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[Jas007]

Dewdrops:

Hi Jas007,


My boy in 1H. Anything we can discuss here? Actually I have a lot of questions too, like the teachers' rewarding system, who to ask for my boy's topics to be tested etc... My boy seem to be very blur. He doesn't seem to understand when I ask him did the teacher told him exactly which pages of his textbooks will be tested or what does he has to revise for his test. He will say the teacher never say things like that, to the extent that I have to message the teachers but I don't like doing that too often cos the teachers might have already informed them but my boy just didn't get it. Or he din understand the importance when the teachers highlight some topics to him. It can be quite frustrating for us when we want to prepare him for his tests. I am looking forward if the P1 parents here can share more info with me...

sorry for late reply cos i havent been active here, and it would also be somewhat irrelevant since the Term 2 'Mini Tests' are over ...
there's still a Reading Test & a Practical Test coming up next week ...

anyway to address your concerns, my boy is in 1C.
iirc 2 days prior to the EL Mini Test, the form teacher sent out a long but very meaningful sms to all the parents of 1C.
on our part, we sat our boy down and tested him on all the Spelling he'd in Term 2. We also drilled him on Punctuations, and more specifically when to use capital letters.

furthermore, each child has a diary whereby they can jot down instructions from their teachers. sadly, my boy doesnt do so also lol

perhaps, it might be best to highlight (your concerns) what u mentioned here to the form teacher when u meet her/him in the upcoming PTMS

sorry can't be of much help, and again sorry about the late reply

[Jas007]

mika_ling:

Hi all.. i noticed the bags are very heavy these days.. Anyone can share?

dunno abt your child's class, but my boy says not all books are kept in the school by his teacher/s now ... so perhaps that's why bags are heavy .....

[Sunflower03]

Jas007:

mika_ling:

Hi all.. i noticed the bags are very heavy these days.. Anyone can share?

dunno abt your child's class, but my boy says not all books are kept in the school by his teacher/s now ... so perhaps that's why bags are heavy .....

Hi there,

I also realised my son since P2, his bag has been heavy till now. I also don't know why.

[Sunflower03]

Hi Dewdrops and Paulyn,


My son also in 1H too.

[Sysac]

Sunflower03:

Hi Dewdrops and Paulyn,


My son also in 1H too.

My son is also in 1H. Were you mummies at the PTM last week? Form teacher is fine but I feel that MT teacher is less tolerant towards the kids. She wld call me & tell me my son talks in class. When I asked the form teacher, she says my son discusses work in class.

[Paulyn]

Hi all


Can I confirm which of your kids are in 1H? Mine is.

Yes, the MT teacher is quite strict but I appreciate her help. Form teacher was quite tolerating so far although I get more calls and smses from MT teacher.

My boy’s Chinese is very poor so any advice on enrichment? Attempts to enrol him for hanyupinyin classes during June was futile as intake was low at Han Language.

And I was told only homework during June was the English spelling. Nothing else. True??

[Sysac]

Hi Paulyn,


My son is in 1H too He's been attending the enrichmt classess with Han Lang on Sats since the beginning of the yr.

His MT is not poor but is not fantastic either. The Sat classes help in a way plus I go thru with him on a dily basis.

True that there is no homework & only Eng spelling. There's P1 camp on Fri in sch during sch hours.

[Paulyn]

Do they do higher chinese at Han Language? I tried Berries at Woodlands and was surprised that P1 kids are already reading many words.


Is the Han Language at Teck Whye? A bit out of the way but I think I will go for their trial class.

Today, my boy came back with many notices. The diary said they are going to the zoo thur. So the Aug zoo trip is cancelled?

He also wrote that there is health examination on 4 Jul at 10:15am and library auditory test on 6 Jul 10:15am. Then AVA rm wear something that he did not write clearly. Can anyone clarify?

[Sysac]

Han Lang follows rather closely to the MOE syllabus for P1. I chose Han as my son was on the wait list in several places like Berries, Tian Xia, etc. I live in CCK & so wanted a sch within CCK to avoid travelling around too much.


I am quite happy with Han Lang as some of the hypy & han zi spelling were almost similar to those given by the school. As such, my son was learning the ting xie concurrently.

Yes, zoo in Aug has been brought fwd to this Thu. I am 'afraid' of the parent notifications most. All the tests dates! Stressed out when I saw the notification yesterday.

My son only wrote the zoo outing and not the others that you have mentioned! Ah yoh...now I have to go ask my son abt it after work

[kevinmiki]

Gg to register for my kid for P1 this 12July.