Hi janet_lee88,


You have a P1 child too right? Well, I think you should focus on your son more as P5 is very crucial. My sister is P1 too this year my school do not have exams for P1 this year :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah: :boogie: :boogie: :boogie: if not very busy liao.

janet_lee88:

HI Jojothehusky,

Thank you for giving me advice from your point as a student.
His English enrichment class at Jan & Elly includes Grammar/Vocab/Editing/Synthesis and compo...a comprehensive program leading to PSLE.

His teachers gave lots of hw last year every Fri...forgot that
Maybe it will be the case again.

Thanks Jojothehusky.

Don't mention it. Good luck to you and your son! :celebrate:

janet_lee88:

Hi Jojothehusky,

Son has CL tuition (morn) and Eng enrichment (evening) every Sat...in between, he has lunch and nap. CCA is not compulsory in his school, so he doesn't take any.

I buy him books on creative phrases as well as those with model compos every year (based on diff level). However, I wonder if creative writing classes at RC will help him score better marks rather than just referring to the books.

I remember than the workload from P4 to P5 was very different. I saw hills during P5 and mountains during P6. As in it would him or not, I am not sure as I have never tried creative writing classes a RC before. If you think he needs the classes than you should send him. But you would have to make sure he manages his time well and is able to finish his homework. As you can see teachers would give more homework on friday as he can complete them on the weekends. But his Saturday is quite packed and if the class is on Sunday then he might have lesser time to finish his homework. And with the mentality that he has to finish is homework before Monday then he might rush them through, not doing them properly.( This has happened to me in P5 when for a few weeks I had to go back to school on weekends for CCA as it was near competition time).

janet_lee88:

I was at Popular City Sq just now.

Saw 'Advance Vocabulary' there...meant for students who are very keen and have a good grasp of Vocab. Written by same author of Creative Vocabulary.

At a loss whether to send my P5 son for this 'Creative Writing' class at RC. Don't know if he will have time this year, but next year will be too late. When teachers go full swing from 2moro, on top of compulsory supplementary lessons twice a week, will he have time ?

Does he have other tuitions or CCAs? The more stress you give him, the worst he might perform. I received no stress from my parents. And during P5 I only had tuition once a week while during P6 I had tuition twice a week on top of supplementary lessons twice a week. There was no CCA for P6s in my school. Anyway you can monitor him for a few weeks first and if he manages his time well then the class at RC would be quite ok. But if he is already struggling at the firstfew weeks of school there is no point of giving him extra class as he might do worst. You can just buy him books with descriptive compo phrases and let him do self revision. I used to go for creative writing lessons when I was in lower primary. After that the workload got more and I found than there was not a need to go for all these lessons anymore. For P5 and P6 the compo writing teqniues are most likely the same so you an actually buy him creative writing books for P6 level.

Cheers

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yeah maybe you can try putting it as a choice. all i remember was last year the hod of cca was sooo naggy and gave us about 3 long talks about cca =/ . and she stressed that you need experience. but like i said, there's a new hod so she might be less strict. you interested in joining those 2 ccas?

LoL I just had 1 talk. I now know the importance in CCA and since my sister, who is currently in primary school is joining guzheng I would also like to join performing arts CCA so I can practice with her.

My P5 results were TERRIBLE!!! But my P6 and PSLE results are much better. The first few months of P6 are already no joke. And it does not mean that in P5 there is still a yr till PSLE and don’t have to work hard just yet. Time files vry quick and before you know there is so little time left for revision. Revision should be constant and what livewith_vanilla said was all correct. Jiayou P5s!!!

blahblah:

yeah. think its ms/mrs wang jian ping. taught me ACC for last year and this year. btw, i heard that one of the male actor in fighting spiders joined nan hua. he's in class 101. haha.

Really? I didn't know. My cousin used to be in Chinese Orchestra about few hrs ago and when she entered, se did not even koe how to play or had any music qualifications. She was still accepted and she played the pipa.

blahblah:

There should be a cca briefing right? Not sure as they just changed the hod of cca this year. But for last year, you would need some music qualificatons to join them.

If I am not wrong the CCA HOD retired last year.

Do the Chinese Orchestra and Guzheng Ensemble have any Min requirements to join ta CCA? :?: :?:

Jojothehusky:

N does anyone know if guzheng is offered for P1s and how t enroll in the programme?

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