De La Salle

[buds]

Yes, that's right. The children are brought around to familiarize

with the school compound and get to know the form teachers
for most school orientations. Children will be kept engaged in
fun activities in class and also get to know their classmates.
I also know some schools who have third party providers
coming in to do orientations with the children like a P1
crash preparatory class at a small fee.

My DD's school did orientation too back then but all materials
provided by the school. No need to bring anything. She
found some friends from old school as well. So it was kinda
cool for her.

[baby2momma]

oic....thought asking us to bring pencils, colour pencils and all are

for them to do some sort of assessment....

anyway, thanks for helping new mothers like us clarify....

i'm really quite excited about the orientation day anyway.....
seems more like me attending school instead of kiddo.... :rahrah:

btw, on average how much should we give kiddo for daily
pocket money?? does the orientation include bringing parents for a tour
to the canteen to check out selling price of food items???
i still can't figure out how much to give sonny.... :?

[edgem]

:? I don't remember having it during my time though..., more like sitting in the hall knowing the what value the sch will instill in your child and their expectation ...


I gave my gal $1 when she was in P1.. normally they don't eat much, now that she is in P3 , I am giving her $2 cos a plate of chicken rice cost $1 I think...

Anyway the more you give, they will tend to spend it in the bookshop instead of eating :moneyflies:

[baby2momma]

wow! $1 in P1..... i contemplated $0.80 but hubby said

very miserable and also if we give him $1, we can let
him learn how to budget..... do u think kids tat age able
to budget??? :?

is the food in DLS canteen pricey??? i heard fm my nephew
fm unity PS tat their school sells a bowl of fishball noodle with
two miserable fishballs & a couple of slices of fishcakes for
$0.50....am just wondering how many bowls of noodles
my kiddo must eat in order for him to be full....sigh.
or prob they will spend their time in the playarea playing
i/o eating la....

yes....heard many friends complaining about how kiddos
love to spend $$$ in the bookshop ....

[buds]

edgem:

Anyway the more you give, they will tend to spend it in the bookshop instead of eating :moneyflies:

Hahaa! :lol: Don't they all... :roll:

[buds]

baby2momma:

oic....thought asking us to bring pencils, colour pencils and all are for them to do some sort of assessment....

It can also be natural assessment baby2momma. Like when the children are engaged in activities and play, the teachers may actually be observing and start to round up children in their groups. A friend's daughter in Kranji Primary said that during their P1 orientation, the children were asked to read and the teachers assess. The children were then grouped into reading ability. Not sure whether the fluent with the fluent, or the fluent readers were distributed to the different groups to help the relatively ok... quite some time back now. buds getting old so keep forgetting things. :oops: Paiseh. She added that the teachers gave the different children activities based on their ability. My friend thought that this was good.

baby2momma:

anyway, thanks for helping new mothers like us clarify....

i'm really quite excited about the orientation day anyway.....
seems more like me attending school instead of kiddo.... :rahrah:

No worries, baby2momma. You're welcome!

Yes, it IS really quite exciting being a part of another chapter in our children's lives. :hugs:

baby2momma:

btw, on average how much should we give kiddo for daily
pocket money?? does the orientation include bringing parents for a tour
to the canteen to check out selling price of food items???
i still can't figure out how much to give sonny.... :?

After we sat down to eat with our kiddies after orientation day was over, we then decided the amount to give DD. We start her out with $1.00 in small change ... ie ( 50c, 20c, 20c and 10c) and a compusory emergency money of 20c. So that's $1.20. The emergency money can be used for calling-mummy money. 10c too short a conversation for 1st timers. Hehee.. Once they finally come to the point, the phone credit is finished. :lol: I showed DD how to use the school's public phone, in case she needs to reach me for anything (esp when they're already having CCA, cos sometimes cancel/finish earlier, then she can call me), or if she misses me and wants to hear my voice ( i suppose it's calming ) and also in emergency cases ( if she gets bullied (etc) in school, need to go dentist cause her tooth broke ... (etc... etc) and other stuff like that lar. But then again, this is only what i did for mine lor. Different parents will offer different guidelines for their kiddies. The above are just my sharings. Hope it helps somehow..

[baby2momma]

buds, you were great!!!!!

always u coming to our rescue with
all our endless questions.... :celebrate:

good idea about the 'emergency' money
thingy.....in case the kid is feeling kinda
'lost' can also call their parents.... good idea really! :ugogirl:

anyway, 17th nov is juz a week away....so...
let us new mommies/daddies pray for our kids
next 6 years of blessed education ride....

[buds]

Dun worry! With hands-on mummies like you ladies here, i'm sure your children will be blessed with the next good 6-years in Primary education.


Cheerios!

:celebrate:

[mvelle09]

For the \"big day\" orientation can both parents attend ? Thinking of getting hubby or maid to come along. :?:

[buds]

That shouldn't be a problem. During my DD1's orientation,

i went with buds_hubs and DD2. Thank gawd too... cause
i dunno how i would have managed to carry so many bks
and stuff and carry DD2 in the pouring rain that day..

I see some with even grandparents taking video wor..