How to Get to Know More About School from my Child
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stingray90999:
My son has started Pri 1 this year.
I have a daughter in P1 this year too. Same-same..
stingray90999:
Good for you! :celebrate:He is the extovert type which I believe has not much problem adapting at school.
stingray90999:
Though my daughter is quite the chatterbox, her banter can be anythingMy problem is that i would like to know more fine details about what's happening at school, but my son just does not seem to want to share much.
from nonsensical to funny and to serious. :roll: There will be times when
she doesn't want to share much as well... don't feel like it. And there are
times when i appear too interested, she gets put off. So, in times like that
i chill a little and back a lil' off. So, in my case the details depends on her
mood for the day ba. On a good day, she may tell too fine a detail until i
dunno when i should get her to stop! :shock: Ya know... like oversharing.
She may say, today Raymond bent down to touch his knees and we saw
his yellow underpants and laughed. Then someone in my class said hey
look spongebob squarepants and we all laughed... those kinda sillies.. :roll:
... and details i don't need.
stingray90999:
Expanding from what CMF has already mentioned, i also ask about stuffHow do I encourage him to volunteer information as I would really want to be more involved.
http://www.postimage.org/
related to school circulars that she brings home. There will be normal
stuff and there will be event related stuff, like bookfairs, like contact
time/assembly, excursions... (etc) I read and ask her what teacher
said the circular is all about. Then, she'll say stuff like there were
performances from the relevant CCAs on stage to promote their groups'
activities, the principal made a speech, or just the normal silent reading,
and stuff like that.
Her school diary also has information like XXX couldn't finish her classwork
on time today, so i allowed her to finish them at home. :x That would
definitely warrant a bullet train of questions from me! :nunchuk: And
i would keep in touch with the teacher on and off with regards to the
stuff she says/brings home just to double check. I agree with tutormum
that sometimes cannot just take everything they say at face value... not
that they lie or fabricate information, it just could be a case of didn't
explain clearly the same information leading it to mis-information... :roll:
Don't worry your mind over this.. on and off gather the information and
other days let your son chill oso no problem. As long as he tells you got
homework to do, quite a good start if u know wat i mean... cos mine
sometimes doesn't tell or tells me at the eleventh hour. :x So i tell
her she'd have to answer for it... sorry. Hahaa! :lol: -
stingray90999:
Some schools that do not have individual class blogs, have school blogshmsg:
:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:
nowadays, teachers often update us via emails n class blog... from there, u can pick certain events to start a discussion with him....
How I wish my son's teacher provides more updates like what you mentioned. I find that the teacher/schoool is lacking in that. May I know what school does that?
on the school's website. You can check that out. I'm sure most schools
would at least maintain a general school blog or ensure updates are up
on their school's calendar year.
Teachers' emails are also given upfront to parents ( in my girls' school) so
that we can also communicate via email on certain issues if not via diary..
to find out more about what's new in class for the week or month.
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My girl also started P1 this year.
I want her to start writing compositions in Chinese, so I have been asking her to write one or two sentences in Chinese about what she has done in school. This has worked very well. She writes about her best friend, her favourite lesson, and what she bought during recess time At the same time, she practices writing in Chinese and she is able to write many commonly used Chinese words now I bought her a very good Chinese dictionary and I am teaching her how to find words that she does not know how to write.
Of course writing in English will also be great. But my girl needs more practice in Chinese now.
Her class also has a blog, but so far there is nothing much in there yet. -
tamarind:
A blog at 6 plus 7 years old?! :!: wow! I better get started myself!
Her class also has a blog, but so far there is nothing much in there yet.
Thanks tamarind jie for your pointer about writing in Chinese :celebrate: !
For my otherwise confident and chatty DD1, school is often \"like that\", and \"okay\". Sometimes it takes time to tease out the details from her. I give her a half B5 size (dunno the exact dimensions but it's about the palm size for a child) notebook for her to doodle when she doesn't read. She brings this along and it's quite amazing what she scribbles/doodles in there! It's very situational and very \"to the minute\" as it captures what's going on in school/with her classmates! -
Andaiz,
I mean her class teacher has setup a blog for parents to find out what is happening in class
I think that writing one or two sentences in Chinese everyday is much better than attending any Chinese creative writing classes -
buds:
My girl told me that one boy said he has 100 girl friends :!: He is certainly not the type of kids that I want my girl to mix with.
She may say, today Raymond bent down to touch his knees and we saw
his yellow underpants and laughed. -
Thanks for the clarifcation on the blog. Very good method!
With regards to the Chinese sentences, it probably gives the child great satisfaction to be able to communicate what is important to her! Sure beats creative writing classes! -
I personally feel that making an effort to remember their friend’s names, happenings, hobbies, characters … can help to open up more conversation. And this also proves to them, we care for all the happenings revolving them.
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Talking about friends, I bought this book for my girl to prepare her for P1 :
Friends: Making Them & Keeping Them
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My girl loves it. The pictures are lovely. It is a very good book teaching girls how to make new friends, and how to maintain a good relationship with friends. I think adults can benefit from reading this book too The reading level is for age 9 to 12, parents can read to the kids if they cannot read at this level yet. -
buds:
Uh-oh going OT (Off Topic) from How To Find Out More About School From My Child liao. I :siam: first.
oops. sorry about that. can remove post? :?
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