Oral Presentation

Below are some pointers to take note:

• Remember to look at your classmates (and not the teacher)


• Speak loudly and clearly (else your classmates will start to talk)


• 'Stay' with the topic (do not go on talking about things not relevant to the topic)


• Do not have too many words in your PowerPoint slides and do not read out straight from them


• Answer your friends' questions politely

Social Studies Project 2

Just to clarify the requirements for this project:

You need to find an article (that is, words and words in passages, if possible, to have pictures) about a real natural disaster. From that article, you do a mind-map at the bottom of your workbook's page 9, similar to the one on page 8. Write down what are the impacts or how they affect humans and their activities.

It must be about a real natural disaster that has taken place in the past or present.

Print out the article and paste it on the top portion of page 9 in your workbook. If your article is from a magazine or newspapers, you can still follow the same procedures too.

Submission date is 29th Feb (Fri).

U5: Percentages

Key Learning Points:

• You can treat them as fractions that are out of a whole of 100 (that is, 58% means 58 out of 100 parts).
• This also mean that the denominator of the fraction is 100.
• If you see questions involving percentages, you can change them into fractions by removing the '%' sign, then add a denominator '100' (that is, 88% = '88/100').
• Thus if a question say 20% of 40 pupils, it will mean '20/100' of 40 pupils, or when simplified, it means '1/5' of 40 pupils.
• Alternatively, you can convert a fraction or a decimal to a percentage by multiplying it by 100%, with the '%' symbol in your working. Else the working will be marked wrong.

Homework / Tasks for T1W8

Tasks for this weekend of T1W8:

• Math Daily Problem Sums (Q32 to Q35)
  

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Monday: Science Energy Test + Math Practical Test
• Tuesday: No Science Spelling/Dictation
• Wednesday: English Dictation (Unit 3 Passage 1) + Science Practical Test

Sumsing Turbo 3000

Will this invention be possible in future?

U4: Sources of Energy

Key Learning Points:

The 4 main sources (where they come from) of energy are as follow:

1. The Sun (a.k.a. Solar Energy) - Renewable Energy Resource

Most of the energy that we use comes directly or indirectly from the Sun.

2. Fuel - Non-renewable Energy Resource

When fuels are burnt, chemical energy in them are converted to heat and light energy.

3. Wind - Renewable Energy Resource

Wind is moving air and has kinetic energy.

4. Moving Water - Renewable Energy Resource

Moving water has kinetic energy.

All the above sources of energy are converted to other forms of useful energy. In this topic on Energy, you must be able to explain and identify the types of energy changes that are taking place. That is the gist of this topic.

Situational Writing

As the name goes, you are given a situation and you need to respond accordingly to that given situation. Be it a letter, an email or writing a note for someone, you must bear in mind the objectives (or aims / targets) of your writing.

• Are you trying to relay information, ask questions, send an invitation or submit a complaint?


• What do you want the recipient do?


• What is the tone of your writing? Are you polite enough (especially when you are asking for a favour)?


• Have you written down all the important 5 or 6 points given in the question? Are these points clear, specific and foolproof to the reader?


• Have you written your greetings at the beginning of your writing and sign off at the end of it?


• Lastly, re-read it again yourself. Imagine you are the recipient. Do you understand the message? Is there enough information for you to reply the sender?

Situational writing takes up 15 marks in your overall EL exam scores (upon 200 marks). This section is an easy section for you to score well so please take note of the above pointers when doing your situational writing.

U4: Ratio

Key Learning Points:

(This is just to reinforce what that was learnt back in your P5 Math) Ratios are similar to fractions. The only difference lies in the comparison of parts to parts whilst in fractions, it is always parts to a whole.

• Always simplify your ratios (just like fractions).


• In your workings, give a heading to your ratios so that you know which parts you are comparing against with.


• When changing the ratios to equivalent ratios, make sure you either use the arrow sign or the equal sign.


• Do not write 2 ratios 'floating' in your working statements. You must show how they are related.

Homework / Tasks for T1W7

Tasks for this weekend of T1W7:

• Math Workbook (Percentage Practice 4)
  

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Tuesday: No Science Spelling/Dictation
• Wednesday: English Word Spelling (Passage "It's a trap!")
  

Time to 'Mug'

The long Chinese New Year holidays are over. Time to get down to business!

Do expect things to pick up fast again and homework rolling in daily. Yes, there's no denial that P6 is a stressful level. Tonnes of tests and homeworks and revision papers. Not much time is left too (I've posted a count down timer to PSLE on the top left corner of the blog).

However, nothing is impossible when you set your heart out to do it. Do learn to plan your time properly. Have sufficient rest and play time too but work has still got to be completed. Manage your time and stress properly before they manage you. Start revision early, go through your daily exercises, paying extra attention on those corrections or areas which you're weak at. Re-do them and test yourself if you really mastered them.

Remember: this is your exams! Not your parents' or your teachers'. You are the one taking it. Not your parents, not your teachers.

The choice is yours. Either start (or wake up) now or never. However, the responsibility for the consequence will still be yours to bear...

Blogging

6 Excellence!

Some of you have blogs and I'm happy to see that you guys are quite tech-savvy. Good for you!

However there are some reminders which I need to bring up regarding blogging:

• Be careful of giving away too much personal information of yourself (e.g. address, telephone numbers, pictures) as your blog is open to the whole world.
• Even though it is your own personal blog, do be careful of whatever you post there. Any illegal pictures, contents or remarks that are offensive can bring trouble to you.
• Last but not least, please be a responsible blogger. Although you can say whatever you want but you must be prepared to bear the consequences and responsibilities of your blog contents.

Have fun blogging. Do let me know your blogsite if you want me to create a link from our class website. :)

Primary Grammar

For the many of you who are weak in your grammar, I would like to recommend you to get this book. It covers a lot of details in your basic grammar and also offers many exercises to practise on.

This book can be found in Popular Bookstore and costs about $8+.

I would strongly encourage pupils to get this book as it is extremely useful for those of you who are very weak in your grammar (or if you are speaking too much 'Singlish').

Homework / Tasks for T1W6

Tasks for this long weekend of T1W6:

• Science Worksheets 2 and 3 (Energy)
• Get parent / guardian to sign Math Test paper (Algebra)

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Tuesday: Science Dictation (Forms of Energy)
• Wednesday: English Word Spelling (Passage "It's a trap!")
• Friday: Math Ratio Test

Last but not least, happy holidays to everyone! :)

Homework / Tasks for T1W5

Tasks for this weekend of T1W5:

• Math Workbook - Ratio Practice 3 (Pg 65 to 68)
• Math Worksheet - Ratio

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Monday: Math Algebra Test
• Tuesday: Science Spelling (Forms of Energy)