Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[Verysuperkiasu]

Strparent:

verykiasu,



It's time to let your boy grow up :love: :love: , he is going to be an adult ! :salute:

Thanks for the reminder.

I'm just asking to see if any of your ds also have this problem. His team members have not completed so they can't comment too. My ds already emailed his RE teacher but no reply yet. He only has RE once a week. And deadline is drawing near. He was just telling me yesterday it's so impossible to cut down his proposal to 500 words because then, according to him 'there will be no substance' anymore. He said his background information is already 215 words. Thought I just help him to ask lor.

Also, he was telling me that not only must they submit their own proposal, by the same deadline, they're supposed to choose one of the team members' proposal, to improve on it and submit as a group.

[Verysuperkiasu]

vlim:

Ds didn't mention anything abt the RE project .. :roll:

Ds said some classes will do during the first semester, others will do second semester. Maybe your ds will do the later half?

[Verysuperkiasu]

firefly38:

Verysuperkiasu:

Any of your ds doing the research on challenges of senior citizens? The word limit for the proposal paper is 500. Must they keep strictly to this limit? Will the paper be penalised if no. of words exceeded 500? Any idea?

Think all year one boys get the same topic for RE. DS will be meeting his team mates to discuss tomorrow, after school (at a boy's house).

DS says there is no CNY celebration tomorrow, so they will have lessons as usual. They also don't need to wear CNY clothes, just wear school uniform, as usual. No CNY celebration? Can't be true, right???

Yes, the RE broad theme is the same. But they're supposed to focus on one aspect of the theme, that's what I heard from my ds. It's good your ds meeting with this team mates. I prefer that way. But ds way of discussing with his team mates is over the internet - wikispaces. Personally, I prefer face to face interaction. But I let him be lah - if he and his team mates prefer that way, so be it. (I'm just stating my personal preference, I'm not imposing on him).

I thought ds said there is CNY celebration after 11.30? He took some snacks from home and said it's for his celebration in sch. He also said there'll be lo-hei.

[iFirefly]

Paddy Field:

firefly38:

[quote=\"Verysuperkiasu\"]Any of your ds doing the research on challenges of senior citizens? The word limit for the proposal paper is 500. Must they keep strictly to this limit? Will the paper be penalised if no. of words exceeded 500? Any idea?

Think all year one boys get the same topic for RE. DS will be meeting his team mates to discuss tomorrow, after school (at a boy's house).

DS says there is no CNY celebration tomorrow, so they will have lessons as usual. They also don't need to wear CNY clothes, just wear school uniform, as usual. No CNY celebration? Can't be true, right???

My DS class only had 1 lesson on RE thus far. Their lesson falls on a monday of which they had missed in Week 2 n will miss in Week 4 for CNY. I think e boys r very confused n they don't get to see the teacher to clarify.

Which comes first - there's individual n there's group proposal. DS also blur. I think r tr also had not enough time to go thru in details with e class.

N imagine firefly's DS already meeting his group![/quote]Only heard DS mention about group project, didn't know there is individual project too! Anyway, will let DS handle it himself. If he hadn't known it now, he will know it soon, either from his friends or teachers.
Somehow, DS would only find out more and more things, as the deadline drew nearer and nearer!!! :yikes:

[Strparent]

Verysuperkiasu:

Strparent:

verykiasu,

It's time to let your boy grow up :love: :love: , he is going to be an adult ! :salute:

Thanks for the reminder.

I'm just asking to see if any of your ds also have this problem. His team members have not completed so they can't comment too. My ds already emailed his RE teacher but no reply yet. He only has RE once a week. And deadline is drawing near. He was just telling me yesterday it's so impossible to cut down his proposal to 500 words because then, according to him 'there will be no substance' anymore. He said his background information is already 215 words. Thought I just help him to ask lor.

Also, he was telling me that not only must they submit their own proposal, by the same deadline, they're supposed to choose one of the team members' proposal, to improve on it and submit as a group.

verysuperkiasu

You are a very good DM.

as you can see from your own post, he has control in many aspect already, => he is growing to be independent nicely.

no longer primary sch, parents must slowly loosen their grip. Our boys are no longer kids, they are teens . Let him find out by himself, it will benefit him much better and help him faster. As parents, our role is now just advisory...... in other words, we are now calarfares.. :shock:

[2ppaamm]

Amazing that parents are still involved in their kids' work in secondary school! I agree it is time to grow up. :yikes: :siam:

[Zann]

2ppaamm:

Amazing that parents are still involved in their kids' work in secondary school! I agree it is time to grow up. :yikes: :siam:

Agree. By nature most teens would not like their parents to be involved too.

[random 99]

naggo-nitemare:

keroppi:

[quote=\"Ms tay\"]I bought it at parkway parade but I stay in Jurong .

Yes, checked out that store last Monday - out of stock.
The school's book shop also out.
Hmmm ... not sure whether to try Jurong now. Thanks, mummies!

I remember last year when my DS faced a problem in getting hmt workbook due to shortage, I figured tt certain sec schs will hv a small population of hmt pupils eg mission schools. So I walked to a nearby mission sec sch in my neighbourhood, told the security tt I needed to buy from its bookstore and true enough, there were many available.[/quote] can go to bras besar complex in bugis. there got alot.

[Coddington]

Surprised to hear so many still

had their parents holding both hands and legs.
And the parents are so involved with mini mini matters daily. Strange?
What leadership academy are we talking about?in this all-boys school.

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2ppaamm:

Amazing that parents are still involved in their kids' work in secondary school! I agree it is time to grow up. :yikes: :siam:

seriously, I don't see anything wrong with being involved in kids' work. I mean, I don't impose. He shares a lot with me about his school work problems, I think it's very 'nan de' as a lot of teens clamp up but my ds doesn't. and I treasure that.

That doesn't mean he's not growing up right? :?

And what's is so wrong about discussing abt my child's work with other parents - the prob they encounter. I mean this is what this forum is abt right?