Greetings from Korea!

Annyeonghaseyo (which means 'Hello' in Korean) people!

I hope all of you are spending your time productively.

So far, the trip has been ... erm interesting, just to sum it up. It's my first visit to South Korea and it's been quite an experience ... the people are warm (despite the cold weather), the food's great (I was really apprehensive before I made the trip) and the culture and history are really refreshing and enriching!

Anyway, today I'm just fortunate that the hotel has free internet access in the room which expains why I can have this brief report up.

It's getting late now and Korea is an hour ahead of ours.

Take care and do use your hols in a fruitful manner ...

Annyeong (which means 'goodbye' in Korean)!

It's the holidays!

Well done P6-3! You survived Term 1 and it's time for your well-deserved break!

Anyway I'm just moments away from leaving home and to head to T3 to meet up with the Cedar - South Korea Team ... it's going to be cold there.

Anyway, just wanna remind all of you that:

1. What else? Homework! Do remember to distribute your time so that you won't end up trying to complete your work on Sunday evening ... it's not going to work and besides, you'll miss the whole point of giving you the homework. Huh? What talking you Mr Goi? Calm down people ... just know that I've actually put some thoughts into the homework that is given to you ... the English one is to get all of you to practise all the tricks I've been teaching you on how to tackle the English paper, part by part. as for Maths, the questions will give you the chance to practise all the topics which we've learnt so far, from Alegbra to fractions and last but not the least, the 30 Science MCQs will allow you to revise the first 4 topics which we've covered so far, from Classifications to Energy.
2. All work and no play makes Jane a dull gal! Play! But don't spend all the time watching TV and play lah ... as mentioned earlier, distribute your time between work and play!
3. Last but not the least, all of you take care and I still hope I can bring something nice back for all of you ... no chopsticks and spoons right?

See you soon ... should things go well, I ought to be back on the 22nd ... urgh and then in less than 18 hours, I'll have to make my way to school ... I guess that holidays to me.

Cheerio!

Round 2 Topical tests - response?

Hi people,

I just want to sum up what I've mentioned about the tests since yesterday ...

English - Never underestimate what grammar errors can do to your marks; please be more cautious when youread the questions and do check your answers when you are done with it ... extra efforts may just have you to get more - remember the 'half mark', imaginery example which I've shared with you today.

Maths - Working is the key, especially for problem sums ... there's no point thinking of what answer to write; instead think in terms of how many steps of working can you contribute to the questions ...

Science - It's great to clear up misconceptions (such as energy is needed even to grow mundane things like finger nails!). The bottomline is we need to read more and have more exposures ... use the E-portal and read other sources on Science; don't restrict yourself to the textbook ... it's never enough!

Finally, let's be kind to one another ... we're civilised, aren't we? I'm sure we can use many, more appropriate words and terms when we are somewhat upset right?

Example:

Instead of screaming "Get lost", you can always say "Erm ... I need some space here ..."

See? It isn't that hard, right?

Leadership roles ... appreciating them

Here's a breakdown of what we have so far ...

Class Leaders: Asri and Celine
First of all, don't make fun of them. In fact, they'll have challenging tasks ahead of them which I feel that in time, they mold them into better leaders. Both of you have effectively become my left and right hand people though both of you have to decide who's my right and left ... haha ...
By the people, please co-operate and support them; they'll need them!

Attendance leaders: Amandy and Hakeem
In times of emergency, I'll count on you to report to the teacher-in-charge the attendance situation of the class; you may be the most important people then as you will be the ones who will be among the first to know your classmates who have gone 'missing' and your prompt report will also result in thier return and safety!

Group Leaders: Fave and Kumar, Emily and Gandhiban, Jun Wei and Ashwini, Amandy and Chee Hong
You'll be my eyes and ears to ensure your classmates hand in their work promptly; for the rest of us, do appreciate the fact that they usually have to collect and distribute books and worksheets while we remain comfortably in our seats ... sometimes we just need to cut them some slacks okay?

Key Master: Cheng Sin and supported by Melody(?)
Except for some initial hiccups, I think Cheng Sin is doing a decent job ... do you know she's usually the last to leave to ensure the room is locked, first to be back so that the door is opened for all of us and even panic when the keys go missing?

Student Councillors: Kym, Huiting, Hongyi, Mallika, Supan and Junaitha
It's only until I work on this post then I realised I have so many of them. I'm sure you've been selected for good reasons ... please don't feel left out if I don't call on any of you to take on any class responsibilities; it's just that I hope to develop your classmates' leadership qualities just as the 6 of you are being developed now ...

NE Ambassadors: Gandhiban and Junwei
Both of you will be in the forefront in leading the class and even the school in the area of National Education ... I hope it'll be an enriching for you as you're being developed and also helping your peers to learn and integrate NE in our words and deeds.

So how about the rest? Rest assured, I'll try my best to find interesting tasks for you because afterall, P6-3 is everybody's business (no longer MYOB) so that each one of us will have an important role to play and at the end of the day, you'll realise that everyone counts!

Till next time!

Class picture-taking and tests

For those of us who managed to sneak online, you are reminded (and also to remind your classmates) that we'll be taking the class photograph tomorrow. I'm still thinking of an interesting pose for the class to take for the 'candid-shot' segment ... any suggestions?

So how's the Maths test? Let's hear from you and don't forget about the Science test tomorrow ... all the best!

Topical tests - Round 2

Hello again.

Tomorrow begins your next round of EMS tests ... hope you kids are geared for this. I guess as long as you have taken your work seriously all these while, you'll be just fine.

Anyway, weather's getting wet nowadays ... seems like the heaven is now repaying us for the absence of the usual monsoon season which we're supposed to enjoy in November and Decmber last year. Do bring an umbrella with you as you head out or to school; it may just come handy.

All the best people and hope to celebrate with you the fruit of hard work. To me, every outcome, as long as it is the result of sheer determination and perseverance is worth celebrating.

What are you waiting for?