About 5I Routines
About 5I Classroom
About DCSG/Year 5
About Ms Liu
5I Trivia
100
How will we know what class we will have during each lesson period?
Check your lanyard, check your copy of the timetable at home, check the front of the classroom!
100
Let's say you've just used something from the front of the room (a whiteboard marker, a coloured pencil, a pair of scissors, etc).
What should you do next?
Pretty simple - put it back neatly in its home, and look around for other items that have been taken out of their home!
100
*Where do we go at the end of the day to get home?
Bus: Front of school
Pick-up: The classroom or from the Junior School Quad (let Ms Liu know!)
Do each of you know where you'll be going?
100
In which city did Ms Liu live before coming to Singapore?
Tokyo, Japan
and before that, Chicago, USA!
100
How many people are in our class?
24 people (but I will also accept 23)
22 students + 1 teacher + 1 assistant teacher, Ms Aisha!
200
*What are the expectations for assemblies (attire, behaviour, etc.)?
Represent 5I well!
- Wear a tie and blazer
- Engage with the speaker, not your seat neighbours
- Be ready for the National Anthem of the Republic of Singapore and the School song in Latin at the start of the assembly
- Celebrate one another, support the other Houses, and listen for important announcements
New activity unlocked!
Let's practise tying our ties and putting on our blazers.
200
Look around the tables and locate your whiteboard tools: your marker, whiteboard duster, and board.
What are they used for?
What are they NOT used for?
1. For learning! -- We will use it to jot down ideas collaboratively, to review concepts we have learned, etc.
2. For games! -- Who doesn't love a great pictionary or word guessing game??
3. NOT for drawing on the tables, drawing when it's not time to draw, etc. Can't handle it? Your marker will be taken away!
New activity unlocked!
Let's play a round of Wordle using our whiteboard tools.
200
I'm thirsty or I need to use the restroom!! What do I do?
During an appropriate time in class, you can ask Ms Liu to use the restroom or refill your water bottle. Do also try to utilise breaktimes, however!
200
This is Ms Liu's ______th year of teaching.
200
*From which countries have Ben and Sara, our new students, just arrived?
Ben: US
Sara: UK
Calling for buddies!
Want to be a friendly face, get to know more people, and get hot chocolate and cookies in a few weeks? On the post it note, please write your name and YES PLEASE if you'd like to be a buddy and NO THANKS if you'd prefer not to be a buddy.
300
What do the 4R's stand for?
(Hint: They help us make the right choices or know how to make things right when we make mistakes.)
1. Reminder
2. Redirection
3. Relocation
4. Reflection
300
Take a look at the reading corner!
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
100 points for each noticing/wondering, up to 400 points!
Notice:
- Bean bags (we will need to figure out a system that works for us on who uses them and when)
- Rotating Year 5 library
- Reading fluency buddies
Wonder:
???
300
Who was the winning House in the 2024-2025 school year?
(ELMS: Earhart, Lee, Mandela, Shackleton)
Earhart with 36,647 points!
Mandela came in 2nd with 35747 points!
🤔 Who will win this year???
300
What are Ms Liu's top 3 pet peeves as a teacher? (100 points for each correct item)
1. Excluding others or other unkind behaviours
2. Speaking when it's someone else's turn or other disrespectful behaviours
3. iPad misuse
300
How many students have been at Dulwich College (Singapore) since they were in DUCKS?
(Give your best guess... we will solve this together in a moment!)
Let's count...
400
*What is the purpose of our student diaries, and how can we earn House points with them?
We use our student diaries to list the homework and keep track of CCAs. We use the blank page each week to record our reading, spellings and other notes. In order to earn House points, we will need to keep up with those things and also get a signature from an adult at home.
400
What are our trays at the front of the classroom used for?
They will store any papers that you do not need to take home yet. You will also sometimes place your independent reading/library books, exercise books, journals or diaries inside.
This is also a good place to put anything for 5I that you do not need to bring to Mandarin, specials, or maths, since the classroom will be used for other students!
400
*What are we expected to bring to school each day?
50 points per correct answer!
• School bag
• Water bottle (labeled with name)
• Hat
• Snack during break (can purchase)
• Lanyard
• Diary
• Pencil case (optional)
• Packed lunch (if not buying)
400
What is Ms Liu's favourite animal?
400
How many people spent their summers somewhere outside of Singapore?
(Give your best guess... we will solve this together in a moment!)
Let's count...
NEW ACTIVITY UNLOCKED!
On a sheet of paper, you will have 5 minutes to write down as much as you can about your FAVORITE memory from the summer. Don't tell me a list of everything that happened! Pick one moment, and tell me the story of what happened.
500
What is the proper etiquette in the hallways?
Discuss at your table groups what the TOP 5 most important things to remember are.
Let's list them out...
and then practise it!
500
Notice anything about the chairs in the room? How should they look when you are seated in them? How should they look when you are NOT using them?
(Hint: At the start of the day, I intentionally set some of the chairs up to be the correct way and left some of them in the incorrect way. Can you figure out what that is?)
1. Seated: Staying in one place (you're not sitting on a scooter!) and positioned towards the tables comfortably.
2. Not in use: Chair arms are BELOW the table and pushed in.
Let's practise!
500
*Lunch details! (100 points for each correct answer)
Who: Who do we sit with?
Where (2 questions): On what floor is the dining hall? Where does Year 5 enter?
When: When is our Year 5 eating time?
How: How should we behave during lunch to ensure everyone has a good time?
Who: Who do we sit with?
You can sit with anyone you'd like, but for the first week, 5I will sit together as we ease our way back into the school year!
Where: Where is the dining hall? Where do we enter?
The dining hall is on the 4th floor.
Year 5 will enter through the Western side (by the field)
When: When is our Year 5 eating time?
12:25-12:55pm. Please enter between 12:20 and 12:30pm.
How: How should we behave during lunch to ensure everyone has a good time?
Inside voices, be inclusive and invite others to sit with you, try to reduce food waste by ordering just enough food for yourself (SDG #2)
500
Which MRT station does Ms Liu live near?
Bukit Panjang MRT on the Downtown Line
Anyone else live nearby?
500
*What is the most common favorite space in Dulwich (e.g. a certain classroom, dining hall, field, etc.) for 5I students?
(Give your best guess... we will solve this together in a moment!)
Let's find out!
New activity unlocked!
Let's walk around these locations and take photos at each of them! They will be posted onto Seesaw for a quick reflection to share with our families.
[Places we'll make sure to visit: nurses, toilets, dining room, dance studio, field, specialist rooms]