River Valley High School [*IP]

[sall]

justsay:

Anyone has any idea are they still collecting the can tab ? The coffee shop uncle passed me a few thousands, don't know to keep or to throw.

This is the project for last yr? What is the can tab for? :?

[WeiHan]

justsay:

sall:

Today dd's homework on the newspaper cutting is very cheem. :faint:

Jan last year, dd's class did 冰心散文review. I am the one who :faint: bcos dd asked me to explain but I myself can't really understand the hidden meaning of the article.
Not easy.

I guess you can always google and you will find various reviews. It is interesting. That is why research are for...if they give topics that have straight forward answer and you already know, then what is the point?

[justsay]

WeiHan:

justsay:

[quote=\"sall\"]Today dd's homework on the newspaper cutting is very cheem. :faint:

Jan last year, dd's class did 冰心散文review. I am the one who :faint: bcos dd asked me to explain but I myself can't really understand the hidden meaning of the article.
Not easy.

I guess you can always google and you will find various reviews. It is interesting. That is why research are for...if they give topics that have straight forward answer and you already know, then what is the point?[/quote]
Hi WeiHan

Yes, I agree with you. But the article seems way too difficult for year 1 leh. There are so many words that they don't even know how to read, needless to say the meaning.

As for the poem, I do goggle for simpler explanation which make it easier to memorise.

[justsay]

sall:

justsay:

Anyone has any idea are they still collecting the can tab ? The coffee shop uncle passed me a few thousands, don't know to keep or to throw.

This is the project for last yr? What is the can tab for? :?

Yes, it is a global project. Many schools in Singapore participated too.
They collect the tab for an organisation in Thailand. They will melt the tab, make it into artifical limbs and offer free for the handicap. Some make it into wheelchair. It is difficult to ask ppl to donate cash so this doctor in Thailand came out with this brilliant idea. Only the tabs can be used as it is made of different alloy from the can itself.

Those students who collected 1000 tabs will be awarded with 11 CIP hrs. Minimum CIP hours to clock each year is 6 hrs.

[HelloKiasu]

justsay:

sall:

[quote=\"justsay\"]Anyone has any idea are they still collecting the can tab ? The coffee shop uncle passed me a few thousands, don't know to keep or to throw.

This is the project for last yr? What is the can tab for? :?

Yes, it is a global project. Many schools in Singapore participated too.
They collect the tab for an organisation in Thailand. They will melt the tab, make it into artifical limbs and offer free for the handicap. Some make it into wheelchair. It is difficult to ask ppl to donate cash so this doctor in Thailand came out with this brilliant idea. Only the tabs can be used as it is made of different alloy from the can itself.

Those students who collected 1000 tabs will be awarded with 11 CIP hrs. Minimum CIP hours to clock each year is 6 hrs.[/quote]Wow 11 cip hours for 1000 tabs? Thats alot of tabs and alot of hours. This year only heard of 10kg newspaper=1 hr cip only

[justsay]

HelloKiasu:

justsay:

[quote=\"sall\"]
This is the project for last yr? What is the can tab for? :?

Yes, it is a global project. Many schools in Singapore participated too.
They collect the tab for an organisation in Thailand. They will melt the tab, make it into artifical limbs and offer free for the handicap. Some make it into wheelchair. It is difficult to ask ppl to donate cash so this doctor in Thailand came out with this brilliant idea. Only the tabs can be used as it is made of different alloy from the can itself.

Those students who collected 1000 tabs will be awarded with 11 CIP hrs. Minimum CIP hours to clock each year is 6 hrs.

Wow 11 cip hours for 1000 tabs? Thats alot of tabs and alot of hours. This year only heard of 10kg newspaper=1 hr cip only :P[/quote]Yes 11 hrs is alot.
How can any family drink 1000 cans of soft drink? :shock:
Naturally it became a family project. Even grandparents, parents' colleagues, relatives all started collecting the tabs. :lol:

[daisyt]

sall:

daisyt:

[quote=\"sall\"]Today dd's homework on the newspaper cutting is very cheem. :faint:

Wh is the article about? Do review?

The article is abt diff ways sch adopt to teach Chinese, got to do review,min 500 words :shock:[/quote]Not to worry, 万事起头难. They would get use and improve.

[sall]

Yes ,daisyt, it's a matter of getting used to it.

For Chinese spelling, 1 wrong word = 20 times correction. :shock:
If they don't memorize the poem well, copy the whole poem 15 times,
So better study hard.

[daisyt]

sall:

Yes ,daisyt, it's a matter of getting used to it.

For Chinese spelling, 1 wrong word = 20 times correction. :shock:
If they don't memorize the poem well, copy the whole poem 15 times,
So better study hard.

There is no shortcut when come to learn chinese. I fully agree to this method. Initially the kids would complain because its like worse than primary sch time but once they get use and see improvement in their chinese, they would appreciate. I also agree with the P on if the chinese level and result is no better than other non SAP, how can we call ourselves SAP sch students.

I am indeed very glad to see improvement in dd's chinese and her interest ever since she steps in RV.

And to me learning chinese is about learning the language, understand the values and morales. Of course this apply to learning other languages but the values and morales of chinese can be very unique to us chinese.

[WeiHan]

daisyt:

sall:

Yes ,daisyt, it's a matter of getting used to it.

For Chinese spelling, 1 wrong word = 20 times correction. :shock:
If they don't memorize the poem well, copy the whole poem 15 times,
So better study hard.

There is no shortcut when come to learn chinese. I fully agree to this method. Initially the kids would complain because its like worse than primary sch time but once they get use and see improvement in their chinese, they would appreciate. I also agree with the P on if the chinese level and result is no better than other non SAP, how can we call ourselves SAP sch students.

I am indeed very glad to see improvement in dd's chinese and her interest ever since she steps in RV.

And to me learning chinese is about learning the language, understand the values and morales. Of course this apply to learning other languages but the values and morales of chinese can be very unique to us chinese.

But how do you define Chinese? China consists of hundreds of smaller ethnic groups that are not chinese. They speak different dialect and some even have their own languages. I ask this is because it is not a static concept. Better to let the students learn that,as with everything else, it is ever evolving and not a static. How do we grasp this elvoving trend is key to success.