Friday, 29 June 2012

Great Start to Term 3!

Dear 3B,
welcome back to school!
This week, we had a great positive start to our term and I trust that we are going to keep this up and have a wonderful and happy time in school!

Here are the key highlights of this week:

English: The Blink-Off

We started on a new text titled the "The Blink-Off".
Here's the action replay of 3B's very own Blink-Off Challenge: The Final Round!


Maths: The GSS 2012 is here! (The Great Shopping Spree!)

This term, we are starting off with the interesting topic of Money. What better way to learn about the concepts of money than to shop and have fun while at it!

So, 3B had their Shopping Spree contest!
In their groups of 4, they competed in 5 rounds of shopping.
Each round involved a budget, a different category of products and a different place to shop.
All the pupils were very engaged in the tasks as they discussed and calculated the various possible combinations of items to buy to get the best deal possible.
Catch the action here!



Science: Mesmerising Magnets!

For our very first Science lesson, we took a look at a video by the Quirkles...The only twist was, the video was muted so that pupils could not hear from the presenters what they were doing and why they were doing it! They were also not allowed to catch a glimpse of the video title as it would have given the game away;)!

Looking at the visuals alone, pupils had to write what they observed  in their Nature Study Book (NSBs) and then based on these observations, they had to come up with questions and figure out the aim of the activity.

Here's the video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ox3DgnH8Lw  (Colour Mixing with Magnets)

Indeed, magnets were used to create an interesting piece of art and this brought us to brainstorm some questions we had on Magnets.



And so... this questions will guide us on our exploration of Magnets this term!

Assembly Talk: Health Ed (Importance of our diet by Yeo's)

Importance of a Good Breakfast

I just love Yeo Bean - so adorable!
PE: A New Term, A New Sport...
After a term of tossing balls into baskets and a term of moving balls with sticks , we go back to the good ol' throw and catch the ball with your hands - RUGBY!




There you have it- a great start to our new term :)! 

HW:
1. Please log in to Knowledge Forum and let me know if you have any difficulties doing so ON TUESDAY!

Meanwhile, how did YOU find our Week 1 of Term 3 - post your comments and remember...
Identify yourself, read through your post once BEFORE submitting to check for any errors and do not write comments that are rude or nasty!

Have a wonderful weekend and do think about what we have done this week at home!

Love,
Ms Priya :)


Friday, 1 June 2012

The holidays are here! Time to READ!!!

Dear 3B,
it's been a week since your school holidays started. Hope you have been enjoying yourselves!
In Term 2, we watched two movies, namely, Matilda & The BFG. As we discussed, these are movie adaptations of Roald Dahl's books.

Roald Dahl is a famous children's author.
Click on the link below to know more about him and the books he wrote!
http://www.roalddahl.com/ (It's a fantastic website!)
Click on the "books and stuff" link to discover the entire reading list of wonderful stories written by him.

I hope that during the holidays, you will get a chance to read all or at least some of his awesome children's books! They are available at public libraries, so ask your parents to check if the books are available and pick them up. Enjoy reading!!!

Apart from the Roald Dahl Books...

Are you a Thrill Seeker? Brave Heart? Horror Fan? or a Jolly Joker when it comes to books?

click on the link below to answer a few questions to find out what kind of a reader you are!

http://www.pl.sg/IBMS/plRecommendations/showDocument.do?uuid=1e8d99ee-2d2c-4be7-9073-12bd462466b2

The second page will give recommended books according to the type of reader you are. Have fun trying the quiz!!!

These holidays, it will be good if you can also catch 10minutes of the Channel 5 or Channel NewsAsia news as well as read maybe one newspaper article a week. Such habits help us to expand our vocab and also listen to good ways of reading a passage (useful for oral). Not only that, it expands our general knowledge!

As an endnote,
do use the "Notes" section in your Pupil Handbook to write down all the titles of the books you've read and enjoyed. It will be fun to share when school reopens!

Enjoy the holidays!!!

Love,
Ms Priya :)