Harvynna's Primary school
Registrations for children born in 2011 into Primary schools started in March. I called up the school we intend to send her to at the end of Feb, and they mentioned that the instruction had already been sent out to the schools. So, I quickly got all the documents needed and wanted to register her as early as possible since the school is one of the few good surviving government schools left, as the teachers are very dedicated since the PTA consists of influential and aggresive parents that are very demanding!!
So, she has now been officially registered and they stamped the back of her birth certificate with the name of the school and she is the 10th student to register. After all the rushing, they told us that the forms are only submitted to the Ministry next year and the acceptance letter will only be sent in July next year!!
I still dont know if sending her to a government school is the right choice with all the complaints and grouses of parents that send their children to government schools. But it is much easier to pull your child out of a government school to a private school than the other way around. I am not so worried with Harvynna as she is quite an independant learner and will survive anywhere. I dont think the large class size and undedicated teachers will work well with Rowena, though. At least, we still have time to consider Rowena's options.
I spoke to Harvynna's class teacher today and she mentioned that I dont have to worry about Harvynna as she is a fast learner and has no problem with all her subjects. she now sings a lot of Mandarin songs as well and tries to teach Rowena how to pronounce some Mandarin words with the different intonations. The only problem is she does not complete her homework. By the time, we get home each day, it is 8 plus, and the last thing she wants to do is her homework. So, on weekends, she has to make up for the whole week's work. She gives all kinds of excuses not to complete them at the babysitter's house like she has to eat, bathe, sleep, play and anything she can think of.
5 comments:
She is very good in Mandarin...can teach sis...
I am already thinking & thinking if I shd consider a govt school or private. Govt school (I heard) some ask students to kiss the teachers hands (islam way lor) but private school ... not enough $$$. Got kid headache. No kid also headache.
believe me i am already worrying like mad about gib's schooling options. i'm planning to send her to tadika diyana in ttdi for kindy because its so near to our house and all. but i'm still looking around, just in case there're wayy better options. as for primary school.. sigh. i have to admit that i am definitely no advocate for govt schooling, so i know i'll have to put in massive research effort to compare all the schools. maybe if u have any advice to share with a lost-and-confused mummy such as yours truly?
govt school have to kiss teachers' hands??? which school is that???? crazy..
Hi, long time no see. Sigh, this is the neverending topic of discussion......where to send our kids to Standard One. I think it depends on the kid and it depends on the particular school and the particular teachers which all boils down to luck. Just like maids!!!
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