zbear:

My son went for an immersion program in Suzhou last year n the school/travel agent gave a briefing n guidelines to parents on how much clothing and money to bring.


Why don't you check with the teacher in charge?

Thx zbear. The trip briefing is nxt week, guess i too kan cheong

I let my son semi stay home alone when he was in upper primary. Why 'semi stay home alone'? kekeke That's because my mum-in-law stays in the same block (just 2 floors up). My son will have his lunch and dinner at his grandma house but he spend afternoons alone at home so my mum-in-law is always on hand to check on him.


The only complain I have is that there's no guarantee he will do his homework
Sometimes he waste time on TV or games since no one is around to nag him (aka me lor).

Hi mummies,

Sorry to bring up a cold thread, but my Sec 2 son will be leaving for China immersion trip (Suzhou) with his school in 2 weeks time and I am here to seek some advice. This is the first time that my son will be traveling without his parents (in fact, this is only his 2nd oversea trip). The trip is a 7 day programme, I would like to know what shall I pack for him such as more than 7 sets of clothes or he can have laundry service? How much money shall I give him? And any other advice / tip will be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Good sharing mummies, gives me an idea on how to teach my boy to manage his own finance. I gave my boy an ATM card sometime last year with a new joint account. I gave him an ATM card out of convenience, not so much about teaching him to manage his money. When my boy started Sec 1 last year, I gave him a daily allowance of $4, $6 if he needs to stay back for CCA. I myself don't carry much cash, sometime I only have less than $10 in my wallet. So it is very annoying when he would tell me that he needs extra to buy books or stationary from school bookshop or needs to stay back for extra lessons or he needs to pay for some enrichment activity or needs to top up his concession card, just before he leave for school in the morning. I wouldn't have extras after giving him his allowance. After much consideration, I decided to gave him an ATM card to save both of us the trouble. Each time I only top up $20 to the acct after he has made a withdrawal or top up his bus card. I still give him his daily allowance of $4 and $8. He's not the spending type and I make it clear to him that $ in the acct is only for urgent use. In fact, he tends to spend more if he has cash on hand. Just last month, I apply to have his concession card on auto top up so now he hardly touches the $ in the acct. He only withdraw cash or uses NETS to pay for meals when he had to stay out late in school.


I might consider giving him weekly allowance in the acct next year when he is in Sec 3, must let him be responsible for his own money

Hi fellow mummies of AHSians,

My ds is in Sec 2 now struggling with Science and not scoring the subject even though he claimed that he had already studied for the test. I bought Science assessments to help my son. But he said the assessments are not relevant to what is taught in AHS. I was told before by an ex AHS that AHS has their own Science syllabus. I mean they don’t even have Science text books, all depends on notes given out by the Science teachers.

I would like to know how do your children study for the subject? Is there any guide books where the students can get extra help?

TIA

Hi,

Am looking for Math tutor for my boy, Sec 2 next year. Preferably a tutor who can come to our house in Pasir Ris for lesson and can start soonest. Need to brush up his weak topics before the new school term opens. My budget is not more than $250/mth. Any recommendations will be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

grownupbaby:

anyone has contact for the school bus? Read from newspapers that the bus fee will be increased.

If I remember correctly, the VP told me AHS has no contracted school bus service, parents have to make their own school bus pick up arrangement.

Hi,

My ds did his G5 theory exam in Mar this year and I understand from his piano teacher that he does not need to take any more theory exams. Even if he plans to take diploma in the future, a G5 theory cert is good enough. Does that mean he does not need to learn G6 - G8 theories since he is not required to take those exams?

concerned1970:

Hi, any parents can advise how to improve on Chinese composition besides sending him for tuition. My Ds is too weak on compo moreover it's HML, first time taking....

Hi,
Is your DS in Sec 1? I have given up on my DS's HMT, I'm prepared for him to be placed in standard CL next year.

Personally, I feel that CL tuition don't really help. To improve CL, the child must really read a lot, must put in effort to look up dictionary to improve Chinese vocab. A lot depends on the effort put in by the child in order to improve CL standard.

Hi,

My DS is currently in AHS Sec1. I would say the HMT in AHS is quite tough. The students have to read China History in Chinese. I almost died when I saw my ds China History textbook hahaha My son is not strong in CL. He was admitted into AHS base on his CL PSLE results, not HMT and has been doing badly in his HMT since beginning of the school year. I guess he will be put into non HMT class next year.