NLB Mass borrowing (29 may 09)

last period of the last day of term 2.

4F SA1 Average marks

Eng - 79.3%
Math - 84.1%
Sc - 79.6%

true?

some students from Nanyang Girls discovered the best temperature to memorize facts & figures is 25.9 - 27.3 deg C.
Our classrooms should be air-conditioned then. I raise both hands!

Aesthetics Day (25 May 09)

No lessons , only play recorders and watch performances!

CA2 components

EL
A) Composition – 25%
- Average of best 2 in Term 2 and 3
- 1 composition test (11 AUG)

B) Spelling – 25%
- 2 best in Term 2 and 3
- 1 fixed in T3

C) Radio capsule (podcast/script reading) 50%

Math
1.) Mental Sums 10m
2.) Daily Work 10m
3.) Topical Reviews 10m
4.) Act. Based Test 20m

Sci
project work 50m
practical test 20m
topical review 10m

Origins of some idioms

pay through the nose http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/14/messages/63.html

throat full of frogs http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/48/messages/385.html

put foot down http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put+foot+down

split our sides http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/split+sides

Science Project Group Work

Happening Term3 weeks 1-3 science periods:
Make an airplane that can fly the furthest.

you can vary
a. design (folding method)
b. size
c. material (eg. recycled paper, styrofoam, plastic)
details (rubrics, guidelines etc.) will be given soon.

watch the video of 1 folding method (SCS Nakamura Lock model)
http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/ibrowse.jsp?artid=8572&type=19&root=0&parent=0&cat=470

from flower to fruit

1 flower = 1 fruit

the growth process:
fertilized flower (through pollination) --> fruit grows,petals fall --> fruit grows till seeds matured

stage by stage illustrations:
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/fruit-devel.htm

All about FERNS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern

Tracking kids' online trail

A NEW parental control software to monitor almost everything on your kids' online lives.
can know what they search on sites such as Google, Wikipedia and Youtube.
The control levels can be customised according to different age groups.

The software is available at http://onlinefamily.norton.com, for free download until Jan 1, 2010.