Marymount Convent

[Tinkerbelle]

michyms:

gorilla, its so weird that its in the compulsory section indeed! But I was worried that if I didn't get it, I would scramble to buy at the last minute and still have to pay $9.20! So thought I will grab it at $5 plus. If she doesn't use, I will let the kids use at home for colouring :boogie:


And then all my friends are telling me that chinese character cards are completely useless! One said her school said it was compulsory, so she bought and she didn't use it. Another said it was used once. So they are telling me not to buy till the teachers say its needed :scratchhead:

michyms, you sure got a good deal with the oil pastels.

For the Chinese character cards, not all teachers use them in MCS so it really depends on who your DD's Chinese teacher is.

[gorilla]

Thanks Tinkerbelle.


I'm sure my girl would love to have 49 colours vs the 12 she has at home

[Tinkerbelle]

phoenix:

Thanks michyms and Tinkerbelle. That's what I thought too but when I looked at the list of names pasted on the classroom door the other day, the Reg. No was that long series of numbers.

Under comments on the list, I saw some girls applied for Tamil and Japanese, didn't know these languages were offered by MOE for primary school.

Hi phoenix,
Oh, didn't realise the sch has included the long series of numbers on the class list too. So do you know your DD's register number then?

Japanese, French & Punjabi are not offered in MCS so students taking these subjects must take them up externally through other language schs. It just means they are exempted from attending MT lessons while the others are having their MT lessons.

[phoenix]

Tinkerbelle:

phoenix:

Thanks michyms and Tinkerbelle. That's what I thought too but when I looked at the list of names pasted on the classroom door the other day, the Reg. No was that long series of numbers.

Under comments on the list, I saw some girls applied for Tamil and Japanese, didn't know these languages were offered by MOE for primary school.

Hi phoenix,
Oh, didn't realise the sch has included the long series of numbers on the class list too. So do you know your DD's register number then?

Japanese, French & Punjabi are not offered in MCS so students taking these subjects must take them up externally through other language schs. It just means they are exempted from attending MT lessons while the others are having their MT lessons.

There was 2 columns on the class list before the names, the first was 1-30 in alphabetical order which I realize now is the number the children must always include after their names on worksheets and the official long registration number.

My daughter takes French and when I spoke to MOE if this subject was offered at Primary School level, they said no so that's why I was just curious to see other students applying for Japanese and Hindi.

[wimdils]

hi alll,

i can’t recollect why there was a payment of $3.50 in the classroom…
is it for the report book?
then must de-select from the booklist, right?..

[KSMUM]

wimdils:

hi alll,

i can't recollect why there was a payment of $3.50 in the classroom..
is it for the report book?
then must de-select from the booklist, right?...

I will assume that we need not buy the report book anymore since we already pay $3.50 in the class room.

[KSMUM]

michyms:

gorilla, its so weird that its in the compulsory section indeed! But I was worried that if I didn't get it, I would scramble to buy at the last minute and still have to pay $9.20! So thought I will grab it at $5 plus. If she doesn't use, I will let the kids use at home for colouring :boogie:


And then all my friends are telling me that chinese character cards are completely useless! One said her school said it was compulsory, so she bought and she didn't use it. Another said it was used once. So they are telling me not to buy till the teachers say its needed :scratchhead:

My friend told me the same thing about the Chinese Character cards bu I still bought them. If the school don't use, I will use it to teach my dd to recognized the Chinese character. :evil:

[Tinkerbelle]

phoenix:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"phoenix\"]
Thanks michyms and Tinkerbelle. That's what I thought too but when I looked at the list of names pasted on the classroom door the other day, the Reg. No was that long series of numbers.

Under comments on the list, I saw some girls applied for Tamil and Japanese, didn't know these languages were offered by MOE for primary school.

Hi phoenix,
Oh, didn't realise the sch has included the long series of numbers on the class list too. So do you know your DD's register number then?

Japanese, French & Punjabi are not offered in MCS so students taking these subjects must take them up externally through other language schs. It just means they are exempted from attending MT lessons while the others are having their MT lessons.

There was 2 columns on the class list before the names, the first was 1-30 in alphabetical order which I realize now is the number the children must always include after their names on worksheets and the official long registration number.

My daughter takes French and when I spoke to MOE if this subject was offered at Primary School level, they said no so that's why I was just curious to see other students applying for Japanese and Hindi.[/quote]Hi phoenix,
So is your DD currently already learning French at an external language sch? Is she exempted from MT in sch then? I know there's a P3 gal in MCS who takes French externally and she's exempted from MT in sch as her Dad is French.

[Tinkerbelle]

KSMUM:

My friend told me the same thing about the Chinese Character cards bu I still bought them. If the school don't use, I will use it to teach my dd to recognized the Chinese character. :evil:

:hi5: That's what I used to do with DD2.
I'll teach her how to read and recognise the characters and then jumble the pile up and get her to find the characters I want.
Another game I used to 'play' with her was getting her to match 词语 like 下 with 雨; 老 with 师; 上 with 课 etc.

[phoenix]

Tinkerbelle:

phoenix:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]
Hi phoenix,
Oh, didn't realise the sch has included the long series of numbers on the class list too. So do you know your DD's register number then?

Japanese, French & Punjabi are not offered in MCS so students taking these subjects must take them up externally through other language schs. It just
means they are exempted from attending MT lessons while the others are
having their MT lessons.

There was 2 columns on the class list before the names, the first was 1-30 in alphabetical order which I realize now is the number the children must always include after their names on worksheets and the official long registration number.

My daughter takes French and when I spoke to MOE if this subject was
offered at Primary School level, they said no so that's why I was just curious to see other students applying for Japanese and Hindi.

Hi phoenix,
So is your DD currently already learning French at an external language
sch? Is she exempted from MT in sch then? I know there's a P3 gal in MCS who takes French externally and she's exempted from MT in sch as her Dad is French.[/quote]
Hi Tinkerbelle,

My DD has been learning French as a third language at an external language school plus a private tutor to read stories and sing French songs with her at home for a few years now. She will take Mandarin in school as that is her MT.