P5 Adventure Camp Details

Dear Fanatics,

It's the weekend and I miss you all already.

Looking forward to seeing most of you on Monday. We are going to have lots of fun as long as it does not rain.

Some points to note:

1. Do remember to wear track pants and a school shirt like your carnival shirt. Trust me, You will need the 2 pairs of track pants.
2. Please assemble at the sports hall at 730am. I have included the group list below so that you all know which group you belong to.
3. Remember to bring a water bottle. You are going to perspire so you will need to drink a lot of water.
4. If you have asthma, remember to bring your inhaler.
5. Sleeping bags are a MUST. It will be cold and you will need the cushioning and insulation from the sleeping bag. You might want to bring an inflatable pillow. But do not bring too much stuff. You will regret it when you have to bring your bags up the staircase.

Group	Name
1	ANG QING KANG DOMINIC
2	BRYAN FOO SHI SHENG
2	CHAN CHEE HENG
3	HENG ZHIKAI, STANLEY
4	JUSTEN KHOO SHUN WEI
5	KEITH CHEW ZIKAI
5	KEVIN SIM MONG SHENG
5	LEE CHIK HOW, ELISHA DANIEL
6	LEE HON KUAN, REAGAN
6	LEW JING YUAN
6	LIM MING HAN
7	LIM XIAN JIE, TIMOTHY
7	MARK ONG WEN JIE
8	MITCHELL KOK MING EN
9	PECK ERN CHUEN BENJAMIN
9	PHURIPONG NGAMPAKDEEPANICH
10	ONG ZHENG KAI, ETHAN
10	TAN REN XIN, TIMOTHY
10	RYAN GOH JUN WEI
11	SHAWN NG YONG KWANG
11	TAN WEI YONG
11	WONG HAN WEI, KEITH
12	YAP AN, RUSSELL
12	YING ZHI ZHONG, TIMOTHY
12	ZACHARY SOH JUIN JIE

That's all from me. Hope the list above is clear enough.

Regards,

Edmund Wu

Class party and cleaning up

Dear Fanatics,

As discussed in class, these are the items we need to settle for End of year party.

Class Party

1. Games to play

a. Nerf Guns?

i. All shots to be fired in the classroom

ii. Bullets are to be marked or owners who have lost their bullets cannot complain.

iii. No one is to quarrel or fight over battle.

b. Musical Chair (Zach will be I/C of games)

c. No e-games

2. Food to eat

a. McDonalds

b. Pizza Hut

c. Burger King

d. KFC

e. Canadian Pizza

f. Home cooked finger foods

g. Soft Drinks by Dominic

h. Spizza

i. Chips and snacks

j. ICE BOX and ICE

3. Things to bring

a. I need at least 2 mops and a bucket.

b. Cups and plates

c. Cloths (5 pieces)

d. DVDs for movie

e. Cameras are allowed (Photo-taking)

Feel free to comment or volunteer to bring stuff.

All of you know what happened today in school. I want to make sure everything is clean tomorrow and we can enjoy our class party in peace. I will bring a mop and some sponges and detergent.

Do remember that you have swimming classes on Thursday at 10 to 12. We will have some time before to have our party. We will then do some final cleaning up after swimming.

Regards,

Mr. Wu

Urgent!!! Parents needed for ACS Carnival

Dear All,

Here is the schedule so far for the carnival.

Time	Name (Parent & Son)	Name (Parent & Son)
9:00am - 11:00am	Ryan Teh and Father	Zachary Soh 9 to 5 (11 to 2 excused)
	Timothy Tan and Parent	Xavier Tan 9 to 5
9:00am - 11:00am	Richard from 9 to 12	Stanley Heng 9 to 5
	Joshua Poh
10:30am - 12:30pm	Wiranto from 9 to 5	Tan Wei Yong
	Joel Chan and Parent	Lew Jing Yuan
10:30am - 12:30pm
12:00pm - 2:00pm	Keith Wong	Timothy Lim and Mother
	Ryan Goh	Justen Khoo
12:00pm - 2:00pm	Kevin Ong	Shawn Ng
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Bryan Foo	Jun Hao with Parent
	Benjamin Peck	Timothy Lim and Mother
1:30pm - 3:30pm
3:00pm - 5:00pm	Benjamin Peck	Ethan Ong
	Tan Hua Shin	Lim Ming Han
3:00pm - 5:00pm	Jordan Yoong	Stanley Heng 9 to 5

The blank spots on the table are the slots that are needed but not taken up. Please get your parents to help out. I will need a lot of help.

Regards,
Edmund Wu

Urgent!!! Parents needed for ACS Carnival

Dear Parents,

I am appealing for parents to help out in the Games Stall as well as in the Thai Snack stall during the ACS Carnival. I am very sorry for the late appeal but I have had no response from the boys regarding this matter.

On another note, Could I ask if any of you will be free on the 12th of November from 0815-1030. The boys will be going to LTA and will return to school at 1030.

Regards,

Edmund Wu

ACS Carnival 2009

Dear Fanatics,

As all of you know, the carnival will be on the 14 of November.

I need all of you to tell me when you will be coming to help out in the class game stall and if your parents will be helping out as well.

I will ask all of you on Monday and Tuesday when you are available to help out.

There will also be a need to decorate and rearrange the tables and chairs for the carnival.

More details will be forthcoming.

Happy Studying for the last paper!!!

Edmund Wu

Latest updates for Class movie

Wow!

It's been a long time.

Anyways,

I was just informed that I can only leave at 130pm. The only slots available then for Caroline are not 3D, at 220pm.

This means that we can either meet at Cineleisure in front of the Level 5 Box Office at 215pm or Somerset MRT Station Ticketing Office at 2pm then proceed to watch the movie . If you want to play at the arcade you may do so earlier.

Please remember to pass me your Mobile Phone numbers tomorrow. your Group list as well.

Edmund Wu

The Correct File Has Been Uploaded Into AsknLearn.

Dear 5F students,

I am very sorry for uploading the wrong classlist. You can download the correct one from the same lesson now.

Regards,

Edmund Wu

Good News for Me, Bad news for our Outing.

Dear Fanatics,

My sister is giving birth to my first niece this Wednesday. I am quite excited about this but this also means that I will be busy on Thursday visiting my sister and my niece.

I am very sorry about cancelling the Class movie outing. We will plan for one after the term break or even on Children's Day.

When we meet next Monday, I would appreciate your opinions on whether Children's Day (1st October 2009), a Thursday is a good date for all of you to have our class movie outing.

IF this is not possible, then we can have one after the exams.

I am very sorry about this last minute cancellation, especially when so many of you are so excited about it.

With apologies,
Edmund Wu

Movie Outing On The 10th of September

Dear Fanatics,

Please be informed that we will be going for our Movie Outing on the 10th of September. We will be watching G Force.

I am favouring a slot between 10am and 12pm. The price of the tickets is 6 dollars. I will require those who are going to comment on this post with their name and Telephone Number by Monday morning.

There will be an additional post on Monday evening with regards to the details.

Edmund Wu

NE SHOW 2009!!!!

Dear Fanatics,

Just a few reminders for the NE show tomorrow.

Please remember to bring a cap and raincoat tomorrow. It usually is very sunny when we reach the Marina Bay Platform. In case it rains, the poncho provided in the funpack should be sufficient but better to be safe than sorry.

You are allowed to bring a camera to take photos or even videos. But you need to take responsibility and look after your items.

I will allow you to bring your personal game machines like PSP and Nintendo DS but you again need to exercise responsibility and look after your game machines.

Please remember to bring a snack or some food in case the food packs provided are insufficient. You should bring some water as well. Do remember that you will also be carrying a fun pack so you need to strike a balance between having sufficient food and water and being overloaded.

I'm looking forward to sharing NE show 2009 with you boys!!! Let's have an enjoyable time tomorrow !!! I hope that I do not need to have to discipline any of you tomorrow. :(

Ok! off to get a good cap to cover my head. Might get sunburn since there isn't much covering on my head.
Regards,
Edmund Wu

Children's Cancer Foundation's Hair For Hope

Hey Fanatics,

I want to bring your attention to this event.

The Hair For Hope Project is organised by the Children's Cancer Foundation to raise funds and to raise public awareness of the plight of children who are cancer patients in Singapore. People pledge to be 'Shavees' and their relatives and friends pledge money to support them.

If we get more than 12 'Shavees', they will can come to our school to hold the event.

So take a look at the website and ask your parents for permission. They will need to fill in the consent form found on the website.

Cheers,

Edmund Wu

Things to be Done in Week 10.

Dear Fanatics,

I'm sure that you are looking forward to the end of this semester. Before you leave, there are some reminders for all of you:

1. There are still some of you who do not have all your worksheets in your Files. Please start looking for them and bring them on Monday.
2. Monday is Movie Day. You will be in the concert hall from 1030 till 1230. However, I want you to goto Ask N Learn to look at what a Movie Review is. Familiarise yourselves with Movie Reviews by visiting Yahoo! Movies. I will then analyse the basic structure of any review with you on Mondayand Tuesday.
   
3. I will have other assignments and things for you to do on Monday. I want to continue with my lessons.
   
4. There will temperature-taking on Monday. Remember to bring your thermometer.
   
5. Tuesday is your NAPFA test. Remember to bring your tank top.
6. Do remember to submit your ACS Carnival Forms if you have not. It is overdue.
   
7. Remind your parents to sign the Declaration of Travel Plans form for the June Holidays.
8. I want the English SA1 Exam Papers in on Monday. Please remind your parents to sign them. There is a marking error in Paper 2 Booklet A, Question 15. The answer is supposed to be option 2 - full stop. I will be adjusting the marks accordingly on Monday.
   

Enjoy your Weekend,
Edmund Wu

Answer Key for SA1 Practice Paper 1 2009

Dear Fanatics,

I went through the Answers for Practice Paper 1 Booklet A with all of you yesterday.
This is the answer key for Practice Paper 1 Booklet B:

Practice Paper 1 Booklet B Answer Key


Section G: Grammar Cloze (10 marks)

31. M (can)
32. N (only)
33. B (in)
34. G (for)
35. E (have)
36. C (and)
37. K (really)
38. A (after)
39. L (them)
40. H (much)

Section H: Editing for Spelling and Grammar (10 marks)

41. had
42. necessary
43. kindergartens
44. for
45. Explaining
46. said
47. such
48. expected
49. reduce
50. public

Section I: Comprehension Cloze (15 marks)

51. clothes/attire/outfit ( clothing -not acceptable)
52. for (towards, to-not acceptable)
53. wore /donned (had – not acceptable)
54. off/out
55. boots (shoes – not acceptable)
56. along
57. which
58. heard
59. burst (broke- not acceptable)
60. short
61. photograph/snapshot/shot/picture
62. without (of – not acceptable)
63. rushed/ran/dashed/raced (trekked/walked/ looked - not acceptable)
64. another
65. voice (tone- not acceptable)



Section J: Synthesis/Transformation (10 marks)
66. We must leave now or we will be late for the show.
We must leave now or else we will be late for the show.

67. Mrs Chen, whose daughter is missing, has gone to the police station.
Mrs Chen whose daughter is missing has gone to the police station.

68. Mr Tan warned Jack not to disturb him again.

69. Without taking her books, Sally rushed to the tuition centre.

70. The principal praised Sadhik for having returned a wallet that contained one hundred dollars.
The principal praised Sadhik for returning a wallet that contained one hundred dollars.
The principal praised Sadhik for returning a wallet that contained a hundred dollars.


Section K: Comprehension OE (20 marks)

71. It was very/really cold. (2m)
or It was bone-numbing cold. (2m)
or It was freezing (cold).(2m)
It was winter. (0m)
It was bone-numbing.(0m)

72.It refers to the puppy /writer’s/farmer Thomas’ puppy. (2m)
It refers to the puppy picked up by the writer.(2m)
It refers to the puppy with one leg shorter than the other three legs.(2m)
It refers to the puppy with three good legs.(2m)

73.

• There were (actually) eight puppies but Farmer Thomas counted and recorded seven in his book. (2m)
• ** as long as you mention – Farmer recorded 7 and left 1 out [2m]
• Farmer Thomas did not count the puppy.(1m)
• Farmer Thomas had left out the writer’s puppy when he counted.(1m)
  

74. He did not want his mother/anybody to know that he had taken the puppy home. (2m)
He did not want his mother/anyone to know about the puppy. (2m)
He did not want anyone to see the puppy. (2m)
He did not want anyone to walk into his room. (1m)
He did not want the puppy to run out of the room. (1 m)

75. He wanted to feed it to the puppy. / He wanted to feed the puppy. (2m)
He wanted to keep it for the puppy. (1m)
He wanted to drink it in his room.(0m)

76. If it were Thursday then his brother, instead of him, would have to wash/do the dishes.(2m)
Thursday was his brother’s turn, not his, to wash/do the dishes.(2m)
He did not want to wash/do the dishes. (1m)
He wished that it was his brother’s turn to wash/do the dishes. (1m)

77. The sentence is “I almost dropped a plate.” (2m)

78. He wondered if Farmer Thomas would find out that he had taken the puppy.(2m)
He wondered if Farmer Thomas would find out that he had hidden the puppy.(2m)
He wondered if Farmer Thomas would find out that he was hiding the puppy.(2m)



79.It was Farmer Thomas’s stallion/horse. (2m)
It was a stallion/horse. (1m)

80.

• The motionless body of the puppy caused him to gasp in horror when he carefully unwrapped his jacket.(2m)
• Seeing the dead body/carcass of the puppy caused him to gasp in horror when he carefully unwrapped his jacket.(2m)
• The puppy, lying still as a statue, caused him to gasp in horror when he carefully unwrapped his jacket.(2m)
• He thought that the puppy was dead. (2m)
• The puppy lay as still as a statue. (1m)
• The puppy was dead. (1m)
• He saw the puppy lying as still as a statue. (1m)
• The puppy did not move. (0m)He found out that the puppy was still as a statue. (1m)
  

Some Items to Note for the week ahead

Dear Fanatics,

Some items I would like to keep you informed of for the following week:

1. Due to the Alert level for H1N1 Type A Influenza having been raised to Orange. The following measures have been put in place:

· All students must bring their thermometers to school everyday. We will be having a temperature-taking exercise twice a day.

· I will display the Standard Operating Procedure via the Projector everyday.

· I am advising all of you to bring your own hand sanitiser for your own protection.

· After the temperature- taking exercise, you will wipe the tip of your thermometer with tissue paper which will then be disposed of properly in a garage bag. You are to wash it with soap and water when you reach home for use tomorrow.

· I would like to ask that some of you volunteer to bring bottles of hand soap to be put at the class sink for everyone to use.

2. Do remember that the Listening Comprehension Paper will be held during English Lessons on Wednesday, 6^th May. Do not go around discussing the paper after you have taken the paper as some of your level mates might not have taken the paper. As some students might have been absent, please refrain from doing so for the next few days.

3. The same goes for your English Paper 1 held on Thursday, 7^th of May. Do refer to my Notes on the Writing Paper I passed to you last week. Please bring them for revision practice tomorrow.

4. I will go through Practice Paper 2 tomorrow. Please remember to complete it if you have not done so.

Remind your parents to read the emails sent by the school over the weekend. If they have not received any, get them to visit the School website for important updates.

Let us pray to our Creator for blessings and protection through this period of crisis.

Yours,

Edmund Wu