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Sunday, April 5, 2009

An unforgettable experience at St John's Island.

Just came back from St John's Island, 2009 P4 camp. So much to talk about. I will just briefly list out in points form.
1. Weather is like living in raging hell. Really unbearable.
2. It's like a boot camp. Concertina Wire fencing round our staying compound.
3. Food is so unbalanced, not much of vege, not much of fruit.
4. Pupils looked so tired and burnt out during the 3 days.
5. One of my pupils Sili did our class proud by clinching the best female camper award.
6. My class 4N did a wonderful performance.
7. More interactions with my colleagues. Raphael, Abbie, Ramesh, Desmond, Wendy, Pauline, Corinna and Marini.
8. Lots of personal running time round the clock.
9. Taken lots of photos.
10. Did an exploration on the island.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Day 1, Touch down 佛山，顺德机场。


This is the exhibition hall that exhibits all works from all schools. Behind is the work that our school has produced. Animation and Virtual game.

The first photograph that we took while reaching their Primary school. My goodness it is extremely huge! With stadium, exhibition hall, hostel, swimming pool, 2 basketball court , soccer field, gymnasium, badminton courts, 1 building solely for canteen(different storey for different level p1 -p6) Wow, dont u feel envious of them.

Joke of the day. The plate that we always use to contain rice is actually meant for them to put the leftovers. So we scared them initially by placing our food at the leftover plate. Our children just simply refuse to use bowl to contain their rice. Haha

Arrival at their immigration counter.
Shortly after touching down, we were brought to our hotal for lunch. There after we were invited to their Primary school. When I have the timke to blog I shall introduce the different facade of the trip.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Night before I leave for 佛山.

This is the night, right now, at 1.30am and I have not packed my luggage for the trip yet. Ridiculous, unbelievable, instead of doing the right stuff I went for another night run although I had already run one earlier at 10pm. Crazy or over zealous, well I think it is passion that runs in my mind. My flight is before dawn and I am not a bit anxious at all.
However, as the saying goes, let nature takes its course. To my surprise, while I am running round the serenity of my neighbourhood, thoughts and ideas for the trip came to my mind. I began to pack my luggage virtually. Well, after the run it helps me to pack my stuff effortlessly.
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To be continued... ...
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Flying off to GuangDongProvince, City of Foshan, ShunDe District for an inaugural International Animation Competition

2 weeks before term 1 CA1 begins, I was handed a task, that is to form and guide a group of pupils to come up with a virtual game for an inaugural international animation competition. It was apparently an uphill task for me as this group of pupils knowledge of Flash and photoshop is limited. In the end luckily with the assistance of my IT trainer and I, we managed to touch up their game with action scripts, sound and music to make the game much more substantial. I am indeed surprised to hear from the organiser that our work managed to garner a SILVER award. So with it we are now going to fly to 中国，广州省，佛山市，顺德区 for the award presentation on next Thursday. It is definitely going to be an eyeopener for us as participants from different countries are going to be there as well.　Well, for people who doesn't know where place is . The idea of ringing up names such as 黄飞鸿, 叶问 and BRUCE LEE　will give you a good idea of where is the place. This place is the homes of these GongFu master. Surprisingly, I was told by my parents that that is also my family ancestral home. My family ancestral roots can be found there. Never did I expect to be going to the place that my family line starts. Life is simply unpredictable, like what my blog banner suggest always expect the unexpected!
Once I m there, I will be updating you with the intersting facts about the place. Keep logging in for more info.


The Virtual GAme that was created in a short span of 2 weeks.


The geographical Map of China.


The primary school that I will be going to. 西山小学。
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Monday, January 19, 2009

First photo taken with my form class of 2009


This batch of pupils may be difficult to handle at times, however they are really lovable and you can really see their enthusiasm when it comes to activities. ( eg: The class/CNY decoration , experiments, PE lesson and setting up of the Green Corner) My new year resolution is to see improvements in their studies as the day passes by. At the end of the year hopefully half of the class can be promoted to a better class.
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Friday, January 2, 2009

A New Year = A New Blog

I have always wanted to erase whatever past that were unfortunate and unpleasant that had happened but was too apprehensive. Year 2008 was not really a pleasant year, personally for me and i think the world too. With this, I had plucked up the courage to come up with this new blog that I had created and will try to blog it as often as i can. Welcome to Karleong's Kafeeklatch! A place where informal social situation that people can have a cup of coffee and gossip about. Sip a cuppa of it today with me if you can! Enjoy!
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Reading: How the parent can help

Reading: How the parent can help

Teaching reading is an important and difficult job in which both the school and the parent can cooperate. Here are many ways in which you as a parent can help your child:

  1. Talk to your child. Almost from birth, a child is ready to express himself. At first, he will respond by cooing and gurgling. Later he will pick up a few words and sense the rhythm of language. Help him to add words to his speaking vocabulary. The more words he uses naturally in his ordinary conversation, the more words will have meaning for him when he sees them on the printed page.
  2. Listen to your child. Children have many opportunities to express themselves. Encourage your child to talk about things he has seen or done. Do pay attention when he is talking with you. Listen to your child read. Suggest that before he reads aloud to you, he should read the story to himself to be sure that he knows most if not all the words. This makes his reading to you interesting and enjoyable both to him and you.
  3. Read to your child. Every time you read to him, you are building an appreciation of books and reading. A child who has been read to is usually more anxious to read to himself. Reading becomes important. Remember, his listening and interest levels are above his reading level.
  4. Help him with his reading. Tell him the words if he is in the beginning stages of reading. Help him to work out the word if he is in a latter stage by looking at the picture, skipping over the unknown word and reading the rest of the sentence to see whether this suggests a new word, and checking to see whether the word makes 'sense' in the sentence. (e.g. 'I was a pig' or 'I saw a pig')
  5. Build a reading atmosphere at home. Have books, magazines, newspapers, etc. around the house. Let your child see you reading frequently. Tune in to thoughtful and meaningful programmes on the radio and television. Children tend to imitate the adults around them.
  6. Teach your child how to take care of books. He will learn to regard books as friends.
  7. Take him on trips. Even a short trip on the bus will excite his curiosity and interest in the world around him. Point out interesting things and give him new words and meanings for words.
  8. Encourage him to join the public library. Take him to the library at first but don't tell him what books to select. If he is a poor reader, he may choose easy books at first. As he gains confidence, satisfaction and improves in reading, he will choose more difficult books. Don't insist that he reads books which are of great difficulty to him because of his physical age.
  9. Buy books for your child. For birthdays and holidays, buy books when you can afford them. A child who owns a few good books is usually interested in reading. Try to get books at his reading grade level so he can read these books with fun and pleasure. Buy children's magazines too.
  10. Buy games and puzzles for your child. These help your child learn shape and form and help him relate words to things. Anagrams, letter games, Scrabble will help him with his spelling and reading. Jigsaw puzzles help a child recognize shape.
  11. Make games. You can make simple word games by cutting words from a magazine and asking your child to match these words to a picture. Make word cards for troublesome words (e.g. was, there, what, went) and play a game with your child. How quickly can he learn the word and how many word cards can be removed from the pack because he really has learnt them? What words should be added?
  12. Guide your child to better movie-going. Select radio or TV programmes which will give him worthwhile information as well as entertainment.
  13. Praise your child. Remember, reading is a difficult task. Don't forget to praise him when he succeeds. Don't expect him to know the word when you tell it once or twice or over ten or twenty times. Some children need to see a word many more times than this.
  14. Give your child responsibilities which he is capable of taking. This allows him to earn recognition and to get real satisfaction from accomplishments. In turn, this will build his confidence.
  15. Keep your child well and rested. A child who has stayed up late to watch television shows the effect next day in his schoolwork.
  16. See that your child attends school every day. When he is absent from school, he misses his work and may not be able to keep up with the class.
  17. Set aside a regular time for homework. Give your child a definite place in which to work. Keep that environment quiet and conducive. Do not keep a blaring television or radio set or entertain guests in that area. Help your child to develop the habit of daily attention to homework routines.
  18. Check your child's report card. If he is having trouble with reading or any subject, consult his teacher to find out why and how you can help. Don't leave the task of helping your child to the teacher solely. It is your responsibility so support your child's learning at home.
  19. Show a real interest in school. The parents' attitudes are usually the child's. You and the teacher are partners in the important job of teaching your child to read. An interested and helpful parent is most valuable co-worker and you are the partners we need.
  20. Accept your child as he is. Don't compare him with his sibling or friend. Encourage him to improve as much as he can.

Remember:Children learn to read by reading.

The more they read, the better readers they become!

Adapted from: Guiding the reading program: a reading consultant's handbook. (Robinson, H.A. & Rauch, S.J.)

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