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[Tinkerbelle]

jesyeo:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"jesyeo\"]How's ur DD English test today? My DD said she only had the spelling. Weird.

Just a spelling test?? If I recall correctly, last year, DD2 had a mini diagnostic Eng paper but only selected components like, rearranging sentences, compre MCQ, grammar & vocab. P1 only had the full paper in SA2. Maybe the sch is revamping the P1 syllabus.

Have checked with DD again. They do have the Eng paper but to them is just an \"exercise\". They din know is actually the test paper.[/quote]OIC.....Ya, good that the kids don't know they're even doing a test....not so stressful for the P1. :lol:

[Tinkerbelle]

jesyeo:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"lvkt\"]Tinkerbelle and all,

do you know the details of celebrating birthday at school? how does it go? i didn't know if we can hold a mini birthday celebration at school during recess until DD brought back a goodies bag y'day so i was wondering can we do that? coz DD's b'day is coming up, sigh...need to prepare 29 goodies bags and a cake, is it?

TIA

Hi lvkt,
Usually for birthdays, some parents will give out party bags, some parents will invite selected kids (usually better friends) to a birthday party out of sch. Some will do nothing. It's really a personal choice.... it's not compulsory to give party bags or bring a cake in.

However, some parents choose to give party bags to share the joy with DDs' classmates. The party bags will be distributed to the classmates and they will sing a birthday song to the birthday gal. No birthday cakes allowed in the classroom. If you want to bring a birthday cake, let your DD's FT know in advance so she can gather the kids at the canteen during recess.

Recently, for DD2's birthday, I didn't bring a birthday cake in. I just delivered 30 party bags (DD wanted 1 for her FT as well), packed with lots of goodies.

So you brought the 30 party bags and pass it to her FT? Coz it will be too heavy for your DD to carry herself right?[/quote]Definitely too heavy for DD2 to carry all the party bags to sch...keke. I asked DD1 to deliver them to her class for me. Last year, DD2's form teacher asked me to drop the party bags at the General Office and she sent 2 gals to collect them from the General Office.

If you intend to deliver the party bags to the class yourself, may be a good idea to inform the FT a few days before via email. Some teachers prefer not to have parents rock up and disrupt lessons.

[Tinkerbelle]

wkong:

Hi All,


Does anyone know if the CCA for tomorrow is still on for P1 & P2?

Thanks,
wkong

Hi wkong,
Sorry...not too sure. If no one knows here, might be a good idea to call the General office first thing tomorrow morning to confirm with the staff.

[cantbearit2]

jesyeo:

cantbearit2:

[quote=\"jesyeo\"]How's ur DD English test today? My DD said she only had the spelling. Weird.

aiyo, my DD say she has no test. chum liao.... she prob din even noe wat's a test. sigh....

Not to worry, cause the teacher din tell them is a test. They are only told to do \"Exercise\". I think is good that way too so that they will not get too stress up.[/quote]Finally, today DD told me they had \"maths exam\". Thot she still blur blur dunno wats gg on.

[cantbearit2]

jesyeo:

Yup. I have checked with my DD. Apparently, the teacher din make known to them that what they did is a \"TEST\". To them is just \"EXERCISE\". No wonder she came back and tell me no test leh, only do exercise. In that exercise, there are fill in the blanks for the words and also listening comprehension. Then the spelling is on spelling book. But no reading of 50 words. However, she did that 1 or 2 weeks ago, I tot is just a revision. So I guess that is part of the actual test??

Hey..my DD also likes to say \"easy peasy lemon squeezy\" when she comes across simple questions. Guess that's the \"IN\" quote in their class huh.

Yes. I also can't wait to get over all the test. Then can relax relax.

My DD1 used to say \"easy peasy lemon squeezy\" during her K2 days too. :scratchhead: :scratchhead: Kids lingo perhaps???

[fmastuki]

Tinkerbelle:

jesyeo:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]
Hi lvkt,
Usually for birthdays, some parents will give out party bags, some parents will invite selected kids (usually better friends) to a birthday party out of sch. Some will do nothing. It's really a personal choice.... it's not compulsory to give party bags or bring a cake in.

However, some parents choose to give party bags to share the joy with DDs' classmates. The party bags will be distributed to the classmates and they will sing a birthday song to the birthday gal. No birthday cakes allowed in the classroom. If you want to bring a birthday cake, let your DD's FT know in advance so she can gather the kids at the canteen during recess.

Recently, for DD2's birthday, I didn't bring a birthday cake in. I just delivered 30 party bags (DD wanted 1 for her FT as well), packed with lots of goodies.

So you brought the 30 party bags and pass it to her FT? Coz it will be too heavy for your DD to carry herself right?

Definitely too heavy for DD2 to carry all the party bags to sch...keke. I asked DD1 to deliver them to her class for me. Last year, DD2's form teacher asked me to drop the party bags at the General Office and she sent 2 gals to collect them from the General Office.

If you intend to deliver the party bags to the class yourself, may be a good idea to inform the FT a few days before via email. Some teachers prefer not to have parents rock up and disrupt lessons.[/quote]Hi lvkt

It was my girl's b'day on the 28th Feb. My wife wrote in to her FT and stated our intention. We were advised to bring the cake to the canteen during their recess time.

Both my wife & I took leave yesterday and we also brought in the goody bags with us so that my daughter didn't have to carry anything.

It was quite an experience for us on Monday. We had loads of her classmates & other children from other classes who gathered around the table and they all sang her the birthday song. Then came the chaos......heaps of children gathering round for the cake and the goody bags. :?:

We really didn't mind giving the cakes away to other children but we only had enough goody bags for her classmates and I couldn't tell, for the love of God, who are her classsmates....LOL.

All these had to be done in about 20 mins as the children had to have their proper meal and get ready to go back to class.

I later discussed with my wife that should we do it again for her next year, we'll send the goody bags directly to class just before their recess time and we'll pre cut and pre plate the cakes in the disposable plates before the kids come out for their break. We'll have a smaller cake with candles just for them to sing and for her to blow out the candles and thee children could go on with their cakes right after.

You might wanna consider this as an alternative in case you intend to do something similar. :idea:

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi lvkt,
Usually for birthdays, some parents will give out party bags, some parents will invite selected kids (usually better friends) to a birthday party out of sch. Some will do nothing. It's really a personal choice.... it's not compulsory to give party bags or bring a cake in.

However, some parents choose to give party bags to share the joy with DDs' classmates. The party bags will be distributed to the classmates and they will sing a birthday song to the birthday gal. No birthday cakes allowed in the classroom. If you want to bring a birthday cake, let your DD's FT know in advance so she can gather the kids at the canteen during recess.

Recently, for DD2's birthday, I didn't bring a birthday cake in. I just delivered 30 party bags (DD wanted 1 for her FT as well), packed with lots of goodies.

Thks for the info, Tinkerbelle! Aiyo, my DD1 will nv have any chance to share her happiness in sch cos her b'day is during yr end sch holidays. She will b v disappointed.

[autumn82]

cantbearit2:

jesyeo:

[quote=\"cantbearit2\"]
aiyo, my DD say she has no test. chum liao.... she prob din even noe wat's a test. sigh....

Not to worry, cause the teacher din tell them is a test. They are only told to do \"Exercise\". I think is good that way too so that they will not get too stress up.

Finally, today DD told me they had \"maths exam\". Thot she still blur blur dunno wats gg on. [/quote]Tomorrow is the killer sub for my gal.. :!: Can't do much revision with her coz tmr CCA in da morn.. :lol: :lol: :lol: Gd luck to all gals!!!

[autumn82]

cantbearit2:

Tinkerbelle:

Hi lvkt,
Usually for birthdays, some parents will give out party bags, some parents will invite selected kids (usually better friends) to a birthday party out of sch. Some will do nothing. It's really a personal choice.... it's not compulsory to give party bags or bring a cake in.

However, some parents choose to give party bags to share the joy with DDs' classmates. The party bags will be distributed to the classmates and they will sing a birthday song to the birthday gal. No birthday cakes allowed in the classroom. If you want to bring a birthday cake, let your DD's FT know in advance so she can gather the kids at the canteen during recess.

Recently, for DD2's birthday, I didn't bring a birthday cake in. I just delivered 30 party bags (DD wanted 1 for her FT as well), packed with lots of goodies.

Thks for the info, Tinkerbelle! Aiyo, my DD1 will nv have any chance to share her happiness in sch cos her b'day is during yr end sch holidays. She will b v disappointed.

My gal's bdae is at end of Nov, so to celebrate with her classmates, we usually celebrate advance like the last day of sch.

[cantbearit2]

lvkt:

cantbearit2,

yes, very true about ICR programme, i just withdrew my DD from ICR too, she joined ICR when she was 5 plus already but i could see the improvement as independent reader as well as spelling too. During the pre-school was still okey as no homework or less work to do but since we started primary school, every nite is like in a battle, especially we put our DDs to GSSC so no morning time is allowed to prepare for any test/spelling/HW that we'll have to finish it all at nite time, so i really want to rest over the weekend, we (DH and i) don't want to spend weekend to push her to do HW/spelling to prepare for her weekend enrichment classes, feel so pitiful for her or DH and i can't take it anymore too, haha..

lvkt, which stage of ICR did yur DD stop? My DD1 is ending her advanced stage around May/Jun this yr. Aft tat, we will not continue wif their Pri sch prog.