6hbpps2009

6H'09 Shirt

2010-05-30T01:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys and gals pls look at this...

An example...

Hello!

2010-03-07T06:24:00.000-08:00

Wow, some of you are still visiting this website to keep in touch. Well, I am too busy, and I have got one other current website to update.

Problems brought up to me include the Archive not working as well as the small fonts. Well, both problems have been resolved. Apparently, I deactivated the Archive last time since there isn't much update in 2010. I activated it again for those who want to review past activities.

Give your blog addresses to your friends via the Cbox so that you can continue to keep in touch. I know Rachel and Sue Kim have their own blogs.

2010-02-14T04:32:00.001-08:00

2010 CNY meeting - 12 Feb 2010

Thank you all for remembering and visiting me! I was actually very touched when so many of you waited for me till 5.30pm!! I really miss you all!

Best Wishes

2010-01-10T05:48:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I saw a number of West Spring Sec pupils who came back last Friday.... You are all looking good - radiant, happy and healthy! Seems secondary school life suits you well... I am glad!

May I suggest that you continue to keep in touch using Facebook? I am afraid I would not be using this website for a long time.

Should any of us wish to write me, I can be reached at goh_chin_inn@moe.edu.sg

Enjoy this phrase of your new life~ It's going to be a great experience!!

Goodbye everyone!

New Website for 2010

2010-01-10T05:43:00.000-08:00

Dear all,

I am not updating this website as I would be using a new one for 2010. If you are still keen to find out what Miss Goh is up to, you may want to visit me at:

http://missgohbpps.webs.com/

However, you would need to log in as a member... Yeap! The good thing about this new website is that I get to control the spammers!! Be nice if you intend to leave us messages...

Regards,
Miss Goh

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-12-31T08:31:00.000-08:00

This is ELSEN POH!!!! HERE!!(MAD ABOUT 2010!!)
2010 have arrive and 2009 byes......T.T?
We had fun together as 6H!!!

Btw Miss Goh have put some wrong pple into wrong school LIKE ME!!.......
Nvm....
Just email me or Miss Goh
goh_chin_inn@moe.edu.sg
or
poh_elsen@hotmail.com
Any dedication for new year email me instead
2010.....
Happy New Year

Where everyone is going???

2009-12-22T20:14:00.000-08:00

Dear 6H,

For your information. Of course, there are some of you who are doing appeals and therefore this info may not be the latest. I have some missing names. I will need to return to school to retrieve them... in the meantime, here's the list:

CHUA CHU KANG: 3 of you
CHANG HENG KAI, RAINER
GOH JUNE YI
TAY WAN YI

BISHAN PARK : 1
LEVANESH KITNASAMY

BT BATOK : 3 of you
GREGORY WEE KEANE ROY
HUANG KAIWEN
LEOW YING KAI, BRYAN

CLEMENTI TOWN: 2 of you
NEONG LI CHENG MELISSA
TAN CHIEN HUEI

COMMONWEALTH: 3 of you
HO SHEN HAN, JOVAN
NUR HIDAYAH BTE SUKAMAN
DURGA D/O GOPALAN

CRESCENT GIRLS' SCHOOL : 1
FONG YUN YING

DUNEARN SECONDARY SCHOOL : 1
BERNARD SOON

FAJAR: 1
NG ZE XUAN

GREENRIDGE: 1
TEO GI PENG, SANDRA

KRANJI : 6 of you
EMMIL ONG SI MING
LIM ZONG QING
SIA XIU MING
TAN SUE KIM
TAN WEI LING
TOONG KA WEI

MARIS STELLA : 1
DARRELL TAN

ACS BARKER : 1
ELSEN POH
(Note to Miss Goh: Elsen change from Riverside to Acs Barker)

SWISS COTTAGE : 4 of you
CHUA THENG XUAN
LEONG KYE SIONG
SIM YANG JUN ANDRIK
SNG JING AN

WEST SPRING : 10 of you
CHUA XIN NI
GIAM SHENG WEI
LEE WEI LING
LIM YU MIN, NICOLE
LIN BO
TAN YAN HAN RACHEL
TAN YUAN LING, GELYN
WILLEEN TEO
YEOW JIA LE, JOYCE
NUR ERRA SYAHIRAH BTE M N

ZHENG HUA: 5 of you
CHONG KAI JIE
LEW SHAN WEI
LIM QIFANG DAPHNE
YEO YU TING, VALERIE
MEGHANA PRASAD

Keep in touch with each other; not forgetting to make NEW friends too!
I will miss all of you!!

Best wishes to all of you!
Miss Goh

When to report to Secondary Schools?

2009-12-16T03:13:00.000-08:00

Dear 6H,

The Secondary One posting results will be released on Tuesday, 22 December 2009. Pupils are to report to the secondary schools they are posted to on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 at 8.30 am.

All the best in your new school!

Regards,
Miss Goh

Selection of Secondary Schools

2009-11-26T07:15:00.001-08:00

Dear all,

I hope all of you are happy with your results. Even if you are not, you have to move on to make the best of your aggregate scores.

You have to make good decisions on your choices. The next four years would be crucial. You do not be miserable in the next 4 years.

If you need consultation with me, I am on duty on Monday, 30th November, in the AVA room from 11am to 3pm.

Remember : Deadline is Wednesday, 2 Dec, 3pm. Make sure you submit by this time.

Photos - Our last Memories

2009-11-23T06:10:00.000-08:00

Dear all,

Don't forget to send Miss Goh the photos in your cameras to me by email...

As you all graduate and move on to different secondary schools, don't forget your beautiful teacher in your primary school who has given so much to the class...

All the best, everybody!

I shall see you on the 26 Nov, 11.30am in the hall!

Regards,
Miss Goh

P/S: My email : goh_chin_inn@moe.edu.sg

Dedication From June Yi

2009-11-19T22:18:00.000-08:00

It has been a really great year for me.
It's sad to part,time pass really fast.
I'd like to take the opportunity to thank all my lovely friends.
Thanks for being there whenever i need,i really appreciate it.
Hope that we will always keep in touch.
Wish everyone all the best in everything you do.

Loves,
JuneYi

Dedications from Willeen

2009-11-19T21:37:00.000-08:00

To all 6h peeps,

Buais... nvm, 26nov will see u all agn de!! don be so sad. i would like 2 thank everybody who went through thick n thin wif me. i will nvr 4get eeu de!! [: once agn, i would like 2 wish u all all the best [:

With much love,
Willeen

Prom Night

2009-11-19T05:49:00.000-08:00

Sorry I very liitle picture....
Anybody want to keep memory email me picture and i will upload it...

Dedication from Rachel

2009-11-19T00:21:00.000-08:00

Dear 6H ( Willeen, Lee Wei Ling, Joyce, Nicole, Sandra, Chien Huei, Xinni, Melissa, Erra, Tan Wei Ling, Sue Kim, Yun Ying, Hidayah, Durga, Xiu Ming, June yi, Wan Yi, Miss Goh and Gelyn ),

Thx for being such great friends, who stood by me in times of trouble and in good times, thx for cheering me up and making me smile in school everyday, I hope you would all go to the school of your
choice and excel in it, hope you would all stay cheerful and pretty ! (:

Love,
Rachel .

Xiu Ming dedication

2009-11-18T22:40:00.000-08:00

"6H`09 ROCKS! Will miss all of u de ):"

PS...
Not clear...
Download it and it will be clearer

Dedication...

2009-11-18T21:55:00.000-08:00

School end....
Have a dedication for 6H ba..........
Email to me.....
poh_elsen@hotmail.com
Your dedication of 6h......
Any secret or shy pple don want to let pple know he/she write....
Just type it into the Forum and I will put it into the blog....
Email me yr dedication...
Can write LOVE dedication if u want to....write it into the forum if u don want pple to know is you....
Dare to put name just email me.....
Let's have 6H 2009 to continute be ALIVE!

The last day...

2009-11-18T21:36:00.000-08:00

School have end....
We 6H are going to gratuate from BPPS...
Today...Prom Night....
May everybody have a goood night

Razor TV news - Public Spiritness Awards

2009-08-24T17:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/

This is a video clip from Razor TV about public-spirtness awards given to 2 brave Singaporeans.

Anyone knows how to embed this video? I got the codes, but don't know where to do it. Elsen?

Congratulations!

2009-08-21T22:46:00.000-07:00

You cleared the PSLE Oral!

Now, let's concentrate on the other components.

Armed with the knowledge and confidence, we are all going to sail through once again!

Jia You!

Le Kua Si Mi

2009-08-19T00:52:00.000-07:00

Sports Carnival 2009 Part 3

2009-08-08T20:11:00.001-07:00

What a nice way to celebrate National Day and the Youth Olympic Games (YOG)!!

6H have shown that we have the brains and the brawn, and we managed to complete all 11 stations. Nevermind that we fell and failed at some point, we got up and continue to strive! That's the Olympic Spirit, Children!!

Congratulations! We have done it!

Sports Carnival 2009 Part 2

2009-08-08T20:08:00.000-07:00

Sports Carnival 2009 Part 1

2009-08-08T20:03:00.000-07:00

Conditional Sentence

2009-07-05T05:30:00.000-07:00

Conditional Sentences

1. Tom had to sleep early or he would be late for school the next day.

a) IF Tom did not sleep early,he would be late for school the next day / IF Tom slept early,he would not be late for school the next day.

b) UNLESS Tom slept early,he would be late for school the next day.

2. Mary did not complete her work and might be scolded by Miss Tan.

a) IF Mary did not complete her work,she might be scolded by Miss Tan. / IF Mary had completed her work,she might not be scolded by Miss Tan.

b) UNLESS Mary had completed her work,she might be scolded by Miss Tan

Pattern:
IF: Positive condition followed by Positive condition OR Negative condition followed by Negative condition.
UNLESS: Positive condition followed by Negative condition.

done by:erra

Learning Log - Conditional Sentences

2009-07-02T23:10:00.000-07:00

First Conditional: Likely To Happen
Eg. If I eat too much, I will have a stomachache. [present tense]

Second Conditional: Unlikely to happen
Eg. (1) If I could fly, I would visit Mars.
Eg. (2) If I were Superman, I would help anyone in need.
Eg. (3) If James were Superman, he would save the world. [past tense]

Done by Sandra Teo

Websites for NETS and Euler's Formula

2009-07-02T17:44:00.000-07:00

Visit the following websites for more information about solid figures and nets:

http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_prisms.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/euler.html
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/solid/cube.htm
[Game – finding the nets of solid figures]
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/solid/euler.htm
[Euler’s formula]

Were you able to find out what Euler's Formula is?
Compare the faces, edges and vertices of the solid figures.

Don't miss your teacher!

2009-06-05T00:25:00.001-07:00

Miss Goh and Darrell, from our last trip. I realised there isn't a picture of me in the blog at all! So I decided to let everyone know I am always with you.... Hopefully, this doesn't scare off people from our blog...

Reminder - Holiday Homework!

2009-06-05T00:19:00.000-07:00

I don't want to spoil your holiday, but there's work to be done. In case you have lost that list, here's the homework again!

1. English Revision Paper

2. English Casco p70 to 88:
(a) Read the story and highlight good phrases on p70-74 and enter them as a new category in WBB (p41 Mischief).
(b) Complete p81-88 (puzzle and FIB). Easy to do.

3. Newspaper articles (X 2)
You can pick any 2 articles from the Straits Times (any day, any week). Do NOT use gossip and sports news.
For each article, find the
(i) meanings and
(ii) sentences for 5 new words.

** Build up your vocab by doing more of these!

4. PSLE Maths – p21 to 31. (MCQ + FIB). Show all workings and short statements whenever possible.

5. Science PSLE booklet – specimen papers Booklet A (MCQ) and Booklet B (at the back of the book)

6. Art and Craft – Plywood Painting

7. Setting Targets for Term 3 for each subject.
Fill in the page in your Homework Diary. For each subject, set at least 3 measurable goals (how many pages per day/week)
E.g. Complete 10 pages of EL cloze passages and vocab exercises per day;
Find meanings of at least 10 new words per week;
Redo at least 3 word problems previously taught by Miss Goh per day

8. Remember to find a milk/juice carton and a soft drink bottle (1.5litres) for the next art and craft lesson.

More Digging..

2009-05-28T01:18:00.000-07:00

Digging into the Leaf Litter at the Science Centre

2009-05-28T01:10:00.000-07:00

Creepy crawlies... bugs and more bugs... Boys and girls of Primary 6H do not squirm and scream at them... well, some of us did, but not me...

Loads of fun... if only we could bring the millipedes and the centipedes home.. they make great pets...

Our Idols are (NOT) Golden!

2009-05-28T01:04:00.001-07:00

Finally, I can sit down and do something about our blog.
Here are the long-overdued photos of our idols. Aaron, my favourite, is NOT golden, much to my disappointment!

Singapore H1N1 Influenza A Zero Patient News!!

2009-05-26T23:01:00.000-07:00

Now Singapore got its Zero Patient of H1N1(Influenza A)
Please take of your health.
Use Dettol!

For infor go the following website

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090527/tap-062-singapore-confirms-case-h1n1-231650b.html

Thank YOu,
ELsen

Urgent! Urgent! Yellow Alert!

2009-05-02T04:28:00.001-07:00

Dear 6H,

It is extremely important to take care of your health. More water, more hand-washing.

You are encouraged to take your temperature at home daily. Please do so before you come to school on Monday.

Pupils who register 38 deg are NOT supposed to attend school. See the doctor and rest at home. If it is convenient, send me an email to update me.

So far only one of you have informed me that your thermometer is not working. Please ensure you have a working thermometer at all times.

I shall see you on Monday in the classroom. That's right. You are going straight to the classroom when you arrive.

In the meantime, stay healthy.

How Blessed We Are!

2009-04-19T22:13:00.000-07:00

This is a link to a short film which showcases the plight of children in Philippines. It makes me sad to see that they are people out there who eat chicken ala carte in a way differently from mine.

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1081/Chicken-a-la-Carte

JBP - online activity

2009-04-19T01:13:00.000-07:00

(1) Remember to upload your 3 learning points at Asknlearn!! (any 3)
(2) What did you learn about the pelicans? Write down 1 fact.
(3) Those with the wingspan photos are to upload those as well. I have got 2 here.

Mars - Do you want to live there?

2009-04-19T01:06:00.000-07:00

The following is the drawings by some of our friends. The first is by Rainer - Space Hotel; the second is by Elsen and the last is by Rachel... Very interesting ideas for NASA to make our dreams (or rather, mine) come true...

Jurong Bird Park 2

2009-04-19T01:02:00.000-07:00

Poor Jovan! He has got bird droppings on his head! The elderly believes that one gets money luck from that. Let's see if Jovan's case is true...

See, everyone shielding their heads...

Jurong Bird Park

2009-04-19T00:59:00.000-07:00

Dear 6H,

This is a snippet of our day at the JBP.

Nothing to do...

2009-04-16T05:23:00.001-07:00

I nothing to do...
Maybe you will like it...

Nothing to do...

2009-04-16T05:23:00.000-07:00

I nothing to do...
Maybe you will like it...

Notice Board

2009-04-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

Notice Board Quiz

Count how many square in this picture.....
Good Luck

Done by Willlen and Erra.

Uploaded by Elsen.......

Learning Journey @ Jurong Bird Park

2009-04-13T07:46:00.000-07:00

Dear everyone,

Please remember to inform your parents that we would be coming back late (at 1.15pm) from Jurong Bird Park. Even though you may be staying in school for your remedials, please just inform your parents.

Things to bring:
1. Water bottle (LOTS of water)

2. Simple snacks (we will have recess in school, keeping the rest of the time for exploring and learning)

3. Some money (bottled drinks cost as much as $3.50 per bottle!! You don't want to waste that kind of money; bird feed is $3 - if we get a chance to go to the Lory Loft where you get to feed birds)

4. A hat/cap/ raincoat to keep out the sun and the rain (pray hard we get a good day)

5. camera and handphone (at your own risk! Mr Ravi reminded all of us that handphones can only be used for emergency only, not take pictures of your friends for no good reason)

6. a small bag to put in those stuff you need to bring along. Big bags stay in the classroom.

7. Your activity sheet and pen which you would be getting on the day.

8. A clipboard would be loaned to you. Please take care of it and return to me after the trip.

Finally,
9. Lots of enthusiasm and smiles!!!

Science - Food Chains and Food Webs

2009-04-06T17:24:00.000-07:00

Check out these websites:

http://www.kidsplanet.org/wol/page_1.html

Follow the life of the itsy spider as it recounts its food relationships.

Revision of Tenses: Past participles – games

2009-04-05T03:48:00.000-07:00

Revision of Tenses: Past participles – games

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/i_games/gotoschool/games_gts02/

Science – Living Together

2009-04-05T03:45:00.000-07:00

Science – Living Together

Quiz on how the introduction of new predators to a habitat affects other organisms. Enjoy!

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0904/games/game_intro.html

English Unit 4 Space Travel

2009-04-05T03:36:00.000-07:00

English Unit 4 Space Travel

Websites on Mars and Space:

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0401/articles/mainarticle.html

http://www.exploremarsnow.org/

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html (pictures taken by Spirit and Opportunity)

Learning Log : Percentage 1

2009-03-28T21:36:00.000-07:00

discount....
% discount X 100% =.....
__________
original price

GST
%GST ....
GST
________ X 100%=.....
original price

%profit .....
profit
_________ X 100%=.....
original price

loss
% loss ......
loss
___________ X 100%=.....
original price

What is Cost Price, Selling Price,Profit and Loss:
cost price of a book → $2
selling price of same book by a company → $10
profit made by the company → $10 -- $2 = $8

Done by Meghana

Me too!(Elsen)

Our Malaysia Trip

2009-03-28T21:29:00.001-07:00

Dear all,
These are a few of our pictures.

The groups will be showing the rest in their presentations.

Enjoy!

We are back from Malaysia

2009-03-19T02:46:00.001-07:00

Dear all,

The 16 of us came back from Malaysia safely... Those who did not join us, don't worry! I shall share some of our pictures with the rest of the class.

Homework (13/3/2009)

2009-03-15T06:01:00.000-07:00

Check that you have completed these before school reopens next Monday:

1. Sign Decimal Test
2. EL - noun collocation (last few pages)
3. EL - Spelling 1 and 2 (Learn! Those who fail will stay back during recess the next day for a retest)
4. MA - word problems on Elimination
5. SCI - Science PSLE booklet p 47 to 55

Homework?

2009-03-13T03:09:00.001-07:00

It's all for your own good...

If I ever got lost...

2009-03-13T03:02:00.001-07:00

Remember I mentioned someone got lost in China, and had no help??
Then she went online to request for help on Facebook... Help came when her friends' friends in China got into contact... It's in the Straits Time. Go read it...

I got a little worried because my Facebook is not working. What if I got stranded somewhere? Maybe in Malaysia.. I am going there on Monday with 15 of you....

If Miss Goh should ever get lost (which is very likely if Sheng Wei, Jovan, Chien Hui, Ka Wei and .... decides to abandon her to the wild animals and the concrete jungle in big cities), respond to her distress call in this class blog!!!! Get anybody, somebody to help me, save me, rescue me, and get me home safely...

Honouring our top scorers!

2009-03-13T02:18:00.000-07:00

Gotcha! Are you within the safe range?

A* 91 and above
A 75 – 90
B 60 – 74
C 50 – 59

Top scorers for English

Chien Huei 84%
Yun Ying 81%
Sue Kim 74%
Hidahya 72%
Nicole 71%
Levanesh 70%

Top scorers for Math
Yun Ying 96%
Darrell 96%
Ze Xuan 95%
Tan Wei Ling 95%
Sheng Wei 93%
Kai Jie 92%
Melissa 92%
Gregory 91%
Jovan 91%
Andrik 91%
Zong Qing 90%
Chien Huei 90%

Top scorers for Science

Bryan 82%
Kye Siong 81.5%
Melissa 80.5%
Gelyn 80.5%
Shan Wei 80.5%

It's the HOLIDAYS!!

2009-03-13T02:08:00.000-07:00

And I know some of you are labouring over the homework.... and complaining about it...

Well, it's all for your own good.... Ha Ha! I borrowed this line from the Mummy in I Not Stupid, the movie.... And I think she is right.

And the holidays are not just about work...

The lucky people who are going to Malaysia and spending 3 days 2 nights with your teacher would have to report on Monday at 6.45am. Try not to give your teacher any trouble.... Take pity on her... She has to sacrifice her holidays when she could be sitting under the stars and watching the night sky in peace...

Those going to West Spring Secondary with Mdm Ang are to report at 7.30am on Tuesday.

How much of the holidays are left?

Homework - Meanings and Usage (06/03/2009)

2009-03-07T20:41:00.001-08:00

Dear 6H,

Some of you have emailed me about the homework on Meanings and Usage. There is no usage dictionary in which to learn how to use the words. The usage is found in the main entry itself. E.g.

From Cambridge dictionary:
amicable

1. relating to behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly often despite a difficult situation:
His manner was perfectly amicable but I felt uncomfortable.

2. relating to an agreement or decision that is achieved without arguments or unpleasantness:
Few people have amicable divorces.
Eventually we reached an amicable settlement.

So for usage, you have amicable manners / amicable divorce / amicable settlement.

Perhaps Longman has other usage. Check it out.

Regards,
Miss Goh

Rainbow in the school!

2009-02-26T16:54:00.000-08:00

After many days of hot weather, we finally have rain. And after the rain, a rainbow made an appearance!!!

It got all the teachers who were still in school at 6.30pm very excited. Me included.

Malaysia trip

2009-02-24T22:50:00.002-08:00

Congratulations to the 15 pupils who are going to Malaysia....

Song

2009-02-24T22:47:00.000-08:00

Song will be put up soon.
However you don't like it don't ask me to change
ask Melissa not me
If I put the song it will be weird to hear christian song... hehe

Elsen

Who is MUF???

2009-02-24T22:39:00.000-08:00

Elsen here...

MUF is me myself ELSEN.
I have purposely put myself MUF for a stupid reason and a reasonable reason

The stupid reason...
I am A Manchester United Fan (MUF) hehe

The reasonable reason....
I put myself MUF as I want to let you all know that you should put your name so we will know that it is you.

Take Erra as a example...
She put herself nes
NES?????
Who know??
Than I block her....
Than you cannot talk in Tagboard...

So if you want to put your shortcut name...
Introduce yourself in Forum so we will know..

May God blessed you,
Elsen

Nouns

2009-02-23T01:37:00.001-08:00

Nouns, nouns and nouns you hear then all the time but what are they. What are nouns? Nouns are like names. There are 4 types of nouns, common, proper, collective and abstract nouns. Common nouns are nouns that refer to something in a very general term. Cat, dog, car, fruits and humans, they are all called Common nouns. Proper nouns are nouns that refer to something in a very specific term, like Cashew road, Sam, Brigitte, Nissan GTR and Iphone. Collective nouns are nouns and a few more words and they describe a group of something. For example, a school of fishes and a cluster of stars. Abstract nouns are words like, sad, happy, angry and glad. They are words that describes feeling. After telling you all this, I have a question for you. Is the word 'noun' a noun? If it is, what type of noun is it.

KISSER

2009-02-20T22:39:00.000-08:00

HOW TO BE A GOOD KISSER!!
TIPS for Compo writing

K = Keep

I = It

S = Simple

S = Straight-forward

E = Engaging

R = Realistic

Done by Willeen

Mr Oaktree - Drawings

2009-02-19T23:38:00.001-08:00

Animal Research - model pieces

2009-02-17T23:18:00.001-08:00

Dear boys and girls,

I have put up two of your friends' research - one on Panda and another on Humpback whales. Congratulations to Emmil and Bernard for their good effort. They scored full marks for this piece of work!

Animal Research – The Giant Panda

2009-02-17T23:16:00.000-08:00

Introduction
The Giant Panda is a mammal classified in the bear family (Ursidae), native to central-western and southwestern China. The Giant Panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon) family.
The Giant Panda is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. It is about 1.2 - 1.5 meters in length and weighs 75 - 160 kg. Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the Giant Panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. The Giant Panda may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, and bananas when available.

Where they are found (Habitat)

The giant panda has been declining for thousands of years due to hunting by humans and climatic changes. Its populations originally extended throughout most of southern and eastern China, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. In ancient China it was already considered rare! By 1900, it could only be found in one region: the Qinling Mountains and along the edge of the Tibetan plateau.

Giant pandas live in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense covering of bamboo, at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. They are found mostly in the bamboo forests in the mountains of central Peoples Republic of China, including the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

How many there were (The current Numbers)

The giant panda is listed as endangered in the World Conservation Union's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Animals. It is one of the most critically endangered species in the world. There are about 1,000 left in the wild. About 140 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world, mostly in China.

The majority of the surviving (approximately 25) wild giant panda populations have fewer than 20 individuals.

What has led them to becoming endangered?

Some of the problems they face are natural, but some are caused by humans.

The major factors contributing to habitat loss and destruction — the most pressing threats to the giant panda — are:
• conversion of forests to agricultural areas,
• medicinal herb collection,
• bamboo harvesting,
• poaching, and
• large-scale development activities such as road construction, hydropower development, and mining.

Pandas do not have many offspring during their lifetime. Although the adults have few predators besides man, the cubs are very small and may be attacked by leopards.

Another problem is their diet. Bamboo grows in large patches, and different types of bamboo flower in different years. After it flowers, the bamboo dies back, leaving nothing behind to be eaten. Pandas must travel from one good patch to another to find food. Pandas have to travel to find new patches, and sometimes human-built villages are in the way as they move from patch to patch

What have been done to conserve them / what could be done to conserve them?

To save panda habitat, the Chinese government has set aside 12 nature preserves where bamboo flourishes and giant pandas are known to live. Fragile panda habitat are being protected from development by people and also from damage caused by cattle, sheep and goats as they graze on any emerging seedlings and trample the thin mountain soil.

Efforts are being made to introduce pandas to new areas not currently occupied by it in order to expand its habitat. Strips of land, called bamboo corridors, have been created to help pandas migrate or move from one area to another. This technique opens more habitats to pandas. When pandas move greater distances to find mates, they can spread their genes further in the population

A logging ban declared at the end of 1998 has put most panda habitat off-limits to commercial logging. Alternative forest uses that would be more ecologically friendly, such as commercial mushroom farming and ecotourism, are being evaluated.

Conclusion

Giant Pandas are important because they eat so much bamboo, there would never be an overgrowth. This helps to keep certain mountainous ecosystems balanced.

Giant pandas are also important because they are living things too, and they deserve to live on earth just as we humans do.

Society needs to start caring for our environment and the creatures that inhabit it. We could try to stop deforestation (one of the many reasons Giant Pandas are endangered). As a world of people united through our communities, we could all do our part to protest against pollution, over-development, and most of all poaching – all of which contributes and adds to the slow but steady decline of the Giant Panda.

A small gesture we as students could do is to either sponsor a panda or even adopt one! Such an act may seem small but goes a long way in saving our beloved adorable Giant Pandas!

We can also help in many other ways. For example, we could learn enough information about Giant Pandas so that we can come up with our own ways to help. We can also use that knowledge to convince other people to help save these magnificent animals. Finally, we can communicate with higher authorities to persuade them to do something to help these gracious animals. Perhaps persuade the school into creating a community school fund to go to the conservation of this beautiful animal.

Did you know?

• Pandas have excellent night vision?
• They also have very powerful legs to help kick down bamboo trees
• They have a highly developed sense of smell that males use to avoid each other and to find females for mating in the spring.
• Panda cubs are born all white and their world-renowned colours are developed later as they grow older.
• Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting posture, with their hind legs stretched out before them.
• They may appear inactive, but they are skilled tree-climbers and efficient swimmers.

References
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/ailumela.htm
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giant-panda.html
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/studshow/pinegrovems/samanthabkatlinb/giant_pandas.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/panda/37997.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/giant_panda/problems/
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/panda.html

Done by Emmil Ong Si Ming

Animal Research - Humpback Whale

2009-02-17T23:14:00.000-08:00

Introduction
The humpback whale is a Baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres and weighs approximately 36,000 kilograms. The humpback whale has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex whale song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating.

Habitat
Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres each year. Humpback whales feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth during the winter. During the winter, humpback whales fast and live off their fat reserves.

How many there are and what has led them to becoming extinct
Due to over-hunting, its population fell by an estimated 90% before a whaling moratorium was introduced in 1966. Stocks of the species have since partially recovered; however, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with
ships, and noise pollution also remain concerns. There are at least 80,000 Humpback Whales worldwide.

How are they protected and what should be done to protect them
At the Marine Mammal Center, Humpback whales have been observed. Probably the most famous humpback whale is "Humphrey," who was rescued twice by The Marine Mammal Center and other concerned groups. The first rescue was in 1985, when he swam into San Francisco Bay and then up the Sacramento River. To conserve the population of such endangered animals, the government should put a stop for the hunting of the animals. The marine mammal center can help them to reproduce their young before sending them back to the sea.

Conclusion
If efforts had put in to save the Humpback whales, they will survive and continue to improve the ecosystem.

Bernard Soon Pri 6H
Source from : www.wikepedia.com, www.tmmc.org

Find me a PERFECT FACE

2009-02-11T21:09:00.000-08:00

Find me a Perfect Face...

As mentioned in class, you are to find a poster of the most beautiful man/woman (exluding Miss Goh, no matter how much you like me) to class. A4 size or giant size. Black and white, or coloured.

Get ready and bring next week.

We are going to find out what makes him/her/me so beautiful.
Discover the fun in Mathematics and in Nature...

The Golden Mean / Golden Ratio

2009-02-11T02:17:00.001-08:00

Everyone, I talked about the Golden Ratio in class - how things can be measured using a standard ratio. Go watch the slideshow... It may be a little difficult, but don't worry. I will be talking about this in class.

Bring your measuring tapes and strings!! We are going to measure stuff!!!

By the way, if you have LARGE posters of any idols (e.g. Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake, or Jay Chou...), bring them..... We are going to determine if they truly are beautiful people... Of course, they cannot be more beautiful than me.....

Golden Mean

2009-02-10T22:01:00.001-08:00

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Golden Mean

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2009-02-07T21:50:00.000-08:00

Dear 6H,

Saturday's newspapers reported on Bear Farming in Chengdu, China. Cut it out and read it. It is what we have been talking about in class.

For those who do not have Straits Times at home, I managed to save a copy here, but I cannot save the pictures. Please put your comments on the article in Forum.

Feb 7, 2009
Bears rescued from bile farms

CHENGDU (China) - A DOZEN Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering on Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group.

The Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation took in the bears from state-approved farms in Sichuan province where holes were cut in their abdomens so that their bile could drip out to be harvested and used in Chinese traditional medicine.

Such bear farming is legal in China but the bears came from farms that violated regulations by mistreating the animals, the group says. Thirteen bears were handed over by the Sichuan Forestry Protection Department on Friday but one was put to death because it was so ill, apparently from late-stage liver cancer.

China started allowing bear bile farming in the 1980s, saying it would protect wild Asiatic black bears by satisfying the market for bile with farmed products, according to Animals Asia. But the lack of reliable population data on black bears makes it difficult to evaluate whether it has been successful, the group said.

Wild bears are still poached because wild bile is believed to be better than farmed bile, it said.
Asiatic black bears are also known as moon bears because of a crescent shaped marking on their chests. An estimated 7,000 bears are kept in China's 247 bile-harvesting farms, according to government estimates, but Animals Asia believes the number could be as high as 10,000.
The approved means of bile collection in China is through a permanent hole put in a bear's abdomen known as the 'free drip' method.

Animals Asia says this still causes pain and the slow death of bears. But more painful methods ranging from inserting metal catheters and rubber tubes into the bears' abdomens, which have been banned by the government, are still believed to be used in China.

The latest bears were handed over to Animals Asia under an agreement made in 2000 with the government to receive sick bears from state and illegal farms. The bears were sent to the foundation's Moon Bear Rescue Center outside Chengdu, which has handled 260 freed bears since the agreement was signed.

The latest freed bears had a host of illnesses from blindness to liver tumors, the group said. Some had ringworm around their faces and rocked from side to side biting their cage bars.
'Most of the bears that arrived today had scars and wounds on their heads as a result of repetitive bar-rubbing during their years on the farm. In short, they are cage-crazy,' said Jill Robinson, founder and chief executive of Animals Asia.

The bears were given fruit mash before being taken away for a months-long rehabilitation program, which includes health checks, medical treatment and living in recovery cages under quarantine. Of the 260 bears the center has treated, 77 have died. -- AP

Learning Log – Reported speech

2009-02-04T04:07:00.000-08:00

Eg: Mary asked,” Tom, are you going home?”
Mary asked Tom if he was going home.
· Yes/No – if
· Subject always comes before verb

Eg: Mary asked Tom,” Did you go home yesterday?”
Mary asked Tom if he had gone home the previous day.”
· Did = past tense – past perfect tense

Eg: Mary asked Tom,” When did you come home?”
Mary asked Tom when he had gone home.

Done by:
Huang Kaiwen

Clarifications on Animal Research

2009-02-03T22:31:00.001-08:00

Dear 6H,

Some of you are emailing me the wrong format.
Please make sure you are writing an information report based on the headings given in the worksheet. Refer to how an information report is written in the Textbook.

Cheers,
Miss Goh

Learning Log : Division Of Fractions

2009-02-03T22:14:00.000-08:00

1. Change divide to times (x)
2. Inverse the second quantity.
Eg 1. 5 divided by 1\10
= 5 x 10\1
= 50

Eg 2. 1\10 divided by 5
=1\10 divided by 1\5
=1\50

( \ is the same as divide)

Done By:Sia Xiu Ming

Learning Log : Age Problem

2009-02-03T05:23:00.000-08:00

Susan is 12 years old now. Her mother is 37 years old.
What is the difference in their age ? 25

In 10 years time , Susan would be 22 years old.
In 10 years time, her mother would be 47 years old.
The age difference is still 25.

1. Age difference is always the same .
2.Always compare ages at the same point in time.

Done by Melissa Neong

Instructions on Animal Research

2009-02-03T01:57:00.000-08:00

Instructions on Animal Research

1.Select an animal of your interest.
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
E.g. Tucan, Moon Bear, Anaconda

2.Do not copy wholesale. That is plagiarism (illegal use of others’ work).
•Pick out what you need.
•Group information according to the headings given as shown in the class worksheet.

3. Type it out on Word Document
•Comic Sans, Font size 16
•Print it out OR send email to Miss Goh
•Copy and paste a picture of your animal

4. Acknowledgements
•Give credit to the websites where you source for the information.
•Write down the websites / web pages:
E.g. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

5. Write in report format
•Paragraphs with headings
•Complete sentences
•Use T.A.P.S. to check your work

6. Rubrics
•Marks awarded based on rubrics

Deadline : Friday, 6th Feb.
For more information, pay attention to Miss Goh's lesson on Wednesday!

Posting

2009-02-02T03:27:00.000-08:00

Dear 6H students,

Some of the entry in January are taken away and put into another link as there is too much entries already.
Exp: Reading Club- 1
Scroll downwards to Archives then click on January 2009.
Then you will see all the entries publish on January

Elsen

Shark Fin Soup

2009-02-02T03:23:00.001-08:00

Shark Fin Soup

The purpose of this written article is to inform everybody , including those who did not eat shark fins soup about dwindling numbers of sharks because Asians are eating shark fins soup . The main idea is about shark conservation , extinction an Mankind’s survival . Sharks are only killed for fins to create shark fins soup . The fins are the main body part , to balance the shark itself . 100 million of sharks are killed each year for their fins . If too many sharks are killed , the ECO System will go haywire and unstablised as sharks are the to predators . If the sharks die , other fish will be affected . Oceans provide 80% of our oxygen . So , if sharks die , it will also effect Man’s life and soon we will also die . I can conclude that we should not killed too many sharks for their fins and meat , if not it will be extinct . The writer is assuming in this article that only Asians eat shark fins . However other countries like America are eating shark meat . We take for granted that Governments in Asia are not doing anything to save the sharks , but countries like Singapore , Japan and Korea have laws against shark fishing . The point of view we are looking from are Mr Shark’s and the conservationist’s points of view . If I were the boss of the shark fin soup company , I would lose business and might have to close down . If I were the sharks , I would be able to survive and live in the Ocean and continue to be the Top Predator ! ( Tuna , watch out ! )

Done by :

Tan Wei Ling

Learning Log : Relative Pronouns

2009-01-31T02:43:00.000-08:00

Pronouns……

Pronouns are words used to replace a noun that has been previously mentioned.

There are many kinds: personal, possessive, reciprocal, reflexive, emphatic, relative, demonstrative and interrogative.

Possessive pronouns…
-Words that refer to the ownership of an item…
Eg.yours,hers,his,mine,its,theirs,ours
This book belongs to me.It is mine.

Relative pronouns
-That,which,what,who,whose,whom,where
Eg.
I am returning the pen. I borrowed the pen from you.
Answer :
I am returning the pen which/that I borrowed from you.

I met Harry.His father is a doctor.
Answer:I met Harry whose father is a doctor.

This is the girl.She lives in that house.
Answer:This is the girl who lives in that house.

It is important to know which relative pronoun to use on what:
That can be used for people,animals,insects or things.

Which is used for animals and things

Who,whose and whom refer to people only.

Where refers to place…

Note:It is important to place the relative pronoun at the correct place within the sentence.Otherwise,it will sound funny.

Done by Hidayah

Learning Log : TAPS

2009-01-31T02:40:00.000-08:00

Strategies for Checking Work

TAPS

T = Tenses

A = Agreement (Subject Verb Agreement)

P = Punctuation

S = Spelling

Done by Darrell

Learning Log : Either or... Neither nor

2009-01-29T07:22:00.000-08:00

RULE OF PROXIMITY

The verb follows the subject nearest to it

Examples:
1)Either Mr Tan or Mr Ali loves to play soccer.
Either Jack or his friends love to play soccer

2)Neither the cakes nor the tart is cheap.
Neither the tart nor the cakes are cheap.

Done by Durga(5)

Science Trip For 29 January 2009 (Fri)

2009-01-29T00:23:00.001-08:00

Tommorrow you can wear PE Attire or School Shirt
Please bring our water bottle.
You can bring your handphone but please pass to Miss Goh in the morning.
No PSP or MP3.
Please bring a plastic bag if you want to vomit in the bus...
Thank you

Learning Log : Reporting Statements - Things to note

2009-01-29T00:12:00.001-08:00

Change Pronouns

I → He / She
You → I, me
We → They
My → His / Her
Us → Them
Our → Their
Me → Him / Her

Change Time-Words/Place-words

Tomorrow → The next day/The following day
Yesterday → The previous day
Today → That day
Here → There
Then → At there time
Now → Then
This Monday → That Monday
** Come → Go

Tenses:
When the reporting verb is in the past (e.g. Tom SAID.....),

Present tense in the dialogue → Past Tense
E.g. Tom said, "I finish my food."
Tom said he finished his food.

Past tense in the dialogue → Past Perfect Tense
E.g. Tom said, "I finished my food."
Tom said he had finished his food.

Please remenber this rule:

Yesterday (change to) the previous day (Correct)
Yesterday (change to) the day before (Wrong)

Done by Rainer Chang

Science Unit 1 Websites

2009-01-28T17:07:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone,

These are some links you may want to go to for some games.

Classification

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/biology/classification_intro.shtml

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science3a.htm

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science3c.htm (classifying Material

http://www.learningscience.org/psc1apropofmaterials.htm

Happy Chinese New Year

2009-01-25T20:57:00.001-08:00

6H wishes everybody a Happy Chinese New Year.

GONG XI FA CAI!!

Reading Club- 1

2009-01-22T15:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some good stories that you might want to read...

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Every one of us has been a little girl and boy at some point in life. Do you remember whether you were naughty and had to be punished by your teacher? This is a story of a little girl and her name is Totochan. She was a little girl who had been expelled by her elementary school because she was ‘different’…. Her mother had to send her to a special school where the classrooms were rail-road cars and the headmaster believed that children should be learning at their own pace. In Tomoe, as the school was called, Totochan was allowed to let her imagination run and lessons were always an “adventure” of knowledge. Find out how ‘different’ Totochan was and why she was expelled. What was Tomoe like? How did Totochan cope in her new school? Read to find
out!

Walkabout by James Marshall

Mary and Peter, two American children, are stranded in the middle of the Australian desert after the plane they are traveling in crashes. Although they survive the crash, Mary knows their problems have really only just started. How is she going to feed herself and her younger brother? Then they met an Aboriginal boy. He is on walkabout. It is a test taken by boys of thirteen or fourteen years old in the desert. He is their only hope. However, a misunderstanding occurs….. Would the children survive in the desert? What happened to the Aboriginal boy?

Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry

Henry feels there is something mysterious about Aunt Agatha's new tenant. Despite his tool-box and his talk of watts and volts, Harvey Angell is no ordinary electrician. He calls himself a "homer" and a homer can put love back into people's lives. He certainly revolutionizes Ballantyre Road.
When Harvey Angell zaps into Ballantyre Road, he brightens up Henry's life like a super-charged thunderbolt. With Harvey around, the atmosphere's electric! But despite his Connecting Kit and 'energy field jargon, Henry is sure Harvey's no ordinary sparky. Musician, magician or electrician? Henry's determined to find out exactly who Harvey Angell really is and watt he actually does...

Reader comments, what do you think of all the books??

Please comment it at the the 6H forum..
Thank you

Welcome

2009-01-19T01:01:00.000-08:00

Welcome to 6H bpps 2009 blog.
Thank you.
Have a nice day...