Catholic High (Primary)

[catmum]

bluemoon:

Son decided to join band as CCA, he is in P2, is there any practises in the mornings?

Yes, Band has morning practises and I think they report at 6.50am, according to a mommy that I know.

[catmum]

Hmmm... any experienced mums or dads who know of a good after school care centre near school? Should have reasonable food and will check and guide boys with their homework type.


Coz this couple of weeks ds has been coming home with quite a lot of homework everyday. I spent hours guiding him with his work and to ensure that he doesn't doze off in the afternoon hours... Looks like the load is getting heavier by the day.

I don't know how to manage this when I go back to work a few months later when my leave ends... If he can only get guidance when I get home like 7 plus in evening, then we'll probably finish at midnight! Mother-in-law is looking after him but know nothing about school work.

Any recommendation? :?:

[bluemoon]

catmum:

Yes, Band has morning practises and I think they report at 6.50am, according to a mommy that I know.

*faint*

Thanks, but I really wonder the effectiveness of early morning practises.

[catmum]

bluemoon:

catmum:

Yes, Band has morning practises and I think they report at 6.50am, according to a mommy that I know.

*faint*

Thanks, but I really wonder the effectiveness of early morning practises.

Well, I'm not sure about band, but ds in CO said he gets to \"touch\" his instrument and practice with it in the morning.
The mommy with ds in band said the teacher told the boys that they are likely to be playing live for morning flag raising ceremonies sometime later!!! :!: Good luck!

[phankao]

catmum:

bluemoon:

[quote=\"catmum\"]
Yes, Band has morning practises and I think they report at 6.50am, according to a mommy that I know.

*faint*

Thanks, but I really wonder the effectiveness of early morning practises.

Well, I'm not sure about band, but ds in CO said he gets to \"touch\" his instrument and practice with it in the morning.
The mommy with ds in band said the teacher told the boys that they are likely to be playing live for morning flag raising ceremonies sometime later!!! :!: Good luck![/quote]Most schools do that. National anthems. I wonder whether they'd learn the school song as well ;D

[phankao]

bluemoon:

catmum:

Yes, Band has morning practises and I think they report at 6.50am, according to a mommy that I know.

*faint*

Thanks, but I really wonder the effectiveness of early morning practises.

Some kids don't practise at all at home, so how to improve, right? So I think the morning practices is to make sure the boys DO practise.

[bluemoon]

Anybody attending Teach Me To Fish next week?

[catmum]

Hi mums and dads! DId you see this -- win $100 voucher from Weke Toys! interested?


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12810

I submit already! Coz ds has the snap circuit Jr 100 set and he loves it! I'm hoping to win and get the bigger set too to make bigger circuits ... $99.90, just nicely use up the voucher!! hee hee...

[ParentOfXJ]

Just in case some parents need to know… it takes only about 15min to reach school from Bt Merah using lornie rd, but school bus will take about 45min (formerly 1 hr) to bring him home.


Something to ask other parents. Have any of you found any suitable maths assessments that match the school’s Accelerated Thinking Maths? Popular bookshop’s assessments are not as advanced. The boys are taught something close to equations now, but using symbols.

[JonC]

You can try buying the Books by OnSponge for P5 and P6, available at CH bookstore. They have from P1 to P4 too.


There is another book (brown colour, cannot remember name) available at Popular bookstores by the same author (Ammiel Wan, former CH Dean of Curriculum and current VP of Rosyth).

These 3 books all having challenging questions and advanced concepts, but it has to be build on books with basic concepts which Popular bookstores have.