Club 2005 Kids

[Kissgurami]

MintyMin:

Morning everyone!!


DH did wished me on Wednesday night.. 15mins before Vday.. hee..

so cute & sweet! hehehehe

[sembgal]

Hi Parents, If you are clearing your child’s P1 stuff, I would like to buy used Pri 1 worksheets from you. Please pm me. Thanks.

[jadekungfu]

Hi all, I am new here. I have a daughter born in 2005 and she had spent most of her life in Australia. She just returned back to Singapore for her education, but she is struggling to get into her social life here with other children due to cultural differences. Do you all have any playgroups for our children in the same age group for her to socialise.

[Kissgurami]

Hi jadekungfu,


What type of cultural issues is she facing?

Is ok to PM which sch she is in?

[jadekungfu]

Hi all again,


I like to elaborate a little further. I have no issues with the school itself. M major concern is her social development rather than academic matters. In Australia, she had her own playgroup after school where she goes to other people’s house to play with other kids. I know this is foreign in Singapore, but I am looking for her to interact and socalise beyond the classroom environment.

[Mawar]

jadekungfu:

Hi all again,


I like to elaborate a little further. I have no issues with the school itself. M major concern is her social development rather than academic matters. In Australia, she had her own playgroup after school where she goes to other people's house to play with other kids. I know this is foreign in Singapore, but I am looking for her to interact and socalise beyond the classroom environment.

Hi jade kungfu! Welcome home and to this thread.

My kids used to have playgroups when they were younger. When they stepped into primary school, the group sort of disbanded but the mummies still keep in touch. So it has evolved into a girlfriends' corner.

School days are long especially with CCAs, school activities, homework and enrichment. Weekends are reserved for the family. Those are some of the reasons the playgroups disbanded.

My kids have friends they met at the playground and they play together some evenings. These are usually informal groups.

Do you have neighbours with children around your kid's age? Or your kid could invite some friends home to play.

[jadekungfu]

Not really, my neighbours tend to be on the snobbish side unfortunately.

[Kissgurami]

Mawar:

My kids used to have playgroups when they were younger. When they stepped into primary school, the group sort of disbanded but the mummies still keep in touch. So it has evolved into a girlfriends' corner.

:hi5: it also evolves into mummy gathering also

[jadekungfu]

Well, just to share with you, my daughter is now in Primary 2 in TKPS. I placed her there for the very fact I was hoping there was a fair mix of foreign students so that she would not feel out of place. As much as she is Chinese on the outside, she is thoroughly an Australian on the inside, that you might even find some strains of Vegemite in her.


She is generally a caring child and has always placed those around her first. She is confident and has no difficulty talking to adults. The major gripe I have about her is that she is a tomboy, she loves running around and talking and laughing loudly.

I feel sometimes her extrovert behaviour might be a conflict with other children here. That is why I am looking to have a playgroup for her here.

[Kissgurami]

Ok, my DDs are chatty :oops: and tend to laugh insanely at times (outside of school) so not sure how it will help coz they are extroverts themselves.


They behave in school as in being disciplined but hell does break loose at home with loud laughing and playing catching :skeptical:

They have similar friends, I know coz there are always birthday parties where I get random questions from her friends and some of them attend the same student care so they just talk about their day etc.