Pei Chun Public

[bridesep]

kin:

Hi bridesep,

If I am not wrong, I guess its the VB training at Wed 4-6 pm is also for the upper primary VB training because the upper primary release at 4pm.My girl was from the volley sports class last yr, Pri4, and I just checked with her, She said last yr, the Pri 5 , normal non-niche VB do join them for training(last yr), with the outside instructor...

Hi rainbow05,
My girl is the last batch (Pri5) where they follow the old system where their exams are tested differently ie,. not-modular. eg SA1 tested from Jan-May, CA2 tested from Jan-Sept, and SA2 the whole yr. For these students, they are somewhat used to the workload and the amount to revise. And personally , the results are not fantastic as they move up from Pri3 onwards. Pri5 is really the biggest drop but by Pri 4, the curriculum gets tough and sometimes in Math exams, you are tested for what you have learned in Pri3.
After that, the modular system stepped in, I am not sure whether the final yr exams for modular test the whole year's curriculum. If it does, it is really very tough on the kids. Hope this helps.

Hi Kin

Thanks for checking with your daughter. Looks like it is tough to get the school to change the timing. So for last year, the later timing is for higher primary and presumably the earlier timing is for lower primary.

[bridesep]

mummyv:

hi bridesep


It's really not easy parenting. I do not have sons so my suggestions will be based on observations. In my DD class, there are boys who like dirty talk in every sentence and these kids have the ability to moderate their speech when talking to authority figures. These boys are also VERY good students. I would think these boys find it exciting to elicit responses from fellow students when they use bad language. So for our part, we cannot control external factors, we can only try to moderate such influences - speaking respectfully to elders at home - correcting unwanted behaviour and emphasizing it is not cool to speak like that - start early while they are still impressionable. Friends of mine with sons, find it hard to \"make\" their children do homework - so 1 outsources to tutors - the other gets DH to help as DS is more \"scared\" of dad. Both withdraw privileges such as eating out treats, play treats, gaming time when homework is not done. We all do pep talks/nag and try to provide a loving environment that supports learning BUT we are all trying NOT to despair when our beloved kids to do reciprocrate w expected behaviour. It gets harder when they grow up and start to test boundaries. Some parents in KS forum even send their kids to psychologists to counsel behaviour.

Word of caution - it is hard for school to enforce not allowing kids out. Some kids will still leave after attendance is marked. That's why it will be a gem if you can know your child's friends, their parents and suss out like-minded families with similar values and encourage such friendships. Hopefully, positive association helps. As they grow, it gets harder for us parents to be included but we can only try.

Hi mummyv
Thanks for sharing. Agree that we cannot control our children's every move. I guess we parents tend to be too protective these days and to some extent, we tend to prescribe how they should behave, vs how they feel they should behave. I guess from now till the time all these values get internalised, we will have to keep worrying and freting....

[IrEnE06]

Any mommies with kids in Class 1A?

[IrEnE06]

any of you subscribe to Young Scientists? Is it beneficial?

[mummyv]

IrEnE06:

any of you subscribe to Young Scientists? Is it beneficial?

Hi IrEnE06

This thread has discussions on this magazine.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11369&p=917043&hilit=young+scientists#p917043

It used to be among the list of magazines that PCPS students can order from the book vendors who set up book sales stores in school. It is a fun magazine to read. Both boys and girls seem to enjoy it. Popular used to sell the previous year's entire mag collection in a box set but the last I looked was 2 years ago. IMHO could be useful to generate interest in science and with the broad based syllabus this is a \"safe\" resource to stimulate unsupervised self learning for lower pri students.

[iLoveChubby]

IrEnE06:

any of you subscribe to Young Scientists? Is it beneficial?

I subscribed for my kid n he enjoys reading them n often laughing to himself while reading. Although the mag is largely comics-based, the content is pretty informative. My son also likes to tell me what he has read eg \"Mummy,do u kn goats hv rectangular shaped pupils?\"..

However Pei Chun is not one of e schools that is offering YS subscription so you may hv to get it directly fr YS.

[IrEnE06]

iLoveChubby:

IrEnE06:

any of you subscribe to Young Scientists? Is it beneficial?

I subscribed for my kid n he enjoys reading them n often laughing to himself while reading. Although the mag is largely comics-based, the content is pretty informative. My son also likes to tell me what he has read eg \"Mummy,do u kn goats hv rectangular shaped pupils?\"..

However Pei Chun is not one of e schools that is offering YS subscription so you may hv to get it directly fr YS.

Thanks for the info. I'll shall email the distributor directly then.

[bridesep]

Hi mummies

I saw a consent form for MRL CCA starting from 16 Jan 12.30 to 1.30 pm. Does any parent have any clue what this is all about?

[iLoveChubby]

bridesep:

Hi mummies

I saw a consent form for MRL CCA starting from 16 Jan 12.30 to 1.30 pm. Does any parent have any clue what this is all about?

Hi bridesep
What CCA did your kid join? I thk all CCAs supp to start next week.
My kid received a confirmation slip from his CCA teacher-in-charge, stating where to meet next Wed 1230. (he is fr general CCA,not niche)

[joajoa]

Any mummies that went fOr the p1 level briefing this morning , can share any important note ? As I didn’t go , thanks