T1W3 Saturday, 24 January 2015

Dear children,

      There are 2 things that I would like to address for today. First, is with regards to your behaviour in my lessons. Second, is with regards to your behaviour during the Speech and Drama class on Friday afternoon.

      Firstly, during my lessons, I have seen improvements in your behaviour in terms of giving me your full attention. I am very proud to see that all of you have made this effort to improve your behaviour. However, there is still room for some children to better improve your focus during lesson time. When I give instructions to clear your table except for your pencil case, I want you to not be distracted by other materials on your table. However, some of you will take out some stationery from your pencil case and play with it such as scissors, erasers, etc. Thus from next week onwards, when I say "Tables clear!", there must be nothing at your table, hands on the table where I can see them and eyes to the front for attention. For those who continue to chat with your friends while I'm talking, I'll give 2x warning before removing points from your ClassDojo account.

      Secondly, I was disappointed with all of you during the Speech and Drama class. Your poor behaviour had produce the following consequences:

1) You learned very little from Ms Ambrose than you are supposed to. She had a lot in store for you to learn through interesting activities but you cut it short because she had to stop the lesson multiple times just to get you to focus and pay attention.
2) You had very little time to rehearse for your play. Again, because she had to stop the lesson multiple times, you had very little time to practice your characters in the play.
3) I had planned to return your Math Unit 1 Part B booklets to you after the class. However, as the class had to be rushed to finish at 4pm exactly, there wasn't time to return you the booklets.
4) You did not have time to re-arrange your chairs and tables back to their original positions for your parents for the Meet-the-Parents (MTP) session. I have to arrange your tables and chairs on my own.

I hope to see big improvements in your behaviour and attitude from next week onwards. It is for your own good to do so as the more focused you are in class, the more you can enjoy to learn in class. I am very sure that all of you would like to learn as much as possible in school.

      Parents, I appreciate a lot that you are able to take some time off to attend yesterday's MTP session. I hope that it has been a fruitful session for you. It was also good that I was able to interact with some of you to get to know you better. I hope to build great partnerships with all of you for the benefit of the children's learning as a whole. For those parents who are unable to attend, you can find the slides from the link for your viewing; Link
Update: This is the link to the Chinese Language MTP presentation slides; Link

      Have a good weekend, children and I hope that you reflect on your behaviour for the past few weeks in school.

Best regards,
Mr Luqman