Fernvale Primary

[ah_bee]

Any parents can update on the set-meal thingy that was supposed to be implemented on 21st Jan?


My gal told me that there isn’t any new set meals from the canteen stalls…"still the same"…

[cfan]

ah bee


I did checked with my girls but they mention that the set meal thing seems have not started yet??

[cfan]

Hi


Informed by Chinese Teacher
they will be streamed at P4 for Chinese as to whether they should take Higher Chinese or not
Higher Chinese will start in P5

The teacher says they will all have meeting as to whether should the student be recommended to take up but of cos the final decision will still be with parents but the teachers will advise accordingly


Teacher’s expectations
1) Parents ought to make sure that kids learn spelling (since spelling is weekly affair) - both languages
- also to sign the spelling book or test paper
2) Always check Student Diary
3) For 2nd language, for the kids to express themselves is very important, thus must always use it at home

I think that’s about it

[Capricon]

Cfan,


Thanks for sharing, as I couldn’t attend the briefing today.

[ah_bee]

Hi cfan


Thanks for the 2 updates.

Yup, I was @ the briefing this afternoon.
Was breaking out in sweat when the teacher started the briefing on Chinese curriculum.
My gal is in CL-5, so that makes her on the borderline of 'relegating' to the weak-in-Chinese catergory.
Told my gal that I will be speaking to her in Chinese more often from now on, luckily she is rather receptive to the idea.
Guess students in CL-1 and CL-2 now have the 'unfair' advantage of a head-start, since they are now being taught more advance stuff like 弟子规.

Nevertheless, would never say die....will continue to work hard with my gal....slowly from CL5 -> CL4 -> CL3 -> CL2 -> CL1 -> A* for Chinse PSLE.

Oh....I remembered posting about die die not sending my gal to Chinse tuition....everybody please ignore that ....decided to succumb to pressure...gal will be starting her Chinese tuition this Saturday. :oops:

[Capricon]

Ah bee,


Thanks for sharing too. What do they say abt the curriculum in P2? It seems like there is more emphasis on the Chinese curriculum. I didn’t know students CL1-2 are taught more advanced stuff. My gal is in CL2, I am a bit worried that she might not catch up this year if the curriculum is too advanced for her class. I find it too advanced in P1 cos my chinese is not good esp in reading.

[ah_bee]

It was quite the contary for my briefing, I felt that more emphasis was placed on English. Chinese briefing was over in 15mins.

According to the Chinese teacher who briefed us:
CL-1 & CL-2 => student who are strong in Chinese; lessons covered main core in the textbook and 'advance' stuff like DiZiGui.
CL-3, 4 & 5 => more emphaaiss on main core content from text; no advance learining content
CL-6 & CL-7 => introductory + main core content
All 3 categories have main core content as the backbone of the learning, so CA/SA will be tested based on the main core.

As for English wise, not much....the usual stuff....the form teacher of my gal (happened to be the English HOD as well) explained what is STELLAR, USSR, what parents can do to help improve the child's English, her method of teaching in class, her expectations of the student...the teacher is damn on....glad my gal is under her.

Least covered was Maths....only briefed us that the students are learning addition to 1000, model drawing.

That's all I can remember.

[cfan]

ah bee


\"Oh....I remembered posting about die die not sending my gal to Chinse tuition....everybody please ignore that ....decided to succumb to pressure...gal will be starting her Chinese tuition this Saturday. :oops:\"

No worries, we all want the best for our child
My girls go for Berries, they started when in Nursery and I expect to continue for some time
I also coach them individually, I might even need to find Speech & Drama class for them if I feel the \"Show & Tell\" is getting difficult.... just my opinion
Don't think too much about whether you are sending for tuition or not

My reply to \"people\" who says my kids have no \"childhood\"
If they cannot manage schoolwork, you think who will be stress??
The parent, the child or the \"people\"????

Cheers :rahrah: Let's \"jia you\" together

[cfan]

Capricon:

Ah bee,


Thanks for sharing too. What do they say abt the curriculum in P2? It seems like there is more emphasis on the Chinese curriculum. I didn't know students CL1-2 are taught more advanced stuff. My gal is in CL2, I am a bit worried that she might not catch up this year if the curriculum is too advanced for her class. I find it too advanced in P1 cos my chinese is not good esp in reading.

Capricon

Don't be too stress, just make sure they can follow up to the words that they need to know in text (as a base) The rest will fall in when they grow up, I think most important is that they must not \"hate\" the language
If they are still \"ok\" with the language they will be able to follow

You can use Google Translate to read the chinese words, just type the words in and choose both language as chinese, press loudspeaker, \"voila\" the words will come out

[Capricon]

Totally agree with cfan. As long the kids do not hv stress attending the extra class or tuition, it is totally fine. Ah bee, it is only natural for parents to send their kids for tuition if they know the kids need the extra help. I also might let my kids go for tuition if they face difficulties in catching up in class.