Lessons at home!

[zac's mum]

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972113\" time=\"1587475694\" user_id=\"145858:

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.

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.

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.

[phtthp]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1972199\" time=\"1587518735:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1972199 time=1587518735]

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]

Since May mid-year exam had been scraped,
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)

[newbieks]

Any ideas how to keep kids occupied at home for the whole month while parents continue to WFH? Hiaz…now at least the HbL keeps them occupied till early afternoon.

[sharonkhoo]

newbieks\" post_id=\"1972209\" time=\"1587524691\" user_id=\"178749:

Any ideas how to keep kids occupied at home for the whole month while parents continue to WFH? Hiaz..now at least the HbL keeps them occupied till early afternoon.

How old are your kids? The older they are, the more independent they can be. I used to face that kind of problem when we lived overseas, and I can probably come up with some suggestions.

[newbieks]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1972210\" time=\"1587525246\" user_id=\"28674:

newbieks\" post_id=\"1972209\" time=\"1587524691\" user_id=\"178749:

Any ideas how to keep kids occupied at home for the whole month while parents continue to WFH? Hiaz..now at least the HbL keeps them occupied till early afternoon.

How old are your kids? The older they are, the more independent they can be. I used to face that kind of problem when we lived overseas, and I can probably come up with some suggestions.

P5 and Sec 1. Even library is closed. Not on the library e-borrowing system, so been buying books on kindle. But other than reading and some school work (which I hope teacher will assign), unfortunately they have not developed real passion for any hobby. Usual school holidays, we will take leave, bring them outdoor and short trips, now just confined to 4 walls. Workwise with falling oil prices, we are expected to do more with less, expect big organizational changes coming, so wfm is work as usual with same or even more stress.

[phtthp]

newbieks\" post_id=\"1972209\" time=\"1587524691\" user_id=\"178749:

Any ideas how to keep kids occupied at home for the whole month while parents continue to WFH? Hiaz..now at least the HbL keeps them occupied till early afternoon.

if your child is taking PSLE this year,
get them to practise past year PSLE papers and a few primary schools' past year papers

If certain topics still weak, supplement with Assessment books, for those topics required only

[phtthp]

May school holiday, no HBL, can do whatever you like


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get feedback, from the ground …

when Term 3 school open in June, after May school holiday,

are there parents out here, who still prefer online tuition to continue (eg. tuition in subject X, whatever X is), instead of "face-to-face" physical classroom premises teaching, because it is still very risky, as covid-19 is asymptomatic, meaning that although people show no (zero) sympton, no sign at all, no fever whatsoever, but still can spread virus ? This is what’s dangerous about covid-19 !

In other words, even though Circuit breaker is over, still prefer online tuition to continue, because it is safer ?
That means, for the same identical level tuition, eg. P4 to P6 or Secondary level, split into 2 group of students for tuition

1) one group of students will attend "face-to-face" classroom physical premises teaching, because "face-to-face" teaching explanation is what they prefer,

while

2) another group of students will continue to attend "online" virtual classroom via zoom / google meet, because these prefer online in the midst of pandemic, feel safer, until the entire Singapore covid situation stabilized down, infected number become zero

[Imp75]

My girls sec sch still have weighted WA2 and due in May, well into the holidays…I hope the sch can scrap WA2.

[phtthp]

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[zac's mum]

My DS school did not announce anything about how they will re-apportion the remaining weighted assessments. Maybe not decided yet.


Even though I am WFH and in a very busy sector, I am relieved that I don’t need to juggle supervising of HBL during May holidays. I’m grateful for the 4-week breather for me.

DS is P4, independent enough to find things to occupy his time, screen free. He has plenty of own hobbies that can be done at home, offline. Designing own games, playing music, reading books (both hard copy & free Kindle ebooks). Sometimes he will watch National Geographic kids. DH is considering loaning a TV (we don’t have one!) for them to play Wii Fit games together.

He has been trained not to disturb me when I’m busy with my work. So I will leave him to plan his own leisure activities during May hols. Anyway I’m around to monitor him.