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News @Ascend

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Inspiring and empowering our students to communicate with confidence July 2014

Graduation day happens at the

end of every term (3 months)

and it is always a happy occasion

for everyone. For most

students, they get ‘promoted’ to

the next level or they are ready

to use their English skills in the

next part of their lives. For

others, there is a day of

socializing and a week long

holiday to look forward to.

Whatever it is, graduation day is

always a day full of smiles,

pictures and a little too much

dancing

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TEACHER FACT FILE

Name: Rujutha Salil

Nationality: Indian

Favourite food: Asian

cuisine

Favourite Sports: Cycling

and Swimming

Most Interesting places

I’ve visited: Switzerland

and Venice (Italy)

I’m afraid of: Reptiles and

insects

If I weren’t

teaching………I’d be craving

to be a teacher!

………Rujutha

For our last Life and Literature activity this term, the

students took part in a ‘Design-a-book cover’

competition. It was an impressive showcase of the

students’ artistic talent and creativity. The winners

were announced during graduation and they were …

Congratulations to our winners!

Our artists put their talent to

use.

3rd – Pre-Int 1

2nd – Int 2

1st - Advanced

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Recommended..

by Deny Fui, Upper-Intermediate

Gardens by the Bay

Hi everyone, I’m Deny and I come from Indonesia. I’ve been living in Singapore for almost 9

months. I’d like to share my experience with all of you when I went to ‘Gardens by the Bay’.

I went there 3 weeks ago and it’s a really great place for me. There are loads of beautiful

views such as a waterfall, flowers, a lake etc. I took loads of pictures and I also recorded some

videos. It’s a huge place, so you really need one day to see it properly. Also, you have to wear shoes

which are comfortable for you because you will feel pain in your feet if you wear something like high

heels.

One of my favourite view is the Supertree Grove because it did make me feel alive. The lights

are complicated but beautiful and I’m sure you guys will have the same feeling as me if you are there!!

Apart from that, there are also some songs that are played in

sync with the lights in order to welcome the audience. I almost

forgot that it was time to go home when I was watching the light

show.

You really have to go there and

check it out for yourself!

Go to

www.gardensbythebay.com.sg

for more visitor information!

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July 2014

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Module 1

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Greet

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Written

Speaking

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Hari

Raya

Module 2

to Ascend.......

Elementary

Pomgprueksa Piyapat

Pre-Intermediate 1

Truong Van Hieu

Bang Sun Mi

Ikki Tomokazu

Khramova Irina

Chhaya Asheesh Anand

Starter

Chaiprasert Mintra Bataa Khongorzul Kim Youngbae Wang Linlin Liu Xueying Song Bing Yan Lim Kiat Yee Liu Hong Bo Phan Tuyet Lan

Legend:

Exams

Public Holiday

New module starts

Pre-Intermediate 2

Lin Zhiqiang

Alvin Yap

Ding Zhaoling

Lee Chiao-Hsin

Ruivo Durao Sara Ines

Takekawa Masayuki

Desai Vidya Dattatray

Kim Pilkee

Intermediate 1

Altangerel Anar

Seo Junghun

Polard-Taine Laurent

Ortiga Acero Anna

Tan Poot Fern

Intermediate 2

Sano baku

Alona Zhaivoronok

Sung Hsiang Lien

Yew Jongwoo

Chou Yi-Chieh

Labrousse Chloee

Upper

Intermediate

Lin Shunhe

Emma Perez

Ueki Ayana

Ershova Ksenia

Ryosuke Hoshina

Apisithmontri

Parichamon

Longinov Leonid

Ervina Astuti

IELTS

Karapetyan Shoghik

Nguyen Viet Anh

Advanced

Jeong Youngwoo