grande

My DD found both English and Maths to be very hard. There are some Maths questions which she left it blank.


Anyhow, I think it is a good experience for her. Most importantly is that she had tried her best

Ya lor, I think Besta is more popular with the children.


Sigh… at least your children can tell you which model their classmates are using. When I ask my girl, she said she don’t know.

Hi all


Just wanted to highlight some of the findings after using the 2 dictionaries.

I personally prefer Creative's (in terms of word search) because

1) when I keyed in the hanyu pinyin of a 词, eg. \"shafa\" (沙发), Creative can show me the word 沙发. As for Besta, when I keyed in \"shafa\" and press enter, the HYPY which I've keyed in just blanked off. I had to key in \"sha\" first, find the chinese word and then key in \"fa\" again to get the full 沙发.

2) then I tried to key in the first letter of each word. I tried \"ddzz\". Creative gave me 2 choices : 跌跌撞撞 & 端端正正. Besta only gave me 跌跌撞撞.

3) the pronunciation of the words by Creative is slower and clearer

4) the font used in Besta although can be enlarged, I find that the font in Creative is actually easier to read

My girl told me that her teacher said Besta is better, so when I told her I find that Creative is better, she said \"No, my teacher said Besta is better !\"

I then showed her my findings (per above) and she agreed that she would prefer to use Creative.

I think it is a good thing that I bought both as I mentioned earlier that 各有千秋, so I am able to try out for myself which is better in terms of searching for words (cos don't want to waste too much looking for words during exam). But I love the 笔顺 function in Besta as it is really useful.

Maybe I am missing something in Besta or I do not know how to use Besta properly. But the above findings are based on my ease of use of the 2 dictionaries to the best of my knowledge

jsmum, I went to the website liao and click under Contact Us / Staff Contacts, it says got to login to Moodle, rite ?


MMM, wow 1.30pm to 4.30pm and from mid Aug still need to go on Sat morning ??

I will ask my girl to reconsider

I also only see it yesterday. I agree that it should be given out in advance and not on the day itself.


jsmum, yes, she joined Art Club last year but we stopped her going from Semester 2 onwards. I don’t think she is going this year.

Last night I asked her which CCA she is considering joining and she said she wanted to play a musical instrument. I think cos alot of her friends are in band.

Is it ok NOT to join any CCA for the 6 yrs in school ?

Oh yes, this year, her teachers did not provide us with their handphone numbers / email address leh. Last 2 years, they provided those on the first day. Is it normal that from P3 onwards, the teachers do not give their contacts ? If it is, then I really find it very strange

Hello jsmum


So sorry that I missed your post. Luckily you manage to get the info.

My girl told me its up till 2.30pm, so imagine my surprise when I went to pick her at 2.25pm, got so many parents and students at the gate liao !

She told me that the school bus will send them but I was afraid that she may have got it wrong. Luckily manage to find the school bus and ask her to come down. Phew !

Oh yes, my girl also told me that they need to get the CMP textbook + workbook.

Next week, my girl will be having her house practice on Thursday. So, if she wants to take the school bus, she needs to wait till 6.20pm and come back together with the afternoon session, rite ??

Oh yes, do you have any forms for your boy to sign up any CCA ? Till now, my girl still have not get the forms yet leh.

:welcome:


I am a newbie too.

My boy is K2 this year and going to P1 next year. I am also panicking now !!

My girl (P3 this year) didn't give me any problems before, so I was quite complacent.

But alas, girls and boys are really different. So here I am trying to find some useful tips for my boy to prepare him for P1

jsmum:

Hi grande,


You sound familiar. Do you have a K1 son this year? I know a mummy whose daughter in 3E too. I have also PM you.

Hello jsmum

I've also PM you. I think you sound familiar too !! Is your P3 in class 3D ?

Tks for the warm welcome !!


Its good to know that we are not alone in the pursuit of our children's future :rahrah:

Ok, I am going to get both !!


Tks for all the info !!