Best Wishes and Words of Wisdom from the Ex-Pupils 2014

Snippets from YTPS Inaugural Homecoming

photo taking interrupted by KakaBoi -also a failed attempt at getting a 5B 2007 class photo

In summary, photo taking was a disaster since many pupils seemed to have developed the shy-syndrome or has my 'paparazzi'-esque reputation preceded me. Ha!

CNY Celebration - A Visit from P5B 2007

It was a pleasant visit indeed and it was nice to see all of you again (even thePrisca who ran away like as if she has seen the mythological minotaur (as opposed to Minotaur haha!). Glad to see most of you taking the time and trouble to visit your P-school once again. I apologise if I did not get to chat with some of you as I was busy with the photo-duties.

Anyway hope you like the photos and we'll catch up again someday. Till then, we can always communicate here in ProjectBlogo :)

Keep in touch.

-Mr Danny

(from left) Min, Shemaine, XueYin, Ah-Bin, Jeannie, KeXuan, Jamie, Jasper and Melvin 34


(from left) Maverick, Russel, KaiJie and KumYin

(from left) Lydia, not-sure-who-'cause-not-my-ex-pupil, Margaret, Rachel, Jamie and KeXuan

Congratulations to our Top Scorer Jamie Foo and P5B 2007

Top Scorer Jamie Foo with 284 pts.
Article from Straits Times 21st November 2008

To all my P5B 2007 pupils, I think all of you have performed wonderfully. Even though some of you may have lamented that you did not get your ideal grades, I'm sure all of you will go to the Express stream and what is most important now is securing a place in the secondary school. Even if the school may not be your first choice, do not be disheartened as chances are, you may like it eventually.

Just remember that the journey does not end at the PSLE. It's only a beginning.

And in my book, no one came out a loser today. You are all winners.

Lastly, I hope your Primary school journey has been nothing short of wonderful and memorable like mine has been :)

PS: And to those who have 'beaten' my PSLE results and actually bothered to check with me, a double congratulations to you :) I never knew you guys/galz took up the challenge seriously :)

Regards

- Mr Danny

Report from PSLE Results Day

What a day it has been today. This is my first time covering the school's PSLE Results Day and the anticipation and anxiety filled the air. I had ... (to be continued)

Daryl, Ryan, Kar Leong and Maverick
(still looking mischievous despite waiting for the results)

Qin Kai and the ever-cheerful Daniel

I am shooting with a camera, not a gun Zheng Yu

Kai Han and Kai Jie (are you nervous Kai Jie?)

still very shy with the camera


Hui Ying, Jiawen and Claire with Russel sitting alone
because 40 divided by 3 gives a remainder of 1 :)

caught Ke Xuan with fingers locked in a prayer I think.
Oh well, she scored very well too.

thePrisca :)
another of Yew Tee's top scorer with 4A*


our DSA pupils;-
Margaret (ballet) and the 2-term P5B Monitress Rachel (violin)

I got this video clip of Jamie on her advice to her juniors on tips on preparing for PSLE :)

Yih Ting's Whole Numbers

Merits
All workings are shown on the paper neatly.

Yih Ting's Order of Operations

Yih Ting's Fractions Presentation

Yih Ting's Problem A Day

Merits
- Used statements to explain every working. Statement-working is to help pupil monitor their workings in a systematic manner and enable them to retrace and recheck their working. Notice that these word problems consist of multiple steps.
- Model drawn clearly and neatly
- Final statement included to show the conclusion to the word problem.
- Very neat. Shows tremendous pride in work.

Back to school

CW- The Staring Incident

You were having lunch at a coffee shop when you noticed a group of youngsters behaving rowdily. Curious, you looked at what they were doing. Suddenly, one of them walked towards you and shouted, "What are you staring at?!"

Write a composition of at least 150 words based on the situation above. In your composition, you may make use of the points below. You may reorder the points.

- what happened immediately after that
- why you stared at the group of youngsters
- what you did and how you felt
- what happened in the end

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It was a typical Monday afternoon. My friend, Josie and I were having lunch at a coffee shop during our lunch break. As it was another sweltering day, I ordered a cup of ice lemon tea to quench my thirst.

All of a sudden, a gust of wind blew into the coffee shop. My packet of tissue on the table flew to the ground. As I bend down to pick up the packet of tissue paper, I noticed a group of youngsters behaving rowdily. Feeling curious, I looked at what they were doing.

Suddenly one of them walked towards me and shouted, "Hey! What are you staring at?!" Startled, I blinked and reeled back on my chair. The youngster had short spiky hair with two pairs of silver studded earrings on one ear and a gold nose ring. He wore a black shirt with a apir of navy blue jeans.

I supposed that the youngster was the gang leader of the group. The other youngsters followed their gang leader towards Josie and me. I glanced at Josie. She looked shocked and pale with fear.

"I...I was.... just ...looking ..at..your ..your...", I stammmered. "My what?!" the youngster shouted. He snarled and I saw a gold molar tooth in his mouth. "Your...earrings!" I lied. "Um yes! She was looking at your earring. It is very cool!" Josie said, backing me up.

"Oh yeah, me earrings huh? Gang, get them!" he told his gang. By now, the whole coffee shop was silent and everyone was staring at us. The group of youngsters pulled me and Josie from our seats and towards an alley.

"Help, someone, help!", Josie screamed, trying to free her hands from the youngster's grip. However, everyone in the coffeeshop was in a state of schok and they were all rooted to the ground.

Just as the youngsters pulled us into a back alley, we met a group of policemen on patrol. The youngsters hurriedly let go of Josie and me and their leader shouted, "Run!" The policemen immediately gave chase while two policemen stayed behind and made sure Josie and I were alright and told us to report the matter to the police station nearby before going after the youngsters themselves.

Not long after, the policemen caught the gang of youngsters. The gang threw in the towel after a fierce scuffle with the police. After Josie and I filed a police report at the police station, we went home, relieved that the youngsters were caught.

The next week, Josie and I read in the newspapers that the youngsters were sent to the Boy's Home for two years as they were underage. From that day onwards, I did not dare to stare at gangsters again, much less to even look at them.

written by Prisca Lim
edited by Mr Danny

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The teacher's dull monotonous voice droned on and on about the lesson until the bell rang for the end of the school. The students laughed and chattered noisily as they went down the congested staircases and I was no exception. My tummy was growling hungrily and I was in a hurry to go to the coffeeshop near my home to have lunch. By the time I got to the coffee shop, my hunger was almost unbearable so I quickly ordered a plate of fettuccine noodles and tucked in to my sumptuous meal.

Just then, a group of youngsters trooped into the coffee shop. They were wearing brightly-coloured T-shirts and tight-fitting pants. Their hair were all stiff and spiked with hair gel and many of the customers cast bemused glances at them. However, their bemusement turned to disgust when the group of teenagers started smoking and soon the air was filled with thick, acrid smoke. One of the teenagers even spat on the floor! He seemed completely oblivious that many of the customers were aghast at his behaviour and were staring at him. Slowly, the customers in the coffee shop began to leave and soon, only the teenagers and I were left. I wanted to leave the coffee shop quickly so I began to spoon the rest of the noodles into my mouth hurriedly. However, curiosity got the better of me and I could not resist taking another peek at what the teenagers were doing. Unfortunately, one of the teenagers noticed that I was staring and stared insolently back at me. Not wishing to get into any fights, I grabbed my bag and began to walk out of the coffee shop when one of the teenagers sauntered towards me, pushed me back to my seat, took out a penknife and shouted at me, "What are you looking at?!"

My heart was beating wildly with trepidation and I eyed the blade of the penknife nervously. Beads of perspiration began to trickle down my head ad I stammered "Nothing...Nothing." The teenager caught me looking at the penknife and smirked. He pushed the blade of the penknife threateningly to my face and dropped his voice to a menacing whisper and said," What were you looking at?!" His friends smile an evil smile watching one of their own trying his best to instill fear in me when suddenly, their menacing expressions were wiped off from their faces.

Then I knew why. The wail of the police siren began to fill the air. The teenagers tried to run away but the police had surrounded the coffeeshop. The teenagers, knowing that they were cornered, surrendered without struggle. The police charged them for criminal intimidation.

It turned out that the coffee shop's owner had called the police after he saw them bullying me and I was immensely grateful to him. After this incident, everytime I saw a group of teenagers, I avoided them altogether because as the saying goes, "Once bitter, twice shy". I do not wish to be caught in such a situation again!

written by Jamie Foo
edited by Mr Danny