Poi Ching

[Trevormummy]

amylqf:

poi ching parents,


my child complaint have stomach ach while eating the food at school canteen, instant noodle and fried kway teow store.

do your child have same incident lately? pls feedback.

my kid did not buy from these 2 stalls. also never complain got stomachache this week. maybe can feedback to the school's relevant officer?

[ululu]

star2sky:

Hi Parents!


I need to register my child for Pri 1 in 2012. I wish to find out how is your child coping with the homework in Poi Ching? Is the scheme really work on them?

As my child still young and he seem to be lazy to do homework, i just worry too much homework, will have negative impact, of course maybe i worry too much.

I just hope that parents here will give me some advice. Thanks.

:lol:

No worries. Poi Ching is a good school, teachers super responsible, most Kids as I can see coping well. Just that do not expect a lot of free time or play time. oh yes, send your DS or DD to some Chinese enrichment program if u are not Chinese speaking family if need be. That may help.

[nonKiasu]

I feel that it all depends on the child on whether there is ‘many homework’ or need to sit beside him to do homework at home.


In term 1, my DS1 has hardly any homework bec he can finish his work in the class. I hardly see any of his chinese and math activity books and didn’t know what he had done then. But my DS2&3 have homework everyday bec either they can’t finish the work in class or have corrections.

Now in term 2, the teacher seems to progress faster than term 1 and many times, there is no time to do the activity books in class. I thot the speed that the sch cover YunYu is too fast - so fast that there is no time to do the YunYu activity book in class! So now, even my DS1 has homework lor!

A sharing of my workload…
Everyday, I must go thru my DS3 bag to DEDUCE what homework/corrections he has. It is a MUST for me to sit beside my DS2&3 so that they do their work. But I only need to get my DS1 to sit down to start his engine without distraction. Once engine started, I can leave him alone.

So, my 5cent worth of conclusion… it is not which sch suit my child but what kind of child do I have.

[ululu]

Haha interesting observation and good point indeed.

[drwho]

please advise what are the student care centers nearby poi ching?

please share your experience with these student care.
thanks

[blue_momento]

Just to give my 2 cents worth as a primary school teacher of many years. Dear parents, spending at least half an hour with your DS or DD in packing his/her bag and going through all the books in his/her bag is vital in the first 3-4 years as this shows that you are 1) interested in your child’s learning in school, and 2)keeping an eye on how disciplined your child is (e.g. is your child spending excess pocket money on unnecessary toys at the bookstore?)


Children are children afterall. If you are a busy working mother or father and only browse through the bag once in a blue moon, the child will soon learn that they can hide their homework or become sloppy in their learning attitude because you "would not find out anyway". Children love to be praised and noticed when they do certain things wel, e.g. writing down their homework neatly in the communication book. Enjoy the parenting journey!

[aloyaloi]

Yes, tonnes of homework and my son has to do his homework till 11 PM - 12 PM almost every night. Did any child in IC also facing this problem?


Teacher will put up the result and pupils' performance on her blog. Not sure is a good thing or not......

ululu:

angel64:

Every class is different in terms of homework allocation.

I heard 1 C has their own class blog. And tonnes of homework.

My DS in 1E still cope-able with his homework and weekly class test.

Not just tons. Progress is super fast. Some homework quite challenging. I used to think I have well prepared my girl for P1 and my girl should have ample time 'day dreaming' or idling in P1 and I myself can sit back and relax at least for the first year. I was totally wrong. I have to sit down wz her nearly every evening (if I am not traveling or doing OT) to make sure she finishes all homework in time.

But I can see most kids are coping well. They are just amazing. So I will just have to swallow my 'complaints' and try keeping up.

[janice_0950]

This week what the busy weeks for P2 pupil’s. As there are ""COMMOM TEST""". And most of the school alrdy had their SA1 done. I rather to have SA1. Commom Test instead. That’s really no different. Always back with all letters. And kind of different testest. Make parents so confused:(


Really workloaded for kids and poor all mummies as well:( Especially not a chinese family speaker. LOL! sob sob sob…

Hey ululu…
Oh you commented Poi Ching teacher’s are super responsible. wowowwo! excuse me, your child (children) in Poi Ching? Sorry, I did not read previous thread pages.
well, you sounded good impression towards all teacher’s in Poi Ching…wowow!!!
Sure, all of them are Super Respoinsible?

However, I would like to highlight all have to depends of our kids and teachers’. LOL!
Seemed the same as hired a maid. Isn’t?
oops! sorry this is my thinking.

[ululu]

Hi bluemoment, Tks for the sharing and advice. Parent support is indeed very important at lower primary level where our kids need guidance most. Just hope that this Period of hand-holding can be less stressful andas swift and brief as possible.


Aloyaloi, just hang on there. These few weeks I finally saw some improvement with DS in coping with her homework. Though I still have to constantly remind, train and nag her to attend to her homework and make sure all is done, her handwriting speed has picked up a lot. Like overnight change of a kind.... One page of tracing used to take more than 40 min.. now only took around 20 min. Thank God. So I think my previous comment about the load could be a bit unfair. It maybe afterall boils down to DS fine motor skill development... Sometimes we just have to be more patient....

I see the blog 100% positive and appreciate it a lot. So far this is the only way I can get the timely first hand update on their school life and progress. Please Keep it going! :))


Hi Janice, no lah, I don't know all teachers, not even having any personal encounter yet. I am telling from the way they mark my DD homework. Very detailed and encouraging, very 用心loh. Looking forward to the upcoming first meet the parents meeting next week.

[angel64]

Hi All,


Just my personal feel. I find the kids are quite pitiful. My DS keeps saying, everyday i have to do so much of work. He can tell me that, "mummy very stressful you know " I have very little time to play. I keep telling him to endure for these 2 weeks after the SA test are over. Quite sad that their childhood is binded by so much school work, workbooks, enrichment classes, etc.

Sometime I think, if ever opportunity arises I wont mind to bring them away from this system.

I have seen some colleagues’ kids, ( foreigner not subjected to such stress ) but they are equally smart and intelligent later on years.
Has it been proven the system in this manner work for our kids ?? Sighhh