Lessons at home!
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thanks zac’s mum for sharing…i somehow started feeling I probably neglecting the younger one…coz they may be learning new topics and she is left on her own…but I always tell her to let me know if she needs help… haiz talking abt this, my dd1 really wants to solve everything by her own even tho I told her many times pls let me know if you need help…another headache now…haiz.
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- HBL is a fall back when schools are suspended; it cannot be a prolonged substitute for school.
- It is better to let everyone have a break from this intense period. MOE will therefore bring forward the June holidays to start from 5 May. It will then cover the entire extended circuit breaker until 1 Jun 2020.
This would mean that Term 3 will be very long. So we will factor in an additional one week, mid-term break from 20-26 July. Term 3 will comprise 7 weeks, one week break and then 6 weeks. Most teachers will use the break to review or re-plan their lessons.
The additional break of one week will reduce curriculum teaching time. As it is, the pace of HBL tends to be slower than classroom teaching. We will therefore also make certain topics commonly taught by all schools at the end of the academic year be non-examinable. Some of these topics are pie charts and volume for PSLE Maths, Organic chemistry and vectors for O level Chemistry and Maths respectively.
This will reduce the curriculum load and ease the pressure off teachers and students in catching up with the curriculum. Just to be clear, as far as possible, these topics will still be taught. But they will not appear as questions in the national examinations.
- We will do two other things during the brought forward mid-year holidays.
First, our graduating cohorts need support as to prepare for their national exams. For this coming mid-year holidays, our schools will continue to do so, including having them come back to school for face-to-face consultation and coaching when the national situation improves – which we are confident will be the case.
Second, there is also another group that needs support – children of essential workers and vulnerable students. They have been coming back to school during the circuit breaker period. Our schools will remain open for them throughout the mid-year holidays, to support them and their families. -
Our proper zoom lessons only started on 20 Apr. One 1.5hr lesson for 1 subject per day. 1 week only cover a fraction of what normal sch week covers. Not all schools are progressing at the same pace. Our class has over 40 kids too.
That’s why zoom is not a substitute, just a back up. -
For those P6 and sec4, jc2 going back to sch in May, they will have to take public transport if parents do not drive them.
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Brought forward school holidays from June to May,
so become May school holiday
• 5 May 2020 to 1 June 2020: School holidays
• 2 June 2020: Start of Term 3
• 20 July 2020 to 26 July 2020: Mid-term break
• 6 September 2020: End of Term 3
This is only provided the number of infected will come down by then.
MOE-SEAB press release
https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/mid-year-holidays-brought-forward-as-schools-adjust-academic-calendar-institutes-of-higher-learning-to-extend-home-based-learning -
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1972097\" time=\"1587470739\" user_id=\"43981:
I have to work, so I didn't sit beside my kids. But tr chase us and a few other parents for missing sls work. Kids got to juggle sls announcements by diff subj trs, hbl timetable, Zoom timetables for diff groups etc. I realised, these are not what kids normally used to, am I asking for too much.
do you all stay next to kids during zoom/meet and hbl time?
For eg, kid was doing math sls halfway, switch to zoom lesson, forgot to continue where he left off after zoom ended, or read the list of items from 1 subj tr and close it, but never check back at end of day.
The handbook routine switch to HBL needs a lot of adjustment for my kids.
The demands of P3 maths concept vs p5 are not comparable. If my kids are p3 now, I think my kids would have less prob. But the more in depth qns of maths to be taught via zoom, teachers know, they can only only reach a few kids at most at a time.
Hence, HBL may need a bit of tech support for younger kids, but for upp pri kids, learning harder concepts via HBL in a class of 40+, not that straightforward, parents need to eyeball too -
6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972182\" time=\"1587514907\" user_id=\"145858:
yes the p3 one is much simpler..just started zoom/meet last wk for 1 session non daily. just sls so easier for me to chk unfinished work..now good also that they bring forward the Jun hol.. then kids can go back to normal learning.
I have to work, so I didn't sit beside my kids. But tr chase us and a few other parents for missing sls work. Kids got to juggle sls announcements by diff subj trs, hbl timetable, Zoom timetables for diff groups etc. I realised, these are not what kids normally used to, am I asking for too much.MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1972097\" time=\"1587470739\" user_id=\"43981:
do you all stay next to kids during zoom/meet and hbl time?
For eg, kid was doing math sls halfway, switch to zoom lesson, forgot to continue where he left off after zoom ended, or read the list of items from 1 subj tr and close it, but never check back at end of day.
The handbook routine switch to HBL needs a lot of adjustment for my kids.
The demands of P3 maths concept vs p5 are not comparable. If my kids are p3 now, I think my kids would have less prob. But the more in depth qns of maths to be taught via zoom, teachers know, they can only only reach a few kids at most at a time.
Hence, HBL may need a bit of tech support for younger kids, but for upp pri kids, learning harder concepts via HBL in a class of 40+, not that straightforward, parents need to eyeball too -
6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972113\" time=\"1587475694\" user_id=\"145858:
Our Math teacher doesn’t use video conferencing. Too hard to cover a new topic like converting improper fractions to mixed numbers & vice versa via live conferencing.
Our proper zoom lessons only started on 20 Apr. One 1.5hr lesson for 1 subject per day. 1 week only cover a fraction of what normal sch week covers. Not all schools are progressing at the same pace. Our class has over 40 kids too.
That's why zoom is not a substitute, just a back up.
English live session still ok. Teacher has been using audio recording function in SLS to conduct Spelling, Dictation & Orals.
Science new concept via live session, not very effective. Teacher follows up with voluntary consultation if student still unclear.
I am just very relieved that holidays brought fwd to May. At least now I can be very sure that the school won’t sneakily convert the scrapped SA1 into non-weighted assessments. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"1972199\" time=\"1587518735:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1972199 time=1587518735]
Since May mid-year exam had been scraped,
I am just very relieved that holidays brought fwd to May.
At least now I can be very sure that the school won’t sneakily convert the scrapped SA1 into non-weighted assessments. [/quote]
did your school inform parents (and students) for all level, from Primary 1 to JC2, how your school (college) going to apportion the weightage from Term 2 to rest of the remaining year ?
ie.
is it carry over the Term 2 weightage, into Term 3 or into Term 4 portion ?
Different schools (college), different weightage apportment assigned, from (Term 1 to Term 4)
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