The Alternative Story (TAS) - Discussion

[danting]

Could someone PM me a referral for TAS at AMK?


Many thks!

[Strawberry5]

Hi Danting,

I’ve pm you.
Cheers!

[jojo]

phtthp:

is TAS a brand new set up ? How many years of history so far ?

TAS is less than 4 years. But it growing fast.

[The Alternative Story]

Hi everyone,


We know that the news that the English syllabus is going to go through some major changes
is on one hand good news but to many parents, it is also a cause for worry as many are unsure of how to help their children to prepare for it.

As such, once we have more detailed information on the changes for the new syllabus for the PSLE, we would be having parents' workshops to talk about them and to help parents navigate the challenges that come with the changes. In the meantime, we have posted some pointers on our facebook to help parents have some idea of what may be in store:)

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alternative-Story/347513367285

TAS

[t_mother of swc]

Hi TAS,


I am very interested in the workshop. Can I know how I can sign up and roughly when it would be?

[tppsue]

Hi, any moms send their kids to their Composition Class on Saturday (12-2pm)? Can you see improvement in the kids? Please help!

[coolit]

Never been to their pure creative writing class but their creative writing teaching is rather good and they have solid methods to teach…

[hquek]

hi tppsue,


My kid attend their regular english classes. FYI. Mine is still in lower primary (sorry if that’s out of range).

Although it’s not pure composition, but I find that it’s helping. He started P1 with them so it’s just exposure to TAS. So far he’s able to use the phrases learnt in TAS and apply them to his compos - eg how to start, build tension and then end. I used to have to hold his hand in P1 when doing his P1 work but now have left him largely to his own devices in P2.

And they have evolved in their teaching methods (perhaps it’s just passage of time and already they do so) but at least there is variety in the way they teach.

[jedamum]

I am still hoping they have weekend k2 classes.

[phtthp]

hquek:

hi tppsue,


My kid attend their regular english classes. FYI. Mine is still in lower primary (sorry if that's out of range).

Although it's not pure composition, but I find that it's helping. He started P1 with them so it's just exposure to TAS. So far he's able to use the phrases learnt in TAS and apply them to his compos - eg how to start, build tension and then end. I used to have to hold his hand in P1 when doing his P1 work but now have left him largely to his own devices in P2.

And they have evolved in their teaching methods (perhaps it's just passage of time and already they do so) but at least there is variety in the way they teach.

hi hquek,

may we know what kind of compo does TAS expose your son to ?
is it picture compo - is it 1 Big picture or 4 small pictures, OR

no picture - ie. just given a topic / choose a topic from a list, then ask child to write freely ?

is there also Oral ?
what kind of games do they let children play ? scrabble ?