YPS Annual Achievement Day 2012

15 Nov 2012 (Thurs):

Yishun Primary School Annual Achievement Day 2012 - P1/P2. Daddy was able to take time off & attended Lionel's Prize Presentation Ceremony. Too bad, Mummy here was busier than the bumblebee & was not able to apply leave, although she would have love to sneak off.

Lionel received a trophy - Outstanding Pupil Award.

This is the trophy.

And Lionel got this certificate for his hardwork in reading & summarizing over 80 Chinese story books.

The teacher has apologise for the mistake made in Lionel's class - it shd be 1 Respect & not 1 Independence. The 2 classes combined during Chinese lessons, hence the teacher overlooked. I am A okay with that.

This video is an edited version of the Angklung Ensemble & Band Performance on the day itself. Daddy took a few videos of more than 10 mins long for each.

2012 Year End Academic Results

13 Nov 2012 (Tues):

Happy Deepavali to all our Hindu friends.

Lionel got back his year end academic results for 2012 yesterday. He has done well & we are very proud of his results. Daddy acknowledged his hard work with a promise to Legoland next year.

Holistic Progress Report Primary One.

His English & Chinese Language results are all Exceeding Expectations. In Semester 1, some of his Chinese results were only Meeting Expectations as you can see on the left of the 2 columns but he has improved for Semester 2.

Maths results are also all Exceeding Expectations.

His Social Skills are all also Exceeding Expectations & together with As for all his other subjects such as Social Studies, Physical Education, Health Education, Arts n Craft & Music.

His teacher's comment for Semester 2: Lionel displays a positive role as a leader. He is a hardworking and diligent student. Keep it up Lionel!

Class Photos 2012

12 Nov 2012 (Mon):

The kids got back their class photos taken in school for the year 2012.

Little Footprints SchoolHouse 2012 class K1.

YPS 2012 class Primary 1 Respect

Outstanding Pupil Award

07 Nov 2012 (Wed):

We are honoured to be invited to YPS for:

ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT DAY 2012 - P1/P2

Lionel has been awarded an: Outstanding Pupil Award. This prize giving ceremony will be conducted on 15 Nov 2012 (Thurs) at the school hall from 2pm ~ 3.30pm.  Daddy & I are so proud of you, Lionel. Work hard & do continue to excel.

Change of School Hours 2013

02 Nov 2012 (Fri):

Got back a notice from the school informing us parents regarding a change in the school hours from 2013 onwards. The school will be transiting into a single session for all levels.

All pupils to be in school by 745am. Flag rising will commence at 8am.

For all students, lessons will begin at 8am ~ 2.30pm on Mon & Tues & 8am ~ 1.30pm for Wed, Thurs & Fri. The students need to stay in school for lunch on Mon & Tues.

I told Lionel we need to wake up between 6.30am ~ 6.45am & leave the house by 7.20am. And that he needs to save $$ for lunch on every Mon & Tues & not spending all during recess. So, we have plan to have cake or bread during recess & rice or noodles for lunch. Currently, he is having either a plate of rice or a bowl of noodles. Of cos, he will add finger food into his meals such as nuggets, fish cakes or crab stick or even hot dogs.

And us parents need to fill in the travel declaration form for our year end travel plans. I have return the form with a NIL response. Ha... ( we tend to change our plans at the last min)

And today, the Primary Ones went to Garden By The Bay for a plant diversity learning experience. It was an afternoon well spent. The excursion were conducted during curriculum hours & went from 1.30pm ~ 5.30pm.

Lionel told me he was so tired after his excursion that he didnt want to go for his wushu practise in the evening. I replied with an : " Aiyo, ur excursion is only 4 hours & u complain u are tired... then how to go Legoland? That may be a whole day event. "

His reply: " Legoland is all fun. I can walk & run around the whole day; no problem. "

2012 Primary One Year End Assessment Results

29 Oct 2012 (Mon):

Lionel got back his results for his year end assessment for Maths & English. I wouldnt say its the best but he did his best.

For Maths, he got 44/50. His were all careless mistakes; did not read instructions carefully - question: circle the 3rd apple from the right, he went to circle the 3rd apple from the left instead ( marks deducted)... :(

For English, he scored 36.5/40... again careless mistakes - single noun; he wrote pural - Ms Tan has / have many pencils in her pencil case. He circled have.

A summary of  "past tense " usage - (drive), he wrote brought???? .... (watch), he wrote see???

And yes, even spelling mistakes... the word is there for him to copy but he can still write wrongly... wrapped; he spelled warpped.... so the teacher deducted marks here.

Worksheets / Tests before the year end exam

13 Oct 2012 (Sat):

In just 2 weeks, Lionel will have his year end assessment -
22 Oct: English
23 Oct: Math
25 Oct: Chinese

These perhaps, will be the last lot of worksheets/tests Lionel will be having. During the 4 days of PSLE Marking Days which begins on 15 Oct (Mon),  Lionel will be practising on his subjects, doing assessments & reading thru his textbooks & revising thru his activity books.

Maths: 18/20 with 2 careless mistakes..

English Stellar Worksheet: There's A Nightmare In My Closet.

Chinese: 20/20. Well Done. 

CSI - Fort Canning Activity

06 Oct 2012 (Sat):

This morning, YPS organized a family fun & education activity (SFE), entitled: Crime Scene Investigation - CSI for short. Before I continue, I would like to highlight here that all photos shown below are part of the activity & in no way related to any real life events or persons. Even if there is, be it a little, some of it or most of it, they are purely coincidental & mean no harm to the living or dead.

Some characters' profile: Richard Wan - the deceased, Jessica, the detainee in the police headquarters, Albert Lim, Kenneth Goh, Ah Chek & Inspector V were some of the many other roles.

We were all detectives, trying to source the muderer & his motive & we have to look for the clues, samples to be sent for lab test, motives of each characters, etc... We were broken into 7 teams & each team has a leader.

Instead of the kids doing the activity, the parents were the ones who were running around, discussing & searching. Haha... but all of us had fun.

Our bus sets off a little late from school & the sky was showing signs of rain.

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The briefing session by the trainers.

There were total 5 scenes altogether & we have to find clues & evidence.

Everyone has all the characters' profiles & their relation to each other.

The pretencious police headquaters where the suspect was being detained.

One of the characters' pretencious home & the clues - note: he was one of our suspect.

Finally, a group photo. We took more than 20 pictures here. :P

English Stellar Worksheets ~ Unit 15

16 Sep 2012 (Sun):

A follow up on Lionel's English lessons. They have completed unit 15 on the Stellar worksheets. I am vey sure an assessment for term 4 will come very soon & I'm glad that Lionel has understood all the lessons conducted & dutifully completed all given homework.

School holidays are just round the corner; in fact in just another 2 months. And Lionel's " honeymoon " year will fly away soon. Comes Primary 2, it is more hardwork & learning.

English Review

01 Sep 2012 (Sat):

Following Lionel's Math Test results, this is his English recap of what he has done so far on the Stellar Worksheets.

Topic: Lazy Duck.

Maths Test

01 Sep 2012 (Sat):

Lionel showed us his test results for Maths. Daddy told him before if he doesnt score full marks for his test, no Bangkok holiday. ( Haha... we are not such mean parents by the way. All Daddy wanted was Lionel to do well. This is just a boost for Lionel's morale.The air tickets & hotel accomodation were already booked anyway)

Topic tested: Number 1 ~ 40.
Inclusions: Additions & Subtractions, Number Pattern, Written Numbers & Words, More Than / Less Than & Problem Solving.

Way to go my little prince! Good Job!!!

Chinese Reading Portfolio

11 Aug 2012 (Sat):

Lionel has been keeping a reading portfolio where he keeps a record & summary of all those books that he read, including those that are guided by his CL2 teacher & those that he read on his own.

The portfolio.

Our reading journey.

With CL2 teacher's guidance.

So far, he has read 29 books.. started since April.