Ngee Ann Primary

[3bagsfull]

KingRascal:

My son would also be upset when the walk is called off each time if the weather is bad. The dance they had in the hall is called Chicken Dance :lol:


Yes, the acronyms are teacher-specific. My son's teacher does not use ER so it did not appear on his timetable. The timetables are done by the form teachers themselves.

Ya he told me abt the chix dance too.

Oh abt the mass walk, my hubby actually called up cos he wanted to join for the very 1st one. But he was told that all the P1 \"slots\" were taken so he's being asked if he minds helping with the P2 group. he felt a bit silly that he cld not walk alongside with our son so in the end, he didnt join in. i wonder if we have to quickly call and \"chope\" the slot once the PSG sms or emailed us. Are u still joining them this year?

[KingRascal]

Hi 3bagsfull


Have PM you.

[gemini]

Hi, Just join today. my son is in Pr 1 and had been enjoying school however, had some bullies in class.


Does any of your kids out there experience the same issue in their class?

I did went for the chix dance on last friday. It was fun and could see the kids had enjoyed themselves.

[3bagsfull]

gemini:

Hi, Just join today. my son is in Pr 1 and had been enjoying school however, had some bullies in class.


Does any of your kids out there experience the same issue in their class?

I did went for the chix dance on last friday. It was fun and could see the kids had enjoyed themselves.

Hi hi welcome!!

My son was also bullied cos he's very small size, probably among the smallest. He has come home on various occassion with damaged stationary or belongings. And it seems like it's always the same 1 or 2 kids who did those things.

I had told him to stop those kids or go away whenever they approach, but he was telling me that they just followed him and ignored his \"warnings\" to tell the teachers.

If situation gets worse, I probabl wld hv to alert the form teacher to keep a lookout.

BTW, which class is your son in?

[gemini]

hi 3bagsfull


my son is CARE class. just simply cant believe, some kids are so violent. Either my son got kicked, punched @ his chest, hit on his head or vulgular language from his classmate and even bring drew on his shirt by a marker.

The teachers seem pretty young and had no ways to control the naughty kids in class too.

really need to have a word with the teacher if this continues.

[3bagsfull]

gemini:

hi 3bagsfull


my son is CARE class. just simply cant believe, some kids are so violent. Either my son got kicked, punched @ his chest, hit on his head or vulgular language from his classmate and even bring drew on his shirt by a marker.

The teachers seem pretty young and had no ways to control the naughty kids in class too.

really need to have a word with the teacher if this continues.

talking abt being kicked, my son also told me sometimes his \"frens\" wld kick him for no reason. (He's in Love class). I told him, \"frens\" wld not do harmful things to you so keep a distance from these ppl.

If I am not wrong, all the form teachers seem to be at certain maturity, my son's ones seems ok.

If there's any way to alert the teacher, maybe u shld, then see how she's handling that.

[KingRascal]

Hihi


Allow me to share my experience and pls note that this is my personal approach and you would have to find one that is suitable for your situation.

Call me Kiasu, and that I might have overreacted over my son's bully incident, but I chose to be safe than sorry. It is my son's morale and confidence that I am talking about thus I did not care if I had taken the most appropriate action then.

He was bullied on the bus by a group of children in the name of playing games. It was obvious the target was on him and he was punched in the stomach. He came back and was obviously distraughted and very bothered by it. He had thought they were his friends thus he was emotionally hurt too, besides the slight physical pain. I only knew one of the children's mum thus I contacted her for investigation. I did not choose to wait for long and went ahead to inform the school the next day. Reason - I did not personally know the other children and their parents, and thus I had no way to tell if they would continue to do harm to my son in school. I played it safe then.

Conclusion - it was due to some misunderstanding that one of the boys felt offended by something that my son said so he instigated the rest to bully him during the play. Well, there are some more details which I do not think I would talk about further. However, the relationship between myself and the boy's mum was strained since then, I felt. At some point in time, I asked myself if I had overreacted. Maybe. But I had to place my son first and the following 2 points guided my action:
- I had to take the action, in my personal opinion, most appropriate to the situation for his safety when I was unsure of the situation.
- I had to take some form of action, so that my son is assured that I am there for him. If I did not take action and downplayed the situation, he might feel disappointed and felt pointless and helpless despite telling me about it. The last thing I want is to have him hiding things from me in future as \"mummy would not do anything or help me anyway\"...

Well, you would have to understand your children's character well and ask yourself what your children are expecting you to do. What is the action they hope to see when they tell you what had happened?

The above is just my personal opinion for sharing

[3bagsfull]

KingRascal:

Hihi


Allow me to share my experience and pls note that this is my personal approach and you would have to find one that is suitable for your situation.

Call me Kiasu, and that I might have overreacted over my son's bully incident, but I chose to be safe than sorry. It is my son's morale and confidence that I am talking about thus I did not care if I had taken the most appropriate action then.

He was bullied on the bus by a group of children in the name of playing games. It was obvious the target was on him and he was punched in the stomach. He came back and was obviously distraughted and very bothered by it. He had thought they were his friends thus he was emotionally hurt too, besides the slight physical pain. I only knew one of the children's mum thus I contacted her for investigation. I did not choose to wait for long and went ahead to inform the school the next day. Reason - I did not personally know the other children and their parents, and thus I had no way to tell if they would continue to do harm to my son in school. I played it safe then.

Conclusion - it was due to some misunderstanding that one of the boys felt offended by something that my son said so he instigated the rest to bully him during the play. Well, there are some more details which I do not think I would talk about further. However, the relationship between myself and the boy's mum was strained since then, I felt. At some point in time, I asked myself if I had overreacted. Maybe. But I had to place my son first and the following 2 points guided my action:
- I had to take the action, in my personal opinion, most appropriate to the situation for his safety when I was unsure of the situation.
- I had to take some form of action, so that my son is assured that I am there for him. If I did not take action and downplayed the situation, he might feel disappointed and felt pointless and helpless despite telling me about it. The last thing I want is to have him hiding things from me in future as \"mummy would not do anything or help me anyway\"...

Well, you would have to understand your children's character well and ask yourself what your children are expecting you to do. What is the action they hope to see when they tell you what had happened?

The above is just my personal opinion for sharing

Thanks for sharing. Actually I was like u - I wanted to immediately tell the teacher but somehow I realise that when i probe my son further, his verdict changed. So I had to gauge if he's telling me the real situation or downplaying the severity of the whole thing just so I won't go and \"report\" to the teacher.

In any case, I alerted the form teacher couple of days ago and she had a talk with the boys. things seems ok now tho it's still early to tell.

I also told my son that it's a good lesson learnt - not everyone that \"plays\" with him is his fren. Some are out there to build their own happiness on other's suffering, simply put. But I do know that some \"naughty\" kids are really genuinely naughty - I have a fren's kid who is kinda slow/slur when speaking so nobody understands him and neither does he understand ppl well. his behaviours are often seens as \"naughty\" cos he simply doesn't understand instructions/rules.

[gemini]

3bagsfull,


who is the form teacher for 1 LOVE? today another bad incident happen. on the way back from the mass walk, my son was being pushed and had hurt his knee, elbow and wrist. I got a shock when I picked him from school, the gauge is stained with blood and poor boy limping out from school.

It’s the same boy who did it again. Already 3 incidents with this boy. I guess the teachers had no control over the boy as well. It’s the upbringing, i believe. I bet we didnt teach our kids to go out and be a bully and would even punish them if they had done something wrong.

Am very upset and disappointed. The teachers would only say "accidentally". But I believe, my son is being "marked" already.

[gemini]

KingRascal


I think you did the right things. We always have to speak to our child and know what is happening then investigate the matter and take action. I will not sit back and do nothing. Let the school feel that I’m Kiasu or complaint queen. But what if our child’s life is being threaten. My son had a case before which is life threatening. If nobody went to his rescue, I would have lost this son last year.

I believe only Nancy Chen is the most mature form teacher for Pr 1 this year. Which class is she in?