Rainbow Loom Bands

29 May 2014 (Thurs):

After the exams, I had the kids engaging in what they called it the " in-thingy " among kids (even adults maybe) now. Rainbow Loom Bands.

Its is everywhere; in schools, bookshops, neighbourhood markets & even online purchases. Once the 2 of them got the know-how, they were hooked onto it. They spent every free time they have on it, making braclets, rings, pencil grips for family members. You can get the tutorial on Youtube.

Some of the looming can be quite complicated. Even mummy here got confused as to which band to loop :P

starburst - cant really see it on this band.

the standard one - fish tail

single triple loom band



infinity band - as given name on Youtube.

pencil grip.

P1 Academic Review Papers 2014

23 May 2014 (Fri):

Little princess here did very well too, though there's no band grading for her level. However, the holistic assessments played a part in her overall review. I do not have her results for her Eng paper yet.

For her hanyu pinyin, I was kinda worried as she had problems blending the sounds properly. During our revision, I had no choice but to use the memory method to guide her on how to blend. For example: bed 床 (chuang 2) and not ship 船 (chuan 2). Instead of asking her to blend, I told her to memorize it.

 

Luckily, she scored well.

 

 

And for maths, she whizzed through her revisions & did well.

P3 SA1 2014 Results

23 May 2014 (Fri):

Apologies for the lack of posts. May was a tedious month with lots of academic revision & coaching as the SA (Semestral Assessment) papers were round the corner for my P3 boy. This is a grading on topics covered since the beginning of school year right up till May.

For the P3s, they have this academic system along an "achievement band " whereby the students were graded according to their marks achieved:

Band 1 ~ 85% & above
Band 2 ~ 70% - 84%
Band 3 ~ 50% - 69%
Band 4 ~ below 50%

Based on the results below, I am proud to say Lionel had done well & has exceeded my expectations greatly. :)

Eng: 44/50 ~ 88%

 

Mother Tongue: 43.5/50 ~ 96%

Maths: 96/100 ~ 96%

Science: 48/50 ~ 96%