hi there, my son's teacher has just confirmed that he'll be in foundation level next year. you are right - they are putting more experienced teachers to teach. perhaps you can email me at [email protected] so that we can share more and maybe exchange school exam papers in future. i'm so worried about next year's PSLE that i'm currently looking thru the website for a maths specialist. reason becos i've tried many centres and even home tuition but he scores very badly in maths. hope to receive your email. -yati-

hello,

may i ask how is your child coping in foundation stream? my son will most likely be in the foundation stream next year. i have many questions in my mind but dunno who to approach.

i’m having problems with my P3 son as well. he writes neatly when he does his homework with me at home. but his handwriting is atrocious at school. the form teacher spoke to me early this week. she suggested that i make him copy a passage from a book (about 5-6 lines) every night and pass up to her. i just don’t understand why he chose to write terribly in class. maybe he’s not interested or bored in class/school? on top of that, he hasn’t been paying attention in class for all the subjects. he’s been asked to sit alone in the front row. when i asked him why he behaves like that, he said that he’s bored and don’t like going to school. i really don’t know how to motivate him.

dun forget to place a mattress underneath the sarong for safety purpose.

my son also slept in sarong till he turned 3. he refuse to sleep on my bed and in the baby cot. we tried swaying him in our arms till he’s fast asleep but when we put him on the bed/baby cot, he’ll wake up and cry. so far, no side effects. so should be safe.

Update on the talk I attended last Friday. Dr Ang focussed more on Irlen Syndrome. Below are the symptoms:


Light Sensitivity, Poor Depth Perception (ie. difficulty judging accurately distances), Eyestrain (can include fatigue, headaches, fidgeting, distractibility, hyperactivity), ADD (problems concentrating during tasks such as reading, computer work, listening and observing, tests and examinations), Contrast and Colour Sensitivity (problems with high contrast, such as black print on white paper, bright colours, busy patterns), Restricted Span (inability to read words in groups or see objects in the environment as a whole), Distortions (include seeing patterns in the background; print moving, fading, disappearing, swirling, blurring, sparkling or shimmering; seeing similar distortions in the environment such as blurriness and movement.)

The talk didn’t address the issues that I had in mind. I actually waited to talk to her after that but there were too many parents around her. Still thinking of whether I should call her clinic.

JH,


I will definitely update everyone about the outcome of the talk by Dr Doris Ang (she’s got her own clinic). She has dyslexia and had her fair share of problems coping with schoolwork and her family’s criticisms. If you type in her name in the internet, there’ll be a lot of info about her work and contributions. She also gives talk at KKH (child guidance clinic), SPARKS and many other institutions.
I’m happy to be able to pour out my feelings. Thanks for all the words of encouragement.

i thot i was the only one facing this problem. my son is in P2. he failed his maths paper in P1 and he failed again this year. his Eng and MT marks are not that good either. i’m upset because i know he can do better and i had hoped that he would perform better than last year.


all his form teacher can say is he needs to be more focussed. when asked how the school can help, she just gave me tips on how i can "train" him to be more focussed.

i’ve decided to pull my son out from his tuition centre. he was there since P1 and no improvement at all.

my husband doesn’t know of the results yet cos the report book hasn’t been given out. i’ll have to make sure that my husband doesn’t over react. we both had put in a lot of effort when it comes to his studies and prayed for him as well.

every night, i ask myself: what i should do to help him; what have i not done correctly; if he can’t pull through P1 & P2, how is he going to pull through till P6.

i’m attending a talk tomorrow about the various learning disabilities in children. i hope to learn something from it. i’m quite keen to do an evaluation but i know that it is expensive and not a one-time thing.
i definitely can’t afford the cost.