Marymount Convent

[AbeT]

cantbearit2:

AbeT:

Very informative. Thank you. My daughter is left handed so her handwriting can be terrible. oh dear......

Looks like I have to buy MT storybooks for her as she doesn't own any at all!!!
Will note down your summary.

Left handed? No worries. My DD is right handed but she's got the handwriting of a typical boy, meaning not legible. Mrs. Tan even commented to me during registration at the hall. I feel so paisay. :oops: Honestly, I oso din have much MT storybook. Guess it's a gd time to start shopping for some.

By the way, 1Perseverance got back their spelling bk today. Dun forget to sign and there's handwriting hw today. Did yur DD wrote it down as well?

I have zero MT storybook. Now no choice but to buy but I'm homebound so I have asked my mom to help me buy this weekend.

Yes thanks - I got her to have the habit of passing me her helpmate and folder of worksheet when she gets home. She passed me her spelling book to sign, and told me of her Handwriting and English homework to complete.

[cantbearit2]

LLX04:

One thing to add on, when showing the 2010 PSLE results for Mother Tongue, MCS results for both chinese and tamil are below national average. Seeing this, I am kind of worried as my DD is still speaking broken chinese now.. Thinking of signing her up for enrichment course now. Any recoomendation?

My DD oso speaks broken Chinese despite attendg berries. Y'day she told my mom:\"po po wo chong liang zi ji\". Eng transl: grandma, I shower myself. My mom had a gd laugh....but we Noe it's d eng way of structuring d sentences.
Tink may consider changg if DD dun fare well in her exams.

[preciousmoments]

Jesyeo, hope your mum will get well soon!!


Cantbearit, I saw ur DD on Friday, waiting to go for R Gym. She’s cute! Surprising, tho she takes e same school bus as my DD, they dun seem to know each other at all! By the way, DD got into the P1-P2 school team. My poor mum will have to bring her to school twice a week now. My mum has become so busy with her these days.

And thanks for the detailed write up on the parents briefing! DH was not paying attention and I din manage to catch some stuff as I couldn’t really hear the FT.

Funkymonkey, I think I saw you, or rather your back. Your DD was wearing yellow PE shirt?

[preciousmoments]

AbeT:

I have zero MT storybook. Now no choice but to buy but I'm homebound so I have asked my mom to help me buy this weekend.

Yes thanks - I got her to have the habit of passing me her helpmate and folder of worksheet when she gets home. She passed me her spelling book to sign, and told me of her Handwriting and English homework to complete.

AbeT, congrats on your pregnancy! Do take care n rest well.. You know, with the new habit, your DD will learn to be responsible much earlier! My DD is still very much dependent, stilll too playful to be responsible for her own school bag and HW.

[chergaby]

preciousmoments:

My DD is still very much dependent, stilll too playful to be responsible for her own school bag and HW.

Hi preciousmoments!

My DD \"tasted her own medicine\" last weekend. She was allowed to play on the computer on Sunday after dinner. I asked her to pack her bag before playing and she suddenly realised that she has forgotten to do her HW! In the end, she forgone her PC time to complete her HW.

Hv to make them learn to be responsible.

[preciousmoments]

chergaby:

Hi preciousmoments!

My DD \"tasted her own medicine\" last weekend. She was allowed to play on the computer on Sunday after dinner. I asked her to pack her bag before playing and she suddenly realised that she has forgotten to do her HW! In the end, she forgone her PC time to complete her HW.

Hv to make them learn to be responsible.

Sigh.. My DD whines as she does her HW as it takes her time away from playing. I have a feeling she has to kenna from her teacher once before she will learn her lesson..

[chergaby]

preciousmoments:

chergaby:

Hi preciousmoments!

My DD \"tasted her own medicine\" last weekend. She was allowed to play on the computer on Sunday after dinner. I asked her to pack her bag before playing and she suddenly realised that she has forgotten to do her HW! In the end, she forgone her PC time to complete her HW.

Hv to make them learn to be responsible.

Sigh.. My DD whines as she does her HW as it takes her time away from playing. I have a feeling she has to kenna from her teacher once before she will learn her lesson..

I did a time table for her, placed play time after hw. It somehow motivates her to finish up hw faster n hv more time to play.

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

chergaby:

cantbearit2,

Saw your DD! She's indeed petite, but tell you she's a born leader! Saw how she was trying to lead the girls to the assembly area today.

cantbearit2,

Impressive!!! That's what the prefects in upper pri do when the sch has formal events...greet & direct parents. For lower pri, there are no prefects but there are Student Helpers (the PM session's equivalent of prefects). Only P2 can be student helpers. Looks like your DD is a potential candidate.

Thks 4d compliment, as long she dun need me to worry abt her, I happy liao. :lol:

[cantbearit2]

ahappymom:

cantbearit2: Wow.. very good info, I wrote down too but your list more complete!

abeT: same here, have to buy MT storybooks

Sorry did not hv chance to say hi to everyone in class (my mind was not really 100% in the class because I leave my DD at my friend's house and I hv to get her ready for school).

Glad u find it useful.
Today Juz bought some MT storybks. Wow, they even have the graded kind like \"suitable for P1/2\"

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi LLX04,
For the last 3 years, I've noticed this PSLE trend....MCS's Chinese and Malay is usually slightly below national average when it comes to Quality Passes (A-A*). However, for pass rates in each subject, MCS is usually above the national average, except for Malay MT language.

Yes, MCS is predominately a more English-speaking sch and many gals don't like to converse in MT, including my DDs. With more weightage placed on MT oral component now, that tends to pull the gals's overall MT marks down. So I think it's a good idea to start MT enrichment lessons from young, if your DD doesn't have the a MT speaking environment at home.

My DDs don't go for MT enrichment lessons but I heard a few MCS parents told me Hua Cheng at Thomson Plaza is good. Their teachers are all Chinese natives. All prospective students must sit for a placement test. They also have holiday programmes (no placement tests for these). If you want to try the centre out, maybe can consider their March holiday programme to get a feel of the centre and the curriculum. I've seen Hua Cheng's worksheets for upper pri.....very good idioms and phrases.

Just to share an interesting fact, MCS top Higher Tongue student for P5 last year is a student of Hua Cheng and she was with them since P1. Currently, the P6 are using an oral resource book from the centre. Very good book.

Thks 4d tip!
Will definitely Chk out hua cheng