5 November 14 (Wednesday)

Dear children,

As we continued to watch "Facing the Giants" today, we saw how a rebellious player from Coach Taylor's team, Matt, decided to apologise to his father for not being respectful to him. It took Matt a while, but he eventually learnt that to respect his parents was a part of respecting God. 

My favourite scene today was the scene where Coach Taylor taught his team about the importance of teamwork when defending against their opponents. He said:

"In the Old Testament, Nehemiah had the task of building a stone wall around his city for protection. But he didn't have enough people or resources or time. But because each person worked on the stone wall that was in front of their house, they got it done in record time. That's what you’re going to do. On defence, you have to resolve nothing gets by you as an individual. Nothing gets by us as a team. I need you to build me a stone wall." 

The stone wall around Nehemiah's city was built successfully because everyone worked on the stone wall in front of his own house. Coach Taylor's team had good defence because everyone in the team played their part in defending. What about the groups that you belong to? Are you willing to play your part no matter what groups you will be in next time? :)

If you have a favourite scene in the movie, write a comment below to share with the class.

In the evening, we practised some multiplication, addition, subtraction and division while playing a game of "Dog and Bone" at Pavilion 1. I hope you enjoyed it! If we do get a chance to play it again, I will make sure that the sums are harder and the distance further. ;) 

Here's today's reminder:

1) You would have received your Poetry Package from me today. Your last piece of homework for this year is to create PowerPoint slides for your haiku, cinquain and limerick. Decorate those slides with pictures too. Then, submit them to me using one of the two methods below:

(a) E-mail the file to me at wong_beng_yu@moe.edu.sg.

OR

(b) Submit the file through the AskNLearn Assignment titled "P2/2 Haikus, Cinquains and Limericks".

I will put together all your masterpieces and make them into an e-book to share with the world. Play your part! :)

See you tomorrow! :)