Beacon Primary

[vividlaurel]

In P3 CCA is recommended, not compulsory. Beacon has lots of CCA options, you will soon get a note with the options. Only two CCAs are not on Thursdays - scouts on Mondays and choir on Wednesdays.


The school recognizes that the children will be tired on Thursdays so I guess homework load is less on that day. For tuitions, I guess you will have to rework the days. IMHO it's better to take CCA in P3 as it becomes compulsory from P4 and you still have to manage your time anyways. As far as I know most children take CCA and your child may feel left out if he is not in any!

gracelcf2:

Is it compulsory to have CCA in primary 3? My son is in Pri 3 this year . If compulsory , what CCAs do Beacon Pri offer? How do the P3 students manage their time in completing their homework -also having tuition at home if they have both the enrichment and CCA? Can any parents advise??? Also are a lot of school homework for the P3? Thanks....

[laestrella]

Thanks vividlaurel! didnt knw abt the enrichment prog, btw, wat is covered under tis prog? is it compulsory for p3? for the cca, do u know any which require special audition or prior backgrd?


for school bus arrangement on thurs, and if cca happens on same day aft enrichmt prog, is there extra fee imposed by the bus operator?

[laestrella]

Thanks vividlaurel! didnt knw abt the enrichment prog, btw, wat is covered under tis prog? is it compulsory for p3? for the cca, do u know any which require special audition or prior backgrd?


for school bus arrangement on thurs, and if cca happens on same day aft enrichmt prog, is there extra fee imposed by the bus operator?

[vividlaurel]

They do different enrichment programmes during the year - one per semester. My kids did speech and drama for English, then there was one for MT and one more, cant remember! Fees for this comes from edusave


Don't know about the other CCA's but I guess the dance ones (Chinese dance etc) may require auditions. For choir I do know that they audition the children in P2 during music lessons and some selected children are asked to join a special music enrichment programme during Term 3/4. For these children, they prefer that they choose choir as their official CCA.

Yes, on Thursdays after CCA/enrichment, if you take the bus, you have to pay extra. I guess it will different amount per route, for mine it was $2 per trip.

laestrella:

Thanks vividlaurel! didnt knw abt the enrichment prog, btw, wat is covered under tis prog? is it compulsory for p3? for the cca, do u know any which require special audition or prior backgrd?

for school bus arrangement on thurs, and if cca happens on same day aft enrichmt prog, is there extra fee imposed by the bus operator?

[Bluepanda]

Hi,

Any parents of Class 1/1 here? My kid said he did not receive timetable… wondering what to bring tomorrow… Thanks.

[gracelcf2]

Any parent whose child is in 1/3? My child said that the teacher asked them to bring thermometer on Monday. But the letter from the school states that all Pri 1 students will be issue a new thermometer . Not sure to bring or not. Any idea?


Thanks.

[petiacbk]

Hi all parent of 1/7 here. Check your child diary for contact no and email address of form teacher. I whatsapp my kid teacher and was told only to bring English story book for silent reading. Timetable will be given on Monday. Thermometer I going to assume all P1 will get a new one.

[hwee2]

Hi


My child is in class 1/1 too. No timetable is given.

My son just mentioned that his Chinese teacher mentioned that they are require to bring the Chinese textbook (with a dog).

[curious cat]

My child is in 1/2.He is not aware of anything.Hehe.Anyway,since no time table given.will just pack the chinese and math text.

[patntee]

Hi Bluepanda and hwee2, my kid is in 1/1 too. Glad to see the comments here. My girl also mentioned the Chinese textbook only, so I was wondering since Friday what else to pack. Did your kids submit the maths test workbook (My pals are here) already? Seems like they were asked to bring last week.