26 May, 2010
June Holidays Revision Classes fr P5 and P6
[UPDATED 30 May 2010]
Dear Parents,
Fees : $60 per lesson
Duration : 2 hours
Location : Tuition Guru Education Centre, 179B Goldhill Centre
Teacher : Hazel Poon or Janice Chuah
Please choose which lessons your child would like to attend.
SMS 96470239
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(P6 ONLY) 3 June (Thursday) : 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Topic : Speed
(P5 & P6) 3 June (Thursday) : 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Topics: Ratio
Before After Concept : “One Eye Jack”“Give Take” “Total Chaos”“Copy Cat”
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(P5 & P6) 7 June (Monday) : 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Topic: Fractions
Basic Concept of fractions involving 4 operations
Concept : Common Denominator Vs Layers
Concept of Remainder: “Layer Cake”
Higher Order Thinking Questions from top-school papers
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(P5 & P6) 11 June (Friday) : 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Topic : Whole Numbers
Challenging Questions on Age, Sets, If & If, Simultaneous Eq, etc
Higher Order Thinking Questions from top-school papers
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(P6 ONLY) 19 June (Saturday) : 10.00am – 12.00pm
Topics: Percentage
(P5 & P6) 19 June (Saturday) : 12.00pm – 2.00pm
Fraction & Ratio
Equal Concept & Before After
Higher Order Thinking Questions from top-school papers
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(P5 & P6) 21 June (Monday) : 4.00pm – 5.45pm
Topics: Ratio & Fraction
Concept of “Before After” (Advance)
“The Double Punishment”
“Tic Tac Toe”
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09 Apr, 2010
Easter
Its Easter Sunday!
Activity 1: General Knowledge and Art
Children had fun decorating egg shells while learning about the story of Easter.
[photo of decorated Eggs - to be uploaded]
Activity 2: English Reading Comprehension
Children watch a video of a hen laying an egg and of a chick hatching from the egg. Then, they read a comprehension passage, “A chick has a Mommy and Daddy too” to answer simple multiple-choice questions.
Activity 3: Science
Children learn that the life cycle of a chick begins with an egg. A chick grows to a hen and the whole cycle repeats itself.
Download this fun Life Cycle of a Chick wheel.
Activity 4: Mathematics
Children learn to compare number of objects in two sets.
Key words : More Than / Less Than.
Every question comes with a different instruction to get children familiar with vacobulary such as ‘tick’, ‘circle, ‘colour’ ,ect.
[photo of worksheet with instructions - to be uploaded]
We have also included HOT questions here to challenge the young mind.
[smaple HOT questions - to be uploaded]
[Video of Tr Natasha explaining about how this lessons help to build a foundation for model drawing - to be uploaded]
06 Apr, 2010
Hamsters
Ref : P3 Lesson 12

These are only 3 cages and some hamsters at Cutie Pet Shop as shown below. At Cutie Pet Shop, there is a rule that there can only be a maximum of 5 hamsters in a cage. The owner of the pet house had ordered another 35 hamsters and they will arrive next week. What is the least number of cages the owner needs to buy to keep all the hamsters in Cutie Pet house?
>>Solution
06 Apr, 2010
Cough Mixture
Ref : P3 Lesson 12

Simone went to the doctor on Tuesday night. She was told by her doctor to take 1 dose of cough syrup 3 times a day. She started to her first does of medication on Tuesday night. She went back to the doctor when her cough syrup ran out. Which day of the week did she go back to visit the doctor again?
>>Solution
06 Apr, 2010
Calender
Ref : P2 Lesson 13

Some years ago, 1st January was a Saturday. Which day of the
week was 31st January that year?
>>Solution
31 Mar, 2010
Marbles Troubles
Ref : P2 Lesson 12
Alan, Ben and Charles had 864 trading cards. Ben won some of the cards from Alan and as a result, Ben’s cards increased by 50%. Charles then won some cards from Ben and Charles’ cards increased by 40%. Finally, Charles lost some of his cards to Alan and Alan’s cards increased by 20%. In the end, they realized they each had an equal number of cards. How many cards did Alan have at first?
Red Swastika P6 SA1 2009
Dear Parents,
Baffled by the above problem sum? Try working backwards.
Your child will be tasked to solve such problem sums just a few years down the road. So start preparing them today. Work out this week’s Family Math, “Marbles Troubles” with them.

Marbles Troubles
There are 10 marbles altogether in box A and box B.
5 marbles from box A are transferred to box B.
2 marbles are then transferred from box B to box A. The two boxes now contained the same number of marbles. How many marbles are there in each box at first?
>>Solution
23 Mar, 2010
Counting with Bees
Activity 1 : Art and Craft

Children having fun cutting, pasting and assembling their bees!
Poem Recitation
Activity 3 : MathCount and Write the numbers
Activity 4 : General KnowledgeLearning about Bees through a movie clip
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Download Worksheets Counting with Bees
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Learn more about out Integrated Programme
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20 Mar, 2010
Too Many Rabbits
Ref : P2 Lesson 11

A doe (female rabbit) gives birth to a baby doe after one year of its birth and gives birth to a baby doe every year afterwards.
The baby doe also gives birth to another baby doe after one year and this process continues.
How many does will there be altogether in 4 years?
>>Solution
13 Mar, 2010
Fruity Fruits
Ref : P2 Lesson 10

Strawberry is the lightest. Strawberry weighs 160g. Apple is the
heaviest. When I weigh 2 fruits at a time, the total mass are 410g, 540g and 630g. What is the total mass of the three fruit?
>>Solution
16 Jan, 2010
Missing Homework for P6
Dear PSLE-ers
So sorry for the short of worksheets this week.
Please download Lesson 3 and Quiz 3 here.
Teacher Janice

