P1 workload

[caroline3sg]

winth

My boy, P1, CCKPS
My girl, P6, RGPS (all girls sch, so can't send my boy there).

Which sch have you taught before?

[quote]Guys score well in both subjects generally, but might not be able to teach as well as they understand leh[/quote]That's why one of my important requests for him is to reinforce this week what have been taught last week. I would test my girl why this why that, if she can't answer me, I would tell him, so he has to drill until she understands.

The first tutor was a female, full time tutor and taking honours this yr. I selected her because she was from Nanyang and had taught 5 x P6 last yr. But she too ya ya, thought that she knows best. So I terminated her after 1 mth.

Tutoring is not an easy job. Also has to handle parents. And I am no ordinary mother who just pay blindly.

[caroline3sg]

winth

It does not mean having tuition I would hands off. I will fill in the gaps with my more EQ??:D

[winth]

Most of the popular schools plus many other neighbouring schools, plus other JC and Sec schools levels just for Maths and Chinese, as long as they could pay my fees… hehe…

[schellen]

jedamum:

schellen:

My DD so far only brought back one colouring exercise with simple writing on lines and a simple Maths exercise.


ADD: Forgot to mention a Chinese colouring exercise.

:!: cos
1) the colouring on the farm animals my boy said no need to colour at home. he said can colour in class when waiting for others to complete their work (so far he is <50% done with the colouring)
2) math exercise???!!!
3) chinese colouring???!!!

I only see the farm one and the art and craft face.

1) Ah, my DD didn't say that the colouring one is to colour in class so she got up early one morning to finish colouring it. The writing part and half the colouring were already done in school.
2) the math exercise one they do like 3 time already cos I saw 3 different dates in the workbook. But the concepts were already taught in K1/K2 so it was easy. So don't worry. I only knew got homework cos I was packing DD's bag and happened to see the maths workbook in her bag. Since the workbook is usually kept by teacher at school, I browsed through it to check why she brought it home.
3) The Chinese colouring one was on first or second day of school. The title of the exercise in the workbook is \"miao yi miao\". Maybe your DS completed it at school?

I also saw the art and craft face. If colouring is required, my DD likes to use many colours, even for just one horse, and will colour very neatly and slowly. Maybe that's why she had to bring it home to do as homework?

[caroline3sg]

winth

Oh so you are a tutor? I thought you taught in mainstream pri sch.

[winth]

[quote]Tutoring is not an easy job. Also has to handle parents.[/quote]
hehe... no lar... moe didn't want me when I tried to apply for secondary school level... said got to study in nie... local uni not good enough...
Thought you already knew when you said above.

so went back to 老本行 when i join back workforce.

[caroline3sg]

winth

It is not that local uni not gd enough. Everyone gets knowledge from formal schooling. But NIE teaches teachers-to-be methodologies, strategies on teaching, share on new syallabus / directives. They must have SOP.
[quote]Now I don't even know whether the schools I've shortlisted has got CA or not... Neighbourhood schools, the website like few years ago type... siao liao... [/quote]Which sch are you looking at?

[winth]

New Town Pri and Queenstown... you have any idea which is better?

[quote]It is not that local uni not gd enough. Everyone gets knowledge from formal schooling. But NIE teaches teachers-to-be methodologies, strategies on teaching, share on new syallabus / directives. They must have SOP. [/quote]True lar... so decided that might as well go teach the subjects I'm best at and I can explain better with since I understand the concepts, rather than go for rigid system. They even tell me if I teach eng-based subjects, I cannot choose which subjects to teach. Scarly I kanna science, how? My face was already liao.

[caroline3sg]

winth

I wasn't from Science stream in my sec sch days and yet I teach my girl Science. If you can teach sec level, what is pri level?
[quote]They even tell me if I teach eng-based subjects, I cannot choose which subjects to teach.[/quote]My son's form teacher teaches eng, maths, ss, health, pe. MOE short of teachers??

I think Fairfield Methodist should be better than New Town or Queenstown. However, I pass by Commonwealth and see that New Town has a new building.

[winth]

I was from pure science with physics and chemistry, but I just hated it. Made to do science in my sec school bec of my results? But I just hated it. So, when I entered JC (luckily that time still have commerce stream), I chose commerce immediately. I just can't bear getting forced into a job when I do not have passion in it.

[quote]My son's form teacher teaches eng, maths, ss, health, pe. MOE short of teachers?? [/quote]haha... with that kind of rigid selection criteria, how not to be short-handed of teachers...

Fairfield is a good school, but I don't think I stand a chance to go in given my distance from school. So I better not risk, plus lots of other factors like time to wake up, school transport etc...
[quote]However, I pass by Commonwealth and see that New Town has a new building.[/quote]Ya, new town merged with ghim moh and moved into the new building this year.