T1W4 Journal Writing : Festivals

I celebrate CNY and christmas,because i am Chinese.I like chinese new year the most as i like to receive hongbaos containing money.I will greet my parents and wish them goods things,then i will go to my grandparents house to visit them.I also will give them oranges.

Total Defence

Total Defence is a concept introduced by the government of Singapore in 1984 to improve readiness in matters related to the defence and national security of Singapore, and is partly based on similar concepts in Switzerland, Denmark, Estonia and Sweden. In fact, the concept has very close similarities (including the “five aspects of Total Defence”, discussed below) to the 1972 adopted Total Defence concept in Austria. This concept rests on the notion that the defence of the country cannot rely only on the regular armed forces. Thus the concept declares that government agencies, private sector organisations and all Singaporeans are to be involved in an effort to deal with security threats facing Singapore. It can be compared to the concept of total war.

Toothfairy

In early Europe, there was a tradition to bury baby teeth that fell out. Some believe that the Tooth Fairy evolved from the tooth mouse depicted in an 18th century French language fairy tale. In "La Bonne Petite Souris," a mouse changes into a fairy to help a good queen defeat an evil king by hiding under his pillow to torture him and knocking out all his teeth.

This combination of ancient international traditions has evolved into one that is distinct Anglo-Saxon and Latin American cultures among others.

Tooth tradition is present in several western cultures under different names. For example in Spanish-speaking countries, this character is called Ratoncito Perez, a little mouse with a common surname, or just "raton de los dientes" (Tooth Mouse). The "Ratoncito Perez" character was created around 1894 by the priest Luis Coloma (1851–1915), a member of the Real Academia Espanola since 1908. The Crown asked Coloma to write a tale for the eight-year old Alfonso XIII, as one of his teeth had fallen out. A Ratón Pérez appeared in the tale of the Vain Little Mouse. The Ratoncito Pérez was used by Colgate marketing in Venezuela and Spain^{citation needed}.

In Italy also the Tooth Fairy (Fatina) is often substituted by a small mouse (topino). In France, this character is called La Petite Souris (« The Little Mouse »). From parts of Lowland Scotland, comes a tradition similar to the fairy mouse: a white fairy rat which purchases the teeth with coins.

In some Asian countries, such as India, Korea and Vietnam, when a child loses a tooth the usual custom is that he or she should throw it onto the roof if it came from the lower jaw, or into the space beneath the floor if it came from the upper jaw. While doing this, the child shouts a request for the tooth to be replaced with the tooth of a mouse. This tradition is based on the fact that the teeth of mice go on growing for their whole life, a characteristic of all rodents.

T1 W2 Journal Writing : School's Vision,Mission and Values

The most important school value is Interity.It is all about honesty.The school's values that the school created wanted the students of Anderson Primary School to be a better person and also get better results so that the pupils of Anderson Prmary has a very good future down the road.Anderson teachers can teach their students that until they understand whats the correct and full reason of the school values and what they are used for.Students or pupils also have to follow the values too, in order to suceed in life.Therefore Anderson Primary School's is very important to everyone.Thxs for reading my journal writing!