Marymount Convent

[Gin]

KSMUM:

Gin:

Good morning everyone! DD managed to finish her Homework last night. She went to bed at about10.45pm though. Woke her up at 6.30am this morning. She was very tired but thank God she did not complain about it. Will let her take a long nap this afternoon. I do pity kids in Singapore. Not much can be said of their childhood. Everything is done in a rush. They feel the 'rat race' already at such a young age.


One thing I thank God for - her Form teacher who responds promptly to queries and concerns my DH and I have.

The workload that teachers have here in is incredible. Kudos to all teachers, including all mummies and daddies!

Dear KSMUM,

Thanks for the encouragement :). However, I do not think the workload on our dds will lessen. I see students everyday.


Gin, ... Great job and effort. :rahrah:

[Gin]

gorilla:

Good Morning All!


Gin, that's quite a fair bit of homework! My DD was given hw but all to be handled on Wed. Phew! At least the girls would have the afternoon to relax!

Traffic was super heavy this morning! Can't imagine what it's gonna be like later.

Think all of us are eagerly waiting for the Parents Briefing on 3/2. It's been a rather chaotic start

Wishing all prosperous year of the Dragon! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Hi gorilla,

We were there at 7am so traffic was still ok. But as we U-turned to go back towards Bishan, we could see the long queue of cars going towards MCS. I guess it is only so when the P1 to P6 classes are together in one session.

[ohdaddy]

gorilla:

Wishing all prosperous year of the Dragon! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

huat ah!

[ohdaddy]

Gin:

ohdaddy,


Yes, the morning shift begins at p3 :). It is deja vu for me. My dd1 is already 23 this year, however, it was quite different then. She was in international schools as we were overseas. School started at 8.30am then.

hi Gin
wow! 23! btw, although it is apples and oranges, how was it like comparing the teaching styles and standard in that international school and local schools? which country may i ask and what was the demographics of that school?

[Gin]

ohdaddy,


She was in Jakarta, Manila and KL (German International). Needless to say, mainly German kids there :). While in Manila and KL - international schools where kids from all countries - Americans, Canadians, British, Asians, Europeans, etc attended from Nursery to Year 11 (that is like 'O' Level).

[Gin]

ohdaddy,


Huge difference in teaching styles and standard. I find that the international schools my daughter went to - kids really have more time to grow at their own pace. Primary levels are very much ‘discovery’ phase. From Year 7 onwards, workload increases but not as crazy as here. Children are more matured by then and therefore better able to handle more writing etc. Kids enjoy school. They turn out more confident about who they are - individuals.

[LLX04]

Gin:

12 pages of Maths Homework and 1 poem one night before they have to wake up early in the morning for school. My girl is just finishing them!

My dd2 also had 10 pages of math to do last night, the teacher stressed that they must hand up today so that she can mark them over the holidays. I conversed with her and she agreed that there are more hw for p1 as the school wants to do pull up the standard. I hope they don't have hw for this CNY so all the parents and DDs can have a great rest and enjoy CNY.

Gong xi fai chai to all too!

[michyms]

LLX, hmmm… So even the teacher admits there is more homework! Not sure if that is a good thing though it’s meant to pull up standards. Heard this only started when miss lim tooks over as the P.


My dd still has quite a few pages of maths to tackle this CNY. Plus spelling too, at least I have time to space them out.

Happy New Year to all mummies and Daddies! Have a good holiday!

[michyms]

jnemummy:

Recieved r.gym letter, start next Fri. Surprisingly there is no HW today, DD said they have to be in Sch early to celebrate CNY so no HW. 12 pages of math n morning Sch tmr is too much..

Congrats to your dd for being selected for rym gym.

[michyms]

Gin:

Hi gorilla,

We were there at 7am so traffic was still ok. But as we U-turned to go back towards Bishan, we could see the long queue of cars going towards MCS. I guess it is only so when the P1 to P6 classes are together in one session.

Yes, my hubby says the queue was all thew ay past braddell view, but it cleared within 5 mins I cannot imagine what it would be like when it becomes single session!!!