Maris Stella High
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Hi all,
Am new to this thread. My ds is in P1E. Glad to see this thread, at least I know what is going on in class and school. -
Jlmkiddos:
Welcome ! My DS in 1E. It is a really good forum to join.Hi all,
Am new to this thread. My ds is in P1E. Glad to see this thread, at least I know what is going on in class and school. -
SSmama:
Yes please do. Thanks for taking the trouble to speak to the teacher. I believe many parents share the same sentiment ...my DS is in Pri 2 and I'm already feeling the pinch, can't imagine if he were in P3..Hi VVJJ,
Please keep us updated on this...let's see if the teacher does try to resolve the issue.
Don't know why the entire CCA matter can be become so expensive and frustrating. Back in my school days (which is a long time ago
), we join CCA when we have the interest, we will be accepted even if we know nuts about the sport. Now, CCA has become so \"meritocracy\" based...
There's a parents' briefing for P2-P4 parents on Feb 4--I wonder if it would help if us parents band together to raise the issue of fees. From what I understand, having to pay for CCA in schools isn't unusual, what is unusual is the high amount. I know schools who charge their students something along the lines of $60/70 for choir..and that's for a TERM, not month!
Honestly, I had originally allowed DS to try out for badminton because I thought he would not get in
Then he did, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to have a sport to instil some discipline in him. Sure he has improved since last July, but I don't think he's school-team-material..which then leads me to wonder if this investment of $1000+ per yr is rather steep when it's solely for recreation!
Sigh...only primary school CCA and already so complicated![/quote]
Hi SSmama,
Yes, it's getting more expensive and I wonder what's the rationale for the high charges. It's not a personal coaching from the coach himself. It's a group coaching and some groups are taught by the senior boys from Sec side! My boys are came back from training today and commented that Coach mentioned tomorrow they have to pay the fees. Well, I will not pay till I get a satisfactory answer from the school. Anyway, this increment was only notified to us just before CNY. If there's any increment, it should have been notified to us in Dec. I hope more parents will band together to conquer this issue during the parents briefing on 4 Feb. Personally, I see no reason why deposit has to be paid as well as the CCA is conducted in school. It's not an external enrichment courses whereby deposit is required. Besides, how can I be sure the deposit will be monitored properly and I am able to get back in time should I withdraw my boys. If you notice properly, the registered address of GE Sports seems to be a private address. -
Hi Intricater, no idea what is the difference between EL and EL1.
Who can we ask?
Maybe I will try to write in Marist Buddy for DS to ask his Teacher. -
Checked MOE WEBsite
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/learning-support/
EL1 is conducted in LSP classrooms with two persons.
One teacher and one allied teacher. -
Intricater:
The form teacher will usually collect the booklet earlier. She can't wait until the last day and collect. There will surely be boys who will forget.
Wrt the donation booklet, DS also wrote abt returning today. So we juz did so accordingly. It's definitely in conflict w what's written in e notice, which's to ret on 17 Feb!
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It is okay to collect early…er but not one day notice right?
We thought of asking DS to go around to ask people to buy the tickets. To let him learn the skill of selling.
In the end, have to buy the remaining tickets ourselves. -
TonyThomasMum:
I agree. We also let DS try selling the tickets himself. He's lucky because one of his uncles bought all the tickets for him. I think he won some money from the tickets he bought last year.It is okay to collect early...er but not one day notice right?
We thought of asking DS to go around to ask people to buy the tickets. To let him learn the skill of selling.
In the end, have to buy the remaining tickets ourselves. It's ok to tell the teacher that you need more time to sell. The teacher will b more than happy to extend a few more days.
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Just for your info (in case you don’t already know), the teachers’ email are available from the school website. In case your DS forgot to do his homework or you need to make some enquiries, you can email the teachers directly. For example, even though my DS has completed selling the donation tickets, we forgot to return the booklet to him. So we email to the FT to explain. It’s not that he forgot. He reminded us but we simply forgot until we were in the car this morning.
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Hi, any mommies/daddies of kids from 1 I? I would like to check if the first hypy ting die is on the 30 or 31 jan? Thanks!
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