Science Nova this coming Frion 28/03

Dear Parents,
This coming Friday would be the science nova day where pupils will get to have hands-on experience and get to carry out certain experiments. Not to worry this experiment will not be graded but more of a means to allow pupils to gain more experience in science.

This term is really a tight one and I urged everyone to work closely and submit their work on time alright. I am sure everyone in 4E can do much better than this. Some of your are not really up to standard yet.

Oh yah we are going to Kampong Glam on the 7th of April. Any parent volunteers? Please email me at low_kiah_wee@moe.edu.sg Have a great day everyone!

Welcome back to school as we celebrate Janel's Bday as well!

Welcome back everyone. It's going to be a bitter struggle term with SA1 in the 8th week. This term is really going to be a real tight one so may I invite everyone to tune yourself and get ready for the battle.

But for a start on the first day of school, let's celebrate Janel's birthday! She turns 10 on the first day of the 2nd term. Her birthday always falls during the holidays so this year is an exception. We allowed her to hold a mini celebration. I shall let the pictures do the talking!

The Birthday cake!

My EXCITED pupils

Mdm Leong and Janel's Mummy get excited too!

Oooo Ain't it Sweet!! Mummy and Daughter...

Parents, I want your opinions.

I have spend my lovely Saturday afternoon doing marking! While I must say that everyone had performed much better in this PBT test there is something that disturbs me pretty much.

I still find pupils not showing proper working despite numerous reminders in class. This means that quite a handful of pupils still use the top down approach and scribble their working all over the space provided. They did not use the left to right approach, writing line by line on how they arrive at the answer.

This time round, I still award working marks to the pupils but I am afraid in official exams I will have to follow strictly to the marking scheme. I know in some cases that other teachers do deduct some marks from pupils. The reason is that since it is a practice where marks are not recorded down, teachers want to allow pupils to understand the importance of showing proper working.

As such this results in some confusion, parents will wonder "Why this teacher never deduct marks while others do or why last time never deduct now in exams marks are deducted." Do your think that I should deduct marks even for practice to set things right from the start? Parents, I would like to hear from you. You can email me your feedback to Low_kiah_wee@moe.edu.sg

Thank you.

Mr Low Falls Sick......

Hello everyone. How was the PBT test today? Was it easy? I sure hope everyone can do much better than the mock paper. Bet your must be really happy right then I didn't come school these 2 days. I am down with fever and stomach flu in case your are wondering why I did not come to school these 2 days. Yucks had to eat all the plain porridge that my mum cooked (Make sure your don't tell my mum about her horrible porridge else she is going to come after me).

Well I miss everyone. Hope your did not give the relief teachers a tough time eh! Alright I am gonna get your PBT papers tomorrow to mark them . Please don't give me more heart attacks ah!!

See your on Monday! = )