Things to bring for lessons

6E!

These are the things you need to bring daily (for English, Math and Science) from next week onwards:

• Pencil case (with green pen)
• Foolscap paper
• Handbook
• Storybook
• A file to keep your worksheets during the day in school
• Homework assignments (including those practice papers which we're going through in class)
• All 3 PSLE Assessment Books

Homework / Tasks for T3W5

Tasks for this weekend of T3W5:

• Math Revision Paper 5-1
• English Practice Paper 11

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TEST:

• Wednesday: English Spelling
  

Our New School Website

6E!

This is our new school website's URL address. http://www.xinghuapri.moe.edu.sg/

It can also be found on the side link on the left hand side of our class blog.

Thunderstorm

The following pupils have volunteered to form a team to represent our class in the annual Stomp competition which will be held on 8th August 2008, at the school hall.

• Vinidh
• Jiayi
• Syahrul
• Xiaotian
• Anas
• Farhan
• Qihui
• Lynnette
• Kamarul
• Haiqal
• Azzad
• Karamjit
• Siva

They will be using recycled materials to perform a national day musical piece. The audition will be held at the school hall on 31st July 2008 (Thu) at 4pm.

To the above participants, do inform your parents about this as well as the times which your team has decided to conduct rehearsals. Last but not least, do balance your time properly.

Good luck and all the bests!

U10: Impact on the Environment

Key Learning Points:

• Man's actions on the environment (the impacts) can be good (positive) or bad (negative).


• On the positive impacts, man has created man-made materials such as alloys, plastics and ceramics.


• This gives us a wider variety of choices of materials and also allows us to make things with better properties.


• In addition, this extra choices of materials will not exhaust (use up) our natural materials too quickly.


• On the negative impacts, man has removed trees (deforestation) because we need more land spaces and timber.


• Thus, deforestation can cause the loss of living things (loss of food, shelter and therefore lives), soil erosion (no roots to hold the top layer of fertile soil during floods) and global warming (extra carbon dioxide in the air causing trapping heat in the Earth, thereby causing a rise in the Earth's temperature).


• Besides deforestation, man has contributed to pollution of the land, air and water.


• The common pollutants include litter and rubbish, human waste, harmful chemicals, smoke and haze, as well as CFCs.
  
  

Homework / Tasks for T3W4

Tasks for this weekend of T3W4:

• Math Papers (all the questions on fractions)
• Science Practice Paper 4
  

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Wednesday: English Spelling
  

March of the Penguins

Today - 13th July 2008, 10pm on Arts Central

If it is not past your bedtime, do tune in to this documentary movie on the Emperor Penguins of Antarctica. It tells us how the Emperor Penguins cope with the harsh cold conditions there. How many types of adaptations can you spot in the show? Tune in tonight to find out then! :)

Homework / Tasks for T3W3

Tasks for this weekend of T3W3:

• Math Papers (the 34 questions on Money & Measures)
• Science Process Skills
• Math Worksheet

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Wednesday: English Spelling

Support Xinghua!

4 of our NE ambassadors are involved in a robotics competition, that requires them to use a robot to tell the Singapore story. The girls are Charis Tay (5A), Chan Kah Mun (5A), Cheo Kaiqing (5A) and Alanna (5D).

This competition comprises of an online voting section that will help the girls gain some points. It is found on the website (http://www.sdc.com.sg/events_SingaBot_voteblog.php) . Voting is free... You just log on and vote. I'm sure it will help the girls.

Math Trick

Try solving this using algebra. :)
(Courtesy of Wenxin)

1. First of all, pick the number of times in a week that you would like to go out to eat. (a number more than 1 but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply it by 50.
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758. If you haven't, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the 4-digit year that you were born in. You should have a three digit number.

The first digit of this was your original number. (I.e., how many times you want to go out to eat in a week.)

The next two numbers are YOUR AGE !

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK!

Homework / Tasks for T3W2

Tasks for this weekend of T3W2:

• Math Papers (the 33 questions on Whole Nos)
• Science Practise Paper 3
• Bring your PSLE English Assessment Book

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Wednesday: English Spelling

REMEMBER to come EARLY on Tuesday for the Nation-wide Temperature Taking Exercise (by 7.20am)!