Hi


My DS scored 231. Any chance to go St Andrew or Zhong Hua?
May I know which school is better ?

For a pass in HCL in PSLE, will he be offer to take HCL in Secondary school

peanut_butter:

Ca3kids:

I am looking for female piano teacher (prefer degree) who can teach on Sunday for my daughter has Grade 5. Kovan area.

PM you a contact.

Thank you Peanut Butter!

I am looking for female piano teacher (prefer degree) who can teach on Sunday for my daughter has Grade 5. Kovan area. Pls message me if interested

The Alternative Story wrote:

Hi parents,

We are having a special referral promotion from now (Jan 27
2011 to February 25 2011- we have extended the
date to 25 Feb as some parents say their friends have
children still finishing their terms at other centres so they
can only join at the end of Feb).

Anyone who refers a friend to us for class (English, Science
and NSA-Newspaper and Storybook Analysis class) can will get
$10 per person referred.

The friend who is referred will also get $20 off their term fees.

How does this work:
Eg: If you refer 3 people, you will get $30 off and each person you
refer will get $20 off their term fees. If the person you refer
has 3 children joining us, you will get $30 off and the person
will get $20 off the term fee of each child.

- The friend whom you recommend needs to give us your
child's full name (name + surname), level (eg. P1) and
branch your child is in (AMK, Bukit Timah or East)

- When the friend signs up with us, he or she will
get the discount off their term fee and you will
get the discount off for your next term's fee.

- During this promotion period, you can refer any number
of people.

- At the end of the year, we will also take note of the
people who refer the most number of friends to us
(during the promotion and non promotion period
and the person who refers the most-must be at
least 30 and above- will get an IPAD). This
person must also of course still be with us at
TAS.

We actually have this year end gift every year- but this
year's gift has been changed to an IPAD.

TAS



So Whoever intend to enroll kids to Alternative Story Regular Weekly class can pm me so that we can get the discount !! :celebrate:

Hi Momof4


I had pm you

Especially boy are like that, when they have computer games or sports to play....energy level immediately rises up ! Can even wake up when they sleep!.......

janet_lee88:

Hi Ca3kids,

Girls and boys have very different characters. My daughter is 'auto' when she has work to be done...no need to remind her. As for my son, I used to check his homework diary every day.
He became so dependent on that...so I adopted a 'hands off' approach. If he doesn't complete his hw, then he will have to face the music. He has to learn it the hard way if he does not take responsibility.

My children need reminder as they like to drag here and there. I will slowly let go of the reminder esp my P6 since now she is sec 1. FOr girls, they attention and energy is still ok but for son, he tend to sleep sometime while he is doing or tend to walk here and there or stand to do homework :stupid: So now training him to concentrate and sit properly.

janet_lee88:

Hi Ca3kids,

My older one is a boy in P4...younger one is going to P1 IJ next year. Although I've a little experience of what primary school is, I still have a long way to go and would need mummies here to guide.

Son will tell me what has happened in school everyday...must accompany him while he takes his lunch...his naughty classmates, what they have done...basically clean my ears before he comes home.

Lower primary is very impt bcos that's the foundation. Will apply the same thing to daughter since older one is going to P5 and should learn to be more independent. From time to time, I do check his homework diary.
Don't know what to expect from my daughter whose character is so different from son.

Hi Janet_lee88

I am also learning daily how to handle kids. Besides the eldest P6 girl who had just finished PSLE, I also have a pair of twins (a boy and a girl) who are P3 this year......

Son and daughters have different characters to handle and also attitude. Girls may be more obedient in a way but more to be worried about when they becane teenager. For homework, I only check homework for P3 sometime, not every single homework. I told them is their responsibility for the homework and exam. Let alone P6. :roll:

momof4:

Quintessential Mum:

You are very fortunate to have encountered all the very good sec 4 teachers. I understand that a few can be considered good and experienced but the rest of them are just not up to par. Some parents who have kids at Sec 4 level told me that the teachers are quite slow and even completed the syllabus quite late compared to other schools. They said that they are lagging behind and that is why they students still have to attend school for an additional 2 weeks. Other students in schools like SJI, SCGS, Cat High etc stopped attending school from Oct 4 and are on study leave. In actual fact, they should ensure that they have good teachers at every level esp from Sec 1 to build a strong foundation. It is a tad bit too late to start teaching well only in Sec 4 if you ask me!

As far as I understand, most of the sec4 teachers are very good. My dd1 mentioned teachers in most classes are doing extra.

As for finishing syllabus late. Which class is this? Not that I know of. They are off next week, and is on schedule. The reason they are still having lessons is because the teachers want the students to maintain the momentum of working, giving them lots of practice papers, going thru certain topics that the students are weak in, etc. Even for next week's break, the students are encouraged to go back to school as per normal and study there. Why? Because if they study at home, they will most likely wake up late, have leisure breakfast and will not accomplish much. Like I mentioned, if the students are willing to work hard, the teachers are willing to help. My dds' teachers are also teaching other classes, so not only she got the good ones. The school is doing its best, let us parents not paint it in such negative light, especially in front of our dds. This will have an impact on their perception of the school and teachers and thus affect their attitude and learning.

Momof4

Fully agreed with you. I think we should always try to think, behave and speak positively especially in front of our kids as not to influence them and make their life miserable or behave negatively especially after we decided to be with the school. Else they won't have good time in the school as their \"studyload\" already so heavy.....

As one of my friend here (whom I always appreciated and grateful for her great advice) told me that its human nature that tend to talk negative and complain more than talking positive words and comprehen others.

I didn't tell my DD about much of the negative side that I heard in here as I want her to have a positive and happy mindset when she attend the school esp the new school with new environment/people.

But I do mentioned to her that \"DD, every school will have negative comment or views but if once you decided to go that school, you must try your best to make use of the resources and concentrate on study to bring out your potential and make your school proud of you. One must be mature and smart enough to differentiate who are the good or bad company to join as we parents cannot stick with you whole life. You must decide what type of comments are useful or useless to you. Its you who are responsible for your future and decision, not parents. This also applies even more when you step into society - the adult world ! We can only be there to guide and provide our best resources to you.\"

She agreed but I don't know how much she really can keep in mind and do it but I believe we have to be there to guide them in positive attitude and thinking.

Kids sometimes will come back to complain about the school is boring, teacher strict, stress, classmates naughty.....etc. What we can do is lend our ears to them, comfort them but at the same time explain to them why people behave or act that way, their intention etc and we must gave them correct value and attitude...Easy to say than done. :oops:

I have no experience dealing with teenager as my 12 years old DD is my eldest and I still have 2 younger ones to handle. I still have a lot to learn from experienced parents here and I had learnt alot indeed.

I cross my fingers and hope that teenagers can listen to us like what they did when they are younger. Just a cent of my thought... :oops: