Friday, June 27, 2008

Attention, Class Committee.

Dear Class Com,

I'll be arranging for a brief meeting on monday, 30th June 2008, after school at 215pm expected to finish by 3pm.

I expect everyone to turn up. Hence, should you have CCA or for whatever reason, unable to attend, pls have the courtesy to inform me PERSONALLY.

Agenda:
1. Class Com duties
2. Class Discipline
3. Study Groups
4. Start Right Seminar
5. Class Outing
6. AOB

Have a restful weekend.
Mrs Melissa Lim

Rules of life.. (In summary) by Bill Gates

Dear Guys,

You have read some postings on rules of life.
You might be interested to read alittle summary of it... by Bill Gates.
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.


Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

I hope you'll take away at least 1 rule from this posting and do better with your lives.. you can start with thanking your parents and starting a study group. ;p

Have a great weekend.
Mrs Melissa Lim

Thursday, June 26, 2008

VS PSG DragonBoat Festival

Dear Parents of 1G,

Pls kindly read the email below by Mr Yip, chairman of our VS PSG and Co-ordinator for School Family Education Team. You might want to consider participating in the event below for more family bonding.;p

Have a great term 3.
Mrs Melissa Lim

P/s: 2nd issue of 1G E-news will be out as soon as the average results from SA1 has been updated online, of which you'll be informed in due time. Do also find time to look up our class blog for more interesting events that is to come. http://www.vs1g2008.blogspot.com/


Dear Parents,

Warmest Greetings !

I hope you have enjoyed the school break with your sons!
As I have previously outlined, our PSG/SFE work plan for FY2008/9 have lined up some very exciting programs for our parents....I am pleased to share with you the upcoming event in July... Our first ever "Victoria Dragon Boat Fest" at Bedok Reservoir on Sat,5th July 2008 !

Unlike our usual talks and workshops in the school, this is the firsttime that we are organising an outdoor event which will allows both parents and children to participate.The event is aimed to bring the family closer in this challenging exercise... How often can you and your family get into a Dragon Boat and race down Bedok Reservoir? So don't miss this great opportunity tohave this family bonding, especially when Father & Son paddle in a dragon boat race together!

For more information and registration, please refer to the 4 attacheddocuments. Alternatively, you can also view the info and download the registration form at http://vs.moe.edu.sg.

Please note that payments and registration form are to be handed in to school’s seneral office before July 2nd (Wednesday).For those who drive, some parking is available at Carpark 1; and alternative parking is available at Carpark 2 (the Multi-storey at theend of Bedok Reservoir View). Please direct all your enquiries to the sfeprog@vs.moe.edu.sg.

Best Regards,
Yip Ying Kiong
Chairman
Victoria School Parent Support Group ( VS PSG ) And Co-ordinator forSchool Family Education Team (PSG-SFE)

Monday, June 23, 2008

Welcome Back.. To A Fun & Eventful Semester 2!

Dear Guys,
Welcome back to school! I hope you've had a fun and relaxing holiday.
As I've mentioned this morning, we should all be ready to a fresh and brand new start, and be all energized to conquer the new term! Yes, you've heard me. Conquer for Excellence we must! As said this morning, I hope all of you will start forming little peer study groups and get the act together. It's NEVER too early to start and I hope the class as a whole will hold on to each other and reach for greater heights together.. as 1G.
For the lot of you who have done well, I urge you to share that x-factor, be it dilligence or intelligence with your classmates. It could be a mere nudge that will help motivate one of your friends to better that extra inch in his work.. and that nudge could be from YOU! Yes, think about it. ;p
This is going to be short term, a very short semester. So time to "throw out the old socks and put on some clean, new, tardy ones".. you know what I mean? ... well, coz i seriously dun think we'll have time to pull at them this term.
I wish you all the best, 1G.
Nil Sine Labore.
Mrs Melissa Lim

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Charity Mass Skipping, 5th July Saturday

Dear Guys,

There will be a CHARITY MASS SKIPPING on 5 july, sat at kg kembangan MRT field from 3pm - 6pm. This is an invitation to many schools for participation whereby with every 20 skips made, a bowl of rice will be provided for the needy by corporate sponsors.

A t-shirt and goodie bag, certificate of appreciation, as well as, 3hours of CIP will be provided with your participation. You can use the chance to get rid of some excess holiday fats too. ;p

Let me know if you are interested in this event by replying to this email under comments. You may form groups and participate as a class, it will be a fun and meaningful activity.

Thanks and have a great holiday.
Mrs Melissa Lim