Maha Bodhi
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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. -
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?
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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. -
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.
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Hi CSB,
Which phase did you apply under? :lol: Think we should create a poll under MBS but I am not sure how. Dizzyguy, any idea?
Have you consider letting him start in K2 rather than waiting for P1 ???? My kids actually start with Molin from pre-school. Latest is my P2 girl who only started in K2. -
what do they teach in molin for k2? i m also interested.
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I have sent my kids to Kinderland Chinese Enrichment from 11.30am to 1.30pm.
I’ve checked with MOLIN via email, they replied in broken english though. I replied with several questions but no reply for almost 2 weeks liao. Finally send my kid to Kinderland. -
Can someone share more about school bus arrangement in MBS.
What are the choices we have ?
What are the rates ?
What if my kids have extra classes ?
Payment by month or quaterly or yearly ?
Type/Size of the school bus? Are they new ?
Are there Air-Conditioning ?
Are there assistance aunties in the school bus ? -
Btw, why is it that the p1 children report to school at 2pm on their first day of school?
sorry so many qns. -
BTW, MBS registration is on the 21st October 09
Orientation is on 28th Dec 09.
The above dates, is it for everyone ?
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