18 February 2015 - CNY Celebration

Dear Parents,

Some reminders regarding CNY week.

1) On Wednesday (CNY eve), the reporting time for pupils is 7.10a.m (at the parade square). Dismissal time is 9.20a.m. Parents who are picking up your child, please wait in gazebo at 9.10am.

2) Pupils can come in Chinese traditional costume with school shoes or PE attire.

3) P2 pupils will also get to toss Yu Sheng. Hence,please prepare a lunch box (or container) and a pair of non disposable chopsticks for your child to use after tossing. Your child will need to bring a bag to bring the chopsticks and lunch box/ container home. Note, it is vegetarian Yu Sheng and it contains peanuts.Do prepare wet wipes and tissue paper for your child too. 

4) As your child will be coming to school early in the morning, please ensure your child has proper and sufficient breakfast at home to last him or her for the morning.

Hereby, wishing all a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year! :)

Regards,

Mrs Lee

Common Mistakes

Dear Parents,

These are the sentences picked up from pupils' writing.

Free Writing - My Favourite Food

Run – On Sentences (no full stops)

1) My favourite food is hot and sour soup it tasted very sour and there is tofu in the soup.

(My favourite food is hot and sour soup. It tastes very sour and there is tofu in the soup.)

   2) Cheese fries has cheese the fries is made out of potato. I love cheese fries          fries is yellow colour cheese is orange and yellow.

   (Cheese fries has cheese. The fries is made out of potato. I love cheese fries.          The fries is yellow colour. The cheese is orange and yellow.)

   3) My favourite food is macaroni it have oil, chicken, carrot and soup i eat it on        every Thursday at student care, the auntie cook it for me, I can eat and watch          TV, it smell like oil. the macaroni is delicious!

   (My favourite food is macaroni. There is oil, chicken, carrot and soup. I eat it             every Thursday at student care. The auntie cooks it for me. I can eat and watch       TV. It smells like oil. The macaroni is delicious!)

Common Mistakes

Dear Parents,

 

These are the sentences picked up from pupils' writing.

Free Writing - A Shopping Experience

Sentence Structure (too many conjunctions in a sentence)

1) I went to Bali and I went to the shopping centre and I saw a postcard of the sea and it reminded me of the toy I had lost in the sea.

(I went to a shopping centre in Bali. I saw a postcard of the sea. It reminded me of the toy I had lost in the sea.)

2) We went to a shopping mall and I went to Cold Storage and I brought my three sisters out and I put them in the trolley and I pushed them around and I bought bread and orange juice.

 (We went to Cold Storage in a shopping mall. I brought my three sisters out and put them in the trolley. I pushed them around. Next, I bought bread and orange juice.)

3) During the shopping trip, I wanted to buy a flower for my grandmother and plants for my grandfather but my mother did not allow me to buy because my mother said it was too expensive but my mother said I could buy the things that I wanted.

 

( During the shopping trip, I wanted to buy a flower for my grandmother and plants for my grandfather. My mother did not allow me to buy because she said it was too expensive. But she said I could buy the things that I wanted.)

Run – On Sentences (no full stops)

4) Once I went to Korea for eleven days when I reached Korea I bought a teddy bear then I went to the hotel I saw a lot of things in the room there were chocolate and bread.

(Once, I went to Korea for eleven days. When I reached Korea, I bought a teddy bear. Then I went to the hotel. I saw a lot of things in the room. There were chocolate and bread.)

Sentence Structure

5) On the way to the room, I saw my father and he got some presents for my little brother and I.

(On the way to the room, I saw my father and he got some presents for us/ my brother and me) .

6) In Taiwan, my father bought toys for my brother and I.

( In Taiwan, my father bought toys for us/ my brother and me).

*Object --> my brother and me

Common Mistakes

Dear Parents,

These are the sentences picked up from pupils' writing. 

Free Writing - How I spend my holidays

Punctuation

1) One December holiday. I went to Batam.

                                (,)

2) I was so excited. When I went on the Royal Carribean cruise,

                             (when)                                                        (.)

Proper Nouns

3) I spent christmas.

              (Christmas)     

4) I went to china.

              (China)

Sentence Structure

5) Me and my sister enjoyed sliding down the slide. 

 (My sister and I enjoyed sliding down the slide.)                         (*My sister and I-->subject)

6) Me and my brother and my sister play a game.

 (My brother, my sister and I play a game.)               (*My brother, my sister and I-->subject)

 (My siblings and I play a game.)

MWT Slides

Dear Parents,

Thanks for coming down to school to join us in Morning With Teachers.

The slides are now ready in MC Online. ( https://www.mconline.sg/LEAD/login/lms_login.aspx )

You can take a look.

Regards,

Mrs Lee