Marymount Convent

[Tinkerbelle]

Hurray...SA2 exams are finally over for everyone. Party time!! :rahrah:

[LLX04]

yes yes, so glad SA2 are over. my gal is already in her holiday mood and getting really excited on the fun fair this saturday. its great that the students have the fun fair to look forward to. She wants her daddy to dunk her teachers and she thought it will look funny for a good laugh. Hope everyone will have fun

[michyms]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi michyms,


I don't know if there'll be any changes next year but yes, the 2011 P1 gals sat for a mini streaming test around week 7 or 8 to determine which Chinese class they'll be allocated to in Term 2. For DD2's time in 2010, their batch only had the Chinese streaming test end of Term 2.

You are right, the test will be in HYPY but there will be vocab & sentence structures tested too but in HYPY. In order to do well, the child will need to be well-versed in HYPY and be able to understand the meaning of sentences.

In addition, the teachers also assess the child's oral skills during class and their apptitude for Chinese. Those who are weaker in HYPY and/or oral skills will then be allocated to a class where learning is tailored at their level. Conversely, those who excel in Chinese will be further stretched to their potential.

Yes, some kindies do not teach HYPY so these kids might be slightly disadvantaged in the first part of the year. In such cases, parents are encouraged to send their kids for some form of HYPY lessons externally or teach the kids some HYPY themselves. Does your DD's kindy teach HYPY?

Tinkerbelle, my dd's kindy started teaching HYPY earlier this year, because they hired a new Chinese teacher and this new teacher recommended to teach (it wasn't in the syllabus). However, because I thought they were not going to teach, I had already sent my dd to one of those cheap group classes conducted by the Resident's Committee. That served its purpose because she was already familiar when the childcare centre teacher started teaching. So I'm not worried about the HYPY. The only disadvantage of having her learn HYPY is that when she reads Chinese books with HYPY on it, she tends to read the HYPY instead of the Chinese characters :slapshead: So I would take a ruler and cover up the HYPY to force her to recognise the character :nunchuk:

[michyms]

Tinkerbelle:

:rotflmao: I totally understand what you mean.....I have the same problem when I guide DD1 for upper pri. Chinese oral. The pictures and vocab get harder & I don't know many terms in Chinese so I also need to 'cheat' with the CD.... :oops:

Tinkerbelle, I'm trying to improve my own Chinese standards by reading some Chinese books as well... I have never read a Chinese story book in my entire life, except for my school textbooks :razz: So I am checking the dictionary every few sentences :imdrowning: Thank God for modern dictionaries on the iPhone!

[michyms]

Tinkerbelle/LLX - enjoy the holidays with your dds, now that SA2 is over! Hope they all do well

[cantbearit2]

michyms:

gorilla :hi5: I am desperately trying to bring my girl's standard up to speed as well before P1, so every night she is having intensive Chinese lessons conducted by me (which means this potato mummy is studying every night to prepare lessons too)

Wow, U r one hardworking mummy wor... :salute:

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi cantbearit2,
All P6 will be mending different stalls at the Fun Fair on Saturday but DD1 is not sure where she'll be posted yet. Will let you know once she hears anything. Thanks for your support. :salute:

Yup, will definitely chase after you to say hello if I spot you...keke. Hope I can still recognise you.
DD2 is so ecxited about the Fun Fair. She's already telling me which teachers she want to dunk. Then she told me : Mummy, you can dunk the Principal.\" :evil:

My DD is oso v excited abt e fun fair. DH joke wif her tat if her results for SA2 is not gd, we will not b gg. She got so upset.

e best part is she told me to dunk myself. :mad:

[cantbearit2]

LLX04:

yes yes, so glad SA2 are over. my gal is already in her holiday mood and getting really excited on the fun fair this saturday. its great that the students have the fun fair to look forward to. She wants her daddy to dunk her teachers and she thought it will look funny for a good laugh. Hope everyone will have fun

Yes, party time folks! :boogie: :boogie:

Let's all have a gd time at e fun fair. happy dunking!!!

[ohdaddy]

BTW for parking at MCS, where do we parents park the car? At the nurseries?

[Tinkerbelle]

LLX04:

yes yes, so glad SA2 are over. my gal is already in her holiday mood and getting really excited on the fun fair this saturday. its great that the students have the fun fair to look forward to. She wants her daddy to dunk her teachers and she thought it will look funny for a good laugh. Hope everyone will have fun

Hi LLX04,
Ke ke...my DDs also in holiday mood already. Best part is no homework anymore. :imcool:

Yes, the kids in sch seem to be really excited about the Fun Fair. Should be fun for the kids.

Looking forward to next week too....No sch on Monday ( Hari Raya) & Tuesday (sch marking day). :boogie: