Some major announcements for Social Studies...

Items to bring for Kampong Glam Heritage Tour

1. A small bag (School bag will be placed in the PE room)
2. Water-bottle
3. Writing materials
4. Poncho or small umbrella
5. Cap*
6. Camera*

* 5 and 6 are optional.

P4 Social Studies Project

Objective: To know about the Malay Culture

After your visit to Kampong Glam, you are given the task to tell the rest of the pupils in schools about the Malay Culture. Design an attractive poster based on any ONE of the followng aspects of Malay Culture:

• Costumes
• Customs and Etiquettes
• Festivals (e.g. Hari Raya Haji, Hari Raya Puasa)
• Food (e.g. Nasi Lemak, Nasi Padang)
• Games (e.g. Congkak, Chapteh)
• Musical instruments (e.g. Kompang, Seruling)

Include pictures (taken from the tour or the Internet) and type-written write-ups (hand-written for those without computer or printer) for your posters.

Relevant 2-D objects (e.g. green packets, origami ketupat) can be included to make your poster look really cool. Be creative andenjoy the process of learning.

Deadline - 4 April 2008, Friday

Ode to English Plurals

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them,
What do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
In which your house can burn up as it burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it out,
And in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

Listing, Draw a diagram and Act it out!

Hi children,

Click on the following link to go the Bobbie Bear Webpage.
Use the digital resource to help you complete the worksheet.
Submission date - Friday, 29 February

CLICK ME

Regards,
Mr Tan Mun Sing

Visit Thailand

THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED.
PLEASE HELP TO INFORM
YOUR FRIENDS
WHO HAVEN'T SENT
THE EMAIL TO AROON!

Hi children,

Below are the links to the places of interest in Thailand

Chonburi and Pattaya

Phuket

Chiang Mai

Songkhla

Read up on the places and send your 3-day itinerary to your friend Aroon - aroonpratap@yahoo.co.th

Hope to hear from you soon.

Cheers,
Mr Tan Mun Sing

Spelling Test for 27 February

These following words are taken from the Science Textbook:

1. properties
2. lever balance
3. plasticine
4. millilitres
5. cubic centimetres
6. inflated balloon
7. measuring cylinder
8. apparatus
9. definite
10. compressed
11. test-tubes
12. states of matter

3 bonus words will be taken from the whole chapter on Matter.

All the best children!

I remain,

Mr Tan Mun Sing

Science Questions on Air

Hi children,

Here are some "airy" questions posed by some of you which I thought are quite intriguing. Why don't you have a look and see if you can help some of your classmates out?

Prying into the affairs of the universe, Gareth asked, "Do other planets in the solar system have air?"
Lee Xian inquired, "If the whole full is full of air, why are we still able to fit into this world?"
The following is a popular question amongst some of you - "Why can't we see air?"
Tara and Rachel, being concerned about the survival of the human race, would like to know if it is possible to run out of air on this planet.
Another popular question - How many types of gases are there in the world?
Last but not least, "Why does the human need air to live?" the ever inquisitive Cher Huey demands to know.

These are just some of the many interesting questions posed by you. If you have a worthwhile comment or two to make, you are welcome to share. Looking forward to a lively discussion!

I remain,
Mr Tan Mun Sing