St Gabriel's Primary

[eileenp]

Wenthena,


Ya lor! Everyday I’m teaching him this, teaching him that and everyday only concern about his school work and nothing else. Pity him.

Hendy,
Maybe you can email your child’s form teacher to ask?

[wenthena]

eileenp:

Wenthena,


Ya lor! Everyday I'm teaching him this, teaching him that and everyday only concern about his school work and nothing else. Pity him.

Hendy,
Maybe you can email your child's form teacher to ask?

Yea lor... Seems not much time for anything else... Tired man! And I'm sure he also feels it. I can actually sense his resistance when I remind him of his work... Guess overload does decrease a kids love for knowledge..

Hendy,
I saw that letter too. My impression was anyone want to join also can.. Didn't know the recess programme was a sort of TAF club thing..

[eetsc]

Wethea, doesn’t your son go to Morning Star? I thought homework should be able to be completed in Morning Star. I understand that since they just started P1, it’s normal for them to not to be able to sit to concentrate on homework - give them sometime. They’ll get the hang of it soon.


So far since P1, my son has been able to complete his homework in Morning Star everyday, unless he has to attend CCA that day and I go and pick him up early. If not, you can tell the Morning Star teacher that he has to finish his homework before he is allowed to play outdoors. Maybe that will motivate him to complete his work faster? Then when he gets home, you only need to check his work and make sure he knows his mistakes. Will definitely take the load off you and also he will not feel so overwhelmed.

[wenthena]

eetsc:

Wethea, doesn't your son go to Morning Star? I thought homework should be able to be completed in Morning Star. I understand that since they just started P1, it's normal for them to not to be able to sit to concentrate on homework - give them sometime. They'll get the hang of it soon.


So far since P1, my son has been able to complete his homework in Morning Star everyday, unless he has to attend CCA that day and I go and pick him up early. If not, you can tell the Morning Star teacher that he has to finish his homework before he is allowed to play outdoors. Maybe that will motivate him to complete his work faster? Then when he gets home, you only need to check his work and make sure he knows his mistakes. Will definitely take the load off you and also he will not feel so overwhelmed.

Yes !!! He goes to morning star! Seems he didn't do anything there?? Since math he did before morning star and journal he didn't do.. Btw, do they help them learn spelling there?? By the time he gets home, have dinner, he's too tired to absorb anything. I don't mind the homework part since there is an end to it.. But spelling is hard cos when he's tired, nothing gets absorbed..

[eetsc]

wenthena:

eetsc:

Wethea, doesn't your son go to Morning Star? I thought homework should be able to be completed in Morning Star. I understand that since they just started P1, it's normal for them to not to be able to sit to concentrate on homework - give them sometime. They'll get the hang of it soon.


So far since P1, my son has been able to complete his homework in Morning Star everyday, unless he has to attend CCA that day and I go and pick him up early. If not, you can tell the Morning Star teacher that he has to finish his homework before he is allowed to play outdoors. Maybe that will motivate him to complete his work faster? Then when he gets home, you only need to check his work and make sure he knows his mistakes. Will definitely take the load off you and also he will not feel so overwhelmed.

Yes !!! He goes to morning star! Seems he didn't do anything there?? Since math he did before morning star and journal he didn't do.. Btw, do they help them learn spelling there?? By the time he gets home, have dinner, he's too tired to absorb anything. I don't mind the homework part since there is an end to it.. But spelling is hard cos when he's tired, nothing gets absorbed..

Am surprised he didn't do anything there. Please speak to the caregivers. Ask them to keep an eye on him since he isn't automatic enough yet. My son finishes his homework and looks through his spelling/ting xie in Morning Star plus I give him extra work too for times when he doesn't have homework. Then again, the caregivers consider my son a different category from normal kids. They keep making him go and play outdoors and he never gets \"consequence\" i.e. time out for not listening to them. Speak to them your concerns and see what plans they have coz now they may be letting him play more coz maybe they want him to enjoy studentcare & friends and then next time they can use outdoor playtime to entice him to finish his work etc?

[wenthena]

eetsc,


you are so so lucky!! Mine LOVES outdoors! Your son sounds like a dream to most parents, especially of boys! Mine i need to nag, and he will keep saying he cannot do it alone. So even when he practice his spelling/ ting xie, at home i will need to be physically seated next to him! very xiong…

By the way, how do you assign him extra work in Morning Star? I thought teachers will only do the school homework?

But what you said is true… Maybe they want him to enjoy the outdoors first then he will try to not have that privilege taken away.

[eetsc]

wenthena:

eetsc,


you are so so lucky!! Mine LOVES outdoors! Your son sounds like a dream to most parents, especially of boys! Mine i need to nag, and he will keep saying he cannot do it alone. So even when he practice his spelling/ ting xie, at home i will need to be physically seated next to him! very xiong..

By the way, how do you assign him extra work in Morning Star? I thought teachers will only do the school homework?

But what you said is true.. Maybe they want him to enjoy the outdoors first then he will try to not have that privilege taken away.

For extra work, I buy those worksheet kind or tear from assessment books and tell him to do when he has spare time in Morning Star after he finishes his homework. Li Lao Shi complain to me that when she lets him out for outdoor, he went to the canteen and took out the extra work I gave him to do. She had to scold him and send him to play - that's why she told me he didn't complete my assigned work. I told her its ok, it's just for him if he has extra time.

[wenthena]

eetsc:

wenthena:

eetsc,


you are so so lucky!! Mine LOVES outdoors! Your son sounds like a dream to most parents, especially of boys! Mine i need to nag, and he will keep saying he cannot do it alone. So even when he practice his spelling/ ting xie, at home i will need to be physically seated next to him! very xiong..

By the way, how do you assign him extra work in Morning Star? I thought teachers will only do the school homework?

But what you said is true.. Maybe they want him to enjoy the outdoors first then he will try to not have that privilege taken away.

For extra work, I buy those worksheet kind or tear from assessment books and tell him to do when he has spare time in Morning Star after he finishes his homework. Li Lao Shi complain to me that when she lets him out for outdoor, he went to the canteen and took out the extra work I gave him to do. She had to scold him and send him to play - that's why she told me he didn't complete my assigned work. I told her its ok, it's just for him if he has extra time.

2 words : Accomplished Self-discipline!

Make me feel like parenting failure :stupid:

[pooh25]

Yellow belt


My son also attends morning stars n come back with homework. Ask him why he didn’t finish it in the centre, he say not enough time.

Recently I discovered something though my son homework. I saw some pencil makings in e hao peng you, the assessment is for Pri 2. So I ask my son how he can do it. He said Morning Stars Aunty gave the answer to him. On some occasions, the Aunty will write down the answer on a paper n ask my son to copy. Answer is given without explaining.

[wenthena]

pooh25:

Yellow belt


My son also attends morning stars n come back with homework. Ask him why he didn't finish it in the centre, he say not enough time.

Recently I discovered something though my son homework. I saw some pencil makings in e hao peng you, the assessment is for Pri 2. So I ask my son how he can do it. He said Morning Stars Aunty gave the answer to him. On some occasions, the Aunty will write down the answer on a paper n ask my son to copy. Answer is given without explaining.

Omg!!! That is scary!! Then as parent we see that their work all done correctly, then actually they copied hopefully just isolated case.