Beloved children,
We received the good news yesterday that Genevieve, Huda and Ranjiv have cleared the Councillors interviews and will be Councillors on probation starting from January next year. They will only join Avery and Lai Ye as confirmed Councillors after they have been observed closely for a month by the teachers-in-charge and found to be suitable for duty.
Yesterday also marked the last day of service for the faithful and responsible leaders of P3/5 TRUTH. They have served the class well for the past 3 months and truly deserved the certificates of recognition given to them.
Shaan was awarded a "trophy" and a ten-dollar NTUC Fairprice voucher for being the Grand Winner of the Group of the Month Challenge. He was the only one to have won the Level 6 prize from me.
We also gave out some snacks to 10 children who were among the 13 with the best overall results for English, Maths and Science (3 children among the top 10 -- Kaedee, Ranjiv and Christian --- were absent). These were the children who received the snacks, in no particular order:
Shaan
Matthew
Isaac
Avery
Theophilus
Sujith
Ethan
Marc
Jing Min
Lai Ye
Congratulations to all the above children! :)
I had a fruitful time today speaking with many of your parents who came for the Parent-Teacher Meeting.
[Dropbox Link to Parent-Teacher Meeting slides:
[Dropbox Link to HiSTAR slides:
I was also glad to meet those of you who came with your parents, possibly for the last time before all of you move on to P4/5 TRUTH next year.
The Prize Giving Ceremony was held in the hall later in the morning and Jing Min, Chloe Chiang and Olivia received their prizes on stage. Unfortunately, Kaedee and Ranjiv are overseas and were not able to join the ceremony. Here are some photographs of our prize winners with their parents:
Jing Min receiving the Outstanding
Academic Performance award with
her father
Ranjiv's mother, Aunty Lija, receiving
the Outstanding Academic Performance
award on behalf of Ranjiv
Chloe Chiang receiving the Best In
Progress award with her father
Progress award with her father
Olivia receiving the Excellent
Conduct award with her father
Our three girls with their awards
Notice the Bible verse at the top left corner of this photograph? :)
All together now!
Do congratulate the five prize winners when you next see them! :)
Do you still remember the first lesson you learnt as we climbed up to our fifth-floor classroom together on our first day?
"There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs."
Over the course of this year, you have taken the stairs. You have climbed more flights of stairs than many others in the school. You have put in a lot of effort in your learning.
As a result, your brain has grown.
Do you remember this diagram that we discussed in January?
Your brain has grown and you -- everyone of you -- have become smarter, whether or not you realised it.
I have been very blessed to witness your brains growing, but what I treasured even more was the privilege to witness your hearts growing too.
Many of you have become kinder. You have become more forgiving. You have learnt to care for your friends. You have learnt to resolve many of your friendship issues on your own -- sometimes even without Mr Wong intervening. You have learnt to choose your words and think before you speak.
I thank God for all these, and for the opportunity to sail through this year with you and your parents.
We have had wonderful memories together, and some of them are captured in this blog. This blog is for you. You can come back to it many years later, and it will still be yours.
I pray that as you sail on in your life, you will remember our class theme:
With Christ in the vessel, you can smile at the storm.
Sail on, knowing well that God is with you even in your difficulties and troubles.
I leave you with two Christian songs you would have come across in school -- one to keep you humble when you achieve something in life, and one to keep you encouraged whenever you are feeling down.
"In every victory, let it be said of me, my source of strength,
my source of hope, is Christ alone."
"Lord, you catch me when I'm falling,
and you told me who I am."
Love,
Mr Wong
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"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow." (1Corinthians 3:6)
Even though I am not going to be a councilour next year, I will see you at p4/5
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