Our Learning Journey to Science Centre

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Hi girls,

Have you learnt more about magnets?

Do you remember our laboratory lesson at the Science Centre?

I'm sure you had lots of fun playing with the different types of magnets.

I liked the part where the trainer showed us the 'invisible' magnetic field.

Here are some reflection questions for you.

Tell me:
3 things you have learnt from this laboratory lesson
2 things you enjoyed from the lesson
1 question that you have

Signing Off,
:)
Ms Cao

Math Quiz (6)

A magic square has all lines going across, down and diagonally adding to the same number.
What is the missing value?

Answer to Math Quiz (5)

Question:

Jamie, Peter, Karen and Ben had a race.
Their finishing order was 1, 2, 3, 4 with no ties.
Ben was faster than Karen, but was not 1st or 3rd.
Jamie was just one place in front of Karen.
Who was first?

Solution:
Ben was faster than Karen, but was not 1st or 3rd, so Ben must be 2nd. (Ben cannot be 4th as well since he beat Karen and 4th is last position; that would be Karen.)
Jamie was just one place in front of Karen, so Jamie is 3rd and Karen is 4th.
So Peter is first!

Answer to Math Quiz (4)

Question:
Find the unknown (?). Provide your method in getting the answer.



Solution:
Take 8 + 9 (from the 1st thirds of the 2 circles) = 17 (number shown in the 1st third of the other circle)
3 + 5= 8 (Follow the same steps as the one above)
? + 14 = 40
Answer: 26
Congratulations to those of you who got it right!
Those of you who failed to do so, don't give up, please keep trying! You CAN do it! :-)

Picture Puzzles - English

Hi Girls,

How has your holiday been?

Here are some rebus puzzles.
A rebus puzzle is a kind of word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.

Guess what the following rebus puzzles are trying to say.

Using a straw to pull liquid up?

Hi P3 Joy pupils, do the simple experiment and answer the following questions:

1. When you drink liquid from a cup using a straw, are you really pulling the liquid up?
2. Explain why the liquid can travel up the straw and reach your mouth?(hint: related to air and pressure)

A day at the beach

Hi Girls,

Do you remember the composition you wrote on water safety?

Here's one written by one of your classmates.



"Wow Sue! Your sandcastles are so nicely built!", said Andrew.

"Thank you!" replied Sue. Sue and Andrew used buckets and spades to build the sandcastles. Jerry was dribbling his blue and white beachball while Jim went to the washroom.

Five minutes later, Jim came back from the washroom. Jerry went to take a break and he left his beach ball on the sand. Jerry's blue and white beach ball rolled into the sae without him realising it. Jim saw the beach ball floating in the sea and tried to retrieve it.

Jim was a poor swimmer. To make matters worse, there was a high tide then. The strong current swept him away. By the time Jerry realised that his ball was missing, it was floating in the sea. Jim tried to retrieve the ball and was far from shore.

A few seconds later, Jerry saw Jim struggling and shouting, "Help! Help!". Jerry immediately dived into the sea to rescue Jim.

Jerry quickly dived into the sea. He managed to rescue Jim. He pulled Jim out if the sea and performed CPR on Jerry. When Jim regained consciousness, he felt grateful and thanked Jerry. Jim went to take a rest.

Q1) What do you think makes this a good composition?

Q2) What do you like / dislike in this composition?

Hi girls,

Take a look at these videos on National Day theme songs. Which is your favourite? Let's vote!


National Day Theme Song 2001
Where I Belong


National Day Theme Song 2002
We Will Get There


National Day Theme Song 2003
One United People


National Day Theme Song 2004
Home

National Day Theme Song 2005
Reach for the Skies


National Day Theme Song 2006
My Island Home


National Day Theme Song 2007
Will You


National Day Theme Song 2008
Shine For Singapore


National Day Theme Song 2009
What Do You See


National Day Theme Song 2010
Song For Singapore

Materials used to make houses

Hi, P3 Joy pupils,

Here’s some Science questions for you to blog on. Refer to your science textbook page 60 and blog about the following questions.

a. Which materials were used to make the different houses?

b. What are the points to consider when deciding if a material is a good building material or not?

c. Besides wood and bricks, what other materials are used to make houses around the world and why?

Math Quiz (5)

Jamie, Peter, Karen and Ben had a race.
Their finishing order was 1, 2, 3, 4 with no ties.
Ben was faster than Karen, but was not 1st or 3rd.
Jamie was just one place in front of Karen.
Who was first?

Math Quiz (4)

Hi pupils,
Another question for you to solve. Have fun!

Find the unknown (?). Provide your method in getting the answer.

Hi girls,

Some of you attended an ICT enrichment class in school during the school holidays.

Your works have been displayed in the school's website.

Here are the finished products from our class. Congratulations Shayaree, Shristi and Pratikchhya!




Take a look at the link to see more.

http://www.canossaconventpri.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=56125

Water Safety - Composition

Hi girls,

Do you remember the composition you wrote about water safety? Did you enjoy the role play you had before writing the composition? I have picked out a good composition from our class. What do you think? Are you able to spot a couple of good phrases used?

Here it is.



"Alright boys, you have practised well today. Let's call it a day and we shall meet again tomorrow. As the competition is coming soon, go home and rest well." said the soccer coach before he dismissed the boys. John took his soccer ball and left the field.

On his way home, John dribbled his ball merrily along a canal. Suddenly, he tripped over a stone and fell. The ball rolled into the canal. As it was his favourite soccer ball, John desperately tried to get the ball back. He leaned over the railings and tried to retrieve the ball. At that moment, he accidentally fell into the canal.

John cried out in fright. He really hoped that a passer-by would come to his rescue. Fortunately at that moment, someone walked past the canal and heard John's cries for help. Without any second thoughts, the passer-by quickly jumped into the canal to save John. He swiftly swam towards John and saved him.

It was indeed a wonder that John was rescued in such a deep canal. However, John could not retrieve his soccer ball. Nonetheless, it was a good lesson learnt for John that day. He vowed never to commit the same mistake again.

I have 3 questions for you to think about.
(1) pick out 2 good words / phrases
(2) pick out a good idea / portion from the above composition that you think can improve the composition you wrote
(3)change the ending of this composition (last paragraph)

Answer to Math Quiz (3)

Hi all,
Here is the answer. Congratulations again to those of you who manage to get the answer right.
Vicki, Dara, Ashley and Niki, you have explained very well too! Keep it up!
:-)

What is the answer in the blank?




Ans: RI
Explanation: Look at the first row of letters - RA, SC and TE. The 2nd letter of each pair of letters are A, C and E. The pattern is such that it skips by a letter. A to C skips letter B.
C to E skips letter D.
If you look at the 2nd row of letters - QC, RE and SG, the 2nd letter of each pair of letters are C, E and G. Again, it skips a letter to get to the next letter. C to E skips letter D.
E to G skips letter F.
This pattern applies to the last row of letters, PE, QG and ?. From E to G, it skips letter F. So, G to ? will skip letter H. As such,the 2nd letter should I.
If you look at the diagonal row of letters, RA, RE and ?, the first letter R is underlined. This is again a pattern and hence, the first letter of ? should be R.
That makes the answer RI.

Math Quiz (3)

What is the answer in the blank?

Answer to Math Quiz (2)

Hi 3 Joy

The answer is finally here! Are you excited?

Question:
If there are FIVE people in a room and each shakes hand exactly once with everyone else in the room, how many handshakes will there be?


Okay, I have attached a picture here to help you understand it better. The coloured dots represent people. Each line between the dots represents a handshake. The numbers represent the number of handshakes. Remember the handshake is not supposed to be repeated.

Answer:
10 handshakes


It is best to act it out with 4 other people. It really helps in your understanding.

Math Quiz (2)

If there are FIVE people in a room and each shakes hand exactly once with everyone else in the room, how many handshakes will there be?

(Hint: Act it out or draw a diagram to help you.)

Answer to Math Quiz (1)

What is the missing number?

Wow, I am glad you get the right answer. The answer is 18.

How to get it:

Multiply numbers outside the + sign. That means, take 6 x 5. It gives you 30 which can be found between the numbers in the diagram. Try 8 multiplied by 3. It gives you 24. Hence, to get the answer, you need to multiply 6 and 3.

Post Comments

Hi girls,



Please post a comment after you have tried the English, Math and Science activities so that I know who have done them. Just state that you have completed the activity.



Thanks,

Ms Cao

Underwater Camp

For those of you who had gone for the underwater camp, here are some pictures. :)

Conjunctions

Hi Girls,

How has your holiday been so far?

Do you still remember what we have learnt in class about conjunctions?
Take a minute to list down all the conjunctions we have learnt so far. (and, so, but ……) Can you think of more?

Let us do a little revision before we proceed to the quiz.
There are three factsheets. Go through each of the factsheet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/factsheet.shtml

Conjunctions join two short and simple sentences to make a compound sentence.

Try these games.
There are three parts to the game:
- Is this a compound sentence?
- Make compound sentences
- Putting texts into compound sentences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/game.shtml

Invisible Ink

Math Quiz (1)

Dear 3 Joy pupils,

This is our first Math Quiz. There will be more quizzes coming. Be sure to view our class blog at least once every week. Answers will be out next week. Hope you enjoy solving it.

Please explain, that is, show your method in deriving at the answer.

What is the missing number?

Jacob Ballas Reflection

Hi girls! I'm sure you had fun at the Jacob Ballas Garden. If not for the bus that came late, i'm sure the trip would have been perfect rite?

Here are some reflection questions about your Learning Journey.

(1) What have you learnt from the Learning Journey to Jacob Ballas Garden?

(2) What was the most interesting activity and why?

(3) What other things would you like to learn in the Jacob Ballas Garden?

(4) Would you want other people to come to Jacob Ballas Garden? Why?