happy New Year!

Hi all,
Hoildays are coming to an end, a new year is about to start, the end of 4Joy 2008 is very near :)

It has been an honour to have taught you, a pleasure to be your teacher and happy to know you.

If you need anything in 2009, don't forget to drop by 4 Faith to give me a "Hi" (not interrupt ok)...Don't know where is it? Don't worry, the old 4 Joy classroom is the new 4 Faith Classroom...muahaha

Note: Please meet me during your recess to take your 4Joy Speed Test exercise books!!! I found it in the cabinet when I was cleaning the classroom!

Librarians are to meet me! Compulsory!

Season's Greetings to all

Hello children,
Merry Christmas to those celebrating & may you receive beneficial gifts from your loved ones!

To the rest, have a good cloudy & cool day today :)







Picture from http://www.poofcat.com/christmas.html

I'm back...New dates for outing

Hi all,
I'm having a fever after my scout camp yesterday. It's a good thing the outing was postponed anyway or else we have to postpone it due to me being ill!

So let's choose another date and venue. I've visited the animal resort last week and it doesn't have the horse and goat anymore. The rabbits, hamsters, iguanas, geese, chickens, swans, fishes and emu are still around though.

I suggest we go animal resort on either 24th Dec (Wednesday) or 31st Dec (Wednesday) at 9am in school canteen. Agree? Write in the comments whether you agree and if you are able to go, latest by this Friday ok children? Minimum 20 pupils and need a week to book the bus. Thank you.

Outing postponed.

Greetings all,
Sad to say that we could not confirm a 20 pupil list to go for the outing. I sugggest we take time to coordinate again. Don't worry. Please call all your classmates to inform them.

About the visit to my house; you can stay & play my xbox or PS or my computer or some of my toys while you are there, BUT you have to clean up after that. 2 hours enough to see my baby & play some games? Do write in the comments.

Confirm for Class Outing

Hi all,
Here is the update on the class outing. Those pupils who visit the blog, please call your friends to inform them on the class outing to Animal Resort, at 17 December 2008, Wednesday. Please write your reply (going or not going) under the comments box. Mr Azhari needs minimum 20 pupils. And remember to tell your friends who are interest to bring the things they need, the amount of money and the meeting place that is written on the previous post.

Meet in School canteen after lunch, 1330hrs. We'll return to school by 1600hrs.

The Animal Resort
81 Seletar West Farmway 5
Singapore 798061
Tel: (+65) 6338 7665
Fax: (+65) 6234 1360
Email: ricted@singnet.com.sg
http://www.rictedkennels.com/

~Have a Happy HOLIDAY!~
(The time to go and back has not been confirm yet, maybe about the date then it will be posted)

List:

1. Yi Jing
2. Cassandra
3. TKL
4. Sheryl Chow
5. Ryan Chow
6. Sheryl Chen
7. Shih Yang
8. Yee Ching
9. Bjorn
10. Justin
11. Leonard???
12. Aldeba???
13. Priscilla
14. Priscilla brother 1
15. Priscilla brother 2
16. Janessa
17. ?
18. ?
19. ?
20. ?
21. ?

Edited by Mr Azhari

Class outing

Hi all,
Is anyone interested in going to Animal Resort this holiday? I will rent the bus and we'll meet and dismiss in school. You just have to pay for your buns, animal food (to feed the animals) & packet drinks. It'll cost about S$4 and you could bring an extra of S$5 if you want to buy extra drinks or animal feed.

Next, my thanks for those who have taken the CDs and helped the teachers and me in the PE equipment stock taking.

Last but not least, here's wishing a happy birthday party to Jia Yi...:(

PE helpers

Hi all,
I'm cleaning and doing stock taking of the school's PE equipment. I would like to ask for volunteers to help me and some of the teachers. Please take a consent form when we meet tomorrow, IF you are able to help. I will need your help on Wednesday (26/11/2008) from 9am to 2pm (lunch is provided but please take your breakfast at home as you wll need the energy). I will only need 5 helpers. Please write your names under comments if you are interested or have any questions.

Please help to call those classmates to inform them about tomorrow's meeting. So far only Alvin had informed me of not being able to come. Any others?

Meeting changed to Tuesday (25/11/08)

Hi children,
How's your first week of the holidays? I love the holidays when I was young as it gives me time to do my hobbies.

My hobbies were building World War 2 aeroplanes, reading, doing puzzle books, playing toys and game consoles (I had Atari, Sega & Nintendo) which I played using the TV. Do remember at that time, computers were not for homes yet and of course internet was not heard off!!! I also played with my other six siblings and soccer with my friends. I went for scout camps every holiday, something that I've been doing until now.

Ok, about the meeting next Monday. I have to bring my son and wife to two different doctors at two different timings on that day. One doctor is for my son's medical check up and the other is the doctor to check on my wife. I hope all of you will be available on Tuesday. It will still be 11.30am at the canteen after the Maths Olympiad. Maybe we'll play some PE after giving out the CDs or go to Cyberhub to try the CDs :)

P/S Cassandra & Justin, please stop bickering. And Justin, I think you NEED a BL for something you typed. It's extremely BAD! :(

Updates...

Hello children,

Here are some info...

1. We will meet on 24th November 2008, Monday at 1130am in the canteen for me to hand over the photo CDs. If you are unable to come, please do not worry. You can email, sms, call or leave a comment in the blog. I can pass it to you when school re-opens or meet you another time.


2. Those who have shown interest to be the class blog writers, please email me or give me your email address as I need it to authorize you. You will then receive an email. Follow the instructions in the email to verify. Start blogging. But may I remind you that I may edit your post or even put it offline if I find it irrelevant :)


3. Enjoy the photos of our Star and WOW winners and of course more pics of my son as requested...

New MAN power for the country...

Hi all,
The end is near, very near...The journey of this 4Joy blog is coming to an end...please write in the comments if you want me to invite you as one of the writers of this blog. It means I will authorize you and you can write a post in the blog when you want to.

Thank you for all the well wishes and here's a photo of my first born.

Fresh out of the placenta and after bathing.

Save the Planet!!!

Hi boys and girls,
Please take some time to view this funny but educational video by the people from the Animal Planet. It teaches us about recycling and saving our poor, abused planet.

P4 Soccer Tournament

Hi players and supporters of 4 Joy,

Thank you all for the hard work and a good game during the P4 soccer tournament. We played hard, scored some goals, became angry at times but we all had a fun and JOYFUL day outside class...YAY!

The players and supporters did a good job trying their best AND nobody argued with each other...CONGRATULATIONS...you all earned the Sportsmanship award!

Don't worry about not getting to the finals, at least some of us went through to the quarter finals...there's always P5 and P6 soccer tournaments in the years to come :)

P4 Math Tests...

Hi all,
There will be a Math Test tomorrow (Wednesday) and Friday. Tomorrow will be the Tesselation test and Friday is for the Math Olympiad.

School Magazines...

Hi all,
It's the time of the year to collect orders for the school magazine. It is $8 per copy. I'll collect the money and attach the namelist of pupils who've ordered and submit it to the office. The magazine will be given by week 10. I'll have to complete all collection by 7 November, Friday. Thank you and have a great day.
Rest well for the soccer competition tomorrow!!!

Hello children,
I quote Mr Tan's email for the soccer inter-class fixtures and message below;

I've attached the soccer groupings and fixtures for your reference. Teachers are to remind the pupils involved about the attire on next Tuesday.

Let them know also, that they are allowed to wear court shoes if they have them. On the Tuesday itself, please get the pupils to assemble at the court straight after they go back to class and place their bags. Thanks.

BOYS
Group B
The Rockets (Di)
Black Tigers (Gr)
Ancient Hydra (Jo)
Love A

08 31hrs - Ancient Hydra vs Love A

09 20hrs - Black Tigers vs Ancient Hydra

10 16hrs - The Rockets vs Ancient Hydra

Group D
Diligence
4G Madrid
Eagles (Gr) ???
Love B

08 59hrs - Eagles vs Love B

09 48hrs - 4G Madrid vs Eagles

11 44hrs - Diligence vs Eagles

Girls
Group B
Girls Rock (Di)
Junior Girls (Gr)
Generate (Jo)
Friends Forever (Ki)

08 31hrs - Generate vs Friends Forever

09 27hrs - Junior Girls vs Generate

10 16hrs - Girls Rock vs Generate

Group C
About Girls (Di)
Velocity (Ho)
The Diamonds (Jo)
4 Love Girls

08 45hrs - The Diamonds vs 4 Love Girls

09 41 - Velocity vs The Diamonds

10 30 - About Girls vs The Diamonds

Butterfly care-givers

Hi all,
Please write your names, under comments, if you're interested to take care of the class caterpillars.

Sci Energy WB

Hi all,
I would like those who read this announcement to spread this info through phone calls. I would like you to bring the above Sci WB (Purple coloured) tomorrow as I need to check some marks that I've written in the WB. Thank you.

Reminder: If you are playing computer games as the exams are over, please be reminded again that times are bad with the recession and the increase in electrical bills. Love your parents by not asking them to pay such a high power bill just because you want to play. There are many other kinds of games / play that do not require electricity. I'll teach some to you in the following days.

Germination...

Hello children,

Remember Jonathan Lim's question when we were discussing on the question whereby a seed was placed in a zip lock bag and it still germinates? Below is an excerpt from Wiki explaining how air (oxygen that is) is used before the seed leaves appear. It means oxygen is still needed when the seed is not making food. It's needed for the energy making process called "respiration" (digested food + oxygen = energy).

When the condition is right (there's air, water and warmth), the seed will "wake" and start the process of germinating. Wonderful isn't it :)

Oxygen - is required by the germinating seed for metabolism:[2] If the soil is waterlogged or the seed is buried within the soil, it might be cut off from the necessary oxygen it needs. Oxygen is used in aerobic respiration, the main source of the seedling's energy until it has leaves, which can photosynthesize its energy requirements.[1] Some seeds have impermeable seed coats that prevent oxygen from entering the seeds, causing seed dormancy. Impermeable seed coats to oxygen or water, are types of physical dormancy which is broken when the seed coat is worn away enough to allow gas exchange or water uptake between the seed and its environment.

Taken from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germination

Certificates / Awards

Hello children,
I would like those who have certification of skills (anything, for example Swimming Bronze or Violin / Piano certificate) to bring them tomorrow as I need to update your school's pupil particulars.

Reminders from Mathematics Department...

Hi all,
Please remember

1. to bring your sets squares and protractor.
2. to show your working for Section B to score some marks in working if you have transfer error or careless mistakes.
3. to show your number sentences in Section C to get the full 4 marks. Then you must write the answers in the answer blanks WITH the units (if applicable).

I'll update if there's more.