Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

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chanbi:

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I don't mind my ds uses it as e-dictionary. For online research or watching video, PC at home is a preferred choice as I don't want his eye-sight to get much worse. I can make him to agree to some rules but it will be difficult to enforce them if he chooses not to follow.

There is apps out there that can be use to control the usage. I am using this app called \"screen time\" (for android). It can set each day total usage time, what apps that can't be access during sch hrs, what apps that can't be access after bed time.. And you can set it differently on weekend.

Most likely I will get him an android phone too. Will find out more about the app. Thanks.[/quote]Just a tip, from personal experience, apps like screen time are hilariously easy to disable. I feel that a parent should trust their child can exercise self-control and know if their own usage is affecting their studies, rather than using such an app. IMHO, using parental control apps show a total lack of confidence a parent has in their child.
Of course, if his phone gets confiscated in school, or he shows poor self control, then a parental control app might be a solution, but if this is your son's first phone, why not give him a chance?

[8228]

0xBB40E64E:

Just a tip, from personal experience, apps like screen time are hilariously easy to disable. I feel that a parent should trust their child can exercise self-control and know if their own usage is affecting their studies, rather than using such an app. IMHO, using parental control apps show a total lack of confidence a parent has in their child.
Of course, if his phone gets confiscated in school, or he shows poor self control, then a parental control app might be a solution, but if this is your son's first phone, why not give him a chance?

Thanks for your tip. For me, I am more concerned about his eye-sight than academic results. For study, he is 100% on his own now, no help from anyone or tuition. I am happy as long as his term report shows reasonable results compared to his past results. Things can still be done if anything goes wrong in his study. However, there is nothing I could do to reverse his eye-sight powers.

[Anothermom]

tinghao_sg:

We live in Yew Tee. Finally, we find the shortest way to HCI. My DS takes bus from Woodland road, there are two buses (961 and 170) aheading to HCI. My DS take bus by himself today, it only takes 25 mins. It is much faster than bus 67. I would like to share this information for the HCI parents who live in Yew Tee.

Thanks for the info. What about the time for him to travel home after school (1:30 pm) & after CCA (around 5:30 pm)?

I'm staying at Choa Chu Kang. It is not a problem for him to get to school via 67 from interchange but my ds tells me that the waiting time for 67 after school is long & the bus is crowded.

[tinghao_sg]

Yes, my son also told me the waiting time for bus 67 was very long. Sometime, he take bus 852 to bukit batok bus interchange and then take MRT back to home.

[lexis]

hi, does anyone know whether you need to be able to play an instrument to join Chinese Orchestra or String Orchestra?


Thanks.

[Song22]

Hi! any year 1 parents from Ortus? Great if you could pm me and perhaps we could form a wats app group to share information. Thanks!

[TravelMummy]

Ds is in ProEd. He told me that ProEd has smaller class sizes than other consortiums. Is that true? Anyone knows why that is?

[Song22]

TravelMummy:

Ds is in ProEd. He told me that ProEd has smaller class sizes than other consortiums. Is that true? Anyone knows why that is?

My ds class has 33 students, yours?

[lexis]

Ds is Aphelion - 32 students.


Noticed also from the circular (on parents’ symposium) that A, I, and O have 3 classes each, but P has 4. I thought it might have something to do with a reduced intake (since Snake year and all that).

[S6169]

My ds is in ProEd.

Is it possible to get another ProEd badge from school? My son misplaced it somewhere and couldn’t find it. However, the teacher require to wear it everyday. Thx.