Maris Stella High School

[von72]

blitz:

Hmm....you want lessons to be difficult and lots of homework??

I believe a child should learn things in school and after school, back home, they should revise their work, and not do MORE work after school. That's just my opinion anyway.

I agree!! I, too believe that most importantly, they should at best pay attention during lesson and revise their work at home. Frankly, i personally feel that they really do not have much \"extra\" time for MORE work at home.

[blitz]

Did anyone notice that the feedback form on the Admin Portal is missing?


I sent in 2 feedbacks and didn't get a reply. Then the whole thing just disappeared. How :?

[MintLeaf]

H Blitz, Happy New Year! Didn’t notice the missing Feedback menu item until you mentioned it. Guess you have to send emails to the teachers instead. In the past, we sometimes have to send more than one email to different people before we get any attention, because the first email was missed.

[skyjuice]

Is it uncommon for form teachers to give away their hp numbers to parents for contact? It was so in primary sch. But since we never receive any from S1, so i’m wondering about it. And MintLeaf mentioned have to send a few emails to get attention? This is so different from pri sch, where the email recipients usually reply quite promptly…

[skyjuice]

Anyone knows what chinese electronic dictionary is approved for use during class and exams? DS asking to get the P6 Besta one but not sure if there’s a better one for S1?


Also, when does the year end exam usually take place? Are the school terms and holidays same as primary school?

[MintLeaf]

Hi Skyjuice, Hope you had a good CNY break.


So far we haven't been given the teachers' mobile numbers. There was only one occasion when we somehow got Paul Leong's number.

DS is still using the P6 Chinese electronic dictionary. And I just checked some of his exam papers last year. There was one on 2 Oct and another on 7 Oct, so SA2 is around early Oct. His holiday began at the start of November, hence it was earlier than the primary schools. This luxury is only for the lower secondary. I am pretty sure the S3 would start their holiday at least 2 weeks later.

By the way, next week is CA. After CA1, there should be a meet-the-parent session.

[skyjuice]

MintLeaf:

Hi Skyjuice, Hope you had a good CNY break.


So far we haven't been given the teachers' mobile numbers. There was only one occasion when we somehow got Paul Leong's number.

DS is still using the P6 Chinese electronic dictionary. And I just checked some of his exam papers last year. There was one on 2 Oct and another on 7 Oct, so SA2 is around early Oct. His holiday began at the start of November, hence it was earlier than the primary schools. This luxury is only for the lower secondary. I am pretty sure the S3 would start their holiday at least 2 weeks later.

By the way, next week is CA. After CA1, there should be a meet-the-parent session.

Once again, a big Thanks! to MintLeaf! Happy CNY to you too. It was great to be able to sleep in these few mornings instead of driving DS to MRT station

I guess I'll just have to buy another Besta for DS then. DS's younger brother prefers his Besta over his own Creative.

Thanks for the info about the hols. Wish the school has a year calendar so that we can see the mths ahead. So far I've only seen the offer of S1 Entreprenuer Program in June. Really appreciative that they inform us early of such programs. I wonder are there other programs or classes/ supps to call them back to school in June? Would 3rd wk of Jun be a good time to go away?

[MintLeaf]

skyjuice:

So far I've only seen the offer of S1 Entreprenuer Program in June. Really appreciative that they inform us early of such programs.

This is something new. I definitely don't remember this. Hope your DS has fun with it.

skyjuice:

I wonder are there other programs or classes/ supps to call them back to school in June? Would 3rd wk of Jun be a good time to go away?

My DS has to go back for CCA training in June. But the child can be excused when he goes away. There may be projects to work on in June, but the timing is flexible as it's the team's call when to meet. So you should not have any problem with 3rd week of June.

[S-H]

Skyjuice wrote:

So far I've only seen the offer of S1 Entreprenuer Program in June. Really appreciative that they inform us early of such programs. I wonder are there other programs or classes/ supps to call them back to school in June? Would 3rd wk of Jun be a good time to go away?[/quote]

Hi Skyjuice, I'm glad to learn that you boy is my son's classmate. Is the S1 Entreprenuer Program in June useful for the boy? My boy is not able to attend bcos we are going away on the 1st wk of the holiday. Moreover, regarding the EL common test on the 28 Feb, is it tested only on the composition?

[skyjuice]

[quote]Hi Skyjuice, I'm glad to learn that you boy is my son's classmate. Is the S1 Entreprenuer Program in June useful for the boy? My boy is not able to attend bcos we are going away on the 1st wk of the holiday. Moreover, regarding the EL common test on the 28 Feb, is it tested only on the composition?[/quote]
Really? How do you know our boys are classmates? You can PM me on that if you prefer :D. My son has been interested in doing business since younger so he's keen on the Entreprenuer Program. From the outline, this program seems interesting.

Not sure if compo is tested in Common Test. According to timetable, EL is 26th Feb, 1 hr only. 28th is Sunday.