Photos & Videos: Science Centre Trip on 15th November 2007

We were early and were waiting for the Science Centre to open. Meanwhile, we took this opportunity to have our snacks. =)


Daryl Ong and Aloysius Tan all trained and toned up to take part in Mr. Universe 2008.


Are you able to guess who is this skeleton? =)

Golf Competition: Congratulations to Ariel

Just to update you guys. Ariel had came in 3rd in the "5th Tiger Cubs" golf tournament. Below are two pictures of her proud moments. =)

Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Contest – Competition Mathematics Preparatory Course

Raffles Institution has once again the privilege to organize and train another team of primary school students to represent Singapore in next year's competition in Hong Kong. Their objective in organizing the above competition is to enable primary school students to have the opportunity to participate in more international and overseas mathematics competitions. Through this event, they hope to provide teachers and students a platform for interaction and exchange of mathematics knowledge, both locally and overseas.

Details of the competition will be given in Jan 2008 and registration will begin then. However, to allow students and teachers to better prepare for the competition, Raffles Institution would be inviting schools to subscribe to their Competition Mathematics Preparatory Course. This would provide students the opportunity to attempt selected questions from their past year competitions and receive solutions for the questions.

Lasallians who are interested to subscribing to their Competition Mathematics Preparatory Course, please study the details below.

Competition Mathematics Preparatory Course

1. The Competition Mathematics Preparatory Course is jointly developed by Raffles Institution and our IT and pedagogy partner, HeyMath! This is an on-line module aimed at helping teachers and students prepare for the Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Contest.
2. The module consists of selected questions from past Primary Mathematics World Contests organized by RI. It consists of a series of 5 modules in competition Mathematics, namely Geometrical Problems, Calculation Problems, Counting Problems, Arithmetical Problems and Investigative Problems.
3. Students may access the course independently from home or school. Students get to attempt the questions and full solutions are given for all questions making this ideal for independent learning. The learning progress and performance can be tracked.
4. Please refer to the following website to register for the training module: http://www.heymath.com/main/productRIPMWC.jspRegistration begins on 20 Nov 2007. Subscription to the course is S$20 (US$14) per student. Payment may be done by credit card.
5. For more information on Raffles Institution, please refer to the website: http://www.ri.sch.edu.sg/For more information on HeyMath!, please refer to the website: http://www.heymath.com/

Year End Class Party

The class party was held on a Tuesday (13th Nov) and it was great fun. It was kind of like a mini-potluck whereby every pupil contributed some stuff to the party.

It was only after 2 rounds of selecting their food that I remembered that I had forgotten to take a video of everyone's contribution towards the party. As seen from the video, most of the contribution were tidbits naturally as it is what most kids enjoy. To be honest, I was pretty scared that the pupils might suffer from a stomachache the next day.

We even had a movie screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which was contributed by Aloysius Tan. I guess most of the class enjoyed the movie, especially the very "special scene". =)

DLSS School Musical: Annie Junior

Do support our School Musical: Annie Junior. This musical is actually based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Details of this musical are as follows:


Date: 16th November 2007 (Friday) (Last day of school)
Time: 3.00pm (Matinee Screening) or 7.30pm (Evening Screening)
Venue: Catholic Junior College Performing Arts Centre
Ticket Pricing:
Matinee Screening ($12 for Adult and $8 for Children)
Evening Screening ($15 for Adult and $8 Children)

If you are interested, do approach your teachers to purchase the musical tickets. Tickets are selling very fast, so do get them quick to avoid disappointment! =)

5C 2007 Class Photo

Answers for P6 Mock Papers

The answers for the P6 Mock papers are up on the AsknLearn forums. Do check your answers and discuss over there. Enjoy. =)

Maths Answers: Review C

Below are the answers for Review C. Do check your answers and do the necessary corrections. Hand up your work on next Tuesday for me to check through. =)

1(a) 113° 1(b) 37°
2(a) 145° 2(b) 53°
3(a) 57° 3(b) 71°
4(a) 96° 4(b) 61°
5(a) 113° 5(b) 124° 5(c) 64° 5(d) 64°
6(a) 98° 6(b) 130°
9(a) a=123° & b=57° 9(b) c=129° & d=51° 9(c) 24° 9(d) f=48° & g=48°
10(a) 47° 10(b) 18°
11(a) 59° 11(b) 60° 11(c) 58° 11(d) 64°
12) 24°
13) 35°
14) 30°
20(a) 7cm 20(b) 10cm
21(a) 6cm 21(b) 8cm
22(a) 7cm 22(b) 12cm
23) 6cm
24) 8cm
25) 10cm
26) 5cm
27) 20cm
28) 16cm
29) 30m³
30) 8cm
31) 15cm
32) 7cm
33) 12 litres
34) 6cm

Useful Link on Simple Machines

Below is an interesting and interactive website to have a better understanding on the topic of Simple Machines.

Link -> http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm

Enjoy! =)

Tessellations

Some interesting websites on Tessellations:
1) http://www.mathcats.com/explore/tessellationtown.html
2) http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tessellate/

Enjoy =)

My Animation Course Product

Here is what I had done for my animation course today. =)

Click on the white space above.

Primary 5 Level: Web Designing Project

Over the last one week holiday break, you had attended the workshop on designing web pages using Dreamweaver software and were taught skills on:
· Creating site map
· Creating directories (images)
· Manipulating text (Changing colours, font type and size)
· Creating flash buttons
· Creating tables
· Inserting images
· Creating hyperlinks to internal pages

· Uploading to an external site

In this school term, all P5 Lasallians will be making use of their newly acquired web designing skills to create their individual websites.
Below are the details:
1) Choose and research an animal which you have seen at the zoo or at the bird park. (Refer to English Course Book Page 65)
2) Find out about the animal's habitat, diet and behaviours.
3) Create a website of at least 4 pages:
- Home page. Within the home page, you should state the animal that you want to be, the positive and negative points of this animal and lastly the reasons why you had chosen this animal. (Refer to English Activity Book Page 65)

- Habitat page. Within the habitat page, they should research on the habitat of the animal of your choice.

- Diet page. Within the diet page, they should research on the diet of the animal of your choice.

- Behaviours page. Within the behaviours page, they should research on the behaviour of the animal of your choice.
4) Upload your web pages to an external web server (www.fortunecity.com or www.geocities.com)
5) Post up your website URL onto AskNLearn forums. This will allow your friends and teacher to view your website.

To give you a better idea of how your end product should look like, I had created a template website over here.

Over the next few weeks, your teacher will be bringing you to the computer labs to complete this project. If you have any problems, do visit the AskNLearn forums to seek help. =)

Homework Reminder

Below is a list of things you need to do over the next 3 days:
1) Newspaper Cutting
2) Maths Activity (Whole of Unit 7)
3) English Homework Book (Worksheet 1, 2 and 4) (Annotation needed)
4) Spelling (Page 57 to 59 and page 128 to 130)
5) Composition (Please ensure that your storyline is tight and well-linked. In addition, there shouldn't be any grammatical errors.)

As you will not be attending school tomorrow, do spend this day effectively to complete all your homework so that you can enjoy your weekends. =)

Dreamweaver Workshop Notes

For the benefit of those who had lost your notes or prefer a softcopy, you can access the PDF version of the notes over here.

For those of you who are not able to open up the file, you will need to download Adobe Reader software. Click here to get Adobe Reader.

If you do encounter problems when using Dreamweaver, do post up your questions in our AskNLearn forums. A special forum is created for discussions on web designing. =)

De La Salle School Charity Walk & Family Day on 29th September 2007

In the latest parent notification letter, you are informed of the above-mentioned event. For the benefit of those who had lost their parent notification letter or have not read it, below are the details:

Purpose of Event:
De La Salle School is proud to support Gawad Kalinga (GK), a non-government organisation in the Philippines which helps poor children in the shanty town of Baseco.

Gawad Kalinga means “To Give Care” in tagalog, and aptly describes their dedication in providing education, housing and food for the poor. Please visit www.gawadkalinga.org for more information.

This Charity Walk is a fundraising initiative led by our Christian Brothers’ School (CBS), and aims to raise more than S$30,000 among all CBS schools. President SR Nathan has presented Gawad Kalinga $31, 000 (1 million peso) on 14 Feb 2007 on behalf of CBS. Funds will support a breakfast scheme and an education programme for children and building shelters for families. Our target contribution is S$5000, raised through a participant’s donation of $5 per person (adult/child). Your support in this worthy cause will be deeply appreciated.

The Charity Walk & Family Day is a programme organised in line with our school’s character development value of initiative.

All Lasallians and their families are invited to join in the 2km walk at West Coast Park (WCP) Car Park 3, near MacDonald’s. A fun-filled Family Day will follow after the morning walk.

The programme for the day:
7am Optional Bus Ride from DLS to WCP
8am Warm Up for Early Birds
8.30am Flag off Charity Walk
9.30am Charity Walk ends
Games, On-The-Spot Art Competition & Snacks on sale
12noon Farewell
Optional Bus Ride back to De La Salle School

Participation Details & Registration Fees:
$5 per participant
Special rate for a family of 5 members: $20
However, participants who are below 21 years old must be accompanied by an adult (above 21 years old).

FREE BUS SERVICE to and from WCP to DLS is provided for participants only at the scheduled fixed times.

If you or your family members would like to take this bus service, please kindly indicate the number of people taking the free transport. This is to facilitate in our planning for transport.
□ From De La Salle to West Coast Park – meet at DLS at 7am
□ From West Coast Park to De La Salle – leave WCP at 12.15pm
If you are driving down to West Coast Park, you may park your vehicle at Carpark 3 or MacDonald’s Carpark. However, the number of Carpark lots is quite limited.

Things to take note:
1. Please bring along your umbrellas or raincoats. In the event of bad weather, the event will be cancelled.
2. If you wish to dine in at West Coast Park MacDonald Restaurant, please kindly call 6779 1413 to make your order in advance.
3. For On-The Spot Art Competition, please bring your own colour pencils or crayons, drawing board and a mat. Drawing paper will be provided.
4. Registration for the games will be on the day itself, on a first-come-first served basis.

I strongly urge all Lasallians to take part in this meaningful event with your family members. Please inform your respective form teachers of your attendance on the 1st week of term 4. =)

Temperature Taking Exercise

This is a reminder to all Lasallians to ensure that your thermometers are in working conditions. You are to bring your thermometers to school in Term 4. =)

Photos & Videos: Web Design Workshop

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ICT Enrichment: Web Design Workshop

The Web Design Workshop will be held on this coming one week holiday break. Every Lasallian will undergo a 4 hour workshop session on either Monday (3rd September) or Tuesday (4th September).

Printed on the consent forms are the allocated workshop day and time slot which you will need to attend. Below are the finer details of what you should expect in this workshop.

Course Title: Webpage Designing Using Dreamweaver
Course Objective: Creating webpages on various places of interest or travel destinations
Course Content:
- Planning and creating a site map (planning creating various directories to store images, videos, sound, files, etc)
- Creating at least 3 HTML pages
- Creating tables
- Adding buttons
- Adding both internal and external hyperlinks
- Adding and manipulating text (bold, underline, colour, fonts, etc)
- Inserting images
- Uploading and publishing webpages to an external server (www.fortunecity.com)

To have a better idea of the end product which you should be publishing at the end of the workshop, click on the following url -> Sample Final Product

The meeting venue for the workshop will be at the school courtyard. Do come at least 5 minutes in advance to have your attendance taken. I hope that you guys will have an enjoyable and enriching time in this workshop. =)

Teachers' Day (31st August 2007)

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ACES Day (31st August 2007)

ACES Day stands for "All Children Exercising Simultaneously Day". It is a day whereby pupils participate as a group in an enjoyable and non-competitive activity. This serves to promote physical activity and fitness among the pupils.

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