Wish My Boys All The Best In UPSR

Next week is UPSR final exam for all the year six students in primary school in Malaysia. Hereby Cikgu James wishes all the students can do their best in this exam and get a good result for their parents. Try your best and good luck.

Science Energy Experiment

Science Experiment: Topic Energy
Pupils do science experiment with Cikgu James in SK Cator Avenue's science lab.

Anderson Kadet Polis Marching

A group of Police Cadet boys from SM Anderson came to our school at SK Cator Avenue to have a marching presentation. Some of these cadet police boys are our school formal students. This activity is to give the boys in primary school about the correct technique of marching.

Primary School Cadet

Ipoh Primary School Cadet Activities

Every Wednesday, our school (SK Cator Avenue Ipoh) will have a training for school cadet's members from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm. During the training, the cadet boys will learn about first aid, marching, theories, singing, roping, cooking and finally we will have a camping for uniform units in school at the end of the year.

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Chinese New Year 2010

Cikgu James: Happy Chinese New Year 2010

Cikgu James in SK Cator Avenue Ipoh was here to wish you all have a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year in this Tiger Year 2010. Happy and please enjoy your long holiday. Don't forget to give me ANGPAU !!
:)

Malaysia Smart School

What is a Smart School?

The Smart School is an educational institution with emphasis on thinking-enabled learning, student-centered, using technology and multimedia wisely, applying teaching-learning strategies appropriately and effective school management in order to create a meaningful as well as effective schooling and learning environment.

To jump-start the establishment of smart schools, the Ministry of Education appointed the Telekom Smart School consortium to design, develop and prepare a smart school solution package. The smart school solution package includes ICT-enabled learning courseware for Bahasa Malaysia, English, Science and Mathematics. The first series of courseware was used in 90 primary and secondary smart schools in 2000. Presently, the whole courseware package has been distributed to all Smart Schools in Malaysia.

Cikgu James hopes that our school, SK Cator Avenue will become one of the smart school in Ipoh Perak one day. So teachers and students, we must together work harder to achieve this goal. Bye and see you in school.

2010 School Open Day

2010 First Day of School + My Birthday

Today Is the first day of school and also my BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday to Cikgu James in SK Cator Avenue Ipoh!

This morning I almost late for school because of the traffic jam. The cause for this traffic jam is today is the first day of school in 2010. Actually teacher woke up early in the morning at 6:30 but still late for school. Anyway I still get my time to reach the school and join the first day of assembly in the hall.

This year I will be teaching Year 5 major subjects only, that is 5U, 5N and 5Z in Mathematics, 5N in Science and 6N in PJ. I am happy with my timetable, my total period for this year is 29. Even though I'm not the class teacher, but I'm still the supervisor for all the teachers in Year 5. My job is to guide and assist the teachers in year 5 to take care their students and also their classroom daily rutin. Hopefully this year my boys can learn and play happily in the school and live healthy all the time. Take care and see you all in the school :).

Extra Information: Today is also the Birthday of Isaac Newton

Who is Isaac Newton and what has he done to the world of science ?!

Sir Isaac Newton (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727]) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by a substantial number of scholars and the general public as one of the most influential scientists in history. His 1687 publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (usually called the Principia) is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the scientific revolution.

<From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia>

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year 2010

Teacher James Wishes You All Merry Christmas And Happy New Year 2010

To all my students in SK Cator Avenue: This week is full of  joyful and happiness, because we are celebrating Christmas and New Year 2010. After this, we all need to go back to school for a new school season. So hopefully all of my students already prepared to go back to their WAR again. (I mean study and doing homework is like having a war.... am I right?) Anyway, Cikgu James was busying prepare some workbooks and activities for you all, if I were your class teacher or subject teacher. So hope to see you all soon in school. Bye and take care. You guys can find me easily in Facebook. Just type CikguJames and add me. I will reply to you as soon as possible. See you next year!! Have fun.....:)

School Convocation 2009

SK Cator Avenue Ipoh Convocation 2009

These are the pictures of our school convocation on 11 November 2009 (Wednesday). For those pupils who missed this convocation, you can see more pictures on that day activities at our school website: http://www.skcai.com

Thank you and wish you all "Happy Holiday". Cikgu James wishes you all the best and see you next year 2010. Bye.

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Questioning And Class Discussions

Oral Questioning And Discussion Skills

Just as the quality of scientific inquiry depends upon asking worthwhile questions, the quality of inquiry scinece teaching is guided by effective questioning. The effective teacher displays an open and questioning mind, making it clear that learning never ends just as the world of science is changing and growing at a rapid pace.

Many times, the process of finding the answer to a question is more important than the answer itself. By asking different levels of questions interactively and employing suitable reinforcement towards pupil's responses, the teacher can guide the thinking precess of the pupils. In the precess, the teacher can also involve more and more pupils so that questioning forms an important part of class discussions.

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Happy Deepavali 2009

Happy Deepavali To All Malaysians

Deepavali or Diwali is indian festival widely celebrated by hindus in India. 2009 diwali begins from 17th of October 2009 and continues untill the month end. Diwali party and parites are arranged by the hindu youths where they do diwali dance, exchange diwali gifts, and diwali greeting cards.

May the divine light of diwali spread into your Life peace, prosperity, happiness and good health. Happy Deepavali again to all my boys in SK Cator Avenue. Teacher wishes you all the best and happy holiday.

Teacher's Birthday

Happy Birthday To Cikgu Noor Izan

Cikgu Noor Izan was celebrated her birthday with her 6 Marikh class students in their class. One of the boy, Anthony bought a cake for teacher while others brought some food like sugar and candy. They also put some balloons on the wall to decorate their class. Cikgu Noor Izan was very happy and she felt grateful to his students for celebrating her birthday in school. So hopefully next year some boys will buy a cake for Cikgu James during my birthday. I am waiting for that day to come. Bye and take care. :)

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School's Art Project

Cikgu James' Art Project In School

Today during the art subject, I bring the boys to the hall in Tahap two to do the art project.  I give them each one a piece of white paper, and then I ask them to fold the paper to become a small plane. After that, the boys must test fly the paper plane to see whose plane can fly the highest. The winner will get a present. I will also give point base on their plane decorating or coloring. So hopefully they can try their best to do this art project. Thanks again to all my boys for having fun doing this project.

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Hari Raya Celebration

Celebrating Hari Raya In Malaysia

After a whole month of fasting, the Muslim community in Malaysia celebrates ‘Hari Raya' with joyous family gatherings and open houses. Join in the merry-making and taste the delicious traditional Malay favourites such as rendang, ketupat and lemang.

Have a safe journey back to kampung. Do not drive when you are tired. Have a coffee at Petronas station and take a rest if you need too. And finally, don't play self made fireworks. Is dangerous! Teacher don't want you all to get hurt. Wish you all enjoy your holiday and "Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri."  OK. Bye and take care. :)

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Fun Experiment

Having Fun With Science Experiment

After the UPSR examination, all the year six students are having fun. So I brought them to the science lab to do some science works. And they really enjoyed it and they suggested to do it again after Hari Raya. Now they can really enjoy science works in science lab after the test. Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all my boys.

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What Is 1 Malaysia?

1 MALAYSIA = 1 NATION

1 Malaysia, which PM has mentioned several times the past few weeks, emphasizes national unity and in his speech at the ceremony to disburse funds to Tamil schools, PM sounded remarkably like a reformer for race relations as well as a re-conciliator.

He said that two things were key in the 1Malaysia concept - mutual respect and trust among the different races in Malaysia. "Mutual respect is not just tolerance," he said.

"Once trust is developed, Malaysia will be the sum total of all races. We will not be moving as separate communities but as one Malaysia and we will be stronger. It will be a new Malaysia because we'll change our mindset because we trust and respect each other. I hope all will join me to bring Malaysia to greater heights."

Experiment In School

Primary School Science Experiment

To a child, doing an experiment means 'doing something to see what will hapen'. During the experiment, we change an object, an event or a situation to examine the result of such change in a controlled situation. Experimenting is an integrated science process skill because it requires basic skills such as observing, classifying, making inferences, predicting, measuring, communicating, as well as using the relationship between space and time.

Therefore, experimenting is more suitable for older pupils. Nevertheless, investigative experiments can differ in degree of difficulty. With guidance, even young children can carry out experiments that are simple.




Many teachers mistakenly consider all hands-on activities as being experiments. In truth, an experiment involves tow criteria:

1) The children need to have an idea of what to test. Because of this, they change an object, an event or situation for certain reasons. The act of forming an idea and testing it later is called making a hypothesis.

2) The children should change only one varibale at a time. If necessary, they should compare results when a varible is changed and when it is not. This skill is called controlling variables.

In primary school science, an investigation is considered an experiment if it involves changing an object or a situation so as to compare results with when no change is made.

Project Cool Colours

Kool Colours In School Science Experiment

Objective:

Tie-dye fabric using dyes made from Kool-Aid (tm) and vinegar.

What You Need:

1. Packets of unsweetened Kool-aid in dark colours


2. Vinegar


3. Small bowls


4. Warm water


5. Measuring cup


6. Rubber bands or string


7. 12-inch square pieces of white cotton fabric


8. Stir or wire, and clothes-pin or paper clips


9. Tray or pie pan as 'splash' collector


10. Gloves

To Do and Observe

Make your dye - for each color:
1. Pour 1/2 cup of warm water into a small bowl.
2. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar.
3. Add 2 packages of Kool-Aid
4. Stir the ingredients to mix.
5. Place the small bowl in the tray or pie pan.

Prepare and dye your fabric:
1. Fold and twist the square of the white fabric.
2. Use rubber bands or string to tightly hold the twisted fabric in place. Complicated twisting will make interesting dye patterns. Experiment.
3. Dip the cloth into a bowl of dye. Squeeze excess dye back into the bowl.
4. Remove the string or rubber bands.
5. Hang the fabric square to dry.

What's Going On

Dyes are substances that colour materials. All dyes are compounds made of molecules. Material may absorb the dye or a chemical reaction between the molecules in the dye and material may bind the dye to the cloth. A mordant is a substance that helps fix the dyes to the material so that the color does not fade.

In this activity, Cool-Aid is used to dye cotton cloth. The colored molecules in Cool-Aid form a chemical bnd between the fiber and dye molecules. The mordant addded is vinegar, a traditional fixing reagent, which helps bind the dye to the cloth. This mordant is not strong enough to hold the dye permanently - it works better for art pieces than for clothes such as t-shirts.

Parent/Teacher Tips:

Try natural dyes made from fruits and vegetables. Frozen blueberries, blackberries, and beet juice work well. Prepare dyes by blending the fruit or vegetable in a food processor and filtering off the pulp. The resulting liquid makes a dye.

My Dream Car

Cikgu James Dreams Car

School Visual Art LADAP

Learning Visual Art During LADAP

Today our LADAP's topic is Visual Art and our trainer is Pn Lim Boi Chin. She is an experience teacher teaching art subject in primary school. All the teachers will learn how to create Batik Art by just using a piece of tissue paper. We have also learn how to design a bookmark and also some festival's cards using some easy and simple tools. Hopefully after this training,  the art teachers can use this technique to teach the students to create some special cards. Thanks again to Pn Lim.

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