Hi Mintleaf,
really appreciate your valuable advice. My son is in Maris Stella too, Sec 1, taking normal chinese too. I will sure get a copy of the ch textbook later at popular. Need to brush up his ch abit, been out of touch since PSLE.
We've been quiet confuse with the CCA and LEAPS systems too....i was having Archery in mind for my son and with your suggestion, will definately go learn more on the coming CCA Maze. A pity that they do not have fencing, cos my boy been taking it outside school for 3 years and i'm contemplating whether to stop as i worry he might be too stretch....u think??
Oh well, as we speak, my son is off for their Sec 1 3D2N camp, hope he enjoy the experience and get to know more friends.
Thanks for sharing.....
MintLeaf:skyjuice:Thanks, MintLeaf. Tat's very helpful. My son is very weak in Chinese. Do you know why the booklist doesn't come with Ch textbook? Any advice on CCA? My son is thinking of joining Infocomm cos he likes robotics and web design work. How many CCA are they required to join? Thanks in advance.
Hi Skyjuice,
My son was given the eBooks sometime in the term, but some books such as Chinese and Literature were missing. For Literature, it could be due to copyright issue. As for Chinese, I am not sure why. The teacher gave a Word document for Chinese Book A during the first semester. But I did not see Book B for the second semester. They use the same Express textbooks that you can buy from Popular book store. I bought them on my own accord. The teacher does not teach every lesson in the textbook. I have listed the first 10 lessons for you below, so that you can check out the textbooks at Popular.
1\t您贵姓
2\t学好本领
3\t久别了的阳光
4\t挥一片春意
5\t给予是快乐的
6\t你给我拉车
7\t神农尝百草
8\t放心的地方
9\t这是怎么一回事
10\t新加坡河－我们的母亲
The HOD for Chinese was a contributing member for this text. Hence it's highly likely that they will be using the same textbook. By the way, my son is not doing HMT. If yours is, he will definitely be using different text.
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the CCA. It's so complicated nowadays with the LEAPS system. I am not sure what the Infocomm CCA does. I only remembered one of my son's friends joined the Artificial Intelligence related CCA and quit because he felt he was not learning anything. He became a Scout in Sec 2.
A couple of CCA I thought could be interesting are Archery and Air Rifle. I have the impression that my friend's son bought his own bow for Archery and a good one may cost quite a fair bit. Your child can also volunteer to be a student councilor. If I knew about this earlier and the possibility of contributing to Leadership CCA points, I would have asked my son to volunteer.
I did too when he was in Sec 1. Time flies and he will be back soon. Just pray that the weather will be kind to them.