Maha Bodhi

[MMM]

Hi Chief… I agree with your observation on TNS, MBS and KHS students gg to Molin. It’s probably the only enrichment class (at this point) where I don’t need to reevaluate their effectiveness year after year to see if I should continue to send the kids there. So far, I can see results and prices are reasonable.

[chasingjelly]

i m glad to find this thread!


just registered my dd and am feeling excited abt it.

[MMM]

Hi chasing jelly,


Welcome to the MBS family. In this group, we also have dizzyguy and netchat? (refer to geylang school thread) who have registered their kids for P1 next year.

[chasingjelly]

I was reading your previous post and wondered if it is common for them to do compo writing in P1? Sounds a bit too rush for the kids isn’t it?

[MMM]

Personally, I felt that this is challenging. Eg. for english, how many kids can write grammatically correct sentences with perfect spelling at P1??? Some are still struggling with spelling. But I did see that in my girl’s P1 class last year and this is probably the result of early preparation by the parents or that the child has always been a reader so that helps??? But I felt that most kids are not ready. I would be happy if by P1 term 2, the kids are well adjusted and already used to school life and requirements.


But I believe, this is not just the case in MBS. I am not sure if "compo writing" they actually call it written expression or kan tu xie hua (for chinese compo) is widely assessed in all Singapore P1. I know my friend’s son in Temasek had the english written expression thingy. Though for chinese, I think it’s not very common (probably more in the case of SAP school???). My nephew is studying in Rosyth (P3 this year) and my sil commented that MBS chinese teaching and requirement is ahead in that aspect when I showed her the things they did in school.

In the case of my kids… it’s still a challenge for them (esp my P2 as P1 still don’t have mini compo for their assessment until SA2). My P2 has the content but… she tend to write what she thinks and her sentences structure is just haywire so she lost marks that way. Also, though we kept emphasizing, she just don’t read what she writes.

BTW, which phase did you register in MBS? We are looking out if there are other ex-students.

[chasingjelly]

We registered under Phase2B. Sounds like we have little to no choice but to send our child for some language preparation enrichment class.

[MMM]

Hi Chasingjelly,


Before you rush out to the nearest enrichment lessons, I think you need to do some evaluation on your child first. I've to give credit to the school that they really teach the kids rather than encouraging parents to send their kids to external classes so teachers have a \"easier job\". If the kids have some weakness, teachers will conduct tuition for the child. Eg. my P2 attended chinese compo class that was conducted by his chinese teacher. We are hoping that the teacher continues this term.

But there are some basic things that you need to ensure before P1 :
1) the ability to read/ recognise words. The child should be able to spell.
2) HYPY

I am a enrichment craze mum but that's also because I felt that I do not have so much time to teach them personally and I am a strong believer if kids does well, they will gain self esteem and confidence,etc... so I let the experts do it. I also observed that there is a mix of parents. Some more kiasu than others :lol: Eg. my son's class IMO is rather competitive. With his results that I thot is not bad only came in 15/30. But my girl during P1 had 2 points lower than him managed to come in 6/30..... This is really interesting as it shows that her class is probably less competitive.

[chasingjelly]

many thanks for your insight. I think i do need help on mandarin though. I read in the other thread that your kids are in molin. Are they attending the normal class or the compo n oral class?

[MMM]

Hi,


My kids only attend the normal class that seek to cover everything. But it’s only 2 hours a week so there is a limit on how much they can cover (similar situation in school). Eg. I see that the kids do english expression but it’s not as though they do it everyday or I feel regular enough. In molin, they do compo too but it’s not like every week.

During june hols, I sent my P1 to Hans language hol writing program as they happened to have it. He enjoyed the class but in terms of results… no comments as I can’t tell as well just hope he pick up something.

As I was sharing with the rest, Molin usually has a Hypy P1 preparation class. I found it helpful for my son. When he went to P1 this year, hypy was a breeze and his chinese character used to be disastrous (very basic thing he also don’t know!!!). But he has improved significant and I also find that the chinese teachers in MBS doing a effective job. My son can remember alot of stuff that he was being taught in school. Eg. when I test him ting xie the common remarks from him was oh I just learnt this the other day and I know how to write it. It is a breeze for us now as I used to have to make him practise writing inorder to remember the character.

It’s important because they’ve a weekly chinese mini assessment on character and hypy currently.

[csb]

Hi, my son’s going to MBS next year too. Glad to know that MBS has effective teaching. I’m planning to send him to Molin for P1 class next year but Molin said the schedule for next year will be ready only in Oct.