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[michyms]

Tinkerbelle:

michyms:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]All the best to all P6s with their PSLE Oral on Thurs & Fri. Jia You!!! :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

All the best to your dd! Is she nervous about the upcoming exams?

:thankyou: michyms. Usually, DD1 is not nervous with oral exams but this time, the stake is higher so I guess she'll be nervous speaking in front of 2 teachers whom she's not familiar with. [/quote]Tinkerbelle, yes, I recall during my PSLE I was facing 2 teachers from another school... :nailbite: Seems like such a long time ago. And now the stress is because our girls have to undergo the same thing.

[michyms]

Tinkerbelle:

michyms:

[quote=\"tinkerbelle\"]Hi michyms,

There are no programmes like STELLAR for teaching Chinese. All primary schs use the same chinese text book, depending on whether the sch teaches standard chinese or higher MT. MCS only has standard chinese for P1-P4.

Nowadays, with the change in MT syllabus, more emphasis is placed on listening, reading and oral skills in lower primary. In P1, only HYPY will be taught in the first 3 months. Basic characters will only be introduced from term 2 onwards.

Thanks Tinkerbelle, isn't standard chinese also offered in P5 and 6 as well? hmm, 3 full months of HYPY - that's quite different from our days I guess when HYPY was kind of a by the way thing. My girl's CC is already teaching HYPY so hopefully that will mean she'll have an easier time absorbing when she gets to P1.

Hi michyms,
Sorry......typo error.......Standard Chinese is offered for P1-P6 at MCS but only Higher MT is offered at P5-P6 level. Thanks for pointing it out.

Yes, definitely different from our days. Nowadays, with the intro to HYPY, I find that DD2 is very reliant on it. When she reads Chinese book, she tends to read the HYPY, not the Chinese characters. :slapshead: In the end, sound like foreigner reading chinese.... keke

Great that your DD has already started on HYPY. It'll be a breeze for her in P1 then. :boogie:[/quote]Tinkerbelle, I think these days most kids who grow up in English speaking homes sound like foreigner reading chinese :rotflmao: When I hear myself read, I think I also sound like that, as I grew up in a more English school, and all chinese standards were questionable :faint:

[LLX04]

mommyto3js:

Dear All :),


My DD will also be joining the MCS big family next year. Hopefully can meet some of you during the 19-Nov orientation.

:welcome: mommyto3js

Wow, the list are going to be than last year.

[Tinkerbelle]

mommyto3js:

Dear All :),


My DD will also be joining the MCS big family next year. Hopefully can meet some of you during the 19-Nov orientation.

:welcome: :rahrah: :welcome: mommyto3js

[Tinkerbelle]

ohdaddy:

LMAO will wear tailored MCS pinafore but the party better be dammmmmmn good man free flow food drinks music. And have a camera-ban!


Moreover, cannot wear that out of the house or the kids who of course would be left at home for that kind of party, would be very confused at what daddy and mummy are up to. Must be like a teen again, but this time keep the pinafore inside the bag when leave the house, and change into it in the car before the party!

:rotflmao: :celebrate:

[Tinkerbelle]

michyms:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"michyms\"]Thanks Tinkerbelle, isn't standard chinese also offered in P5 and 6 as well? hmm, 3 full months of HYPY - that's quite different from our days I guess when HYPY was kind of a by the way thing. My girl's CC is already teaching HYPY so hopefully that will mean she'll have an easier time absorbing when she gets to P1.

Hi michyms,
Sorry......typo error.......Standard Chinese is offered for P1-P6 at MCS but only Higher MT is offered at P5-P6 level. Thanks for pointing it out.

Yes, definitely different from our days. Nowadays, with the intro to HYPY, I find that DD2 is very reliant on it. When she reads Chinese book, she tends to read the HYPY, not the Chinese characters. :slapshead: In the end, sound like foreigner reading chinese.... keke

Great that your DD has already started on HYPY. It'll be a breeze for her in P1 then. :boogie:

Tinkerbelle, I think these days most kids who grow up in English speaking homes sound like foreigner reading chinese :rotflmao: When I hear myself read, I think I also sound like that, as I grew up in a more English school, and all chinese standards were questionable :faint:[/quote] :hi5: michyms. Actually, sometimes when DD1 asks me how to read/write certain chinese characters......:scratchhead: I must check the dictionary :oops: ....

[Tinkerbelle]

LLX04:

Wow, the list are going to be than last year.

Hi LLX04,
How was your DD's P1 maths AA? Did she come home and say \" easy peasy, lemon squeezy\"? :imcool:

[michyms]

Tinkerbelle:

:hi5: michyms. Actually, sometimes when DD1 asks me how to read/write certain chinese characters......:scratchhead: I must check the dictionary :oops: ....

Tinkerbelle, yeah, me too. I usually delegate the task of answering dd's chinese related questions to my hb, since he took Higher chinese during his secondary school days. My hb says the advantage of having taken higher chinese is that at least he can read chinese newspaper, whereas I can't :razz:

May I check with you for students who take HMT for PSLE, how does this get computed into the scores for entering a SAP school? Can students choose to attend HMT classes but not take the exam in P6?

[mommyto3js]

michyms:

Welcome mommyto3js! You have 3 kids as well?

Thanks michyms.. Yes I've 3 kids, 1 DD & 2 DS (3 & 2 yo). How about yourself?

[michyms]

mommyto3js:

michyms:

Welcome mommyto3js! You have 3 kids as well?

Thanks michyms.. Yes I've 3 kids, 1 DD & 2 DS (3 & 2 yo). How about yourself?

Hi mommyto3js, I also have 3 kids, 2 girls and a boy (6, 4 and 2 years old respectively). Now that your dd is going to MCS, which school are you planning for your 2 ds?