Keming Primary

[Lily2010]

Hello all,

Just took my daughter to P1 Orientation last Saturday. Any kids in P1 Pearl (2017) ?
Would love to know more new parents : )

And if anyone knows if there is any What's App group(s) for Keming parents? Would love to learn more about the school. Cheers！
:thankyou:

[gvyong]

Hi fellow parents


another year is closing, how fast our kids grow!

looking to buy used texts for Keming, in serviceable condition:

p4 - maths, science, chinese, music & social studies textbook (x1)

p2 - chinese textbooks (x2)

offering 50% of list price on next year's Keming booklist.

pls email to [email protected]

reduce, reuse & recycle. thank you

[gvyong]

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[gvyong]

p1 texts

hao gong ming chinese civics x2
huan le huo ban chinese 1a x2
huan le huo ban chinese 1b x2
first steps to music 2e x2
my pals are here maths 1a 3e x1
my pals are here maths 1b 3e x2

p3 texts
xiao xue hua wen chinese 3b revised ed x1

pls PM me if you like to have them

[kchairenn]

gvyong:

p3 texts
xiao xue hua wen chinese 3b revised ed x1

I don't think the P3 text can be used for next year as there is a drastic change in the content... The \"huan le huo ban\" website has uploaded the chapters for 3A, maybe you can compare the new chapters with the old ones to see if there's any repetition..

[karen shek]

peasants:

gvyong:

International Chess. The time waster before iPads.

The wushu team use rvhs dsa to lure students in. I tell them go fly kite. If i want my child to be physical active, i go elsewhere, not for the sake of dsa.

My P1 daughter was in wushu last year and was told she was in school team. She even attended the training daily during her Nov/Dec school holidays. Today, she rcvd her new training schedule (given 2 - non school team & school team). When we questioned the teacher in charge, she simply replied that to ignore the school team schedule, when we asked further how come she's not in school team, no reply. I cannot believe how irresponsible can these teachers-in-charge be. During the Nov/Dec holidays, there is no Keming school teachers around but simply the wushu coaches and sometimes, no coaches, asking students to teach the juniors. Without the Keming school teachers to take attendance, how can one knows if the child did attend the training or not.

[kchairenn]

karen shek:

During the Nov/Dec holidays, there is no Keming school teachers around but simply the wushu coaches and sometimes, no coaches, asking students to teach the juniors. Without the Keming school teachers to take attendance, how can one knows if the child did attend the training or not.

The school has a School Programme Executive (SPE) to do administrative work, which includes taking the attendance of pupils and relieving the school teachers who are having their meetings. The SPE is one of the administrative staff and has the responsibility of doing the above.
From what I heard, there is one instructor for every CCA to many pupils, so the instructors are not able to attend all the pupils at the same time and need to take turns. Sometimes the instructors will get the seniors to coach the juniors while attending to another group of pupils.
Other ccas too have such situations. I learned to check with many people (though time-consuming) before coming to a conclusion. One child told her mother that she was \"kicked out\" from a CCA. After the parent checked with the teacher-in-charge and the instructor, they explained that the girl misunderstood the instructions when they told her to stand at the side (cos she didn't attend previously) while the rest of the pupils danced.

[cecimum]

:?: Hi there!

Need advice from fellow parents. My child is taking her PSLE soon and got feedback from her teacher about her standard.
Tried to get home tutor but was advised by agencies like smiletution and tutionsingapore that tutors will not take on job because they have to pay half month commission to agency and only one month left.
The parent volunteers tell me merritt education is the best here and I just visited the place. They’re not taking in any P6 students cause of disruption to other students.
Need to check with parents if there are other alternatives.
Also, anyone taken no-pay leave to coach their child? Is it true that will cause strain in relationship?
Thanks.

[kchairenn]

cecimum:

:?: Hi there!

Need advice from fellow parents. My child is taking her PSLE soon and got feedback from her teacher about her standard.
Tried to get home tutor but was advised by agencies like smiletution and tutionsingapore that tutors will not take on job because they have to pay half month commission to agency and only one month left.
The parent volunteers tell me merritt education is the best here and I just visited the place. They’re not taking in any P6 students cause of disruption to other students.
Need to check with parents if there are other alternatives.
Also, anyone taken no-pay leave to coach their child? Is it true that will cause strain in relationship?
Thanks.

Hi there!
If tuition is not an available option, then listen to the feedback from the teachers and work together with your child on areas that she is not strong in. At this time of the year, the children are revising their concepts in school. I suggest doing practice papers to reinforce what has been taught and learned.
There are also articles available on https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/?category_name=primary-school page of the forum. Reading them might perhaps help clear your doubts.
I have known of colleagues taking either no-pay leave or lighten their workload to coach and give support to their child. After all, this is the children's first major exam in their life! I'm not sure what kind of strain you are referring to. If you're referring to the parent-child relationship, it depends on the parents' attitude towards the children and their learning and how we handle the situations that arise.

Good Luck!