Chinese New Year Celebration

Chinese New Year Celebration on Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Cedar Primary will be holding our school’s Chinese New Year celebration on Wednesday, 2 February 2011. Pupils are to report to school as usual by 7.45 a.m. 

They are invited to come dressed in bright festive colours for the celebration! All pupils will be dismissed at 10.30 a.m. on 2 February. Please make the necessary transport arrangements for your child/ward. School bus vendors have been informed of the earlier dismissal time. 

I would like to wish all of you and your family a very Blessed and Joyous Chinese New Year.

New Photos

New photos uploaded:
1) Class Photos
     "Chinese New Year Class Decorations"
2) Values In Action
     "Planning your Time Table"
3) PE / PAL
    "Non-Locomotor Movements"

Pupil's Daily Necessities

Dear Parents/Guardians,

A daily check list for pupils:
1) Pencil case with sufficient stationaries 
E.g pencils, colour pencils, sharpeners, short ruler, eraser, etc.

2) Pupil's Handbook
Do check on your child/ward's handbook for daily homework or even comments from their subject teachers. Do ensure that your child develop a habit of using the handbook daily to keep check of what they need to do or bring for school the next day. 

3) Mini-Whiteboard / Marker 
Pupils are suppose to purchase a whiteboard in P1. Therefore, ensure that your child/ward has one in his/her schoolbag daily as it will be utilized in class during Mathematics lessons or even other subjects. It will be great if they can have their personal markers too so that they can take ownership of it.

4) Required books
Pupils are advised to packed their bags the night before in relation to their school time-table so that they only bring the necessary books to school. Do reinforce and assist your child/ward to do so daily so that they will remember to bring the required books and leave the 'extra loads' at home.


5) Proper Attire
Pupils are to wear their school uniform daily to school. According to your child/ward's time-table for P2R, their PE periods fall on Monday & Wednesday.  Therefore, your child/ward should be in their PE attire during those 2 days. As for CCA days, if your child/ward is in any sports CCA, he/she can bring along his/her PE attire to change after school.

Class Photo Taking

Dear Parents/Guardians

Cedar Primary School's annual class photograph taking session will be held on a FRIDAY, 25 Feb 2011.

Please ensure that your child/ward is in their SCHOOL UNIFORM for the photo-taking session.  Please remind them to be in school uniform as it will be on a Friday which is also the CCA day. Your child/ward can bring along their PE uniform with them to change after school if they have CCA on that day.

Chinese New Year Decorations

Greetings to Parents/Guardians of P2R!

As you know, Chinese New Year (CNY) will be approaching and it is time for the inter-class decorations competition. It will be great if your child/ward can bring some CNY decorations (recycled ones from past years) to school so that we can all decorate the EXTERIOR of the classroom together starting from 24th of January. The decorations will not be in the classroom but on the doors, windows and exterior walls of the classroom. Hope that you can provide some materials or even have some fun time with your child/ward making nice decorations at home to decorate their classrooms. 

If you would like to join us next week in decorating the class, do let me know and you will be most welcome to come and help out in the decorations in the morning before school starts. Lets be creative together and I believe it will be a good platform for you and your child/ward to interact as well.

Values In Action

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Just an update about the ViA periods on your child/ward's class timetable. This is a new program launched by our very own pastoral committee in Cedar Primary School. Basically, VIA stands for 'Values In Action' and the rationale behind the VIA is to allow teachers to build rapport with their pupils, at the same time having the opportunities to teach values explicitly. There will be newly planned lessons and also the usage of the FTGP book (which your child/ward has already been using in Primary 1) during the 3 periods, every Friday, starting from this week. I am definitely looking forward to spend that 3 periods with your child/ward to teach them about values, positive attitudes and also share my life experiences.

I will try my best to keep you updated about the VIA lessons, giving you a snapshot of what is happening in class. Thank You.

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Updates for next week...

Good Afternoon to all Parents/Guardians,

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend with your children! Just some updates for next week. There will be a CCA orientation and recruitment day on the 14th of Jan, Friday. This will be the first CCA in which your child/ward will be involve in, thus, do discuss and also advice your child/ward with regards to the CCA which they are interested in. CCA is a great platform for them to interact with other pupils as well as building their character and leadership qualities.

For CCAs, I am currently in charge of the soccer CCA and school team. If your child is interested in joining, do let me know as well. Let's work together to place your child in the area of their gifting and strengths.

A gentle reminder as well for your child/ward to bring back to school:

1. Receipt for the Pupil's Handbook or $2.20 if you have yet to purchase it for your child/ward.
2. 2011 Parents' Needs and Expectations Survey form

(*Photos of 2 January Birthday Babies, En Ze and Amber is posted in the pictures page)


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Books for Reading Corner...

 Dear Parents/Guardians,

What is a reading corner without a huge library of books for the children to read! Although there will be a variety of books that the classes will be rotating every term, I feel that it will be great if your child can have a bigger spectrum of books to read. Thus, I have ask the pupils to bring some of their story books from their home to school to put in the reading corner so that everyone can share.
Note that if your child/ward is going to collect back the books at the end of the year, do label the book with your child/ward's name on the cover so that it can be kept accountable. As for those who are contributing some of the old books, just want to say "Thank You" so much for your kindness.

(P.S. Thanks to Wan Xuan and her parents for sharing her books with the class. Appreciate!)

Photos of classroom...

Some photos of the class interior is posted up! Click on the 'Pictures' tab on the left hand column of the blog page to view the photos! Enjoy...

Reminders for parents...

Greetings to the Parents/Guardians of the wonderful pupils of P2R,
Do remind your child/ward to bring back the following items by this Friday, 7th of January if you have not done so:

1) Pupils Data Form
2) Acknowledgement Slip to myself (Mr Daryl)
3) Thermometer
 
Thank you so much!

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