Teach Less, Learn More

[QuiteKSMum]

buds wrote :[quote]The best Principal i've met to date. Hands down. [/quote]
buds, your girls were truly blessed to be in such a sch with such gd P & T. Hope you'll have the same \"luck\" in their current sch... :celebrate:

[tamarind]

buds:

Premium? Hehee.. because near condo issit?

No, seriously. The existence of top psle scorers in neighbourhood schools
require the encouragement and observation of the school's teaching staff...
to develop the children's best potentials and also push the children to
excellence...
to the Principal herself on how she supports his or her teaching pool with either
resources or advice plus motivation... to the support the children are getting
from home on top of the kind of environment the child him or herself sets for
study days/times.. Some may or may not have outsourced some help but essentially
the child is motivated by the factors that surrounds the study concept for herself
and no one else. They have it in themselves the need (and of course also
the \"want\") to do well.

Not necessarily near condo

In addition to what you have mentioned, a very important point is parents who are willing to send their kids to tuition centers, even though the kids are already scoring 90+ marks for every subject. I always see the photo of the girl from my kids' primary school, who scored above 275, hanging prominently outside a tuition center in Jurong Point. She obviously had additional help outside of school.

I am more concerned that my kids enjoy the learning process. Learning should never be confined to textbooks or model compositions or assessment books. My P1 boy dislikes assessment books, but he is so happy and motivated to learn a wide range of general knowledge by reading his children's encyclopedia, and he really enjoys reading wonderful children's literature in both English and Chinese. He is exhilarated whenever he successfully builds complicated machines using KNEX on his own. This is what learning should be about, and this is much more interesting than the excruciatingly boring textbooks and assessment books. Everyday when I return home I pray that he does not have homework from school, so that he can spend his time reading good books and playing, which are essential for a happy childhood.

You are very fortunate to encounter a such a wonderful principal. One year ago, I remember hearing my kids' principal saying to all the parents that \"We should let kids do less assessment books, and let them read more story books\". However, this year I heard mommies complaining to her about too much homework. The principal is a very nice lady, but looks like she is too nice and does not have enough control over her teachers.

[ppnqq]

tamarind:

In addition to what you have mentioned, a very important point is parents who are willing to send their kids to tuition centers, even though the kids are already scoring 90+ marks for every subject. I always see the photo of the girl from my kids' primary school, who scored above 275, hanging prominently outside a tuition center in Jurong Point. She obviously had additional help outside of school.

:!: Scoring 90 over for all subjects still need to have tuition? I do not call this kiasu.. there is no word that fits this perfectly, not even super kiasu. The poor child. :heartbroken:

[janet88]

ppnqq:

tamarind:

In addition to what you have mentioned, a very important point is parents who are willing to send their kids to tuition centers, even though the kids are already scoring 90+ marks for every subject. I always see the photo of the girl from my kids' primary school, who scored above 275, hanging prominently outside a tuition center in Jurong Point. She obviously had additional help outside of school.

:!: Scoring 90 over for all subjects still need to have tuition? I do not call this kiasu.. there is no word that fits this perfectly, not even super kiasu. The poor child. :heartbroken:

Scoring above 90 is like WOW. Why still need tuition ?

[corneyAmber]

buds...so enviable.....please PM me yr P's contact, maybe I should talk to her about a transfer.... bwaaaaaaaaaah.... :lol:

[corneyAmber]

ppnqq:

tamarind:

In addition to what you have mentioned, a very important point is parents who are willing to send their kids to tuition centers, even though the kids are already scoring 90+ marks for every subject. I always see the photo of the girl from my kids' primary school, who scored above 275, hanging prominently outside a tuition center in Jurong Point. She obviously had additional help outside of school.

:!: Scoring 90 over for all subjects still need to have tuition? I do not call this kiasu.. there is no word that fits this perfectly, not even super kiasu. The poor child. :heartbroken:

I have no issue if this child needs a stretch for her ability and parents can and willing to afford. I only have issue if a child spends her/his time in centre A, B, C........ for the same subject. That deprives the child of time for unstructured stuff which may not be ideal in the long run.

[Brenda10]

ksi:

ppnqq:

[quote=\"tamarind\"]

In addition to what you have mentioned, a very important point is parents who are willing to send their kids to tuition centers, even though the kids are already scoring 90+ marks for every subject. I always see the photo of the girl from my kids' primary school, who scored above 275, hanging prominently outside a tuition center in Jurong Point. She obviously had additional help outside of school.

:!: Scoring 90 over for all subjects still need to have tuition? I do not call this kiasu.. there is no word that fits this perfectly, not even super kiasu. The poor child. :heartbroken:

I have no issue if this child needs a stretch for her ability and parents can and willing to afford. I only have issue if a child spends her/his time in centre A, B, C........ for the same subject. That derpives the child of time for unstructured stuff which may not be ideal in the long run.[/quote]We go for CL compo. and EL compo. class as these two are not so easy to do at home. At home dd will take more than the require time frame and also a lot of distraction.

[janet88]

HI Brenda,

Same here…don’t have expertise to teach compo. So registered son for EL creative writing. CL tutor coaches son more in OE compre, compo and oral.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

HI Brenda,

Same here...don't have expertise to teach compo. So registered son for EL creative writing. CL tutor coaches son more in OE compre, compo and oral.

Hi Janet

Yes, this arrangement is much easier. They go for the class and get the work done and no homework to bring back lah.

When teacher return the work, we then read through one time and learn from there what to be improved .

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

Scoring above 90 is like WOW. Why still need tuition ?

Exactly this was my Question when my DD1 told me that the classmate sitting besides her has 6 tuitions - EL, CL, Maths, Science, EL Compo & CL Compo! :!: For the CA1 - the girl has full mark for Maths and the rest 3 subjects range from 95-98!! I was like,\"Errr.....more tuitions mean Good? And we are in a neighboring school leh not elite school lor\" Then DD1 seems to know what I was thinking, said\" Oh dear Mummy, I don't need that many tuitions; I don't have the time to rest or play if I have to go for so many tuitions and also my piano lesson!\" .... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: