Reflection on Term 1

Term 1 is over. It contained many enjoyable events such as Sports Day and Chinese New Year. I learnt many new things I have never learnt before and I also learnt my teacher's expectations for us. Being in the top tier class, the expectations are quite high. I am sure that with our teachers's help we will be able to meet those expectations.

In Maths class, I learnt things like order of operations, using a calculator and am currently learning fractions. There is one exciting new thing we have done in Math. That is our speed tests. We have to finish ten questions in ten minutes. The questions are not always easy. We have a chart and when at least three-quarter of the class have got either nine or ten, we raise two bars.

In Science, we learned about the plant and human systems. We also learnt about different types of gases. We had one lesson in which we conducted an experiment on limewater.

In English, we did a lot of things. There were many packages and booklets and In The News and journals to do. Most of the things in the practice papers that we did were the same as what we did last year. We now have to do Grammer and Vocabulary exercises in the book.

Mother Tongue is pretty much the same.

My most favourite events were Sports Day and my birthday. On the whole, I enjoyed myself very much in Term 1.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Part 1

For two weeks, we have been doing the Pied Piper of Hamelin for English literature.It was written by Robert Browning. We were given the poem and told to read it. We then watched a few vidoes on the story and poem on Youtube. It was quite fun. There was one video of man called Ron Reagan who recited the poem along with some facial expressions.
The next day, we had to find the meanings of twenty words we did not know. Some of the words I chose were: drysaltery, noddy and consternation.
Then we had to summarize the stanzas in groups. My group did stanzas 1,2 and 3. We copied the summary on pieces of jigsaw paper.
I enjoyed doing the Pied Piper. I hope to do more things like this.

My Day at Nex

Today, I went to Nex with my neighbours. We went there by car. It was a bit of a squeeze at the back as there was not enough space. After we reached Nex, we went to the library first. When we had returned our books, we went to RamenPlay to eat. I ordered a mini ramen, a crispy dango and an ice lemon tea. My mum did not like the lemon tea. She said it was Season's. On the other hand, I liked it. My brother(6 years old) was the last to finish. Then, as my mum was still hungry, we set off to find something to eat. She ate a bun from a Japanese bakery called The Green Pumpkin. I had a dorayaki. It is two pancakes with cream or filling in the middle. I enjoy watching it being made. There was also a man demonstrating how to make soba. Next, we went to Fairprice Xtra. Mum bought a silicone baking tin. Then we went back to the car. We retraced our footsteps but ended up at the wrong lift. So when we had found the correct lift, we forgot which floor the car was parked on! Mum and I guessed 3A, my neighbours guessed 3M. In the end we were all wrong. It was actually Level 3! When we reached home, my legs were very tired. But, I climbed the stairs and still ended up faster than the rest of them who took the lift.

I enjoy going to Nex very much!

The Happenings in Class

Yesterday, was presentation day. The presentations that my group did were not the way we
wanted it to go.
The bad points were:

1. We were too soft (English)
2. Our eyes were glued to the book (Mother Tongue)
3. Our presentation was too short (English)
4. The cover was spoilt (Mother Tongue)
5. We did not greet the class(English)

I hope the next time I have to do a presentation, I can improve on these points.

My School Project

Today, we finished our projects in both Mother Tongue and English. Sueann brought home the

English project and Tanya brought home the Mother Tongue Project. For English, our group did a

mind-map. It was fun. Everyone in our group contributed a little. I did the languages. Sueann

brought her i-pad. We all fooled around a little with the i-pad. Our group is called "angry birds". My group members are: Rachel, Gigi, Sueann, Wen Hao and myself. I enjoy being in this group very much. While doing this project, we had to clear Rachel's and my table, for we were using a vanguard sheet. The topic is about Eurasians in Singapore. We drew the Singapore flag with the word Eurasians on it. Tomorrow, we have to do a presentation on it.

Learning Journey to the National Museum

Yay! It's learning tapestry again! This time, our trip was to the national museum. We went by bus. I partnered my friend Dana, while Rachel partnered Sueann. We left at somewhere

around 9.30 a.m. Dana and I sat near the front of the bus and just behind Rachel and Sueann.

When I first saw the museum, there was only 1 thought in my head -- it was HUGE! Dana agreed with me.

After we had gotten down from the bus, we lined up with our partners. First, we visited the

film and wayang gallery. It was quite dark inside. we watched a bit of a black-and-white

movie until Mrs Soon my form teacher called us over to the back of the stage where she

showed us an old gramophone. Then we moved on to the wayang kulit section of the gallery. It

had puppets used for the shows and a stage. We also saw some costumes for people on display.

Next, we entered the fashion gallery. We had to fill up one of our worksheets here. My favourite part of this gallery was its back room. There were lengths of cloths to feel and two had a magnifying glass attached to them. And in display cases, there were old thimbles, a basket full

of things needed for sewing and many, many more!

After that, we visited the food gallery. Again, we had to fill up another worksheet. Inside were displays of different types of food brought to Singapore by each race. My favourite part of this room was the place with all the jars and spices. We could smell a few of the spices showed there.

There was also an old ice shaver.

Next, we moved on to the photography gallery. I did not like it as much as the others. There were some drawers in the wall where when you pulled it out, there were pictures inside.

Finally, we moved on to the history gallery. We were each given an audio guide and an earpiece.

This was my favorite part of the whole museum. It was very dark and my earpieces kept on dropping off. I saw many very interesting exhibits such as: Major William Farquhar's collection of drawings, a rickshaw, swords and maybe a hundred more!

I was very disappointed when we had to leave, as I wanted to explore some more.

I would recommend everyone to go to this museum and I hope to come here again.

My Brother Feivel

On the 5th September, my brother Feivel , was born. He was born at the Mount Alvernia Hospital and is now 3 weeks old.

He looks exactly like my 6 year old brother when he was born. Feivel has a chubby face with cute little eyes and a tiny nose. He has tiny fingers that are smaller than my little finger. Whenever I touch his fingers, the whole hand will spread open and if I put my finger there, he will grab it. He has little feet with sharp toenails. His nails are thin and that makes them sharp. The soles of his feet are as soft as silk, that makes them very nice to stroke.

He sleeps most of the time so I hardly get to play or talk to him during the day as I am in school. When there is time, my brother and I will either sing songs or play with him. I like to carry him. When I do, my first brother will also want to carry him. Feivel poos and pees a lot. He drinks Mummy's milk which is the BEST food for a BABY! When he burps, he sounds like a duck. WACK!

I love him very much!

My Learning Journey to the Farms

I went for a learning journey on the 1st of July. I was super excited! as I had never been to a farm before. My form teacher, Ms Wong, had briefed us all about it the day before.

When we saw our bus, Whey Yinn and I joked that we were going to Malaysia. On the bus, Whey Yinn and I drew, coloured, did our LT worksheets and talked. Soon after that, it started to rain.

First, we arrived at farm number 1. It is called Kok Fah Technology Farm. It was still raining when we got there. Suddenly, Whey Yinn and I realised we had forgotten our umbrellas! Luckily Whey Yinn's dad had an umbrella. After that we met our guide, who took us on a walk around the farm. We saw many vegetables such as dwarf white cabbage, "nai bai", spinach and aloe vera. We also saw a tiller and learnt its function. After that, we were taught how to remove the flesh from an aloe vera leaf. Our guide brought us to see a fish called an arapaima. She told us it is a living fossil.

Then, we were each given an Aloe Vera drink. I did not really like it. My classmates were very interested in the birds there. I especially remember a rather large bird which would use its beak to help it to climb up the cage. Then we were off to Farm number 2.

Farm number 2 is called Aerogreen. We learnt the meaning of aeroponics, the method of growing plants in the air. On the way to the greenhouse where the aeroponics plants are grown, we saw other interesting plants such as water gourds which Chinese people used as water bottles in olden times.

At the greenhouse, our guide told us that sprinklers spray nutrients at the plants' roots. We experienced it for ourselves. I got wet! I also thought it was stinky. Later we were shown a sponge gourd which can be used as a bath sponge.[My Mum says it's called a loofah.] We also saw many long and snake-like snake gourds. Then it was time to return to school.

I enjoyed the trip very much. I hope Mum will bring me back one day as she is so into gardening.

The Library

Today I went to the library. I like going to the library because I like to read books and there are many books at the library for me to borrow. Books are nice to read. I like
to read Fiction books more than Non-fiction books. My mum makes me carry all my books on my own, she tells me to borrow as much as I can carry. My favourite authors are Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The books I borrowed today are:
The Tempest retold by Marianna Mayer, King Lear retold by Andrew Matthews, Paddington Goes To Town by Michael Bond and Winnie's jokes by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.

My Hong Kong Trip

I went to HK on the 29/11/09 Sunday. Before we went we had lots of packing to do. We packed warm clothes because it was very cold in HK. I was very excited! Finally the day came, I had to go for ballet first, then I got changed and off we went! At the airport we had to wait for the checkin counter to open. After we checked in we went to eat.Then, we went shopping. YAY! My mum bought a book called Coraline. [now we have the CD too] then we had to run to catch the plane. On the plane it was BORING! as I don't like to sleep and I couldn't, I did not find anything to do. When we got to HK it was very late so we went to our hotel and checked in then, we went to eat beef noodles which I don't like to eat. After that we went to 7 Eleven to buy BIG bottles of water to fill up our water bottles. Then we went back to the hotel to sleep. The hotel room was very nice, it had one big bed a single bed and some kind of chair and bed combined together. I slept on it. The next day, we went to my mum's old work place, then we went to eat dim sum. MMMmmm! nice! Then we went to the peak. The next day, we went to Ocean park. I could go for many many rides but my brother couldn't. The next day we went shopping and sight seeing! we bought some paddington bear sweaters and later we went to a night market and bought many cute stuff including a watch for me. The next day, we went to Macau. We had to take a ferry to get there. I hated the ferry ride it made me feel sick. It left my mum rocking for a few days. I like Macau because it has lots of yummy food. The next day we returned to Singapore. I like HK and I hope we will go on another holiday soon.