why most of primary students start morning session before 8?

[5mp]

can someone help to explain how "early" is just nice for kids?

[daisyt]

I find starts early is acceptable as long as ends early, have enough time for rest and homework and not throw with tons of homework to accomplish. Waking up early is a good habit but sleep late (due to overload of homework) is a bad habit. As we don’t live near to school, my child has started her wake up at 5.30am habit since primary school and still is now in sec. It is a matter of get use to wake up early. As long as kids have 8 hours of sleep daily, I am fine. Unfortunately when come to sec school, this is never happening.

[5mp]

daisyt:

As long as kids have 8 hours of sleep daily, I am fine. Unfortunately when come to sec school, this is never happening.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need

i guess 8 hours' sleep for kids is not enough...

[Flowermonaster]

5mp:

can someone help to explain how \"early\" is just nice for kids?

Not sure about others, I personally find 7:30am is a reasonable time to start school. 7:15am assembly & by 7:30am lesson starts. I would prefer school to ends at 12:30pm or latest 1pm.

[looking4Tutor]

5mp:

can someone help to explain how \"early\" is just nice for kids?

Do you have children? If yes how old are they?

[LOLMum]

Many parents complained about late nights but I see, at about 8pm plus, children shopping with their parents, having meals in hawker centers, cafes, running around in libraries, having tuition classes which end at 930 pm all on school nights.


I know of children who will watch the 9pm chinese drama every nights with their family…so sleep at about 10 plus 11.

IMO, even if school is to start at 9 am, as long as the parents let the kids sleep late, no matter how late the school starts, it is still too early for some.

[LOLMum]

My dd can’t sleep early cos of her workload. But I make sure my ds sleeps before 930 on school nights. I don’t take them out on these nights nor do I send them for tuition at night.


Now I am bringing forward bedtime for ds. Initially he was unable to sleep before 9, now 845 and he is asleep.

[5mp]

i try to let my kids go to bed latest by 9.30pm, so that they can have theoratically 8 hours sleep since they need to wake up at 5.30am to catch 6.10am school bus and reach school at around 7.10am.


my 9.30 fails more and more frequently this year since p6 homework getting more and more. we don’t eat out; my kids don’t do shopping with parents; my p6 girl has one cca on friday; her school ends 1.30pm and the shool bus brings her home around 2.30pm; she has one tuition on sunday 1pm-2pm.

i write more and feel sad more, for my kids and all

[LOLMum]

Wait till they are in sec school. Most, and I say most, probably sleep very late.

[daisyt]

5mp:

daisyt:

As long as kids have 8 hours of sleep daily, I am fine. Unfortunately when come to sec school, this is never happening.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need

i guess 8 hours' sleep for kids is not enough...

8 hours is already 天方夜谭，not to mention more hours for teens. Project work is a killer which take up sooooo much time. Of course I still nag a lot to my dd to sleep early.