Thursday, November 15, 2012

1F Achievements

Congratulations to Yiyang and Yi An!

 1st in CLASS and 6th in STANDARD!
2nd in CLASS, 9th in STANDARD and The Good Progress Award!

Kenix - 3rd in CLASS, 19th in STANDARD
Hanson - 4th in CLASS, 24th in STANDARD
Si Yan - 5th in CLASS, 27th in STANDARD
Luke - 6th in CLASS
HeLin - 7th in CLASS
Aneesha - 7th in CLASS
Muhaimin - 9th in CLASS
Zhi Xuan - 10th in CLASS

Parent Survey in LMS

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are conducting a Parents Survey to help us better understand your needs, challenges and suggestions to improve our processes and systems.

The survey opens from Friday, 16 November to Friday, 30 November 2012.

Login to ASKnLearn e-Learning Parent Portal (http://lms.asknlearn.com/wellingtonps/)
to complete the survey.

  1. Select Parent Portal tab
  2. Your Child's User ID: your child's/ward's Birth Certification Number (BC No.).
  3. The default password: 'parents'.
  4. Click on the title: Parents Survey


If you've more than a child/ward studying in Wellington Primary School, you need to log in only once.

Your feedback is valuable to us.
For technical issues with the ASKnLearn e-Learning Portal, Please contact the helpdesk at 67779661.



From Now to End December ...

Dear Parents,

The year has come to an end. I would like to thank you for your support in your child’s education.

Parents play an important role in influencing the child’s ability to excel in his/her work. Therefore, parents’ supervision is vital in maximising his/her learning. I would like to seek your cooperation in ensuring that your child does the holiday homework.

Holiday homework for the preparation of Primary 2:

·         Read 7 thin storybooks (or 3 thick storybooks) and write book reviews in the LMS Forum
       (Stories are read to you: http://wtpsoh.blogspot.sg/2012_06_01_archive.html)


·         Learn Spelling (Pick 20 words from your storybooks and parent should test your child based on the selected words).

·         Record the spelling words in LMS Forum
       Record the words in the Word Bank book too

·         Complete the Stellar Handwriting book if you have not
·         Revise Numbers up to 100 (Addition and Subtraction)
·         Learn multiplication tables of 2, 3 and 4

Notes:
·         The Individual Writing exercise book and the Grammar book are kept in school for Primary 2.
·         The returned Social Studies Folio/File is to be kept for Primary 2.
      Keep the Word Bank book for Primary 2 and 3.
·         Check for the unused exercise books before purchasing exercise books for Primary 2.


Thanks,

Primary One Level Results

Congratulations to all boys and girls who have done well!

To those who need to do better, it is your responsibility to work harder.

P1 Overall Level Top: 295 (98.3%)


P1 English Level Top: 98%
P1 Math Level Top: 100%


P1 Chinese Level Top: 100%
P1 Malay Level Top: 99%
P1 Tamil Level Top: 97%

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Grains of Kindness @ North West

Dear Boys and Girls,

Help a needy family get 10kg of rice now by simply posting a short personal story of an act of kindness.
Remember to end with your name, class and the name of the school. For example:

I have given up seats to the elderly on trains.
Grace Soh (1F), Wellington Primary School

Are you ready? Click on Grains of Kindness

Dear Parents,
You may help by going to this link:                
Just like the Facebook page and start posting to help the needy residents.
If you don't have a Facebook account and don't want to create one, you may use the above form too.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Reading & Listening


November Update

Dear Parents,

8 November 2012
Mark Processing/ E-Learning Day
All students to stay home for E-learning

13 November 2012
Deepavali Holiday

14 November 2012
Launching of Sports Safety Champs
Students to be in school from 7.35am-10am.

15 November 2012
Prize Giving Day 7.35am-12.30pm
Students to be in school from 7.35am-12.30pm

Prize Giving Day 6.30pm-9.30pm
Attendance by invitation only.

16 November 2012
Parent-Teacher-Meeting/No Student Day
Selected students to come to school with parents

Friday, October 12, 2012

English: Grammar

Term 1:
determiner: the
structure: The .... can..., The ... can't ...
conjunction: and
pronouns: he, she
preposition: over, in, into
punctuation: comma
contractions: don't, I'll, I'm, you're
pronouns: I, you, they, he, she
structure: I'm ... I'm not ...
articles: a, an
pronouns: it, me
question word: What
structure: What do you ...; What could it ...;
Possessive adjective: my
This is/It is my ...
...is my...
preposition: in, on
verbs: go, fly, play, swing
sentence structure: I am a teacher. Here is ..., See me ...?

Term 2:
uncountable nouns
contractions: that's, I'll, don't, I'm, you're, there's
conjunctions: or, so
imperatives
pronoun: who, your
structure: Will you ... I will/can't ...
punctuation: capital letters
structure: "..... ," said ......
pronouns: we, your
adjectives: big, tough
vowels: ice, ate, no
adjectives: big, tough
adjectives: colours, size
structures: The ... ate ... for breakfast
blends: /gr/, /dr/, /cr/
pronouns: my, mine, our, everyone
structures: Whose
Is this ....?
It's my/our ...
This is ...
contraction: it's
verbs: -ing
pronouns: it, me
structures: I can see ...
It is ....ing
letter sounds: /sl/, /qu/, ...sh
present continuous tense

Term 3:
prepositions: phrases, e.g., up the hill
contractions: there's, it's, he's
structure: There's a ________ in the _______.
pronouns: she/her, he/his
past tense: huffed, puffed, etc.
contractions: haven't, that's, can't
structure: The ______ verbed and verbed.
pronouns: her, him, me
possessive adjectives: my, your
structure: (pronoun/noun) (verbed) when (pronoun/noun) (verbed)
her, him, it
eg: My baby sister cried when Mother carried her.
punctuation: commas to separate repeated words, eg. Thee, there ...
Oh, oh!
conjunction: and comma
past tense verbs: waddled, prowled, scratched, scraped
contractions: you're; you've, we'll
prepositions: phrases eg., around/in the farmyard, in the pot.
structure: On (day of the week), the __ (noun)___ (past verb - ed)

Term 4:
conjunctions: but, so
verbs: grow/grew; go/went, etc.
adjectives: big, sweet, juicy
structure: They (verbed) but they could not (verb). So they (verbed) …..[variations of the story]
articles: a/an
past tense: swallowed, wriggled, jiggled, wriggled
contractions: she's, she'll, don't
structure: There was/I know a/an ____ who (past verb) a/an ____.
timeless present: has/have, is/are, wear/wears, do/does, walk/walks
these/those
all/some
possessive: ('s)
irregular singular/plural: (hoof/hooves)

English: Sound Discrimination

Term 1
Unit 1:
Words begin with the sounds /b/, /f/, /y/, /fr/ and /sh/

Unit 2:
Words begin with the sounds /c/, /d/, /p/, /t/ and /w/

Unit 3:
Words begin with the sounds /br/, /tr/, /fl/ and /cr/

Unit 4:
Words begin with the sounds  /b/, /f/, /y/, /fr/, /sh/, /m/, /r/, /z/, /cr/, /st/

Unit 5:
Initial consonant: the beginning sound /l/

Unit 6:
Words begin with the sounds /v/, /bl/

Unit 7:
Words begin with the sounds /j/, /fl/, /sm/, /sk/

Term 2
Unit 8:
Initial consonant: g /j/ sound as in giant, genius
/ow/ as in Ow!
vowels: /ee/ as in bees

Unit 9:
Initial consonants: wh as /h/
vowel: /oy/ as in toys

Unit 10:
Initial consonants: /n/
vowels: ee
i as in hive, fine

Unit 11:
initial consonants: /st/
vowels: ice, ate, no

Unit 12:
Words begin with the sounds /gr/, /dr/, /cr/

Unit 13:
Consonant blends: cl, sw

Unit 14:
Letter sounds: /sl, /qu/, ...sh,
sl in slowly, qu in queen, sh in hush

Term 3
Unit 15:
vowel sound: ou as in shout
word families: -ight (right), -ack (back)

Unit 16:
word families: -ight
Vowel sound: -oy

Unit 17:
Initial consonant: /k/ as in key, kite, cake, cat, etc.

Unit 18:
initial consonant: br as in [brother], cr as in [cry], gr as in [grandpa]

Unit 19:
letter sounds: /scr/
words ending in -tch

Term 4
Unit 20:
Initial consonant: /j/
Vowels: seed, sweet, meat

Unit 21:
Blend: /sw/ as in sway
Word ending: - er

Unit 22:
initial consonant: /f/ as in feet, /h/ as in hooves
wh as /h/ as in whose, who
vowels: ee in feet
word parts: -aw (s) as in claws

Math Results- Semester 2

1F students, Keep it up!

Topical Review 4: Picture Graphs, Numbers to 100 & Heuristics - Draw a diagram/model -

41.4% (12 students) score Band 1 (85% - 100%).

Topical Review 5: Money & Heuristics - Draw a diagram/model -

44.8% (13 students) score Band 1 (85% - 100%).

Topical Review 6: Multiplication, Division & Heuristics - Guess & Check -

62.1% (18 students) score Band 1 (85% - 100%)

Topical Review 7: Time & Heuristics - Guess & Check, Draw a diagram/model, Act it out & Look for patterns

48.3% (14 students) score Band 1 (85%-100%)

Term 4 Holistic Assessment Schedule

Dear All,

I've been very busy....

Term 4 (Weightage 40%)


Week 2
Wednesday, 19 September: Multiplication - 0%
Week 3
Friday, 28 September: Individual Writing - 5%
Week 4
Wednesday, 3 October: Topical Review 6 - 15%
  • Chapter 14: Multiplication
  • Chapter 15: Division
  • Heuristics -- Guess & Check
Week 5
Wednesday, 10 October: Performance Task (10%)
  • Chapter 14: Multiplication
  • Chapter 15: Division
Thursday & Friday, 11 & 12 October: Picture Description - 5%

Week 6
Friday, 19 October: Listening Comprehension - 5%
  • Spelling (List is given for you to learn the 10 words)
  • Picture Matching
  • Sound Discrimination
Week 8
Tuesday, 30 October: Topical Review 3 - 25%
  • Vocabulary MCQ
  • Grammar MCQ
  • Vocabulary Cloze
  • Grammar Cloze
  • Comprehension MCQ
  • Comprehension Open Ended
Wednesday, 31 October: Topical Review 7 - 15%
  • Chapter 16: Time
  • Heuristics --
    • Guess & Check
    • Draw a diagram/model
    • Act it out
    • Look for patterns




Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012

Term 3 Holistic Assessment Schedule

Dear All,

I've been very busy....almost forget to blog :(

Term 3 (Weightage 40%)

Week 2
Friday, 6 July: Word Order - 0%

Week 3
Thursday, 12 July: Reading Aloud for Accuracy and Expressiveness - 5%
Rubrics for Read Aloud (10 marks) is already given.

Week 5
  • Wednesday, 25 July: Mathematics Topical Review 4 - 15%
  Chapter 11: Picture Graphs
  Chapter 12: Numbers to 40
  Chapter 17: Numbers to 100
  Heuristics -- Draw a diagram/model

  • Friday, 27 July: Individual Writing - 5% ( Prior to this test, students have class writing and group writing) Rubrics for Individual Writing (10 marks) is already given.

Week 6
30 July - 3 August: Show & Tell - 5%

Topic: My Favourite Park (Rubrics for Show-And-Tell (10 marks) is already given)
  Monday: Index No. 1-6
  Tuesday: Index No. 7-12
  Wednesday: Index No. 13-18
  Thursday: Index No. 19-24
  Friday: Index No. 25-30

Week 7
Monday, 6 August: Performance Task - 10%
  Chapter 11: Picture Graphs
  Chapter 18: Money (1)

Week 8
Wednesday, 15 August - Journal Writing - Money (1) - 0%

Week 9
  • Wednesday, 22 August: English Topical Review 2 - 25%
  Vocabulary MCQ (6 x 1mark)
  Grammar MCQ (6 x 1mark)
  Vocabulary Cloze (4 x 1mark)
  Grammar Cloze (4 x 1mark)
  Comprehension MCQ (3 x 2marks)
  Comprehension Open Ended (2 x 2 marks)

  • Thursday, 23 August: Math Topical Review 5 - 15%
  Chapter 18: Money (1)
  Chapter 19: Money (2)
  Heuristics -- Draw a diagram/model


Dates for Listening Comprehension & Picture Description: TBA (0 %)

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Reading...Useful Websites!

Dear Parents,

I will continue to stress on the importance of helping your child to read storybooks.

If your child can't read, you must find ways to help them. You can read storybooks to them daily. If you can't do it, get someone to read to them. There is online help too.


Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics
http://www.starfall.com/
Steps to Reading - A free website to teach children to read with phonics. Exciting phonics games and online interactive books.

Storyline Online
www.storylineonline.net
Celebrities from the Screen Actors Guild Foundation read stories aloud.
 
Online Picture Books Read Aloud
Free online storybooks that are read aloud

Online Stories
Children's Storybooks Online

Storynory Free Audio Stories for Kids
All our stories and audio books come with a full English text.

Children's Storybooks Online
Free online children’s books for young children, older children and young adults.
 
 

Grammar

Dear Boys and Girls,

Do you know these grammar items?


Grammar
sentence structure: The ____ can/can’t ____.

pronouns: he, she
verbs: jumped, paddled, rolled, screamed
conjunction: and

preposition: over, in, into
comma for listing  

contractions: I’ll, I’m, you’re, don’t
personal pronouns: he, she (revision) I, you, they
sentence structure: I’m a …., I’m not a ….
revision: I can… I can’t ……

articles: a, an
pronouns: it, me
structures: What do you….
                  What could it…..

Preposition: in, on, over
verbs: go, fly, play, swim, ski, swing, fall
sentence structure: I am a …;  See…; Here is…  
full stop at the end of a sentence      

sentence structure: I see a ____________.
determiners: a, the
pronouns: [he, she, it]




Grammar
uncountable nouns: bread, butter, honey
conjunctions: or, so
contractions: that’s , I’ll (rev)
structure: I want…; Here is…; 
imperative: Get ….

pronouns: your, we
direct speech structure: “ ____________,”   said ….

pronouns: it, me,(rev.)
verbs (present continuous): -ing
 I can see ……….
 It is ……-ing after me.-ing

contractions: you’re, I’m (revision)
adjectives: big, tough, orange, green, purple
structures: The …ate…for breakfast/lunch/ dinner.
punctuation: hyphen when a two word noun becomes an adjective – ice cream and ice-cream cone

pronouns: my, mine, our, everyone
contraction: it’s
structures: Whose……
                  Is this……?
                  It’s my/our……
                  This is……..

present continuous tense (revision)
verbs to be: is, are
subject/verb agreement 

pronouns: who, your
structure: Will you ….
                 I will /can’t….
punctuation: capital letters for names

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Your Results

Dear Boys and Girls,

Do you know....

How many of you get Band 1 (85% - 100%)?

Math TR1 - 22 students (85% - 100%):
10 students (100%)

Math TR2 - 14 students (85% - 100%):
2 students (100%)

Math TR3 - 14 students (85% - 100%):
4 students (100%)

English TR1 - 11 students (85% - 100%):
1 student (100%);
1 student (96.7%);
4 students (93.3%).

Excellent! Well Done! Keep it up!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Making Ice Lollies

Our 1st class experience before our class writing: Making Ice Lollies





Temperature Taking

Dear Parents,

Your child has to bring thermometer daily. Please ensure that the thermometer has workable battery. Thanks for your cooperation.



Friday, April 20, 2012

Reading Accuracy/Oral Test

Dear Parents,

On 25 April 2011, your child will be taking Oral Test (5%). The text for reading will not be given before the test. They will be recording their reading in the computer lab. If you want your child to practise recording their reading in LMS (AskNLearn), you may do it.

Notes: A microphone is needed to be plugged into the computer if your computer/laptop does not have the microphone feature.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Our Math Lesson - Subtraction

Topic: Ways To Subtract: Subtracting by regrouping into tens and ones
Introduction:
ipad application aids students to subtract within 20.
Amber: "We're not sure how ...,"
Green: "Let me show you."
Green: "We can do it too."

 Teacher explained the steps to subtract by regrouping into tens and ones.

Now it's time to let students do the same steps in groups.
Green: "We're confident!"
"We are better! Let's show our mental steps to our classmates." Excellent!
Teacher asked each group to look at their steps and explain their steps to get the answer.

Now it's time to have our individual work.

Photos - Total Defence Day

Biscuits for Recess! It was to experience how it was like during the WW2.


Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Health Screening Exercise

Dear Parents,

Health Promotion Board will be conducted health screening from 19 April to 2 May 2012.
Your child will be given a health information booklet attached with a consent form for immunisation.

Please submit your child's health booklet and the consent form by Friday, 13 April 2012. Thanks.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Show and Tell Session (Term 2)

Dear Parents,

On the whole, most of them in 1F has done well. However, some students read from the prepared script in Term 1. I would hope to see improvements in this term. Students are suppose to talk to their classmates and not to read in front of the whole class.

For each Show-and-Tell session, I look for their
1) Content Knowledge
2) Vocal Skills
3) Non-vocal Skills

The topic is My Friend. Your child/ward is encouraged to bring a drawing or photo of his/her friend. It is ungraded.
The session will be conducted next week, starting from Monday.


Day/ Date
Pupils
Monday 2 April 12
Index No 1-8
Tuesday, 3 April 12
Index No 9-15
Wednesday, 4 April 12
Index No 16-23
Thursday, 5 April 12
Index No 24-30
Monday 9 April 12
Absentees



For example:
Introduction of Show and Tell presentation


• Introduce the topic for Show and Tell.( “This is a photo/drawing of my friend”)
• What is his/her friend's name?
• What does his/her friend like to do with your child?


Development of Show and Tell presentation
 Greet the teacher and friends.
• I
ntroduce themselves and class your child/ward is in
• “This morning/Today, I will be sharing with you about my _______” ( topic )


How to end his/her Show and Tell presentation
• Share about his/her thought/feeling about this friend. ("I am ..... to have .... as my friend.")
• End the session by thanking the class for their attention.