Announcements

    IMPORTANT Announcement! - 6 October     Boys and girls, as an extra precaution for those who have problems downloading the Answer Key, I have put up the answers on a new wiki page - Practice Paper Answer Key. IMPORTANT Announcement! - 5 October    Boys and girls,         by now, ALL of you should have attempted the Practice Paper. For those who desperately want to see the answers, I have attached the Practice Paper Answer Key here. If there are some individuals who for some reason have not done the paper, please have the integrity not to copy from the answers!

  IMPORTANT Announcement! - 1 October    Boys and girls, the Exam Paper covers the following topics:
 * 1) Family
 * 2) Our Early Beginning - Read up Textbook 4A, Semester 1 Notes, Spy Recruit's Guide and Attached Notes
 * 3) Our Heritage - Read up Attached Notes
 * 4) World War II - Read up Textbook 5A, World War II Notes, Political Cartoon Notes and Spy Recruit's Guide
 * 5) Basic map reading - Look up maps related to the various topics

The exam paper is 1 hour and 30 minutes long with 50+ questions ! The total mark is 100. Expect to rush a little!

Attached here is a Practice Paper. Please download the Practice Paper and time yourself while doing the paper. Stick strictly to the 1 hour and 30 minutes time limit! //Record the time you took to finish the paper//. I will go through the answers next week.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(35,0,255)">**Attention:** I was told there were some mistakes in my practice paper:
 * 1) <span style="COLOR: rgb(35,0,255)">The paper is 1 hour 30 minutes long, not 50 minutes on cover page.
 * 2) <span style="COLOR: rgb(35,0,255)">The paper has 53 questions, there is a repeat of question number 50.
 * 3) <span style="COLOR: rgb(35,0,255)">There are some questions that are similar.

... my apologies! If you have already done the paper, no worries, because these mistakes are minor.

Attached is the revised Practice Paper with the change to cover page and question number. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(251,24,24)">You can still use the previous Practice Paper .**

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">   Announcement - 2 October <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">    <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">   <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  Boys and girls, attached is the handout for our War Heroes. Complete the worksheets as revision for the exam! We'll be looking at 4 war heroes: Lim Bo Seng, Elizabeth Choy, Mamoru Shinozaki and Lt. Adnan bin Saidi. <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,167)">Excerpt from the autobiography of Mamoru Shinozaki:

<span style="COLOR: rgb(244,11,151)">Download these worksheets and complete them while you are revising War Heroes: Announcement - 1 October <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Boys and girls, you can download the soft copy of the answer key for our Political Cartoons Spy Report Worksheet here.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  Announcement - 27 September <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Boys and girls, I have given you a set of notes to help you with your revision. I have attached the soft copy to this page. You can download it here. <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  Announcement - 23 September <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Boys and girls, I understand in your Portfolio Assignment Work Package, you are supposed to get your Portfolio marks today. However, that will not be possible as we have not standardised marking across the 9 GEP schools. This will only be done after your paper on 10 Oct. As such, expect your Portfolio results to be made known to you sometime during late October. Announcement - 26 July <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Boys and girls, I have put up soft copies of the Portfolio Assignment Work Package in the Assignments page.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  Announcement - 24 July Boys and girls, here's a reminder of what I went through with you in class today regarding the portfolio deadline. I understand it's been pretty stressful trying to meet the deadline, but do note that the little bit of suffering now is for your own good. If you were unable to complete Draft 1 by today, it means you have to speed up. The submission date is 19 Aug, which is a short FOUR weeks away - minus the CA week and preparation for CA, you should have around 2 weeks ONLY. Please show me your draft latest by <span style="FONT-SIZE: 140%; COLOR: rgb(255,11,0)">Tuesday 29 July.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  Announcement - 16 July Dear boys and girls. Please follow the E-Learning Task Sheet for instructions. <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">  Announcement - 13 July For the Relief Teacher on Monday 14 July and the boys and girls of 4 Me/Re and 4 In/Ad: Please go to World War II E-Learning Week for instructions as to what to do.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 2 July File Check this week and next! Please take out your Family Tree materials and keep them in a separate folder at home. Please ensure the following items are in your file:
 * Portfolio Assessment Newspaper article review worksheets (There are 2)
 * Portfolio Assessment Package
 * Our Early Beginning notes and worksheets

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 1 July Boys and girls, for those who need photos of the past, please get them [|HERE].

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 27 May <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 70%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Boys and girls, it has come to my attention that some of you have difficulty meeting up to do the poster and transfering photos to each other.

For those who absolutely have no means of completing the poster during the holidays, please e-mail me as soon as possible.

For those who require a means to share photos... use this website: [|Photobucket] Sign up to this website and upload your photos there. Share the website with your project mates so that they can download the photos.

Announcement - 27 May Boys and girls, refer to [|Assignments] for a Flowchart I put up which will assist you in deciding on your Portfolio Artefact.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 25 May - Holiday Work <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,165,0)">Regarding the Little India Poster __ Hey boys and girls! Here's a method to work on the poster TOGETHER (yes, all 3-4 members) from the comfort of your home WITHOUT meeting up! The answer - [|Google Docs] ! You must have a Google mail account to create a Google Doc account though. Take a look at a simple video on the programme on our [|Home] page.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> __<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,165,0)"> Instructions   __
 * 1) Simply enter the page using your Google account.
 * 2) Upload the Poster you're working on.
 * 3) Invite your friends by clicking on the "Share" button, type in your friends' e-mail addresses and work on it together!

Those who used Google Docs, please inform me! I would love to hear about your experiences using the programme! <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 25 May Boys and girls, I have added the soft copies of the Portfolio Assignment Work Package under " [|Assignments] ". <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> Announcement - 21 May <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Do take note! For those whose parents/grandparent are helping out in our Little India Learning Journey, do inform them to gather in the IBC tomorrow morning!

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 19 May <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Boys and girls, due to feedback, we are going to shift this site to Wikispaces over the holidays.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 19 May Boys and girls, I hope you're all prepared for our Little India Learning Journey!

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 22 April Boys and girls, check out [|Our Early Beginning] for some interesting snippets on our topics!

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 22 April **<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,165,0)">For 4 Me/Re GE **= Group Leaders please compile the examples of Change in the Template provided! Anyone who is confused about the task can review our lesson again in <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> [|Change in Early History of Singapore]. I have uploaded my PowerPoint and the Template there.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">Important Announcement <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> It has come to my attention that SOME students are <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">still unaware that <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,165,0)">we have our Social Studies Common Test NEXT Friday (2 May). Please note! It will be held during school hours. Topics to be assessed (no change from letter given to you since Day 1):

Here are __SOME__ focus points: Here are __SOME__ focus points: There will be <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">9 MCQ and 7 Structured Questions<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">. T he paper will take <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">50 Minutes<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">.
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)">Family
 * Primary and Secondary sources
 * Family Tree chart
 * Concepts of Family
 * Family values and learning points gained through interview
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)">Our Early Beginnings
 * Our Early History - people and events before, during and after 1819.
 * Changes brought about by the arrival of Raffles:
 * Setting up of trading centre, entreport port and free trade
 * Raffles' Town Plan
 * Problems faced and Solutions
 * Maintaining Law and Order
 * Early Migrants - push and pull factors - what made them come to Singapore?
 * Early Migrants - what changes were caused by them? And what were the consequences?
 * Raffles', Farquhar's and Early Settlers' Contributions.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 21 April <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> Dear 4 In/Ad GE, I'm so sorry I can't make it for lesson today. I sprained my foot while out on a mission and it got very swollen and painful. Please go to [|Change in Early History of Singapore] under E-Whiteboard for instructions on what to do. Announcement - 14 April <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> Hello boys and girls! I'm currently still in-camp and will see you all again in 1 week's time! Meanwhile, for those who do not have your Social Studies 4A textbooks, I have already arranged with the bookshop auntie to bring in the books on Thursday or Friday. The bookshop auntie has not told me about the price of a book, so please bring $4 just in case.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 7 April Boys and girls, it has come to my attention (Thanks again, Ronald's dad!) that bookstores have run out of 4A Social Studies textbooks. I will collate the numbers of those who do not have the books tomorrow and will arrange for our school bookshop to ship in new stock.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 7 April - For 4 Int/Adv ONLY! Due to the malfunction of the class computer, we were unable to complete the concept map on CHANGE. Alicia, please remind the class to complete the concept map (kept in the cupboard) in class whenever possible when I am not around. ALSO, create <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,165,0)">ONE generalisation per group based on the examples and labels generated and write that generalisation down in one corner of your concept map. Boys and girls of Int/Adv, do help to remind Alicia.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 7 April Boys and girls, it has just been made known to me (Thank you, Ronald's dad!) that the 4A Social Studies Textbook is <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">NOT in the book list AND <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">NOT available in the school bookshop. My apologies! As such, you will need to get the textbook ASAP from any bookshops out of school (probably Popular).

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 6 April We have a new Student of the Week! Go check it out!

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 6 April Boys and girls, I have removed all outdated announcements and put them under [|Archive] in our Announcements tab.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> Announcement - 3 April    <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> Boys and girls, we are starting on a new topic - Early History of Singapore. As such, I will require you to buy the <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,165,0)">4A Social Studies Textbook (Interacting with Our World - Our Beginnings) as a reference book (It will also serve as good revision material for the common test and SA *hint hint*). Additional readings and materials will be provided. Some of you have already bought the book as it was in the book list. For those who have not, please get the book by __6 April Sunday__. Students with difficulties getting/buying the book, please inform me.