Tuesday 4 October 2011

Science Paper

Dear all,
How's the Science paper today?
Hopefully you were able to answer all the questions and had read your questions carefully.

Meanwhile, those taking Higher Mother Tongue tomorrow, all the best.

Reporting time is as usual at 7.15am. Your rooms will be at P6-4 and P6-5 classrooms for HMT CL and HMT (MT & TL) respectively.

Those not having HMT, enjoy one day off and remember to be back on Thursday to celebrate your last Children's day. Do come dresssed in the Theme " Rainbow".

See you on Thursday :))

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Monday 3 October 2011

Science Paper tomorrow

Dear all,
Hopefully today's Mother Tongue paper is a breeze for you. It was a regret that I did not get to see the paper.

Do revise carefully the concepts and go through the tips that Mr Ho had given you on how to answer the questions. Read carefully what is required of you in the answers.

Sleep by 9pm tonight.

Love you,
Mrs Mak

Sunday 2 October 2011

Mother Tongue Paper

Dear Darlings,
How was the Maths Paper? Any tough or challenging questions? I hope you can solve at least 95% of the questions. Please post your comments.

For Mother Tongue paper, please put in equal amount of effort to do well. Remember that every subject carries the same weighting - 100%.

After the Mother Tongue Paper, please head straight home to revise your Science and look through the notes and tips that Mr Ho had given you.

Please stay away from fried food till 6 Oct. Drink water and make sure you have enough rest.
Have a restful and fruitful Sunday. Sleep by 9pm tonight.

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Thursday 29 September 2011

Maths paper tomorrow

Dear darlings,
How's the English paper today? Please post your comments!

For tomorrow, please read carefully and bring in your CAREFUL friend. However, don't be too careful that you lose track of time and have not time to complete the questions.

For Paper 1(Booklet A and Booklet B), it is meant for you to score. I have confident that all of you will be able to score.

For Paper 2, you must watch your time too. Remember what I said? If you are stuck for a while, circle the question and move on to the next. Check your answers and workings to minimise the chances of losing marks. This paper is meant for you to score at least a 52 marks.

How do I know? Remember I can predict? Ha! Ha!
What question will come out ? I don't know the exact questions but those concepts we learnt in class sure to come out!


Please revise your Primary 5 secret as well.

Remember to sleep early and have a good nite's rest and be ready to score tomorrow.

Livia, Julius, Vanessa, Zhi Qing - I am very sure my time spent on Saturdays with you are not wasted as you will give me my "result slip" to show me how well I have done. Please give me at least an A........*. I believe I deserve it !

Calculators - stickers please ask Mr K or Mrs Lee in the hall if you still did not receive them.

Set squares, protractor, rulers pencils, erasers, highlighters must all be ready in your pencil cases.

Models - use pencils to draw.

Handwriting - Be neat and legible.

Bring in all your sharpened "tools" to showcase your skills. You know what I mean?

If you think you can't solve a question, break it down and ask yourself quietly what variables are you given? What concept are you tested on?
I am sure you can solve part of the question in worse case scenario. Complete the 30 or 18 questions in Paper 1 and Paper 2 respectively.

Visualisation questions- remember the 4 golden rules?- Label, pull out, draw lines and cover to see big and small pictures.

Go and aim at the STAR tomorrow. I want to have the excuse to buy an expensive sunglasses to wear on 24 Nov. Please give me this opportunity!

Best wishes from your loving Mrs Mak.

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Eve Of PSLE

Dear Darlings,
I am finally home! Very tired...

For tomorrow, please be extra vigilant in reading your composition questions and take note of how you want to develop your stories. I am very confident that Mdm Madinah had gone through with you the tips on how to write a good composition. Stay focused and develop your story to capture your readers' attention.
Good phrases will definitely enhance your content.

For tonight, please rest well and be in bed by 9pm!

Have your breakfast and make sure you are at your best condition for examination.

All the best and aim for your STAR!

I would need those girls who helped me this morning in the hall to lend your hands to Mrs Lee to paste the labels on the chairs and park the chairs like you did. Jonessa, please help.... Thanks.


Be Kind to yourselves by giving yourselves the best...


Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Thursday 15 September 2011

PSLE LC

Dear all,

Tomorrow is your BIG DAY before your BIG BIG DAYs on 29 September.

Please be alert and listen ATTENTIVELY to the questions. As your are looking at the pictures or questions, do cast your eyes on the options as well. Some options can be very tricky, do NOT be tricked.

The narrator will repeat the script so listen to check your answer and don't rest on your laurels to think that you have given the correct answers. 20 marks is what you must aim for to get for the paper. You definitely can get as you have the gift of listening if you choose to pay attention.

Meanwhile.....

Reporting time tomorrow : BY 8am

Remember your grouping : Jason, Vanessa, Braden - CL7 / EL7
                                         Jonessa to Zhi heng  - CL8 / EL 8
                                         Dina, Diyanah, Vikash - ML2 / EL 9

Exam should end ard 12.15pm. Make necessary transport arrangement.

NO HANDPHONE, PLEASE!

Love you,
Mrs Mak

                     

Friday 9 September 2011

Maths questions

Dear all,
Try out these questions on the rough papers and we will discuss them in class on Monday during Supplementary class.

1.  On Monday, there were 600 more male adults than female adults at the farm. On Tuesday, the number of male adults decreased by 10% while the number of female adults increased by 20%. There were 1170 adults altogether at the farm on Tuesday.
(a) How many male adults were there at the farm on Thursday?
(b) If each farm ticket cost $8, how much money was collected from the sale of the tickets for the two days?

2.  Mr Devran sold 160 more durian puffs than cream puffs on Wednesday. On Thursday, the number of durian puffs sold decreased by 10% while the number of cream puffs sold increased by 20%. A total of 459 durians and cream puffs were sold on Thursday.
(a) Find the number of durian puffs sold on Wednesday.
(b) If each puff was sold at $1.20, how much money did Mr Devran collect from the sale on Wednesday and Thursday?


3. Shop A sells a mobile phone for $494. This is 30% more than the price of a similar model in shop B.
(a) Find the price of the mobile phone in shop B.
(b) During a sale, both shops offered an equal percentage discount on the mobile phone. Henry bought the mobile phone in shop B and found that he paid $85.50 less than the discounted price in shop A. What was the percentage discount?

4.  Shop A sells a digital camera for $512. This is 28% more than the price of a similar camera in shopB.
(a) Find the price of the digital camera in shop B.
(b) During a sale, both shops offered an equal percentage discount on the digital camera. Mr Roger bought the digital camera in shop A and found that he could have saved $84 if he had bought the digital camera in shop B. What was the percentage discount?

Do make good use of this weekend to recharge yourselves fully before the start of the school term.
Corrections for Practice 8a, 8b and 9a, please make sure you clear them.

Have a good weekend !

Love you,
Mrs Mak

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Prelim Science results

Dear all,
Below is the raw results for your prelim science. Like English and Maths, I had arranged the results from descending order. Those names highlighted in red are those below the average marks.

Prelim Science ( highest 92.5, lowest, 60, average 77.8
HO XIN YING, ANDREA
LEE HUI YI CHARISSA
LOW KANG NGEE
RAY TEO HUI YUAN
WANG YAO
DONOVAN LIM WEI BIN
YAP ZHI HENG
AU XUE QI VANESSA
YAN YI XUE
LEOW JUN HENG
FONG YI NING, JULIA
GRACELYN HO RU TING
TAN KHOON KIAT
LEE PEI XUAN
BRADEN TEO WEI REN
LIM WEI CHEN
NG ZI XIN
CHUA YI XUAN JONESSA
TAUNG MIN HUI
FELINDA YEO YAN YING
LOON JIA HUI
VIKASH KUMAR S/O SIRIKUMAR
ANG JASON
LIM WEN XING, JULIUS
LIVIA LOW LI YI
GLENN FONG WEI QUAN
IGNITIUS GOH YU ZE
KERNIX SIEW YUQING
LIAUW YONG SHENG
DINA IMAN BTE KHAMILNULLAH
HENG AIK CHONG
KOK JIN JIE
SUREND S/O THIYAGARAJAN
HO JING YI
HO MIN FANG
TENG ZHI QING
LEE WEN KANG
NUR DIYANAH BTE MOHAMAD YUSOFF
HOU XIN'AN
KU SHI JIA
NEO WENYANG, JEREMY


For tomorrow, we will be going through the Prelim Maths Papers and then you will bring them home for signature as well as to "digest" your mistakes and make sure you understood where you had done wrongly and do not repeat the mistakes again.

The canteen will not be operating, so you have to bring your own snacks.

Hope you have been working hard the past few days. I will see you tomorrow at 7.30am in the classroom.

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Monday 29 August 2011

Preliminary Practice 8b

Dear all,
For Q13, angle z is the acute angle at point B. It is blocked by the shaded area of the triangle.

Do make use of these few days to reflect what you can do to ensure you can have a fruitful revision before 29 Sept. Be
S- specific (have a timeline to set  yourself on the subject or topic you want to revise)
M- measureable ( how can you tell your revision is effective? )
A-achieveabe ( how do you know you have achieved your target or aim in that revision?
R- results ( if you were to do a parallel question on that concept, can you apply it and fully understand
     how to solve the problem?)
T- timebound ( with one hour, can you maximise your time to revise or it was wasted because you have 
     squandered the time daydreaming or doing something else)

Meanwhile, I have done a rough calculation of your results based on class average and max and min score for Maths and English.
Do use it as a benchmark to gauge where you stand in class and pull up your socks!!!
Those who are above the class average, do not be conceited. Those who are below, make sure you do not stay at the bottom for PSLE!

Those in red are below class average. The names are arranged in descending order in terms of marks.
English (average : 78.6, highest : 91.3, Lowest : 59.5)
LEE HUI YI CHARISSA
YAN YI XUE
HO JING YI
AU XUE QI VANESSA
BRADEN TEO WEI REN
FONG YI NING, JULIA
RAY TEO HUI YUAN
WANG YAO
LIVIA LOW LI YI
SUREND S/O THIYAGARAJAN
LOON JIA HUI
DINA IMAN BTE KHAMILNULLAH
HO MIN FANG
HOU XIN'AN
KERNIX SIEW YUQING
ANG JASON
VIKASH KUMAR S/O SIRIKUMAR
HO XIN YING, ANDREA
CHUA YI XUAN JONESSA
GRACELYN HO RU TING
NUR DIYANAH BTE MOHAMAD YUSOFF
LOW KANG NGEE
DONOVAN LIM WEI BIN
LEOW JUN HENG
TAUNG MIN HUI
LEE PEI XUAN
FELINDA YEO YAN YING
TENG ZHI QING
LEE WEN KANG
LIM WEN XING, JULIUS
LIM WEI CHEN
GLENN FONG WEI QUAN
IGNITIUS GOH YU ZE
KOK JIN JIE
NEO WENYANG, JEREMY
NG ZI XIN
TAN KHOON KIAT
HENG AIK CHONG
KU SHI JIA
YAP ZHI HENG
LIAUW YONG SHENG
LIU FAN


Maths (average : 83, Highest : 100, Lowest: 58)
NG ZI XIN
LEE HUI YI CHARISSA
HO XIN YING, ANDREA
RAY TEO HUI YUAN
YAP ZHI HENG
DONOVAN LIM WEI BIN
LEOW JUN HENG
LOON JIA HUI
HO MIN FANG
LOW KANG NGEE
VIKASH KUMAR S/O SIRIKUMAR
BRADEN TEO WEI REN
IGNITIUS GOH YU ZE
LEE PEI XUAN
YAN YI XUE
NEO WENYANG, JEREMY
GRACELYN HO RU TING
WANG YAO
KERNIX SIEW YUQING
FELINDA YEO YAN YING
HO JING YI
TAN KHOON KIAT
KOK JIN JIE
GLENN FONG WEI QUAN
LEE WEN KANG
CHUA YI XUAN JONESSA
ANG JASON
FONG YI NING, JULIA
LIU FAN
HENG AIK CHONG
DINA IMAN BTE KHAMILNULLAH
KU SHI JIA
LIAUW YONG SHENG
LIM WEI CHEN
TAUNG MIN HUI
HOU XIN'AN
SUREND S/O THIYAGARAJAN
TENG ZHI QING
LIM WEN XING, JULIUS
NUR DIYANAH BTE MOHAMAD YUSOFF
AU XUE QI VANESSA
LIVIA LOW LI YI

For those who did well for this prelim, continue to work hard. For those who did not do as well as you had expected, reflect what went wrong and continue to work harder. I believe those who have the DRIVE and MOTIVATION and the THIRST for A*, you will get your A*. If you leave it to fate, then you will not get anything.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. - Alfred A. Montepart


Monday 22 August 2011

Maths Paper 23 Aug 2011

Dear darlings,
For the Maths Paper tomorrow, remember to bring your CAREFUL friend with you. Be meticulous in your checking. Ensure that ALL questions are attempted and workings are all shown. Please do not ASSUME the markers can read your mind if you do not show your workings.

Legible handwriting is crucial! Shi Jia, Yong Sheng, Surend, Aik Chong, Andrea, Zhi Qing, Ray, Wei Chen, Khoon Kiat, Wang Yao, please be EXTRA careful with your handwriting!

Calculators, set squares, Protractor, ruler and general stationeries must be with you in school.

For questions that requires rounding off, look carefully and round off carefully. For circles using pi, round off at the last step otherwise your answer will be affected. READ your questions with care.

Meanwhile, for your English paper, there are a few children who did not perform as well as expected. Please pull up your socks. Below are the few names that I could recall:

Heng Aik Chong
Kok Jin Jie
Tan Khoon Kiat
Liauw Yong Sheng
Liu Fan

Please ensure you do well for the rest of your papers, otherwise, your aggregate total will be affected.
As I always mentioned and repeated, no one subject is less or more important than another. They are ALL equally important as they carry the same weightings.

Last but not least, School bags! Bring a small bag.
-Your recess will be at 9am. You should finish the Paper 2 by 12pm. So you only bring your Science stuff.
- Place your school bag neatly in two rows outside the classroom.

Most importantly for tomorrow, READ your questions carefully and be at your best behaviour. Your future is in your hands.

Love you,
Aunty Loh Soh Mah

Thursday 18 August 2011

Oral Day 1

Dear Darlings,
How's the Oral for Day 1 ? For those having the English Component, was it easy? Were you able to describe the picture? Conversation? Were you able to engage the examiners? I hope everything went on smoothly. How about the Mother Tongue Component?

Post your comments.

Stay composed and look confident for the oral tomorrow. Continue to give it your best shot. All the best for tomorrow.

After that, concentrate to prepare for your Prelim for next week.

On Monday, please do not bring a big heavy bag to school. Have a small bag with ALL the necessary stationery in your pencil case, a story book. You will be having examination for the whole day, there will not be time for much teaching. Bring your secret recipe and good attitude and your CAREFUL friend.

Prelim is important as it tells you how well prepared you are for your PSLE.

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Wednesday 17 August 2011

Last Minute advice

Dear darlings,
For those who are in the first session, remember to report by 7.10am. Please inform your parents that you will be kept in the auditorium after your oral till around 10 plus. Latest by 10.30am you will be dismissed.
Bring your foolscap and pencil case.

For those in the second half, your reporting time is by 9.30am. After the oral, you will head straight home.

Look through those oral practices you had and go through them once and do make use of good phrases  for your picture discussion. If possible, do try to see if you can link up the discussion with our STAR values, meaning you can say that if the boy had self-discipline, he would not be burning midnight oil to prepare for his examinations. He is imposing unnecessary stress on himself.

During your preparation time tomorrow, do go through in your mind how you are going to respond in the conversation component. Understand the question and if not clear, politely ask the examiner to repeat,
" Could you repeat the question?"
Think through carefully and not be narrow minded in your interpretation of the question, like the word "neighbour", you know what I mean?

Key word : ENGAGE your examiners. LOOK at the examiners during the conversation, not at your question paper. Maintain eye contact! Put on a smile :)
OPen your mouth to read. Read clearly and be audible, don't mumble.
Take note of your posture. NO FRIED FOOD! NO SPICY FOOD!

Introduce yourself : I am _________, my index number is __________.
May I take a seat? (Maintain eye contact!)

BE A STAR FOR YOURSELF TOMORROW.
You have come so far, waiting for this day. Give it your BEST SHOT!

Spiritually with you,
Mrs Love you dearly...

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Oral examinations

Dear Darlings,
Please stay focused and give the best of yourself in this coming Oral examinations.

Nobody can make you do what you can do best, only yourself.

Do not allow yourself to be short changed by your poor attitude. You must continue to be a fighter and the urge to fight for a place in the better schools must always be your driving force.

What you need to know has been taught to you. It is then your chance to show off your application skills now to the examiners what know and are capable of  doing better.

Nobody is born to fail. With perseverance and resilience, we will see success.

For Oral, remember that the examiners are here to give you marks, not deduct marks.
Please go and get the marks by doing what you can do best - Talk!

Show off your skills by engaging in intelligent conversation with the examiners. Look confident and leave a good impression with your well thought through answers.

Love you always,
Mrs Mak


Sunday 7 August 2011

National Day celebration 8 August 2011

Dear all,
For tomorrow, remember to come to school in RED T-shirt with school shorts or skirt.

Bring your secret recipe and your maincourse answers which we have not gone through.

Do Remember to work on your lantern (see samples below) and bring it to school by thursday. Your design for your "iphone" is also due on Thursday.

Jeremy, Wang Yao and Charissa, please bring back the certificates that I had returned to you. I need them  for the recognition day on Thursday.


Love you always,
Mrs Mak









Wednesday 3 August 2011

Science

Dear All,
I have decided on Mr Ho's behalf that you will do those MCQ and open ended questions on Adaptation and Man's impact on the environment in the PSLE booklet itself.

Love,
Mrs Mak

Speed Questions from P6-8

Dear all,
Please visit P6-8's blog and look for the posting in July on speed. Let's revise that topic and since questions are readily available, we will try those questions.

Always there for you except on PSLE exam days,
Mrs Mak

Tuesday 2 August 2011

Secondary Schools

Dear all,
I went to look up the book which you will be receiving at a later date on choosing your Secondary Schools.
I thought you had better be well informed of the cut-off points. The results are based on 2010's cohort, thus when you get your book this year, there may be some changes to the cut-off points. Use the data below as a reference:

                                              Express
Anderson                             248 - 268
ACS(I)                                253 - 269
Catholic High                       249 - 264
Cedar Girls                          244 - 271
CHIJ (St Nich's)                  249 - 276
Dunman High                       260 - 282
Hwa Chong                         259 - 283
Maris Stella                         232 - 248
Nan Chiau                           232 - 252
Nanyang Girls                     263- 287
National Junior College       259 - 278
Raffles Girls                        263 - 284
Raffles Institution                262 - 284
Victoria                              246 - 270
Xin Min                             242 - 263

Do start to think of where your grades will lead you to. It is not too early to plan for your choices.

Remember Ms Chua spoke to you about the IMPORTANT word "CHOICE" and the MOST FEARFUL word "REGRET"?

Which word would you choose? The choice is YOURS...

Always there for you,
Mrs Mak

Main Course - 3 August 2011

Dear All,

Reflection : Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. - Alfred A. Montepart

1. Mavis and Janice have some beads each. If Mavis gives 30 beads to Janice, she will have 4 times as many beads as Janice. If she gives 150 beads to Janice, she will have 1 1/2    times as many beads as Janice. Find the number of beads Mavis has.

2. There were some marbles in Box X and Box Y.    1/4  of the marbles in Box Y were taken out  and put into Box X. After this, both Box Y and Box X contained the same number of marbles. If there were 120 marbles in Box X in the beginning, how many marbles were there in Box Y at first?


Your chef,
Mrs Mak

Monday 1 August 2011

Main Course

Dear all,

Reflection:Well done is half done - Aristotle (Pupils diary Pg 55)



1.   10 jugs of water can fill  5/8    of a pail. Another 4 jugs and 5 cups can fill the remaining part of the pail. How many cups of water can the pail hold?


2.   A slice of cake cost 5 times as much as a bun. Yani spent  1/5   of her money on buns and  1/2   of the remainder on 4 slices of cake. How many buns did she buy?


3.   Ali and Muthu share a sum of money. If Ali gives  1/2  of his share to Muthu, Muthu will have $48 more than Ali. If Ali gives 1/4 of his share to Muthu, Muthu will have $28 more than Ali. What is the Alis share?             

Your chef,
Mrs Mak

Saturday 30 July 2011

Missing!!!! Please HELP!!!!!

Dear all,
This is a panic situation!  Maths exercise books LOST! It's only 22 days to Prelim (23 August Maths Paper)!! How? How? I am really anxious!!  I searched high and low for them but to no avail.

I cried the whole night, lost count of the sheep I was counting to get to sleep, oopz! Should be lost count of the lost books I was counting...

Could the owners or anyone who has seen the books please kindly return them to P6-9's blue square locker outside the staff room by Monday morning 7am?

Your help is greatly appreciated and the pupils whose books I could have misplaced would thank you from the bottom of their hearts as I know the content in the book is really important to them, or at least is dear to me.

The list of owners whose books I cannot find:(2 Books)
Ang Jason                                       Ku Shi Jia
Heng Aik Chong                             Diyanah (1 book)
Ignitius Goh
Leow Jun Heng
Julius Lim (1 book)
Liauw Yong Sheng
Lim Wei Chen
Liu Fan
Low Kang Ngee (1 Book)
Jeremy Neo (1 book)
Yap Zhi Heng

Yours sadly,
Mrs Mak

Friday 29 July 2011

Main Course

Dear darlings,

Reflection : We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle (Pupil diary Pg 47)


Your long awaited questions:

1.  3/4 of George’s salary is equal to 1/3 of Patrick’s salary.
   If Patrick earns $2000 more than George, find their total salary.

2. At first, Sarah had 4/7 of the number of marbles Jack had. When Sarah received 36 marbles from Jack, both had the same number of marbles. How many marbles were there altogether?

3.  The number of goats in Farm X was  9/4 the number of goats in Farm Y. After 35 goats were transferred from Farm X to Farm Y, there was an equal number of goats in each farm. How many goats were there altogether?
Love,
Mrs Mak

Thursday 28 July 2011

Main Course

Dear darlings,

Reflect on this maxim : Talent without discipline is like octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards or sideways.- H.Jackson Brown, Jr  (Pupil diary Pg 44)


Please try these 3 questions:

1. In a class,  3/5    of the pupils are girls and  1/6    of the girls wear spectacles. If   3/4   of the boys wear spectacles, what fraction of the pupils wear spectacles?
 
2. Mrs Rahim baked some muffins.   3/4   of them were blueberry muffins and the rest of them were chocolate muffins. She sold 5/6 of the blueberry muffins and  1/2  of the chocolate muffins. She had 20 muffins left. How many muffins did Mrs Rahim bake?
 
3. Ahmad and Mei Ling saved $800 altogether.   1/4 of Ahmad's savings was $65 more than  1/5  of Mei Ling's savings. How much money did Mei Ling save?

Love,
Mrs Mak

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Appetisers

Dear Darlings,
Your serving of appetiser is as follows:

1. A container weighs 14kg when it is filled with liquid A. The same container weighs 5 kg when it is filled with liquid B. If liquid A is 4 times as heavy as liquid B, what is the weight of the container?


2. Audrey and Benny had 44 marbles. Audrey and Collin had 52 marbles. The total number of marbles that Benny and Collin had was 56. How many marbles did they have altogether?

3. Mr Tan had 80 pens. He had 4 times as many pens as notebooks. After he had sold an equal number of each item, he had 7 times as many pens as notebooks left. How many of each item did he sell?

You should find these questions a breeze to solve.

Love,
Mrs Mak

Reflections for Prelim Oral

Dear all,
It is important to reflect on your performance in Prelim Oral so that you can do a self check on what worked well for you and what did not.

Love,
Mrs Mak

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Challenging Questions

Dear darlings,
Please try these 2 questions and we will discuss them tomorrow.

1. A drum contains 9 litres more water than a rectangular tank. When 3 litres of water is poured from the tank into the drum, the volume of water in the drum is 11 times the volume of water in the tank. Find the volume of water in the drum at first.


2. Club X had 320 more members than Club Y. When 80 members left Club Y and joined Club X, the number of members in Club X became 5 times the number of members in Club Y.  How many members were there in Club X at first?

Love you always,
Mrs Mak