class 2justice

JEP

2007-11-13T22:01:00.000-08:00

Yummy Insects

2007-11-13T21:25:00.000-08:00

We had a great time learning about insects. We learnt that insects
have feelers, 3 body parts and 6 jointed legs. We created our own
insects which are good to eat!

Ladybug made from jelly and grapes.

Chocolaty caterpillar!

Yummy and healthy butterfly.

Sweet oreo ant.

PBL 2

2007-10-14T18:07:00.000-07:00

After our examination, we kept ourselves busy with PBL. This is our
second PBL project for the year. This time round, we were given the
task of designing a garden for Mrs Brown who had purchased a flat in
Woodlands.
After our teacher introduced the problem to us, we got into our groups
and formed our own 'landscaping company'.
We created our KND chart and discussed what we know about the
problem, listed the things that we needed to know and planned what we
needed to do.

We went on a learning journey to Gardenasia in order to learn more
about plants and landscaping. We also learnt how to take care of
plants and how to prevent mosquitoes from breeding.

Listening attentively to a talk on plants.

Some of the beautiful plants we saw at Gardenasia.

Some of the water features we saw there too!

Examples of how to design a garden at the balcony.

PBL in Action

2007-10-14T17:50:00.000-07:00

Selamat Hari Raya

2007-10-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

Fun with Mathematics

2007-10-01T17:39:00.000-07:00

Our school is always coming up with new things to make the
learning of Mathematics fun and exciting. Besides doing
Mathematics Project and Mathematics Trail, we had a little
taste of Mathematics performance task.

We are required to apply our knowledge of length and mass
in order to complete the task given. Although it was a simple
activity, we found it to be quite fun and would love to have
more of such activity next year.

Be Yourself Day

2007-09-23T20:30:00.000-07:00

We had a 'Be Yourself Day' competition last Thursday. Each class
sent a representative who dressed up in beautiful and unique
costumes. The participants talked about their costumes. Some
sang, danced and did cute tricks for the judges.
Captain Hook represented our class. Although he did not win,
he had fun and enjoyed himself.
Below are the winners of the competition:
A Korean singer and dancer, an Indian freedom fighter and
a Green Wizard.

Learn Grammar @ the Hub

2007-09-23T17:03:00.000-07:00

In Admiralty Primary School, our teachers take the teaching and learning of grammar seriously. The members of the English Department came together and created the Grammar Hub.
Charts explaining the grammar rules and the different parts of speech
can be found here. There are also cool grammar games that can be used to make the learning and teaching of grammar fun and exciting.

We went to the Grammar Hub to revise for our exams. We used
the charts to help us recall the grammar rules. We then created
sentences to show the correct use of the different parts of speech.
We wrote our sentences on sticky notes.

We pasted the notes on the wall and did a gallery walk to
read the sentences that were written by our classmates.

We enjoyed the session very much and we will visit the hub again

to play the games there.

You can see more photos of our activity below.

Fun with Graphs

2007-09-03T16:56:00.000-07:00

Last week we wanted to create our own graphs. We decided to
create graphs on our favourite fruits. We worked in groups.
Each member chose a fruit and drew the picture of the fruit
that he/ she had chosen.
Then we had to gather data. We approached our schoolmates
during recess and asked them to select one favourite fruit out of
the 5 we showed them. They then took a sticker and put it on the
picture of the fruit of their choice.

Using the data collected, we went back to class to create our own
graphs. Everyone had a part to play. Some drew lines, some cut
and pasted the symbols and some did the writing.

Then we took turns to come up with a mathematical statement
each based on our graphs.

Finally our graphs are ready!

Everyone was given the chance to take part in the presentations.

We worked well together and created all these wonderful graphs.

We are really proud of our work!

Growing Plants

2007-08-30T21:11:00.000-07:00

After visiting the ecogarden, we decided to grow our own plants.
Our teacher gave us some green bean seeds to grow over the
weekend. We put them in water and the the next day the skin
broke. We could see tiny white roots growing out of the seeds.

Our plants grew well over the next few days.
We could see leaves growing from the seeds now.

Darren put many seeds into one container. His green bean plants
grew into a 'tiny forest'. Our teacher told Darren to separate the
plants and grow them in different containers so that they do not
'fight' for food, water and light.

Our plants are really growing well. We want to transfer them
into a pot of soil and let them grow bigger.

Trip to our Ecogarden

2007-08-25T10:33:00.000-07:00

Since we are learning about plants, we decided to take a trip to
our ecogarden for a closer look at the plants we have there. We
were put in groups and went to the different parts of the garden
which we were assigned to, armed with our magnifying glasses.
We learned many things about plants. We saw that most plants
have leaves, stem, roots and flowers.

We focused more on the leaves and we discovered that there
are many different types of leaves. There are big and small leaves.
They come in many different shapes too. Most of the leaves are green
but there are colourful ones too!

We then went back to class and created a mini booklet in which we
drew some of the leaves we saw. We really enjoyed ourselves.
Take a look at the photos below.

National Day Celebrations

2007-08-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

We celebrated the National Day on the 8th August 2007. We came
in the morning and celebrated together as a whole school. Everyone
came in red. We started off the morning singing the National Day
songs before moving on to the race. We really enjoyed ourselves!

The Power of Stories

2007-08-03T21:31:00.000-07:00

Our school hosted the National Education Seminar on the 1st of August.
This year we decided to use stories to convey the NE messages as we
have found that story telling is indeed a powerful tool. Teachers and
students from the schools in the North Zone went through the various
stations to listen to war stories, kampong stories and stories on friendship.

Our guests also got to sample the different types of food like satay,
kaya toast, malay kuehs and many more.

Colourful Fun

2007-07-21T14:55:00.000-07:00

From primary colours, we moved on to secondary colours.
We flicked the three primary colours onto our paper and then used
the straw to blow so that the paints will mix together to form
secondary colours. We looked at our work and discovered many hidden
objects, animals and people. See if you can see them too.

World Of Colours

2007-07-21T14:29:00.000-07:00

We started the unit on colours by learning about the 3 primary colours.
We learnt about the artist Piet Mondrian who uses primary colours in his
works. Below are our works which are inspired by Mondrian.

Let's Make Music

2007-07-20T14:04:00.000-07:00

When we learnt about sounds, we found out how sounds move and
that there are many types of sounds. We also learnt that animals use
sounds for different purposes like communicating and attracting mates.
We also made our own musical instruments.

Our Fantastic Drummer

Our Super Shakers

Our Guitar Players

First Day of School....Again

2007-06-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

It was great to see everyone again. We spent our day talking about what we did during the holidays. Most of us stayed in Singapore and spent our holidays with our family members.

Some lucky ones, had the opportunity to travel and spend their holidays overseas.

We will feature some of the interesting holiday activities here.

Below are some pictures of Azriel's holiday trip to Brisbane and Gold Coast

in Australia.

Wow! So strong..... Who is more scary-looking here?

Azriel and his family looked like they really had a lot of fun!

Back to School

2007-06-21T12:10:00.000-07:00

School will reopen soon. I can't wait to see all of you again. I hope all of you had a great holiday and are all ready to start the new term. Please remember to pack your bag and make sure you have everything you need for the first day of school. Remember to bring your Art bag too. Looking forward to see all fo you soon!

Cool Videos from Teacher Tube

2007-06-15T18:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Mr Ramesh, I found this cool video and I like to share it with you.
Do enjoy them. I surely did!
You can get more wonderful and educational videos at www.teachertube.com

Holiday Activities

2007-06-02T18:38:00.001-07:00

Holidays are finally here. I hope all of you have lots of
wonderful things planned for the whole family.

I don't know about you but I plan to spend quality time
with the whole family.I think it is great to be able to go
to the movies together, curl up in front of the television
together and catch up with all the goings on.

I also plan to catch up on the many hours of lost sleep.
It is important to get a good long rest and come back
fresh and all ready to start the new term.

My family and I plan to take a short holiday
on an island and enjoy the sea and the sun.
You can also help your parents plan the day out or
a picnic somewhere. I think that would be great!
Do remember to bring back all the beautiful photos
and souvenirs and tell us all about your holidays.

Problem Based Learning

2007-05-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

The Problem
As part of our PBL project we had to take the role of a
housing agent and promote Woodlands to our client,
Mr Brown.

We created a KND chart to help us understand the problem,
asked questions to clarify the problem and planned what we
needed to do in order to solve our problem.

The Resources
We then gathered information from different sources -
the internet, the library, brochures, newspaper cuttings,
our friends and our teacher.

The Products
We decided on different ways of presenting the information
to Mr Brown. Two groups decided to do powerpoint presentations,
two groups did posters and two groups made 3-D models.

The Photos
The photos below will show more of the processes that
took place and the products of our project.

Games Trail

2007-05-27T21:25:00.000-07:00

On the last week of school, we got to go through the games trail.

We had the opportunity to play three traditional games.

We learnt how to play tin cans, pick up sticks and snakes & ladders.

I had so much fun playing snakes & ladders with my friend.

It was not easy to walk on these. I had to balance myself well.

I like playing pick up sticks. I had to pick them up slowly

and carefully.

Look at the pictures below to see how much fun we had!

BBCP - Eureka

2007-05-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

Pencil Holder Project

Another interesting lesson for BBCP - Eureka.
Here we had to create our very own pencil holders
using the scrap materials which could be easily found
around the house. We thought about what we wanted
to create and started collecting the necessary materials.
We spent about 45 minutes making our pencil holders
in class. We enjoyed the session very much!

Take a look at our final products below.

Our Pictures

2007-05-12T08:30:00.000-07:00

Delicious and Yummy Adjectives

2007-05-10T22:45:00.000-07:00

In order to make the learning of adjectives fun and yummy,

we had an ice cream party. We spent some time putting

different toppings on our ice cream. We had chopped nuts,

chocolate and rainbow sprinkles, chocolate chips and chocolate

syrup. We came up with many adjectives to describe our ice cream.

The best part of the whole activity - eating

our ice cream of course!

BBCP - Eureka

2007-05-05T08:15:00.000-07:00

Project - Save The Egg
This activity required us to design and create a
'vehicle' that will prevent an egg from breaking
when dropped from a certain height.
We we given the same number of balloons,
drinking straws, A4 paper, newspaper and elastic bands.
We had to complete this task in two periods.

Planning Stage
We found that it is important to plan what we
want to do. We were given 10 minutes to think
about what we want to create and how to do it.

Let The Creative Juices Flow
We were given 30 minutes to put our plans into action.
It was not easy. Some of us were too excited that we
could not think straight. We had problems with bursting
balloons too!! Some of us had to change our plan because
our balloons burst. We realised that we have to work well
as a team if we want to finish our 'vehicle' on time.

Our Final Product
These are the 'vehicles' that we were able to
create with the materials and within the 30 minutes given.

Moment of Truth
After completing our 'vehicles', it was time to put
them to the test. We went up the fourth floor of
our school building and released our 'vehicles'
to see if the eggs would survive the trip down.......
It was an exciting yet scary moment for all of us!

Sad to say most of our eggs did not survive the trip. Only one egg went away with 'minor injuries.'

Our School Library

2007-05-03T22:08:00.000-07:00

In order to encourage us to read more, we visit the library
every Wednesday. We like to thank Mdm Alice for always
being there helping us return and borrow our books.

IT Lessons

2007-05-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

Yes! I've completed my lessons and tests!

We enjoyed our IT lessons very much. We have been very lucky to have the opportunity to use the computer lab every week. We surfed the internet for information and carried out IT projects.

We also love the 4 computers we have in our classroom.

Cooperative Learning

2007-04-29T10:19:00.000-07:00

I think this is how we do it. What do you think??

Working together and taking turns to solve the problems.

Our completed work.

Learning Journey to the Health Zone

2007-04-25T10:38:00.000-07:00

Briefing by the officer from Health Zone.

Listening to a talk of fitness.

Break Time

Taking a quick snack break.

Wow! There's so much to read and learn here!

Hey! I've found the answers!!!

Fun Zone

2007-04-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

Besides learning and reading about our body, there
are many interesting and fun games for us to play.

Tug it Over with Mr Sumo.
Pull me, Pull me, if you can!

Jump and Reach.
How high can you jump?

Heart at Work!

Down the slide I go!

Get the Big Idea?

2007-04-24T19:30:00.000-07:00

Wow! What big teeth you have???
You're missing some teeth too!
You need to take good care of your teeth.

Some foods are good for our teeth and some are bad.
Do you know what they are?

Visit your dentist regularly but not this dentist!

Our Litterbugs

2007-04-23T22:10:00.000-07:00

We can reuse many things around us.
We reused empty plastic bottles, paper plates,
straws, strings to make our own litterbugs.
Look at our wonderful creations below.

Ladybug, butterfly and caterpillar

The crawling ant

Butterfly from magazine paper

A bee from instant noodle cup.

We can reuse a ball too!

What a beautiful butterfly!

Yu Tong reused a plastic bottle, cardboard

and her fancy hairclips.

Another bumble bee

Another butterfly

A red ant

Tips to Reduce Waste

2007-04-23T22:00:00.000-07:00

Avoid using too many plastic bags.

Bring your own reusable bags.

Save energy.

Switch off the television when not in use.

Save energy.

Do not play on the computer for too long.

Save paper.

Do not use too much paper unnecessarily.

Save electricity.

Switch off the fan when not in use.

Don't litter.

When you see litter, help to pick

up and throw it in the rubbish bin.

Caring for our Environment

2007-04-21T21:30:00.000-07:00

We learnt that it is important to take care of our environment.

All of us have a part to play to protect our earth. We learnt

about the 3Rs and the little things we can do at home to

reduce, reuse and recycle our limited resources.

We decorated paper bags to spread the Earth Day message.

This is our Earth Day bulletin board.

Our Pride Wall

2007-04-21T08:32:00.000-07:00

Caring for the Environment

Caring for Our Body

Occupation

Family

Feelings

2007-04-16T22:10:00.000-07:00

We learnt how to use the thesaurus and looked for
new words to show our feelings. We enjoyed working together.

We are angry, frustrated, furious......

We are happy, glad, delighted.......

We are sad, upset, glum, gloomy......

We are surprised, shocked, astonished.....

We are tired, sleepy......

We are scared, afraid, frightened......

Best Penmanship Awardees

2007-04-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

April 2007

March 2007

February 2007

January 2007

Student of the Month Awardees

2007-04-14T13:27:00.000-07:00

April 2007

March 2007

February 2007

January 2007

Caring for our Body

2007-04-14T12:42:00.000-07:00

We had fun learning how to care for our body. It is important to have a healthy and well-balanced diet. We did a webquest on nutrition and learnt a lot about the different food groups in the food pyramid. We then planned and made our healthy snacks.

These are our happy and healthy sandwiches.
Don't they look great to eat? They tasted yummy too!

Our delicious and cute fruit and veggie salad.

Our fantastic and yummy fruit and veggie kebabs.

We enjoyed the eating session most of all!

International Friendship Day

2007-04-12T22:30:00.000-07:00

We commemorated International Friendship Day and learnt about China and Japan. We found many similarities between the 2 countries like the opera and the cold noodles. We learnt the importance of having good relationships with our neighbouring countries.

Our Work - Occupation

2007-04-11T08:08:00.000-07:00

We enjoy using the computer very much. We did a write up on the different occupations using Microsoft Powerpoint. We learnt how to change the background of our slides and how to insert WordArt. We also learnt how to insert pictures to make our slides more interesting. Using the computer really made learning more fun!

Our Classroom

2007-04-06T15:18:00.000-07:00

This is our new and improved Word Wall.
We had to move it when 4 computers were added to our classroom!

These are pictures of our classroom. This is where we spend most of our time when we are in school. We love our class because it is bright, beautiful and clean. Here you can see our Reading Corner and our Word Wall.

This is our Pride Wall. Our teacher displays our work here.
We change the displays often. We love to read each other's work.

Career Day 2007

2007-04-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

We ended our unit on occupation with a Career Day. We brought tools and gadgets which show the different occupations we have learnt. Some of us also came in the clothes which depict the occupation of our choice. We were given the opportunity to talk about out different occupations.