New blog for 2H2 in 2013

Dear all,
the new class blog is http://sss2h2.blogspot.com

Congratulations to winners

 Congratulations to the winners below for the various awards and competitions:

Class Star Awards:

Hockey Tournament - Silver - Istiharah, Dini and Nurfadilah

1st Prize in the Butterfly Garden Design Compeition - Dini and Nurfadilah

Haziq won in the contest organised by Courts to train at the LFC International Football Academy during Nov 2012

Maritime Museum on 24 Oct 2012

Last day of school

 

Zhiyu has done extremely well and is the proud recipient of the Edusave Good Character award..

 Congrats to Adeline, Zhiyu and Zee for being the top 3 in the class!

Congrats to Coco for being 4th - she will be top next year!

 

Congrats to Haziq!

Congratulations to Haziq who have won a once-in-a-lifetime
chance to train at the LFC International Football Academy
in Singapore!  He will be attending the Academy in November 2012 at Bishan Stadium,
http://www.courts.com.sg/liverpool/be-scouted-landing

Post-exam activities

You do not need to report to school on the following days -
Friday 12 Oct (no paper)
Mon 15 Oct (Marking Day)
Mon 22 Oct (Promotion Day)

You must report to school on 16 Oct - to check your exam scripts. Any errors in marks must be alerted to the teachers.
17 Oct (Wed) - you will check the marksheet - final marks for promotion - no changes after that. You will also be starting the sexuality education on Wed. There is a story telling competition for assembly.
18 Oct (Thurs) - Normal timetable
19 Oct (Fri) - ICT lesson before recess followed by Sexuality education after recess
23 Oct (Tues) - Inter Class games before recess followed by survey in the comp lab after recess
24 Oct (Wed) - LJ to Maritime Museum, Sentosa
25 Oct (Thur) - last day of school, issue report book

Minor amendment to EOY exam timetable

EOY exam topics tested

Thanks to Zhiyu for posting EOY Exam Topics. 

• English(4th October): Paper 1-Section A-Grammar Editing(Q1-5 errors identified,Q6-10 find the errors). Section B- Letter writing(Choose 1 either Formal or Informal). Section C-Essay 4 questions(Narrative, Personal Recount and 2 questions for Persuasive Essay. Choose 1 only) Paper 2- Visual Stimulus, Comprehension(Narrative and Non-Narrative Text) and Summary. Paper 3-Listening comprehension. 

• Maths-Chapter1-8 Especially TSA and Volume. 

• Chinese- All the Chapters for 1B textbook and 意见，事实，比喻，拟人.

• Science-Chapter 1:Pg2-19, Chapter 2,3-Pg 20-49. Chapter 10: Pg 142-155. Chapter 11-Pg 156. Chapter 4-Pg 50-85, Chapter 3-Pg 30-49,Chapter 13:Pg 184-203, Chapter 5-Pg 66-85,Chapter 6-Pg 86-101, Chapter 7-Pg 102-129. 

• History-Ancient Civilisation- Chapter 1,2,3 and S'pore History-Chapter 2,3. 
• Part A - Short Answers
  Part B - Source-Based Questions
  Part C - Structured Essays (Each questions is broken up into 3 parts.)

• Literature-True/False(With Evidence)(In the Repair Shop), MCQs(The Iron Giant), Short answers Questions(In the repair shop&Iron Giant.)

• D&T-Design Situation, Design Consideration,Design Brief,Sketching, Stages of Design Cycle, Development & Realisation, Image and Mood Board, Ergonomics, Product Analysis, 4 Types of Motions and Isometric Drawing. 

• Art-Prep Work of the Sweet designs and the Art work. Please refer to the earlier post for details

Art Prep work for EOY exam

Please remember to do your prep work for art and bring it for the exam on 10th Oct.

End-of-year exam and post exam activities

Remember to revise for your End-of-year Exam which starts next Thurs. All the best and shine like a star. Please be punctual for the papers and bring the necessary stationery. You do not need to report to school on Friday 12 Oct (no paper) and 15 Oct (Marking Day). You will report on 16 Oct to check your papers and marks. You also do not need to report to school on Mon 22 Oct (Promotion Day) and the last day of school will be 25 Oct (Thurs) as 26 Oct is a public holiday (Hari Raya Haji). We will be visiting the Maritime Museum on the 24 Oct and you will get your report book on 25 Oct.

Please start your revision now - all of you would be able to do well. Remember to do the prep work for art once you have gotten the instruction handout as some of you did not do well in MYE as you did not do your prep work.

vote for Haziq in the Liverpool to be scouted contest

Please vote for Haziiq n this soccer contest.
Voters will also stand to win other attractive prizes!
http://www.courts.com.sg/liverpool/be-scouted-student#13. 
Thank you.

Class Photo Order

I like the candid shot most- do you?

Please bring money tomorrow if you want to order the class photographs. $3 for 5R and $6 for 8R size each. I will collect during the contact time tomorrow (Wed 12 Sept). Please see photo - formal 1, formal 2, informal or candid.

EOY Exam timetable

Please start your revision now - all of you would be able to do well. Remember to do the prep work for art once you have gotten the instruction handout as some of you did not do well in MYE as you did not do your prep work.

Butterfly garden design competition - our class is the winner

Congrats to our team - Nurfadilah and Dina who won the 1st prize! Prize presentation will be in October and I will update more in Oct! http://butterflygarden.sharp.com.sg/

1st Prize: Team sss1sd2

1. NURFADILAH 
2. DINA 

2nd Prize: Team wendy1s6

1. WENDY
2. SUMEDHA 
3. RISHIKA 

3rd Prize: Team serangoon1s5team2 

1. LEE YAN YEE

ACES day and Teachers' Day Celebration

Thanks to those who have contributed to the awesome notice board decoration! Please remember to keep the class clean and make the teachers proud of the class.

Program flow for 31st August (Dry and Wet Weather program).

Students' Attire: Half Uniform--> Boys (PE Shirt + Pants) and Girls (PE Shirt + Skirt (shorts inside)) and (school shoes or sports shoes)
Strictly NO Class T-Shirt


Dry Weather
0735: National Anthem and Pledge
0745: All levels to proceed back to classroom to put their bags
0800: Aces Day workout --> [Lower sec at the hall] + [Upper sec at parade square.]
0830-0920: Class Celebration +Recess
(Lower sec Recess at 0830-0900, Upper Sec Recess at 0850-0920)
0920-0935: All students to proceed to HALL. All staff will be waiting in staff room waiting to be ushered down by Prefects
0945-0955: Teachers Day Message (Mr Singh)
0955-1020: Awards (Caring T, Inspiring Subj T, Good Deeds)
1020-1100: Teachers Day Concert (StaR Factor special)
** Latest to end by 1110hrs**
**Teachers to reach parkmall by 1145pm as Muslim Male Colleagues need to leave latest by 1230**


Wet Weather (Main changes in RED)
0735: National Anthem and Pledge in classroom
0800: Aces Day workout --> [Lower sec proceed to hall] + [Upper sec (Class Celebration+Recess).]
0840: Aces Day workout --> [Upper sec proceed to hall] + [Lower sec (Class Celebration+Recess).]
0920-0935: All students to proceed to HALL. All staff will be waiting in staff room waiting to be ushered down by Prefects
0945-0955: Teachers Day Message (Mr Singh)
0955-1020: Awards (Caring T, Inspiring Subj T, Good Deeds)
1020-1100: Teachers Day Concert (StaR Factor special)

** Latest to end by 1110hrs**

CME test 27 Aug 2012

The CME Assessment will be conducted during VE lesson next Monday, 27 August. The duration of the test will be 40 mins, comprising of MCQs, fill in the blanks and short structured questions. The marks for the test will be recorded as the CME grade for this year. 

Students will be tested on knowledge of the School Heritage and their moral reasoning skills.


(1) School Heritage
School -  Vision, Values, Crest & its representations, Song, StArs logo
All the above info can be found in the student's handbook and school website.

(2) Moral Reasoning skills based on CME values
Test on the students' moral judgement in response to moral dilemmas. There will be MCQs and short, open-ended questions.

Science Practical and Class Test

Message from Mr Foong:
a) Science Practical session (to prepare students for the coming Science Practical Test) on Wednesday [22-Aug-12],
b) Science Class Test (to enhance students understanding on Topics of Elements, Mixtures and Compounds [23-Aug-12]

Science Topic covering at the moment: Solution and Suspension.

Science Practical Sessions
1SD2 : 8:45am to 9:45am [Class size: 40]
Come down straight and meet MR FOONG outside Chemistry lab (level 1 at Block G) at 8:45am

Science Practical will be pair work

Science Class Test Topic: Elements, Compounds and Mixture.

Grouping for English reader theatre

please work as a team to finish this English presentation well as it is part of CA

COMMON TEST 2

Please do your best in Common Test 2. Make use of the SR3R method to study for your test as mentioned during the VE lesson.

Topics Tested in common test 2

• English-Comprehension
• Maths-Algebra,Rate and Speed,Basic Geometry and Mensuration of Planes and Solid.
• Science-Elements, Mixture and Compounds and Separation Techniques.
• Chinese-Topic 1-3
• History-Ancient Civilisation Chapter 1-3 and Singapore History-Chapter 2.3
• Literature-The Repair Shop scene 1,2.

FYI- Literature and Chinese are tested during class timetable

CIP - Maintenance of the Butterfly Garden