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

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

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

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

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

Noteworthy

Dear all,
I am SO pleased to announce that the following pupils had successfully handed in their noteworthy TB on Friday, 22 July.

Girls                                   Boys
Livia                                  Ignitius
Vanessa                             Wang Yao
Min Hui                              Jin Jie
Jonessa                              Ray
Julia                                   Jeremy
Xin' An                              Wei Chen
Zi Xin                                 Wen Kang
Yi Xue                                Braden
Charissa                               Vikash
Jia Hui                                            
Andrea                                           
Jing Yi
Min Fang
Pei Xuan
Kernix
Gracelyn
Diyanah
Dina   
Felinda 
Zhi Qing

I have 21 girls and 21 boys in the class......

Not too happy with those who have not handed in!!!!

Angry,
Mrs Mak

Motivational Talk

Dear all,
I am sure you learnt something from the entertaining speaker in Friday, 22 July 2011.

Reflect on 3 learning tips that you took away and 1 that you can apply in the form.

The school has done alot for you to prepare you for your last lap of the race. Those who are still in your "well",  it is time to come our of your "well" to face the reality!

Days to Prelim written (22 Aug 2011) -29 days. Days to PSLE written(29 Sept 2011)  - 68 days.

Those who have been working hard, you will see your fruit of your labour on 24 Nov.

Those who think you have been working hard, you probably will not have a good harvest. Are you ready to have a basket full of unripe fruits or even not developed fruits?

"There are no short cuts to any place worth going." - Beverly Sills
Found in your school diary pg 49

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Noteworthy

Dear all,
Please complete your noteworthy Pg 52-56 in the book itself
Working must be shown in the space provided by the brown book(Noteworthy book).

Love you,
Mrs Mak

Sharing your answers

Dear all,
Click here to share your answers.

Racial Harmony Day

Dear all,
Please go to P6-8's blogspot to view the clips prepared by Mdm Toh on the ethnic fabric- sarong. It is very informative and you have to read it!

Everyone is expected to be in your ethnic costume.
This will be the last year you will be wearing your ethnic costume in PPS, make it a memorable one.

As the days for PSLE draws near, let's not forget that there are certain festivals, occasions, celebrations that are worth participating in. We must not forget our roots, of course you know what I mean.
The  next upcoming one will be the Latern Festival and hope to see you participating too!

Meanwhile, please help me solve the problem.

Remember the video shown by Mr Khamil this morning? Be a winner for yourself and you can count on the teachers in PPS to give you their best support.

Bear in mind that the PSLE journey is not meant to be completed by you alone. You have all the support - Your teachers, your parents, friends and yourself.  Let's race the last lap together and enjoy the fruit of your labour on 24 November 2011.

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Questions posed by Glenn and Aik Chong

Dear all,
Please click on the link to input your answer in the form.

Love,
Mrs Mak

FTGP

Dear all,
Please fill in the form.

Love,
Mrs Mak

Thank you - Prelim Practice 1a Q14

Dear Zhi Heng,
Thank you for submitting your answer and the encouraging words in your response.
You are the first to submit.

Love,
Mrs Mak

Prelim Paper 1a Q14

Dear all,
Can you help me to solve the following problem. Provide me with the various methods you can come out with and record them in the form.
The average mass of a group of children is 20 kg. When a boy who weighs 28 kg joins the group, the average mass becomes 21 kg. How many children are there in the group now?

Love,
Mrs Mak

Feedback on Post SA1 Whole Numbers worksheet

Dear darlings,
Re : Post SA1 Whole Numbers worksheet
The Post SA1 Whole numbers worksheet was not well attempted by most of you. On Monday, when you receive it, please try again using the "balloon method". I tried using the method and the working was minimized and with the model drawn correctly, the question became easy to solve. There were a few who remembered vividly how to use the algebra method which you have it in your secret recipe book. You can also refer to it.


While I am away on course on Monday,....
On Monday, during lesson, continue with the revision 2 exercise in the workbook.
I have yet to confirm with Mr Ho regarding the Supplementary class, so if he is not able to take your class for Supplementary, please stay in class to take the test for Prelim paper 4a. Setting should be like examination condition. Integerity my foundation. No calculators allowed. No communication amongst yourselves.

Homework
Noteworthy and Prelim Practice 3a Q11- Q18 to be in my locker on Monday morning.  
I am still waiting for Prelim Practice 3a Q1- Q10 from those who did not know they had to hand it in last Friday.

I was really happy to see Aik Chong's and Julius' Prelim 3a. Aik Chong and Julius, keep it up !
LYS, I am waiting for your Prelim 3a Q1-10 and your changed attitude....

I will be in school on Monday to pick up the homework. Please give me homework to mark....
Love you always,
Mrs Mak

Any questions to share?

Dear darlings,
Please key in your questions.

Love you always,
Mrs Mak

What to do for Prelim Practice 2a?

Dear darlings,
Please look through your Prelim Practice 2a. For questions that you got them wrong, set a parallel question on each question.
Also,log on to MConline to work out the questions on Volume prepared by Mconline.

Love,
Mrs Mak