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?