Dunman High School (Junior High)

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less kiasu liao:

Hi mums

How are your ds/dd settling down in DHS?

I went to school for the CCA exhibition today and must say that I am very happy with the wide range of CCAs available. Also, this DHS thread is very quiet compared to other schools' (thank you Augmum for answering our queries , and your dd is not even in Sec 1!!!), so it was good to meet other mums in school and get to know some of them.

Dd reminded me that on Reporting Day, I had sign up for a timeslot of 5 something for tomorrow's Parents' Briefing. :oops: I have forgotten the timeslot and what I had signed up for now. The briefing is from 6.30 to 8.50 pm, right? Can any mum help? :please:

REPLY:

It's 6.30-8.30pm at auditorium.
Provide core prog in Sch, student dev& choice of CCA, issue contact list of sub teachers.

[mum_sugoku]

Augmum:

mum_sugoku:

Haha last night I was scolding my son that school already reopened liao and he has yet to touch any of his S1 textbook, and you know how he retorted? He said during orientation, principal asked if anyone had gone through the textbooks and then told them that there was no need to rush to read the books yet lah!!! (I don't know what to say..)

I think the P wanna the sec1 to settle down first,
relax and enjoy the orientation and to get to know their new frens and the sch....
Instead of scare them off with the talking of loads of Homework, textbooks, projects, assignments and exams......... :evil:

Hehe looks like my clueless son is still unaware of the avalanche of homework, project assignments, exams, etc etc coming his way once actual lessons commence..

Anyway looking at his timetable, I find the school hours quite \"xiong\" - students normally finish lessons at around 4 (including the \"mass PE\").. and for Fri, it would be even later because of CCA :scared:

[mum_sugoku]

less kiasu liao:

Hi mums

How are your ds/dd settling down in DHS?

I went to school for the CCA exhibition today and must say that I am very happy with the wide range of CCAs available. Also, this DHS thread is very quiet compared to other schools' (thank you Augmum for answering our queries , and your dd is not even in Sec 1!!!), so it was good to meet other mums in school and get to know some of them.

Dd reminded me that on Reporting Day, I had sign up for a timeslot of 5 something for tomorrow's Parents' Briefing. :oops: I have forgotten the timeslot and what I had signed up for now. The briefing is from 6.30 to 8.50 pm, right? Can any mum help? :please:

My \"二十四孝-dad\" DH went for the exhibition too. Son is interested in robotics and infocomm but according to what the teacher-in-charge told DH, main CCA clubs like infocomm and robotics are recruiting just a handful of new students so those interested would have to go for audition. Looks like it would be quite hard for him to get in liao.

[icecubism]

Does anyone know the training days and time every week for the DHS Track And Field team? Thanks

[coral]

Hi all parents there, just joined this group this morning.

anyone know the venue for parents briefing this evening?

[icecubism]

Interested:

carebear:

Urgent! Tomorrow which is Thursday, do the sec ones report by 8 am or 9 am? The pink paper states 8 am but the orientation booklet states 9 am. TIA.

Carebear, should be 9am and if you ds/dd taking the school bus they still pick at the same time no later...u may want to re-cfm with the bus driver cos mine might be different driver from yours.

Okay this is one day late reply, but i'm a Year 1 student so i know it was supposed to be report by 8.45am.

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coral:

Hi all parents there, just joined this group this morning.

anyone know the venue for parents briefing this evening?

Hi, i'm a Year 1 student, it's held at the Auditorium.

[icecubism]

mum_sugoku:

Haha last night I was scolding my son that school already reopened liao and he has yet to touch any of his S1 textbook, and you know how he retorted? He said during orientation, principal asked if anyone had gone through the textbooks and then told them that there was no need to rush to read the books yet lah!!! (I don't know what to say..)

Haha, that was said so during the Orientation briefing but i think it was said by the level head of Year 1, Miss Lee, not Dr Foo. Anyway, yes, she said that going through textbooks and doing assessments are very hardworking but right now, since it's our orientation, we should put that aside and just try to enjoy our orientation first. Well i guess it's good to be prepared before hand, because once lessons start next week, we're going to need the knowledge. However, i haven't looked through my textbooks too, i'm a Year 1 as well, but by skimming through you get a good idea of what we're learning. In my opinion, that's ample, so there's no need to pile your son with MOUNTAINS of work, haha.

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carebear:

Fat Mama:

Heard DS complain about an email regarding colours on the shoes. No coloured logos or patterns or whatever. :mad:

Did ur DD mention anything on that?
Dun know if they will implement bata shoes only.

Oh dear :yikes: ..... my dd wearing converse shoes.
She wore them in primary school with no problem.

Hi, i'm Year 1 this year in DHS, i wear Converse shoes too (it has a colored stripe at the sides), but so far, when i go to school, no one has mentioned anything about it yet. Furthermore, i never received any such email.

However, i think the school shoes 'rule' is about the same as most secondary schools; some Secondary schools have a rule of etc. school shoes 70% white, 30% can be coloured. While i was in school, i also noticed several seniors wearing track shoes with logos (eg. Nike, Addidas) and stripes, so it should be okay for the shoes to be not completely white.

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less kiasu liao:

Hi all


Do many Sec 1s use the MRT?

Any opinion on the choice between school bus and MRT (Mountbatten)?

Hi, i take the school bus to school every morning, and MRT back home daily.
In my opinion, for convenience, you could choose taking the school bus because it'll probably stop below your block, so you don't need to travel far, and also if it's raining, it'll be easier. However, the school bus has to pick up other students along the way, which increases travelling time. My school bus takes at least 1 hour to reach school, whereas MRT is faster. In my opinion, if you would like your child to sleep in more, i would recommend the MRT, so they can wake up a little later (i wake up at 6am daily and reach school at 7.10am!!!) and still reach school on time. Also, letting your child take the MRT could teach them some independence too. It's like killing two birds with one stone.