Jared's 9 yr old Birthday Celebration

His mood wasn't very good, as I accidently scalded his finger with hot brinjal..so hot that he cried on the spot!   So he refused to smile in most of the pics..N he was 30kg on his birthday..that explained why the bak bak face..hah

A funny event a day after Jared's birthday 20-Nov-2014 

Kaylen did not buy a birthday present for Jared this year, so on the night before we go out for Jared’s birthday dinner, she went to her drawer and asked koko to choose anything that he like.

So koko had eye on the lock particularly on a notebook, to put with his drawer key. He like it that he can lock and unlock the thing..

on 20-NOV night…

While Jared was embracing on the little lock that Kaylen gave him as his 9^th birthday present:

Suddenly Kaylen pop out these

Kaylen: I don’t even want jelly as birthday present, after eat, no more

Me: Hey, koko is even more poor thing, at least daddy mummy gave you a bolster to hug everyday, we only gave koko an air ticket to go back Sarikei, after he sat on it no more.

Jared: hey, it's a $200 worth birthday present ok.

Kaylen: I got bolster because he took your bolster

Then Kaylen cry so hard, pitying herself no having 6yr old bday present that last ..

Jared's Development @9yr old

Jared turned 9 .although I like to emphasize to him that he’s like a 10 yr old to me. So a 10yr old should not be naked in the living room, trying to get change..but he still does that. He is still very much in love with his choot choot, and need to hv a dose almost every weekday afternoon. *GOSH*

 Social skill
He has overcome his social problem of being a loner in P1&P2, now grown to having quite a no. of friends to play za4 or the finger games with him. He had also promoted him self to be the za4 master and to have enough time to play, his lunch boxes need to be in bite size, so that he can eat them while playing.
 Since he had decided he is going for GEP school, I asked him if he is going to miss anybody. He said Tong Cheng. But Eaton will miss him most, to the extend that he asked Jared to write to him on June/Dec holiday.. that’s a great achievement on social skill!

 Academic
Academically he is the bright student in front of teachers, Mrs Tang his P3 english teacher has mentioned that his English command is excellent. I had been spending a lot of times, almost everyday to work on his Chinese Compo, memorizing good sentence, Chinese oral. Luckily this the only subject I need to drill him on so far. Occasionally he will get to do some math & science paper/assessment book. Chinese Paper2 is always left till 3-4wks before exam.

 Weight
29.5kg most time, this had to be the year he had the most weight increase. About 4kg! He is seriously running out of pants to wear.

 Violin
Working on his grade5 songs, and the dreadful violin lesson for the past years, is now a relaxing time to get away from me..hah

 Tooth
3 tooth has drop, 2 permanent tooth, in upper front row. Finally, 1 wobbly tooth on the bottom row

 Birthday wish
 This is quite weird, he actually asked not to go for staycation like what Kaylen had at Legoland hotel & waterpark. He asked for a peaceful time, with delicacy for dinner.

Kaylen's P1 Orientation

Kaylen's 1st time in PCPS whom she is the key person ..It used to be accompaning koko all the time


In her class 1D

Canteen simulation time

She chose pizza..




Strolling back to 1D classroom


Self intro time with Chinese Teacher


Both her teachers

2014 Dec school hol started!

Some random pictures:


Prata breakfast with the 4 kids


Fixing Jared's bed


School beg shopping for Kaylen at OG orchard, and saw these beautiful display outside Centerpoint

Kaylen's Final K2 day

Kaylen’s Interesting Conversation for K2 Xmas Party, Last day of Kindy

Kaylen: Mummy I don’t like this dress. Other ppl laugh at me.

Mummy: They called you Santarina, that’s a nice name

Kaylen: But its so hot. Why you always ask me to wear something you like but I don’t like

Holiday fun: Zoo

Supposedly to celebrate Yanchen & Jared's birthday together at the zoo...a short trip but Jared was so happy at night he keep mumbling happy..happy..

Due to our bz schedule, eg. every 3wks I need to go JB to visit taipo..so we hardly have time for all these trips..I hope we can do better next yr..









Kaylen tried the trampoline at $10 for 5mins..

2014 P3 Prize Giving Ceremony

Today marked the end of Primary 3 and Jared's official last day in PCPS. He had been talking about saying bye bye to all his friends excitedly.  I guessed I definitely felt more sad than him.  We are gonna leave our comfort zone, where top 3 had been a norm for these 3 yrs.

I had been telling him, after he joined the GE program, his marks will drop from 90-100 to 50-60, and all I want him is to prevent being the bottom 3.

But he insisted that he wanted to try the program, so we will certainly support him all the way..I salute his courage and certainly hope it will lead him to a new high since  he had always said he knew all the stuff in the mainstream as I already taught him.

Jia you baby!



Madam Ler PCPS Principal


Awaiting for his turn




Jared was in high mood..certainly it was his hard work!




The top 3s from 3D, Jared, Marx, Tze Kai




Every kid queued to take pic with principal










Next will be we looking forward to Kaylen embarking in primary journey






March in -video

GEP P4 ERP Reading List

GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME
EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAMME
PRIMARY 4
1. Allan Ahlberg, The Better Brown Stories	AHL (BISHAN LIB ONLY)
2. Andrew Clements, Frindle	CLE (JURONG LIB ONLY)
3. Anna Myers, Spotting the Leopard
4. Anne Fine, Step by Wicked Step	822.914 FIN (young adult)
5. Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post	RAN(Yishun only)
6. Betsy Byars, Keeper of Doves	BYA(Geylang, Jurong, Tamp)
7. Betsy Byars, Pinballs	BYA (Yishun)
8. Betty Byars, The Midnight Fox
9. Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr. Henshaw	CLE
10. Bruce Brooks, Everywhere
11. Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
12. Cynthia Rylant, The Van Gogh Cafe
13. Dodie Smith, The Hundred and One Dalmatians
14. Doris Buchanan Smith, A Taste of Blackberries
15. E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday
16. Edward Osmond, A Valley Grows Up
17. Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went To Heaven	COA
18. Emily Neville, It's Like This, Cat
19. Eric P. Kelly, The Trumpeter of Krakow
20. Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
21. Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
22. Gail Gauthier, A Year with Butch and Spike
23. Garry Kilworth, The Electric Kid
24. Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
25. George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin	MAC
26. Hans Stolp, The Golden Bird
27. Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind
28. Hilary McKay, Saffy’s Angel
29. Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs
30. Joan Aiken, Is Underground
31. Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
32. Johanna Spyri, Heidi
33. Judith Benet Richardson, First Came the Owl
34. Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	BLU (Yishun, Woodlands)
Updated 9 Feb 09
35. K. M. Peyton, Poor Badger
36. Karen Cushman, The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
37. Kate Dicamillo, The Tale of Despereaux : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
38. Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
39. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
40. Lois Lenski, Strawberry Girl
41. Lois Lowry, See You Around, Sam
42. Lucy M. Boston, The Sea Egg
43. Maia Wojciechowska, Shadow of a Bull
44. Margaret Mahy, The door in the air and other stories
45. Natalie Babbitt, Eyes of the Amaryllis	BAB (Yishun, Woodlands)
46. Nina Bawden, A Handful of Thieves
47. Nina Bawden, Granny the Pag
48. Norton Jester, The Phantom Tollbooth
49. Paul Goble, Beyond the Ridge (Picture Book)
50. Roald Dahl, Danny, The Champion of the World
51. Roald Dahl, The BFG
52. Robert C. O' Brien, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
53. Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill	LAW(Youth Adult)
54. Russell Hoban, The Mouse and his Child	HOB
55. Stephanie Tolan, Pride of the Peacock
56. Stephanie Tolan, Sophie and the Sidewalk Man
57. Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising
58. Sylvia Cassedy, Behind the Attic Wall	CAS (young adult)
59. Todd Strasser, Help! I’m trapped in my teacher’s body
60. Zilpha Keatley Synder, The Witches of Worm	SNY(TPY)

Good Chinese Books

Publisher: 红蜻蜓
郑小强	YLD
神奇的望远镜	YLD
大哥头 与小妹头	DXY
小铁盒	LHH
羽毛 /	YLD
男孩与海龟 / 许友彬.	XYB
木屋 / 永乐多斯.	YLD

The 2014 invitation worth waiting for...

PCPS P3-P5 Prize Giving Day 2014

Such a heavy event to attend, it might just be Jared's last school day in PCPS, and its the last time we get invited..

Nevertheless I'm really proud of the hard work from him!

The road ahead (GEP) will be much tougher..and we will certainly overcome it with our hardwork!

Post Exam Fun: Ice Skating!

It's the 1st fun activity planned for post exam! We had a gathering with June, Mary & Chen Ling's family..

It's also the 1st time Kaylen joined in the skating with the penguin aid. By the end of the session, she can already skate on her own even without inline skating experience












That's the special ice cream