Maha Bodhi

[jsmum]

I am ex-student. Was studying at their very old site at Geylang lor 34 then.


My kids are at BC Tampines. I also know 3 other MBS kids studying there. I also sign up for a year at BC (6 mths x 2). See how it goes. If my kids enjoy the class till end of term 4, I will consider extend another 6 months. There is a $100 discount for signing 1 year but I did not sign for a year this year because I did not know if classes are enjoyable. My gal stopped LW in the middle of P2 because she did not find the class enjoyable (reason: most of her friends left that year). So I have to withdraw my boy who was in P1 then. He was so sad when I withdraw him. No choice because I do not wish to run 2 centres for english enrichment. Luckily found a slot for P2 and P3 at BC this year.

For chinese enrichment, my kids are with Hua language ctr. I have not seen any MBS kids there yet. For my boy his results was close to 80 marks which I felt is very good since he started chinese enrichment only at P1 and could not even speak any proper mandarin then. Hua weekly in-class papers and even ting xie are similar to MBS. Mock exams and mock oral are given to the kids prior their school exams (heard tsien xia also does that).

My kids do not have science enrichment. My weekends are already \"burnt\" ferrying them to just their language enrichment. My P2 boy just told me his classmate is having science enrichment now and he is interested too. Science sounds interesting to him and he always takes his sis P3 science text to look. Science lesson is only twice a week in school (1 lesson 2 periods). General knowledge, English understanding and common sense is impt I feel. My gal enjoy science because it is something new to her even though she gets band 2. Band 1 is very hard to achieve now .

I am kiasu too but I am very lazy. There are no enrichment on weekdays because weekdays are my work days. Lucky the school do not have much homework. I seldom coach them study. Even though sometimes my boy bring back chinese compo to do at home, I made him do himself (I do not check mistakes for him) so that I know his marks if he write it himself (he only can get 5 or 6 out of 10). Only closer to their exams I will coach them at night.

[MMM]

Hi,


Which year did you graduate? I graduated in 1986. This year, I saw few other class/ school mates whose kids are in P1 as well.

Is the trend similar for P3 whereby there are little homework???? My nephew who is in P3 rosyth this year see a sudden surge in amt of homework. It was little at P1 and P2.

Yah... our weekends are just as bad. 8.30am - 5.30pm on sat and on sunday, they just have speech & drama and piano. Fortunately they are not complaining so far as they enjoyed their lessons.

On the band 1 thing... I am just amazed by those kids that did well in PSLE. I suppose they must have scored consistent band 1 results even in upper primary. It's scary to think about it.... Now my kids are only in lower primary and though stressed to ensure they do well, it's only lower primary. In few more years time, I would be stressed abt PSLE... Was told my by my hairstylist whose kids are in St Nic and CH that the kids must start preparing for PSLE when they are P5. Also heard of many kids who did well in initial year but results deteriorated signficiantly in upper primary.... it's just so challenging.

We decided that Manjusri is definitely out of picture for the kids. If they fail to do well, then the girl will go to a convent school while the boy to a saints school. :roll:

[baong]

HI MMM and jsmum,


I am biting my nails as I read your posts :shock:

I hope my son can survive in MBS in the years to come but it seems like extra enrichment is inevitable. H/w I would like to thank both of you for sharing so much, so parents can take note of areas to help their kids improve. Its really nice to know all of you in KSP here.

[chasingjelly]

MMM:

OMG.... hope I am not scaring all the 2010 MBS parents with all these comments. Pls view me as the more extreme/ ks type.

I am glad that you are sharing all these... at least it gives me an idea what to expect when my kid goes to MBS.

[MMM]

baong:

HI MMM and jsmum,


I hope my son can survive in MBS in the years to come but it seems like extra enrichment is inevitable.

Hi,

I can only speak for myself. I've been the enrichment craze type of mum even during pre-school. So it's not becoz of MBS that I'm behaving like that. I've a ex-MBS classmate whose girl is also in MBS P1 this year. She is totally opposite of me. Her girl has no enrichment classes. She still manage to survive MBS. So I think alot voice down to individual parents' expectations. :lol:

If there are good family support, the kids will also do well. Not necessarily those who attend enrichment lessons only. I am sending them because we do not have the resource/ energy to guide them ourselves so we leave it to the experts. Frankly with all these enrichment lessons, I think my kids only belong to marginally above average type but they are definitely not the top 20%.... :roll:

[MMM]

Jsmum,


Indeed they now have new PE shorts. It's unisex with elastic band.

I am in a fix now..... For the boy's uniform, they have the bodhi leaf sewed on the collar. I am not sure if we still need to get the \"The Maha Bodhi School\" tag that comes in yellow for afternoon session and red for morning session.....

Also for the new PE t-shirt.... was wondering where to sew the name tag. Above the bodhi leave like now????

:? :?:

[chasingjelly]

We are supposed to go down to the school nxt mth to collect some lists and pay some fees. Can we buy the uniform on that same day?

[MMM]

Yes you can. Shirley season wear will definitely be there.


Based on last year’s experience, we try to be early, fill up all the forms accurately and fast. Then we move on to buy those stuff. So at that point, we don’t have to queue very long for books, uniform,etc…

[ChiefKiasu]

MMM:

... Also for the new PE t-shirt.... was wondering where to sew the name tag. Above the bodhi leave like now???? ...

You mean these things don't come with instructions? If you bought it from the school's bookstore, can you not call them up to ask?

[MMM]

I bought it from the new uniform shop. They just took over fully from mid Aug. The change will only be made compulsory next year for P1. So it appeared that there is no clear instruction at this point (eg. pictures) on how it should look like though the school sent some circula on this... I tried calling the shop but they are closed for the day... Will try again tmr.


Anyway... I am sewing the name tags now which I am gg to model after the current uniform. In principle I am assuming it should be the same.... :xedfingers: Was asking my kids if they had seen other kids in the new uniform and they were like... \"no\". Was just telling my hubby that maybe my son will have a chance to go up the stage and be presented to the entire school on how the new uniform should look like or vice versa.... :idea: