Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:44 AM
1.Science Paper
2.Math Paper
Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:24 PM
Composition
Shafts of sunlight shone through the canopy above and the sound of the forest and the wildlife was around us as my father and I jogged along a forested jogging track. I was lagging behind my father as I was trying not to slip on the wet jogging track as it had rained the night before.
All of sudden, my father stopped. All my efforts put into not falling down was wasted as I knocked into my father. I was about to ask him the reason for his halt but he put his finger to his lip and motioned for me to stand. Pulling myself upright, my eyes followed my father’s stare and saw a dog in the undergrowth to my left. Its fur was long, as if it had never been trimmed before and it was as big as me. Worst of all, it was growling at us. In my panic and fear of dogs, instead of not moving, I turned and sprinted into the undergrowth to my right. “Surely I could out run it?” I thought to myself. The dog lunged forward and just as I expected it to land on me, my father dived into its back and held its snout shut. “Go get help!” he yelled as he wrestled to keep his hold on the dog. Not wasting another second, I ran off. The only sounds in my ears were my feet squelching through the mud, hoping my father was alright.
Soon, I reached the entrance of the forest with cuts all over my body from the tree branches. A man came running out from the information counter, immediately inquiring on what I was doing. In between ragged breaths, I told him what had happened. Reaching behind his desk, he took out a muzzle, dog collar, rope and a wooden pole. It seemed that he was always ready for this sort of thing to happen, Seeing my quizzical look, he replied, “People always abandon dogs here. This happened before.” Then, together, we ran off to help my father. With every passing second, I worried about my father. Horrible things sprung into my mind as I ran.
It turned out that my fears were unfounded as although the dog was on my father, he was still holding its mouth shut. In a few quick movements, the park ranger clipped the collar onto the dog, with my father’s help out on the muzzle on the dog and used the pole to knock it off my father. Then, before it could react, he used the rope to tie the pole to the collar so when he held the pole out, the dog could not move towards him. As this odd group – father and son covered in mud and a man leading a dog on a pole, we moved off to clean and decide what to do with the dog.
At night, I was watching the news on television. A news report in particular caught my attention. As a result of the day’s event, the police was imposing a fine on anyone who was caught abandoning their dogs. Satisfied, I switched off the television and leaned back, knowing the same accident would never happen again.
Josiah Tan Xin Yi (Class 6.11)
@ 10:20 PM
Composition
I stared at the dead body of my father, hot tears rolling down my cheeks. I was inconsolable, and knelt there for a good ten minutes. I just could not believe, and did not want to believe, what had happened. “No, this can’t be! This can’t be!” i shouted, gripping my father. A hand landed on my shoulder- the forest ranger. I shrugged it off, and continued to cry my heart out. My father’s lifeless body lay on a patch of soft grass. The forest ranger faced me, and said softly, “Kid, I’m sorry. It’s not your fault. It was no one’s. I know how sad you are. Come, help me carry your dad into the pick-up truck, alright?” I did not budge. He sighed, “Alright, we’ll stay here a little while longer.” Then, he walked towards the pick-up truck, and sat beside it. As for me, I was lost in thought, thinking about this morning, where we were still oblivious to the danger and doom we were about to face......
It was about 7a.m, and my dad brought me to the forest to jog. The sun shone through the glades of trees, splashing its touches of gold everywhere. Little flowers poked out from the ground and spread their petals in appreciation of the sun’s warm rays. My father and i began to jog along the forested track, with my father telling and explaining to me all the different plants in the forest that we passed. We were having a great time, laughing and joking. I said, “It’s the best day ever!” My father nodded. However, we were wrong, so wrong.
Out of the blue, we heard a fierce deep growl coming from the undergrowth. Curiosity got the better of me, and I went to check it out. My father warned me to be careful, and followed me just to be sure.
Soon, we arrived at a big oak tree. We could hear the loud growls but could not see what was making that noise. Suddenly, we heard a twig snap. We spun around, and saw what was making it. We were gripped with fear. My knees went soft, and panic started to engulf me. I stole a glance at my father. Terror had gripped his whole being, and perspiration stared dripping from his forehead. It was a tiger.
“D...Don’t make a sound,” my father said, voice trembling. We started to walk slowly backwards. The tiger began pacing up and down, eyes drilled on us all the time. Cold sweat was dripping from my forehead. I wanted to scream and run away, but was reminded of my father’s words, and decided against it, trying to stifle my instincts the run away. I regretted ever going into the undergrowth and putting our lives at risk like that.
A twig snapped. That did it. The tiger started bounding towards me. “Run!” my father cried hysterically. I immediately turned and ran for my life. I did not care about my tiredness, I only thought of one thing-survival. I ran and ran, keeping sight of my father at all times. I turned my head back, and saw the tiger hot on my heels, teeth bared. This newfound fear spurred me to run faster. I saw my father motioning me to the jogging track. He must have thought that we could get help there! I started sprinting at top velocity towards it. When I nearly reached there, I felt a hand grabbing my arm. My father! Just a second later, I saw the tiger crash into an oak tree. I suddenly realised that if my father had not pulled my just in time, I would have crashed into the tree instead. However, there was no time to thank my lucky stars, for the tiger recovered quickly and started advancing towards us. My father pulled my behind him, and ordered me to step backwards. Terror-stricken, i followed his order.
Suddenly, the tiger pounced. My father pushed me away, but was pinned down by the tiger. He put up a fierce fight, but the tiger clawed and slashed at him. My father cried out in sheer agony. I shrieked for help, and finally saw a forest ranger driving towards us in a pick-up truck. He pulled out a tranquiliser gun and shot the tiger. It froze in mid-swipe, and rolled on the ground beside my father.
I yelled and ran to my father’s side. His clothes were stained with blood, and his face was bloodless. He gripped my hand. “Marc...Marc... I, I love you, Marc...” with that, he closed his eyes, and lost his grip on my hand. I checked his pulse. Nothing. He was dead.
“No! No! Father! ” I cried.
“Kid! Kid!” a familiar voice rang in my ears. It was the forest ranger! “Kid, we’d better get going. We’ve got to get you to a hospital to treat your cuts and bruises.” Reluctantly, I nodded my head.
The forest ranger and I gently picked up my father’s body, and walked to his old and battered pick-up truck. I stared at my father. Tears started welling up in my eyes again.
“Oh Father,” I thought, “Oh Father! How I wish it was I who was attacked! Why did you save me? You know how sad I’ll be, and how grief-stricken Mother and Melina will be? Why did you leave us?”
The more I thought, the sadder I became. Then, I remembered my father’s last words. I bent down, and whispered in his ear, “Father, I love you.”
“Hey kid?” the forest ranger asked. I looked up. “Your dad’s a hero.” He smiled. I did not answer, but I knew he was right.
The truck stopped. We got out of the car, and I got ready to make phone call to my mother.
@ 10:19 PM
Composition
Dog Bite
“Pant... Dad! Why can’t you go slower?” I wheezed and panted as I struggled to catch up with my father. We were both jogging along the picturesque Bukit Timah Jogging Track. Huge trees with thick foliage blocked most of the heat and light from the scorching sun.
“Oops! Sorry!” My dad slowed down to jog alongside me, giving me his most cheeky grins.
Then I heard it. A low and loud growl was heard. I stopped and asked cautiously,” Did you hear that?”
My father nodded his head.
“What is that?”
My dad shrugged.
“Shall we go and check it out?”
“Okay, but let’s be careful,” my dad replied.
With cautious treads onto the grass beside the track, we stealthily made our way to a bush.
Then, we heard another growl coming from it.
Out of curiosity, we parted the bush.
We saw a large brown dog, eyes shining like coal, and fangs and teeth that would have rivalled a vampires’.
I screamed. My father and I ran at lightning speed to escape from the mad dog, with jaws snapping like a metal crusher. We could hear its deafening barks as the trees lining the track turned to a shade of fast-moving brown and green.
Then, for some reason, I started slowing down. My energy was running out, and I was literally walking with my hands quickly from side to side. Black spots started to swim before my eyes.
I collapsed just in time to see the jaws of the dog close.
Mercifully, I did not feel a thing.
When I woke up, I was greeted by my parents’ concerned faces and the pungent smell of Dettol. I was in hospital. My parents, overcome by a wave of relief, started telling me what happened. Thankfully, the dog was killed by the rangers and my bite was not very serious. I heaved a sigh of relief.
As soon as I tried to move my left leg, I felt a sharp pain. Ouch.
So much for a minor bite.
By: Lim Zheng Theng 6.11
@ 10:18 PM
Composition
“Let’s go for a jog.” suggested Father. “Alright! ” I immediately replied. “I know a jogging track in the forest. The jogging track is very cool!” I said.
Soon, we were in the car on the way to the forested jogging track. When we reached the forested jogging track, I was jubilantly jumping around in excitement. Pencils of sunlight shone through the treetops to the ground. Birds were singing and crickets were chirping. A cool breeze caressed my cheeks and ruffled my hair. I took in a deep breath and I felt rejuvenated. We did our warm-up exercises and started jogging.
As we jogged, we chatted merrily and discussed family matters. Suddenly, I heard a faint rustle in the thick undergrowth. I screeched to a halt and turned around slowly. I shuddered when the towering trees and the thick undergrowth met my eyes. I muttered to myself, “Don’t be such a scaredy – cat. Don’t be such a wimp. Come on!” I measured my steps and took a few shaky steps forward. I prised open the thick undergrowth and looked around for the thing that caused that rustle. I thought to myself, “It must have been the wind. There’s nothing in the undergrowth.”
I returned to Father and we continued jogging. Suddenly, I heard a loud roar. My heart leaped into my mouth and I gasped in shock. Horrendous thoughts raced through my mind. “What was that? Was it a monster?” Cold beads of sweat started trickling down the temples of my forehead and my palms became cold and clammy. I turned to face my father and I could see that he was afraid too. Father was biting his lip in worry and his hands were trembling.
I nudged him and urged him to jog back and go home as it was very scary. Suddenly, I saw something glittering in the bushes. I pushed open the bushes, only to see myself staring into the eyes of a tiger. Fear bubbled inside me like acid and I started panicking. Fear started creeping over my skin as trepidation overwhelmed me. Waves of panic, each as tangible as an electric shock, coursed down my spine. I tried to cry for help but all that came out of my throat was a dry croak. My feet were rooted to the ground as if roots had sprouted from my ankles. The tiger let out a low growl and that was enough to snap me out of my trance. The tiger lunged at me at top speed. In a split second, I rolled to the side and dodged the tiger’s attack.
Instead, the tiger started running towards my father. I tried to grab the tiger’s leg but I missed, the tiger pounced onto my father and started mauling my father. I was shocked and I stood with my mouth agape. I did not know what to do. I looked at the state of my father and anger overtook me. Anger started welling up inside me, wiping out every other feeling. I ran forward and picked up a large stick. I charged at the tiger as if I was a bull and I seemed to have super strength. I hit the tiger on its head with all my might and the tiger collapsed in a heap.
I immediately whipped out my handphone and dialled for the police and the ambulance. After a while, I could hear the reverberating sirens of the police cars and ambulance. The sirens sounded like music to my ears. The police fired a few tranquilizing shots at the tiger and brought the tiger away. The paramedics immediately brought me and my father to the hospital. While I was in the ambulance, tendrils of darkness engulfed ma and I fainted.
When I came to, I was lying in a hospital bed beside my father. I could not register anything beyond a buzzing noise and my father’s voice. I opened my eyes and light seemed to flood into my skull. I turned to face my father and I saw that he was covered with bandages. I heaved a great sigh of relief. Father then apologised, “I’m sorry I could not protect you. Thank you for saving me.” I nodded my head and smiled.
As the saying goes, “Once bitten, twice shy”, I never dared to go into a forested area again. This experience will definitely become another piece of my jigsaw puzzles of memories.
@ 10:17 PM
Composition
Mr Ng’s voice droned on and on. His pupils were getting restless and started fidgeting in their seats, dreaming away at the prospect of rushing down to the canteen gleefully. ‘Ring…’ the long-awaited recess bell rang shrilly. All the students pushed back their seats all at once and ran down euphorically to canteen to eat the sumptuous noodles and scrumptious chicken rice. Mr Ng sighed quietly to himself and mumbled under his breath, “There they go again, going for recess without my consent.”
Just as he was ambling his way out of the classroom, he suddenly caught sight of a group of girls gathering together, talking in hushed whispers and looking around suspiciously. When they say Mr Ng, they immediately dispersed and pretended to walk away without a care to the world. Mr Ng smelt a rat but he soon wiped the thought off his head when he tucked into his food.
“Oh no ! I forgot to take my wallet down again !” Peter lamented at the thought of running up the stairs to the fourth floor. “Oh well, I guess I will have to take my wallet then. No money no food !” Peter rushed up the stairs like a galloping horse, but a weird sighted greeted him. He saw a girl loitering around along the corridor. He could easily recognise her as Mary, the most notorious prankster in the whole school. There she was, scanning the surroundings with eagle eyes, and when she saw Peter, she scowled at him. “Get out of here now or I will teach you a lesson you will never forget.” She said as she clenched her fist. Peter looked at her quizzically but he decided not to try his luck at infuriating Mary.
When recess ended, Peter and his classmates stood with their mouth agape when they saw their messy classroom. Books and papers were strewn about everywhere, while the chandeliers that had previously decorated the classroom with a splash of colours had been destroyed. My Ng stood with his arms akimbo when Peter and his classmates complained that they had lost their calculators, handphones and wallets.
“Who has such a heart of stone to mess up the classroom !” Suddenly, “Ping !!” A light bulb literally lit up in Peter’s head, as he recalled the trial of events that had happened during recess. “Those must be the culprits !” Peter exclaimed, as he related the whole incident to Mr Ng. “This is indeed a very serious offence. We must take stern action,” Mr Ng replied with a grim face. “I think I have an idea,” Peter replied cheekily.
The next day, during recess, as expected, Mary came up to the classroom. At the corner of his eyes, Peter saw Mary’s cronies rummaging through bags and pushing tables and chairs. Mary was standing at the door as a lookout. “So that is what is happening,” Peter winked at Mr Ng and his classmates who were hiding under the teacher’s table. Without hesitation, they leapt out and caught the girls red-handed. They were ambushed ! Flexing out his muscular arm, My Ng dragged the four culprits all at once to the general office. For their punishment, they were suspended from school indefinitely. All the pupils whooped for joy when they got back their valuables and learnt how the culprits were punished. Stealing is a crime and crime does not pay. The culprits had got their just desserts.
From Eric Leow Yu Quan, P6.11
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:24 AM
1.Spelling Corrections
2.English Test Paper
3.Math Revision Paper
4.Math Revision Paper Corrections
Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:31 AM
1.3 English Test Papers Corrections
2.P6 Science Test Book-Thematic Assessment 4
3.English PSLE booklet pg 47-49
4.Learn Spelling
5.Corrections for Situational and Continuous Writing
6.Pupil's Strengths Form
@ 4:30 AM
SUPPLEMENTARY ON TUESDAY CANCELLED
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 3:22 AM
1.English Test Paper
2.Math Test Paper
3.Science Test Paper
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:35 AM
1.Science PSLE booklet complete Life Science
2.Complete Sentence Transformation booklet
3.Noteworthy by next monday (two sets)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:46 AM
1.Composition Corrections
2.Science PSLE booklet first 20 MCQ and first 10 open ended questions
3.Sentence Transformation next 3 exercises
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:48 AM
1.Spelling Corrections
2.English Test Paper Corrections
3.Math PSLE booklet Algebra
4.English PSLE booklet pgs 18-20, 26, 28, 30, 32
5.Process Skills 14-17
6.Speed test 9 and 10
Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:59 AM
1.Science Process Skills Net two pages
2.Math Speed Test 7 and 8
3.Noteworthy by next Tuesday
4.Learn Spelling
5.English Practice Paper Corrections
6.Social Studies pg6 and 7
7.English Test Paper
Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 8:27 PM
Composition by Cynthia
The morning Sun rays stretched across the horizon, with the birds chirping, all in an attempt to wake the sleeping people up. Dad and I would always beat the birds, however early they tried to wake up. We would always go for a jog along the same forested jogging track, which was filled with rare flowers. Even though I had seen them for almost three years, I was still enchanted by it.
Our jogging patterns were faint thuds on the ground, drowned by the sound of crickets and birds, still trying in vain to wake everyone up. "Roar..." came a ferocious growl. We stopped dead in our tracks. From the look on Dad's petrified face, I knew it mirrored my expression as well. "Wh-what was that?" I stammered. "Don't worry, I am here-" Dad began to assure me, but was interrupted by another growl, much louder than the first. All of a sudden, the forest was silent. The birds were gone, and so were the crickets. The forest was still.
"Patt,patt..."the sound of a large animal slowly approached us. There was only one animal which could make this kind of sound, here in this forest, try as I might not. I glanced anxiously at Dad, but his eyes were focused on something else, to his left. He was stiff as a board. Mustering my courage, I whirled around, and there it was, huge and intimidating, with its ferocious topaz eyes staring intently at Father and I. Its yellow body covered with black stripes, the malicious tiger leaned forward, ready to pounce on me, the weaker of the available prey. Then, it sprang. My throat closed around a scream, and I cowered, ready for the animal to sink its teeth into me. I waited. But it did not come. Only the sound of its snarling was heard. Opening my eyes in amazement, I saw my Father, who had reacted at the very last moment, grabbing a stick and hitting the animal.
Quickly, without thinking, I tore my wide eyes off the duo, and ran. Straight towards the nearest telephone post. My voice was hoarse and shaky as i reported the matter to the police. By the time I hung up, I was already hyperventilating. What would happen to Dad? I gnawed at my lower lip and weighed the possibilities. Would he survive? I was at the nearby park at the time, but could not hear the ferocious roars of the tiger. How could this happen? Why did the tiger appear, here in this neighbourhood? Could it have come from the zoo?
i was comforted by the sirens of police cars echong through the deserted park, not yet filled with people. As soon as the police and the zookeepers arrived, I sped to them and spoke quickly, leading them to the spot. I winded through the forest, followed closely by the policeman and the zookeepers. Within a few minutes, I found it. And there he was. My father, the one who had cared about me so much and protected me when there was danger, lying in a pool of blood, the stick still in his hand. Claw marks had disfigured his once handsome face, distorting his features. Above him was the ravenous tiger.
I shook and my legs turned to jelly. Ripping sounds from my chest came in hysterics, and the tears instantly blinded me. Right now, I wanted to wrestle with the tiger, to stab it, or even shoot it. I wanted revenge. I clenched my fists in uncontrollable rage, shaking so hard that even the trees around me seemed to tremble. It was as if everything went upside down. It was too late. I ignored the zookeepers who immediately used the tranquilizer on it, and the policemen who tried to question me. Black spots began dancing before my eyes, and then I was in the hospital.
The doctors said that my injuries were mild, with only a few scratches and bruises. But I was worried about something else, and my worst fears came true. Father had been pronounced dead. At that instant, my head spun sickeningly, and the whole world seemed to crash on me. How had it started? Why would it happen? My family was there, too, and they cried their hearts out over Dad. At that time, the police officers told me that the tiger had escaped from the zoo at night, and escaped to the neighbourhood. This was it, I thought. Nothing else mattered anymore. The death of a family member was enough for anyone, especially my mother.
We arranged for Father's funeral, and Mother kept saying," Why? Why me? Why my husband? What have I done wrong? God, have mercy!" Everyone cried and sobbed, even those who did not know Father. It was too much for me. Father was gone, leaving only my mother, my grandparents and me. Nothing would ever be the same again.
Nothing.
Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:24 AM
1.Sentence Transformation 4-7
2.Math PSLE booklet pg 66-74
3.Science PSLE Booklet Complete Life Science
4.Newspaper Report
5.Learn Spelling
6.Type out compo (marks 33 and above)
7.Social Studies pg 6-7
Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 4:50 AM
1.PSLE Math booklet Data Analysis
2.Revise for Science
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 4:37 AM
1.Speed Test 3 and 4
2.Science PSLE Booklet q1-20 and 31-40
3.Revise Science
4.Revise Compo
5.Sentence Transformation 1-3
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 3:52 AM
1.Speed Test 1 and 2
2.English Practice Paper
3.Spelling Bee Corrections
Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 3:07 AM
1.English Practice Paper Corrections
2.Spelling Corrections
3.English PSLE Booklet pg16,17,21,22,23,24,45,46
4.Math PSLE Booklet-Measurements
5.Bring $3 for payment
Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 4:54 AM
1.English Practice Paper
2.Math Practice Paper 2
3.Learn Spelling Week 9 and Term 4 Week 1
4.Newspaper Report
5.Vocab Worksheet Corrections
Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 3:36 AM
1.Learn Spelling Week 9
2.Science Process Skills Worksheet Q.20-24
3.PSLE Math Booklet pg1-20
4.Vocab Worksheet Corrections
5.Compo Questions 1 and 3
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 1:52 AM
1.National Day Pendant
2.Bring Scrap Materials
3.Spelling Corrections
4.English Practice Paper
5.Speed Test 15
6.Math Practice Paper
7.Vocab Worksheet Corrections
8.Math Practice Paper Corrections
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 4:28 AM
1.Science Revision Paper
2.English Revision Paper Corrections+ Find the meanings of words from Q.16-25
3.Speed Test 13 and 14
4.Artwork by tomorrow
5.English Spelling Week 8
6.Newspaper Report
7.Spelling Corrections
8.Challenging Sums
Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 5:16 PM
SUPPLEMENTARY CANCELLED
Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 5:14 AM
1.Math Worksheet
2.Eng Revision Paper
3.Science Revision Paper
4.Artwork on Wednesday
5.2 Vocab Worksheets
6.Newspaper Report on Tuesday
7.Noteworthy Corrections
8.Vocab Worksheets Corrections
Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 4:38 AM
1.Spelling Week 6
2.Bring 6B Social Studies Textbook/Workbook
3.2 vocab Worksheets
4.Speed Test 11
5.Art by Wednesday