<![CDATA[Heavy bags]]>Do you all think that children carry very heavy school bags to school? Mine, her school bag like heavier than a bag of rice...*faint*.

:?:

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caroline3sg:
[quote]I always tell her that she is like carrying gold bar to school.

:rotflmao:[/quote]HaHa. When I saying this \"gold bar\" thing to my daughter, I feel funny. 😓 Don't know want to laugh :lol: or cry 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27840https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27840Fri, 08 May 2009 07:58:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 07:48:33 GMT]]>[quote]I always tell her that she is like carrying gold bar to school.[/quote]
:rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27838https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27838Fri, 08 May 2009 07:48:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 07:42:06 GMT]]>Yes, back strap always in the

pocket of the back pocket. For
mine, she brings the trolley bag
when there are less things to
bring, so not too hassle to lift
when it comes to MT classes
& AVA or library.. Most days
she's ok with her Campro.

Taking transport to school
also means she does not have
to lug her school bag all the way
home. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27836https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27836Fri, 08 May 2009 07:42:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 07:36:22 GMT]]>yes, I carried my son's bag in the morning to take bus to nanny's house. I sweat all over. Now trolley bag, he pulls himself. He likes it. It is Ben 10. His pestered to buy coz his friend also have, giving the reason shoulders pain. 😉


all P1 class on ground floor. he goes next class for chinese. I remember he said one day a week (ie Wed?) assemble at sch hall, which is 2nd floor. He would carry the bag in front of him with both hands. The back strap is always in the pocket of the bag.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27833https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27833Fri, 08 May 2009 07:36:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 07:19:46 GMT]]>Trolley bags are only good for children

having first floor classes for all subjects.
Last year, my daughter's classes all on
1st floor except for Mother Tongue. MT
class was on 3rd floor. 😛

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27824https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27824Fri, 08 May 2009 07:19:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 06:44:02 GMT]]>

caroline3sg:
Recently I switched to trolley bag. My son said his shoulders pain. He is only 21kg.

Switch to trolley bag even worst. Trolley bag is much heaver than normal bag esp if kids need to claim stairs in school, noisy when drag and little kids may trip and fall too. I tried before for my eldest girl when she is in P1.

My P5 eldest girl weighs 37kg and her bag is around 6 to 6.5 kg! I ask her why cannot reduce, she say she need for lessons and already reduce. Dont know why school cannot assign lockers to them as I say lockers in front of the classroom. I think must sms her teacher to ask liao

I always tell her that she is like carrying gold bar to school. When I carry for her, I always felt very heavy. She told me all the friends also carry heavy bag. OMG! :!: Nowadays even weight of bags also stress out parents.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27820https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27820Fri, 08 May 2009 06:44:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 06:38:18 GMT]]>

joconde:
Using the 10% guideline, the child must weigh at least 59kg to be able to carry this bag. My son weighs 25kg, so his sch bag should not be more than 2.5kg 😐

Yah hor.. What if a child is underweight? Can carry less stuff in the bag?
Hehee.. Didn't think of it that way, until you mentioned.

caroline3sg, you are right. I am very irritated when the teachers tell
the students they must have these files in their bags every day. Sigh.
They can bring home the sheets and we can help to file. Bring everyday
oso sometimes no worksheets to file. 😛

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27818https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27818Fri, 08 May 2009 06:38:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 03:32:38 GMT]]>My girl’s classroom on second floor, quite difficult to drag trolley bag up & down the stairs

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27790https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27790Fri, 08 May 2009 03:32:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 03:04:24 GMT]]>But still need to carry the trolley bag up the stairs.

In my kids’ school, cannot pull trolley bag into the hall becos very noisy.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27783https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27783Fri, 08 May 2009 03:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 03:00:44 GMT]]>Recently I switched to trolley bag. My son said his shoulders pain. He is only 21kg.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27782https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27782Fri, 08 May 2009 03:00:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 02:45:21 GMT]]>

sleepy:
My girl's school bag weighs 5.9kg on one of the heaviest days of the week :faint:


I used an electronic weighing machine to weigh
Using the 10% guideline, the child must weigh at least 59kg to be able to carry this bag. My son weighs 25kg, so his sch bag should not be more than 2.5kg 😐

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27779https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27779Fri, 08 May 2009 02:45:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 02:37:11 GMT]]>My girl's school bag weighs 5.9kg on one of the heaviest days of the week :faint:


I used an electronic weighing machine to weigh

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27778https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27778Fri, 08 May 2009 02:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 01:04:40 GMT]]>Regarding using other not important periods (ie PE, HE, SS) to conduct eng, maths lessons, I am okay with it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27769https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27769Fri, 08 May 2009 01:04:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 01:03:06 GMT]]>My suggestion, keep the files (with completed worksheets) at home. Just bring one file to sch to put all worksheets given by teachers (all subjects). Talk to teachers about this. Wait till exam over, I would talk to teachers but maybe they won’t follow this suggestion.


Even there is locker, it is either not used or used for art & craft materials. Teachers may keep unmarked HE, Music, SS workbooks.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27768https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27768Fri, 08 May 2009 01:03:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:54:03 GMT]]>

jesschan:
My son's form teacher teaches 5 five subjects - Eng, Maths, Science, Social Studies and Health Ed. She has a tendency not to follow the timetable and teaches any of her subjects on any day. So she told the children to bring all the books for her convenience. Do any of you have this problem?

same here. sometimes my son will insist on bringing a textbook that's not in the timetable. He says sometimes his teacher (who teaches more than one subject) may swap the slots if he can't finish the syllabus in the previous lesson, etc.

And worst, occasionally the teacher will ask students to bring the enitre subject file, which contains all the past worksheets, for revision. It's like the weight of 3 text books ! And then my son will still insist on bringing all the textbooks, workbooks, etc, even though I told him since teacher say she's revising past worksheets and bag already so heavy, why still need to bring those ? But he say scared teacher will scold. So i think what the teacher can do is at least let the class know which books will not be needed, otherwise, students will assume they are all needed. (i'm going to bring this up at the coming teacher-parent meeting)

Basically I have the feeling tat these teachers are just too disorganized in their teaching and often couldn't execute lesson as planned. Maybe class size too big for them to handle ?

In any case, i think teachers should not expect students to carry all subject books everyday so that they could swap timetables around at their own convenience !

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27766https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27766Fri, 08 May 2009 00:54:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:25:29 GMT]]>My son’s form teacher teaches 5 five subjects - Eng, Maths, Science, Social Studies and Health Ed. She has a tendency not to follow the timetable and teaches any of her subjects on any day. So she told the children to bring all the books for her convenience. Do any of you have this problem?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27764https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27764Fri, 08 May 2009 00:25:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:18:22 GMT]]>

Jennifer:
Just reprimanded my elder boy last night. He does not put the unnecessary stuff in the sch lockers, bringing them day in day out to school. I am worried abt his height growth. Plus I think it is dangerous should he lose his balance and fall backwards. The other day, my P2 boy sat on the metal railing besides a cashier @ NTUC Supermarket, tipped backwards. Luckily I turned around to look at him and caught him on time, else he would have banged his head on the floor. I still remember the accident in which a student fell from the school paraquet becos he leaned on it and somehow tipped backwards.


But my elder boy is so yayapapaya. Let's see whether he unloads some stuff today. I ban him for one month of rubik cube should he does not take my advice. Both of us were so :x at each other.
My son is just as stubborn. He will bring all kinds of books \"just in case\" it's needed (sch no locker). Just last night i secretly removed some files and books from his bag which I think is not be needed for today. This morning when my son took his bag, he commented \"how come so light?\". I told him \"oh ! you've grown stronger !\" Hee...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27763https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27763Fri, 08 May 2009 00:18:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:11:18 GMT]]>Just reprimanded my elder boy last night. He does not put the unnecessary stuff in the sch lockers, bringing them day in day out to school. I am worried abt his height growth. Plus I think it is dangerous should he lose his balance and fall backwards. The other day, my P2 boy sat on the metal railing besides a cashier @ NTUC Supermarket, tipped backwards. Luckily I turned around to look at him and caught him on time, else he would have banged his head on the floor. I still remember the accident in which a student fell from the school paraquet becos he leaned on it and somehow tipped backwards.


But my elder boy is so yayapapaya. Let’s see whether he unloads some stuff today. I ban him for one month of rubik cube should he does not take my advice. Both of us were so :x at each other.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27762https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27762Fri, 08 May 2009 00:11:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:04:17 GMT]]>i remember someone wrote to forum or newspaper saying when she was young, she lighten her sch bag by tearing off pages from textbooks and making them into smaller booklets, then she only bring the booklet that teacher is currently using. I tot tat's a good idea so I suggested to my son. But he refused 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27760https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27760Fri, 08 May 2009 00:04:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Thu, 07 May 2009 17:02:41 GMT]]>What to do? sometime forget to bring some worksheet also will get scolding. therefore my 2 kids have a file to put all those recent weeks worksheet in the bag to gain more weight also .

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27756https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/27756Thu, 07 May 2009 17:02:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heavy bags on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:18:17 GMT]]>Yuup! Definitely… during first week of P1,

my girl’s class teacher kept reminding us
that the weight of the bag should only be
10% of the child’s weight.

Sooner or later… i was like, huh?
Ya right!!

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