Tsui Kwit from P3 Bauhinia approached me at dismissal this afternoon, he asked ” Ms Loy, I have been waiting for Minister Heng to visit my class but he did not come.I am a bit disappointed”. I asked if he had anything to share with the minister, he said, ” Our names are pronouced similarly, I am Tsui Kwit and he is Swee Keat. I just want to share with him that our names are alike.”

Overheard @ Staircase leading to Hall by Loy Sheau Mei

Ms Margaret: Jordon, you look so cute when you smile. You just make my heart melt.

Jordon: Well, then stop melting!

Overheard @ Library by Sharon Teo

Lamenting that they are too young to vote for the President (all 4 candidates are TANs), one student sighed and said: “Looks like the only candidate we can vote for is TAN Ku-Ku” (Hokkien for wait long long)

Overheard by Denise

During a science activity lesson, students were required to label the different parts of a mushroom (stalk, gills & cap).

Student, Qian Yan, quickly wrote ‘stalk’ and ‘gill’ and left the ‘cap’ part blank as he had forgotten its name.

QY: Help! This is a….?
Teacher: Try to think. Ms Lina just explained it to you.
QY: Starts with the letter….?
Teacher: C
QY: and after C, letter?
Teacher: I can’t tell you the answer. You have to think and recall.

Teacher saw that QY was struggling to recall the word so teacher pats his head to prompt the word ‘cap’.

QY touched his head and patted his very short spikey hair. He thought deeply for a few minutes and wrote the answer.

‘CACTUS’

Overheard @ Science Room by Marina

Justin was anxious about a medical appointment he was supposed to have that morning.

Justin: During March, my doctor made a mistake with the date and wasted my school day at the clinic!

Ms Rosemary: Yes that was a false alarm.

Justin: This time, it’s a real alarm!

Overheard @ Multipurpose Hall by Ms Sng