Term 4 Week 3 : Recycling

Recycling is important because it help us save the environment. Recycling is necessary as it can make old objects into new ones. For example used glass bottles can uesd to store biscuits. I recycle newspapers and aluminium cans. I think tkat our school has done a lot on recycling. I will say this to my friends," Buy less, recycle more."

Term 4 Week 1: Reading

Reading is important in our daily lives. Our language will be better. For me I like to read novels, Survival stories and Riddle and Joke books. I read and play but reading mostly in school. I think computer games which are highly addictive might not lead a child to read books, because they think that reading is boring or a waste of time. I will encourage them by reading a book when he or she is free.

Holiday Homework 4 (T3Wk10): Computer Games

I play Computer Games although they are highly addictive. Once played it may lead you to many difficulties in your homework. You must be very careful when going to other sites because some need money. For me I play Computer Games like Halo Trial, Runescape, Dragon Fable and Lego India Jones Demo. I play them because they are fun. Some of them like Halo Trial and Lego Indiana Jones have to be downloaded from sites. I play Computer Games only in school holidays. So in a week in a normal day 0 hours. In a school holiday maybe about 2-3 hours. Playing Computer Games can be highly additive because your mind keeps thinking about the game and will affect you concentrating in your studies. Solution: Play during school holidays.

Holiday Homework 3(T3Wk9): The Olympic Games

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. They Began as a religious festival and were held every 4 years. They were held in a valley of Ancient Greece called Olympia. That is how they came to be called the Olympics. The only event held was a foot race, they raced the length of the stadium. Later a nine mile chariot race was added. And a lot more people were interested in that than a foot race. I think that the Olympics is important because some people want to impress their country. I have watch a Volley Ball Olympic event (U.S.A vs Brazil). Usain Bolt smashes World Record with a speed of 9.69 seconds. If I could participate in the Olympics I will participate in fencing because it is fun. I think it is worth joining the Olympics because it is a new experience to me.

Usain Bolt
Runs 9.69 seconds in 100m race
Calculation=
9.69secs about 10secs
100 divide by 10 = 10m
10 divide by 10 = 1sec
He runs more than 10m per second on average. ~~WOW!!!~~

Holiday Homework 2 (T3Wk8): National Day

Singapore celebrated its first National Day in 1966, one year after Singapore's independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965.
The first National Day Parade started in the morning at 0900. People came as early as 0700 in order to get good vantage points. Singapore's first President, Mr Yusof bin Ishak and Singapore's first Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, were seated with members of the government at the grandstand on the steps of City Hall.
Over the years, the Parade has become the biggest national event in Singapore. What is perhaps most memorable at each celebration is the fireworks display marking the climax of the parade; the sky would be bursting with the wonderful colors of the visual vista, dazzling it as well as the hearts of fellow Singaporeans. On this very special occasion, most Singaporeans would be decked out in patriotic colours - namely, red and white.
The Parade has gained enormous popularity and support from the people that it is not unusual to find massive number of citizens trying to get their hands on a ticket, which is released free-of-charge. In the past, it has been known that people would arrive hours before the ticket booths even open, such as the one in 1998, where some arrived as early as 36 hours before the actual release of tickets.
This proved to be problematic for obvious reasons and as such, the government set up the e-balloting ticketing system in 2003, in order to tackle the problem of overcrowding and possible problems that might result. Such ticketing system enables citizens to stand a chance at winning the tickets by registering their e-mail addresses or mobile numbers at the NDP website or phonelines.
Nearly 50,000 Singaporeans among the first to watch this year's NDP after 3 years of setting up the e-balloting ticketing system in 2003.

Holiday Homework 1 (T3Wk7): Copyright

What is Copyright?
Copyright is a form of Protection provided to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works under the Copyright Act (Cap. 63) (the “Act”) in Singapore.“Copyright” is defined as the exclusive legal “right” of the copyright owner to reproduce (“copy”), publish, and sell the matter (whether literary, musical, or artistic work) as covered under the Act.This intangible intellectual property right can exist as literature, art, music, sound recordings, film and broadcasts. Copyright is automatic. The author, performer and maker of the work can claim copyright. Copyright protection exists so long as a protected work is original.

Copyright protection enables the copyright owners to profit from the use or reproduction of their works by preventing others from doing the same. It is unlawful for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the Act to the owner of copyright. Anyone who, does not have the copyright owner’s consent, and proceeds to do one of the things that the copyright owner is exclusively entitled to do (e.g. makes copies of the copyright owner’s book) is infringing the copyright owner's rights.A common form of copyright infringement takes place when a student photocopies an entire book or substantial portions of a book. That student would infringe copyright. It would also be an infringement to instruct or request someone else, for example, the owner of a photocopy shop to make a copy/copies of copyright material.It is also a violation of copyright if anyone sells, lets for hire or imports for the purpose of trade, any infringing articles, which he knows or ought reasonably to know was made in infringement of the copyright. A person who is found to have more than 5 or more infringing copies of any work is presumed to be in possession for the purpose of sale.

If someone copies something which has the Copyright symbol will be prosecuted by the police because it is illegal.

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