Getting ready for term 2

Dear all,

Hope you had a good rest. Get ready for term 2.

REMINDERS

- Bring both your Systems and Life Cycles workbook if you have not brought them last term.

- File checking is due this term. Please bring all your notes and worksheets to file if you have not done so (Parents, please help me to monitor and remind too)

- Bring your Life Cycles textbook. We will be touching on Life cycles for this term.

- Bring your English Textbook.

- For your Social Studies project work, you can continue and finish up at their own time on google doc. If not, we will still be visiting the lab.

- For those who owe me the edusave withdrawal form, please hand it up to me as soon as possible!

See you all tomorrow. Please work hard this term and give your best. SA1 is counted in your overall grades. Do treat this seriously. Motivate yourselves and give your best while remembering that character building is also important. Rule #1, We are a family. Class spirit is important and motivate one another all the time.

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr, Nelson Ong

ONE MORE REMINDER FOR DAY 2

Dear all,

Please bring your own food to eat! :) Breakfast/Lunch is not provided. Do bring your own food to eat. Please take note and remember.

Dear parents,

Do run a last minute check to make sure your child brings his/her own food tomorrow.

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong

Day 1 of March Holidays Supplementary

Dear all,

Day 1 of the extra lessons has ended.

RECAP OF DAY 1

We went through group quizzes on Science topics learned this year with a short recap on P4 topics like life cycles and functions of parts of a plant. Please remember to look through your past year topics from time to time to recap and revise.

For english, we went back to the basics to learn about grammar rules. Hope you have copied down the important rules in your vocab books and do take it out to revise and memorise from time to time. This is especially good for your grammar components and for writing a composition.

You can go to Youtube and search for 'Grammar Rock' if you want to learn more about the basic components of English.

FOR DAY 2

We will be fixing up your 3D model on cells and finishing up with the remaining components of your term 1 topics.

For English, we are going to look at writing and situational writing practices in the computer lab if it permits.

Work hard and play hard.

PS: For those making your way home on your own or coming to school on your own, please watch out for traffic and always be safe. Follow the safety rules and raise your hands while you cross the zebra crossing. Wait for cars to stop first! Nothing is more important than safety.

Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong

March Holidays

Dear all,

See you tomorrow at 8am at the canteen.

Please bring along your:

- Science textbook p5 Systems and Life cycles

- pencil case

- Vocabulary book

- water bottle

- some money for food if the canteen is opened

Make good use of your holidays to revise your work.

See you tomorrow,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong

Reminders and feedback for Term 1

Dear all,

Important reminders for the days!

- TRAVEL DECLARATION if you have not passed up.

- Test Paper for English. PARENTS' SIGNATURE!

- Edusave withdrawal form

- Extra Supplementary lessons for March Hols Form

- Social Studies TOTAL DEFENCE REFLECTIONS

[ ALL BY TOMORROW! ]

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow I will be giving the students their feedback slip for term 1. This is a general feedback for each of your to track their progress for term 1. I think that it is important for each of you to be kept updated of your child's progress in school and it is impossible for me to call each and everyone one at a time. As such, I will pass your child a feedback slip to let them and you know how they have fared for term 1 and what they can further improve on. Lets' work together to make term 2 better.

Please do not be too hard on your children's results for term 1. Primary 5 is a transition phase from Primary 4. Topics are more and get increasingly more difficult. I understand that some of the students do feel pressurized and demoralized that their results are not ideal. Do understand that there is a first time for everything. It is in a way, good that the students know that primary 5 work is not that simple and this is the standard for PSLE that we want to prepare them for. As such, they can then take up challenges and be self discipline to work towards excelling and doing better the next time around. It is comforting that the common test does not count as part of the overall results but please take the chance to work on your child's weaknesses and develop your child to improve.

We will take it step by step and set a realistic target for your child to work on for their next major assessment (SA1) and this is reflected on their feedback slip. Most importantly, do MOTIVATE AND ENCOURAGE THEM. I think they need all our motivation and encouragement. I can only do so much in school. When at home, they do want to know that you all care despite all our scoldings, naggings and constant reminders.

Dear Students,

You must be able to understand that all parents and teachers are playing our part to prepare you for your PSLE. It is never too early as we need to set our foundation in place. Every week you will hear my constant reminder. To care for you is better than not to show any care and concern at all. So take all scoldings, naggings and feedback as your improvement messages!

If you feel pressurized and stressed, do not be too alarmed. If you are feeling that way, it means that you want to do your best and as such, you will feel that way at times. Take a deep breath, calm yourself down and take breaks at time. Do not overwork yourself. We work hard, reap our rewards and then we play hard.

As term 1 draws to a close, do remember these important points.

- WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AT SA1? END OF P5? AND END OF P6? What do you want to do with your next phase of life (Secondary school)? Start planning ahead.

- SELF DISCIPLINE is important in order to achieve your targets. with no self discipline, we can never concentrate in putting our best forward.

- RULE #1. WE ARE A FAMILY! We need to work together. Friends are important. We cheer for them for good things done and not jeer at them. CLASS SPIRIT AND TEAM SPIRIT is important. Cheer for your class, cheer for your friends. We are in this together, ALL 35 of US!

- If Alan can achieve and improve on his english, so can everyone of you. Nick Vjucic and even the characters in our news stimulus article today are worse off and they do not have limbs or sight but they still push forward to make full meaning of their lives. SO STOP complaining about what cannot be done and work on what can be done. We can do it if we put our 100% effort (RULE #5)

It's been a tough 10 weeks of term 1. Term 2 will zoom by quickly. Recharge and be prepared to work hard again.

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong

Reminders for 6th March

Dear all,

Important reminders!!!

- Common Test English Paper Parents' Signature by Tomorrow (7TH MARCH)

- Edusave Withdrawal Form(For Singapore PR, you have to pay by cash)

- Social Studies Total DEFENCE Reflection by Thursday (8th MARCH)

WORK WORK!

- You can access your lead.com.sg portal to work on your Social Studies Project work, delegate your area for research and discuss your work online.

Extra Supplementary

- Extra supplementary lessons are scheduled for 12th and 13th March from 8am - 11am for both days. These are not compulsory. You are encouraged to come. Letters have been given out.

Dear parents,

Extra lessons for march holidays are on 12th and 13th March. They are not compulsory and are conducted personally by me to help the students to improve on their concepts and command for english and science. Please help to indicate if your child is attending both days, either one of the days or not attending any of the days. Please hand me back the form by 9TH MARCH (FRIDAY)\

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong

Week 10

Dear all,

English papers are passed back to each and everyone of you. Please look through the papers and get your parents to acknowledge and sign the papers. Please pass it back to me by Wednesday (7th March) so that I can check through. It will be filed and returned after that.

Important Reminders!

- English Common Test Papers PARENTS' SIGNATURE!

- Enrichment programmes Edusave withdrawal FORM! by Wednesday (7th March)

Have a good rest.

GOOD ADVICE!

- With the low numbers in the number of pupils who borrowed books from the library for term 1, I encourage all of you to head to the library to borrow a book for reading. It will help you to improve your command of English. I want to see the number of borrowers increase for next term.

Friday is sports carnival. Do make arrangements for transport home as school will end early at 11am.

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong

Never give up!

Dear all,

Never give up even if you have not done well. The worst that you can do is to give up totally and decide you do not want to try again. In life, we will meet many obstacles. No one is perfect. No one can sustain greatness all the time. We will meet roadblocks. But through these, we learn to improve. We learn that if we fall again, we will pick ourselves up and try again, knowing that one day we will meet our target and reach the end point where we want to be.

So bear this question in mind.

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES AT SA1?

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES AT THE END OF P5?

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES AT THE END OF P6?

Start aiming now. Start making your dreams come true.

RULE #1. We are a family.

As such, we are in this together. I am not going to stop until I achieve my 100% passes at least! Then we can all plan to progress to aiming for our Bs and hopefully, As. It can be done.

Take Alan as a good example. He has achieved his results because of his hard work. He is conscientious, always asks questions and takes pride in his daily work. He is never late with work and he does it constantly.

Everyone can do well if they are willing to give their 100% best effort (RULE #5)

The rules help you to remind yourselves that dreams can come true. Results can be achieved if you are willing to go the extra mile. Never regret, so give your best. Let CA1 be your wake up call if you have not done well.

The transition from P4 to P5 is not easy indeed. Topics get more difficult. New components are tested. All the more, you need to put in effort. Even if I do not follow you up to P6, I do hope to see all of you being proud of their 6 years of school life and to come running to me on the day of your PSLE results to tell me you have achieved your targets.

You have only 3 terms left to pull up your socks and strive for your best. In 3 terms, you will be facing PSLE and the journey to the next level.

I will end off here with a short fable and one that you are familiar of.

The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me."

The Tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge."

"That is a good joke," said the Hare; "I could dance round you all the way."

"Keep your boasting till you've beaten," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we race?"

So a course was fixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race. Then said the Tortoise: Perseverance wins the race!

If you persevere and put in hard work, rewards will come to you eventually. :)

DEAR PARENTS,

Thank you to Mrs Santos for her kind feedback. As such, I will like to alert everyone that if you have not followed or joined the blog, you can do under the right hand side of the blog page. By following the blog, emails will be sent when it is updated to alert you to important news/reminders for the day so you can be kept up to date real time rather than having to check back constantly.

:)

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong