencil. ( edited draft)
2) Deadline of handmg in of files aftger checking - Monday 14/5/12 ( purple and brown)
3) Bring story book for exchange

Thursday, May 10, 2012

10/5/12

1) Do Spurs Bk- Grow Your Knowledge
2) Star Writers compos for "The Giant's Ice Cream" is given . Parent to go through with child and sign. Thanks. Hand in tomorrow. If purple file is at home, please put in the file. Hand in both brown and purple files when checked, signed , arranged and ticked. Thanks!
3) Do Unit 13 WS up to Pg 8, if worksheets are not completed yet. .

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

9/5/12

1) No homework today.
2) Bring story book for exchange .
3) Check , sign and arange worksheets for oth the Writing and Purple file.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

8/5/12

1) Star Writers Compositions for "The Hungry Cat" are given. Parent to sign, go through composition with child and file the set in the purple Writing File.

2) The Brown English file and the purple Writing file have been returned. Parents, I need you to look at the contents page of both files. ( filed in today by your son in school )
Please arrange the worksheets according to the Contents page , starting with Unit 1 Learning sheets right below. For every set of worksheet filed, please tick the relevant column in the Contents Page to indicate that you have filed the worksheet. For missing worksheets, please look for them and put in the file. In the event that your child has lost a set of worksheets and you are not able to retrieve it, he will have to re-do that set of worsheets.
Please do the same for the purple Writing file.

Deadline for handing in both files after checking is Monday 14 May. ( next week) .

3) Parents, please be reminded that all blue, green and yellow forms for the Carnival have to be submitted. A "nil return" is required.
If you have not indicated the T-shirt order for your son,  please write on a piece of paper and hand it to me by tomorrow. (Last day for order) . Do not hand in any money for T-shirt order because the cost has not been confirmed yet.

4) Bring story bk for exchange.

5) LC scripts returned today. Parent to sign the script and put in brown file.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

3/5/12

1) Parent to check and sign Unit 12 WS. Hand in tomorrow for filing.
2) Pls keep in mind that all green, yellow and blue forms have to be returned to the form teacher. A NIL Return is required as well.
3) Bring colour pencils.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

2/5/12

1) Do CHS National Education WorkBook Pg 2,3.5.6.7 and 8.
2) Do Grammar BK Pg 79 and 80.
3) Show and Tell Scoresheet is given. Parent to sign at the top. Hand in tomorrow for filing.
4) Letter for CHS Family Day cum Homecoming is given. Hand in the 3 reply slips separately ( yellow, green and blue) with separate cheques for the 3 different reply slips.
For order of t-shirt for pupil, pls do not pay yet because the cost for it is not confirmed yet. Every pupil has to submit $10 for the carnival stall class adoption. If you are submitting cheques, please staple the cheque to the correct coloured reply slip. Pupils are allowed to order as many coupon booklets as possible. ( Make payment in the form of a cheque and staple to the green reply slip)

The reason why we want separate payments by cheque for the different reply slips is that the payment  goes to different groups. The green form is for payment through the school ( Catholic High School). The blue form is for payment to PSG ( Catholic High School Parents' Committee ) and the yellow form is for payment to Catholic High Alumni.)

5) Parent to check Write Right Booklet Part 1 ( pink cover) whether pupils have completed work and corrections on all pages . There are also two pages where parents have to sign - one is on the cover page and the other is on the composition of "The Hungry Cat" .