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Page 2-3• Super Zone Scrabble Competition 2013 • Charlotte's Web Stage Performance• National Photography Festival Achievement• Adam Khoo English Mastery Creative Writing

Competition 2013Page 4-5• International Friendship Day Performance • Our Pupils' Artwork on Display• Newspaper feature by our pupils (Green Club Project)

Page 6-7• National Education Show• Our Pupils with Author Eliza Teoh at Book Launch• Mother Tongue Fortnight• Tamil Language CompetitionPage 8• Educational Feature

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Educational FeatureLEt'S USE good EngLISh!Below are some pairs of word that we sometimes or often confuse ourselves with. Let’s learn the correct way of using these words.1) Everyday VS Every day Ifyouwanttosaythatyoudosomethingdaily,use‘every day’. Itisfunctioningasanadverboffrequencyhere. Melissa eats a hearty breakfast every day. ‘Everyday’describessomethingdonedaily. Itisfunctioningasanadjectivehere. Betty goes for her everyday jog just before dinner.

2) Alot of VS A lot of There’snosuchwordas‘alot’.Sojustuse‘a lot’.

Also,‘alot’isusedmostlyforthingsthatcannotbecounted, (usually for uncountable nouns) but sometimes is accepted in situations likewhenyou’remakinggeneralstatementslike: A lot of people do not know the difference between a shrimp and a prawn.

3) Maybe VS May be ‘Maybe’and‘May be’areusedindifferentpartsofasentence. ‘Maybe’isanadverbthathasthesamemeaningas‘perhaps’. Maybe the size medium will be a better fit than the size small. ‘May be’isaverbphraseindicatingpossibility. John may be going to England, Scotland and Ireland at the end of the year.

Whenyouareunsureofwhichonetouse,trythistip: Replace the word with perhaps. If‘perhaps’fits,use‘maybe’.Orelse,use‘may be’.

4) Anyway VS Any way VS Anyways Avoid‘anyways’,itisincorrect. Nowthatwe’vegotthatoutoftheway,‘anyway’and‘any way’arevery

differentandshouldnotbeconfused. ‘Anyway’meansregardlessorinanyevent. It does not matter if you are not going for lunch with them, I am still going

anyway. ‘Any way’meansanyparticularcourse,mannerordirection. The chef will prepare the chicken in any way the customer likes.

Taken and edited from:http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/improve/english-as-it-is-broken

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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 2013 Advisor: Mdm Charlotte Sng Yi-May Chairperson: Ms Carolyn Qiu Wanhui Chief Editor: Mr Calvin Tan Kiat

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CharLottE’S WEb StagE PErformanCE

natIonaL PhotograPhy fEStIvaL aChIEvEmEnt

The Primary 4 pupils who were involved in the Let's Lit! programme were given the opportunity to watch a stage performance entitled 'Charlotte's Web', based on the book of the same name.

Through this stage performance, we hope that our pupils’ appreciation for the book and literature in general would be deepened. The pupils went for the performance at Kallang Theatre on 18th of May.

At this year’s National Photography Festival, our school received a special mention for our competition efforts. There were only five schools that received this recognition besides the top three winners out of more than 40 schools that participated in the competition.

The budding photographers whose works were received the award are:

1) Tok Ke Lee Kelly, 6CO2) Tan Yu Qin, Andrea , 6CO3) Sumayyah Bin Abdul Hadi, 5CO4) Muhd Irfan Bin Shah Jahan, 5ET

adam Khoo EngLISh maStEry CrEatIvE WrItIng ComPEtItIon 2013

SUPEr ZonE SCrabbLE ComPEtItIon 2013

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The English Literary Club sent two teams consisting of 6 pupils for the 3rd SUPER Zone Scrabble Competition 2013. It was held at Marsiling Secondary School on the 6th of July.

The two teams competed against many schools that have been taking part in Scrabble competition for years and also against schools who have trainers for Scrabble.

Both teams did our school proud by coming in third for the North Zone Seniors division.

The participants are: Alisa Mikaela M. Magnaye and Parisha Snigdha Sri from 5 Challenge,

E. Roshan Ganesh S/O Elango and Ng Jee See Justina from 5 Endurance,

Zenn Lim and Jang Yu Xin Amelia from 5 Justice.

This is our first time taking part in the Scrabble competition and we hope to have more of such success in the future.

In May, our pupils, Mohamed Khair Akmal Bin Jeffri and Parul Prabhu from 3 Challenge, Kaleb Nim, Megan and Mabel Nim from 3 Courage were among the top 10 finalists of the Adam Khoo English Mastery Creative Writing Competition for Category A (between 9 to 10 years old). They and their parents were invited to attend the prize-giving ceremony at the KIDZ ACADEMY event held at Singapore Expo Hall 6A on 14-16 June 2013. The winning entries were on display at the venue.

Mohamed Khair Akmal Bin Jeffri emerged as the champion in Category A, bringing home with him attractive prizes and a trophy for the school! This is our first time taking part in this creative writing competition. The pupils who took part in this competition were very enthusiastic. We hope that their love for writing will rub off the other pupils from the school.

Ramkumar Hemadri Rajam from 5 Challenge wrote a piece titled Between. The creative piece was shortlisted in ‘Modern Asian Folktales’ 2013 Tales of 'S' eBook Competition. Although she did not win any prize for that, we congratulate her for making it this far.

Below are some thoughts of the winner Mohd Khair Akmal Bin Jeffri:

“I didn’t expect to win first prize and felt nervous while waiting to receive it on the stage. I felt really happy and excited to get the prize money, the medal and the trophy for the school.

I like writing because it is my hobby. I would recommend that my friends join future writing competitions as there are lots of prizes to be won. We can come up with a lot of ideas when we write. Writing is an extremely enjoyable pastime."

Throughout the show, laughter could be heard as this stage adaptation of the book had many comic elements in it.

At the end of the show, some of our pupils rushed for the photograph-taking session with their favourite characters in the show. They also had the chance to ask the characters questions about the story and the performance.

nEWSPaPEr fEatUrE by oUr PUPILS aboUt grEEn CLUb ProjECtThe Green Club's Green Mart Project has been featured in the latest issue of 'Thumbs Up', which is a newspaper meant for pupils. The report was written by the Chinese Cultural Club's Zhou Wanting and Koo Yun Ning, both from 5 Challenge, with guidance from their teacher.

This is a simple translation of the first and last paragraph:

"Tilling, planting, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, selling... These are what Admiralty Primary School's Green Club members do every Monday morning. Members of the club get to bring home the fruits of their labour, or give them away to the school canteen vendors. They would also set up stalls in the canteen to sell their produce, and donate the proceeds to the needy pupils."

"The interviewees unanimously agreed that through participating in this activity, they grew to appreciate all the hard work behind the food they eat, and that they would henceforth not waste food anymore."

Green Club members Huang Shuning from 6 Endurance, Toby Lim Sheng Xiong from 6 Endurance and Yeo Di Liang from 6 Graciousness were interviewed for this report in the Chinese publication.

Let’s congratulate the pupils who wrote an excellent article for the Chinese medium newspaper. Let’s also give praise to the pupils in Green Club who painstakingly cultivated the produce that were sold to benefit others and for doing such a good job.

mothEr tongUE fortnIght

oUr PUPILS’ artWorK on dISPLay

IntErnatIonaL frIEndShIP day PErformanCE natIonaL EdUCatIon ShoW The annual National Education (NE) Show is an important event. It is a time for the Primary 5 pupils to be acquainted with the celebratory mood prior to National Day and an opportunity for them to watch the National Day Parade in rehearsal. This year, it is no different.

This year’s theme for the National Day Parade (NDP) 2013 is “Many Stories… One Singapore”. Everyone has a story to tell and these stories define who we are as an individual and collectively as a nation. It calls on everyone to remember and share the stories that make us who we are and how we identify ourselves as Singaporeans.

The pride and joy of belonging was clearly shown on each of the proud and beaming faces at the NE Show. The perennial crowd favourites were the fighter plane formation, parachuting and the fireworks. This day will be remembered by our Primary 5 pupils for years to come.

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Mother Tongue Fortnight is an initiative by the Mother Tongue Department to encourage our pupils to learn more about their mother tongue language through fun and games. Different activities were carried out over a fortnight to serve this purpose.The Chinese Language Department sought to develop in the pupils a love for the Chinese culture through different activities and through it, boost their interest in learning the Chinese language. From Primary 1 to Primary 6, the Chinese Language pupils learnt more about the Chinese culture through making things.

Chinese Language activitiesPrimary 1 – Clay making Primary 4 – Fan makingPrimary 2 – Mask making Primary 5 – Chinese paper-cuttingPrimary 3 – Lantern making Primary 6 – Chinese knot-making

The Primary 1, Primary 2 and Primary 3 Tamil pupils learnt folk songs written by a famous Tamil children's poet. The pupils performed these songs in class for their friends.

They also put up performances at the stage at the bus bay during recess time for a wider audience.

The Primary 4, Primary 5 and Primary 6 pupils had various literary competitions during their Tamil Language lessons.

The Malay Language Department also had activities over two weeks to promote the usage of the Malay language, to encourage the pupils to be active users of the language.

The pupils had opportunities to learn language in a fun way.

The pupils learnt about the beauty of the Malay language through songs.

malay Language activities Primary 1—Singing competitionPrimary 2—Singing competitionPrimary 3—Traditional Malay dance Primary 4—Dikir Bharat performancePrimary 5—Write lyrics for a songPrimary 6—Don’t Forget the Lyrics

The Tamil Language Department also had activities over two weeks to promote the usage of the Tamil language, to encourage the pupils to be active users of the language. The pupils had opportunities to learn language in a fun way.

Our very own pupils' artwork If I Were a Bird was on display at Suntec City Tropics Atrium in the month of July. This is not the first time our pupils’ artwork is on display in public and we hope that this would not be the last. We hope to have continuity so that our pupils who are talented in the arena of aesthetics and visual arts will have their artwork displayed yearly.

The pupils who have received certificates for the various categories are: The feature in the newspaper focused on how Tamil

language needs to engage Tamil language learners.

Soorya took part in a singing Competition held at Telok Blangah Community Club.

International Friendship Day is a good opportunity to help our pupils learn about and appreciate other cultures in cosmopolitan Singapore. We want to nurture in our pupils the spirit of friendship and collaboration among different groups of people. We hope to spark our pupils’ curiosity about different cultures, to appreciate cultural diversity and nurture a willingness to embrace others from diverse backgrounds. The experience of doing so will help cultivate strong bonds of friendship between them and their international friends. To this effect, some of our Drama Club members put up a skit about some pupils learning more from their friends in the classroom.

The skit starts with an English lesson in progress. The pupils are working on a class project and are deciding what to present. One group of pupils had a newly transferred pupil from India. The group asks her if she could share a story from India. The pupils then started to act out the story from India. The story is about a wealthy merchant in India who has a lazy son. The son is given one last chance to prove himself.

He is given a seemingly impossible task – one ‘pansa’ to buy some food, a drink, food for the cow and something to plant. The son went off and after getting help from an ironsmith’s daughter, he returns with a watermelon. The son explains that the watermelon provides one with food and drink, is suitable for a cow to eat and its seeds can be planted. The merchant was extremely pleased for he had not thought of a solution himself.

Another group includes a pupil from the Philippines. The Filipino pupil suggests that they present a riddle and the riddle is how to put a pumpkin inside a jar. The other group members thought about the answer but could not solve the riddle. Finally, the Filipino pupil says that the answer is to put a pumpkin seed in the jar and grow it.

The moral of the story – having pupils from other countries in a classroom makes the learning experience richer.

Through this skit, we hope that our pupils can recognize values and interests that they share with others in the school or community. Also, we hope that our pupils will learn that beyond ethnicity, a common identity can also be forged from shared experiences and values.

Certificate of Participation:1. Ryan Loke2. Rachel Loke3. Tiew Yan Xuan4. Wen Xinyue5. Dorothea Ang6. Davian Chua7. Siti Nur Husna8. Samantha Tan9. Valencia Wan10. Aung Kaung Myat11. Teo Sheen Iaan12. Bryant Lau13. Wang Xi Jie

Certificate of recognition (Special mention) 1.TanYuning2.XavierLit3.WanXinLei4.FrancinePoh5.ZhangYiheng6.LeroySee7.JanelleTan

Certificate of recognition1.YuenMing

tamIL LangUagE ComPEtItIon Tamil Language pupil Soorya anand from 1 Integrity was featured in The Straits Times.

After two rounds of intense competition with 50 contestants in total, he clinched the second prize. Let us congratulate him for emerging second in such a tough competition.

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oUr PUPILS WIth aUthor ELIZa tEoh at booK LaUnChWriting featured in Ellie belly Series Our very own pupils, Kaleb Nim, Megan Nim and Mabel Nim, all from Primary 3 Courage wrote diary entries for the author Eliza Teoh’s new book, Huffy Puffy Panda, which is one of her books in the series based on Ellie Belly, a primary schoolgirl. This follows last year’s contribution by another pupil from our school, in another book which was released earlier. This shows the strong love for writing in our pupils. This is indeed very encouraging. We look forward to more of such contributions that will see our pupils gaining more public recognition.

We interviewed the pupils whose works were selected to be included in author Eliza Teoh’s latest book. 1.Why did you want to write for the book? “I like the Ellie Belly stories as they are always very funny. I learn new words when I read the books. I want to set an example to other pupils and let them know that they can also have their entries featured if they send in their entries.” –Kaleb Nim

2. Would you want to write for the Ellie Belly series again?“Yes, I feel proud to see my contributions published in a book. I hope that other children will do likewise after reading my entry.” --Megan Nim

3. Do you want to join other writing competitions in the future? “Yes, I would like to join other writing competitions in the future to win prizes and bring a good name for our school!” –Mabel Nim