CHIJ (Kellock)

[LittlePrinz]

My dd is in P2 and she hardly has any homework. Is it the same for the rest?

[nansk]

If they finish their work in class, there may not be much homework. It is usually the slow ones, like my dd, who have to bring home stuff to complete. But on weekends everyone should bring home a maths/logic weekend assignment.

[tattiana]

It all depends on what kind of work that are slated in a particular school term. If they’re a set of worksheets from one package, then the students are required to complete part of it as homework. Same goes for all the school’s Workbooks. It’s healthy for students to be given some homeworks.

[nansk]

[quote]It's healthy for students to be given some homeworks.[/quote]
The problem, though, is that many school-going children in Singapore also attend tuition classes. And most parents also buy assessment books to be completed at home. So, between homework, and (sometimes) tuition and (usually) assessment books and popular exam papers, the poor children end up doing academic work for the majority of their day.

I feel that school is already long enough (7-8 hours) for school work to be covered to an adequate extent. So I, for one, would prefer not to have my dd get any homework at all.

[LittlePrinz]

nansk:

[quote]It's healthy for students to be given some homeworks.

The problem, though, is that many school-going children in Singapore also attend tuition classes. And most parents also buy assessment books to be completed at home. So, between homework, and (sometimes) tuition and (usually) assessment books and popular exam papers, the poor children end up doing academic work for the majority of their day.

I feel that school is already long enough (7-8 hours) for school work to be covered to an adequate extent. So I, for one, would prefer not to have my dd get any homework at all.[/quote]I agree. As long as your dd understands her work in school (you will know through class assignments and those mini tests), there's no need for homework.

[nansk]

LittlePrinz:

I agree. As long as your dd understands her work in school (you will know through class assignments and those mini tests), there's no need for homework.

Are you agreeing only on behalf of my dd, or on behalf of all the little girls in CHIJ (Kellock)? :evil:

[LittlePrinz]

nansk:

LittlePrinz:

I agree. As long as your dd understands her work in school (you will know through class assignments and those mini tests), there's no need for homework.

Are you agreeing only on behalf of my dd, or on behalf of all the little girls in CHIJ (Kellock)? :evil:

To all the children. They should have a life. They should have more playdates with friends and have fun.

[tattiana]

I’m extremely surprised to hear that there are still parents out there that are still living in the last century. We should never put the blame on our kids’ teachers and the local education system.A lot has changed over the years in the education ministry curriculum guidelines.

Having our kids grew up to what we might want them to be is the parents’ responsibility. Teachers cannot be parents to our kids and don’t expect them to be. As professional educators, they are to guide our kids academically and holistically. We should all work with and alongside the system to harness our kids full potential.
At upper primary, all students are expected to adapt to the norm of having homeworks. So parents, please be realistic.

[nansk]

[quote]At upper primary, all students are expected to adapt to the norm of having homeworks. So parents, please be realistic.[/quote]
Okay, now that you have started a full-on debate, please support your argument with facts and research. Why is it \"healthy for students to be given some homeworks.\"? Can you prove that, all other factors remaining the same, not having homework is detrimental/unhealthy for a child's growth and educational progress? Can you show us a child with involved parents, who did well in school, completed all school work properly, was not assigned any homework, and consequently did not do well in life?

I was not \"blaming the educational system\". I do not expect my child's teachers to be her parents. Nor was I refusing to \"work with the system, etc\". I was merely estimating the amount of academic work that children in Singapore schools do each day and I stated that, given the amount of parent-assigned after-school work that the kids do, there is no need for homework for most kids. So my post was specifically about the typical school-going child with involved parents, who either sign them up for tuition or purchase assessment books and popular school papers to be worked at home.

[LittlePrinz]

tattiana:

I'm extremely surprised to hear that there are still parents out there that are still living in the last century.

I respect the fact that people have different opinions. But comments like this is not necessary.