Bukit Timah Primary

[socks]

Hi Maple leaf!


I went for the PTC, FT mentioned that he would start a blog in term 2 and update it weekly. Hopefully it will materialise.

Btw, my DS only brought back his spelling book once so far, and his completed EL and Math HW can be in his bag for at least a week before being collected. Is this the same for your DS’s case?

And I agree with you, MT is EXCELLENT! Really apprecaites her effort to update her blog and she is able to give a good idea of how my DS behave in class.

Cheers!

[Maple leaf]

huaywenandkenneth:

For DS's Maths and EL, I would look through his workbook, files and topic reviews when they come back. From there I can tell if he has made mistakes due to carelessness or lack of understanding. E.g. one of the recent Maths topics his FT also said that it was quite difficult for the children to understand, and I clarified that during test/exams they would not need to use any specific methods to solve these maths questions (phew).


FT didn't give any termly report. I guess this is not the same as Meet-The-Parents for kindergartens

So far I've asked my DS to try his best for the tests etc and he was ok. Of course he can do better if he is less careless and check his work.

I understand exactly how you feel about the money bit. My boy came back with no money one day (he gave some of his money away when his classmate said he had no money!!) and lost $1.50 another day when he placed the money + his wallet on the canteen table and went to toilet, so he only had money to buy a glass of milo (but his equally blur classmate returned it promptly the next day when his mother found the extra money in his wallet - his classmate took it when he thought it was his ).

I've also told DS about informing his FT or loaning the money from the office, just in case one fine day he really forgets to bring or drop his wallet. Just got to tell him not to abuse this, as the intent is to develop sense of responsibility in him to look after his own belongings, but not to go hungry during recess.

Hi,huaywenandkenneth,

Tks 4 the reply. I do check what Ds brought back from school I will make sure he complete all his Hw, Yet, he forgot to put them back into his schoolbag at times.And me, forgot to remind him tto learn his tingxie and spelling once. Luckily. he had no problem. Tks to hie kindy teacher drills for splling.

Yr DS is so generous. and fortunate to have a honest folks return him the money. For DS, one of his claamate took his $1 coin wthout permission and gave him back a 10ct coin the next day.And his new Ben10 pencil was stolen befpre. Minor incidents so just asked DS to be careftl next time.

DS brought back a Holistic Assessment Report from Chimese teacher only. Nothing for Eng and Math.

BTW, which Math topic does yr DS find harder to handlee? I find the asknlearn rather interesting. Maybe yr DS can explore the particular topic.

Cheers.

[Maple leaf]

socks:

Hi Maple leaf!


I went for the PTC, FT mentioned that he would start a blog in term 2 and update it weekly. Hopefully it will materialise.

Btw, my DS only brought back his spelling book once so far, and his completed EL and Math HW can be in his bag for at least a week before being collected. Is this the same for your DS's case?

And I agree with you, MT is EXCELLENT! Really apprecaites her effort to update her blog and she is able to give a good idea of how my DS behave in class.

Cheers!

Hi,Socks,

I heard from DS yesterday that his FT is working haed on his blogspot. Wonder if the other P1 classesFT have blogs or not?

U r rite. DS HW also in bag for almnost a week or so.

Do you have any assessment report for Eng and Math?

From the MT teacher's blog, there are 2 additional from 1Graciousness but DS told 2 girl classsmates going to that class for MT. :?

[socks]

Hello Maple leaf!


I’m so relieved! I’m almost believing that my son is really so blur that he always never hand in his hw on time. Phew!!!

Yap! Received a holistic report from MT, got very encouraging remarks. So that’s quite comforting.

Hmm… sounds like banding in MT has begun.

Cheers!

[cnimed]

Hi parents,


wonder if any of your P1 kids complain about kissing among the children? DS told me that there’s a lot of kissing going on in class, and also vulgar language in the school bus. I merely listened, nodded and told him not to get involved, but now I wonder if I should write a note to the FT? Any feedback from your kids? Thanks!

[cnimed]

No one? I understand one of the girls almost cried.

[Maple leaf]

Hideminc,


Which class is yr DS in? Did he tell you whar vulgar language was used? Last week, DS was upset with the phrase" Cut Q, BBQ."
He find it vulgar but I dun find anything bad but DS was upset the whole day. (He didnlt cut queue but find it offensive). I tried so hard to take that off his mind…
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Other than that, havenlt heard anything yet.

[xiaoming17]

ya - didn’t hear my DD (at 1 Adapability) mentioned anything abt it. What class is your DS in?

[cnimed]

Thanks Maple Leaf and Xiaoming for the feedback. The vulgar language is not in class, it is in the school bus and it is the f-word. My son wasn’t upset at all! He didn’t know it was a bad word and tried it out at home and my jaws just dropped. It took me a while to find out what was going on and by then, he has even learnt how to spell it. I have resolved the situation with him and have asked the class teacher to reinforce my message with a reminder in class.


The chase-and-kiss thing is usually during recess time. I understand children from two classes were at it - Resilience and Charity. I told him to just stay out of it and hopefully they will tire of the game soon. I just didn’t it to spiral to a point when parents of girls complain, or when he gets into trouble for fending kissers off his friends.

Sigh, I’m just not very happy with the school environment now. A couple of his things have gone missing and I suspect his lost wallet is a case of petty theft. It’s so disappointing to hear of this happening in school and in primary one as well.

[huaywenandkenneth]

Oh dear, I’d better check with my DS about the kissing thing since he is in 1 Resilience.

But he can be quite blur sometimes so it may just fly by his head completely.
Do you think the form teacher should be alerted to these episodes so that the school can investigate?

I have heard about the school buses (in fact, these things already start in the kindergarten school bus). My DS was bullied in his school bus and when my mother spoke to the bus driver one of the afternoon he was dropped off, the driver just casually mentioned "oh your grandson wants to sit at the back!(?!)"

About the lost items - my son comes back with many colour pencils changed, as 3 of his group members have the same sets (and he always comes back with the shorter and broken ones), so I got him a set that looks distintively different and the matter was resolved. There was also a need to stress to DS to look after his things and not to leave things lying around, and to report to teacher immediately if he lost or found something. So far he is fine with it. You wanna check the lost wallet in the school office? Apparently, my DS tells me there are many lost items in the school office in one of our conversations