All About Preparing For Primary One

[Poohbear]

RRMummy:

Weekly: 4 words + 1 sentence weekly for spelling. 2 words + 2 sentences + 1 sentence in hanyu pinyin for Chinese. And 1 full page of Chinese writing on Tuesdays and Fridays and English and Maths homework on Thurdays. On top of all that still got Berries homework..

Sorry OT a bit here.

U mean you changed CC for your gal who is in K2? Considering that its just half a year more prior to primary, would u be able to share what trigger u to make the change? :oops:

Also, the homework listed above sure sounds ALOT for a K2 in CC. :!: My K2 gal only has spelling of 5 short sentences weekly, 5 sets of phrases for Ting Xie on alternate week. CC say cannot teach HYPY cos MOE say so :rant:
There is totally ZERO homework from CC. Hope we wont be in for a shock when she gets to P1 :xedfingers:

[Funz]

RRMummy:

janet_lee88:

For Chinese, it helps a GREAT deal to write the characters in order to remember. According to the tutor, she said it's because chinese characters originate from 'drawings', so through writing several times, the brain will remember how character is to be written. I make my son learn his Chinese spelling/dictation the same way too.


Daughter in K2 has 5 words from her Sat RC class, which is getting more difficult as well as her school spelling this term. I really don't know how to squeeze in time to coach her, on top of that, my son also demanding attention as well. Both equally important.

Same same..

My DD1 also in K2, the work load in this new CC which we just started this month is so much heavier than her ex-CCC.

Weekly: 4 words + 1 sentence weekly for spelling. 2 words + 2 sentences + 1 sentence in hanyu pinyin for Chinese. And 1 full page of Chinese writing on Tuesdays and Fridays and English and Maths homework on Thurdays. On top of all that still got Berries homework..

I am also struggling to find time to spend time and coach my DD2

BTW, how old is your son?

Wow that is a pretty heavy workload for a K2. Is your DD in full day programme or only half day?

Since my kids are in fullday childcare, they do not have any homework. Only once a week spelling and tingxie. There were parents who requested for homework for their kids but they were all told that the kids spent the whole day in the childcare doing work and learning so there is no need for homework and parents should spend the evening relaxing with the kids, not going through homework.

Even DD now in P1 does not get much homework. Only the occasional 1 or 2 page worksheet and of course her weekly spelling and tingxie. So I am really lucky I guess.

[RRMummy]

Poohbear:

RRMummy:

Weekly: 4 words + 1 sentence weekly for spelling. 2 words + 2 sentences + 1 sentence in hanyu pinyin for Chinese. And 1 full page of Chinese writing on Tuesdays and Fridays and English and Maths homework on Thurdays. On top of all that still got Berries homework..

Sorry OT a bit here.

U mean you changed CC for your gal who is in K2? Considering that its just half a year more prior to primary, would u be able to share what trigger u to make the change? :oops:

Also, the homework listed above sure sounds ALOT for a K2 in CC. :!: My K2 gal only has spelling of 5 short sentences weekly, 5 sets of phrases for Ting Xie on alternate week. CC say cannot teach HYPY cos MOE say so :rant:
There is totally ZERO homework from CC. Hope we wont be in for a shock when she gets to P1 :xedfingers:

Hi poohbear.

No need to :oops:. Yup, we change coz we moved our home from the north to the west.

I also think it is alot. Bck then in her ex-CCC, it was 5 words for English and 5 words for Chinese every week. And also ZERO homework. So it is a big challenge for her (and me).

She complains alot about the homework... what to do... tell her that she is a big girl now and have to learn to 'work' like primary school children..

On the HYPY, some CCCs are still doing it despite the MOE's no-no..

[RRMummy]

Funz:

Wow that is a pretty heavy workload for a K2. Is your DD in full day programme or only half day?


Since my kids are in fullday childcare, they do not have any homework. Only once a week spelling and tingxie. There were parents who requested for homework for their kids but they were all told that the kids spent the whole day in the childcare doing work and learning so there is no need for homework and parents should spend the evening relaxing with the kids, not going through homework.

Even DD now in P1 does not get much homework. Only the occasional 1 or 2 page worksheet and of course her weekly spelling and tingxie. So I am really lucky I guess.

She's in full-day. I also think its pretty heavy. For us who work all day, I can't imagine still lug it back home a few days a week.. Poor things..

I totally go by your child's CCC's policy! Unfortunately, the choices of CC with vacancies are pretty limited at this time of the year for K2. And somehow, she is happy coz they have started practising for their year-end concert... :roll: :roll: :roll:

[buds]

RRMummy… CCC doesn’t give dictation practice?

[Poohbear]

RRMummy:

She complains alot about the homework... what to do... tell her that she is a big girl now and have to learn to 'work' like primary school children..

On the HYPY, some CCCs are still doing it despite the MOE's no-no..

Thks for sharing. :love:

Actually its better for the kids to slowly get used to homework than get a rude shock when start P1. So in a way, your CCC is helping your gal in the long run

Abt the HYPY, my gal's CCC just tell us ( point blank) to send our kids to external HYPY if we wan to make sure that our kids are prepared for that portion for P1 ... most of the parents not happy abt it :x ... but wat to do? :stupid: most of the parents i know just send lor...

[Poohbear]

buds:

RRMummy... CCC doesn't give dictation practice?

Hi Buds,

Could u share what is \"dictation practice\" ? A totally brand new term to me :?

[buds]

Dictation can be taken from phonetic words learnt or from a short story about

3 to 5 lines. Children can start with one line first for starters..

An example for phonetic words dictation can be...

\"A fat cat sat on a mat. A fat rat ran. The fat cat ran after the fat rat.\" (etc)

Teacher/Parent reads out the sentences/story to the child and they write them
down accordingly.

Dictation example taken from a story can be...

\"Daddy bought me a new bicycle. It was a blue bicycle. Blue is my favourite colour.\"

Children are taught how to draw margins.
Write the day (on the top left corner of the page)
and also the date (on the top right corner of the page).
Thankfully, i taught my girls to write full dates ie. 29th June 2010
cos their class teachers emphasized strictly no shortcuts like ie. 29-6-10
or 26/06/10...

My girls' spelling lists are given as only single words of 10 in one set per week.
But the spelling words are given in the form of sentences. For example, P1 these
days work with the Stellar English programme that uses big books (storybooks
& readers) so most of the words are taken from those stories. An example can
be taken from say... :idea: ... Dan the Flying Man. The spelling word is \"flying\"
for example... the teacher will read the spelling word once... followed by the
whole (full) sentence. The children are supposed to fill in the blank with the
spelling word given. This means that children aren't just supposed to know
how to read and write only the spelling words, but they should know how to
read all the sentences as well to know where the spelling word fits.

[janet88]

RRMummy:

janet_lee88:

For Chinese, it helps a GREAT deal to write the characters in order to remember. According to the tutor, she said it's because chinese characters originate from 'drawings', so through writing several times, the brain will remember how character is to be written. I make my son learn his Chinese spelling/dictation the same way too.


Daughter in K2 has 5 words from her Sat RC class, which is getting more difficult as well as her school spelling this term. I really don't know how to squeeze in time to coach her, on top of that, my son also demanding attention as well. Both equally important.

Same same..

My DD1 also in K2, the work load in this new CC which we just started this month is so much heavier than her ex-CCC.

Weekly: 4 words + 1 sentence weekly for spelling. 2 words + 2 sentences + 1 sentence in hanyu pinyin for Chinese. And 1 full page of Chinese writing on Tuesdays and Fridays and English and Maths homework on Thurdays. On top of all that still got Berries homework..

I am also struggling to find time to spend time and coach my DD2

BTW, how old is your son?

My son is in P4 this year. I need to accompany and coach him in his daily work...not possible to leave him on his own just yet.

I heard that children in CC have more work than those in kindy, but what you told me is scary. My son's tutor told me her daughter in CC has to learn few sentences of Chinese ting xie.
:shock:

[buds]

Oitch. :oops: Wrong number RRMummy..

I thought janet_lee88's boy was in P3..
Actually P4.. sollie.. sollie.. :salute: