Bring 1 light recyclable/eco-friendly  bag tomorrow to bring home subject files. 

1) Sign Report Book

Do go through the report book today, sign and allow our child to return tomorrow. If not, latest by this Thursday, 15 Nov.
*Do also refer to the Primary 2 book list. It will show you the books our children will need to have for P2 next year.


2) Sign Travel Declaration Form

Do fill in the travel declaration form and allow our children to hand in tomorrow. If you child is not travelling anywhere this year-end holidays, do indicate with a nil. 


3) Bring 1 Light Recyclable/Eco-friendly  Bag

1) 1 Light Ecofriendly Bag 
For these few coming days, all of you will be getting back your books, files and materials which you have in our classroom. Your subject teachers may also be returning you your items. You may like to bring a light ecofriendly bag to contain them and bring them home. If you do not an ecofriendly bag, you could bring a plastic bag.
*Above is an example of an ecofriendly bag.

Sign 5 English and 1 Maths Test Papers

The following test papers have been given out to our children today. Do go through them with your child / ward, sign and allow our children to bring to school on Next Monday, 12 Nov. 
1) English
- Vocabulary and Grammar Test Paper
- Visual Text and Comprehension Test Paper
- Listening Comprehension Test
- Writing Test
- Spelling Test
2) Maths Revision Paper


ZPS Shining Stars 2018 (Thursday, 8 November 2018)

A gentle reminder that it will be our Speech and Drama performance tomorrow. 

Reporting Time: 1 p.m.

Dismissal Time: 5 p.m.

Attire: PE attire and school shoes

Do have your child eat his or her lunch at home before coming to school.

We look forward to you coming to watch our children perform. For parents/guardians who are coming, do come at 3 p.m. 

Marks Processing Day (Friday, 9 Nov)

There will be no school on this day. Our children need not report to school.

1) Sign form (Parent Symposium 2019 - An Invitation To Parents Of P2-P6 Pupils)

Parent Symposium 2019  (Thursday-Friday, 3-4 January 2019)
There will be a Parent Symposium at the start of next year and we would like to invite parents and guardians to attend this symposium. There would be workshops and parenting talks.

I would need your help to indicate on the acknowledgement slip which workshop you would like to attend and your dietary preference. If you are not attending, please do indicate a "0" for the number of people attending or indicate nil.

Practise For Oral

Use the oral practices given to you today.

1) Practise reading aloud. Read with clear pronunciation, audibly and with good pace.
2) Practise timulus-Based Conversation. Share confidently and as much as you can without the teacher's prompting.

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Oral Test (This Thursday, 1 November)

There will be oral test on this Thursday. 

Do practise reading aloud passages, look at pictures, describe and develop responses as much as possible without the teacher's prompting.

The Princess And The Frog Speech and Drama Performance (Next Thursday, 8 November)

Our children will be putting up a performance titled "The Princess And The Frog" in our school hall on next Thursday. The song sheet has been given out to our children. They will need to practise singing these 3 songs which they have learnt in class.

You may like to get your child/ward to sing to you the songs and do the actions.

Do set aside some time everyday to practise singing these three songs at home. 

Tee Bird In The Happiness Tree
There’s a sunshine bird a whistling
High up in the happiness tree
And when you’re sad
Just listen to the glad
Tweedle dum, tweedle dum, tweedle dee

You're A Frog
You’re a frog
You’re a frog
You’re a frog
Up on the log

You croak, croak, croak
And that’s no joke
You’re a F-R-O-G, frog!

We Are The Witches Three
We are witches
Quite contrary
We are merry, scary vary
Playing pranks
Extraordinary
Of us you had best
Be vary

You'll a waken
Shaking, quaking
With the mischief that we're making
Merry, scary vary whee!
We are the witches three

For children who are the narrators and be performing as main characters in this play, do practise your script as well.

1) Maths workbook and worksheets: All corrections

2) Sign
- Maths Workbook Corrections Page (First page in the book)
- Maths Revision Paper

1) Maths Workbook: Pg 79-88

2) Sign
- 2 English and 2 Maths Practice Papers
- Maths Workbook Pg 1

Our children may keep their Maths workbook 1B Part 1 at home.
*Note: Our children will have English Vocabulary and Grammar Test on next Monday and Maths Test on next Tuesday.

1) Do English Practice Paper

1) Sign Visual Text and Comprehension Practice Paper 2
*Note: Our children will have English Visual Text and Comprehension test tomorrow.

2) Maths Workbook: All corrections

1) Sign Visual Text and Comprehension Practice Paper

2) Maths Workbook: All corrections

1) Sign Listening Comprehension Practice Paper

2) Maths Workbook: Pg 15-18

Important Test Dates To Take Note Of

Do take note of the following important test dates:

English
Sound Discrimination, Picture Matching and Listening Comprehension (Monday, 22 Oct)
- Pick the correct word, picture and answers based on the word sounds, sentences, instructions and passages respectively that are being read out 

Visual Text and Reading Comprehension Test (Wednesday, 24 Oct)
- Read a poster and answer questions based on the poster read
- Read a passage and answer questions based on the passage read

Grammar and Vocabulary (Monday, 29 Oct)
*A practice paper has been given to our children yesterday

Read Aloud and Stimulus-Based Conversation (SBC) (Thursday, 1 Nov)
- Read aloud a given passage
- Given a few pictures and questions asked by the teacher, describe and develop responses as much as possible without the teacher's prompting

Maths
Maths Topical Test (Tuesday, 30 October)
- Tested topics are
1) Whole Numbers Within 100
2) Addition and Subtraction Within 40 (With and without regrouping)
3) Multiplication
4) Division
5) Money

Homework (For PSLE Week)

Our children need not report to school from Next Monday to Thursday as it will be the PSLE marking week. Our children will need to do the following homework:

1) 3 Practice Papers (2 English and 1 Maths Practice Papers)

2) 1 Read Aloud (Practise reading aloud the passage) and Stimulus-based Conversation (Look at pictures and respond to questions, share as much as possible)

3) 1 Maths Puzzle Kit

4) 3 SLS Homework 
Website link: https://vle.learning.moe.edu.sg
Each of our children has received a paper slip with their SLS account user username and password today.  

Video Clip Song

Read Mr Gumpy's Outing book and answer questions 

Watch a video clip with narration of book and do Five-Finger Retelling questions

1) P1 Reading Comprehension Term 4 - Mr Gumpy's Outing

Watch Addition and Subtraction Word Problems video clips

Complete 4 word problem questions

2) Solving Word Problems: Addition and Subtraction (PSLE)

Select digits which total up to given number on the right (in grey)

3) Addition Block Games 


ZPS Shining Stars 2018 (Thursday, 8 November 2018)

Our children will be putting up their Speech and Drama performance, The Frog Prince, on Thursday, 8 November. We would like to invite you to come to school. Our children have put in much effort in their training since the start of the year and all of us would love to have you watch them perform on this special day. Your attendance will definitely root on for our children. Do join us if possible!

Do confirm your attendance with this link by Wednesday, 17 October: http://tinyurl.com/ZPSShining2018 

*For each pupil, a maximum of two family members can come along. 

Please note the following arrangements for our children on this day. There will be no school on this day. 

Reporting Time: 1 p.m.

Dismissal Time: 5 p.m.

Attire: PE attire and school shoes

Do have your child eat his or her lunch at home before coming to school.

1) Revise 40 spelling words
2) Sign class spelling quiz
3) Show letter (ZPS Shining Stars 2018)

- Maths Workbook Page 1-4, 7-8

- Sign
1) Maths Test
2) Spelling paper
3) 2 English Worksheets (The Nightmare In The Closet and There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly worksheets)
4) Form (Home Based Learning (HBL) during PSLE Marking Days form*)
*More details will be given to the children on this Friday.

1) Learn 40 spelling words for Thursday's spelling quiz and Friday's spelling test

Things To Do Today

1) Learn spelling for tomorrow 
*A gentle note that we will have our weekly spelling tomorrow (on Tuesday instead of Wednesday) for this week.
2) Sign 
- Spelling paper
- A Day In School Writing
- 2 Maths worksheets (Multiplication and Division worksheets) 


Writing Practice (Optional - For Revision)

Our children have received a writing practice paper today. If our child / ward would like to practise his /her writing for this Wednesday's writing test, he/she may do practise this writing. Our child will not need to hand it in to me.  

Happy Children's Day!

A little message for our children... 💗

Dream big, work hard for your dreams and always show care to everyone around you. Be healthy, well and happy! 

Sharity Envelope (Monday, 8 October)
For children who would like to do a donation:

1) Place the cash or cheque in the envelope, seal it
2) Fill in your particulars on the envelope
3) Hand in to me on Next Monday, 8 October.

* Donation is not compulsory. 

Happy Children's Day to all our children

Homework

The Day You Celebrated Your Birthday

Writing: The Day You Celebrated Your Birthday (Hand in on Next Monday, 8 Oct)

Choose 1, 2 or 3 pictures and do a writing on the above topic. Remember to write in the following: 

1) Setting (Time and place that your story took place)

2) Characters (People and pets)
3) Events (What happened in the story)

After completing, revise and check that you have done the following:
1) Start every sentence with capital letter and end with a punctuation mark.
2) Write in past tense.
2) Count the words, make sure there are at least 80 words.
**For pupils who have gotten a writing guide, you may choose to use this guide. Fill in the blanks, then rewrite on the lined paper.

Things To Do Today

1) Sign spelling paper and learn spelling for tomorrow

Important Test Dates To Take Note Of

Do take note of the following important test dates:

Maths Topical Test (Next Tuesday, 2 October)
- Tested topics are
1) Whole Numbers Within 100
2) Addition and Subtraction Within 100 (With and without regrouping)
3) Multiplication
4) Division

Writing (Wednesday, 10 Oct)
- Write a composition based on at least 1 of 3 given pictures 

Spelling Test (Friday, 12 Oct)
- Spell words which will be selected from the 40 words in our Term 4 spelling list  
- There will be a class spelling quiz on Thursday, 11 October

Today's Homework

1) Writing: A Day In School
- Write
- Revise 

2) Maths Workbook (1B Part 1): Pg 99-104

Things To Do Today

1) 2 Maths Worksheets: Multiplication and Division
2) Sign Maths Workbook Pg 45
3) Maths Workbook: Corrections, if any


Children's Day Celebration (Next Thursday, 4 October)

We will be celebrating our Children's Day on Next Thursday. 

Information for our children:
Theme: Dream For Tomorrow
Reporting and Dismissal Time: 7.25 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. (as per usual)
Attire: Sleeved shirt with pants/skirt or dress 
Things To Bring: Water bottle, storybook

*Our children may also choose to dress themselves up, according to the theme, as different professions they aspire to work towards to, such as fireman, officer, chef, etc., or superheroes such as Captain America, Wonder Woman, etc. 

Things To Do Today

1) Sign spelling paper and learn spelling for tomorrow