5DC at the Annual Poetry Recital 2013

Yesterday, ISS' fifth graders took to the stage with enthusiasm to recite the poems they had prepared. The individual performances were simply stellar.  Take your time to watch the performances from students of 5DC, above.

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Alex M on Market Day

In school everybody has been working with their group and preparing for market place.  In my group are Suyong and Lucas.  Over the weekend they both came over to my house to make the items we needed to make it happen.  My group is doing a service where people throw wet sponges at my face and teacher’s faces.  Some of the teachers that will be there are Ms.Nisa, Mr. Myers, Mr. Nathan and maybe even Ms. Alden!  A throw at me is 20 cents, a throw at a teacher is 40 cents, and a throw at Ms. Alden is $1. All the money we raise will go to a microfinance organisation called KIVA.  I think that we will raise a lot of money because it will be very popular!

-Alex 

Persuasive Essay

In class we were making a thing that we said a frisbee was a opinion and we needed 3 people to hold it up strong! 1 person wouldn't work because there wouldn't be stuck hard enough and it could fall of easily 2 people would make it stronger but 3 would do just the trick it would be fine. Conni was the opinion, Carsen, Hai Rin and Ami were the people that hold them up strong! Vitya, Amy, Chiemy and Miya were the ones that hold the one on top of them strong just like a building! Eg: If a building was very tall and there was a broken pillar at the bottom it would all fall down and since there is more to hold at the bottom because it is all leaning on it it would be heavier and fall so every part has there own use!! -Alex P

This photo represents persuasive essays because your opinion that you’re trying to persuade is at the top (Connie) then to hold up your opinion you have your reasons (Carsen, Hae Rin, Ami) then to support your reasons to persuade on your opinion you have statistics, facts, examples and quotes (Vitya, Amy, Chiemi, Miya). Then you have a pretty strong persuasion and support for your opinion. The pyramid of persuasion!!! -Miya

Connie is opinion. (Kiva is a great organization to work with)And under the connie is reasons.(Employees of Kiva are happy, you can get your money back, Kiva helps people who are in need.)Under the reasons are fact, statistic, example, quote. They are backing the reasons. And 3 reasons backing opinion too. -Hanse

Business Field Trip

Here are some photos from the "Business Trip" that 5SB and 5DC went on, on Wednesday. From a teacher's perspective, the students have been making great progress in their learning of the way people trade goods and services. Students went out to the Holland Village wet market, the Holland Village independent shops above Cold Storage and experienced a Q&A session with Suriya, a very patient store manager at Jelita Cold Storgage.

On Thursday

Today we got our jobs. I was so worried that I would not be the Police Officer but then a spark of joy came and I found out that I was a Police Officer.The whole classroom was noisy in excitement and sadness. I felt unhappy for the people who did not get there 1st choice. 

By Sayma

ISS Economy time

In this unit we are doing something called ISS economy where Mr Chan is the mayor of the class room and we all have jobs my job is homework monitor! In this we all get paid different amounts of money. I get $800 chan per week. Some good aspects about this are we get to learn about what it is like in real life, we get to receive LOTS of money and it's fun! Some bad aspects are that we have to pay $500 each week for our desks  which is a lot and we have to pay tax!

Blogged by Alex, a student of 5DC

Grade 5 Camp

ANNOUNCEMENT

re: Grade 5 Camp

We have tentatively secured a site and time for our Grade 5 camp experience.  It will be at Sembawang Camp, in the north end of Singapore.

The date that we are aiming for is November 5th - 7th, 2012.

Thank you for being patient as the final details are being sorted out.  We are trying to confirm the specific program details before releasing an official newsletter.

More information to come.  Please keep on checking back!