Chongfu Primary

[Imp75]

No homework for 1 loyal too. They would be having spelling today

[babycutie71]

Imp75,


Does Rae has her own locker key? Bel said she hasn’t got hers & her partner lost the key.

I wanted to keep a spare PE attire in her locker.

[Imp75]

Yes rae has her own locker key which she keeps it safely in her purse. I am sure the school has spares if the children lose the key

[babycutie71]

Thanks. I have written to Mrs Teng on this issue and get the teacher to keep the PE attire for Bel. I believe the locker key is issued to the pupils during Bel’s absence.


Also Bel hasn’t receive her thermometer yet. I thought pupils need to take temperature everyday? I wonder how she get with it with no thermometer. Mrs Teng said each pupil in P1 will get a ODT. Again, it was issued during her absence.

[snggy]

Icymummy - My boys are also same as yours. Two poles apart. Yes, me too hv to crack my brain on how to help them in school work.


Ya, I saw the P1 spelling paper. Was surprised it was done in that way. But I think this is not really a bad method since the first part of book A are all about HYPY. I guess they are training the kids to listen and write the correct HYPY loh. But I must admit it may not be easy since the kids can easily make mistake given all the MCQs.....I also agree that they should learn words first....Wasted all the effort in K1/K2. He forgot all the words he learnt...

[Imp75]

What is ODT? Rae also doesn’t have the thermometer kit.


As for HYPY, well it certainly trains the pupils’ listening skills and hopefully pronunication skills that are acquired through the attentive listening process. I am not a big fan of HYPY and certainly not dispensing it as well.

[Iluvmygals]

Learning HYPY first doesn’t mean students will be weaker in their recognition of the chinese words. It fact i believe it is meant to help the students pronounce the words…just like how phonics is meant to help kids pronounce the English words.


Also times has changed. Computer software is now an integral part of our lifes and it will become more so. What happens when the computer breakdown? We either wait for it to be repaired or get a new one…will we revert back to paper and pen? I doubt so…would you write a snail mail when your Words breakdown? No…you will find another computer and type away…that is life…it has changed. And the education system is meant to evolve together with how times has changed. In fact I am glad that they put some emphasis on HYPY…cause many children now are reading books on their own without much help from parents cause parents are all working…with HYPY, they could at least try to put a sound to the words that they see (provided the book has both HYPY and the chinese words)…

Are our children guinea pigs of the education system? Yes…we all were…we have gone throught the system ourselves and we were all products of trial and errors of the MOE system…

[2littlemonkeys]

babycutie71:

2littlemonkeys:

[quote=\"babycutie71\"]Just to network a bit. Is there homework for 1 inno?


I have a friend whose kid is in 1 united. The kids r given english hw & spelling for tue.

Hi is your friend in this forum?
My son seem like dunno watz going on in the school
He is in 1united. Tks

Btw any 1united mummies here?

I don't think my friend is in this forum. Her boy's name is Kendrick. You can ask you boy whether he know who is Kendrick.[/quote]He said YES then said dun knw....
:slapshead:

[Imp75]

I firmly believe in appreciating the strokes behind the chinese character (ie why is a certain character worded a certain way, thats how we remember how or why a character is worded a certain way) before embarking on HYPY. We seemed to have lost that in the new syllabus, notwithstanding the fact that HYPY is pretty important in our everyday lives now when using the computer

Iluvmygals:

Learning HYPY first doesn't mean students will be weaker in their recognition of the chinese words. It fact i believe it is meant to help the students pronounce the words...just like how phonics is meant to help kids pronounce the English words.

Also times has changed. Computer software is now an integral part of our lifes and it will become more so. What happens when the computer breakdown? We either wait for it to be repaired or get a new one...will we revert back to paper and pen? I doubt so...would you write a snail mail when your Words breakdown? No...you will find another computer and type away....that is life...it has changed. And the education system is meant to evolve together with how times has changed. In fact I am glad that they put some emphasis on HYPY...cause many children now are reading books on their own without much help from parents cause parents are all working...with HYPY, they could at least try to put a sound to the words that they see (provided the book has both HYPY and the chinese words)...

Are our children guinea pigs of the education system? Yes...we all were...we have gone throught the system ourselves and we were all products of trial and errors of the MOE system...

[Iluvmygals]

[quote="Imp75"]I firmly believe in appreciating the strokes behind the chinese character (ie why is a certain character worded a certain way, thats how we remember how or why a character is worded a certain way) quote]


Maybe i have left school too long ago…but i do not remember being taught how or why certain characters are worded a certain way…

We are talking now as if the children will never be taught the chinese characters…which is definitely not the case. They will be taught the chinese characters, it is just that the system is starting with HYPY first before moving on to the chinese characters.

Honestly, i believe in HYPY cause everytime i forget how to write my chinese characters, I use HYPY to look it up…