Thanks for sharing

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Thishttps://www.zaobao.com.sg/podcast/daily-reflections is worth introducing to your upper Primary or Secondary level children.

They are like chicken soup for the soul, with moral behind thought provoking stories. Meaningful content that's good for exposing them to the language and expanding on their range of vocab too.

Take for example, in the https://www.zaobao.com.sg/lifestyle/story20210722-1163691, the following phrases were mentioned:[list=]

鸡毛蒜皮
闹得如此不可开交
事情的引爆点
充耳不闻
洁癖
神经质
当事人
点头之交
以和为贵
争一口气
谁是谁非
口不择言

[/list]The https://www.ufm1003.sg/learning-together/chickensoupfortheheart has got text included and some discussion questions that can be used for discussion/casual conversation too.

Another such podcast is https://omny.fm/shows/ufm-100-3/playlists/playlist-1(more suitable for upper Sec).

Thank you for sharing. I just listened to it, and find it educational and interesting to listen to. Will listen with my son who hates chinese.

Any more recent reviews about Bowen Secondary school?

lynntan15:

Capricon:

How many overnight camps are required In Secondary 1 and 2? What is the duration of the overnight camps? Are they compulsory? Please advise. Thanks.

Think Sec 1 overnight camping is during the Orientation day. For Sec 2 overnight camping, will be another 3 days 2 nights at outward bound place.

Some CCAs will also hv overnight camping. so maybe max 2x overnight camping per year?

Thank you so much for the reply.

Anyone can share with my above question?

How many overnight camps are required In Secondary 1 and 2? What is the duration of the overnight camps? Are they compulsory? Please advise. Thanks.

Thanks all for sharing your experience with your kids. It has helped me a lot. I decided to help my daughter with her time management, before deciding to change schools. It has been a long time since I have accessed to the forum, I am so glad to ask for advice here. :thankyou:

I totally agree with you, nms1!

Thanks for the reply, ammonite.


She hates her cca which makes things worse. We have already written to HOD to pull her out from the cca which is not of her choice. However, they are taking a long time to process it and the St John still ask her to attend even though we have written that she wants to quit the cca if there are no vacancies in the cca she prefers.

I would like to know if it is normal to have a lot of extra classes after school in Secondary one.


My daughter is in Zhong Hua Secondary school, is loaded with lots of homework during weekdays and weekends. She has been coming home late like 6-7pm about 2-3 times a week in term 1, her teachers can tell her that it will be worse in term 2. She is not coping well with such a drastic transition, as she came from a relaxed primary school. She is feeling tired everyday but I feel she is unhappy and is resisting to go to school. She misses her free time for her hobbies.

When she raised her concerns to the teacher, she is being told to get used to it which makes her feel not understood. I am thinking of changing her to another school which do not drill the student with so much homework. She was also told that the March one week break is not a break, but to do more homework instead. Does this happen in other schools? Please advise.

I am feeling stress about this, as it is already term 2 and she is still not adapting. This is my first child in Secondary school, and I have no idea that there is so much homework in Secondary 1.