All About Preparing For Primary One

[Artbeaucoup]

What are your concerns in preparing your child for his/ her Chinese?

[jkcy]

Hi. Just like to share my personal views on some ways which you can try to help make Chinese more appealing to your child - http://www.ilovechildren.org.sg/blog.php?blogid=25

[jkcy]

All the talk about the academic preparation is getting me very nervous cos I still allow my boy to play all day but back to another concern - can those of you experienced parents please advise the non-academic aspects to look out for too? Also, anyone knows where to find seminars about getting our child ready for p1?

[corneyAmber]

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jkcy:

All the talk about the academic preparation is getting me very nervous cos I still allow my boy to play all day but back to another concern - can those of you experienced parents please advise the non-academic aspects to look out for too? Also, anyone knows where to find seminars about getting our child ready for p1?

Can share some experiences with you on non-academic aspects:

1. How to count money
2. How to buy food
3. How to be mindful of own properties (even with sticker labels, the items may never come back). Especially when they start to play, they will forget water bottle, wallet, lunchboxes and sometimes even part of their uniforms if they have a few pieces removable, eg pinafore.
4. For all payment made to school, always hand cheques to them instead of cash if they need to hand in to teacher, at least for Term 1.
5. Teach them how to pack their own bag
6. Cultivate habit to inform you automatically of all messages from school
7. How to look out for bullies
8. How to manage the bullies
9. Know where the General Office is is important
10. Don't buy shoes too big that they cannot run properly during PE
11. Don't buy the std plastic covers to wrap textbooks, it will fall off or cut them and it certainly does not keep the books in mint condition so it defeats its purpose. :lol:
12. Remind that they should try to go everywhere in 2s especially toilets
(a) toilets may not be their size cos it caters from P1-P6 so some of
the taps not easy to push, a friend around can help, otherwise
some get out without washing. Yucks!
(b) there may be adults cleaners inside there and nowadays, cleaners
can be male or female. Going in 2s is safer in case of pedophiles.
13. Caution them that the bookshop is only for buying essentials as I see
many kids shopping in the bookshop during recess and skip meals to
buy favourite toys or stationeries.
14. Get an elastic attachment to the wallet to hang on the uniform. At this age, they can lose virtually anything.
15. Lastly, very important to note, remind them not to run but walk in the school compound....too many accidents have happened at the lower primary level and sometimes they lose their milk teeth in this way. :roll:

If I remember more, will add on.

[IJJ]

It will be great if your child can collect some phone numbers of classmates to countercheck for stuffs they miss out/unsure.

[schellen]

IJJ:

It will be great if your child can collect some phone numbers of classmates to countercheck for stuffs they miss out/unsure.

I second this. Sometimes, children forget to write down (or don't even bother to do so) in their handbook, especially if the teacher does not emphasise this from Term 1. It also helps when your child is absent from school.

[ChiefKiasu]

schellen:

I second this. Sometimes, children forget to write down (or don't even bother to do so) in their handbook, especially if the teacher does not emphasise this from Term 1. It also helps when your child is absent from school.

That's why we set up the Parents' Networking Groups mah... so that you can find your kakis right here at KiasuParents.com.

[Full.010894Cream]

for my 2 kids, think the parents initiated the exchange of emails via the form teacher. from there, parents can choose to also exchange tel no.


these days P1 & 2 very relak one. also, it's not as if they will have to repeat the yr if they fail a couple of spelling or tests. we shd learn not to stress ourselves up....it's just the beginning of a LONG LONG journey!!

[concern]

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Hi,

I would like to send my kid for P1 preparatory class.. Any good learning centres and courses to recommend?

Thanks.

[MMM]

I did this for my P1 last year :


1) 6 weeks HYPY class at Molin (I think they have already started this week or so)

2) British council P1 preparatory course during school hols.

3) Accelerated advanced phonics lesson to ensure he completes it before P1.

But if you feel that your child is already well prepared for P1, you don’t actually have to do that. I did that as I felt a gap in my son’s learning.

For a start, it might be good to evaluate your own child first to see if there are any gaps that you want to fill. Then just focus on those areas.