The Alternative Story (TAS) - Discussion

[Monster Mummy]

Hi,


TAS has adjusted the lesson with reference to the guideline set by MOE especially for new graphics comprehension for affected student as well as writing class. For my son school the teacher also has reading period and need student to bring one story book weekly for discussion. This is moving towards the new syllabus.

[Rockdiva]

Hi TAS parents, can u advise me how to get the discount for TAS\tclasses?

[jasmineong]

Rockdiva:

Hi TAS parents, can u advise me how to get the discount for TAS\tclasses?

Hi Rockdiva,

You need to get a referral from a TAS parent and you would have $10 off for your term fees.

[nicnac]

Hi parents,


Which is better, the regular class or pure creative writing? How often do they do writing for the regular class? Thanks!

[hquek]

jasmineong:

Rockdiva:

Hi TAS parents, can u advise me how to get the discount for TAS\tclasses?

Hi Rockdiva,

You need to get a referral from a TAS parent and you would have $10 off for your term fees.

And that's first term only. after that, you have to be pretty diligent to get referrals (one per term) to get $10 off that term's fees. More than 1 referral sign up during the term, they will still deduct only $10 off.

[quirkymum]

nicnac:

Hi parents,


Which is better, the regular class or pure creative writing? How often do they do writing for the regular class? Thanks!

Hi nicnac,

This is based on my experience and a few of my friends:

Regular class- most classes would finish up one compo in 2-3 weeks. They would get the children to write out parts of the compo.The lower primary would take a while longer than the upper primary. For p6, which my girl is in now, they can cover 2 compos in one lesson. They revise one compo (eg accident) and teach a new one (bomb). They may not finish teaching all two compos in one lesson but I find for upper primary, they do cover more compos.

Pure writing- they go into greater detail for the techniques and of course much more writing is covered.

If your child only needs help for writing, then just go for Pure writing. My kids go for regular classes as I find they can be weak in compre as well.

[llshirley4]

Hi,


How do TAS teachers teach? After going to other centres, I find that most centres, it depends on the individual teacher. For TAS, i heard they have regular training. And that the teachers are being monitored regularly. Is this to have one way of teaching?

[hquek]

nicnac:

Hi parents,


Which is better, the regular class or pure creative writing? How often do they do writing for the regular class? Thanks!

For their regular classes, they cover grammar, cloze, vocab, synthesis and compre. So inevitable they can't cover so much of compo. End up it will boil down to what the child require.

[hquek]

llshirley4:

Hi,


How do TAS teachers teach? After going to other centres, I find that most centres, it depends on the individual teacher. For TAS, i heard they have regular training. And that the teachers are being monitored regularly. Is this to have one way of teaching?

Ds1 attended a few make up classes in the past but due to his temperament and that he's fairly young. He will usually tell me the teachers all teach the same, no difference. But some may be more finicky and others may be more lax - this is the little I glean when I see the correcting marks on his papers. Sorry a bit hard to explain. but teaching is a very personal thing and I think WHO the teacher is will eventually have impact. At this time, TAS is still unlike some places where SOME teachers are in high demand - but I may have missed out.

[glendt]

Agree with hquek, in TAS, I do not usually hear of teachers who everyone wants to go for. Every teacher is surely different. But I think because they emphasize that the teachers need to follow a certain way of teaching, it makes it a little more uniformed. At other centres, there are long queues for certain teachers because usually they leave it to the teacher to decide the way they teach. Hence, some teachers are much more in demand.


For TAS, most of the teachers teach using the TAS methods. However, i do know that certain teachers like teacher joy, teacher elaine, teacher martin are popular. Recently there are some new teachers I heard from my friends who seem good as well, teachers like teacher jasmine and teacher esmonde.