Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mid Year Progress 2011

29 May 2011 (Sun):

Finally received the booklet for P1 registration for Lionel. The forum mummies i've been talking to had all received theirs & i was wondering why nothing was given to Lionel. As it is, this came together with the Teachers-Parents Meeting we had on Fri, 27 May 2011. LK attended on behalf as i had to work.

Followed by both kids' progress in this 1st semester.


English-
Picture Talk: 10/10
Reading: 10/10
Written: 66/70
Spelling: 10/10
Total: 96/100

Maths: 90/100

Chinese-
Picture Talk: 10/10
Reading: 10/10
Written: 70/70
Spelling: 10/10
Total: 100/100

For Lionel's developmental checklist, he got all 1s for fine & gross skills, sensort & thinking skills. But 2s for social/emotional behaviour, language & social skills.

1 - Good. 2 - Satisfactory.


Language Arts-
Lionel performs well in everything he undertakes. He is becoming more responsible. He makes effort when not under direct supervision. He has good vocabulary skills but needs to practice making sentences for improvement. He can discuss basic health needs of human beings such as good nutrition, dental care and exercise. He observes & describes what various plants need for growth. If he contunues to persevere & keep up his great attitude, he will do better in his future English studies.

Math Concepts-
Lionel s very well bahaved in class & has a positive attitude. He stays involved in a self-selected activity for an appropriate length of time. He shows improvement with is addition skills. He enjoys learning number bonds & picture graphs. He states number in sequential order from one to hundred. He builds groups or sets that have more than, less than & equivalent quantities & tells which have more or less. He would improve quickly if he developed a greater interest in learning Mathematics.

Chinese Language-
在第二学期里,我们主要以水果 ,食物和植物为单元。 志聪对这些单元都感兴趣。在学习的过程中,对单元的内容理解的很好。 在上课时很传心,并能主动参与。他对功课方面很有信心, 并能保持整洁。 在郎读唐诗面掌握得很好,继续努力。

Lionel's work is satisfactory. He is constantly handling in careful work that is gree of numerous errors. He thinks of new uses for materials that are familiar to him.

在华文看图写句活动中,志聪的语言表达能力佳, 能从参考的词语中说出完整的句子。 书写方面字体工整, 色彩配搭极佳, 很好。


Rachel got all 1s for her bothe motor & fine skills, sensort & thinking skills, language & social skills.

1- Good.

Language Arts-
Rachel needs to improve in her language skills. She is a timid girl, however, she is able to interact with teachers & her peers. Rachel is able to understand the concepts taught in term 2.

Math Concepts-
Rachel understands the concepts of 1 - 10. She is able to rote count & pick up numbers of counters as instructed by her teachers during math activity.

Chinese Language-
第二学期的学习里, 她上课时能够注意听讲,总是以洪亮的声音回答老师提出的问题, 只是有时稍不注意, 便会有小动作。 老师希望你能改掉这个小毛病, 相信你的学习会取得更大的进步!


Rachel enjoys playing in the kitchen corner. She is able to name the fruits & food.

谢佳璇:她在本项游戏中能够听从老师的指挥, 积极参与, 表现良好!

I find the comments made by the various teachers a little contradicting. In one section, it is written as: ... he builds groups or sets that have more than, less than & equivalent quantities & tells which have more or less.... then the teacher commented verbally that his value concept is not strong enough; he tends to miscalculate or draw wrongly & is unable to understand fully the use of ' more than ' & ' less than '.

But anyway, i am proud of their achievements so far & i dare say they hv improve tremendously. Cannot push them too much & but of cos, there are still room for improvement & this i must work on it.

Friday, May 27, 2011

P1 registration in 2011 for 2012 intake

27 May 2011 (Fri):

The procedures & dates are finally out.

For Lionel, we will be going in to register on the 27 July 2011 since we do not fall under the 1st few phases. We belong to phase 2C.

Since there will be 3 days to do the registration, we will do ours on the 1st day & go back down on the 3rd day to check out the statistics - whtr the no. of applicants exceeds the no. of vacancies or not. If so, balloting will be needed.

But according to past year history of this school that i had in mind, not one year gone by without balloting. So i guess for 2012 intake, balloting will be a must.

I have printed out the above links for further reference & keepsake. Getting nervous day by day....

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Bean Sprouts

22 May 2011 (Sun):

Lionel has been learning to produce sprouts out of beans & the below show that his hard work paid off. He was very excited & showed me the successful growth of his bean sprouts, hence i took one or two photos for memory sake.





** Experiments were done at the shop, not at home. **

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Wedding of Jacky & Leanne

15 May 2011 (Sun):

After the kids' enrichment classes, we rushed off to OCC to attend a wedding lunch
of DH's childhood best friend cum our best man @ our wedding a decade ago.

The wedding of Jacky Toh & Leanne Lee.

Lunch starts at 12.30pm & we were very late. We arrived just the same time as the couple were preparing for the walk-in. We slipped in by the side door though. Hehe..

After the lunch which ends at abt 3pm, we went home tired. The kids & i knocked out immediately but DH went out to work as usual. That fellow doesnt know how to take a break.




The 2nd walk in of the newly wed. Aboard a golf course buggy.



Yum Seng Ceremony.



Fooling around as we were quite bored.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Orchard Leisure Walk

08 May 2011 (Sun):

This evening, we went down to Orchard. We walked from Cineleisure all the way to Wisma, wanting to eat pizza @ Pizza Hut. We ended up at Bi Feng Tang (避风塘). We ordered sliced fish with ginger & onion, deep fried tofu with specialty sauce, soft shell crab with cereal & their chef recommedation fried mango with shrimp.

Verdict: Failed.

We then walked around aimlessly, taking in the sights & sounds. 09 May being a holiday, there were still alot of people even after 10pm. Have not been to Orchard for quite some time, is this the norm?




Yet another lesson

08 May 2011 (Sun):

This is the 5th ballet lesson Rachel has attended & she still enjoys it. I'm glad for that.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udi0_PgwisU

GE 2011

08 May 2011 (Sun):

The results of the election, courtesy of Channel NewsAsia on xin.msn. as follows:

By Channel NewsAsia, Updated: 08/05/2011
GE: Singapore’s PAP returns to power


SINGAPORE: Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) was returned to power on Sunday with a huge majority but lost a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) to the opposition.


The PAP won 81 of the 87 seats, compared with its victory in 82 out of 84 seats in Singapore’s last General Election in 2006.

But the opposition won a GRC for the first time, with the Workers’ Party (WP) grabbing five seats in the hotly—contested Aljunied GRC.

The WP also kept its stronghold — the Hougang single—member constituency (SMC). However, the PAP took back opposition stronghold Potong Pasir with, Sitoh Yih Pin taking the seat by a margin of 114 votes, beating Singapore People’s Party’s (SPP) Lina Chiam.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Ang Mo Kio GRC won by a large majority, garnering 69.33 per cent of the votes against the Reform Party’s (RP) 30.67 per cent.

Speaking to reporters after his win, PM Lee said: "We have tried our best to serve the voters well over the last five years ... They have confidence in us.

"After this election, we’ll look at the results, analyse them ... This is a long journey and we won’t stop working hard".

Jurong GRC —— led by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam —— also saw relatively strong victory, with the PAP garnering 66.96 per cent of the votes against rivals National Solidarity Party (NSP).

Meanwhile, Pasir Ris—Punggol GRC, helmed by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, also won by a relatively big margin — 64.79 per cent of the votes against Singapore Democratic Alliance’s (SDA) 35.21%.

In his victory speech, Mr Teo appealed to all residents to be united and to work together with the team.

He said he is deeply honoured and humbled by this responsibility, and he and his team would do their best to listen to residents’ needs and meet their expectations.

In Chua Chu Kang GRC, PAP beat NSP by winning 61.20 per cent of the votes. PAP also won strongly in Holland—Bukit Timah GRC, which was contested by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). The PAP team, led by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, won 60.10% of the votes.

The PAP also won Bishan—Toa Payoh GRC, beating SPP’s team, led by veteran Opposition MP Chiam See Tong.

The PAP team, led by Wong Kan Seng, gained 56.94 per cent of the votes, leaving SPP with 43.06 per cent.

In his victory speech, Mr Wong said for those who did not vote for the PAP, they will still continue to work hard for residents there.

Commenting on SPP’s loss, Mr Wong said they have fought very hard.

"I admire Mr Chiam’s spirit and his determination and I really respect him for what he wants to do," Mr Wong said.

"Voters have made their choice and we humbly respect the voters’ choice. In the next five years we have a lot of work to do and we will implement what we said in our manifesto".

Meanwhile, PAP’s Sembawang GRC —— led by Khaw Boon Wan —— received 63.89 per cent of votes, defeating rivals SDP, led by James Gomez.

In Moulmein—Kallang GRC, the PAP team beat WP’s team, winning 58.56 per cent of the votes.

The PAP also won Marine Parade GRC.

It won 56.65 per cent of the votes, while NSP received 43.35 per cent of the votes.

Mr Goh Chok Tong thanked supporters, and said he and his team would work "even harder" after the election.

"My team and I have heard voices of all voters and will work with you for all the issues raised," Mr Goh said.

Ms Tin Pei Ling said she will do her best to serve the people of Singapore.

Over at Tampines GRC, PAP beat NSP.

The PAP team received 57.22 per cent of the votes, while NSP received 42.78 per cent.

Mr Mah Bow Tan and his team thanked residents for electing them into Parliament again.

He said he and his team would work hard to gain the trust of residents who did not vote for them.

Meanwhile, PAP also saw victory in West Coast GRC by a relatively big margin. They won 66.57 per cent of the votes, while rivals Reform Party (RP) received 33.43 per cent.

The PAP team, led by Minister Lim Hng Kiang, defeated the RP team headed by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, son of the late JB Jeyaretnam.

The late Jeyaretnam was the first Opposition candidate in Parliament in 1981.

PAP’s East Coast GRC team, meanwhile, won 54.83 per cent of votes against the WP.

PAP’s Nee Soon GRC team also saw victory —— PAP defeated WP by gaining 58.39 per cent of votes there.

Disclaimer: Above purely for reference. No judgement & offense intended.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Tang Shifu

01 May 2011 (Sun):

We cross over to our neighbouring country to celebrate an early Mother's Day. We went over with my mum & aunt too. Unexpected, serious traffic jams along the way & back. We went for dinner, shopping & supper.

My mum & aunt cldnt resist shopping since its in ringgit but not everything is cheap. Standard of living is almost equivalent to Singapore. What's S$10 here may be also be RM$10 over there.

My mum bought a pair of Guess jeans for RM$200!!!! Gosh! That's like S$80-S$90. My aunt bought some blouse from Mango which cost sky high as well. Mango is not cheap at all. Faint!

Below are the photos we took of that evening where we had our dinner @ Tang Shifu. Mum & aunt were a little skeptical at first. They were afraid all the dishes would taste strongly of herbal but after eating the 1st dish, they gladly finish up everything we ordered. Haha..


Everything item looks the same right? Haha.. These were what we ordered:
* Cordycep with American ginseng soup
*Premium mixed seafood hotpot
*Stewed pork with dang gui
*American ginseng & fish maw with pork stomach soup
*Poached vegetables with wolfberry
*Abalone sauce rice dumpling
*Dried meesua with dried scallop & abalone sauce
*Royal jelly with aloe vera
*Winter melon with water chestnut

Total amt cost: RM$208.80



The two kids couldnt resist imitating customers over @ the Mango store on how they stood in front of the mirrors to see if an item is suitable for them, such as putting on clothings or carrying handbags. Hubby & i found amusing & so decided to take photos. Cheeky little ones.
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