Finally oh finally the day for PSLE Release of Results.
Well my class didn't do too well. About 10-15 T score lesser than my expectation. Still it's the best that they got. So will be thankful.
Some were happy, some expected the results and some were upset. Well brave on people, this is only the first exams. Try to find out ways to get into the school of your choice. be it through CCA or some sport or something. Don't give up. And do fill up al the 6 options in the form. For then they should give you from one of your list.
Friday 23 November 2007
OPA
The day finally arrived for OPA. Most turned up for it. We had the usual. The IT music was fine, of course must see who's in-charge of the sound. Said the goodbyes. and did the goodbyes. with photos and stuff
Sigh. Sending off another batch, and gotta let them go. Will miss them. Ah ... the bitter-sweet part of teaching Primary 6.
Sigh. Sending off another batch, and gotta let them go. Will miss them. Ah ... the bitter-sweet part of teaching Primary 6.
Waterworks. Chapter 2
My class requested that I bring them back to waterworks. The girls especially wanted 'revenge', and the boys don't mind being wet. So after the BBQ Trip, I asked M if we can go. And she replied certainly. So I jumped onto the bandwagon with 7 other P6 classes and got the approval to go out during school hours to waterworks science centre. The rest of the classes went to watch a movie. 1 class went to Sentosa I think
But I sortta regretted the moment I sent out the consent forms.
Few issues.
1. I was the PA ic for the OPA and the PGD.
On top of that I am to set up the IT music hardware.
We tried to set up but to my horror, 5 of the 6 cables were missing. I panicked. Searched high and low for them but couldn't find them. The cables are needed to connect the 4 PCs to the console, console to the output channel and the stage speakers for the IT music performers. Talk about MIA. The 'saviour' for the day was Mr Chay. He is the slow and steady cool guy. He said that he could custom-make the 5 cables by the day after. And managed to fixed up 2 on the spot. Talk about the handy man at hand.
The other help I had was Mr Salleh and Mr Stanley Soh. They were in charge of the Logistics. On Tuesday, he, on my instructions, plugged out the cables from the 4 PCs in the IT Music Lab and transported them down to the school hall. He then set the PCs up on the designated venue with the wires and stuff. I only had to bring the console and the stage speakers. Talk about help. Tuesday is, or rather now was, my busiest day, So I had to go to my classes while they setup for me. I discussed with Salleh and he agreed to tell Mr Foo the OM to lock up the School Hall due to the presence of the PCs and the other 'mobile but expensive gadgets'.
Wednesday came and Mdm Yap came in the morning to tell me the news. That they couldn't find the set-up PCs, and Mrs Lee, the IT music instructor was there with the pupils to help do a rehearsal on stage with the sound, that was at 0720 hrs. I hunted for Salleh and found him at last at about 0740. He told me that he wanted to err on the side of caution and kept the PCs under lock and key. So I requested that he set them up asap for the instructor was there, and he left to do the job. When I returned at about 1220 hrs, I was told that all was set up and went on fine. I sure hope that Mdm Yap is not too upset with the dragging and the ding dongs of procedues and instructions. Talk about much ado about OPA and PGD.
2. Forgot to ask for parent helpers.
I forgot to request for parent helpers, only managed to get help at the last minute - Mrs Tay. But that's not enough for a class of 44. MOE's regulations is 1 adults to 20 pupils. If not the insurance can don't cover the payment, if anything goes wrong. On that day, only 38 turned up. so I was very relieved to have 38 pupils on the bus with 1 parent helper. Phew
3. I need to redo the labelling to the cupboards on the Science Lab Prep Room
M then wanted to redo the labelling on the outside of the cupboards of the Science Lab Prep Room, she wants the labels to be outside the cupboards. So I need to re-account for the things in there and print out labels for it and paste the labels outside of the cupboards. Sigh.
4. Need to do a presentation on our Batam trip.
I needed to do a presentation during Contact Time 2 about the Batam Trip that 10 teachers with their families went during the National Day holiday(s) period. So I actually spent much of the morning selecting, sorting, and sequencing the photos for the event. Oh well.
But seeing the smiles on their faces and the fun that they had that day, I think it was worth it. :)
But I sortta regretted the moment I sent out the consent forms.
Few issues.
1. I was the PA ic for the OPA and the PGD.
On top of that I am to set up the IT music hardware.
We tried to set up but to my horror, 5 of the 6 cables were missing. I panicked. Searched high and low for them but couldn't find them. The cables are needed to connect the 4 PCs to the console, console to the output channel and the stage speakers for the IT music performers. Talk about MIA. The 'saviour' for the day was Mr Chay. He is the slow and steady cool guy. He said that he could custom-make the 5 cables by the day after. And managed to fixed up 2 on the spot. Talk about the handy man at hand.
The other help I had was Mr Salleh and Mr Stanley Soh. They were in charge of the Logistics. On Tuesday, he, on my instructions, plugged out the cables from the 4 PCs in the IT Music Lab and transported them down to the school hall. He then set the PCs up on the designated venue with the wires and stuff. I only had to bring the console and the stage speakers. Talk about help. Tuesday is, or rather now was, my busiest day, So I had to go to my classes while they setup for me. I discussed with Salleh and he agreed to tell Mr Foo the OM to lock up the School Hall due to the presence of the PCs and the other 'mobile but expensive gadgets'.
Wednesday came and Mdm Yap came in the morning to tell me the news. That they couldn't find the set-up PCs, and Mrs Lee, the IT music instructor was there with the pupils to help do a rehearsal on stage with the sound, that was at 0720 hrs. I hunted for Salleh and found him at last at about 0740. He told me that he wanted to err on the side of caution and kept the PCs under lock and key. So I requested that he set them up asap for the instructor was there, and he left to do the job. When I returned at about 1220 hrs, I was told that all was set up and went on fine. I sure hope that Mdm Yap is not too upset with the dragging and the ding dongs of procedues and instructions. Talk about much ado about OPA and PGD.
2. Forgot to ask for parent helpers.
I forgot to request for parent helpers, only managed to get help at the last minute - Mrs Tay. But that's not enough for a class of 44. MOE's regulations is 1 adults to 20 pupils. If not the insurance can don't cover the payment, if anything goes wrong. On that day, only 38 turned up. so I was very relieved to have 38 pupils on the bus with 1 parent helper. Phew
3. I need to redo the labelling to the cupboards on the Science Lab Prep Room
M then wanted to redo the labelling on the outside of the cupboards of the Science Lab Prep Room, she wants the labels to be outside the cupboards. So I need to re-account for the things in there and print out labels for it and paste the labels outside of the cupboards. Sigh.
4. Need to do a presentation on our Batam trip.
I needed to do a presentation during Contact Time 2 about the Batam Trip that 10 teachers with their families went during the National Day holiday(s) period. So I actually spent much of the morning selecting, sorting, and sequencing the photos for the event. Oh well.
But seeing the smiles on their faces and the fun that they had that day, I think it was worth it. :)
Posting Exercise
I am now trapped in the office waiting for students with parents to come to submit the option form. What a boring job. Whole morning only 1 customer. Now until now since I started at 12 only 3 customers. Sigh. Wait wait wait.
Well it's better than being busy busy busy two years ago...
Well it's better than being busy busy busy two years ago...
BBQ continue?
Talk about a long dinner break.
We took loads of photos. At least Michael's mom did.
My Wife and kiddos joined us at about 1830 hrs. I know my kids had fun with my class.
6F took care of them very well. up and down the slides, feeding them junk food (which is fine by me), talking to them, getting them a drink. Talk about a caring class.
After dinner, we packed up (to the annoyance to many of them, lol) and returned to school. Michael's family was going to stay for the night.
Talk about pleasant memories. I will really miss this class.
We took loads of photos. At least Michael's mom did.
My Wife and kiddos joined us at about 1830 hrs. I know my kids had fun with my class.
6F took care of them very well. up and down the slides, feeding them junk food (which is fine by me), talking to them, getting them a drink. Talk about a caring class.
After dinner, we packed up (to the annoyance to many of them, lol) and returned to school. Michael's family was going to stay for the night.
Talk about pleasant memories. I will really miss this class.
Wednesday 14 November 2007
Class BBQ
Wow. It's been a while that I'd blogged.
The Class BBQ went very well. We do have loads to be thankful for.
The weather was excellent. It drizzled in the morn but stopped by 0900hrs.
So when it was evening, it was cool, yet dry.
The Bungalow that was booked was requested for last minute.
But somehow Mr Tay (Michael's dad) managed to book it for someone else gave it up when he arrived. Talk about miracles.
The 4 heads did excellent jobs.
Set up was great. The food was too much, but great. And the Game IC was excellent. We had tonnes of fun.
The Bungalow was the staff bungalow set on a hill overlooking NTU, next the Presidential Suite. It has, if I remember correctly, 3 rooms, 7 beds and 3 toilets. The whole bungalow is about the average size of a petrol kiosk. There were 2 stone chairs, overlooking the sunset scene, 1 children's playground, 1 swing chair, 3 BBQ pits ...
When we got there, we prepared for the day. The Set up, Food and Games teams did their jobs. It's only about 1500 that the game started.
We had wacko, monkey see monkey do, birds of a feather flock together, water bomb quiz. That was quite a bit of activitives for 2 hours
For food we had too much variety. We had, chicken thigh, wings, sausages, stingray, satay, marshmallows, watermelon, guava etc.
Loads of stuff.
Going for dinner at Botak Jones now. Will update later?
The Class BBQ went very well. We do have loads to be thankful for.
The weather was excellent. It drizzled in the morn but stopped by 0900hrs.
So when it was evening, it was cool, yet dry.
The Bungalow that was booked was requested for last minute.
But somehow Mr Tay (Michael's dad) managed to book it for someone else gave it up when he arrived. Talk about miracles.
The 4 heads did excellent jobs.
Set up was great. The food was too much, but great. And the Game IC was excellent. We had tonnes of fun.
The Bungalow was the staff bungalow set on a hill overlooking NTU, next the Presidential Suite. It has, if I remember correctly, 3 rooms, 7 beds and 3 toilets. The whole bungalow is about the average size of a petrol kiosk. There were 2 stone chairs, overlooking the sunset scene, 1 children's playground, 1 swing chair, 3 BBQ pits ...
When we got there, we prepared for the day. The Set up, Food and Games teams did their jobs. It's only about 1500 that the game started.
We had wacko, monkey see monkey do, birds of a feather flock together, water bomb quiz. That was quite a bit of activitives for 2 hours
For food we had too much variety. We had, chicken thigh, wings, sausages, stingray, satay, marshmallows, watermelon, guava etc.
Loads of stuff.
Going for dinner at Botak Jones now. Will update later?
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