Pupils' Response 7-Reading Is Good And Fun

I think it is good for pupils to read because they get to learn more. I think the school gets all the pupils to read every morning because the school wants them to develop a 'passion for learning', to improve their english, learn more words and can also widen their vocabulary.

I like reading because I can develop a true 'passion for learning' and also because I can learn a lot of new words. I like reading scary, funny and adventurous stories like "Macho Macho Animals", "Mr Midnight"and Enid Blyton's books.I think reading can help us with our school work because once we have read that difficult word then we can read/pronounce that word properly.

The school can encourage more pupils to read more books by asking them to read every time they have finished their school work, every time after their recess and they can also get more books for the library.

The book I can recommend is "Macho Macho Animals". The author of the book is Stephan Pastis. I like to read his book as it is very funny.



If you want to read more of the book go to the shop called "Borders" at Wheelock Place.

Pupils' Response 6-Using A Personal Computer To Do Your Schoolwork

There are advantages and disadvantages to using a computer. These are some examples:

Advantages:
1. We can find more information about something on the internet.

2. We can blog about a lot of things.
3. Computers make doing work faster and more efficient.
4. We can store much more information in a personal computer.
5. When we have a lot of information to store, we can check very easily if the new piece of information is already available, so that we don't save something more than once.

6. We can communicate with many people at the same time using Google Talk or MSN Messenger, etc.

Disadvantages:
1. Spending long hours in front of the monitor can spoil our eyes.
2. Sometimes, when the PC hangs, we may lose information or data that we might have been working halfway on.
3. The school computers sometimes restart when we leave them unattended, so we may also lose information or data that we might have been working halfway on.
4. We may be distracted by easy access to on-line games.
5. When computers are slow, we may have to wait for a very long time for them to boot up or to install programmes.

6. We may become lazier as we rely on the computer to process information for us.

Pupils' Response 5-Outside School Activities

Every Monday and Thursday nights, my elder brother and I attend Taekwondo training. We have attained Poom belt status. It is the junior black belt for those who are under 15 years old. When we reach 15 years old, we can take the grading exam to get the adult black belt. We enjoy going for Taekwondo lessons on Thursdays because we get to do more sparring and practise our kicks. We also like being treated with respect because we are now more senior than most of the students. The lessons are supposed to be 1.5 hours each time, but the instructors usually keep us training for 2 hours or more. Mummy signed us up for Taekwondo lessons almost 3 years ago because she wanted us to learn something for self-defence. She says that we are not supposed to attack anyone using the kicks and punches that we have learnt. We can only use them during sparring and if anyone tries to attack us first.

Every Saturday morning, we attend Chinese tuition class at my tutor's house. She is a very good teacher who is both patient and kind. The class is about 2 hours. When she is helping us to prepare for our exams, she sometimes keeps us there for a longer time. My maternal grandmother found this tutor for us when I was in K2 and my brother in Pr 1.

On Sunday mornings, we attend art class at Crestar. Mummy has been asking us if we want to stop this class, but my elder brother and I don't want to. We like this class because we get to do both art and craft and we enjoy making things. The teacher is Mr Lin. He is also very patient and I think he is very creative. Every week, he has to think of something to teach us. Some Sundays are more fun than others. My favourite time is when Mr Lin asks us to make things like goldfish or giraffes from paper or cardboard or other recycled materials. This class is about 1.5 hours. My elder brother chose to attend art class instead of music class in K1. I joined him when I was in K1 the next year.

We attended in-line skating lessons in February every weekend. This was fun. We have stopped so that we can practise on our own before attending the higher level lessons to learn new tricks.

I think these activities are necessary for me. Taekwondo is for self-defence. There are bad people out there who may kidnap children or try to rob us or bully us. We should be able to defend ourselves and then run away. Chinese tuition helps me to keep up with my school work. Mummy says the art class helps to develop my right brain - whatever that means.... But I enjoy it, so it's ok. In-line skating was fun and helps me to exercise my leg muscles.


These activities don't affect my school work/studies because I enjoy them and I get to do other things besides school work. Chinese tuition helps me with my school work. I don't feel stressed with all these activities because I enjoy most of them.


I feel that pupils should be involved in activities outside of school so that they can experience different things besides school work and PE in school.

Pupils' Response 4-Passion For Learning

'Passion for learning' shows that you are so interested in learning that you will not stop learning all your life. You are enthusiastic and excited every time you learn new things. You always want to find out more about any new thing that you learn about.

I think it is necessary for people to have 'passion for learning' as those people will learn more throughout their lives and be able to achieve more.

I know that my older brother, my maternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather have 'passion for learning'. My elder brother always reads and never stops reading until he has completed the book he has chosen to read. He sometimes reads books again to try to remember what he read before. His constant reading has improved his English. I think my maternal grandparents have 'passion for learning' as they still learnt how to use a computer even though they were old and never used computers before. My grandfather used the internet to do research on the cancer that my grandmother died of. He did this when she was still alive so that he could find out what sort of treatment she needed, and how to help her when she felt sick.

I'm not sure if I have a true 'passion for learning' but I believe that when I put my mind to something, I can do well. I must do my work properly and read more books to develop a true 'passion for learning'.