School's starting!~

Hello 2009 5.7s!

In the blink of an eye, the Dec holidays are coming to an abrupt end.

Regardless of how wonderful, or on the adverse side, how boring your holidays were, they will be ending soon...

Soon, I will not call you all 5.7s anymore...

All of you will be in P6... Doing your very best for PSLE in 2010.

I urge all of you to stay focus, and work hard... Remember, I am still in school to hear and help you out...

I wish all of you the best in your future endeavors! When you receive your PSLE results in 2010, I hope you will be smiling and beaming with delight... I hope some of you will be on the news... I hope South View will continue to be held in high regards in CCK because our pupils are truely diamonds of CCK.

All the best dears!

Meanwhile, enjoy the last bit of your holiday! Happy 2010!

Life is a choice...

In life there are always 2 sides to something...

Just like a coin with 2 sides, so is the case with many things in life...

Every choice has its own set of consequences which follow.

When something bad happens, did it happen because we are unlucky? Or was it due to something that we have done, or perhaps have not done?

When we get scoldings from parents, is it because they are unreasonable or, is it because we are unreasonable ourselves?

I found myself to have experienced the same things as with many of you as I grew up... I used to think that everything which would have gone wrong was not my fault, and if it went wrong, it was because I could not have done anything about it...

Yet I realised, things went wrong not because I could not do something about it there and then, but rather, it started off with all the small wrong decisions I had made in life...

Why could we not do as well in studies as we wished to?

Why could we not be loved by our parents and be praised for being obedient and filial?

Why could we not be commended by teachers to show the right attitude?

It boils from the little things we do daily...

It is easy to do one wrong thing which could erase out 10 good things we have done...

Mr Yeoh, since it is so hard to be good, then why must we do it?

My dear children, it has to start with what you want in life. You choose to be good, because you want it yourself. If we always trying to be good to please someone else, we will surely be discouraged along the way...

For me, I choose to be good, that's why I am doing it for myself, because I want to be good.

What about you?

What do you choose?

Can we stop saying that we have no choice or no control over who we want to be? From attitude to success or failure, it is our choice to begin with...

Give it a thought...

Positive Attitude & Time Management

What does it take for one to be one of the top scorers in PSLE or to do well?

It begins with positive attitude towards learning whereby one is motivated and responsible to learn more.

The 2nd most important element would be TIME MANAGEMENT. Does it mean we study like crazy 5 hours a day? No! See what this top scorer has to say.

A Success Story

Congratulations to SV P6es of 2009.

Congratulations P6s! They did it again this year! The P6 has done the school proud with a few of the top PSLE pupils coming from SVPS.

Read more about them on:

http://www.southviewpri.moe.edu.sg/psle.htm

Meanwhile, I hope all of you have started making full use of the holidays to work on your weaker topics in P5 and be prepared for P6.

Can we all quit complaining about how bored we are during this school holiday, and really start on something useful for yourself?

Results come by the right attitude coupled with a fair amount of effort put in.

If you have time to complain about being bored, why not do something and make a difference to your P6 in 2010?

Do it! All the best!

This Is It!

Sounded familiar? MJ's last piece of work for us?

Well, not quite for me in this post today...

Today marked the last day I would have spent with the class... How do I exactly feel?

I have a sense of mixed feelings...

I went back on a journey down the memory lane, recounting all the encounters, and events we had gone through together...

There were moments of tears, moments of joy... Moments of laughters, and moments of fits... There were encouraging moments as well as heartbreaking moments...

Some significant events we have gone through together...

1. The first time I had watched an NE Show under a thunderstorm.

I could vividly recall how hard my heart was beating that day when it was raining cats and dogs suddenly during the finale of the show... The fireworks were up, but the rain came down hard on us... I was so worried for each of you... The fear of you being struck by lightning, catching a cold from all the wet uniforms and harsh weather...

We stayed together, we braved the storm together... That was the 1st time I had ever gotten so panicky and worried for any of my pupils...

2. The first time I got so upset that I did not speak to a class for days...

That was also a first for me that I was so upset and disappointed with the class... Umpteen times of reminders, chances and more given, but yet the unnecessary talking and playing continued... That made me blew my top off... I was so heartbroken and discouraged that day to think that my pupils were making a choice to just talk than to listen, to not learn and just to have that short temporal moments of fun.

3. The first class that respected me more than anyone they would know...

You need not say it, yet I know you have shown me that silent respect from within... Perhaps the reason why you all have respected me would be because I am the form teacher? No matter, I know that when I try to talk sense to you, some really bothered to listen and make changes in their attitude and character... Thank you so much for that.

4. The first class where I had to give 3 days per week to give remedials and supplementary classes.

Honestly, this is really quite the first, and it can be very tiring for both teacher and pupils... Yet some of you all really showed me that enthusiasm, fighting spirit and positivity to learn... Henceforth, the results showed it all - Major improvements for many.

5. My first class ever to show me 32 improvements out of 37.

That is an amazing achievement made by all of you. I am proud of you for doing so. You have really worked so hard, and I am sorry for some who have made all the effort, but yet have not been able to pass in their overall results...

Do not be discouraged, but rather, learn from the past experience, and make sure that you treasure every moment of learning and make the fullest out of it... Improvements and success comes through the right set of attitude towards learning...

Indeed, it has been a long year, and yet it seemed to pass by so quickly, perhaps in the midst of all our activities and busyness, we could not stop by slowly to appreciate each other long enough...

So...

THIS IS IT.

The time has come for us to part... I hope in this year, you have not just learnt Maths concepts from me, but rather the skills and experience you will need to face the challenges lying ahead of you in your own life. I was not here in 5.7 to be popular and well liked by children.

I know some of you hated me to the core, for being so strict, fierce, heartless and stern. I hope and just pray that you will one day come to realise why I have done certain things in that way. My heart is clear conscience and the motive has always been to nurture and bring out the best from all in all from each of you... You can choose to hate me if you want to, but fear not, it's the last day you will ever see me as your form teacher already.

From here on, you are on your own... I wish you all the best, and great success in everything that you put your best effort in...

It's farewell now... Hasta la vista my dear 5.7s...

The joys of yesterdays and tomorrows,

Have all passed and left hollow...

If time is there to borrow,

Perhaps there won't be sorrow...

Yet now, time has passed like a piercing arrow,

So gone are the feelings of sweet mellow,

And now parting is of sweet sorrow,

which left many of us to wallow...

I pray each of you go forth with halos,

Never turning back or staying low,

but set examples to follow,

To soar high into greater tomorrows...

I love you 5.7. Farewell. Thanks for all the sweet memories you have given to me. I'm proud of you. Thanks for bearing with me and going through 2009 with me.

What's going on for 17 Nov 2009??

It's our time of celebration...

Here's the details:

Event: 5.7 Class Party

Gather: 2pm

Dismissal: 3.45pm

Venue: School

Meeting Point: School Canteen

Attire: For school (uniform), for party (PE attire)

See you tomorrow! Come with a great appetite tomorrow!

Cheers!

Myth Busters!

Gosh...

Before the misunderstandings worsen, I would like to clarify certain 'myths', 'rumours' or 'gossips' about Mr Ben Ang and me.

I understand from some that there have been talks saying that Mr Ben Ang is my brother and I am his elder brother.

Well we are 'brothers', but we have no blood relationship at all!

We are 'brothers' because we know each other very well, and we are god-brothers. I am the elder one, and he is the youngest. We are very alike in terms of personality and the things we have passion for. We have the same education philosophy and style, and most of all, we hit it off well as buddies.

Hence, Mr Ben Ang is like a younger brother to me, although he is not my real brother.

Hope this clarifies, so stop going around giving people the false information!

Friendships, Betrayals, Hurts and Slanders...

Day in day out, as I read the blogs of my friends and pupils... I would read about tags with words of malice, gall and hatred... I would read about accusations, slanders and gossips about people they do not agree much with...

I would often read about how much they hate this person, what 'evil' things this person would have done, and how they cannot accept the way this person is...

At the end of it, friendships are threatened... Friends around them were 'coerced' or forced to take sides with them. IF their friends refuse to, they face the same cold treatment, or worse, isolation from the rest of the clique.

Do we all know that this is a form of bullying? It is easy to feel alright when you are in the bigger group, when everyone sides with you... However, have you ever spare a thought for the person who is the victim and subject of isolation here?

What these people are doing are no different from a gangster extorting money or threatening to harm a person physically... They are actually far worst than gangsters... They are causing injuries and wounds that no naked eye can see... The wounds are found in the hearts and souls of the victims... These kind of wounds are far more difficult to heal than normal cuts, and bruises...

They felt betrayed, they felt hurt by people they thought were trusted friends...

Please... Can we create a world and environment where everyone is friends with each other? What makes we think that we are superior than the person to criticise or to judge that person whether he or she is good, or bad?

Who are we?

Are we judges? Are we perfect? Are we any better than the person we would dislike?

Through out my life, I have learnt to realise that no man in this world is perfect. No one. No one is without blame or flaws in his or her character. That is why we ought to respect and accept the person for who he or she is, if we would like to be treated likewise.

Do unto others what we want others to do unto us...

We may not be carrying any weapons to hurt the person, but in actual fact, our words are like poisonous double-edged daggers... Each time we speak badly of a person, we are stabbing these poisonous daggers in the backs of our friends...

That is really evil...

So, please... Put a stop to all these childish acts. We are not any better than anyone here... So can we stop judging? Learn to accept the person for who he/she is. If you can't, then just shut up and stop spreading rumours, speak badly of that person on blogs, online or even insulting the person on Facebook. These are acts of cowards, bullies and childish immature people...

GROW UP.

So people with the names listed below, I hope you all learn to put aside all your differences and start to learn to respect each other. It has been made known to me that classmates are calling each other names and insulting each other... Some are telling friends around not to befriend the person and condemn the person to be isolated and be alone... I will take actions if you refuse to change. I am not listing the names down to find fault at anyone, but just to remind these pupils to really put a stop to the conflicts and differences.

I hope this chance I am giving to you to change for the better is not wasted. Thanks.

1. Nur Irfan

2. Saifullah

3. Rashid

4. Darwiis

5. Asyraf

6. Batrisyia

7. Zafirah

8. Saikumar

I am telling you all these and sharing with you all on friendship because I think this class has a serious problem... A lot of us think that we are better than the person we hate, and that gives us the right to call people names, to hurt people with words.

I want to tell you, we are all imperfect human beings. All of us are equal, and none of us here are better than the other. We better learn to treat each other with respect...

Important! Help please!

Hello dear 5.7s.

I need a small favour from all of you...

I need you to tell me what are your marks for Maths SA 2 Paper 1 and 2 respectively.

Please email me at kenyeoh1982@gmail.com

Type the information I need in that email. It will be something like this.

Name: Ken Yeoh

Maths Paper 1: 40 marks

Maths Paper 2: 58 marks

Total: 98 marks.

Please. I need it by Sunday evening. Important. Pass the message around!!!

Thank you!

Congratulations!

It is my pleasure to announce to the whole class that after going through our Maths SA 2 papers, I have found out that we have a total of 32 pupils who have shown improvements in their Mathematics paper.

Our top 3 improvements would come from:

1. Sandrea Chua (improved by 25 marks)

2. Asyraf (improved by 24 marks)

3. Saikumar (improved by 20 marks)

Honestly I am so proud of you pupils... I think the paper was a fair one, just that it is a pity that a lot of you have thrown your marks away to careless mistakes...

Nonetheless, with such great improvements made by most of you, there will be a class party soon.

Stay tuned in future for more details.

Congratulations class. However, do not be contented with just improvements. You ought to work hard and always strive for better results. Those who have failed, but are closer to passing, please do start working hard and pay extra attention next year the moment 2010 begins.

Those who have done well, continue to be careful and diligent to have that right attitude to learn!

All the best!

Supplementary class on 4 Nov 2009, Wednesday

Dear pupils and parents of 5.7,

In case that we do not have sufficient time to thoroughly go through and check our Maths SA 2 papers, I am organising a supplementary class for everyone tomorrow on Wednesday 4 Nov 2009.

I apologise for not issuing consent forms as the printing machine broke down just before the session ended for them today. Hence I am posting this blog post online to prove of its authencity.

Details are as follow:

Date: 4 Nov, Wednesday

Time: 1.30pm - 3pm

Waiting Point: Outside Artz Hub

Classroom: To be confirmed

Pupils, if your parents are suspicious of you, do ask them to go on the blog themselves to look at this post. Else, they may call the general office to look for me and I will explain to them.

There may be a need for us to have it even on Thursday, if necessary. I will let you all know again after tomorrow's supplementary.

Hopefully the printing machine is not faulty by tomorrow and I can print out consent forms for you.

Many thanks.

Mr Ken Yeoh

3 Nov 2009

Important advice!

Hello dearest 5.7s!

Maths Paper will be the last paper for 35 of you!!! Hooray!

Hope all of you have made the full use of your time to really revise, practice and study hard.

Anyway, here are some important reminders to prepare yourself for tomorrow's paper.

1. Sleep early tonight! (8 hours of sleep is important)

2. Bring your calculator and geometry set (set squares, ruler, protractor)

3. Always read the questions carefully. Use R.U.N!

4. Take note of the units they want the final answers to be in.

5. Always show your workings and number statements! They are awarded method marks even if your answers may be wrong.

6. Go back to the difficult questions you may have skipped and do your best for them. JUST DON'T LEAVE ANY BLANKS.

7. Don't cancel away your workings unnecessarily if you are not sure if they are right or wrong. Leave them there.

8. Make sure when you draw model diagrams, you label your model diagrams if you have no number statements.

9. Try to recall the various questions you have encountered before in your revision papers.

10. Trust yourselves. Have confidence in yourselves.

BE EXAM SMART!

Meanwhile, please take good care of yourselves! All the best!

The class I love...

Dearest 5.7s!

You are halfway through your SA 2 papers already! I hope all of you are doing your best and remaining focused to give that lofty Maths paper a heavy blow in the face.

You have worked hard with me through these gruesome and grueling 10 months (you know who you are)... You have done your part to work hard and all. Now it is time to take back what really belongs to you - Your success and victory at the end of the examinations.

That success will be sweet when you take back your report books and see how much you have improved with the amount of effort you have put in.

You have really done well so far and I do see great improvements from most of you. Keep that attitude and effort up!

I am a man who seldom praise people unless they really deserve that praise. So, right now, to most of you actually, you have really worked hard.

To this day, I want to tell you I am proud of you in many ways... Such as how many of you can be playful and yet know when to give me that respect and cooperation. I love that.

Such as how many of you would always laugh at my lame expressions and remarks...

Such as how many of you would be able to put up with my strict and stern face whenever I am really serious in work...

I hope now that you are reaching the end of the year, put all that you have been striving hard for into the remaining of your SA 2 papers...

There is a season for everything... Now is the season to harvest(collect what you have planted) and gain that reward.

Go for it. Have faith and confidence in who you are. Win that battle for yourself!

My heart is dead

Some of you have proven yourself that I have to give up on you...

Don't worry.

I will do just that. Since you do not want to do work to help yourselves... I cannot do much.

Good luck. All the best.

Disappointed with you during e-learning week...

Hello dear 5.7s...

I am rather disappointed that this class has very few people who really learns how to read carefully and apply thinking skills to what is required of them for e-learning week.

2 weeks ago, a newsletter with all the information and procedures on how to download assignments and to submit assignments was given to all of you to read and to keep to refer to it if you needed clarifications.

How many of you kept that and read the newsletter?

Also, on the P5 level blog, instructions were given ON the blog for you all to follow. Useful links were also given.

Can you all learn to open up your eyes and be more alert to read through thoroughly?

Sorry I sounded harsh here, but I expected you all to be more of independent learners, and not those of lower primary level, still waiting to be spoon-fed...

Below is an extract from the level blog, it states clearly that:

ASSIGNMENT

1. View tutorial on the topic

2. Download worksheet P5RMWS1 and complete it. Email the completed assignment and as an attachment to your Mathematics teacher's LEAD email account.

Is it that difficult to understand?

Answers for Speed Test 8

Please check your answers.


Do try to work out your answers again, and feel free to ask me for explanation on difficult questions when school reopens.


Study hard and make the best of what you have my dear pupils!

Answers for Test 7:
1. 120 degree

2. 21.2

3. 195

4. 5 and 25

5. 30 cm2

6. 5.7

7. $47 - $16 = $31

8. 5.072

9. 40 min

10. 9

11. 9/14

12. 8262

13. 16 sixths

14. $1505

15. Make sure the line is drawn starting from point z and forms a perpendicular line to line XY at a right angle.

16. $0.55

17. $33

18. Morning pies = 50, Noon pies = 75 pies, total pies = 70 + 50 + 65 = 185

19. 400g

20. 180 - 62 - 42 = 76 degrees

Answers for Speed Test 7

Please check your answers.

Do try to work out your answers again, and feel free to ask me for explanation on difficult questions when school reopens.

Study hard and make the best of what you have my dear pupils!

Answers for Test 7:

1. 10

2. 1/7

3. 9 kg 200 g

4. 4 h 25 min

5. 15 X 10 X 8 = 1 200

6. Digit 4 is in ten thousands place

7. 13 quarters

8. Ratio of John to total age --> 5:8

9. 5 litres

10. 26.72 kg

11. $4.90

12. $6

13. 360 cm3

14. 500 000

15. 849

16. 5 lines

17. $4 + $6 = $10

18. 22 kg

19. $2200

20a. 8 cm

20b. 171 cm2

Learning - A choice made from the right attitude

Hi dearest 5.7s...

Just look at the countdown timer above this post and you are fully aware that the days are numbered before SA2. I am not worried about you all being stressed, but rather, for some of you, I am worried that you are not stressed or anxious at all.

All of us have to have some stress sometimes in order for us to see the urgency and importance to put in more effort and to make that extra effort to study and work hard.

So here it is. With the final week remaining, what is driving some of you to work hard?

The rewards or promise of a holiday by your parents?

The fear of punishments by parents?

Fear of having to repeat P5 or to go into Foundation stream?

Or would it be the satisfaction of seeing improvements in every of your subject? Or to be doing far better than what you have been doing in SA 1?

Or some of you could it be that you are studying simply because you enjoy learning?

Well, I do hope that one day, all of you here could simply study because you enjoy learning...

You see, learning is a life-long process that all of us human beings do, be it in a classroom or not. We are learning new things everyday. We could learn how to play a new game, learn how to type emails faster, learn how to type a proper email, learn how to play a sports better and so many more examples.

Learning takes place in any place and in any time... Who says learning cannot take place outside a classroom? Who says that without a teacher, a student cannot learn?

I would like to remind all of you. It is because we have students, that's why we have teachers... Without active learners, we won't need teachers...

I am here, because your parents choose for you to learn, when you were too young to make that important choice yourself...

Right now, you are grown up, capable of making important decisions, you too must make that choice to choose to learn as well...

Make that choice for yourself. Learning is given strength from your attitude...

Once you have the right attitude to learn, I would like to tell you this:

The world is for you to take.

I'm very worried... Really, please save yourselves...

Okay class...

This is indeed very worrying...

If you remember the revision papers that we have done, a lot of you have done very badly in the papers.

I am very worried.

If that is the standard that you are showing, can I be frank with you that half the class will fail the coming SA 2 examinations?

I really wonder if I have not done enough for the class and to help the weaker pupils. I have given all the time I could spare to you all, to explain and break up difficult problem sums in depth and used different approaches to guide you all along...

Then why are you all not doing your part as well?

Some of you who should not have failed, failed...

Some of you whom should have shown improvements, actually did worst...

What I need from you all, is your positive attitude...

Your attitude towards learning...

How long will you all keep playing and wasting your youth away???

I have completed marking yet another set of revision papers...

Guess what, we have 17 failures... Out of 34, 3 did not hand in. (Darwiis, Kelly, and Saifullah)

Highest was 96.5 and the lowest 21.5 (just a mark away to get U grade...)

Can you all wake up! Do you actually know the seriousness of where you are heading? Please save yourselves...

The final lap to the race.

With the last week remaining, I sincerely hope for all to work together with me, and we will go through our revision papers with little or no hiccups at all... I really hope everyone can play your part in moving together with me.

It takes 2 hands to clap... As much as I would like to push everyone to do the best, it has to be that you would want to do your best too!

The best from all, in all.

Finally, I would like to inform everyone that I am giving supplementary class this coming Thursday as well, during CCA time from 12.30 pm to 2 pm.

Consent forms will be given.

Friday supplementary class is still ON as usual.

We need all the time we have on hand to really prepare ourselves. I hope you can understand.

Can we work together?

Thanks.

Lost & Found!

Did anyone from Remedial Group 2 (Tue) lose a water bottle?

Happy Children's Day

The highlight for today would be the celebration for Children's Day... The day started with some P5s and P6s teachers coming together as pupils from class 7.12... This class is made up of many intellects, as well as problematic kids...

The form teacher is Mrs Silvia Lazar... Our class monitor is none other than me (naughty ah Boon) who is actually given a chance to be the class monitor... However I would always come late for class and not wear the monitor tie (just like Ellis...). My shirt is ironed and well pressed, but I would always fold my sleeves and flip my collar up...

I would choose to take a nap in the afternoon, then during the evening I would watch lots of television and sleep late at night... The next day I would wake up very late in the morning, skip breakfast, come to school looking very tired and sleepy (like Yisheng...)

"I'm writing this blog entry as Ah Boon, the ah-beng from class 7.12"

30 Sep 2009:

Woke up late again... Didn't eat breakfast again... This is like the 267th day in a row that I skipped my breakfast... No wonder Papa say I will never grow tall...

Tsk, irritating lor, always curse me that I cannot grow tall... To Papa: You very tall meh? Whatever I am today, it is all because of your genes mah... So whatever lor...

Anyway, today the whole class seems to be very excited... I also don't know whatever for... Anyway, it is Children's Day today...

How I wished I could stay home and zzz! Children's Day should be for us to sleep mah! Give us holiday! One day is not enough!

This morning got scolded by Mrs Lazar again for talking to Ivan and James... Sickening lor... Talking about yesterday's soccer match also must scold... Then she scolded me for not buttoning my shirt up properly... However it was time for flag raising and pledge taking...

Maybe it is my fault? Then today, Hara Woes hor, that head prefect very what lor... I like this like this only, then she like that already. So what lor... Today Peijing, the prefect who announced the announcements very cute... Her snow cap very nice...

School and lessons were as usual... English lor, Maths lor then Science lor... Mother Tongue also... Around 11am, we were all asked to gather in the hall for celebrations.

The programme went on with different levels preparing for different things... We played "Don't Forget the Lyrics", along with "Matching the items to the Teachers". Got presents for those who dared to go up...

After school went out to IMM for shopping! Bought a pair of pants from World of Sports! Okay! An early 'Children's Day' present for myself!

Happy Children's Day to my fellow SVians!

Back again as Mr Yeoh:

Alright class, I really hope you have enjoyed your Children's Day, and really hope you like all the presents given to you... As much as I am strict, I always believe in giving the best that I can for my own class of pupils...

We have only 10 days plus in school actually to go through a lot of times before our exams... I really hope everyone will fight this battle with me, and work together with me to achieve the improvements you want...

Happy Children's Day my dear pupils!

In matters of days!

Oh gosh! 30 days left to SA 2!!! Just 1 month away!

I hope all of you would have started on your revision and preparation...

Time to show self discipline and control...

After exams then go and have fun okay? For now...

Do your best and study hard!!!

I am also working hard together with all of you!

My heartfelt words to my darlings of 5.7s...

Hello 5.7s!~

Alright boys and girls, some of you have been commenting on this blog that you wanted me to post something... Actually if you want me to post something, perhaps all of you can help me out by giving me a topic so that I can work on it...

As of now, just allow me to go on and on about my feelings so far about 5.7...

I remembered the time when I first met all of you... I was really worried... Why worried? Well, being your form teacher, and teaching you only Maths and PE definitely has its weaknesses... I would not be able to monitor all of you closely, and most of all, I was worried about the naughty boys in the class...

Apart from behavioural problems of the boys, I was also worried that the girls in the class would give in to bad influence and learn the wrong things...

I was so worried for all of you, and how this class would turn out, and I was praying to God that He will bless this class and make this class a pleasant place for all to be in.

Indeed, as much as this class has not reached its best potential or even unleashed its best, I have also seen how this class have grown and improved, particularly in the work attitude as well as class spirit... I have seen how different ones who are always not handing in work on time, have started to respect, cooperate or 'give me face' by handing in their work on time.

Apart from that, they are putting in their real effort this time round to really try their best in their work... As much as I never show it on my face, but do you people know that deep down I am really glad, grateful, appreciative and thankful that you have done so?

With individuals, I have also observed changes in attitudes towards learning, towards school, and even behaviours. Those who were disrespectful have grown to be respectful of everyone, those who where playful have learnt self control, those who were rebellious have learnt obedience... These are priceless things in life which matter more to me than just the good grades you are capable of getting...

Actually, I am really thankful for all the support and cooperation that you have given to me thus far... Without your support and cooperation, I guess I would have given up long time ago to give my best and my time to try to make Maths lessons less boring and to try to make sure everyone understands new concepts etc...

I also must admit that I am not the best Maths teacher around who can give wonderful, and fun Maths lessons... Yet, even so, you have given me your support and stay attentive as much as you can through every lesson... Thank you 5.7 for that...

Of course, no one is perfect in this world, not even me. Hence I definitely understand that as much as 5.7 still have a long, long way to go and a lot more room for improvements, I am thankful that at least improvements and progressions have been made.

I am also confident that with the remaining days as a class, I will continue to see more of you emerging as successful individuals.

Success is not measured by pass or fail... It is measured by every bit of improvements you have made with all the best efforts you have put in...

Here, I really want to stress to everyone, not to take in the negative and hurtful things people (myself included) would say to you.

Let no one tell you that you are stupid, you are hopeless, you cannot be successful in future, you are fat, you are ugly, you are too thin, you are too short, you are unpopular...

THROW ALL THESE HURTFUL WORDS OUT OF THE WINDOW! These words can never help you to take that extra step to the next level, the next improvement, or the next positive change in your attitude...

I want you to know that I have this belief in all of you:

All of you may be caterpillars right now...

You are young, green and inexperience, not knowing everything in the world... You are going around exploring, making sense of what this world may be...

You are insignificant to many... Vulnerable and weak, you must feed and take in nutritious food to grow and stay alive... Just like how children learn new things everyday, protected by parents and provided the food, shelter and clothings to be kept safe...

Yet one day, all these caterpillars will morph to become beautiful butterflies...

One day, you will break forth from your crystalis and emerged as a new being...You will be beautiful, and be able to spread your wings to fly...

None of you are rotten apples or caterpillars forever... If you need someone to believe and trust that you can make it in life, I will gladly love to be that person... I trust in you. However, I cannot fight this journey in life or achieve this success for you. It is your life... The decision must come from you...

I really hope that you will start to believe in yourself to have that power to do greater things and be someone better than who you are now...

Treasure the days of your youth...

It has really been a journey of tears and joy teaching all of you... I may be strict, fierce, stern, scary, or whatever adjectives you may think of to describe me whenever I would scold or punish pupils who did not meet the expectations of the class... I would like to tell you that because I love you as my pupils, and because I care, it upsets me when I see you not doing your best, when your best is yet to be...

We have 35 days before the start of the examinations... I definitely wish for the best for all of you...

Do not fear your past, or be affected by the past... Live in the present, and work for the future... You may not have done well in the past, but let it not be a scar on you forever... It is time to claim your success and go for your happiness!

Lastly, tell yourself this:

"It is time to make things right. I have nothing to fear as long as I give my best."

So, give your best right now...

Just for laughs...

"Always treasure the days of your youth..." - Remember what I would always 'nag' at you for?

When we are young, we need to really learn to put our talents, strengths, good skills or gifts to good use, before we grow old and look back in our lives and regret...

These are some superheroes we are all too familiar with...

Imagine, when they get old, if they have not made full use of their skills when they are young, won't they live in regret?

Think, ponder, reflect...

At the same time, have a good laugh!

Spiderman

Wonder Woman

Batman & Robin

Superman

Poor Tweety

While I am away... Please do the following.

Some instructions for class 5.7 while I am away tomorrow.

NOTE: It is the responsibility of those who have visited the blog today to pass the message on to the class tomorrow, Friday, 4 Sep 2009.

There are work to be done, so please do not allow teachers to take the time away to do any other things.

Some important announcements:

*** NO SUPPLEMENTARY CLASS TOMORROW, FRIDAY 4th Sep 2009:

1) Maths Workbook 5B pages 113 to 118:
- Check your answers and do your corrections.
- Corrections are to be done in full, with workings and headings.
- Circle any questions which you may need me to explain.
- Hand in to Kelly after you are done. I want 36 copies excluding Samuel.

2) A Sum A Day Term 3.
- Check and mark from questions 30 to 50.
- Corrections are to be done, completed with workings.
- Circle questions which you need me to explain.

Weekend homework:
1)Maths textbook pages 113 to 127. Do in pencil and in your textbook, completed with workings.

Reminders:
1) Sign the consent form for supplementary classes and bring them during the classes next week.

2) Tuesday Supplementary classes, 8 Sep 2009: 12.30pm - 2.30pm - 5.7 classroom. Please have your lunch before coming to school.

3) Wednesday Supplementary class, 9 Sep 2009: 9.30am - 11.30am - 5.7 classroom.


Thank you!

Heritage Tour

All the p5 classes did not have their normal classroom lessons on Friday, but instead made their way down to Kampong Glam and Chinatown for their Heritage Tour to learn more about the culture, and heritage of Singapore for these areas...

The weather has been kind to us, and the rains were withheld from us... It was not scorching hot, and neither was it pouring on us.

We left school around 8.30am, and we came before 12.30pm. I myself personally had learnt more about the area... I hope you all have enjoyed it as well, taking it as a short break from the hectic workload.

Take care and enjoy the slide show.

Some instructions while I am away...

Hello all,

Please be reminded of the following:

1) Monday 31 Aug 2009 - Be Yourself Day:

2) Our Theme: Dreams and Ambitions. Come dressed as who you want to be when you grow up. Be creative and daring!

3) Bring donations for charity in red or green packets. Please donate generously to your best ability.

4) Please bring all your Maths worksheets, A Sum A Day, Revision Papers, Non Routine, Heuristic Booklet and Maths Workbook 5B worksheets on Monday. Do filing during my maths class. They are due for checking on Wednesday.

Enjoy yourselves! Have a great Teachers' Day.

Vote for what to wear on Be Yourself Day!

Dear 5.7!

I am so sorry that I won't be there to celebrate on Monday with all of you... I will be away for National Re-service duties... I am going for army training...

As a result, I won't be able to take part in the Be Yourself Day Dress Up Contest with all of you. However, I really would love to see you all put in that effort as a class and make it an enjoyable day for yourselves...

I have put up a voting poll for you all to vote on the themes or topics we can follow to dress up for that day.

If you have a better idea, you may let me know tomorrow!

Please pass this message around to all your friends the moment you read this. Call them! Get them on the class blog and vote! We need to discuss this and decide on this by tomorrow!

Thanks!
Mr Yeoh

Preparing for the Heritage Tour to Kampung Glam & Chinatown

Dear P5.7s,

By now you would have signed the consent forms for the Heritage Tour to Kampung Glam & Chinatown.

I will be collecting the worksheets for both trips from the General Office. Remember, you are there to learn. So, please adopt a positive learning attitude on the day. Let me have a memorable trip with you before I leave for my National Re-Service. Alright?

The programme on Friday will be as follows:

7.30am - P5 pupils remain in the hall after pledge taking for briefing

8.10am - Short toilet & food break before departure to the sites

8.30am - Depart from SVPS to Kampung Glam / Chinatown (depends on your tour guide schedule)

12.30pm - Return to SVPS (Pupils to have their lunch in canteen as the classroom may still be

occupied by the P3s)

Extra information:

a) According to the tour guide i/c, when the rest of the pupils are having break at Maxwell Food Centre, the Muslim pupils will go to the URA Gallery to view some exhibits there. However, if they choose not to fast on that day then they can have some food at the food centre.

b) Please remind one another to behave when you visit the various places of worship or as they walk through the tour. Speak respectfully and politely. Do not mock or make fun of the places or culture!

c) We need 1 PV to follow us on this trip. Please ask your parents!

d) What to bring:

1) Water bottle

2) Writing materials

3) Maths Revision Paper 2

4) Maths homework

5) Calculator & geometry set

6) Sufficient money to eat

7) A small bag to keep the things above.

With love,

Mr Ken Yeoh

26 Aug 2009

Parent Volunteer needed this Friday!!!

This Friday, we will be having another learning journey during our school curriculum time. All of us will be going out from school during school hours.

I will need a parent volunteer on Friday, 28th Aug 2009, from 7.30am till 12plus noon.

I am really in need of a parent volunteer this time round as no teachers will be there to help us... They have their own lessons.

If we do not have a parent volunteer, the whole class can be the only P5 class to stay in school.

So, please open your mouth and do ask your parents politely for help!

Thanks!

Mr Ken Yeoh

Hippy Hoppy Dance!

Here are some pictures I have of class 5.7 when you were having your Hip-Hop classes...

Seriously, the dance classes would be better for you all if you really put in the right attitude to learn from the instructors, and not just waste the 1 hour there just fooling around...

Put in your heart to make the best of that lesson!

Learning Journey to Science Centre

It was a much awaited Learning Journey for class 5.7 in a way, despite the fact that they knew they were going there to learn about Electricity, and it would be a lecture and a lesson for them.

Not so much of a fun-packed day for them, yet they were just as excited and eager to be going there with their dear friends...

Before that, I was at a head loss of not being to find a parent volunteer to go along with the class as we needed at least 2 adults to accompany 40 pupils on an excursion.

I was really glad that when I approached Mr Hafees, he was so willing to help. I really appreciated his help, because if it was not for him, the class would have to postpone the trip until we would be able to find a parent volunteer to go with us...

I really wonder if all the parents of class 5.7 would be so busy until none of them could make it for that day. Or, did my boys and girls even ask their parents about it?

No matter, it was thanks to Mr Hafees for he came to our rescue! Our knight in shiny armour!!!

6 classes of pupils were gathered in the auditorium of Science Centre to learn more about Electricity with many experiments conducted for them to learn more about electricity. We talked about polarity, potential difference, voltage and current. Beyond that, we discussed further on static electricity and lightning, with clear demonstrations of how interesting static electricity worked.

There was this 2nd last experiment where the lecturer experimented with a girl touching the steel spherical ball which would be a source of static electricity to negatively charge up the girl. As a result, her hair ends were all negatively charged up and her hair repelled each other, causing her hair to stand erect!

It was a good laugh for many, and I hoped it was not directed to humiliate the girl, but just for the love and fun of Science.

That day, orders for McDonald's were made, and the pupils got to have their meals at the amphitheatre located just outside the McDonald restaurant... The fries turned soggy as they were kept packed without ventilation for a long period of time. Not to mention that it was not salty at all... A consolation would be the cool cold Coke which was part of their meals. Well, for $4.50, I guessed we had nothing much to complain about!

No doubt it was a short session of the learning journey, I thought some of you brought interesting experience and memories back with you...

Cheers!

Please ask your parents!

Hello dearest 5.7s!

I hope you have enjoyed your weekend. I sure hope all of you have completed your homework!

Anyway, remember last week I asked you to ask your parents to be volunteers during our Science Center Visit? Have any of your parents agreed to come down together with us?

Please ask for me alright?

We need 1 parent volunteers to go with us!

Thanks!

Mr Yeoh

Thank You 5.7s!

I would just like to thank the whole class for your efforts in making such a big birthday card for me... Thank you so much.

It is very nice and I am touched by your efforts. Thank you so much 5.7s!

I hope from now onwards, we can truly live and learn together like a real family, where we show care and concern towards one another freely.

Let there be respect and lots of love in our class...

I really hope I can be a joyful teacher in class without having the need to punish or to scold anyone in the class...

Will you help me with this?

Thank you once again 5.7...

Sometimes... You people can break my heart so badly...

Sometimes... You people just have ways to make me smile and to make my heart melt once again...

Thanks... 5.7 is a cute class...

This is NO JOKE. No humour involved...

Below is a list of pupils who did not hand in their Maths 5B Workbook Practice 3, Percentage of a Quantity, pages 73 to 82.

Names:
1. Hoon Hwee

2. Aqil Luqman *Potential candidate to get an offence form as well...

3. Byron Foo

4. Lam Yisheng *You can get ready to sign offence form since it has been more than over 10 times.

5. Asyraf

If you do not hand in by tomorrow, 12 Aug 2009. You will be copying everything from your workbook on foolscap paper from pages 72 to 82, word by word, picture by picture, and line by line.

Those who have read this, please feel free to warn them by calling them, if you are really their friends...

I am serious.

Important!

Please make sure you have completed all the revision papers and bring them on Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009.

Happy National Day!

It's 9 August 2009. Singapore is celebrating its 44th Birthday.

Singapore found its independence on 9 August 1965, and has come a long way since then to arrive at all it is in the world, a cosmopolitan city.

We changed from a fishing town to be a city renowned for one of the best service industry in the world with the likes of PSA, SIA and service industry...

Yet all these did not come for free... Our forefathers have worked hard together as one nation, one people and one Singapore to come to this point today... Nothing comes for free...

So, are you feeling that you have a part to contribute to safeguard and protect this prosperity and peace, so that it can continue to be passed on to many future generations to come?

I'm kind of affected by some comments people leave on my Facebook wall whereby I've heard negative comments from young pupils about why Singapore is not that good... There is a sense of resentment here for the way Singapore is. For some reasons or another, they are unhappy at certain things Singapore is portraying...

Honestly, if you ask me, there are no perfect country in the world... Like it or not, every country has its own problems, own strengths as well as weaknesses... You can go on searching for greener pastures, but you can come to find none...

At the end of the day, you still have to ask yourself this question: " What is important to you? What are you looking for?"

For me, I would want a safe, and clean country to live in. Never mind the hot and humid weather, never mind that I do not see beautiful sceneries, never mind that I experience rude and horrible drivers on the road... If anyone wants to be negative, everything he or she says will be negative comments only... I choose to be positive... Being born in Malaysia, my family chose to come to Singapore in search for a good education system, and equal opportunities to advance in our career. We seek that security and peace we thought Singapore would have and would be a better choice as compared to where I was born in...

We never regretted that choice made.

Today, I am proud to say Singapore is my home, where I belong.... It is in Singapore that I have found my identity because as much as I can travel to beautiful and fun countries, Singapore is where I received my education, where I found my beloved family and friends...

I can be anywhere in the world in future, but eventually, Singapore is where I will return to... It's a choice of seeing the goodness in something, to be appreciative, rather than to complain about everything in the world...

To me, Singapore is more than good enough for me.

What about you?

VOTE FOR FAITH WONG by 8 AUG 09

Hi 5.7s & SVPS pupils,

Faith Wong from P3.10 is taking part in the Shine Like A Star Competition. You can view her performance and vote for her at

www.epopular.com.sg.

Faith has great potential, a lovely disposition and voice. Let’s lend her a helping hand and bring further glory to South View.

You need to register before you can vote. Here are the steps you have to take:

1. Log on to www.epopular.com.sg.

2. Click on “Contests”

3. Click on “Shine Like A Star”

4. Click on the coloured icon on the left, which reads “Click here to VIEW & RATE videos now”

5. Click on the video thumbnail “Faith Wong”

6. Register your name and email first before you can vote

7. Check your email to activate your account *

8. Log in 1st

9. Click on Faith Wong Studio Audition 1

10. Rate her singing ( I rate her a 5. She deserves at least 4 )

Do support a young talented singer in the budding, and don't let your passiveness drown her talents.

Thank you in advance for your help and support.

Closing date is 8 Aug! So please act immediately!

Some sharing here...

Sorry for being away for so many days... I was so busy with marking, planning lessons, keying in PE grades and results, height and weight taking, preparing different administrative work... I guess I can take this chance and share my life as a teacher. Exactly how is it like to be a school teacher?

Well, a lot of my friends agree with me that teaching can be pretty daunting for many...

Life as a teacher has so much more installed... It is NOT just going into a class for that 30 minutes and teach from the textbook straight. Planning has to go into how we can best deliver that concept to students.

Next would be planning activities and practice for them to really apply and test whether they have learnt anything. After that would be marking, and looking at horrendous handwritings of many pupils... Not forgetting the careless mistakes they would make... Sometimes you can laugh over these mistakes, but sometimes you can feel so frustrated, so upset as to why they are always repeating the same mistakes despite being reminded, told and warned not to do so...

It seemed almost impossible to change some people...

Well, that is the challenge here...

As teachers, we got to find the right keys to these locks... To unlock the locks which stopped the potential in them from flowing freely, so that they will truly shine as diamonds... That is our belief...

So, what do we teachers do within 24 hours?

Markings are always coming in piles... Each pupil do one set of homework, and teachers have 40 sets to mark, to go through, to check corrections, and to re-teach different concepts...

The administrative work which comes after are truly time consuming... Keying in results, subject remarks, general remarks, and attendance. Collecting money, giving consent forms, remedials, supplementary classes, design examination papers, set more worksheets etc... The list can go on and on...

BUT...

I STILL LOVE MY JOB... It is more than a job...

I must not forget why I choose to take up teaching in the first place... I must not forget the purpose that I seek to impact every single pupil I have come across...

Sometimes I do feel like giving up... Yet, these beliefs kept me going, kept me believing that miracles come from persistency and sincerity to guide and teach them properly...

Their smiles, laughters, improvements, the joy and laughters, the tears and all; these are priceless moments and things that money can never buy...

I love my kids... Really... So, never mind all the tiring days, and the lack of sleep... I am willing...

What are your beliefs in life my dear children? What do you believe in? Who do you want to be someday? Work for it... I did not started out believing I will be a teacher someday. I grew up thinking about being an army officer, an astronaut, scientist, doctors, lawyers even...

It was through my growing up and life experience that I realised I would like to touch lives, and guide young ones to make the right choices in life, to live a life they will be proud of...

Life is all about choices; we make right ones as well as wrong ones... but we must never give up on ourselves, to believe in life, as long as there is hope, there are always U-turns...

So children, keep on believing... Believe in yourself...