Complain too much homeowrk!

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:41:19 GMT

Augmum — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:41:19 GMT

Chenonceau:

I can't WAIT!! I can't WAIT!! :please:

:lol: :lol:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:39:02 GMT

Chenonceau — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:39:02 GMT

Augmum:
Chenonceau:
[quote=\"Augmum\"]
it won't work for my gal's case as all these HW are graded.
some subj, miss 1 day, marks left 50%.
but sometimes, the pupils would bargain for extension of deadline.
Your gal in secondary hah? Or primary?

Heng ah... my 2 kids dun have this system. Phewie!!

ya, sec 2 now.
heng only for temp, as they will go to sec sch eventually.....
but it's heng that they will be entirely on their own by then.....[/quote]I can't WAIT!! I can't WAIT!! :please:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:36:10 GMT

Augmum — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:36:10 GMT

Chenonceau:
Augmum:
[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]
Ehhhh... a gentle word with the Teachers may help. It could just be a mis-coordination problem. It happened to my daughter in secondary school. After I dropped a note with the Teacher, some deadlines were moved and some homework was cancelled.
it won't work for my gal's case as all these HW are graded.
some subj, miss 1 day, marks left 50%.
but sometimes, the pupils would bargain for extension of deadline.

Your gal in secondary hah? Or primary?

Heng ah... my 2 kids dun have this system. Phewie!![/quote]ya, sec 2 now.
heng only for temp, as they will go to sec sch eventually.....
but it's heng that they will be entirely on their own by then.....as for them, they still continue to suffer . :roll:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:24:03 GMT

Chenonceau — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:24:03 GMT

Augmum:
Chenonceau:

Ehhhh... a gentle word with the Teachers may help. It could just be a mis-coordination problem. It happened to my daughter in secondary school. After I dropped a note with the Teacher, some deadlines were moved and some homework was cancelled.
it won't work for my gal's case as all these HW are graded.
some subj, miss 1 day, marks left 50%.
but sometimes, the pupils would bargain for extension of deadline.

Your gal in secondary hah? Or primary?

Heng ah... my 2 kids dun have this system. Phewie!!

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:08:10 GMT

Augmum — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:08:10 GMT

Chenonceau:

Ehhhh... a gentle word with the Teachers may help. It could just be a mis-coordination problem. It happened to my daughter in secondary school. After I dropped a note with the Teacher, some deadlines were moved and some homework was cancelled.

it won't work for my gal's case as all these HW are graded.
some subj, miss 1 day, marks left 50%.
but sometimes, the pupils would bargain for extension of deadline.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:04:59 GMT

Augmum — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:04:59 GMT

softcoach:
Hi

I would really like to seek your views on whether the following weekend homework (given to my P5 DD as weekend homework) is deemed heavy?

1)\tOral + Listening Compre Supp classes – 3 hours (10 to 1pm)
2)\tEnglish P6 English Exam Paper (19 pages)
3)\tEnglish MPAH Homework Review 2 (14 pages)
4)\tEnglish MPAH Homework 5A (Situational Writing)
5)\tEnglish Worksheet 2 (6 pages)
6)\tMT P5 Mock Exam paper (11 pages)
7)\tHMT Revision Test Paper (8 pages)
8)\tMT Comprehension paper (2 pages)
9)\tChinese New Express (2 pages)
10)\tMath Activity Book (14 pages)
11)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (14 pages)
12)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (15 pages)
13)\tSpelling & Situational Writing Corrections (rewriting whole paper)
14)\tWork Bank – find meaning of 20 words
15)\tLearn spelling & dictation

Thank you

WOW :!: there's ALOT for a P5 pupil. wonder which sch is it ??

btw, i also seeing my gal (sec 2) doing HW NON-STOP everyday.......sigh!!!

either assignments, grp projects/ individual projects, pop quizzes, tests, competitions,
everyday there's bound to have something due ..... :roll:
so doesn't matter when are the due dates... :lol:
and all these are graded.
at least in primary school, HW are not graded. (but i fully understand that it's still mandatory to finsih it)

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:42:05 GMT

Chenonceau — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:42:05 GMT

softcoach:
Hi

Yes, just confirmed with DD again that it's all to be handed up on Monday (she has been sitting at her desk since 10am today and is still at it ). I was also like :? :stupid:.

Regards

Ehhhh... a gentle word with the Teachers may help. It could just be a mis-coordination problem. It happened to my daughter in secondary school. After I dropped a note with the Teacher, some deadlines were moved and some homework was cancelled.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:38:59 GMT

janet88 — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:38:59 GMT

cwc:
softcoach:
Hi

Yes, just confirmed with DD again that it's all to be handed up on Monday (she has been sitting at her desk since 10am today and is still at it ). I was also like :? :stupid:.
Regards
Oh dear, the teachers are mad!!!! Pity the child

The teachers are beyond INSANE !!! How can the child be doing nothing but homework the whole weekend ? That's as good as not having one.
There should be some moderation.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:30:31 GMT

BeContented — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:30:31 GMT

softcoach:
Hi

Yes, just confirmed with DD again that it's all to be handed up on Monday (she has been sitting at her desk since 10am today and is still at it ). I was also like :? :stupid:.

Regards

Oh dear, the teachers are mad!!!! Pity the child

Softcoach, I'm worried for my DD next year liao.......

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:29:50 GMT

janet88 — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:29:50 GMT

Chenonceau:
softcoach:
I would really like to seek your views on whether the following weekend homework (given to my P5 DD as weekend homework) is deemed heavy?

1)\tOral + Listening Compre Supp classes – 3 hours (10 to 1pm)
2)\tEnglish P6 English Exam Paper (19 pages)
3)\tEnglish MPAH Homework Review 2 (14 pages)
4)\tEnglish MPAH Homework 5A (Situational Writing)
5)\tEnglish Worksheet 2 (6 pages)
6)\tMT P5 Mock Exam paper (11 pages)
7)\tHMT Revision Test Paper (8 pages)
8)\tMT Comprehension paper (2 pages)
9)\tChinese New Express (2 pages)
10)\tMath Activity Book (14 pages)
11)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (14 pages)
12)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (15 pages)
13)\tSpelling & Situational Writing Corrections (rewriting whole paper)
14)\tWork Bank – find meaning of 20 words
15)\tLearn spelling & dictation
Are you sure it is all for weekend? And all must pass up on Monday?

Agree...you sure ALL this homework is meant for 1 weekend ? Regardless P5 or P6, I will faint if son has this amt of hw. :?:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:25:52 GMT

janet88 — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:25:52 GMT

Brenda10:
NB:
At this moment, all will be busy preparing for SA1, next week both DS will have their Oral followed by Compo the follow week.

Same here. DD brought home quite a number of Oral worksheets today. Their oral also next week then follow by compo. another week then SA1 will be earlier next month.

Time really fly fast and three months after May will be the prelim exam lah. :shock:

Next week Eng/CL oral after school, then followed by EL/CL compo on 4-5 May. Can feel the heat and stress when I'm at home.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:18:10 GMT

softcoach — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:18:10 GMT

Hi

Yes, just confirmed with DD again that it's all to be handed up on Monday (she has been sitting at her desk since 10am today and is still at it ). I was also like :? :stupid:.

Regards

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:03:15 GMT

Chenonceau — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:03:15 GMT

softcoach:
Hi

I would really like to seek your views on whether the following weekend homework (given to my P5 DD as weekend homework) is deemed heavy?

1)\tOral + Listening Compre Supp classes – 3 hours (10 to 1pm)
2)\tEnglish P6 English Exam Paper (19 pages)
3)\tEnglish MPAH Homework Review 2 (14 pages)
4)\tEnglish MPAH Homework 5A (Situational Writing)
5)\tEnglish Worksheet 2 (6 pages)
6)\tMT P5 Mock Exam paper (11 pages)
7)\tHMT Revision Test Paper (8 pages)
8)\tMT Comprehension paper (2 pages)
9)\tChinese New Express (2 pages)
10)\tMath Activity Book (14 pages)
11)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (14 pages)
12)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (15 pages)
13)\tSpelling & Situational Writing Corrections (rewriting whole paper)
14)\tWork Bank – find meaning of 20 words
15)\tLearn spelling & dictation

Thank you

:siao: :sick: :!: :faint: If I were you, I would very nicely but very surely :nunchuk: otherwise your kid will :imdrowning:

Are you sure it is all for weekend? And all must pass up on Monday?

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:42:45 GMT

softcoach — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:42:45 GMT

Hi

I would really like to seek your views on whether the following weekend homework (given to my P5 DD as weekend homework) is deemed heavy?

1)\tOral + Listening Compre Supp classes – 3 hours (10 to 1pm)
2)\tEnglish P6 English Exam Paper (19 pages)
3)\tEnglish MPAH Homework Review 2 (14 pages)
4)\tEnglish MPAH Homework 5A (Situational Writing)
5)\tEnglish Worksheet 2 (6 pages)
6)\tMT P5 Mock Exam paper (11 pages)
7)\tHMT Revision Test Paper (8 pages)
8)\tMT Comprehension paper (2 pages)
9)\tChinese New Express (2 pages)
10)\tMath Activity Book (14 pages)
11)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (14 pages)
12)\tScience CA1 Exam Paper 1 – Section A (15 pages)
13)\tSpelling & Situational Writing Corrections (rewriting whole paper)
14)\tWork Bank – find meaning of 20 words
15)\tLearn spelling & dictation

Thank you

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:22:55 GMT

Brenda10 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:22:55 GMT

NB:
At this moment, all will be busy preparing for SA1, next week both DS will have their Oral followed by Compo the follow week.

Same here. DD brought home quite a number of Oral worksheets today. Their oral also next week then follow by compo. another week then SA1 will be earlier next month.

Time really fly fast and three months after May will be the prelim exam lah. :shock:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:15:13 GMT

wwfjoyce.015037hotmail.015037com — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:15:13 GMT

Brenda10:
NB:
DS's class home work reduced the past 2 weeks, apparently some parents complained too stress for their P6! Just wonder if they have additional tuitions/enrichment hence do not want the school to stress their kids?

DD also doesn't have much homework recently and seems that most of the work had done in the school. Yesterday, only 3 pages of xi zi and 1 page of Maths worksheet.

May be we may see more after June.

At this moment, all will be busy preparing for SA1, next week both DS will have their Oral followed by Compo the follow week.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:55:38 GMT

smurf — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:55:38 GMT

Should feedback and SHOW the garmen the video. Then they will know. But then again, they will come up with all sort of nonsense stories to rebuke the European theory. :roll:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:38:39 GMT

ppnqq — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:38:39 GMT

I believe there'll be 'surprises' in time to come.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:15:57 GMT

Brenda10 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:15:57 GMT

NB:
DS's class home work reduced the past 2 weeks, apparently some parents complained too stress for their P6! Just wonder if they have additional tuitions/enrichment hence do not want the school to stress their kids?

DD also doesn't have much homework recently and seems that most of the work had done in the school. Yesterday, only 3 pages of xi zi and 1 page of Maths worksheet.

May be we may see more after June.

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:11:52 GMT

Brenda10 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:11:52 GMT

ppnqq:
High time to revamp our education system or our mindset? How nice it is if we can follow the Finland's. Their's is considered the first in the world and a very successful one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYHWpRR4yc&feature=related

Hi ppnqq

Thank you for sharing and I like their team work. :celebrate:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:04:57 GMT

Chenonceau — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:04:57 GMT

Nice sharing ppnqq!

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:31:57 GMT

wwfjoyce.015037hotmail.015037com — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:31:57 GMT

tisha:
ppnqq:
High time to revamp our education system or our mindset? How nice it is if we can follow the Finland's. Their's is considered the first in the world and a very successful one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYHWpRR4yc&feature=related

Thanks for sharing ppnqq! I enjoyed the video clip. Guess we have to learn and balance the life for our child. Its a challenging journey for all.

Suz855, u r right! Quality and not quantity. I will always remind my DS to pay attention in class in order to capture the quality information given by the teachers. :lol:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:34:45 GMT

tisha — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:34:45 GMT

ppnqq:
High time to revamp our education system or our mindset? How nice it is if we can follow the Finland's. Their's is considered the first in the world and a very successful one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYHWpRR4yc&feature=related

Thanks for sharing ppnqq. After seeing the video, I want to be a kid again and attend a school in Finland. :lol:

I liked it when the teacher said 'I'm their school mother'. I heard of a similar concept from my european colleague who said that they have the same teacher for their entire primary years and they are share a close relationship with their teacher.
Here we are struggling with just 2 languages and there there are learning as much as four languages stress-free.
And I also like that they do not have any streaming which the speaker says helps the children to accept diversity. True.

But I must say that their system is completely on the opposite side of the spectrum from the system here. Adopting only one or two of their ideas will not work in this competitive result driven system. If we revamp, we must embrace their system in entirety; which I think will be wishful thinking.
Nevertheless it is good to know that a non-competitive system can be equally successfull. :celebrate:

Reply to Complain too much homeowrk! on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:47:18 GMT

ppnqq — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:47:18 GMT

NB:
DS's class home work reduced the past 2 weeks, apparently some parents complained too stress for their P6! Just wonder if they have additional tuitions/enrichment hence do not want the school to stress their kids?

It doesn't mean these children will excel or do much better if they are doing more. If they do not understand the work, they are only repeating their mistakes over and over again. Yes, it's the matter of quality, not quantity as it does not represent anything nor is it meaningful. I personally do not feel it's practical as well.

Rest is also very important for the children too, adults as well. Agree?

I also have a child in P6 this year. Besides staying back in school for the daily supplementary classes and CCA till evening (compulsory :roll: ), the children are also given some homework and projects to do as well. If they are able to get onto their bed by 10pm, I would say it is a blessing for that day. I ever ask my child what they do for the sup classes and she said sometimes the teacher will continue the lessons which they are not able to finish during the class and to do some work. I was thinking of asking her to stop attending the sup classes when she told me that :\"but sometimes the teacher will teach us something new too, although not everytime.\"

Huh well, guess mine dare not quit from the class for fear of her teacher. Sigh. So it is also quite difficult to get them to attend tuition or getting a tutor for them because of their 'busy' schedule. roll:

I, for one, am looking for a tutor for my child because mine is having some problems with some of her subjects, so she really needs help but it's a headache to find one that can fit into our schedule as I do not want to over-exhaust my child. Even if I managed to find one, it would only be once a week. Impossible to have it twice a week and I do not wish to jeopardize her only Sunday meant for her to rest, relax and enjoy.

I cannot imagine myself after a day of exhaustion (schooling), there are still a number of homework and projects to be done with some English and Chinese spelling to learn too.

We, as the adults may not be able to take it, not to mention the children. They are both physically and mentally drained! This also explains why some children are having mood swings (very easily), not just because of their raging hormones but the stress from school work and PSLE too. :frustrated: :heartbroken: :

High time to revamp our education system or our mindset? How nice it is if we can follow the Finland's. Their's is considered the first in the world and a very successful one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYHWpRR4yc&feature=related