Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[markfch]

Just had a chit-chat with ds about switching Chinese enrichment. He agreed to give it a try. But the tone in his voice and the softness of his reply tell me that he's quite reluctant about it; agreeing only because of the implicit pressure I must have unknowingly been putting on him. I know my son well. That being the case, I'll prefer the status quo.


Just received ds's oral test results from Berries today. Unsurprisingly, really mediocre grades. So while he's quite strong in hanzi, he can still learn a lot from Berries in terms of conversational skills and language expression.

To improve his oral, I have decided to communicate with ds using Chinese alone. Needless to say, all was quiet during dinner. My spoken Chinese all came out as 'one-piece, one-piece.' (must translate to Hokkien)

[periwinklejoy]

markfch:

Just had a chit-chat with ds about switching Chinese enrichment. He agreed to give it a try. But the tone in his voice and the softness of his reply tell me that he's quite reluctant about it; agreeing only because of the implicit pressure I must have unknowingly been putting on him. I know my son well. That being the case, I'll prefer the status quo.


Just received ds's oral test results from Berries today. Unsurprisingly, really mediocre grades. So while he's quite strong in hanzi, he can still learn a lot from Berries in terms of conversational skills and language expression.

To improve his oral, I have decided to communicate with ds using Chinese alone. Needless to say, all was quiet during dinner. My spoken Chinese all came out as 'one-piece, one-piece.' (must translate to Hokkien)

hi Mark its great u listen to d inner voice of yr ds. Its tough right for us? On one hand we want to help make d best decision poss for our child but on d other hand we also want him/ her hv a say prior to makg any decision. I had to make a decision to let my elder one stop one of her enrichment last time, n d agreemt was she cld keep off tt enrichm as long she cld maintain her grades in dat related subj. She was ok until d followg yr n she herself agreed to sign up though in a diff centre. Now she is happier n self-driven in prepg for d class n doing hw for dat subj prior to each lesson. So dependg on d type of kids and their maturity level, its good to respect our kids' opinions n keep options open. I was glad that i gave my dd d option though my hub was v agst her droppg out of tt. N i was glad i had some \"terms\" laid out so she wld naturally experience d consequences of her actions n make her decision on her own.
Mark, hv u tried to let yr ds watch \"Ah Yo Yo Lao Shi\" cds? My elder dd loved it wen she was young n i tink its quite educational

[Funx3]

zsqchx:

Does anybody know when the P6 report book will be given out? Thanks

My Gal Says the T Have Keyed in the Prelim Results last Fri into the Sys (Mark Confirmation by the students was on last Fri, After their PSLE LC).

Think the Report Book shd be Returned within These Few Days ....

[zsqchx]

Funx3:

zsqchx:

Does anybody know when the P6 report book will be given out? Thanks

My Gal Says the T Have Keyed in the Prelim Results last Fri into the Sys (Mark Confirmation by the students was on last Fri, After their PSLE LC).

Think the Report Book shd be Returned within These Few Days ....

Thank you!

[Mrsbongz]

markfch:

To improve his oral, I have decided to communicate with ds using Chinese alone. Needless to say, all was quiet during dinner. My spoken Chinese all came out as 'one-piece, one-piece.' (must translate to Hokkien)

I know what you mean, I've asked dh to speak in only chinese with my boys, and he is really struggling very hard.. very often I have to interpret for my in-laws or anyone else when they speak in Chinese to my boys too...

I ever asked my boy to speak in Chinese with his frens (like ur ds markfch :evil: ) n he asked me:' You crazy huh? What to say?!'

[markfch]

periwinklejoy:

hi Mark its great u listen to d inner voice of yr ds. Its tough right for us? On one hand we want to help make d best decision poss for our child but on d other hand we also want him/ her hv a say prior to makg any decision.

Thanks for the support, periwinklejoy. With only one child, I don't really have that much experience in parenthood. Most of the time, I just base on gut-feel. I want ds to do well academically. I want ds to be happy. I'm greedy, I want both, haha.

periwinklejoy:

I had to make a decision to let my elder one stop one of her enrichment last time, n d agreemt was she cld keep off tt enrichm as long she cld maintain her grades in dat related subj. She was ok until d followg yr n she herself agreed to sign up though in a diff centre. Now she is happier n self-driven in prepg for d class n doing hw for dat subj prior to each lesson. So dependg on d type of kids and their maturity level, its good to respect our kids' opinions n keep options open. I was glad that i gave my dd d option though my hub was v agst her droppg out of tt. N i was glad i had some \"terms\" laid out so she wld naturally experience d consequences of her actions n make her decision on her own.

Glad to hear your dd is so mature (to keep her promise). Is the younger one still at the enrichment we were sharing earlier?

periwinklejoy:

Mark, hv u tried to let yr ds watch \"Ah Yo Yo Lao Shi\" cds? My elder dd loved it wen she was young n i tink its quite educational

We watch very little TV programmes at home. He used to watch 喜羊羊与灰太狼 & Doremon when younger. Don't think I can get ds to sit down quietly and watch Chinese programmes nowadays. That plus everything is spoken in English at home, no wonder ds can't speak Chinese well. Can't really blame him.

Side track a bit. I allowed ds to play computer games since young (to me it's not a lot but others really considered it a lot based on the feedback I got in this PH thread). I used to think that as long as his grades are good, I've no problem with him gaming on-line. Then recently, I got an unexpected call at night from his T, telling me about the dangers about excessive gaming. How come she knows?

I can sense the determination in her voice that ds must reduce game time. That night onwards, gaming time was immediately slashed by half. DS knows from my tone that certain things I say are non-negotiable.

That's why I consider ds very fortunate to be in a sch like PH to educate him.

Mrsbongz:

I ever asked my boy to speak in Chinese with his frens (like ur ds markfch :evil: ) n he asked me:' You crazy huh? What to say?!'

If our kids can only communicate in Chinese, then they will understand the phrase 'Silence is golden.'

Yes, it certainly takes time getting use to communicating solely in Chinese, for both of us. But I'm determined that ds cannot get that kind of grades for oral again in Berries.

Well, better late than never.

[periwinklejoy]

Hi Mark, my elder one is still there but not d younger one as they had to discontinue her class since d teacher had bn ill. N the class they opened to replace dat class was on a Thur or Fri evening! How to attend wen our kid in P2 r in pm classes? So i hv 2 double up n

coach her lor btw did dey issue u d for referring me?

[markfch]

periwinklejoy:

Hi Mark, my elder one is still there but not d younger one as they had to discontinue her class since d teacher had bn ill. N the class they opened to replace dat class was on a Thur or Fri evening! How to attend wen our kid in P2 r in pm classes? So i hv 2 double up n

coach her lor btw did dey issue u d for referring me?

DW being financially more savvy, is in charge of all money matters. She's the one who made the payment. Unfortunately I forgot to tell dw about the referral.

[drickymummy]

Jennifer:

Mrsbongz:

Thank u everyone! Was hoping to increase his study time as he doesn't have enrichment, n i will like he to improve. But when he complained, i was worried abt pushing him too hard. Having all ur feedback is good for me to have a gauge. Thank u!!

Some pushing is good.

My elder boy who was pushed earlier in his lower pri days was able to go auto-pilot in upper pri days. Even now in sec sch, I hv no need to worry for him. He was given 7 pcs of sch assignments over the weekends and he told my hubby that he has them all covered.

I dunno if this has got to do with blood group. Typically Type A pple are more independent and sensible. Unfortunately, my P4 boy is not a Type A person- always doing last min work :faint:

My boy n me both blood type A leh.. He probably has not reach my expectation of being \"automatic\" when comes to homework.. he will do his work independently but that is after me nagging and calling him fr work...

[Mrsbongz]

:scratchhead: We r all type b at home, not much hope for self motivation. Maybe i need to order eggless bunny cakes fr funx3 on a regular basis!!