2013 P1 Registration Exercise for 2014 In-Take
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Student care schedule is as follows:
- teacher pick up from school bus drop off
- 1.30pm onwards: bathe / lunch
- 2.30pm or 3pm onwards: Homework time
- Some offer extra tuition
- 4.30pm onwards: Play among friends or reading time
- 6 - 7pm: Go home -
SAHM_TAN:
External tuition / enrichment is not unusual definitely coz good students go too but \"remedial\" class has an added connotation to it.
GEP does not mean the child is gifted in all subjects. I think it's good that school is helping them in their weaker areas.
There are GEP kids attending tuition/enrichment centres too, there's nothing unusual at all.
You have to be \"selected\" by the teacher to attend remedial classes. The parents are quite worried about it. -
cherrygal:
This is very tiring for a child, if there is no nap time inside the after care centre. Imagine the poor child wake up very early, go to school for flag raising ceremony around 7.30am, and no nap in the afternoon at the after school care centre. How to tahan?Student care schedule is as follows:
- teacher pick up from school bus drop off
- 1.30pm onwards: bathe / lunch
- 2.30pm or 3pm onwards: Homework time
- Some offer extra tuition
- 4.30pm onwards: Play among friends or reading time
- 6 - 7pm: Go home -
The kid must go to sleep at 9pm latest. That’s why parents should not try to squeeze in any more coaching after dinner. It is very tiring.
But I find it’s better for the kid to have a structured work pattern after school esp if he/she is the lazy type who needs a lot of scolding from parents to do some work. Such kids will listen to the teachers there, complete their work and parents won’t need to nag so much at home.
It’s up to the parent. -
cherrygal:
But still good that school is helping. The parents will need to help their child get over perceived negative perception of remedial lesson. Like I posted, being in GEP doesn't mean all subjects equally gifted. Kids in top 1% also need time to adjust to the demands of GEP.
External tuition / enrichment is not unusual definitely coz good students go too but \"remedial\" class has an added connotation to it. You have to be \"selected\" by the teacher to attend remedial classes. It demoralises the kid who was just told last Oct he belonged to the top 1% of the entire cohort... the parents are quite worried about it.SAHM_TAN:
GEP does not mean the child is gifted in all subjects. I think it's good that school is helping them in their weaker areas.
There are GEP kids attending tuition/enrichment centres too, there's nothing unusual at all. -
Curious … Are there school bullies at the school care centre?
If the child doesn’t know how to do school homework - who will teach him how to do, step by step? -
Aiyah, the older boys may not bully but will teach the younger ones weird stuff. So you gotta keep open communication with your kid. I always tell my boy that I cannot prevent him from learning those bad language coz he will learn them in NS anyway, but just becoz you know doesn’t mean you have to use them.
The teachers at the centre will teach the concepts. But students are encouraged to attempt the work by themselves. School teachers wouldn’t want the centre teachers to correct the kids’ homework. Kids learn by making mistakes. -
That is the concern, cherrygal.
If a child is placed in an after school care centre and is "taught" or catch on some bad habits from other kids, is no good. Kids in student care can be rowdy -
Kids will learn bad things anywhere, even in top schools.
We cannot prevent, it’s only a matter of time. All we can do is to teach them what is right and wrong, and always maintain communication with the kids.
So far, I think there are more pros than cons with regards to using student care centres. Still better than getting a maid to watch your kid do nothing productive. Centres are good for typically lazy kids who would otherwise end up staying home watching TV and playing computer games after doing homework.
Better for kids to get some daily revision done, interact with kids his age and develop some good friendships. Majority of the kids there are good kids lah. -
cherrygal:
Kids will learn bad things anywhere, even in top schools. Student care centres are just another avenue. Kids pick up bad habits from classmates in childcare, kindy, primary school, secondary school, parents, cousins, grandparents, NS...
We cannot prevent, it's only a matter of time. All we can do is to teach them what is right and wrong, and always maintain communication with the kids.
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