First Day at Primary One 2011

[janet88]

Hi rainbows,

My son has ugly handwriting since P1. His Chinese is worst ! I explained to him to improve bcos he will be penalized if teacher doesn’t understand…don’t get me wrong, if you find your daughter’s handwriting acceptable, don’t have to take what her teacher said to heart.

[rainbows]

hi janet_lee88/ksme/minnie/hqek


thanks for your advices

yesterday, she told me her english/form teacher wants her to give her a jotter book ie have to write her name and class - all in again. :stupid:

yesterday i told her to write her name and class nicely then give to teacher.. she was quite hesistant.. must be thinking what happen if teacher ask me to erase again and say ugly again ... :roll:

i have to keep reminding her that her previous teachers have never mentioned that her handwriting is ugly .. hopefully it helps

now i'm eagerly waiting for her to come back with what the teacher said about her handwriting this time round

my gal's buddy is from primary 5. she only has 3 days of buddy company. today she would be all by herself - one more step towards independence :celebrate:

[2DMommy]

janet_lee88:

Hi rainbows,

My son has ugly handwriting since P1. His Chinese is worst ! I explained to him to improve bcos he will be penalized if teacher doesn't understand...don't get me wrong, if you find your daughter's handwriting acceptable, don't have to take what her teacher said to heart.

Agree. My son also has ugly handwriting when he was younger but as he grows, it gets better. Guess for now, we need to encourage them, make them like school and slowly correct them.

[rainbows]

thanks 2dmummy


now i feel better :lol: hoping my gal will see the light soon just like me

really praying that my gal will not be blacklisted by the teacher

[janet88]

2DMommy:

janet_lee88:

Hi rainbows,

My son has ugly handwriting since P1. His Chinese is worst ! I explained to him to improve bcos he will be penalized if teacher doesn't understand...don't get me wrong, if you find your daughter's handwriting acceptable, don't have to take what her teacher said to heart.

Agree. My son also has ugly handwriting when he was younger but as he grows, it gets better. Guess for now, we need to encourage them, make them like school and slowly correct them.

My son was penalized for his ugly and slipshod handwriting in P1/2...esp for Chinese. I showed him the consequences (answer marked wrong bcos teacher couldn't see clearly) of his ugly handwriting and explained to him that teachers have to mark many students' exam slips and have no time to figure out what is written...once teacher cannot see answer clearly, he/she will mark it WRONG.
For P1 child, encourage him/her to write nicely. Praise the child.
When my son's handwriting didn't improve at P2, I sat beside him with an eraser and erased all that he has written.

[rainbows]

hi janet


thanks very much for your tip

i'll do that with her...

[BigDevil]

janet_lee88:

How come a P2 student can be a buddy ? They are in the school just a year ago ! Son's school had P2s to be buddy to P1s once but changed to P5s after that.

Partial single session schools have no choice about that, since only P1 and P2 students are in the PM session.

[janet88]

BigDevil:

janet_lee88:

How come a P2 student can be a buddy ? They are in the school just a year ago ! Son's school had P2s to be buddy to P1s once but changed to P5s after that.

Partial single session schools have no choice about that, since only P1 and P2 students are in the PM session.

Not really. Some schools have P5 students who stay back to buddy the P1s.

[Busymom]

janet_lee88:

BigDevil:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]How come a P2 student can be a buddy ? They are in the school just a year ago ! Son's school had P2s to be buddy to P1s once but changed to P5s after that.

Partial single session schools have no choice about that, since only P1 and P2 students are in the PM session.

Not really. Some schools have P5 students who stay back to buddy the P1s.[/quote]Then I pity these P5s, after half a day of class still need to stay back in school... :lol:

[Busymom]

hquek:

rainbows:

Dear all,


My girl's form teacher told her that the wordings she wrote outside her exercise book (where her name, class, subject is to be written) is ugly. she told her to ask me to write for her instead.

my gal came back very sad.

wondered should i be glad that her teacher is so frank to her? :?

My first reaction in your case would have been to label the teacher siao - but that's not advised. So, first chance I get, I would probably speak (nicely) with the teacher and understand where she is coming from.

Haizz, the teacher expectations very high? Gosh, not all kids have copperplate handwriting. Anyway, define NOT ugly - it's a P1 kid for goodness sake.

For your girl, boh pian, just encourage her to make lemons out of lemonade and prove the teacher wrong. Sorry about your experience - it really is a downer on start of school.

In my kid's case, the school told us (parents) to fill in for him - guess that's good becos though my handwriting not good, at least it does not have direct impact on my kid.

In my kid's school, the parents are also asked to write for their kids. I was still thinking that the school should ask the kids to write for themselves. I remember writing my own in P1 during my time. Maybe not perfect and could have mistakes here and there, but at least we get to learn from our mistakes. And to think that our kids are now so much more advanced than we were at that age, academically at least. :idea: