Didn’t have to report for work in the morning, but it’s no rest for the wicked as I spent two hours working on tomorrow’s Learning Festival presentation.

Now, given that each team is given a limited amount of time to present, I need not put out all the stops because I definitely have enough artefacts to engage my fellow colleagues.

Still, I analysed past year’s O level oral questions and extracted the ones that might come out for my sixth graders next year. The topic of cooking for PSLE Oral Day 2 actually came up during O Level Oral Day 2. I guess the same topics can be pitched to students of different age groups!

Given that this year’s topics are on orderly Singaporeans (social norms) and cooking (independent living), I think questions about school cleaners and good neighbours and Teacher’s Day celebrations are going to be a relic of the past. The scope is too limited? The emphasis seems to be on either the societal context or personal qualities.

Anyway, I zeroed in on ten O level questions to prepare my students for. Let’s hope divine intervention and Lady Luck are on my side. I have ten pupils who failed their year-end oral this year. The heat is on, but Sensei remains a resolute roly-poly warrior.