Primary 1 Respect

31 Oct 2011 (Mon):

Received this some days back on Lionel's P1 Orientation Programme on the 18 Nov 2011. And an indication of his P1 class too - Primary One Respect.

If i am not mistaken, they go by the classes of ~ Intergrity, ~ Nation Loving, ~ Sincerity, ~ Perserverance, ~ Independence, ~ Respect, ~ Excellence... Together they formed the word " I.N.S.P.I.R.E "


The list goes on to inform us parents of the documents required to bring for the filling up of GIRO forms, dental care forms, pupil date form & pupil particular form, etc...

Orientation will be from 130pm ~ 3pm & thereby, we can proceed to buy all the neccessary sch uniforms, school books, school socks & shoes.

OMG... i think i'm more excited than Lionel... hahaha.

MacRitchie Tree Top Walk

26 Oct 2011 ( Wed):

The Sunday before, Priscilla invited me to join them for a " walk in the park " on the coming Wed, 26 Oct which happened to be a public holiday & so i agree. ( thinking there goes my " bed day " ).

Yikes!!! They were planning to set off at 730am... And the morning soon dwell upon.. let the fotos do the talking..

Beginning of the long walk, just outside Venus Drive carpark.










The end of the long long walk.... we took more than 3 hrs to complete the whole walk, of cos, coupled with rest stops along the way. The kids took it in their stride & completed the walk without any fuss. Hmm... okay, L & R were champions; but i cant say the same for the other 2; they were complaining & throwing tempers towards the end.

We were being " disturbed " by some monkeys cos of the food we had & gu gu loves disturbing them back. Naughty gu gu. ( the kids called her gu po lah).

Some were in favor of going for this walk again on the 7 Nov, also another PH.... can i back out this time?? Cos my legs were complaining to me after the walk... ouch!!

Elementary Phonics

25 Oct 2011 (Tues):

Received a call from my sil this afternoon. She asked if i liked Rachel to be enrol
in the elementary class this evening @ Nee Soon Central CC. She went on to tell me that the sch happened to have a vacancy for Lionel who was on waiting list since last year, but becos Lionel has already been registered with another centre, therefore the school allowed Rachel to be slot in instead.

Fees for 12 weeks @ $100, one lesson per week for 1.5hrs each lesson. There will be a total of 5 modules and each module will last for 12 weeks or so. So by the time Rachel finishes all 5 modules, she should be ready for Primary 1.

Mr Ramesh is the teacher & i was told that usually after the end of every lesson, there will be a debrief for all parents. As it is, after this evening's lesson, we were all invited into the classroom & were shown what he had taught the kids, how we should read with our child together at home & the given homework, etc...

I was told this is a very popular phonics class & the teacher is very caring & sincere in his teaching.

So now both kids are enrolled in phonics (academic) & wushu ( non-academic) for Lionel & ballet (non-academic) for Rachel.

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On the other hand, i have also received news from Lionel's phonics teacher, Ms. Yvonne Seah. She told me that Lionel has progressed very well & they are on to reading short stories now. We were given a task to do; Lionel is suppose to read 10 books from now till December & once he finish reading all 10, there will be a prize given.

You may wonder why i did not enrol for Rachel under this same centre. I did enquire but for nursery classes, there are only Weds evening or Sats afternoon. I worked till 7pm & by the time i reach home, its after 8pm. The evening class begins at 7.30pm. Mil will not be able to send her over due she has her own enrichment too. As for Sats, mil & sil were both against the idea as its usually nap time for the kids. The class starts 3.30pm - 5pm. I am working on alternate Sats & i finished work at 2pm. So 3.30pm will be quite a rush for me too if i am held up. So it doesnt work for both parties. :)

K2's Graduation Performance

22 Oct 2011 (Sat):

Welcome to Little Footprints School House 2011 Year End Concert cum Graduation Ceremony. Held at Republic Polytechnic Cultural Centre, from 930am - 1230pm.

Lionel is graduating from K2 today & this officially marks the end of his Kindergarten life. Soon, he will be embarking on a new phase, the primary school life which will last for 6 academic years

The MCs for the morning, Ms. Zana & Liu Lao Shi

The little MCs from the 2 centres, left 2 from Yishun branch & right 2 from Bukit Batok branch.

The K2's.... first 2 row from Bukit Batok branch & last 2 rows from Yishun branch. Yes, Lionel being identified by the red arrow. Haha...

Waiting in line to receive his graduation certificate.

Still waiting...

Finally, he received his cert from Mdm. Zaleha, the school principal. Congratulations, son. Daddy & Mummy are so proud of you... Nope, i did not shed any tears... kekeke..

This was what the school have been up to. Lionel asked me for a baby foto of him & i was wondering why the sch needs this foto when he's gonna graduate soon. Its actually done up in this powerpoint presentation, for every individual who's graduating. You can see from his foto here, hw much he has grown. Left being his graduation foto and on the right, taken when Lionel was only less than a year old.

After the graduation ceremony presentation, the concert performance will be starting soon but not before a talk on " Preparing for Primary One " by Celine Kheak from TOUCH family services.

The speaker, Celine Kheak is from TOUCH family services but sorry to say, she doesnt know how to engage her audience. The speech is wayyyyy too long... everyone is falling asleep. I have written in the evaluation form that this kind of talk should not be given during a graduation ceremony.

The programme highlights - Lionel's concert item includes 喜乐年华 (3), Ants & the Grasshoppers, a speech & drama item (6) & Grease Lightning (10).


Lionel plays the role of an ant. The story is about the ants gathering food for the winter & all are working hard. The grasshoppers comes along & tries to get the ants to play with them. They are not at all bothered about winter & are too lazy to gather food. In the end, all the grasshoppers died from the cold & hunger.

These are the grasshoppers. A hilarious drama put by by the kids. Not from the given speech but from their actions. Alot of "additonal" words & actions from the kids.... muahahaha..


Lionel (indicated by the red arow) & his dance partner , Zhi Qin in Grease Lightning. I mentioned Zhi Qing is also one of those who will be going to the same primary school as Lionel.

After the end of all the performance, the kids got in line, ready for the finale.


A big THANK YOU to all who attended this graduation ceremony cum concert. Can u spot Lionel from among all the kids? - Where's Wally?

Here he is...

Rachel during the concert.

Lionel in his Grease Lightning concert costume. Know why he is smiling so happily... he was soooooo happy he dad came to watch him performed. During every year performance since N1, daddy was not able to made it due to work comittments. This year was Lionel's graduating year, so i drilled into daddy that no matter how, he has to come & give his support.


Lionel & Rachel.

Lionel's best buddies & pals. Left: Victoria, Wenfred, Brian, Lionel, Rachel, Zulfiki or something & Yik Chong.


Lionel's best buddy.



Lionel & Zi Yi.

Lionel & Verny. Ahem, remember her? I mentioned before she is his galfren... kekeke..

Lionel & teacher Karren.

After the end of the concert, a buffet lunch was provided & every one rushed to get their hungry tummy filled with food.

Enjoy the below videos.


Lionel's march in at the begining of the ceremony.




A mini clip of Lionel's first concert item performance - 喜乐年华

Goodbye everyone. Next year will be Rachel's turn to perform. Do stay tune. :)

TGIF - but a sad one

21 Oct 2011 (Fri):

Yeah... its TGIF... but a sad one at that..

Fiesty Char who has been fighting cancer for 2 years, died this morning.

http://ourfeistyprincess.blogspot.com/

2 years old little Yue Yue, who was involved in a hit & run accident died this morning too

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/21/content_13948602.htm

May they rest in peace & smiled down to all from above. And to their family members, take care.

Too Much Calcium Intake May Cause... ** updates **

21 Oct 2011 (Fri):

Called teacher Karren at 1215hrs... relief... nothing happened to the 2 boys... both were alright & they attended classes as usual. Thank God!

Too Much Calcium Intake May Cause...

20 Oct 2011 (Thurs):

Teacher Karren (Lionel's class teacher) called me at 1635hrs this afternoon to report an incident which causes 2 kids, well, one at the moment to have diarrhea & vomitting. Reason: they ate 10 of those little tablets for calcium + vitamin B supplement.

Story: Lionel bought this bottle to sch which my sil had brought it for him to increase his daily supplement for calcium - for healthy bones & growth. He happily took this bottle to sch (without anyone's knowledge) & promptly "distribute" one to each of his classmates, telling them its good for their bones. Okay, fine.

The bottle was accidentally left in sch & 2 kids from the full day care took the bottle of supplements & happily ate 10 tablets each - without the teacher's knowledge. When teacher Karren saw this, she immediately took the bottle away & asked who gave them this. They were quick to say it was Lionel who gave them.

But Lionel was not aware that he left the bottle in sch till i called him & asked him about it. Apparently, the intake for kids at 6 years of age to be limit up to 2 tablets per day. Lionel said he only gave 1 tablet to each of his frens.

One kid was having diarrhea & vomitting according to teacher Karren. But when my sil made a hurried trip down to the sch, he was found to be stable & well. " Still running ard.. " said the teacher. We do not have any news of the other kid as he has already gone home for the day.

Teacher Karren said that she had already called both set of parents to inform them of the above matter. The parents of the boy who has gone home for the day seems annoyed & agitated over the phone. She said that she will monitor her son closely tonight. Whereas the other one seems fine & okay.

Oh dear! i do hope that nothing will go wrong & that both kids will attend school tomorrow for classes as usual & as well as ever.

Teacher Karren was also worried as she was not in the classroom when the incident happened. No adults were around either.

1 ... 600

19 Oct 2011 (Wed):

After an outing the other night, we were on our way home along TPE/CTE, and the 2 kids were happily playing & counting with numbers. Lionel asked his dad how long more before we reached home.

" It will take another 10 mins more... you have to count up to 600... okay? "

" Why 600? 10 mins only right? "

" Cos 1 min is 60 secs... so u hv to count till 600 for 10 mins "

" oh - okay..... "

" 1 ..... 600 "

" Daddy, we count up till 600 already... are we home yet? "

Both daddy & i had a good laugh.

Lor Halus

16 Oct 2011 (Sun):

Was thinking of where & what to have for dinner; daddy suggested Popeye's & I suggested 车师父. We went over to Punggol for Popeye's instead.

After dinner, we went for a long walk along Punngol waterfront, across Serangoon Reservoir, Lor Halus Wetland.

Lor Halus Wetland... a long walk after dinner, taking in the sights & sounds... luckily it did not rain.

See the 2 coloured path? Was wondering why is this so? Not enough planks to go ard? Hehe... The 3 monkeys had a game. They were supposed to walk along the darker coloured plank without stepping on the light coloured ones... the first oneto do so is out.

A little ice cream treat after the long walk. Both kids were running & enjoying themselves so much that they were perspiring like crazy.

Remember this place? Haha... yes, you got it right. We were there again... and this time, Daddy found a little secret. We took the chance to give our car a free wash; there was a water hose attached to a pipe, a sponge & liquid soap was even provided.... so Daddy set to work.

Ballet Rehersal

16 Oct 2011 (Sun):

Rachel gave me a form which indicated the dates for the combined rehearsal for their ballet performance in December 2011.

There are 2 dates to take note of: 1) 26 November 2011 (Sat) from 6pm - 7pm @ Yishun Studio, 2) 03 december 2011 (Sat) frpm 6pm - 10pm @ Macpherson Studio.

Attendence is compulsory but parents are not allowed in during the rehearsals. :(

To give the children a good dinner first before the rehearsals & oh no... no transportation is provided to & fro. Very lazy to go all the way to Macpherson. :(

The actual concert will be, as mentioned earlier, on the 16 & 17 December at the Singapore Chinese Girls School.

Ballerina In Action

09 Oct 2011 (Sun):

This post is a combination of 3 lessons - 25 Sep, 02 Oct & 09 Oct 2011.

I will begin with the one for today. Below is a foto taken with Ms. Wu Jiamin, Rachel's class teacher. A very jovial & caring teacher.

One little ballerina. Teacher Jiamin taught them how to push their little tummy in so that their posture will look upright & beautiful. Well done Rachel! U got it right.

Taken against the reflection of the glass panel.



During lesson time... as the curtains were drawn opened, i got a good view of the class having lessons, though i cant hear what the teacher is talking. Rachel is the one with 2 pony tails, extreme far, middle.




Taking measurements for the costume for their concert performance, together with aunty Sheila, our friendly recep & assistant. Foto taken last week, 02 Oct 2011.

Taken on 25 Sep 2011, Rachel on the right, hand touching her hair.

Another pic taken with Teacher Jiamin.




Queuing up for treats & her classmate giving out candies ( i suppose its her bday).

Group foto. A small class today.



Rachel, during lessons, the one with 2 little pony tails.

Some warm up exercises - stretching & bending.