Children’s Day Celebration- 1st October

“Sama, sama….” Does this song remind you of the “not so long ago days” in your life? It did remind our principal, Mrs Lim, of her childhood days when she sang this song. It was once again Children’s Day! The one day in a year specially dedicated to all the children around the world.

On 28th September, Mrs Lim, Madam Asrinah, Mrs Jacinta Lim, the staff and pupils got together in the hall to celebrate this special day. Mrs Lim, the Chinese Department Staff and some Primary One pupils sang and danced. Madam Asrinah and the afternoon staff put up an upbeat dance for the pupils and not forgetting the ‘Lion King Dance’ put up by some of the PM teachers too. Of course, the Lower Primary teachers also had their share of fun performing the “High School Musical 2”, which was a sequel to last year’s dance. We really hope our pupils enjoyed the show and had a happy children’s day!






Written by: Mrs Loo Eng Leong

Mid Autumn Festival - 21 Sep 2007

The celebration was graced by our Principal Mrs Lim, our two VPs Mdm Asrinah and Mrs Jacinta Lim. They also became the judges for the Pri 1 Lantern Parade compeitition. It was amazing that within a short time, our little ones could show off their lanterns and also performing ‘cat walk’ in front of a big crowd and the PM teachers. The mini-concert also included performances by YZPS Guzheng and Chinese Dance group. The legend of the mid-autumn festival and riddle guessing game added delights to the celebration. Finally, congratulations to all the creative winners of the lantern making competition.

In the morning on the same day, photo slides of this year lighting-up ceremony in the Chinatown was shown to all from Pri 3 to Pri 6. Many thanks as well to all teachers and pupils on stage and behind the scene who made this event possible.



Even the teachers have joined in the fun during the Lantern Parade!

One of the P2 winners for the Lantern making competition receiving his prize from Mrs Lim.

Our P1 students showing off their lanterns on the stage during the Lantern Parade Competition.

Our pupils are dressed in their traditional costumes.

Written by: Mr Loo Leong Tuan

Learning Centres in P1 Classes

Objectives:
1. Differentiated activities and learning sheets
2. Training pupils to be independent learners, teachers will move as facilitators
3. Challenging & motivating pupils of different abilities

READING CENTRE

Pupils get to read storybooks that have been graded according to the levels of difficulty.
Basically, we want to cultivate the good habit of reading in every Yangzhengnite!

Pupils get to review the books that they have read.

They can state why they like or dislike the story, comment on the characters, etc…
Oh! Yes, pupils will paste these reviews on ‘Our Reading Wall’

WORD STUDY CENTRE

Using their class writing pieces, pupils will transfer the words that they know onto ‘Word Bank’ cards and books. They’ll also get to play word games and have fun making sentences!

LISTENING CENTRE
Pupils will listen & read along with recordings of familiar Big Books, songs or poems

After that, pupils could discuss changing the ending of a story, do a picture mind map of what they have learned, etc

Pupils can role play as a teacher or orally form sentences using the sentence structures learnt with puppets, masks, etc

Written by: Mdm Surahtutzdoule Redzuan

Tamil Treasure Hunt

In conjunction to the National Family Week, TL Department organized a Parent-Child Treasure Hunt event for the P1 and P2 students. It was held on 2nd June 2007, Saturday from 9am to 11.30am. The objectives of the event were to encourage students to communicate in Tamil, create an opportunity for parent-child bonding and introduce some fun ways of learning Tamil. Each Parent and Child completed 10 varied language activities moving from a station to another solving the clues given. It was a fun-filled event for both the parent and child

Written by Mdm Chelve Ganesan (Tamil Department)

Learning Journey to the Singapore Zoological Gardens

Learning Journey to the Singapore Zoological Gardens

The primary one pupils had a learning journey to the zoo on Friday the 3rd of August 2007. It was organized by three of the level teachers, Miss Roza, Mrs Yeo and Mdm Surah. The main objective was to get pupils to learn more about the animals that they had been introduced to through the Big Books that they have read throughout the year. In particular, it is in line with the Big Book entitled “Short, Tall, Big or Small.”

At the zoo, not only did the pupils walk around to view the various animals, they also had a lesson entitled “Animals, Animals, Animals!” They were introduced to different groups of animals for example, vertebrates and invertebrates and they were also introduced to their different characteristics. The pupils learnt terms like mammals, warm-blooded animals and cold-blooded animals.

As pupils viewed the animals, they had to complete some worksheets in the form of a booklet specially prepared for them by the organizing teachers. Pupils got to identify the animals and look out for details that they might have missed before for example, the animals’ eating habits, their body covering and their habitat.

Although the pupils and teachers were tired after the trip, it was indeed a beneficial and fun one.

Written by:
Ms Christina T

Learning Journey to Geylang Serai

On 19th July, the Malay Language Department organized a learning journey to Geylang Serai wet market and the Malay Village. P1 and P2 Malay pupils, as well as selected P2 Chinese and Tamil pupils, went on the trip.

The first stop was the Malay Village, where pupils visited the Kampung Museum and got to experience kampung life in the ‘Kampung Days’ showcase. Pupils had the opportunity to try many traditional Malay games and also better understand 'kampung' life.

Next stop was the Geylang Serai wet market. Pupils visited different stalls and had the chance to talk to different stall owners and find out more about the things that they see in the market.

Written by:
Mdm Asnita
(Mother Tongue Dept)

Racial Harmony Celebrations

Both the teachers and the pupils dressed up in their ethnic costumes including Cheong Sum, Sari, Baju Kurung, Punjabi for the Racial Harmony Day in YZPS on 18 Jul 07. The pupils were shown a short video clip and a powerpoint presentation on different ethnic food by Mrs Jasmine Ng. Teachers and pupils were called upon to showcase their respective ethnic costumes in the hall.


Written by :
Mdm Chew Hwee Li

Racial Harmony Traditional Food and Games

Racial Harmony Day (18 Jul 07)

Both the teachers and the pupils dressed up in their ethnic costumes including Cheong Sum, Sari, Baju Kurung, Punjabi for the Racial Harmony Day in YZPS on 18 Jul 07. The pupils were shown a short video clip and a powerpoint presentation on different ethnic food by Mrs Jasmine Ng. Teachers and pupils were called upon to showcase their respective ethnic costumes in the hall.

Written by:

Mdm Chew Hwee Li

P1 and P2 TAF Games Day

Lower Primary Family Games Day

In line with our Strategic Thrust, Character Our Focus, we believe that promoting healthy lifestyle will enhance the pupils’ well-being. As such, Yangzheng Primary School organized a Family Games Day for Primary 1 and Primary 2 TAF Club members. The aim of the activity is to enable pupils to recognize the need to exercise and to introduce fun filled physical activities to the pupils. Our parents were encouraged to attend as some of the games were specially created for parents’ involvement. This was in conjunction with the National Family Week 2007. Parents and pupils had a great time playing the games such as the “Piggy-back” and the “3-legged race”. Parents were given souvenirs and pupils were given certificates for their participation.

Written by:

Ms Sabrina Wong