Radin Mas Primary

[titank]

The Principal said parents can always communicate with the teachers by telephone call or email. This could be the reason the 6 monthly parent meet teacher do not hgave it anymore. :imcool:

[gerber]

I always the there is difference between face to face meetings as opposed to phone call or emails. Besides, PTC allows parents to gather feedback from all teachers in one go. My opinion is that such communication platform should not have been removed.


The school should probably also review the attitude of the vendors they appoint. Went to purchase books yesterday and saw the vendor quarreling with a parent. The vendor insisted the student was running away from payment and the parent was fuming mad. Despite the parent reiterating that she should not used the word ‘trying to run away’, she repeated at least 5-6 times. Gosh! School probably can’t control this though.

[monmon31]

gerber:

I always the there is difference between face to face meetings as opposed to phone call or emails. Besides, PTC allows parents to gather feedback from all teachers in one go. My opinion is that such communication platform should not have been removed.


The school should probably also review the attitude of the vendors they appoint. Went to purchase books yesterday and saw the vendor quarreling with a parent. The vendor insisted the student was running away from payment and the parent was fuming mad. Despite the parent reiterating that she should not used the word 'trying to run away', she repeated at least 5-6 times. Gosh! School probably can't control this though.

It actually depends what kind of questions you are asking, if they are general questions, then a PTC would be ok, however, should it be specific to your child behavior/learning capabilities...etc then either via email/phone call /meet up when you pick your kid/s will be the best.

Most of us are working parents and some may have biz travels hence frequent PTC may not be so good. It also takes up the teachers time having to organise them.

As for school vendors, I do agree there is a need to review some of them. Apparently, they have been the incumbent vendors for some time already and may begin to rest on their laurels.. :evil:

BTW, is your kid in P1 nxt year? You may want to pose the question to Mrs Wong during the P1 Orientation as to why the PTC frequency has been reduced /removed and hear her response.

[gerber]

My kids are in p4 and p6 respectively next year. They used to have the PTC session but with the new principal this year, the school eliminated it. I managed to email the form teachers to solicit feedback and fortunately, they are rather responsive. Having said so, am still In favor of PTC

[titank]

How is the situation of the bookshop compare with last year

? Heard there are some books or materials no stock in Popular & many parents went to quene.

Did the vendor place any notice to inform what books or items there is no stock? Wait quene until then discover this & that don't have where sure :mad: :mad:

[Dino mummy]

titank:

How is the situation of the bookshop compare with last year

? Heard there are some books or materials no stock in Popular & many parents went to quene.

Did the vendor place any notice to inform what books or items there is no stock? Wait quene until then discover this & that don't have where sure :mad: :mad:

Since Pri 2, I have stopped going to the bookstore to buy the books, only go there to get exercise books and uniforms.
I heard that they run out of small size shorts and din noe when the uniform is in.
I recalled 2 yrs ago, I queued for my kid when sch reopened to buy a book that was not avail in Popular nor the sch bookstore (during the textbook buying period in Dec)...queued for quite a while and was told no stock. I nearly killed the auntie :mad: In my heart, I was tinking why they cant list those unavail items upfront so that we dun need to queue. A classmate of my kid queue in front of me and wasted her time meant for reccess.

I still need one more Literature book...not on sale in Popular and the school bookstore said stock will only be in in Jan 12. I hope the school will help to take order from the kids and order for them so that the kids need not go to the bookstore regularly to check.

As for meet the parents sessions, I support the previous way...i liked the twice a year sessions. Hope, the principal is bringing this back next year.

[qms]

titank:

[color=#0000BF]How is the situation of the bookshop compare with last year

? Heard there are some books or materials no stock in Popular & many parents went to quene.

For P3, they did not order the English materials. According to them, since these materials are \"optional\", not many parents purchase them and hence, they did not order.

[qms]

Dino mummy/gerber,


What book(s) did your kids use for English in P3? The books in the book list are indicated as optional. So, they don't have any English books? How did the teachers conduct English then? :scratchhead:

[Dino mummy]

qms:

Dino mummy/gerber,


What book(s) did your kids use for English in P3? The books in the book list are indicated as optional. So, they don't have any English books? How did the teachers conduct English then? :scratchhead:

Hi QMS
No textbook for my kid this year.
But the school required the Pri 3 to get a Grammar Assessment book (tink it is by Learners..cant recall the publisher) & Zoom in Vocab (by CASCO).
His class managed to finish everything on these 2 books. On top of that, they had worksheets prepared by the teachers. The teacher also test them on some of the words/ sentences found in the Zoom in Vocab for their weekly spelling. Nearer to year end, I saw stack of worksheets on just practising on cloze passage (without helping words) and comprehensions and oso past year papers.
Weekly spelling is tougher compared to Pri 1 and 2. No longer just words, they were tested on phrases. And his class has to remember a few phrases a week, similar to dictation. Surprise spelling ie words not in the spelling booklet was given weekly too. The surprise spelling words can be from anywhere..eg science or maths etc...Felt this way is pretty good cos sub consciously, he learnt some of the science words..and by remembering the phrases, he can use that in his compo writing.
Conclusion: I like his teacher's style, hopefully, he has one that is as good next year.

[monmon31]

Dino mummy:

Hi QMS
No textbook for my kid this year.
But the school required the Pri 3 to get a Grammar Assessment book (tink it is by Learners..cant recall the publisher) & Zoom in Vocab (by CASCO).
His class managed to finish everything on these 2 books. On top of that, they had worksheets prepared by the teachers. The teacher also test them on some of the words/ sentences found in the Zoom in Vocab for their weekly spelling. Nearer to year end, I saw stack of worksheets on just practising on cloze passage (without helping words) and comprehensions and oso past year papers.
Weekly spelling is tougher compared to Pri 1 and 2. No longer just words, they were tested on phrases. And his class has to remember a few phrases a week, similar to dictation. Surprise spelling ie words not in the spelling booklet was given weekly too. The surprise spelling words can be from anywhere..eg science or maths etc...Felt this way is pretty good cos sub consciously, he learnt some of the science words..and by remembering the phrases, he can use that in his compo writing.
Conclusion: I like his teacher's style, hopefully, he has one that is as good next year.

Woah :nailbite: ...from what I have read..it is no longer easy life for the kids. I agree that this is good exercise to
a) keep the kids on their toes and
b) brush up their vocabulary/grammer...etc
so as to enhance their written skills. This is probably many kids achilles' heels.