The last day of June Holidays Lessons

Dear all,

My heartfelt thanks for all who turned up. I know that it is not easy to get you to wake up early as per usual during school holidays and turn up for 5 days of lessons. We are perhaps the only class with 5 days of lessons but the main aim is to develop all of you with 5 times the effort and work dedication to prepare you harder for the PSLE. So once again, thank you for the wonderful attendance and with every hard work, comes the little food appreciation today. Here is a recap of the important points we have done today:

English

We worked on composition, finishing up the last practice on the continuous writing of queuing up to pay for items at a supermarket when a fire alarm went off. Today, I briefed you specifically on the key aspects of the situation such as the place (supermarket), characters (you and your dad as the main characters with the other characters being the people in the supermarket) and the main action of the fire alarm going off. What caused it? Who caused it? Why did it go off?

Some good vocabulary words and phrases to be used:

• Arsonist - Person who commits the crime of setting properties on fire. 
• One man's actions can bring about negative impact on others.
• I survey the wreckage of the building.
• The building was burnt to the ground. 

Homework:

Continue on to complete your PSLE booklets so that we can come and discuss in term 3 and September Holidays

Science

We finished up on the workbook activities on adaptations and the main ideas for today are:

• Remember the adaptations of camels, polar bears, crabs, penguins and cactus. 
• Polar bears have sharp claws in order to catch prey and to break open the ice above the water surface to reach for water.
• Tendrils are parts of the climbers (stems that are modified) that are used to curl or twine around a support in order to reach for sunlight. E.g Passion Fruit Plant
• Clasping roots are roots in specific that helped to climb and twine around supports to obtain sunlight. One such example is the money plant.
• Roses have hooks and thorns to help it hook onto support of other trees to climb higher.

Read this article for more information.

• Most plants have leaves but for the ferns, their leaves are actually specifically known as FRONDS. Ferns reproduce from spores. 
• Water lettuce have HAIRY LEAVES but Water Hyacinth have waxy leaves.

 Water Hyacinth

Water Lettuce

• However, both of them have air spaces that enable their leaves to float on water. Water Hyacinth has swollen leave stalks that contain air sacs to trap air. Air is lighter than water and hence, the plant floats on the water.

Homework:

SEE Worksheet 

PSLE Booklet

I will update the blog every now and then for revision and to recap some of the points of this term again. Please work hard and as mentioned, we have only that limited time left to prepare for PSLE which is your end goal. Of course, lets' work together on playing hard and working hard. Take time to also recharge and relax yourself and manage your stress management. Do not tire yourself out and parents, remember to encourage while pushing your kids along. :) Work hard!

Enjoy your holidays,

Sincerely,

Mr Nelson Ong