The Joys & Satisfaction of Teaching

Hi Emelia and all in P4/2,

Thanks for the lovely poem cum letter. It was certainly very heartwarming, bringing back many memories of these past two years that I have spent with all of you. Just as I have tried my very best to teach all of you, many of you have also taught me many, many things.

I have seen how Jia Yan has changed from a playful girl in P3 to being very responsible this year. You, Emelia, too has become more sensible and mindful of other peoples' feelings. You have rendered tremendous help to this class in areas of speech, drama & dance. Together with Wan Qi and many of you, all of you have made this class my very very very BEST CLASS that I will remember for a long, long time.

I appreciate all that and wish all of you the Best in whatever you do.

May the spirit and friendship formed in this class remain FOREVER.

Mr Anthony Thang

P.S.
I will definitely miss all of you!!





Thank You!

3rd Annual Speech cum Prize-Giving Day 2004

Our P4/2 prize winners

Ling Xin (3rd), Kimberley (1st) and standing behind is Rui Yu (2nd)


Rui Yu saying "Hi" to her supporters, the gals from P4/2 seated in the gallery.


It was definitely a nervous wait for their names to be called.


Kimberly




Rui Yu



Ling Xin


The programme for the day.

Ain't you PROUD to be a Singaporean?!!!

Click on the newspaper article from TODAY to read more:

Did you know? - Social Studies

PRE-MALL DAYS

Orchard Road — then and now Singapore's main shopping road— took a while to evolve into its present state of high-rise, spanking shopping malls standing cheek by jowl.

Thirty years ago, someone standing in the middle of the road could still see a lot of sky (above).

The only thing that is still represented in the streetscape now is the Lido Theatre near the junction of Scotts and Orchard roads. And even then, that was reincarnated as Lido Cineplex in l993.

Where the Orchard Road MRT station now is used to stand the Orchard Road Police Station, which made way for progress in 1982.

Ngee Ann City, in the foreground of the present photo (left), came up in 1993, and Wisma Atria was built in 1986.

Both photos were taken from Mandarin Hotel, now known as the Meritus Mandarin

Promotional Exercise to P5 2005

Pupils going to P5/1 2005 :
1. Khaw Li Zhong
2. Kimberley Kuan
3. Lim Xin Ying
4. Lin Jia Yan
5. Lim Hui Ting
6. Tai Ling Xin
7. Yeo Rui Yu
8. Zulasmira

Pupils going to P5/2 2005 :
1. Goh Kim Mei
2. Lim Wei Jian
3. Mifdhal
4. Ruzaini
5. Syafiqah
6. Irfan
7. Sin Min Jie
8. Aishah
9. Tamir Suvd
10. Tan Zheng Han
11. Tay Wan Ru

Pupils going to P5/3 2005 :
1. Fisadora
2. Koh Zhen Yu
3. Emelia Lee
4. Syaiful
5. Seah Sheng You
6. Siti
7. Song Wan Qi

Pupils going to P5/4 2005 :
1. Celia Tan
2. Donovan Heng
3. Jessabel Teng
4. Shirlyn Kok
5. Amaleena
6. Song Zhen Wen

Pupils going to P5/5 2005 :
1. Koh Zhi Hao
2. Foo Wei Shan

Transfer out
1. Razzi (to Edgefield Primary in Ponggol)

Best Wishes for Next Year!!

Bon Voyage! Happy Holidayz!!

Here's an update on who's going where:

Jia Yan : Currently in China visiting her relatives. Last spoke to her on MSN & she says that the weather there is very very COLD!

Suvd : She will be going to South Korea for a holiday!

Xin Ying & Kim Mei : Most probably going to Malaysia to visit relatives!!

Stay tuned for more updates!!

Did you know? - Social Studies

Penning letters for a living

Back when there were many illiterate immi­grants in need of assistance, letter writing was a flourishing trade in Singapore.

In the colonial era, letter writers charged around 50 cents to compose missives or, in the case of mail received from relatives back in Chi­na, read them.

Some letter writers could also provide callig­raphy or couplets for special occasions, like Chi­nese New Year and weddings.

In the early days, the letter writers' main cli­entele were uneducated immigrants from China, like labourers, samsui women and amahs, who wanted to communicate with their families.

The business thrived right up to the 1960s when, with communist China's economy sput­tering, ethnic Chinese here sought the help of letter writers in sending food and money back home.

But as telecommunications and literacy im­proved in the 1970s, the writing was on the wall.
Today, only a handful of practitioners keep the dying profession alive in Chinatown.

Taken from Yesterday's Tales, The Straits Times 13 Nov 2004 Sat