Back to school

After spending 2 full days in the camp site, many friendships were forged and we left the camp site with memorable experiences. The instructors have taken good care of us, enforcing regular water breaks. Many pupils have tested their limits in forsaking the comforts of air-conditioned bedrooms and having the 8-hour worth of sleep that they were accustomed to.

All pupils were told to catch up on some rest. Here're some pictures taken upon arrival back to Endeavour.

Day 2 Camp fire

No camp is complete without a camp fire! Many pupils were expecting to cook some marshmallows, just like what we usually read about in the stories. Our localised camp fire turned out different from what the pupils had expected.

Pupils were treated to a dance (in jest) involving the school leaders as well as teachers. Everyone was happy to have their teacher represented in this dance.

Our class performance was a huge success. Group 1 also emerged as a winner in the group competition!

We discovered the pile of wood used for the camp fire.

Day 2 Area Cleaning

While the light rain resulted in some disruptions to our camp schedule, we were determined to make the best out of every situation. Preparations were made for the camp fire performance. We also assisted in striking the tents. We were able to fold the tents neatly into the bags provided.

Mum and Dad, we are perfectly able to make our beds in future. Afterall, we have learnt to set up and strike a tent!

In the midst of cleaning up, we also took many pictures! Jaden and Preston were not in these pictures as they had gone off for a basketball match.

Day 2 Sembawang Park Challenge and team activities

Rise and shine! After an eventful day of rope challenge and high elements, most of the pupils slept well through the night despite having to adjust to the humid tent and wet grass.

Everyone was in high spirits and awaiting an equally eventful day ahead. We started our day at Sembawang Park. Armed with maps, we tackled the questions to the best of our abilities. We played a game of Unchain Me. The class tried to untangle ourselves. We tried various ways, doing so within a big group of 39. When this failed, we tried to work it out in pairs. Finally, the credit goes to Jeslyn and Caleb who helped us solve the puzzle. Xi Yee was also a great help in leading the team.

Everyone played an active role to unbreak this chain.

Rain clouds soon caused us to detour to the camp site. Kezia had to go off for a volleyball match. We were proud that our girls team won the match today!

While she was away, we took part in various team activities.

Plant Transport System - Letter to Joel

Dear 5A

After one week has passed, I managed to read most of your letter to Joel. I am pleased with those who have put in a lot of effort in crafting the letter. Through this piece of work, we will learn how to identify the problems given in a scenario and brainstorm for the possible reasons to explain. A handful of you display the ability to propose suitable investigation to prove your hypothesis.

To help some of you in improving your understanding for this topic, please refer to the sample letter below.

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Dear Joel

My friend and I have discussed the problem that you faced with your plants. We think that your plants died because of the strong wind. As you mentioned, many of the plants parts were either bent or missing. This suggests that the strong wind could have broken the plant parts and caused some of the parts to be blown away.

Damage to the stem will adversely affect the plants growth. The stem consists of two types of tubes, namely, the water-carrying tubes and the food-carrying tubes. The water-carrying tubes are responsible in transporting water and mineral salts from the roots to all parts of the plants. Water is also needed by the leaves to carry out photosynthesis whereas mineral salts are needed for the plants to grow healthily.

The food-carrying tubes are responsible in transporting food made in the leaves to other parts of the plants. Thus, we believe that bending of the stem could cause a blockage and result water not to be transported. In addition, food made in the leaves may not be able to be transported to the roots as well.

When the roots fail to receive food from the leaves, it will start dying. The death of the roots means that no water can be absorbed and thus, no water can be transported to all parts of the plants for the plants to grow and carry out photosynthesis.

Heavy downpour may result too much water to be collected in the soil. When roots are soaked in water for too long, it may rot and die. This could be another possible reason why your plants die.

To confirm our theory, we propose the following investigation to be carried out.

Aim: To find out if the absence of roots will affect the growth of a plant

Materials: Two similar plants, water

Procedures

1    (1)Label Plant A and Plant B

2    (2) Remove the roots in Plant A

3    (3)  Place both plants near the window

4    (4) Add 100ml of water to both plants daily

5    (5) Observe and record down the changes daily

You should observe that the plants with roots will grow better than the ones without.

Nevertheless, you may also consider investigating if bending the stem will affect the growth of a plant.

We hope that the above analysis is helpful to you in understanding the possible reasons behind the plant death.

Regards

Jasper

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Similes and metaphors lesson

Dear pupils,

You can watch the Similes video here. Enjoy!

Low elements as well as wet weather programme

For those who were not so comfortable with heights, we had a mixture of low elements activities such as Rebirth and Mohawk Walk.

Break time with Instructor Ash

Preparing for our camp fire performance

An unexpected downpour failed to disrupt our plan for a Blind Man's Trail. 

High Elements

Despite their initial fear of height, all 39 of us were game enough to participate in the Challenge Rope Course.

Our pupils encouraged one another to overcome their fear.

 Look how pleased Jaden was! He was all smiles throughout despite this being his first attempt.

Nothing is impossible with the support from our PE teacher, Mr Suhardi!

Zipline!

Fuel up!

We were treated to tasty and nutritious meals. Everyone was famished!