About the STELLAR program

[buds]

buds:

I was initially sceptical of this method too, hence i bought My Pals series on my own for DD1. But truth be told, i hardly had to use it.

RRMummy:

Thanks for sharing buds. You just helped me to save some money. I had intended to pick up the My Pals series on Sunday while the gals are having their lessons.

I may have a couple of unused ones to sell off cheap cheap.
Will sms u okie?

RRMummy:

[At least now I know what to expect. And if the teacher will be up to standard :lol:

Hahaa... :lol: Funnie lar you. :laugh:
Your ger in Ah-Lang leh... better have standard hokay!

RRMummy:

:celebrate:

:celebrate:

[buds]

24hr-mum:

buds, ur child is lucky to get a good teacher.

Yes, that's definitely one of the BONUS!
She's one rare gem!

24hr-mum:

my girl's teacher never update us anything they learn.

I also think as parents we can make the first move and initiative if we
sense the teacher ain't exactly reaching out. :roll: DD1's P3 teacher is
like that and i specifically arranged an appointment to see him to trash
things out. From then on, he does on and off take the trouble to work
out certain kinks in his all-boring-rigid routine and makes effort to keep
in touch.... with me at least. :lol:

Not all teachers are automatic i tell you... some need some sorta push...
some need compliments... some oso need complains... :lol: but on a
serious note, parent-teacher partnership is how i see how things can
work for our children in primary schools. If we're lucky, the teachers
are good-natured enuff to accept ideas, suggestions & some thoughts
from us instead of either brushing us off as nuisance parents or worse
black mark our kiddies. :!:

24hr-mum:

the child must bring home the wksheets then i can see. but she often leaves in sch cos the teacher wants them to do the filing in sch, and brings home only once in a blue moon. n since the file is thick, the child really dont want to bring hm unless being asked to.

Our files are kept at home because it is heavy. We have the option to file
the wksheets at home once they're completed and it's kinda a weekly clean
up that i truly appreciate, so we are always in the know... always up to date
with the goings-on in class. The teacher also emails us when she has games
to share or there are certain things needed to carry out with the children or if
she needs to remind us busy (and forgetful) parents to bring stuff despite the
brief notes in the diary. :oops:

Children will bring empty files to school to have their next wksheets and other
activities for eg. crafts to be filed in and brought back home to sign and provide
our feedback if any... once the storybook activities are completed the teacher
will return the file to the child to bring home for parents to keep.
I honestly dislike the idea of children bringing the files in their bag daily. :roll:
Serves no purpose if filing is done only once in awhile... so we only need to
remind our children to bring theirs on certain filing days... which the teacher
will inform in advance.

[janet88]

Hi Mummies,

How are you and your little ones doing in P1 ?
This is the 2nd week of school…guess the teachers would start at 1st gear or going to 2nd if they had started last week.

Daughter’s A books all brought to school. Last week, she brought back some forms…Section A was payment for some gym/dance during PE and Section B was allow deduction of Edusave funds for worksheets. I wonder if these are for English.

[LOLMum]

so far so good.


was given a list of things to bring daily till the offical timetable is ready. spelling list is out however.

most of the textbooks and activity books are kept by teachers. so it is off to school with a heavy bag and home with a light bag except the water bottle is still 3/4 full.

only met the class teacher and not the rest. she seems pretty okay and easy to talk to.

had a picnic race for all p1 boys last week and it was so fun. the feel in a boys' school is so different from a girls' school.

now we have to decide which cca to choose. all seem ffun and we might need to seek approval because ds is thinkiing of doing something everday.
:lol:

one thing i dont like however is the honking by the drivers even if it is 6+ in the morning. :x


there was a brief explanation on stellar but i am unsure how/what the school is doing. so will be asking teacher.

[janet88]

LOLMum:

so far so good.


was given a list of things to bring daily till the offical timetable is ready. spelling list is out however.

most of the textbooks and activity books are kept by teachers. so it is off to school with a heavy bag and home with a light bag except the water bottle is still 3/4 full.

had a picnic race for all p1 boys last week and it was so fun. the feel in a boys' school is so different from a girls' school.

there was a brief explanation on stellar but i am unsure how/what the school is doing. so will be asking teacher.

Same here...will find an opportunity to ask teacher more on Stellar program. My daughter's bag has only the Maths/Chinese textbook and her handbook...water bottle is also full at the end of the day...told her she must finish all the water before the end of school day.

It's really diff in an all girls' school compared to co-ed.

[mom74]

[quote]Hi Mummies,

How are you and your little ones doing in P1 ?
This is the 2nd week of school...guess the teachers would start at 1st gear or going to 2nd if they had started last week.

Daughter's A books all brought to school. Last week, she brought back some forms...Section A was payment for some gym/dance during PE and Section B was allow deduction of Edusave funds for worksheets. I wonder if these are for English.[/quote]We received a form to allow deduction of Edusave funds for CCA, not worksheet. How do we check there's sufficient fund in Edusave acc? Will the school check

[/quote]

[ctct61t]

mom74:

[quote]Hi Mummies,

How are you and your little ones doing in P1 ?
This is the 2nd week of school...guess the teachers would start at 1st gear or going to 2nd if they had started last week.

Daughter's A books all brought to school. Last week, she brought back some forms...Section A was payment for some gym/dance during PE and Section B was allow deduction of Edusave funds for worksheets. I wonder if these are for English.

We received a form to allow deduction of Edusave funds for CCA, not worksheet. How do we check there's sufficient fund in Edusave acc? Will the school check
[/quote][/quote]

You can go this site for more detail.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/faq/#balance

[buds]

mom74:

We received a form to allow deduction of Edusave funds for CCA, not worksheet. How do we check there's sufficient fund in Edusave acc? Will the school check

I usually have to sign a form to allow deduction from Edusave account.
If not enuff, the teacher will ask child to bring cash. :lol:

[janet88]

I emailed daughter’s Eng teacher to ask how I can teach her at home.

She told me the Eng worksheets will be done in school…upon completion, the girls will bring home.

If I wish to teach my daughter in advance, she said to focus on these areas:
-tenses
-verbs
-adjectives
-subject-verb agreement

[Champion]

Hi All,

I would like to start this thread so that more parents can share how their child's school is conducting the lessons.

My gal's school started off with the following topics for Term 1 and to be covered in the coming CA1:

1) A Kitten for the King
2) The Wolf's Story
3) Fearless Philp

They have the Learning Sheet (bought from school), done in the class and brought home for corrections. On top of that, they also required to purchase the following books, kept by teachers and till now I have not seen them returned to the student.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18897

The teacher told us that Stellar programme was only rolled out last year (2010), so they are still \"new\" to the system. Is it so? Can any parents advise me on that?

:thankyou: