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Happy Chinese New Year

2008-02-07T00:03:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all of you.

Its a long weekend, so let's make full use of this short holiday to enjoy ourselves.

See ya on Monday.

Greetings!!

2007-12-29T11:41:00.000+08:00

Happy new year to all of you!

How are your holidays? Hope that all of you are recharged for the new year...

Enjoy the remaining 4 days of rest before returning to school.

Normally, at this time of the year, many students will be concerned about the books and things to be brought to scholl on the first day of school. Therefore, I shall prepare a list to let you (Yes...5 Dominic Lasallians or rather 6 Dominic... ;p) know.

English

Celebrate English Textbook 6A

Celebrate English Activity Book 6A

1 Vocabulary book

1 single-line exercise book (Spelling and Dictation)

Mathematics

Math Textbook 6A

Math Activity book 6A

1 single-line exercise book (Math 1)

Science

Science Textbook 6A

Science Activty book 6A

1 biology book (blue coloured)

Files

English File (Blue)

Math File (Yellow)

Science File (Green)

These are the books to bring on the 1st day of school. One IMPORTANT thing to take note: Write your name on all the books and files. Bring your pencil case and a stapler to school!

That's all....Enjoy and see you in school.

Answers (Science Mock Exam Paper 3)

2007-10-18T19:37:00.000+08:00

Answers:

1. 4
2. 2
3. 1
4. 3
5. 4
6. 2
7. 3
8. 2
9. 1
10. 2
11. 4
12. 4
13. 3
14. 3
15. 2
16. 3
17. 3
18. 1
19. 1
20. 2
21. 3
22. 4
23. 3
24. 1
25. 3
26. 3
27. 4
28. 4
29. 2
30. 4

31. I will go through this question in class.

32.a) chlorophyll
32.b) X - plant cells without chloroplasts
Y - plant cells with chloroplasts
Z - non-plant cells / no cells / dead cells / animal cells

33. a) Father : F2
Mother : M1
33. b) The bodies of males are more slender than the females. OR The males have 2 fins on the
underside of their bodies.

34.a) It is a plant that does not bear flowers but grow from spores.
34.b) coconut / lotus / nipah / mangrove
34.c) D

35. Circle the fishing rod, well, tap and spanner

36.a) W - anti-clockwise
X - clockwise
Y - anti-clockwise
Z - anti-clockwise
36.b) change the direction of movement/force OR change speed of movement/force

37.a) C
37.b) 200g to 220 g slightly more than 200g
37.c) Distance moved by effort is the same as distance moved by load

38.a) 12 cm
38.b) 3 cm
38.c) The greater the weight being added, the greater the extension of the spring OR
With every 40g weight added, the spring increases its extension by 2cm

39. Step 1: Compress the spring
Step 2: Place the toy car in front of the handle A / spring
Step 3: -
Step 4: Measure the distance moved by the toy car

40.a) P
40.b) Q

41. I will go through this question in class.

42. I will go through this question in class.

43.a) A and B
43.b) A and D
43.c) Put more batteries

44. Step 1: Take a deep breath and blow into the rubber tube
Step 2: Look at the markings of the bottle and find out the volume of air is in the bottle.
Step 3: -

45.a) The fishes will die.
45.b) The oil prevents oxygen from dissolving in the water.

46.a) I will go through this question in class.
46.b) in the dark/at night/no light/no sunlight

Answers...(Science Mock Exam Paper 1)

2007-10-18T19:09:00.000+08:00

Science Mock Exam Paper 1

1. 2
2. 2
3. 2
4. 3
5. 1
6. 4
7. 1
8. 3
9. 2
10. 3
11. 4
12. 4
13. 1
14. 3
15. 4
16. 3
17. 3
18. 1
19. 2
20. 2
21. 1
22. 4
23. 2
24. 2
25. 2
26. 1
27. 3
28. 1
29. 4
30. 4

31.a) A
31.b) Animals in Group D have a hard body covering, a body made up of three segments with two pairs of legs in each segment.

32.a)
32.b) 3 siblings
32.c) 2 cousins

33.a) Larva stage
33.b) It feeds on the leaves of plants at this stage. OR It eats the leaves of plants. OR It
destroys crops by feeding on leaves of plants.

34.a) Animal X has lungs.
34.b) It has a ribcage to protext its lungs.
34.c) Digestive system
Circulatory system

35.a) Line X
35. b) Plants that grow from plant parts grow faster than plants that grow from seeds.

36.a) Both bars should be below 100 cm3 but A should be shorter than B.
36.b) To ensure that the water is not lost due to evaporation.

37.a) Set-up A
37.b) In set-up B, the moue gave off carbon dioxide but the carbon dioxide was used by the
plant for photosynthesis.

38.a) Respiration
38.b) The plant makes food in the presence of sunlight and produces water vapour. There is a
continuous supply of water due to condensation of water vapour and evaporation and the
plant uses the carbon dioxide given out by the ant to make food.

39. I will go through this question in class.

40. a) 6
40.b) 18
40.c) The greater amount of the force exerted on the spring, the greater the extension of the
spring. OR The lesser the amount of force exerted on the spring, the lesser the extension
of the spring.

41.a) Container B has the biggest exposed surface area.
41.b) Amount of wind/humidity

42.a) The wax will start to melt.
42.b) Heat ravels from point A (a hotter place) to the wax (a cooler place). OR Metal conducts
heat.

43.a) Liquid P is a conductor of electricity. OR Liquid P conducts electricity. OR Liquid P allows
current to pass through.
43.b) Put in more batteries.
43.c) The rods were non-conductors of electricity.

44. Metals become flat when hit with a hammer but non-metals break into pieces.

45. a) I will go through this question in class.
45.b) No. The moon reflects light from the sun.

46.i) Wooden block X
46.ii) Put some powder/water/lubricants between wooden block X and the surface of the table.
46.iii) There will be a change in position / direction / speed.

Answers (Math Revision Paper)

2007-10-18T18:38:00.000+08:00

Hi Children....

Yes...I can only be online at night.

These are the answers that you have been waiting for.....

Math Revision Paper:

1. 3
2. 4
3. 3
4. 2
5. 2
6. 4
7. 1
8. 3
9. 1
10. 1
11. 4
12. 3
13. 1
14. 2
15. 3

16. 793 264, 763 924, 736294, 724 396
17. 12
18. $17 500
19. one eighth (1/8)
20. fishing pond
21. 3 : 5
22. 75%
23. Make sure that the sides of the equilateral triangle is 6 cm and each angle will be 60 degree
24. 50 degree
25. 12 cm
26. a) 100
b) 87
27. a) 195 000
b) 500
28. 16
29. 12.5%
30. 72 degree
31. Angle ABC is 40 degree
32. 10
33. $2.50
34. $470
35. I will go through in school.

Perservere!!

2007-10-11T19:12:00.000+08:00

hi my dearies in 5D,

I'm very glad that none of you complained when I gave you so many sets of homework today. Some of you even requested for more...haha... :D

Just a note to all of you.

Remember..This is the last lap before your SA2 exam. Do continue to perservere...Its just 11 more days. Do make full use of the time and study hard!

Well...I will see all of you tomorrow!

Love all of you!!! Work hard! Your efforts will definitely be paid off!!!

GOOD NEWS!!!

2007-09-05T16:56:00.000+08:00

Good news!!!

Prithivi's and Liak Gee's groups got into the finals.....YEAH!!! I am very happy now because this is the first time that any group get into the finals.....

Friday: 9 am to 11 am (DLSS Robotics Lab)
Saturday: Meet in school and we will have a bus to bring you to the Science Centre...

Get ready for more action!!

PS: Jeremiah: DO you want to join us on Saturday?

Tuesday

2007-09-04T12:19:00.000+08:00

Its Tuesday!!

I had a very busy day yesterday. I was in school at 6.45 am to bring the children to the Science Centre and we reached school at about 5.50pm. It was a very tiring day. We were at the Science Centre for the National Junior Robotics Competition. It was my 4th year going for this competition. Guess what! Our school has a chance to get into the finals this year and we will know the results later in the evening. *Pray hard* If we get into the finals, there will be training on Friday and the finals is on Saturday! Get ready for more, Prithivi, Jia Ying and Willis!

My kids went for the webpage designing workshop yesterday. Got the beautiful pics from Mr Lee's blog. Thanks!

Enjoy.

Girls.....Caryn, Yi Ning, Serene, Celine and Rachel

Justin....Chien Wei....Jeremiah....

Nantha with Priyah

Zhi Yuan

Brian with Caryn's back view...

Girls...Anne, Brenda and Angel

Brian again? John..Devendren..Bryan..Nygel...

Term 3 Week 10

2007-08-30T17:52:00.000+08:00

It is term 3 week 10. 30 weeks had passed and only one more term is left.

Yesterday, the Lasallians received the parent notification. I went through the parent notification with them, asking them to take note of the important dates. While reading out the important dates, I then realised that there will only be 5 teaching weeks in term 4. ONLY 5 TEACHING WEEKS!! Oh my. Its really a very very short term. I'm worried as I don't know if I can complete the syllabus. haha....

On a lighter note, tomorrow is the Teacher's Day celebration, so there will be teacher's day mass at 10 am, followed by concert at 11 am. Therefore, it will be a rather short day tomorrow. Haha...yes...Teacher's day dinner is also tomorrow.

But but...I got Robotics training in the afternoon, so I got to rush home to bathe before going for the dinner. BTW, i got a chauffeur tomorrow, so I will not be late for the dinner.

It feels good to have a short break though I have to spend the whole day at Science Centre on Monday! Do you agree with me, 5 Dominic Lasallians? haha...

Have a good holiday!! All of you will have to work very very hard when you come back from the one week holidays.

:->

Reflection.....deep in thoughts

2007-08-22T15:58:00.000+08:00

It has been quite some time since I have updated.

Well, well....in the twinkling of an eye, its already CA2. I have been with my beloved students for about 3 terms and that's like 8 months. Wow. Time really passes very fast.

All the P5 teachers stayed in school and marked the Mathematics paper yesterday. I was anxious to know the marks of the students. Thus I stayed back in school to add up all the marks. Sigh...

Should I say I still have some expectations afterall? I was expecting them to be able to do the questions that I have taught. I was expecting some of them to perform better than they did in SA1. I was expecting....I was expecting someone to score an aggregate that is nearer to 50 or even 50.

No! That person did not disappoint me. A BIG NO NO.

His marks is not near to 50 at all. However, his results has improved from SA1 to CA1. He is a clever boy. He can do much better than what he is doing now. He gave me hope during last week's remedial class. He told me that he would do me proud by working really hard for the CA2 Math paper. He said that he would do his very best to try to pass. I was very very happy when he said that. I was really touched as I believed in him.

I really do not know how I should be feeling. That made me spend some time to reflect last night. Finally, I came up with this. Nothing constructive. Just how I really felt.

Dedicated to my beloved students of St 5 Dominic:

I'm very proud of all of you.

I'm proud that you have not given up hope in your studies despite facing a lot of difficulties. I can see the effort most of you are putting in. I'm very happy that most of you are still trying hard.

YES!!! PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND DO NOT GIVE UP.

I know that the learning journey to getting that pass (50 marks) in Mathematics paper is tough. I understand how all of you feel. I really do. Trust me.

Perservere. Never give up. You will definitely succeed one day.

YOU DEFINITELY WILL! :D

WOW....the full dress rehearsal....

2007-08-07T21:29:00.000+08:00

Today was the final rehearsal before the BIG DAY tomorrow.

I was very pleased to see that the performers in 5 Dominic put in their best effort to perform.

All of you have done a great job. I'm so proud of you!

On a side note, the CA2 is coming soon... The first paper is on 20 August. Please remember to

use your time wisely and start revising for your exam.

Remember to finish the homework assigned to you!

Chance upon this website. I found quite a number of posters which i find quite inspirational..Go and browse through if you have the time...

Click this!

Enjoy the long weekend!

:D

Rehearsal for National Day performance!

2007-07-27T14:22:00.000+08:00

Wow...today 5Dominic had their second rehearsal in the hall. It was a lot better than what I have expected. Well done, Lasallians!

Next Monday, we will have another rehearsal.

*Brian: You have done very well. Go and practise your moves at home. I;m sure you can do much better!!

TGIF

Lemon Battery

2007-07-27T14:17:00.000+08:00

Hi...

Can lemons provide energy to light up a bulb? Zaccheus, what do you think?

Click on the link to find out the answer...

Enjoy.

Short update

2007-07-24T19:10:00.000+08:00

Class, today we had our first rehearsal for the National Day performance. Most of you will already have a role. I will try to include all of you in the performance. :D

This is the link to the MTV (Grease Summer Loving)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVPGKNnG_ME

Do practise at home for those involved in the dance.

Rachel and Bryan Tey, remember to memorise the scripts.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary book
2. Science Spelling on Thursday
3. English Spelling on Friday
4. Survey in asknlearn ( I will show you where to find the survey in class.)
5. Bring your spelling book!!!!

All right! Enjoy the evening with your family. Good night!

Something interesting

2007-07-05T13:59:00.000+08:00

Boys and girls...

This is the link to the website which I have showed you today. Do spend some time to try it. I think you will enjoy it. Besides science activities, there are also maths activities. Do try it out as well. Have fun!

Homework:

1. English Spelling
2. Science Spelling (Next Monday)
3. Bring 2 A4 coloured construction papers, scissors, colour pencils and double sided tape next Monday ( For Art lesson)
4. Project work - group work (research on electricity - to be handed in on Monday)

Have fun!! See you all tomorrow!

:D

Electricity

2007-07-03T08:37:00.000+08:00

Good morning, 5 Dominic Lasallians! I have started on a new Science topic - Electrical Circuits. I'm sure you are very interested to find out more about it.

Here are some links in which you can read up:

History of electricity {Click here}
what is electricity? {Click here}
how electricity works? {Click here}
Static electricity {Click here}
Light bulb {Click here}

Have fun exploring!!

Its Friday....TGIF

2007-06-29T14:59:00.000+08:00

Well, first week of school is over...Next monday will be Youth Day holiday, so do not come to school... :D

St 5 Dominic pupils, please spend some time to revise what I have taught this week, especially for Maths. *Remember to revise*

Homework for the weekend:

1. Math Acitivty Book Review 3 (Question1, 2, 3, 4 & 8)
2. Find one English newspaper article.
3. Science Practical test next Thursday.

I will start teaching electrical circuits (unit 9 of 5B Science) next Tuesday. All of you can start reading up on electricity.

Do find time to enjoy yourself during this long weekend. We will continue to work hard next week....

See ya...!

First Day of School

2007-06-25T16:11:00.000+08:00

I just reached home. I quickly switched on the computer to come online..haha..I got a big surprise. I saw many students tagging in the chatbox...

Wow...I am very happy... *jumping around for joy* hehe..

Hi 5D students!!!!! *WAVING*
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Well, today is the first day of Term 3. I hope all of you had a good rest during the holidays and all are ready to work hard in this semester... All of us will work hard together!! *Promise me??*

Homework: Vocabulary book (due on Wednesday)

Things to bring : Thermometer
Social Studies TB and AB 5B

See ya tomorrow... :D

Welcome!

2007-05-30T21:58:00.000+08:00

Welcome to this blog. =D

Mr Lee and Miss Teo were commenting that they started up a blog and they will be using it as a platform to communicate with their Lasallians. Therefore, I decided to follow suit and TADA!!!

St 5 Dominic Lasallians, do go to Miss Teo's blog for tips on composition writing and comprehension skills. Do check out the link at the side on PSLE oral skills as well.

Enjoy your holiday!!