Maha Bodhi

[shn]

Dear Jenny , since your child is in p5 now so tat means he or she doesn't use HM right? Did u really lookthru wats in HM? I agree with u that maybe they going thru \"holistic \" ways of learning, but I believe that almost 99%of parents are KS & Tats y we came to this forum! So please imagine MBS students who using the HM , and without much guidance from other source taking PSLE with others 30k student, will their English standard drop or maintain? How will they fare? Nobody knows ! Jus keep our finger cross!

I totally agree with another parent, saying ..........

I'm really curious how do parents and children find time for so many enrichment classes? How do you manage? They are so tied down with the remedial , Malay, fo xue & CCA! How they find extra time? Most of us are working parents, by time wereach home, dinner & rest! Then u willsay Oh gosh, it bed time! :?: where can I find moretime? :lol: So as what I had said earlier , good luck to our kids taking HM, nobody knows what will happen! Let's keep our finger cross haha

[adbie]

I am all for holistic education, but if it impedes the quality of life, it isn’t holistic at all in the true sense.


Moreover, a holistic education should rightfully also include unstructured learning, which I feel is as important as structured learning.

What a child needs is sufficient play time, as well as sufficient "self-discovery" time for them to day dream, wander around, explore the library, explore the park, the playground, discover insects, plants, etc. This is the unstructured learning that is totally lacking in our current system, which is way too rigidly structured, overly prescribing and totally time-consuming.

There’s no time for the child to do the true kind of self-learning which I’m sure we all did when we were young.

Anyway, I’m not the minister. I can’t change the system. What I can do is to give my own children as much free time as possible, so they can do their own day dreaming.

[jennykhots]

HI Shn


BTW, I have another boy in P3 so of coz I am aware of the HM contents. Half of the work was left undone in P2 & my son said the teacher told him that he can use it to do revision during the Dec holidays．

Yes, we can’t change the education system, but we can as mothers do something about it. Get your child to nap an hour in the afternoon so that if you do work late, he can stay up & have an hour revision with you till 11pm. Few kids are self disciplined, most kids are naturally smart, but majority need a lot of our guidance so we have no choice but to be a tiger mummy because we must see the fact that 1 teacher vs 30 or 40 kids. Even if the school is using the Stellar or My Pals, ask yourself, how much of difference will it make? I have encountered not only in school but also with various tuition : error making, eg no "ed, no punctuation" , etc, I am the mother of my child, I am responsible to work with my child to achieve a grade that he is capable of . Maybe you think I sounds crazy, but most schools will pump the P6 students with extra classes daily & kids who are mentally prepared for the big PSLE will have to sleep late to find time. They have to sleep in more over the weekends. The fact that this is the first time that MBS did ask kids to stay back for housepractice, give supplementary classes for both Maths & Science . They are trying all efforts to step up our kids acamaedically from P5.

My final sharing : My girl did not perform as well because I was a complacent mother who saw B1 & 2 from P1-3 without much extra supplementary revision, she plunged in P4, she had to sacrifice her TV time , facebook, etc. Luckily she is back on track but sadly no B1 only 2 & 3 in P4. So now that my son is doing well, top 10 in the class, I do not want to repeat my mistake. He too, is following suit like his sister 0 facebook, 30mins TV during lunch or dinner time… it is never too early to prepare our kids for the tough year of PSLE, all luxury will be taken away from them. But of course, they get their TV, holidays, play time during the ususal semester break

So as long as they are not in an environmentally unfriendly school ( like with bullies or picking vulgarities), are teaching materials that we should be concerned over here?

[2818]

Hi shn & adbie & jennykhnots,


Thank you very much for your sharing. I am still considering whether to send my son for all the cl, el enrichment classes. I have started my son for maths enrichment because I have enough ‘feedback’ from the P1 Math teacher about how careless he is. He then started the math enrichment from 2nd half of last year. To my surprise the result came back he did worst then what he scored in his SA1.

It depends on the student a lot (most of the time) and with the parents guidance thru their study. I tried to spend at least one and a half hr every night with his study and reading story books. But I still have the fear that he is lack behind with most of the peers having all the subjects’ enrichment class. Sometime, I just ask myself what if the parents can’t afford all the cost spend on enrichment, do they need to start so young like K2 onwards, or P1 and P2. It really depends.

[chasingjelly]

2818:

I have started my son for maths enrichment because I have enough 'feedback' from the P1 Math teacher about how careless he is. He then started the math enrichment from 2nd half of last year. To my surprise the result came back he did worst then what he scored in his SA1.

Actually for carelessness, enrichment will not help much. Need to teach the child how to spot the mistakes.

I actually pulled my dd out of her math enrichment after SA1 bcos she only got a band 2. After my coaching, she only made 2 mistakes in her SA2 paper.

I'm sure your child will do well this time around after your coaching.

[2818]

Hi chasingjelly,


Thank you for sharing your experience here. I will try my best to help him to strengthen up in this area too.

[adbie]

Hi all, I'm looking at the 二年级全面性评价蓝图 assessment plan (see below).


Does anyone know of good ways to prepare for 过新年，阅读理解 and 综合句式 for T1?

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3307/p2chineseassessment.jpg\">

[blurblursahm]

Hi hi…


Whr do u find e slides on e school website?? I dun seems to be able to locate it ;(( I m looking for P1…

Tqvm

[adbie]

blurblursahm:

Hi hi...


Whr do u find e slides on e school website?? I dun seems to be able to locate it ;(( I m looking for P1...

Tqvm

It's not from the school site. I took the picture during the PTC.

[blurblursahm]

wow ;)) i also thought it can be found on e sch web with e full details..am i right?? ;((