Pei Chun Public

[Aggie]

mamemo:

bboomer71:

Teacher wrote in diary that the test is on picture description, picture provided by school. She did not say whether the picture is a book cover -- i will ask her haha. Maybe she will think kiasu parent. But what to do? Nowadays different from the past. Will update again!

Hi bboomer, thanks for the update !

Oh dear, let's hope the children can do well for Chinese. My DS said the paper is ok only. Nowadays, chinese is not easy for kids.

My child's Chinese teacher is very strict. His MA1 for Chinese had the answer written correctly but got one mark deducted bcos he wrote the first alphabet of the hanyupinyin slightly \"higher\" than the rest. If not, he could hv scored full.

[Callie Tan]

Aggie:

mamemo:

[quote=\"bboomer71\"]Teacher wrote in diary that the test is on picture description, picture provided by school. She did not say whether the picture is a book cover -- i will ask her haha. Maybe she will think kiasu parent. But what to do? Nowadays different from the past. Will update again!

Hi bboomer, thanks for the update !

Oh dear, let's hope the children can do well for Chinese. My DS said the paper is ok only. Nowadays, chinese is not easy for kids.

My child's Chinese teacher is very strict. His MA1 for Chinese had the answer written correctly but got one mark deducted bcos he wrote the first alphabet of the hanyupinyin slightly \"higher\" than the rest. If not, he could hv scored full. [/quote]Apparently the children are reminded not to write capital letters when dealing with hanyu pinyin... my girl's Chinese teacher deducted a mark for this only mistake too...

[jce]

Chinese teachers in PC are very strict with marking, have to make every stroke very clear, whether it’s writing chinese characters or pinyin.

[Callie Tan]

jce:

Chinese teachers in PC are very strict with marking, have to make every stroke very clear, whether it's writing chinese characters or pinyin.

Cultivating good habits is essentail... my girl's handwriting is quite untidy...

[marmum]

Callie Tan:

marmum:

My child passed all the 3 MAs but dit not do well for English and Chinese. Had to attend Academic Support Programme for English next Tue. Anyone have any idea about this programme?

Academic Support Programme? Is it remedial? What time? May I know how the teacher inform you? Via Pupil's diary or memo?

Sorry I have totally no clue about this but heaps of questions...

The teacher gave out letters for parents to sign. Wonder how the teacher guage what grades are required to attend?

[marmum]

Freesias:

marmum:

My child passed all the 3 MAs but dit not do well for English and Chinese. Had to attend Academic Support Programme for English next Tue. Anyone have any idea about this programme?

AS is remedial for the weaker students. The teachers will usu go through the concepts and give them extra worksheets to do. Useful for the kids as it's very important to have a good foundation, treat it as free tuition

Hi Freeasias, any idea about how the lessons would be conducted and how many students per class? Do you have more info on the AS?

[mamemo]

jce:

Chinese teachers in PC are very strict with marking, have to make every stroke very clear, whether it's writing chinese characters or pinyin.

agree, my boy had his ting xie marked wrong because he drew bigger black circle as the full stop!

[Callie Tan]

marmum:

Callie Tan:

[quote=\"marmum\"]My child passed all the 3 MAs but dit not do well for English and Chinese. Had to attend Academic Support Programme for English next Tue. Anyone have any idea about this programme?

Academic Support Programme? Is it remedial? What time? May I know how the teacher inform you? Via Pupil's diary or memo?

Sorry I have totally no clue about this but heaps of questions...

The teacher gave out letters for parents to sign. Wonder how the teacher guage what grades are required to attend?[/quote]I see... Thanks for the reply. As to how they decide who needs to attend the remedial, maybe you can check with the FT?

[brownie_06]

mamemo:

jce:

Chinese teachers in PC are very strict with marking, have to make every stroke very clear, whether it's writing chinese characters or pinyin.

agree, my boy had his ting xie marked wrong because he drew bigger black circle as the full stop!

Some schools even stricter than PC. The t in HYPY must curl up. The q cannot have the tick after the vertical stroke.

[Callie Tan]

brownie_06:

mamemo:

[quote=\"jce\"]Chinese teachers in PC are very strict with marking, have to make every stroke very clear, whether it's writing chinese characters or pinyin.

agree, my boy had his ting xie marked wrong because he drew bigger black circle as the full stop!

Some schools even stricter than PC. The t in HYPY must curl up. The q cannot have the tick after the vertical stroke.[/quote]Oh my girl writes q without the tick after the straight stroke... she said her teacher told her to...