Maha Bodhi

[2818]

I am not against using HM first of all. But then the way teacher teaches the student is it using the method of what US’s teacher is teaching. As a parent I really don’t know. I have to coach my son by buying more enrichment and assessment books to guide him since he has not started any tuition yet. I have doubt on the way how the teaching and learning method goes. Can anyone share or is there someone who knows more could share with us. Is there someone who has attended any briefing on the ‘HM’ when they started it?

[chasingjelly]

shn:

Do u think jus a few parents sounding out loud will be enough??? Really need lots of parents writing to MOE , feedbacks etc. I did call up & ask the teachers but they say o it's the school! Actually fault reAlly dun lies on the teacher n level manager! It's the one who advise to use Hm. I guess most of u would have read the \"newsletter\" given up! They( MBS ) claim that HM is better according to dun know what research! But looking at the work load, a very thick book, poor quality paper, pupils are impossible to do every pages and so expensive HM! Do you ( MBS parents ) think that it will really help??? MBS parents out there whom seen the worksheet, any other advice??? Oh ya MBS students won't have the chance to do past year papers for English . It seems like they are changing topics every year! The weirdest thing is to test kid what is make believe and fact in exam??? Oh gosh !!! I really can't imagine whAt is the outcome! Do we as parents need to find tutor? Haha updating do kids have tution? :?

Grammar will always be grammar. As long as the child knows it well enough, s/he can do any exam paper. The only difference, which I noticed about MBS papers is that they tend to test more on the technical aspect of grammar. E.g. Underline the verbs. This is going back to the good ole days before Stellar. You may have read somewhere that some parents do complain that their kids' grammar foundation isn't strong under the Stellar program.

Comparing the HM books and Stellar books, I will say they are both equally easy for most local children. How well a school can deliver depends on its supplementary worksheets. I must agree that MBS is really lacking in that area. Writing was not done in a scaffolding manner with each theme. I need to look at the whole P3 requirements before I can decide if it is a huge jump from P2 to 3.

[baong]

I am concern about this issue as well. Will voicing out to the PSG help?

[shn]

baong:

I am concern about this issue as well. Will voicing out to the PSG help?

My boy use p1 to p3 ( this year) my dd p1, p2 n p4! Last year p3 they use my pal! Really upset that they use this group as gunie pig! Jus our luck! I think we should really voice up together! Not jus a few! Really too simple comPare to other school!

[jennykhots]

2818:

My boy is in P2G this year. The FT is supposed to be the one mentioned Ms A Soh, now on ML and currently a relieve teacher is taking the class. After reading all the comments from the parents I am starting to be very worried for the class. The worst thing still having ends. According to my boy the CL 8 teacher, Mr Goh is going for NS. So again someone will cover. So so worried. What happen to MBS!

My boy was taught by A Soh. She's super nice. Be patient. Well, a shortage of teachers is a common scenario in spore . Each year it depends o n yr luck, sometimes u get a dedicated teacher but goes on ML, or at times u get a not so dedicated teacher who doesnt give HM but is present everyday. At the end of the day, the school fees is only $11/mth. and 1 teacher to 30 and later 40 pupils. So, either join the US & opt for home schooling or just pump kids with tuition.

[lostbunny]

shn:

My boy use p1 to p3 ( this year) my dd p1, p2 n p4! Last year p3 they use my pal! Really upset that they use this group as gunie pig! Jus our luck! I think we should really voice up together! Not jus a few! Really too simple comPare to other school!

But before we voice out to the management, do we know what sort of supplementary worksheets other schools are using? We may have to do some homework to find out 1st.

[jennykhots]

shn:

adbie:

[quote=\"shn\"]seems like the Teacher conference doesn't seems to help ! so why hold a TC when they are unable to give info ?

felt weird when they change P3 EL my Pals to HM. Is MBS going down slope?

Hi, care to share why HM is not as good as my pals?

Imagine :? ...... paying 10 times higher price for a thick book, compare to the my pals, which we had not seen before. Until the end of the term, after the kids had done some part of the book, then the teachers will return part of the worksheet to us. AT the end of the year, when everything were return to us, i think not more than 70 % were done.
Then for each theme worksheet, Not every pages are done, meaning they will skip pages.


when the worksheets came back, (P2)
One of the exercise :
Two Letter - One sound. Each spelling word is spelled with th, wh, sh or ch.
Kids were told to put
when , which Under Whale
chase, which, teach, catch under chair
both, then, teeth, than under thumb
SOUNDING ARE THAUGHT DURING THE KINDER, and somehow, kids are to learn this agin when they in P2.

Another exercise.
KNowing your ABC's under P2 Theme 3: Neighborhood & Comm

Read the words in each box. Write the five words in ABC order.

most morning move mother month

??????????????????????????????????????????????

There are many parts of exercise that want kids to learn the sounds, vowel pair, I heard from a kid mum that . . . During lesson, the teacher also not so sure about the answer & have to keep looking at the answer ( teacher's Note).

Eg : Now write each word under the train that has the same vowel pair

Pail : train waited paid
may : spray stay day


ARE THEY TRYING TO TRAIN KIDS TO GO PSLE WITH PROFESSIONAL LISTENING & SPECIAL POWDER OF PARING THE SOUNDS????????????????

I realise that my DS taking (p1 & P2 HM) had drop in her grammer & comprehension , and voccab. cos she cant do well in other school exam paper.

P1 & P2 MBS english paper are quite simple & weird compare to other school.
Given a passage... Telling U that a Bear who is a doctor, treat a few paitients. then reading a newspaper.... etc ( cant really remember)...

Then kids were ask to list out the FACT & MAKE BELIEVE.
EG ...
1) THE BEAR IS A DOCTOR.
SO IS IT A FACT OR MAKE BELIEVE??? OF COS IT'S A MAKE BELIEVE
2) Bear reading a newspaper.
I cant remember excatly but parents want to know more, may ask the teachers for 2009 (P2 mid year paper)

Kids in MBS (P1 & P2 using the HM) were trained like this. then now..... P3 (2011 they still insist to use the HM) I think i got to buy more asses book & send my boy to more tution.

My point is...... for a P1 & P2, i felt that its very misleading to a kids. It's very Different compared to other school.
p.s ARE PSLE suppose to know this???[/quote]
I think MBS's direction is towards developing each child in a holistic way. If you are really the kiasu type, then you should pump your kid's with tuiton like Maths Olympiad, Jumpstart Science, or creative writing class.
NOw my P5 girl will be having a 3 day leadership camp after CNY & which is right b4 the CA. Shldn't they be revising? Well, then again, my china friend a peidu mama and her child is from a YCK primary. She only started tuition in P6,took her PSLE 2010 age 13, scored 252...where's the logic.? self motivation. I believe that efforts should come from the mummy & ultimately the child, that is only to a certain extent that the school can help.

[2818]

jennykhots:

2818:

My boy is in P2G this year. The FT is supposed to be the one mentioned Ms A Soh, now on ML and currently a relieve teacher is taking the class. After reading all the comments from the parents I am starting to be very worried for the class. The worst thing still having ends. According to my boy the CL 8 teacher, Mr Goh is going for NS. So again someone will cover. So so worried. What happen to MBS!

My boy was taught by A Soh. She's super nice. Be patient. Well, a shortage of teachers is a common scenario in spore . Each year it depends o n yr luck, sometimes u get a dedicated teacher but goes on ML, or at times u get a not so dedicated teacher who doesnt give HM but is present everyday. At the end of the day, the school fees is only $11/mth. and 1 teacher to 30 and later 40 pupils. So, either join the US & opt for home schooling or just pump kids with tuition.

Thank you for your advise. Thank you for the update on Ms A Soh. We have clarified during the TMP last Saturday that A Soh is actually not the FT. The General Office staff has given the wrong information to the parents. Tentatively, my son's class has not fixed the permanent FT yet. We were told that most of the P2 classes had their P1 FT followed thru but not for P2G. So unfortunate!

[2818]

jennykhots:

2818:

My boy is in P2G this year. The FT is supposed to be the one mentioned Ms A Soh, now on ML and currently a relieve teacher is taking the class. After reading all the comments from the parents I am starting to be very worried for the class. The worst thing still having ends. According to my boy the CL 8 teacher, Mr Goh is going for NS. So again someone will cover. So so worried. What happen to MBS!

My boy was taught by A Soh. She's super nice. Be patient. Well, a shortage of teachers is a common scenario in spore . Each year it depends o n yr luck, sometimes u get a dedicated teacher but goes on ML, or at times u get a not so dedicated teacher who doesnt give HM but is present everyday. At the end of the day, the school fees is only $11/mth. and 1 teacher to 30 and later 40 pupils. So, either join the US & opt for home schooling or just pump kids with tuition.

[adbie]

jennykhots:

I think MBS's direction is towards developing each child in a holistic way. If you are really the kiasu type, then you should pump your kid's with tuiton like Maths Olympiad, Jumpstart Science, or creative writing class.
NOw my P5 girl will be having a 3 day leadership camp after CNY & which is right b4 the CA. Shldn't they be revising? Well, then again, my china friend a peidu mama and her child is from a YCK primary. She only started tuition in P6,took her PSLE 2010 age 13, scored 252...where's the logic.? self motivation. I believe that efforts should come from the mummy & ultimately the child, that is only to a certain extent that the school can help.

I'm really curious how do parents and children find time for so many enrichment classes? How do you manage?