Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Mrsbongz]

janet_lee88:

Mrsbongz/markfch,

Do your boys have 听写 for both hanyu pinyin as well as 汉字 ?

No, so far all are in HYPY only. it's rather infrequent also, on an adhoc basis only..

[janet88]

Mrsbongz:

janet_lee88:

Mrsbongz/markfch,

Do your boys have 听写 for both hanyu pinyin as well as 汉字 ?

No, so far all are in HYPY only. it's rather infrequent also, on an adhoc basis only..

Really ? I'm very surprised it's not on weekly basis esp for Pei Hwa.
I am struggling with daughter's weekly 听写 in another school (non-SAP).

[markfch]

Mrsbongz:

Markfch, my ds didnt even tell me there's tingxie!! Sorry to b of not much help, will update if he remembers anything

Maybe the teacher told the class this during those 2 days your ds was absent. On the first day of sch, my ds already mentioned your ds's name to me. Glad to know that our 2 sons are the best of friends in class & more :celebrate: .

[markfch]

janet_lee88:

Really ? I'm very surprised it's not on weekly basis esp for Pei Hwa.
I am struggling with daughter's weekly 听写 in another school (non-SAP).

No complaints from this parent here. No regular 听写? Pls keep it that way

[comfy]

Just want to share that my DD's class (in NYPS) has recently watched a movie \"Akeelah and the Bee\". http://www.alluc.org/movies/watch-akeelah-and-the-bee-online/9037.html. I watched this before and found it very inspiring. Her class watched it for 3 days and required to do a worksheet on it. Hope that all of you will enjoy it.

[php]

markfch:

janet_lee88:

Really ? I'm very surprised it's not on weekly basis esp for Pei Hwa.
I am struggling with daughter's weekly 听写 in another school (non-SAP).

No complaints from this parent here. No regular 听写? Pls keep it that way

听写will come during the start of Term 2 when they cover 第一课...For this term, just relax and master the HYPY will do....If you have the 听写 list, take a look at them, each week will have one set of words for 听写. If I am not wrong, your list should have 5 sets of words covering 第一课 to 第五课 (ie the end of Book 1A).... which mean SA1 coming liao....

just for info, there is 10 weeks for each term...So please don't have the impression that it is still plenty of time before SA1..SA1 will start during week 5/6, by then, they should have completed their oral for both english and chinese. By week 7, they should have done with the mock exam. the SA1 will be on week 8/9....so it is relatively a very short term for Term 2 and Term 4....

For those who have already mastered HYPY, flip to the back of the textbook and go through the 必读字 and 必写字...

[janet88]

markfch:

janet_lee88:

Really ? I'm very surprised it's not on weekly basis esp for Pei Hwa.
I am struggling with daughter's weekly 听写 in another school (non-SAP).

No complaints from this parent here. No regular 听写? Pls keep it that way

I believe you would have no complaints about this. Since I can't do anything about daughter's weekly 听写 and testing on both hanyu pinyin and han zi, I will just coach her to the best I can. Must remind myself not to scare her nor burn myself over this small thing.

[Mrsbongz]

markfch:

Mrsbongz:

Markfch, my ds didnt even tell me there's tingxie!! Sorry to b of not much help, will update if he remembers anything

Maybe the teacher told the class this during those 2 days your ds was absent. On the first day of sch, my ds already mentioned your ds's name to me. Glad to know that our 2 sons are the best of friends in class & more :celebrate: .

Maybe, he didn't bring back the project sheets that you mentioned previously too. I've asked him to submit his medical cert, but he simply refused :roll: insisting that the teacher didn't ask.. I guessed she prob forgot he was absent. think i better drop her an email.

It's good to know they enjoy playing together too

Janet, I think it's good that your dd has tingxie now, at least it will be a gradual buildup rather than a sprint towards SA1, at least she gets to familiarise herself with the workload. My DS' sunday sch fren in MGS doesn't even have homework, tingxie or spelling.. haha.. my son was so envious!! i guess every school has different approach to school work.

[markfch]

php:

just for info, there is 10 weeks for each term...So please don't have the impression that it is still plenty of time before SA1..SA1 will start during week 5/6, by then, they should have completed their oral for both english and chinese. By week 7, they should have done with the mock exam. the SA1 will be on week 8/9....so it is relatively a very short term for Term 2 and Term 4....

For those who have already mastered HYPY, flip to the back of the textbook and go through the 必读字 and 必写字...

How do you know that I've the impression that it is still plenty of time before SA1? You understand me so well, brudder. This being the case, all the more we must conserve energy during term 1 :evil: .

So far I've done lots of stuff with ds except touch those textbooks. Ok, will take a look at those 必读字 and 必写字. Thanks.

[markfch]

janet_lee88:

I believe you would have no complaints about this. Since I can't do anything about daughter's weekly 听写 and testing on both hanyu pinyin and han zi, I will just coach her to the best I can. Must remind myself not to scare her nor burn myself over this small thing.

Yes, we must try not to stress our kids too much so that they can conserve energy (soli, I know I keep harping on this energy thingy, it is something I picked up from NS :oops: ).

Personally, I think it's better to let the kids (at least P1/P2 level) read whatever they're interested in rather than bore them with spelling/exams which can be a chore. I think they learn better w/o these types of distraction. Sacrifice a bit of marks at lower pri to reap the benefits at PSLE. In international chess it's called a gambit. Hope my (unproven) theory is correct cos that's what I believe in.

Having said this, I'm still grateful for ds to be trained in spelling in his kindy years.