Homeschooling your child?

[Oppsgal]

2ppaamm:

This is a sample of what the girls do with me if I do not work:
1. Went for massage at 9 a.m.
2. Go for breakfast at 10:30 a.m.
3. Went window shopping for electronics, more for understanding the newest technology available, and since they do the laundry, to plan for the next kind of washing machine, dryer and also fridge that we will want. We also discussed what made sense for the family.
4. School work: 2 hours for one daughter, another went out with friends (she's on holidays, so no work)
5. Sports training from 4:00 p.m.
6. Cook dinner at 6:30 p.m.
7. Eat at 8:30 p.m.
8. Leisure/hobby until sleep at 10 or 11.

If I work, then no massage and no shopping/field trip. Still very much the same schedule. We were shopping at United Square. My girls thought the kids and their parents are quite poor things, parents sit outside waiting for their children... all thick glasses and some parents look so stressed. On top of that, they go to university a whole 5 years earlier. We were thinking what business we could come up with if we were to set up a store at United Square to capitalize the vast market. So we went around asking some store holders what their business is about and watch some children and their faces (market research) and also did some business planning :? and my daughter came up with a theory of why technology makes us more stupid.

So relax... only study 2 hours. :boogie: If they approve the schedule homeschooling? So not stress already... so how old sent to primary school?

What is singapore syllabus?

[2ppaamm]

Oppsgal:

2ppaamm:

This is a sample of what the girls do with me if I do not work:
1. Went for massage at 9 a.m.
2. Go for breakfast at 10:30 a.m.
3. Went window shopping for electronics, more for understanding the newest technology available, and since they do the laundry, to plan for the next kind of washing machine, dryer and also fridge that we will want. We also discussed what made sense for the family.
4. School work: 2 hours for one daughter, another went out with friends (she's on holidays, so no work)
5. Sports training from 4:00 p.m.
6. Cook dinner at 6:30 p.m.
7. Eat at 8:30 p.m.
8. Leisure/hobby until sleep at 10 or 11.

If I work, then no massage and no shopping/field trip. Still very much the same schedule. We were shopping at United Square. My girls thought the kids and their parents are quite poor things, parents sit outside waiting for their children... all thick glasses and some parents look so stressed. On top of that, they go to university a whole 5 years earlier. We were thinking what business we could come up with if we were to set up a store at United Square to capitalize the vast market. So we went around asking some store holders what their business is about and watch some children and their faces (market research) and also did some business planning :? and my daughter came up with a theory of why technology makes us more stupid.

So relax... only study 2 hours. :boogie: If they approve the schedule homeschooling? So not stress already... so how old sent to primary school?

What is singapore syllabus?

I did not have to provide any schedule to MOE. When I asked for homeschooling for my daughter, she was P4, going into P5. I just wrote in the form that I will be using the same text book and syllabus from MOE as published on their website.

It went through smoothly.

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

I did not have to provide any schedule to MOE. When I asked for homeschooling for my daughter, she was P4, going into P5. I just wrote in the form that I will be using the same text book and syllabus from MOE as published on their website.

It went through smoothly.

Wei!!! So you twisted the \"truth\"?

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

2ppaamm:

I did not have to provide any schedule to MOE. When I asked for homeschooling for my daughter, she was P4, going into P5. I just wrote in the form that I will be using the same text book and syllabus from MOE as published on their website.

It went through smoothly.

Wei!!! So you twisted the \"truth\"?

:? What har? I did use the textbook from MOE mah... what did I twist har?

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

phankao:

[quote=\"2ppaamm\"]
I did not have to provide any schedule to MOE. When I asked for homeschooling for my daughter, she was P4, going into P5. I just wrote in the form that I will be using the same text book and syllabus from MOE as published on their website.

It went through smoothly.

Wei!!! So you twisted the \"truth\"?

:? What har? I did use the textbook from MOE mah... what did I twist har? [/quote]haha - ok lah.

Anyway, I see for homeschool, not much governance. Can just submit any Year-end result marks for them to see too, right?

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

2ppaamm:

[quote=\"phankao\"]
Wei!!! So you twisted the \"truth\"?

:? What har? I did use the textbook from MOE mah... what did I twist har?

haha - ok lah.

Anyway, I see for homeschool, not much governance. Can just submit any Year-end result marks for them to see too, right?[/quote]Don't know leh... nobody ever bugged me for anything leh But I think the kids have to sit for the PSLE. For my daughter, I kept her registered in the school. So officially, she belongs to the school, but she was not physically in the school. She did go back for CCA, though, and even went for SYF and the school got Gold for that. Hehe... yep, I don't know what arrangement that was, but I had a good relationship with that school, and they were really nice.

[phankao]

2ppaamm:

phankao:

haha - ok lah.

Anyway, I see for homeschool, not much governance. Can just submit any Year-end result marks for them to see too, right?

Don't know leh... nobody ever bugged me for anything leh But I think the kids have to sit for the PSLE. For my daughter, I kept her registered in the school. So officially, she belongs to the school, but she was not physically in the school. She did go back for CCA, though, and even went for SYF and the school got Gold for that. Hehe... yep, I don't know what arrangement that was, but I had a good relationship with that school, and they were really nice.

I know from friends who homeschool that at the end of every year, they have to submit their own self-administered(at home) Exam Results for the whole year. They usually just pluck an SA2 paper either from assessment books or from some schools' past-SA2 papers. As long as they submit some results, they don't need to what kind of exam standard that paper was lor. Have to submit to MOE as they are under \"Exemption from compulsory schooling\".

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

I know from friends who homeschool that at the end of every year, they have to submit their own self-administered(at home) Exam Results for the whole year. They usually just pluck an SA2 paper either from assessment books or from some schools' past-SA2 papers. As long as they submit some results, they don't need to what kind of exam standard that paper was lor. Have to submit to MOE as they are under \"Exemption from compulsory schooling\".

That's useful information... wonder how come I've never had to do this... :siam:

[metz]

2ppaamm:

phankao:

I know from friends who homeschool that at the end of every year, they have to submit their own self-administered(at home) Exam Results for the whole year. They usually just pluck an SA2 paper either from assessment books or from some schools' past-SA2 papers. As long as they submit some results, they don't need to what kind of exam standard that paper was lor. Have to submit to MOE as they are under \"Exemption from compulsory schooling\".

That's useful information... wonder how come I've never had to do this... :siam:

Could your daughter be still considered in the system since she was with the school for CCA? That's a really neat arrangement. I never knew that a homeschooled kid can still join school's CCA. Thanks for the info.

[metz]

Oppsgal:

What's the qualification of the parent to be doing homeschooling? Any specification like must be MOE teachers, or certs must be local uni?

Fieldtrip can means shopping in supermarket? CCA? No need to be force to do?

Apparently, there's no clear specifications from MOE on the homeschooler's level of qualification. I read that some non graduates were successful in their applications for exemption from compulsory education.

Admittedly some homeschoolers may be ex-school teachers, but one is not required to be trained, formally or informally, to teach or homeschool his/her child/children. Some may not be good at writing or maths themselves, but they would search for appropriate resources or even attend classes themselves in order to learn to guide their children in the learning journey. A number of homeschoolers also engage external help for Chinese. This blog http://teachingourown.com/ may shed some light on homeschooling.

For my case, field trips refer to visits to Museums, Parks, interesting attractions etc...