Cikgu James in SK Cator Avenue would like to wish my blog readers Happy 53rd MALAYSIA ‘s Independence Day ( Hari Merdeka 2010). Let us remember how we grew up in this lovely country as a multiracial, Multilanguage and multi religion country. We also remember and always cherish this country as we are Malaysians. Happy 53rd Malaysia’s Independence Day! Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia!

Experiment Science: Topic is Light and Shadow.
Learning objective: To investigate the relationship between the light source and the distance of the objek on the formation of shadow.

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.

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 !!

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.

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.

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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…..:)

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.

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.

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.