2B - Story-telling Contest

Our proud moments during today's English Story-telling Contest.

I think our girls did a marvellous job.

Felicia Peh & Ifa - Great Job, considering the fact that it was your first time being an emcee.

Aleeza & Shasha - Splendid Performance and Good Co-ordination

Cheryl & Zandra - You stole the show with your outstanding performance

Sept Holiday Homework

Dear 2B,

I have assigned you 2 online assignments in your EDP portal. One for English and the other for Maths. Those of you without a computer or internet access - never fear - You can always come to our school library from 2nd to the 4th Sept and use the computers there. You will have to download the assignments, save them under your name. Complete the assignment and attach the file when you are submitting them back to me. We have done these before. I have given both the hardcopy and softcopy of how to do it in the portal. read the instructions in the portal.

English - Writing A Comic

• Read the sample comic I have attached. Then use your creativity to complete your own. Send me back only the Comic Activity File.

Maths - Graphs

• There are two. Key in your answers and check your scores.
  

So enjoy your holidays!!!!! Let us try out this e-learning activities and see how many of you are succeed in it. Successful submissions will receive incentives for their great effort.

Another Interesting Hobby...Fishing

Well how many of you have tried this? I have usually seen some parents fishing with their kids at the Sembawang Park and at the Lower Pierce Reservoir. Have you? Tell me about your experience if you have.....

Here's an interesting activity for you. Feast for your eyes....or is it WORK for your eyes??? Try to find the items below in the picture above. How good are you. Print the picture out if you can.

An Insipational Story...Consider this Hobby

One Good Turn
By Bette Anne Reith • Illustrated by Ken Stetz

Jen climbed out of the pool and adjusted the straps of her racing suit. In a few minutes, the city’s junior swim league championships would begin. Jen and her teammates, Dana, Amy and Shanti, had qualified to compete in the two-hundred-meter medley relay.

From across the pool, Jen met Amy’s glare. Leave it to her, Jen thought, to see all the turns I missed. Amy, who never makes mistakes—or never admits making them, anyway. Sighing, Jen crossed the pool deck with her shoulders slumped.
“I watched you warming up,” Amy said, throwing her towel down on a bench. “How are we going to win when you can’t hit even one turn?”
“I’m nervous. I’ve never swum in a championship meet before,” Jen said. She sank down on the bench. “Every turn, I’m either too close to the wall or too far. I keep losing my count.”
Amy looked at Dana. “Well, what can you expect when a puny third-grader gets to swim backstroke for us?”
“I expect to win,” Shanti said, stepping between Amy and Jen. “Let’s go.” She waved the lane card Coach had given her. “We’re the first event. Lane three.”
The four teammates walked to the starting blocks.
“Don’t let them bother you,” Shanti whispered to Jen. “So what if the rest of us are in fourth grade and you’re not. You know you can do it.”

“Sure I can,” Jen said, sounding more confident than she felt. With all the turns she had missed in the warm-up, she was beginning to think Amy was right. Maybe she didn’t belong on the swim club’s best medley relay team.
At lane three, Shanti handed the head timer their lane card. The girls lined up behind the starting block in the order they would swim—Jen, Dana, Amy, Shanti. Backstroke. Breaststroke. Butterfly. Freestyle.
Jen stretched her arms over her head and shook her legs. Drops of water flew off her wet skin. She wished she could shake off her doubts as easily. She looked up at the flags strung over the pool, near the ends of the lanes. A backstroker used these flags to judge how close to the wall she was.
Jen knew what she had to do once the flags were directly overhead: count six strokes, roll over, and flip, as if she were doing a somersault underwater. If she had counted right, she would be in the right place to push firmly off the wall. Roll, flip, push. Concentrate and count, she told herself. Six strokes to turn. Seven to finish.
The official announced their event. “Girls, ages nine and ten, two-hundred-meter medley relay.”
Jen turned to her teammates, ready to give a high-five. “Swim to win!” she shouted.
Dana and Amy stood with their hands on their hips. “Just make your turn,” Amy said.
“Come on,” Shanti said, “we’re a team.” Amy and Dana ignored her. Shanti reached over them to slap Jen’s palm. “Swim to win!” she shouted.
“Backstrokers in the water,” the official called.
Jen checked her cap and goggles, then jumped into the cool water. She surfaced and saw Shanti peering over the starting block.
“Remember to count, Jen,” she said. “You know you can do it.”
“Swimmers, take your mark,” the official called.
Jen grabbed the bar under the block and crouched into her starting position. Seconds later, the buzzer sounded. She reached back and pushed hard off the wall of the pool.

Gliding under the first set of flags, Jen kicked fast and began her stroke. Her arms felt strong as she pulled them through the water. Approaching the middle of the pool, she passed the swimmer in the next lane and took the lead.
As she stroked, Jen tried to picture herself making a perfect turn, but all she could see was Amy and Dana scowling at her. A big splash hit her face. The swimmer in the next lane passed her.
No, Jen thought. Swim to win! She kicked harder, gaining on the swimmer again. Count and concentrate, she told herself. Six strokes to turn. Remember what Shanti said. . . .
The flags were overhead.
You-know-you-can-do-it.
Roll. Flip. She pushed hard off the wall.
Gliding under the flags again, she could see her opponent just starting to push off the wall. Jen’s heart pounded with excitement. She had taken back the lead on the turn.
Jen began her stroke again. Another splash hit her face. Blowing water out of her mouth, she saw her opponent moving ahead again. Jen kicked faster, matching her stroke to her new pace. She heard the muffled cheers of the crowd. Breathing hard, she glanced right, then left. No other swimmers were in sight. No one had passed her. This leg of the race was hers.
Flags appeared overhead. Seven strokes to finish, she thought.
You-did-it-you-really-did-it.
She touched the wall. Dana dived over her, while the other teams still waited on the blocks for their backstrokers to finish.
Jen climbed out of the pool.
“Wow, what a lead,” Amy said, as she put on her goggles. “I hope I can keep it going.”
Shanti tapped Jen’s shoulder. “Great swim,” she said.
“Thanks. All I needed was one good turn.”
Together the three teammates watched Dana swim. They cheered her on with the best six words Jen had heard that day.
“You know you can do it.”

Here's a poem...

We are in the midst of completing our English Unit on Hobbies...so here's one of the boy's hottest favourite hobby....SOCCER!!!!!

Congratulations - CA2 Achievers

Many pupils have improved in both their English and Maths Assessments for their CA2. Here they are. Well done, children! Jenesis
Ke Wei
Hizah
Nurul
Weilun
Max
Mark
Kaiwen
Lauraine
Bimei

Others who have done better for English are John, Janice and Rachel. Quite a few improved in Maths and thwey are... Cheryl & Yunjing (both scored full marks), Elin, Eunos, Felicia Lim and Felicia Peh, Ifa, Shasha, Gary, Izmir, Siti, Aleeza, Rashidee, Yen Teng and Yuyun.

Carry on with this good work and strive to do your ultimate best for your SA2.

CA2 is coming!!!

Dear 2B,
I miss you this week. I am with 1D this week as Ms Lim is on work attachment. Do prepare for the coming CA2. All the best. Revise all topics well especially your Maths. Do your work carefully! But don't be too stressed out.

Here is a weblink for some study tips.

National Day Celebrations - Part 3

Next we came back to the class. We had a lesson on the State Crest, followed by an activity. While completing the activities,we also listened and sang the National Songs. I must say you did a fantastic job! We also had recess in class. At the end of the day, all of us received a souvenir from our school - a smart-looking EDP pocket file.

National Day Celebrations - Part 2

We had a great concert beginning with the significance of National Day, A Drama on our Past, Community Singing and Cake-Cutting!

Shasha as the Narrator in the Drama
Gary & Max with cool tattoos

Cheryl as Sang Nila Utama
Some of our 2B pupils as the cast

And here are the rest of you who graced the occasion in your red and white outfit!

National Day Celebrations - Part 1

We started our celebrations at the Parade Square and in the Hall. The first part of our celebrations were solemn and meaningful as we unite as One People, One Nation & One Singapore.

Kudos to our 3 pupils whom I selected to lead the school in reciting the RECOLLECTIONS. They have done a marvellous job. They memorised their lines within a short period of time and confidently delivered their lines very well. Bravo, Aleeza, Cheryl and Zandra!!!

My Young Gardeners

Hi all,

I was showing my girls 2B's photos of their plants.

They want to show off theirs. (Pls send them your comments)

Presenting to you in their pyjamas......

Nicole Shalini Fernandez

Tanya Trisha Fernandez

Gardeners@2B

We have just completed our English Unit on PLANTS.....As a follow up activity..we grew some green bean plants.....Many plants grew tall and healthy...and some not too bad...BUT a handful did not make it. Anyway, we all had fun germinating our plants! Here's a peek at our pupils' works, just after 1 week !!!!

PRESENTING OUR SUCCESSFUL GARDENERS! GREAT JOB!!

Nice work, Yen Teng

Wow, Mark

Great Work, Yunjing!!

Nice, Felicia Peh

Wow, Aleeza Well Done, John
Wow, Weilun..GOOD
Good, Hizah
Great, Ifa
Excellent, Zandra

Nice Work, Nurul
Not bad, Gary
Good, Max
Excellent, Janice
One of our best gardeners, Eunos


HERE ARE THOSE WHO STILL MADE IT. AT LEAST A FEW SPROUTED OUT!

Not bad, Yuyun

Good Start, Siti
Not bad, Izmir
Don't be sad, Jenesis
Not too bad, Elin

Germinating well, Cheryl
Good for you, Shasha
Good, Rashidee
Starting to grow, Bimei
Don't worry...it's slowly growing, Kaiwen


FINALLY.....THOSE WHO NEED BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. GOOD EFFORT THOUGH!

It's ok Rachel,Felicia Lim, Lauraine & Ke wei.

Things like these can happen...you will do well next time!

CONGRATS TO THOSE WHOSE EFFORTS WERE A SUCCESS. THOSE WHO DID NOT MAKE IT VERY WELL, DON'T DESPAIR...JUST PERSEVERE.

HOPE YOU HAVE LEARNT THAT A PLANT NEEDS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF AIR, SUNLIGHT AND WATER!!!!!

I enjoyed this activity with you. What about you? How do you feel about your green bean plant? What do you think about your friend's plants? Would you like to have more of such activities? Post me your comments, please!!