Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[janet88]

verykiasu,

If the bar is drawn at 270, then the teachers would be teaching just a small handful. I will also pity the girls if it is so. 250 is not easy to achieve.

St Andrews’ Sec takes in all the boys from junior at 180 points…that’s the way it should be for affiliated secondary, same goes for other affiliated schools. Along the way, take in foreign students to boost its O level grades.

[Mrsbongz]

wow, i really envy all of you.. my DS has to be forced to read.. he likes to borrow and buy books, but tells me straight that he hates reading.. complete opposite of me.. sigh.. He recently just asked to buy a geronimo stilton book, happily bought for him, then when i asked, he said he bought becos the frens are reading.. :roll: hopefully he will be more encouraged to read when he sees his frens reading..

[janet88]

Mrsbongz:

wow, i really envy all of you.. my DS has to be forced to read.. he likes to borrow and buy books, but tells me straight that he hates reading.. complete opposite of me.. sigh.. He recently just asked to buy a geronimo stilton book, happily bought for him, then when i asked, he said he bought becos the frens are reading.. :roll: hopefully he will be more encouraged to read when he sees his frens reading..

Hey same situation here. My son doesn't like to read while I can read anything from pamplet inside my cosmetic to instructions on the tube of cream. He asked to buy the Geronimo book and I was really happy doing so. But he bought it bcos his friends have the book :x

[markfch]

janet_lee88:

Hi markfch,
You feel the 'force' to walk towards Popular too ? Much as my brain doesn't want to step into Popular, my legs don't seem to 'listen' and ultimately I see myself inside
For Horrible Science, son has the 'Body Owners' Handbook' and 'Blood, Bones and Body Parts'. I find the books interesting esp the first title.

I think Popular got this effect on lots of parents :>. Must be some kind of powerful voodoo they have, haha.

Ok thanks for the Horrible Science recommendation. Will take a closer look at \"Body Owner's Handbook\".

[markfch]

E3:

My girl borrows Horrible Science from the NLB. Old and tattered but she doesn't mind. We also have church friends who subscribed NG Kids and she borrowed them to read. Her cousins will pass her all their old and new copies of Young Scientists which she will devour one set of 8 in one single night and re-reads them again whenever she has the time. We are members of Science Centre so we get the Science Centre mag delivered. The whole idea is to be interested and read.

I was thinking since P1 enblocs to P2, then might as well take advantage of it and transfer the time away from the textbooks and do something else ds really likes. Too bad they decided to retain SA1/2 for P1 otherwise there'll be even less distractions. :roll:

Looks like all the juggernauts here are proposing the same thing (which is read, read, read). So this can't be wrong. On-your-mark, get set, go .... :lol:

[Mrsbongz]

janet_lee88:

Hey same situation here. My son doesn't like to read while I can read anything from pamplet inside my cosmetic to instructions on the tube of cream. He asked to buy the Geronimo book and I was really happy doing so. But he bought it bcos his friends have the book :x

Same!! My DH tried to say that most boys are like that, but DS2 is like me... we read everything from advertisements on vehicles to cd covers etc.. I had initially planned to get DS1 to start reading the papers at Pri 1, but he wouldn't even try to read the headlines!! :x how to improve without reading?!?!

[markfch]

Mrsbongz:

wow, i really envy all of you.. my DS has to be forced to read.. he likes to borrow and buy books, but tells me straight that he hates reading.. complete opposite of me.. sigh.. He recently just asked to buy a geronimo stilton book, happily bought for him, then when i asked, he said he bought becos the frens are reading.. :roll: hopefully he will be more encouraged to read when he sees his frens reading..

Don't say liddat lah, Mrsbongz. My ds is only child, it does get lonely sometimes for him. So reading is a good way of letting him pass time.

[janet88]

markfch:

janet_lee88:

Hi markfch,
You feel the 'force' to walk towards Popular too ? Much as my brain doesn't want to step into Popular, my legs don't seem to 'listen' and ultimately I see myself inside
For Horrible Science, son has the 'Body Owners' Handbook' and 'Blood, Bones and Body Parts'. I find the books interesting esp the first title.

I think Popular got this effect on lots of parents :>. Must be some kind of powerful voodoo they have, haha.

Ok thanks for the Horrible Science recommendation. Will take a closer look at \"Body Owner's Handbook\".

Parents are sucked into Popular. HaHaHa.
IMM is one place where my brain and legs don't coordinate...brain says, 'Don't step in'. Legs say, 'Just take a look'.
I find 'Body Owner's Handbook' a good introduction to Science and body functions...rather fun and interesting to read, nothing academic.
Got the 2 other books from last year's BookFest (20% discount).

[dyh]

Trapwithin:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"php\"] http://clubs-shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/74622


markfch, don't frame me, ok....it is trapwithin, he passed me the lobang one, i only just helped him to answer......

:thankyou: php!

That's the one that I bought from. Thank php.
Do note that there is price diff in Singapore site and UK site.[/quote] Is it possible to order from the UK site and do they deliver to Singapore? TIA.

[Happy Mama]

dyh:

Trapwithin:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"]
:thankyou: php!

That's the one that I bought from. Thank php.
Do note that there is price diff in Singapore site and UK site.

Is it possible to order from the UK site and do they deliver to Singapore? TIA.[/quote]Ya I thought of doing that too, but wonder how much the shipping cost is gonna cost. :?