Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

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markfch:

How time flies. It seems so recent when we parents happily went for the P1 Orientation Day last Nov, no doubt full of anticipation and zeal. Well, today marks the first month of formal education for ds. As a keen observer, how shall I rate the experience for him so far? Starting with academics …


Academics
DS frequently complained that lessons are boring for all 3 subjects as he has been taught them before. But before anyone congratulate me for preparing him well, I must quickly add that those activity sheets that he brought back for me to sign are usually full of mistakes. Rarely do I get one that is error free. I must find one day to sit down and have a quiet word with him on the relationship between lessons he *thinks* he knows and the scores in his worksheets. That said, I realized that the teachers are strict with handwriting which is a good thing. Quite a few of ds’s answers were marked incorrect due to his illegible handwriting.

Physical
This is one of ds’s favourite activities. Sometimes he’ll spend the whole of recess running around and playing the fool with his classmates. I’m glad I signed him up for table tennis as a CCA. Like most things outside of studies, ds will throw his life and soul into it. As a parent, it’s extremely satisfying to see one’s kid so enthusiastic about something.

Social
DS made two good friends in his class within the first week of school. They are both boys. DS still refuses to mix with the girl that is sitting next to him, saying that boys and girls talk different things. It also helps that he has some childhood friends from his kindy who are studying in the same school. Sometimes one of his kindy friend and him will spend recess playing the piano in the school. Clever boy! Playing piano is an excellent way to attract girls in future.

Spiritual
DS attends the recess prayer every Tues and Thurs. One day, he came home and told me that it is ok if he doesn’t do well for his studies but he must not do bad things. Apparently the in-house preacher told him that. I was very happy to hear this because I could never say it (the part about never mind not doing well for studies of course).

In summary, things turned out relatively well. Of course there were times when he was reprimanded by teachers for making small mistakes. But I take it as part and parcel of training for NS so I’ve no problem with that.

Hmmmmmmmm .... Bro Mark has Turn Reflective! :roll: :roll:

But Am Glad your ds Adjusts Well and Enjoys Schooling, Some More Handling Academics Work Very Well ....

Mark, I Find that For Boys this Age, They Tend to B More \"Physical\" than Academics - Well, at Least Mine R!

And they Tend to B Looking at the Biiiiiiiiiig Picture (As Most Male R) Rather than Small Details (which Female R Generally Better at) ....
Hence the Small Mistakes .... And Imperfect, Error-Free Work Sheet.

Agreed that U Should Find Some Time to Talk to your ds ....
May B Cultivate the Habit of Checking ....

And Improving His Penmanship, as Well ....
Marks R Hard to Score in Tests and Exams, But to Loose it Due to Illegible Handwriting is Such a Pity ....

Hope that Your ds will Continue to DO Well ....
:celebrate: :celebrate:

[piezolbs]

IJJ:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"E3\"] Instead, train them AFTER P3, like offering the Thinkers Today, Leaders Tomorrow programme, so that on one hand, you develop many excellent students for PSLE, on the other hand, you keep the brains.

Ya the TTLT is a very good programme. Not too sure if they offer it only to the top class....

No, they offer to some pupils from other classes too. Most, not all, in the top class get it. The forms are given out today to the P4. Unfortunately, the EL program is on Friday, crashes with my girl's CCA. Any parent appealing for another day?[/quote]My daughter also got the maths and English forms. But they all crash with her CCA. Seems she does not want to quit her CCA while I really want her to join. Having a headache how to cope with this.

[php]

markfch:

How time flies. It seems so recent when we parents happily went for the P1 Orientation Day last Nov, no doubt full of anticipation and zeal. Well, today marks the first month of formal education for ds. As a keen observer, how shall I rate the experience for him so far? Starting with academics …


Academics
DS frequently complained that lessons are boring for all 3 subjects as he has been taught them before. But before anyone congratulate me for preparing him well, I must quickly add that those activity sheets that he brought back for me to sign are usually full of mistakes. Rarely do I get one that is error free. I must find one day to sit down and have a quiet word with him on the relationship between lessons he *thinks* he knows and the scores in his worksheets. That said, I realized that the teachers are strict with handwriting which is a good thing. Quite a few of ds’s answers were marked incorrect due to his illegible handwriting.

Physical
This is one of ds’s favourite activities. Sometimes he’ll spend the whole of recess running around and playing the fool with his classmates. I’m glad I signed him up for table tennis as a CCA. Like most things outside of studies, ds will throw his life and soul into it. As a parent, it’s extremely satisfying to see one’s kid so enthusiastic about something.

Social
DS made two good friends in his class within the first week of school. They are both boys. DS still refuses to mix with the girl that is sitting next to him, saying that boys and girls talk different things. It also helps that he has some childhood friends from his kindy who are studying in the same school. Sometimes one of his kindy friend and him will spend recess playing the piano in the school. Clever boy! Playing piano is an excellent way to attract girls in future.

Spiritual
DS attends the recess prayer every Tues and Thurs. One day, he came home and told me that it is ok if he doesn’t do well for his studies but he must not do bad things. Apparently the in-house preacher told him that. I was very happy to hear this because I could never say it (the part about never mind not doing well for studies of course).

In summary, things turned out relatively well. Of course there were times when he was reprimanded by teachers for making small mistakes. But I take it as part and parcel of training for NS so I’ve no problem with that.

my eyes still not opened completely in the early morning, wow... our brother trapwithin writing reflection again....thought that trapwithin must be writing this when he was sleepy....when does he has a ds? his dd already in P2, now then wrote about her dd's first month in P1, too late mah...right?

Thinking to poke our brother trapwithin, I openly my eyes bigger this time....WHAT???? did i read wrongly? was not trapwithin, it was our brother markfch writing reflection.....hey, brother, this is copyrighted...only trapwithin can write reflection....hahahha....

Jokes aside, nice to know your ds is coping well....he is liked my dd when she was in P1, saying boring as she already knew all the stuffs, careless while doing worksheets...Not only we prepared them well for P1, pre-schools also played their parts...so basically, they will probably shaking their legs till end of T3....actually, now you can start preparing him for SA1.. i am not joking...work on pass year papers, teach him exam techniques, teach him how to check, teach him how to handle higher level solving techniques...i started abit too late for my dd...think about it...
don't worry, we will not poke you for doing all these...hahaha....

[IJJ]

piezolbs:

My daughter also got the maths and English forms. But they all crash with her CCA. Seems she does not want to quit her CCA while I really want her to join. Having a headache how to cope with this.

Welcome, piezolbs! This is my first time seeing your posting in this PH forum. Another P4 parent. Yeah! :celebrate:

I am not sure abt Monday, but Friday is when many CCAs fall on, hence, I wrote a note withe the form and gave my dd 2 cheques (one for $70 and another $30) to see if the teachers are willing to change the day for EL. You can try appealing for the change, who knows, maybe there are many parents who are asking too, the teachers may consider.

[IJJ]

markfch:

Well, today marks the first month of formal education for ds.


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In summary, things turned out relatively well. Of course there were times when he was reprimanded by teachers for making small mistakes. But I take it as part and parcel of training for NS so I’ve no problem with that.

That is great!

[Trapwithin]

markfch:

Academics
DS frequently complained that lessons are boring for all 3 subjects as he has been taught them before. But before anyone congratulate me for preparing him well, I must quickly add that those activity sheets that he brought back for me to sign are usually full of mistakes. Rarely do I get one that is error free. I must find one day to sit down and have a quiet word with him on the relationship between lessons he *thinks* he knows and the scores in his worksheets. That said, I realized that the teachers are strict with handwriting which is a good thing. Quite a few of ds’s answers were marked incorrect due to his illegible handwriting.

One good litmus test - throw him a SA1 exam paper to see how he fair.
You will have an idea how strong is his concept.

[IJJ]

piezolbs:

My daughter

There are not many parents with girl in P4 in this PH forum. Yeah!

[Trapwithin]

php:

Thinking to poke our brother trapwithin, I openly my eyes bigger this time....WHAT???? did i read wrongly? was not trapwithin, it was our brother markfch writing reflection.....hey, brother, this is copyrighted...only trapwithin can write reflection....hahahha....

Markfch .. you heard the man ...
Time to pay up .. Royalties :rubhands:

[Trapwithin]

php:

Jokes aside, nice to know your ds is coping well....he is liked my dd when she was in P1, saying boring as she already knew all the stuffs, careless while doing worksheets...Not only we prepared them well for P1, pre-schools also played their parts...so basically, they will probably shaking their legs till end of T3....actually, now you can start preparing him for SA1.. i am not joking...work on pass year papers, teach him exam techniques, teach him how to check, teach him how to handle higher level solving techniques...i started abit too late for my dd...think about it...

don't worry, we will not poke you for doing all these...hahaha....

Markfch .... php is right on the above. I also started late.
I only get semi-involved in August last year.
Now I KS .. involved early.

SA1 occupied 40% .. a lot of parent get a shock after SA1 then all scramble ... react ... and start to monitor. By securing these 40%, will help a great deal in marks, as well as the fundamentals.
You are blessed to have a good starting ground .. don't lose that.
Caveat .. though I am late .. but my dw is not late

[janet88]

Hi Trapwithin,

This I totally agree with you.
For kids who have CA1, that will be the first shock for parents, followed by SA1. The reason, I guess, is bcos we don’t know what to expect, the difficulty level of the paper set etc etc. CA1 is 10%, so ‘rescue work’ can still be done at SA1.

Checking means re-doing the whole paper. That is something kids have to learn, not flipping the paper. My son finally learnt to do ‘real checking’ last year at P4.