Annual Sports Day

It was sports day yesterday. We were lucky that the weather was great and the last sports day you experienced in your primary school days turned out to be a memorable one. Great job everyone! I am proud of all of you for your perseverance, awesome team spirit and excellent sportsmanship.

Here are some photos taken yesterday.

Writing Competition

For those of you who are interested in the English writing competition, this is the website. WritingCompetition

Man's Impact on the Environment

Here are some recent articles from various sources.
Koala population affected by urbanisation
Changes to upgrade seed vault
Seafood threat

What can we do to play a part in helping to save our Earth?

Tips for a cleaner environment




Source: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ocean/earthday-infographic-large.jpg

Upcoming secondary school events (open house)

Here are some of the upcoming secondary school events which you may be interested in:
(Please visit the various schools' websites to find out more about their DSA criteria and application.

1. 17 and 19 May, Wed and Fri, 3 - 5.30pm  Tanjong Katong Girls' School
2. 19th May, Friday, 2.30 - 5.00pm, Yishun Town Sec 
3. 20 May, Sat, 9am - 4pm, Raffles Institution
4.                      8am - 3pm, Raffles Girls' School
5.                      8.30am - 12.30pm, River Valley High
6.                      8am - 1pm, Hwa Chong Institution
7. 27 May, Sat, 8.30am - 12.30pm, Catholic High
8.                      8.30am - 4.30pm, School of Science & Technology
9.                      10am- 2pm, (IP open house) Temasek JC 
10.                      8am -11am (O Level), 11am- 1pm(IP) CHIJ St Nicholas                      
11.                      9am / 11am (DSA Talks) Singapore Chinese Girls' School
12.                      9am - 3pm, Dunman High School 
13.                     8am - 1pm, Victoria School
14.                     9am - 1pm, Cedar Girls'Sec 
15.                     9 am Swiss Cottage Sec (DSA tea session)
16. 29 May, Mon, 6pm - 7pm, (DSA dialogue) Ahmad Ibrahim Sec
17. 3 June, Sat, 11am- 12.30pm St. Margaret Sec

Adaptations

To find out more about the various types of adaptations, click on the links below.

BBC Nature Adaptations

Animal Planet (Animal adaptations)

Desert Adaptations

Extremophiles

Learning Journey to S.E.A. Aquarium

Instead of the usual science supplementary class, we went to the S.E.A. Aquarium to learn more about marine animals. I hope that you can remember many of the interesting and useful information shared by the guides. If you are interested to find out more about marine animals, here are some links:
Oceana
The Nature Conservancy
National Geographic Oceans

Here are some photos taken earlier on.

Field-based learning to Images of Singapore and Madame Tussauds

On Thursday, we went to Sentosa for our Social Studies learning experience. I hope everyone had a great learning experience and a great time there!
 

12 Feb - P6 Parents Briefing and Networking session

Dear parents,
Here are the slides for the networking session on Saturday. I hope that they are useful.

What is your weight?

Interested to find out your weight if you are on another planet? Click here.