hello… anyone any comments abt these 2 centres Yu Quan Lang and Smiling Star? I cant decide which to send my girl to for enrichment. she is in K1 now.

steffi88:

Hi Kat78


Think it shd be 1 yr. However there is no need to join a new class. Students can join an existing class at anytime, subject to availability. Just need to start from the passage that the class is currently at.

hi, thanks! i will check with her teacher again.

steffi88:

Hi Kat78


Not sure if the system works differently at diff branch. For us, kids can join the P1 syllabus only when they are in P1. If you finish the ICR course earlier, you will have to proceed to the Comprehension and Creative Writing course first. Personally i find the CCW course quite effective and interesting. They will go through stories, proceed with comprehension questions which can either be in open/ended or MCQ format. Also, the teacher will ask them to construct sentences using selected words every week. I was pleasantly surprised when the teacher actually taught them how to search for words using the dictionary.

Guess it helps also that the teacher's lessons are lively and full of 'animated' actions. My girl didnt really find the lessons stressful. Wldnt want to put her off at such a young age.

hi steffi88,

thanks for the info. cozs im tinking where she go after the Book 6. Any idea how long is the CCW course?

hi steffi88,


when ur girl completed Book 6… she not allow to go to P1 syllabus? Cozs my girl now at Book 6…according to her teacher it will ends in Sep. My girl in K1 now… so after completing Book 6, where will she be going?

micollh:

DD no tingxie or spelling.. can i ask.. school just give u a list then they have to ownself practise at home ? usually is weekly ? how many words at a time ? Thanks

my girl school give us the whole month spelling words n ting xie words. so every beginning of the month they will give out.

ya… mine is 4 English words for spelling and 3 chinese words or 3 hypy for ting xie. Both are weekly once.


Yesterday the English teacher is telling me whether i want to give my girl more spelling words as the words she give her seem to be easy for her. But i dun wan to stress my girl cozs on top of the school spelling she still got ICR spelling.

heyhoe:

Hi,


Just like to know if anyone kids having Tingxie for K1? If so, how do you teach them?

My kid can't even write the basic stroke properly, much less writing it.

Cheers,

Morning all!!!

heyhoe, my girl has ting xie starting this month. I taught her the proper way of writing in term of stroke and she juz follow. But sometimes she will forget and write her way.

Hello all,


need advice on whether should I continue my girl with Yamaha JMC or switch her to 1-1.

She is telling me lately that she don’t like to play piano cozs very hard. But she likes to sings. So I not sure whether is the pace too fast for her in Yamaha. She had been with the class for 3 terms. She can play with both hands.

Can anyone advise me what I should do?

hello all,


i have a DD borned in pig year too… anyone PV at Admiralty or Innova? intend to do PV for these 2 schools…

hello all,


may i ask what is MA you all referring to?

my girl went for TH for 1 term and dropped as she did not like it. Berries long waiting list. Been at the list for 1 year but still no slot for her.