Singapore's Food Supply

We have found out that food in Singapore comes from many countries. We import food to supply Singapore's needs.

Let's share the information that we have gathered by creating a slideshow.

Click on the link given and add on a slide. Post a picture of a type of food that is produced from another country and label it. (See example given)

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0Aa-GuEzgVlnNZHJyZHgyal8wZHNqYzJjZmM

Total Defence Day 15 February 2012

Click on the links and watch the video clips.

1) Yes You Can

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCU170eopYU

2) NS Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQlocaDWYLU&feature=related

Discuss the questions below.

1) What have you learnt from watching Yes You Can?

2) How do young men prepare themselves to be ready for National Service?
3) What will you defend?

Leave your answer as a comment.

Where do we get our food from?

Most of the food found in the supermarket is not from Singapore.
Singapore get its food supply from many countries.

Take a look  in your kitchen or at the supermarket.
Observe a few types of food  such as

• vegetables
• fruits
• canned food
• dairy products
• rice
• meat
• seafood. 

Look at the food labels and record where the food originated from.
Examples:
                                          Vegetables from Malaysia

                                          Canned tuna from Thailand

                                         Canned condensed milk from Indonesia

Share the information that you have found and leave a comment below.

Read more on Food Safety by clicking on the useful website links on the left tab.

Farms in Singapore

These vegetable farms can be found in Singapore in the 1960s.
Do you see these farms in Singapore now?



Now, click on the link below and watch the clip on a vegetable farm found in modern Singapore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjc-wzfmAe8

Compare the farms.
a)What are the differences you can observe between the old farm and the hydoponic farm?
b) Why do you think we do not have many farms in Singapore now?

Read more on Farming in Singapore by clicking on the useful website link on the left tab.
Leave your answers as a comment below.

Where is the Little Red Dot?

Continents are large masses of land separated by large expanse of water.

Oceans are very large expanse of sea.

Can you locate Singapore?

Singapore is in Southeast Asia. 

Exploring our neighbourhood

Study the map below.
Can you find Choa Chu Kang on the map?

Using the map below, find our school.
Enlarge the map and locate some neighbouring landmarks
and post your answers as comments below.



View South View Primary School in a larger map


Note: Use the Oxford Dictionary search box to look up meaning of words. 
E.g. landmark

How to read a Map

In order to know how to read a map and give directions, and how to find out where something is,you need to know how to use a compass. Most people think of a compass as having 4 points, North, South, East and West, but there is far more to a compass than you would think.

A compass is a tool that shows direction. It has a small, magnetized needle in it that swings.
The needle can swing because it is balanced on a post, or because it is floating on oil or water, sometimes it is balanced and floating at the same time.The needle swings so that one end of it is always pointing to the magnetic north pole.

The compass has four main points, or cardinal points. These are North, South East and West.
Intercardinal points are the points half way between the cardinal points. They always begin with North or South. They are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest.

Some maps have grids on them. Can you locate where Choa Chu Kang is?