Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Trapwithin]

markfch:

Trapwithin:

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.

Have done that. DS usually does ok for math. He checks when told that these are mock test papers. For languages, he tends to lose marks on fill in the blanks (vocab) qns & comprehension OE.

I guess this would be representative of most P1 kids his age so I'm fine with that.

Good to hear that. :celebrate:

[Happy Mama]

markfch:

php:

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....

Looks like Trapwithin inadvertently transferred some of his 'reflective' attribute to me, haha. Side track a bit. I found the tt bat cover you wanted at Gallen sports shop @ BT Plaza, 2nd floor. It costs only $5.50. Tempted to buy but then decided to wait for you to buy and pass it to me later.

:rotflmao: that's a good one...

[Happy Mama]

markfch:

Trapwithin:

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.

Have done that. DS usually does ok for math. He checks when told that these are mock test papers. For languages, he tends to lose marks on fill in the blanks (vocab) qns & comprehension OE.

I guess this would be representative of most P1 kids his age so I'm fine with that.

Wow that's good! Shows that he's on the right track and his Daddy is doing a good job too! :celebrate:

[janet88]

markfch:

Trapwithin:

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.

Have done that. DS usually does ok for math. He checks when told that these are mock test papers. For languages, he tends to lose marks on fill in the blanks (vocab) qns & comprehension OE.

I guess this would be representative of most P1 kids his age so I'm fine with that.

Since you are a REGULAR here and have already done the litmus test, then your son should be doing fine. He is in P1 right ?

[Mum1113]

IJJ:

Mum1113:

Was reading this morning's ST talking about some schools having supp classes for P3/P4......well for ours, though not call supp class, but feel it is just about the same , cos kids have little time on his own (CCA, TTLT)..

I so agree. Yesterday, when dh heard abt TTLT for the first time...his first response was, \"Another elitism stuff?\" I take in as another good-to-have- exposure. Balance is the thing. I try to let my children has other non-academic classes (in fact, those are their only classes), such as sports/music to balance off. Time is very precious, so, planning is important. My P4 writes down/plans her schedule everyday she touches home. She will have sometimes set aside for her piano and reading. The faster she finishes her school works and 'mommy' works, the more time she has to relax.

Absolutely, I must say for dd also discipline in organising hw, mummy's hw and reading and reading as leisure. Weekends = sweat it out = jogging to de-stress

[markfch]

Happy Mama:

Wow that's good! Shows that he's on the right track and his Daddy is doing a good job too! :celebrate:

Thank you, thank you. I'll print out your 表扬 and ask dw for a salary raise, haha.

[lizhi]

markfch:

Happy Mama:

Wow that's good! Shows that he's on the right track and his Daddy is doing a good job too! :celebrate:

Thank you, thank you. I'll print out your 表扬 and ask dw for a salary raise, haha.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[markfch]

janet_lee88:

Since you are a REGULAR here and have already done the litmus test, then your son should be doing fine. He is in P1 right ?

Think I'm more than regular. I'm furniture here.

I'm ok as long as ds manage to get decent scores. I won't fall over myself if he doesn't get those top grades because I feel that what is tested for P1 is very different from what is going to be tested for PSLE.

I know that I'm unable to articulate my reasoning as succintly as I wish. But I subscribe to some of the things Chenonceau wrote in her blog on parenting style. She put it down so well.

[janet88]

markfch:

janet_lee88:

Since you are a REGULAR here and have already done the litmus test, then your son should be doing fine. He is in P1 right ?

Think I'm more than regular. I'm furniture here.

I'm ok as long as ds manage to get decent scores. I won't fall over myself if he doesn't get those top grades because I feel that what is tested for P1 is very different from what is going to be tested for PSLE.

I know that I'm unable to articulate my reasoning as succintly as I wish. But I subscribe to some of the things Chenonceau wrote in her blog on parenting style. She put it down so well.

I read Chenonceau's blog and the article posted...it's really good.
Sometimes, kids do need to suffer some failures to 'wake' up...but like what she mentioned, not mid-year or final year exams.
Like your boy, my daughter is also in P1. Won't stretch her too much but yet cannot completely relax (even though no CA or SA) bcos foundation has to be built. We do few pages of exercises every night.

[Trapwithin]

janet_lee88:

We do few pages of exercises every night.

Consistent is key then SA will be a breeze.