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C.H.I.J OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
G a z z e t t e
News by Current Affairs Club
Volume 1, Issue 3
IJ OLYMPICS
Aug 2013
By
Maxine Lee (5 Hope)
Inside this issue:
More on IJ Olympics 2
IJ Olympics, also known as Sports Day, occurs annually in our school. On
this eventful day, all pupils participated in different games. Some of my friends
came early to help the teachers-in-charge set up the games. To start off the day,
a few pupils performed an Olympic dance choreographed by Mdm Damaria. Everyone enjoyed the splendid dance and music. Next up, it was time for the fun to
begin! Each level went to their respective game venues. I think that it was a good
arrangement as every level could play their games at the same time. Then, the
competition began. During the games, it was very intense. Every class fought vigorously to get a medal. After a few long hours, the games ended. Our class had won!
The winners and runners-up got a gold or silver medal. Cheers could be heard from
the upper primary levels. After saying the dismissal prayers, everyone headed
home with high spirits.
I have learnt more about sportsmanship and teamwork. We have to
work together in order to win something and at the same time, we must not
cheat. It was a memorable day for me.
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Melissa Chan from 2Peace, “I enjoyed myself even though I lost in the
Assembly Highlight
by—English Week
2,3
Youth Environment
Day
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Visit by John
Dewey School
4
Founder’s Day
4
National Photog5
raphy Competition
IJ Walk for Water
6
Sneak Peek at CAC 6
Photo Workshop
Olympics~
game.”
Group Photo of 6 Hope: The champions with Mrs Tan
and Mdm Kho.
At the Lower Primary Games...running and
cheering are always fun!
IJ Olympics
by Chen Fei (5 Hope)
I woke up bright and early feel-
Mrs Tan sounded the horn to
ing excited on 23rd May. It was
mark the opening of the IJ Olym-
the IJ Olympics! I jumped out
pics! With that, the different
of bed and hurried off to
levels proceeded to their respec-
school. In the morning, there
tive venues to begin their games.
was a small performance to
show the Olympic rings. Blue
ring represents Europe, Yellow
represents Asia, Green represents Australia, Red represents
America and Black represents
Africa.
IJ Olympic Dance by the
lower primary girls.
Miss Wise and Mdm
Damaria introduced us a rap,
entitled, “No Singlish, Know
English, English In The
House!’’ The rap was catchy
and easy to follow. Everyone
joined in the rap and clapped
along.
That morning, we were
informed of the exciting Eng-
heart
swelled
with
pride when the teacher gave out
the medals. In the end, not everyone won a prize, but everyone was
a winner. And as Joelle Soh from 3
Hope says, “It was very fun.”
All P5 girls assembled at the pa-
A value I learnt on that day is
rade square for Frisbee Inter-
teamwork . I realized we had to
class Games. We cheered loudly
work together to win. I can’t wait
for our respective classes. In the
for the next IJ Olympics to arrive
end, 5 Hope prevailed. The prize
next year.
giving ceremony was spectacular!
Smiling ear to ear as
All ready to cheer for one another!
they had won a medal.
English Week
On Friday, 12th April,
during a special morning assembly, we had the opportunity to meet Miss Wise, our
WSA-EC owl for the first
time! She was so cute. Her
appearance that morning was
in conjunction with the English
Week.
Everyone’s
by Joelle Soh (3 Hope)
lish activities that would take
place in the week. There was
also a prize presentation to the
Megan Lee as she had creatively crafted the slogan for the
week and that was “English In
the House!”
Value learnt:
from the assemAppreciation
bly performances.
Before the end of the
assembly, Miss Wise appeared
again to share a story with us.
I like Miss Wise because she is
wise and she speaks good English.
It was an exciting morning.
An important value I learnt
was to show appreciation by
paying attention to the happenings on stage. This way, I
will also gain more knowledge
Megan Lee’s (6 Faith) idea on the slogan “English in the House” won her a
certificate, a token and a photo shoot
with Mrs Tan and Miss Wise.
Congratulations!
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Photo Highlights from the Opening & Closing of the English Week 2013….
Opening of the English Week kicked off with
the showcase of the P4 newsmaker project entitled “Friends from around the World”.
Closing of the English week witnessed Winners of the IJ
Young Poet and Story telling Competition beaming with pride
and joy.
Youth Environment Day (YED)
by Melissa (2 Peace) & Caitlyn (3 Hope)
The YED art competition took place in our school on
Tuesday afternoon, 16 April. Other primary schools in the North
zone sent representatives to our
school to take part in the competition. The topic for the competitors was “My Clean Singapore”.
A few classrooms in the
school were used as the venues
for the competitors to work on
their art pieces. The students
drawings were beautiful.
There were different kinds of
drawing materials like pencils,
colour pencils, oil pastels, paint
and colourful markers provided for the competitors.
Results of the competition were announced in the
hall. While waiting for the results, the competitors and
teachers were entertained by
a funny skit on “Reduce, reuse
and recycle”.
On the whole, we
had a great experience taking photos of the competitors in action.
The CLIMB value
we have learnt is to take
care of our environment.
“ I was very happy
because I got to take many
photographs of the event on
that day.” - Juventus (P3
Joy)
CAC members in action! Melissa and
Caitlyn interviewing a YED participant.
Budding Artists at work….
YED art competition
prize winners’ photo
shoot with Mrs Tan,
Mdm Reddy and the
guests.
Volume 1,
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Visit by John Dewey Pupils
by Samantha Neow (4 Joy) and Emelyn Teow (4 Hope)
which teachers and students
from OLQP had organized.
The activities included dancing in the dance studio, baking at the IJ Cooking Palace
The pupils were treated and art activities in the lito fun and enriching activities brary.
Our school was very
fortunate to be the host for
the staff and pupils from the
John Dewey School (from Philippines) on Tuesday, 16 April.
The day ended with
some serving of food for
tea break. To thank the
hosting school, the pupils
from John Dewey presented a short but exciting performance.
We had a joyful experience
hosting them.
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A group shot of the pupils and
teachers from John Dewey
School with CHIJ OLQP leaders.
Founder’s Day
31st May was a special
day for us at OLQP. On that
day, we commemorated and celebrate our founder, Father Nicolas Barre.
Father Barre founded
the chain of CHIJ schools, hundreds of years ago. Till today,
by Chen Fei (5 Hope)
for children like us. I will always be
extremely grateful to him.
he is still remembered by us
To emphasize on what
he did and why, our very own
talented English Drama Club
members acted out his history
and touched everyone’s hearts.
When I think of Father
Nicolas Barre, I feel very
blessed as he sacrificed himself
Listening to Father Barre’s
story, I learned about compassion.
He felt greatly for young and
needy children. As shared by Lareina Joseph from 3 Hope ,“I feel very
glad and blessed that Father Barre
was here for us.”
Values
learnt:
Compassion &
Gratefulness
A well-performed skit by
the EL Drama Club members to depict the works of
Father Barre.
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National Photography Festival
by Guinevere (5 Hope)
felt that it was an enriching experience. I also learnt to exercise great patience in order to
get the perfect shots.
The National Photography
Festival was organized by
Edgefield Primary School and Canon. It was held on Saturday,30th
March.
lowed to fish. I took pictures of
the people fishing as I thought
they represent what people would
do when they visit a park that is
next to the river .
Every year, schools in Singapore send representatives to
participate in it to showcase their
photography skills and talents in
capturing wonderful moment.
We also took photographs
of the trees and one of our winning
pieces was the shot of the two
boys sitting on the swings swinging
happily. The other shot was the
three pretty flowers in a domino
formation . At our third and final
destination, we took some landscape and pleasure shots before
we headed back to the community
centre to report and end the day.
Four of our Current Affairs Club members, Xin Hui(5
Hope), Kimi(5 Hope), Faith(3 Love)
and I participated in this year’s
competition that took place in the
eastern part of Singapore.
On the day of the competition, we went to the Pasir Ris Park
and another park that was next to
the lake, where people were al-
Being so close to nature
through photography allowed me
to express my creativity and I
The shot that received a
special mention.
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“I was ecstatic as I got to learn new
photography skills during the
competition.” - Kimi (5 Hope)
“I was thrilled to be representing
OLQP.”– Guinevere (5 Hope)
A group photo with the guest-of–honour, MP,
Mr Zainal Sapari on the prize giving day.
The moments
we captured
that were put
on display.
Volume 1, Issue 3
Xin Hui from 5 Hope receiving a prize for a shot
that received the Special
Mention Award. Congratulations to the Team!
Page 5
IJ Walk For Water
Our IJ Walk for water began very early on Saturday, 16th
March. We were excited to start the
walk and capture historical moments with our cameras.
From the floating platform
we walked enthusiastically towards
the Helix Bridge which was spectacular and colourful! After that, we
walked to the Kallang River. By
then, we were already very exhausted but we still continued walk-
PM Lee waved to the girls before
he took his leave.
by Guinevere & Xin Hui (5 Hope)
ing. Many of us were perspiring vered and completed the walk in the
profusely because of the sweltering spirit of World Water Day.
heat. Finally, we reached Marina
Barrage. We were all very happy
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Our classmate, Kimi, took
a picture with PM Lee Hsien
Loong! It was indeed an honorable
and memorable experience for her.
It was a fun day as we got to bond
with friends and family members
who had taken time from their
busy schedule to join in the walk.
On that day, we learnt
the importance of saving water
Are we there yet?
for our country. We also learnt
Exhausted but we preserved...
about perseverance when we
were walking as we could have
easily given up because of the
hot weather. However, we perse-
A Sneak Peek at the Canon Photo Workshop for CAC members
On 4th April, the Current Affairs Club (CAC) members were very fortunate to attend a
workshop that taught them the skills in using the DSLR camera. The workshop was conducted
by a representative from Canon. He shared useful tips on how to handle a DSLR camera and
how to capture great moments with it. The girls had a great and enriching experience. Hopefully, our Current Affairs Club pupils will be able to apply these photography skills when they
capture memorable moments for our school’s events.
- By Mdm Tina, Mrs Woo & Mdm Chen I Chun
Listening attentively to the tips and tricks…..
The best part of the workshop is the handson-session:)
Current Affairs Club
Members:
Advisor:
Mrs AnnaBelle Woo
Teachers-in-charge:
Mdm Chen I Chun
Mdm Tinawati
MELISSA
READ, KNOW & GROW
FAITH VINDHOINI
CAITLYN KOK
3 LOVE
3 HOPE
2 PEACE
RUN XIN
3 HOPE
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KNO
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&
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JOELLE SOH
3 HOPE
KIMI
5 HOPE
JUVENTUS TAY
3 JOY
FRANCINE
3 HOPE
CHEN FEI
5 HOPE
KOO MIN SEO
3 HOPE
EMELYN TEOW
4 FAITH
MAXINE
NG XIN HUI
5 HOPE
5 HOPE
Current Affairs Club
(CAC)
Thank you
GUINEVERE
5 HOPE