Catholic High (Primary)

[ParentOfXJ]

Btw, me and wife intend to be at school first 2 days… after we tuck him into class at 7.10am … then what do the rest of you do?.. what time is their recess?

[phankao]

ParentOfXJ:

Btw, me and wife intend to be at school first 2 days.. after we tuck him into class at 7.10am .. then what do the rest of you do?.. what time is their recess?

Recess is either 10am or 10.30am, but i think p1 should be 10am? There might be break at 9am too, i think?

[JonC]

ParentOfXJ:

.. after we tuck him into class at 7.10am .. then what do the rest of you do?..

You can buy things to eat and drink, stare into the air and wait till recess.

[ParentOfXJ]

ah… just realised lots of details for first week of school are in the orientation booklet… the school has thought of everything!

[catmum]

My ds P2 this year (2011). Don't worry too much about their first week there. The buddy system is very good. My ds's buddy took such good care of him for the first few days and I could see that he took pride in making sure that my ah boy is well taken care of!


I actually stayed away out of sight during recess and observed how he went round with his buddy guiding him in buying food. He did very well and built bound with the buddy too!

If you can \"let go\", I strongly encourage parents to \"hide\" so that kids can learn independence fast. Some parents (mostly grandparents) insisted on helping the kid to buy food, and the buddy ended up feeling a bit pai seh or low morale coz they can't do their part! They only get to be buddies ONCE in the whole 6 years, so let them have a chance to do it well too!

10.05 - 10.35 am is recess for P1. They have 2 short \"10min breaks\" at 9am and 12noon to stretch, run toilets etc.

Also would like to appeal to parents and grandparents please don't always buy food from canteen for yourselves as the stalls prepared enough for kids and teachers but can't estimate parents/grandparents. I've noticed on many occassions that most of the food were all sold out even before the school ended, so kids staying behind for CCAs, enrichment classes etc, didn't have enough food to go round. I've asked my boy to share his food with his poor classmates on a few occassion already!

And please don't stand guard outside the classrooms just to peek at ds or even take photos, videos of them as it is very distracting to kids and the teachers can't do their work properly. First few days very important for setting class rules, giving instructions and important info, so please let the teachers and kids focus on what's happening in class instead of being distracted by parents along corridors.

Sorry for being such a kapo! As I'm a teacher in another school so know how some things work in school

And, yes, the guide book given by the school is very useful. Just follow the instructions there and your boy will be fine! Get ready to receive SMS from school and even teachers too, as they usually send reminders via SMS to parents.

[ParentOfXJ]

Thanks for the insightful advice catmum… they make sense… I too think parent paparazzis in school is a bit much… good idea to check out the nearby coffeeshops too

[growie]

Thanks Catmum for all the advice given. Well appreciated!! :celebrate:

[meiah]

ParentOfXJ:

Thanks for the insightful advice catmum.. they make sense.. I too think parent paparazzis in school is a bit much.. good idea to check out the nearby coffeeshops too

Can do grocery shopping at ntuc too. Got one just open there recently.

[catmum]

My pleasure! :love:


Btw, someone asked me why do i call myself \"catmum\"? Actually we are all catmums -- Catholic High School Mummies!! :lol:

Have a great year ahead!

[phankao]

meiah:

ParentOfXJ:

Thanks for the insightful advice catmum.. they make sense.. I too think parent paparazzis in school is a bit much.. good idea to check out the nearby coffeeshops too

Can do grocery shopping at ntuc too. Got one just open there recently.

Where is this NTUC you are talking about?