My dd went for ICR and got her reading very well. Lorna Whiston didn’t work so well for her.

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Please have a good look at the girls if you want to employ them because many of them underaged and recycled. Sometimes one look and you can tell they are underaged even though bio shows 23 and above.

I recently bought Onsponge P3 Essential Problem Solving Skills. No answers in book so I thought they have online solutions. But their website doesn’t seem to provide solutions for this series.


Has anyone encountered this?

Hi,


Has anyone used the series by Pearson (formerly Longman) by Manisha Nayak? For SA1 I have only relied on this series of 3 books but I’m not sure if it is adequate.

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Karinching,

Since so many kiasu parents have been asking you one by one what is the name of the Compo class, u might as well once & for all, tell everybody here the name of the Compo class, publicly

Be open about it

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My dd only has chinese home tutor because we can’t speak and write chinese without google translate. But when she brought home her mock exams results in late March, I was alarmed she scored only 25%. So immediately I personally coached her in chinese with the help of google translate. Her results improved immediately and she scored almost 70%. I believe this is just my own experience.

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I am here because dd having difficulty with math…sigh…

Re: Dishdrawers

I am holidaying in nz now and staying in a self contained apartment. There is a half size (not the standalone type) dishwasher from Fisher & Pykel called the DishDrawer DD605. Measures 409x595x570mm. After using this I have changed my mind about small dishwashers. I find them very useful for a small family like ours. Good to have a standalone but if there is space constraints such a model will also suffice. We have already done away with our wok anyway.

Dear Xenophilia


My advice is to send your kid to a childcare. Check out the good ones that you can pop in anytime to have a look. I have had a bad experience with one at Pasir Ris but other than that I am sure there are many good ones around.

If mom and MIL cannot commit to taking care then they should not have a say in how DD should be cared for.

xenophilia:

Dear Fellow Parents,

I'm very new to this forum & I joined because I found this topic very close to heart.
I haven't had the time to read all 200+ pages of the posts, but I'm currently in a bit of a fix so need your advice.

DD is turning 20 months. I have a maid that was with me for the past 13-14 months. As this is my first time employing a maid... I made several mistakes over time.

Both DH & me work full time. Initially, the maid was very good. Obedient, Initiative & most importantly good with my DD. I used to wonder why some people give their maids 101 rules & regulations & are so nasty to their maids. I always treated her as a \"HELPER\", and as a friend. I felt that this was her temporary home away from home.

So the maid used to go to my MIL's house with DD. My MIL adopts this attitude \"I'll keep an eye on her but she was hired by you, so it's not my problem. If she does some housework, then good. If she doesn't then she's not my maid, she's yours\"... so as time passes, the maid started to get lazy. MIL is also the type that cannot stay home. So she started bring DD to the playground with the maid or ask the maid to bring DD downstairs etc... I gave her a cheap mobile so she can be reachable (In case of emergency eg. getting lost etc)

So the maid got to know some friends. (Plus apparently, she told me that once she got her own phone, she called back the agency & the trainer gave her the numbers of the rest of the maids in her batch).

Here's why my headache starts.
She asked me if she could buy a entry level smart phone. Said that her friend has one & she really likes it. So I told her straight up no using of phone during work hours, no wifi will be provided by me. It's her money, so I let her spend it the way she wants to.
Then she started to be on the phone all the time. Texting, Chatting, Listening to Music & her friend set up a FB account for her. Ok, story sounds familiar?

Then, sometimes she will put eyeliner and self portraits of herself & post on FB. So she's human right?

Then we moved the arrangements & sent her to my mum's place instead of MIL. When daughter naps in afternoon, maid naps WITH her. I start to feel like she is too \"attached\" to my DD. Eg. They snuggle & nap in afternoon (Everynight DD sleeps with us) then eg. I hold DD hand, maid will snatch the other hand. (Maybe I'm jealous?). I discipline DD, and DD cry, maid will go hug her tell her it's ok... etc...

Then Maid starts to \"talk back\" to us. Eg we tell her to do something, she will have some \"reaction\". She also hint to me that my MIL place is better (Because all her friends are there & my mom don't let her bring DD downstairs)...

There was a sunday we went out without her... she stayed home the whole day. When I come home I see the house, I know she never do anything. i asked her what she did at home. She was caught off guard, she answered me \"Nothing\"... then i asked her whole day 12 hours at home you never step into the common toilet. How come the basin you never wash. The dirt already dry up. She kept quiet... then time for DD to sleep so I went to the room. When DD fell asleep about an hour later---> Maid already went back into her room. Guess what? The dirt in the basin still untouched. I washed it myself. Next day I snoop on her FB wall, she say she want to go home.

I think I've been super nice to her. I've given her a lot of free play, respect her as a human being, treated her as a friend. In fact all of us (including MIL & Mom) does that too...
There weren't any major issues, like bring bangla bf home. She's good with my DD, teaches her a lot of things... So.... I'm really in a fix right now. I'm not too happy with her but I'm not sure if I'm just asking too much.

DD is very active & inquisitive type so Mom said not to send to CC as she is worried for DD. So I really don't know what my options are. Both Mom & Mil don't want to commit full time to take care of DD. Sometimes I see other people with such a good support system (eg. MIL take care) I'm so envious.

So... any suggestions?