Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Jennifer]

IJJ:

janet_lee88:

What I like is the tight security in the school compound.

I beg to differ. The guards usually ask me why I need to enter. I just say bookshop, they will allow me in without the need to register.

It depends on which guard is on duty.

For some time last year, I (on the strict advice of the Chinese sinseh) went to school daily every recess time to bring medicine and another thermos flask of warm water for my #2.

That same guard asked me the same qn \"Why\" each time he sees me. Everytime after I tell him the purpose, he would sort of roll his eyes, then very slow motion pass a visitor's pass after I signed in. Once, he qn me :Is the water bottle filled with water?

By the end of the 1st week, I was so fed up, I told my boy to meet me at the guard house and from there, I gave him the medicine and the water flask. Right in front of this guard.

There is another guard (who do not speak very clearly) who is super easy on parents.

Then another one who I met on Thurs to collect my boy's homework who told me not to go anywhere else except the general office.

So, tight or not tight?

[IJJ]

Jennifer:

So, tight or not tight?

Wow, so inconsistent! In my child's ex-school, all guards have to follow SOP strictly, no exception. Maybe PH does not enforce the security rules and depends greatly on the respective guard's discretion. :roll:

Btw, there were 2 diff guards who allowed me to enter during school hours w/o signing in. One even asked me, \"You parent? Fetch child?\" I nodded. \"Go in, go in.\" That was to fetch mine after CCA. :roll:

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Jennifer:

It depends on which guard is on duty.


For some time last year, I (on the strict advice of the Chinese sinseh) went to school daily every recess time to bring medicine and another thermos flask of warm water for my #2.

That same guard asked me the same qn \"Why\" each time he sees me. Everytime after I tell him the purpose, he would sort of roll his eyes, then very slow motion pass a visitor's pass after I signed in. Once, he qn me :Is the water bottle filled with water?

By the end of the 1st week, I was so fed up, I told my boy to meet me at the guard house and from there, I gave him the medicine and the water flask. Right in front of this guard.

There is another guard (who do not speak very clearly) who is super easy on parents.

Then another one who I met on Thurs to collect my boy's homework who told me not to go anywhere else except the general office.

So, tight or not tight?

I think they are not very consistent. I had different experiences with the first 2 guards too, mainly during my PV days. The second guard told me I could go in without having to sign in. My daughter was not even a student of the school yet. I volunteered to sign in just in case.

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IJJ:

:lol: :lol: You got 3 girls? me too! All girls..mine are very rowdy. :lol: :lol:

My #2 is a tigress. Can eat pple. If your #2 same class as her in the future, remember to ask her to siam. :lol:

Maybe my #2 will meet her match! My other girls are like tigresses at home but outside, they are like kittens...haha...

[janet88]

E3,

You have 3 gals. Wow, you are amazing to bring the kids along to buy books.

I read somewhere that the Stellar program will be extended to P6. Anyway, the present textbook is not helpful. When mothers get together, the conversation will be on kids, education etc. Hubby & I had a conversation with a friend yesterday about our kids too. Our children are in P4 (same school) and former classmates at the kindergarten.

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janet_lee88:

E3,

You have 3 gals. Wow, you are amazing to bring the kids along to buy books.

I read somewhere that the Stellar program will be extended to P6. Anyway, the present textbook is not helpful. When mothers get together, the conversation will be on kids, education etc. Hubby & I had a conversation with a friend yesterday about our kids too. Our children are in P4 (same school) and former classmates at the kindergarten.

Janet, it's IJJ who is the garang one. :lol: I had my books delivered to my home this year. Maybe as you mentioned, Stellar may stay for a while more, not too sure about other subjects though. It used to be changing syllabus every four years. Most likely, my younger two can share the textbooks.

[Jennifer]

janet_lee88:

Anyway, the present textbook is not helpful.

I still feel that textbook serves as a guide of what we as parents should follow up at home.

My P3 boy brou back two Sc worksheets on Fri. Asked him which page of the Sc textbook has the teacher covered up to. He said dunno cos the teacher does not refer to the textbook to teach sometimes.

Worse still, this teacher who is taking on EL and MA does not teach according to the timetable. How am I supposed to follow up at home? If I teach too much, I am afraid my boy will lose concentration in class. Plus I must take time to teach too, either ignore housework or ignore some other subjects or take away play time. If only I know how much to cover per week, it will make my planning easier.

I also find that the CL teacher is teaching very slowly. Almost like 1 unit per week. In the past, the CL teachers covered at least 1.5 unit each week, so to be able to finish teaching the textbook before the SA1. Now I really wonder how she is going to finish before SA1.

[IJJ]

E3:

Janet, it's IJJ who is the garang one. :lol: I had my books delivered to my home this year. Maybe as you mentioned, Stellar may stay for a while more, not too sure about other subjects though. It used to be changing syllabus every four years. Most likely, my younger two can share the textbooks.

Actually, I bgt most books in popular with hubby. Those tat I bgt in school are the exclusive ones, not the whole load. :lol:

My child's FT, who teaches EL, Maths and Sci, does not use texts for all 3. I see that all these texts are left at home, but her Maths & Science are following quite closely accoding to the text syallabus. Till today, I see no worksheet for EL as yet, which I think its pretty common as in stellar programmes.

[janet88]

E3,

Oops, wrong person Sorry.
I'm very KS...once my boy receives the booklist, I will tick what I need and fax over to HQ asap to arrange collection at the earliest date. Still, I will be told that there is NO STOCK for certain books because parents are buying extra copies for books like 'My Pals are Here, Maths Homework Book'.

IJJ,
I bought all the books from the school bookshop bcos it's troublesome to go Popular and back again, since there are uniforms and files to get.
My son came back with English worksheets because the textbook doesn't cover 'Synthesis and Transformation'. Usually I will photocopy an extra copy to keep for my younger daughter as practice.
Eng is the only subject so far that there are supplementary worksheets. Actually this has been the case since P2.

[IJJ]

janet_lee88:

Eng is the only subject so far that there are supplementary worksheets. Actually this has been the case since P2.

I meant I din see it as they have to do them in class, not as hmwk, therefore I din get to read any. CL also has supp papers. P4 uses EL texts? Which publisher, may I ask?