Club 2002 Kids
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Pignite:
Hi,
Now my question is : Is going to these supplementary necessary ? Do we need to religiously follow the school's schedule just because they are in P5 now and perhap preparing them mentally for PSLE ???
I like to hear from those whose have past experiences esp the P6 mother if these supplementary classes in P5 are important...thanks...
My kid also had supp classes Mon & Thur till 4:30pm. Tues is HMT also till 4:30pm. CCA is held during curriculum time which is good.
Have you all experience classroom environment in school? it is wasting a lot of time. First teacher scolds scolds scolds and if the whole class making a lot of noise, punishment for whole class. Giving out worksheet/exercise books, corrections, takes the entire period.
HMT period is worst, the whole cohort are changing classroom. Malay and Tamil classrooms are usually located at first or second floor. Guess P5 classrooms are at fourth floor. By the time the whole class settle down 15 mins pass by.
The time wasted is those scolding time, making the whole class silence for 1-2 mins, thereafter the noise comes back. Poor kids who disturb the class, sometimes have to stand outside the classroom for the entire period. -
since last year, I have tried cutting my gal’s afternoon nap to 30min…this year maybe 20min. Anything longer than 30min, she will be grouchy after waking up…so I rather train her to take short power nap. She comes home around 2pm, so we will have simple lunch, sometimes just sandwich or wrap or prata…teabreak usu fruits or snack - something for her to munch on to prevent her from getting sleepy…dinner at 630-7pm…usu will try to finish dinner by 730pm.
She will have to stay back in school till 4pm on Tues (ECA), Thurs & Fri (for remedial and supplementary). She told me for Chinese supplementary, teachers will teach the class extra vocab phrases for compo, and for the Science/Eng/Maths remedial classes, teachers will give them extra worksheet or complete tasks that they did not finish in class.
In fact I prefer her to stay back in school, at least she does not idle and waste time…when she comes home, she is very relax and always dilly dally…takes her own sweet time to do her homework. In school, she has nowhere to go, and therefore will do her homework in between the classes or while waiting for the 430pm bus to kill time.
the only thing I am worried is that she is not eating proper meal in school. She only eats finger food like nuggets, fishballs for lunch…so I will have to prepare biscuits or cereal for her sometimes…
She told me this year most of teachers are all very fierce…she did not bring enough blank exercise books on the 2nd day of school and she told the teacher who told her blankly to think of a solution herself…she was upset when she came back…I told her she has to learn to find solution herself dun always expect people to to help her…sometimes must crack a bit her brain juice and find solve the problem on her own…hope she will learn to be more indep…
Do your kids have CA1? I doubt mine have…though I wish they have…at least to "stress" her to revise her work costantly… -
bebe:
This year onwards, my kid's sch there is no CA1 anymore for P1-P5. At P6 still have.
Do your kids have CA1? I doubt mine have..though I wish they have...at least to \"stress\" her to revise her work costantly..
Staying in school is also good to play catching, badminton, chess with friends. Built up the EQ.
But not wasting time listening to the teacher scolds other kids. -
No CA1 for dd too. I saw her HMT tingxie list yesterday.
Looks like she has to spend a lot of time on it. Sigh. -
lego:
No CA1 for dd too. I saw her HMT tingxie list yesterday.
Looks like she has to spend a lot of time on it. Sigh.
You are right, tingxie list for HMT is a lot of, still have the dictations. -
Good morning and Happy New Year, Club 2002!
I've not had a chance to see DD's time table yet, but she seems very happy with everything about school this year. She loves her teachers and friends. She seems very relaxed and her engine is totally not warmed up.
Not much homework everyday and we haven't gotten her tingxie list yet, both CL and HCL.
Yesterday DD came home telling me that the school has bought brand new ukuleles and they will be the first to use it during music lessons. They have tuned their ukuleles yesterday and will start learning to play it next week. She's really excited about it!
Not sure if she has supplementary lessons at Pri 5, though I certainly hope not, cos DD's schedule seems already full with her staying back in school 3 times a week. -
veraclari:
Wow.. looks like my family eats late... whwn i was working , they don't eat till after say 9pm as I'm always back after 9...nowadays... 8plus... then they prepare for bed after watching 10pm show... i swear they can watch all shows! My mum watch taiwanese long series.they also watch... sigh...
so i gotta always nag them to go to bed...
My kids don't like to watch Taiwanese show,for this I am lucky
I don't like them watch Channel 8 show @9pm, felt that they use to much of mix language(Chinese, English and sometime dialect).That will make them more confuse when writing Chinese compo.
Btw,my DS MT teacher told us not to let them watch too. -
BBEwee:
hm...i have mixed feelings about Channel 8 9pm show.veraclari:
Wow.. looks like my family eats late... whwn i was working , they don't eat till after say 9pm as I'm always back after 9...nowadays... 8plus... then they prepare for bed after watching 10pm show... i swear they can watch all shows! My mum watch taiwanese long series.they also watch... sigh...
so i gotta always nag them to go to bed...
My kids don't like to watch Taiwanese show,for this I am lucky
I don't like them watch Channel 8 show @9pm, felt that they use to much of mix language(Chinese, English and sometime dialect).That will make them more confuse when writing Chinese compo.
Btw,my DS MT teacher told us not to let them watch too.
except for the 'spooky' theme this x-files show or some undesirable language, i quite like the fact that they screen both English and Chinese subtitles at the same time. i can improve my chinese too! i watched the previous one with my son and he enjoyed it. we learned some chinese phrases too and can get immediate 'translation' as the corresponding english subtitles are above. sometimes when the subtitles are not so accurate, my boy would comment too. he had promised to read the CL subtitle while listening to the mix language and i have to trust that he will do it.
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Like Jedamum, I find the chinese English subtitles useful too! But I don’t watch everyone… selectively while my kids will just watch with my mum…
Looks like more schools are making the students stay back for classes other than DD school… last tume only higher chinese, now, have compulsory HCL, Math, Science and English ! When MY friend heard… she was like" tot govt want to make PSLE less stressful, but now more classes ! " -
I think the staying back could be the move towards longer school hours when all school go single session next time. With both parents working, they may prefer their kids to be engaged in school than do nothing at home or go student care. I think it is really sad that people are spending lesser time at home and start so young.
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