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Monday, January 28, 2008
Class Commitee
- ABDUL RA'UF B ADUL HAMID (M) CHAIRPERSON
- ALMAS BTE AZMAN (F) ENGLISH REP
- ASMA AFIQAH BTE ZULKIFI (F) PREFECT
- BAY JING JIE , BELVAN (M) ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION
- BEATRICE ELIZABETH KHOO HUI MIN (F)
- CELINE PNG TSE LYNN (F) CLASS LIBRARIAN
- CHANG ERN SHENG (M) MATH REP
- CHEW YAN WEN (F)
- CHEYENNE CHAN YING JIE (F)
- CHOW FUNG RU (F) SPORT REP & BLOG MODERATOR
- CLAUDIA LEO YIHUI (F) PREFECT & BLOG MODERATOR
- DANIAL SYAFIQ B SYEFFUL - NEEZAM (M) ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION
- DARYL FOO (M) AV/IT REP
- EMELYNE MARY KHOO HUI LI (F)
- HENG YI JIE RYAN (M) GROUP LEADER ( BLUE )
- JERRETT HAN SHENG GUANG (M) GROUP LEADER (YELLOW)
- KEOW ZE RU (M) SPORTS REP
- LAUREN GOH SHU QI (F) GROUP LEADER ( GREEN )
- LEE ZI YAN (F) CLEANLINESS MANAGER
- LI HUANKANG (M) BLOG MODERATOR
- LIM JIA HUI (F) VICE CHAIRPERSON
- LIM PEIYING (F)
- LIM SOO XUAN (F) ART REP
- LOW YONG LUN , AUGUSTUS (M)
- MD ALIF SIANIPAR B AMIR S S (M) AV/IT REP
- MOHAMED ZAHEER MOHAMED ZAIN (M) ART REP
- MUHAMMAD SUFIAN ABDUL MO'IN (M) PREFECT / BLOG MODERATOR
- NG YONG QI (F) CLEANLINESS MANAGER
- OU YEW WENG , BRYAN (M) GROUP LEADER ( RED )
- QUEK HUI YAN ELAINE (F)
- REN MOLIU (F) MUSIC REP
- SAMUEL LEOW WEI HAN (M)
- TAN JIA QI (F) GROUP LEADER ( WHITE )
- TEO YAO WEN (M)
- TOG ZHEN MING, KRUISE (M)
- TRICIA GIAM HUI XUAN (F) NE/SS REP
- WOO SI YU JASMINE (F) SCIENCE REP
- YEW KAI XUN (M)
- ZHAO YUNLONG (M) BLOG MODERATER
I will try to assign appointments to those without any.
Parents' Queries on coming P4 Camp
Please kindly go through the application form
and handout for the coming P4 camp at the Outward
Bound Singapore.
Please use the "comment" function to post your questions if there is any.
I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge on the P4 camp, and do allow me to get back to you in a day or two should there be any questions which are out of my scope.
Thank you and best regards.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Spelling 3 (Week 5)
Please continue here.... thank you. :)
Do also remember to include the dictation as well.
Phrasal Verbs (Week 5)
12) Average out - find the average (Training costs for last year averaged out at $5 100 per student.)
13) Back away - retreat (She backed away from the menacing look on his face.)
14) Back out - withdraw (She backed out of the agreement just before signing the contract.)
15) Back up - support (The scientist claims are not backed up by any scientific evidence.)
16) Bail out - help (Sutton bailed his team out with a goal in the last minute.)
17) Bank on - rely on (Greg banked all his money on the stock market and lost everything with the collaspe of the stock market.)
18) Bargain for - expect (They planned to have a baby, never bargaining for triplets.)
19) Barge in/into - interrupt, boisterously enter (George barged into my office without knocking.)
20) Base upon - use as foundation (The professor based his theory upon his studies of his patients.)
Friday, January 25, 2008
Homework for 25th January
Math... Do Chapter2 Word Problems worksheet & Chapter2 Multiplication and Division worksheet.
Science... Hand in workbook. (do pages 27- 32.)
Health Education... Do workbook page 5.
Art... Finish 'Typo Graphy' art piece. (Based on 'Games' or 'Sports')
NOTE: Pls file in the worksheets in your files and bring them next week.
Learn Spelling 1.3 and Dictation 1.3.
Pls hand in the Edusave Withdrawal form and the Young Scientist subscription form on Monday.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Social Studies (Homework)
This is your first online homework.
I will try to make it simple for all of you.
You will only need to work on the 2 questions assigned to your group,
and post your answer using the comment function.
Example of your answer will look like this...
From: Joe Ang from XXX group
Qn 1 ) How do we proceed to post up answers?
Ans 1) Just simply use the comment function.
Qn 2) When is the due date?
Ans 2) I will have to get it done by this Sunday.
Blue Group
Q1) What is a free port?
Red Group
Q2) When did Major William Farquhar first landed on the island of Singapore?
Yellow Group
Q3) How was spice used?
White Group
Q4) What is the meaning of 'Sultan' and 'Tengku'?
Green Group
Q5) Who signed on the agreement to allow the setting up of the British trading settlement in Singapore?
All groups
Q6) When was the agreement signed?
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS-Subscription Forms-GONGSHANG
The teachers has given your child the subscription form for the Young scientists.
Venue: school canteen
Date: 31/1 and 1/2
Time: During recess time
Your child has to go to the school canteen to collect the order forms.Pupils who wish to subscrible,please hand form+the payment.Thank you very much for your assistance.
Happy New Year 2008,and the best wishes,Betty Tan and staff form Young Scientists magazine.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
GSPS VIP Taxi Service
Please be informed that Gongshang Primary School has started a school taxi service for your child!!!
Day: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
(Only on school days; not available during school or public holidays.)
Fees for designated areas are...
1) Tampines Area----- $3.00
2) Simei & Pasir Ris Areas----- $5.00
3) Pasir Ris & Bedok Areas----- $7.00
4) Sengkang, Punggol, Bayshore & Siglap Areas----- $10.00
Pupil is to pay driver upon boarding.
Vendor: The Taxi Service is operated by one of our
School Bus Operaters, MAX BUS COMPANY.
Please call the general office for any further clarification.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Phrasal Verbs (Week 4)
1) Abide by - follow ( You have to abide by the referree's decision.)
2) Add in - to include something with something else (Don't forget to add in the flour after beating the eggs.)
3) Add up - make sense (The Detective was troubled by the feeling that things just don't add up.)
4) Add up - total (I can add up large number in my head easily.)
5) Adhere to - follow, stick firmly to something (We have to adhere to the rules of the game to ensure fair play.)
6) Agree with - 2 pieces of information match, the same (The story doesn't agree with what the police have told us.)
7) Amount to - total (Jimmy is so lazy that we believe he is never going to amount to much.)
8) Answer back - to reply in a rude way to someone that you are supposed to obey (The rude boy answered back to the teacher once too often, and was sent out of the classroom.)
9) Answer to - be subordinate to (The manager of the company answered directly to the chief executive officer.)
10) Ask out - invite out (Jerry is intending to ask Mona out for a movie this Saturday.)
Spelling 2 ( Week 4)
2) Innocent eyes
3) Gasped
4) Admired
5) Amazement
6) Complained
7) Slipped out
8) Pry open
9) Captured
10) Throb
11) Swallowed
12) Hesitation
13) Whimpered
14) Scrambled out
15) Hung his head in shame
Dictation 2
Geppetto quietly admired his handiwork.
All of a sudden, he heard someone call "Papa!"
Geppetto looked at the puppet in amazement and gasped.
Was he losing his mind?
"Pinocchio," he said firmly, "you are a puppet, not a real boy."
"Real boy!' Pinocchio insisted.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Purchasing of Effective Grammar and Listening Comprehension Books
Below are the details for the Effective Grammar and LC books:
Effective Grammar : $5.60
EL Oral & Listening Compre : $2
Please bring along $7.60 to school on coming Monday and have it submitted to me.
I will collate and pay direct to the school bookshop.
Books will be issued out to all of you once they have arrived.
Pupils under Opportunity Fund (OF) will not have to pay.
Cheers.... Mr Ang