It was our first PTM with Ms Huda.
Li Laoshi started telling us what they did in Chinese class. She said overall IZ is doing well, except that his pronunciation is not accurate. I can't remember this is the how many times she told me that. :-p But I'm already very proud of IZ, and I'm clueless of what's the problem with his already-so-perfect-to-my-ears Chinese. Hahahah! Anyway, he speaks good Chinese, much better than his dad's and mine.
She told us that she has higher expectations on kids who go for Chinese Immersion Class, so naturally expectation on him is higher too. She suggested to let him continue copying the reader book at home, continue from where the teacher stopped. Good suggestion!
She also told us that he has been more mischievous now, pushing the boundaries here and there. He also talk more during lesson. I've reminded IZ that talking in the class is the silliest thing ever, wasting time to go to school. At the end of the day, he would not know what teacher taught the class. IZ agreed. I told him if that's his attitude to learn, then might as well he leaves school now and start washing toilets in Mc'Donalds, there's no need to go to school. He said, he'll pay attention in the future.
Ms Huda says he's generally a good boy. His "collaboration" with his buddy Yuhan is a good one as they spur each other on. They will wait for each other and understand each other very well.
She says he asks very complex questions especially during the zoo trip (that happened the day before PTM). She says he is mature in his thinking. I told IZ that teacher said he asked good questions. He said "but then, people will feel tired answering all the questions". Haha!
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Monday, 30 May 2016
Monday, 7 March 2016
K2: 1st PTM
Today was the first PTM with Ms. Beverley. Before we left for the school, I asked IZ, what he expected the teachers to tell us. He said "good".
She is definitely younger than I've imagined. Tall, slender, sweet with nice manicured nails.
She definitely do not look like one strict teacher, although I've heard about her strict methods. Facing the wall, stripping off leader tag if misbehave etc. I guess she has what it takes to manage the kids.
She told us he has good learning attitude, has been very constant with his diligent work. He is very strong in phonics, can read very well, and very delightful to have him in the class. She said she doesn't know how we teach him at home, which embarrassed us a little, didn't know what to say with such compliment.
Seems like she exchanged notes with Ms Fizah regarding IZ's pronunciation. Ms. Beverley says he has no problem with pronunciation at all, and that she sees improvement in him since January. So, she knows of IZ tongue release history and speech therapies. Plus point.
I asked if he eats well. She said he is fussy, but she made sure to knock on the CIP class to make sure IZ eats his lunch. Another plus point.
Li Laoshi, the same Chinese teacher as last year, complimented him that he is diligent in his work and also display interest in the language. Although he needs to correct his Chinese pronunciation a little. To be honest, I'm already quite happy with his development, as long as he likes the language, it doesn't matter if he speaks like a potato. (He recites Chinese poems at home.. although I can't understand what he was reciting about)..
Li Laoshi told us that IZ is very helpful to friends and teachers. Displayed concern when Ms Beverley didn't come to school and would ask if Ms Beverley is feeling ok when she turns up the next day.
Both teachers agreed that he enjoys learning and good in both languages.
He also did well for his show and tell (for both languages) and shared his trip to the fire station with passion and excitement.
We are very happy with his good learning attitude and respect to the teachers.
Well done, son.. do keep it up!
She is definitely younger than I've imagined. Tall, slender, sweet with nice manicured nails.
She definitely do not look like one strict teacher, although I've heard about her strict methods. Facing the wall, stripping off leader tag if misbehave etc. I guess she has what it takes to manage the kids.
She told us he has good learning attitude, has been very constant with his diligent work. He is very strong in phonics, can read very well, and very delightful to have him in the class. She said she doesn't know how we teach him at home, which embarrassed us a little, didn't know what to say with such compliment.
Seems like she exchanged notes with Ms Fizah regarding IZ's pronunciation. Ms. Beverley says he has no problem with pronunciation at all, and that she sees improvement in him since January. So, she knows of IZ tongue release history and speech therapies. Plus point.
I asked if he eats well. She said he is fussy, but she made sure to knock on the CIP class to make sure IZ eats his lunch. Another plus point.
Li Laoshi, the same Chinese teacher as last year, complimented him that he is diligent in his work and also display interest in the language. Although he needs to correct his Chinese pronunciation a little. To be honest, I'm already quite happy with his development, as long as he likes the language, it doesn't matter if he speaks like a potato. (He recites Chinese poems at home.. although I can't understand what he was reciting about)..
Li Laoshi told us that IZ is very helpful to friends and teachers. Displayed concern when Ms Beverley didn't come to school and would ask if Ms Beverley is feeling ok when she turns up the next day.
Both teachers agreed that he enjoys learning and good in both languages.
He also did well for his show and tell (for both languages) and shared his trip to the fire station with passion and excitement.
We are very happy with his good learning attitude and respect to the teachers.
Well done, son.. do keep it up!
Monday, 22 February 2016
Community Report: Central Fire Station
After the longest procrastination, we finally did the community report for English show and tell.
I tried to keep it simple so that he could do it on his own.
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| I really like how he drew a fire beside the fire word |
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| By this, he wrote all by himself, using his limited spelling knowledge |
IZ had no chance to present at all.
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
The day he was made a Table Leader.. was also the day he lost his 1st pencil case..
I was so excited to read his K2 teacher;s note asking us to prepare a pencil case with 2 pencils, an eraser and a ruler. To teach them responsibility, teacher wrote. I quickly took out the stash of stationery and pencil cases I've kept for so long. They were all gifted.
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| I was really excited to let him choose |
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| What he chose. We had to label them too. |
At the back of my mind, I was prepared to replenish stationery along the way.
Never would I have thought.. he would lost the whole pencil case along the stationery. My son is really "powerful".
He came clean on how he lose it. Actually, he didn't really know for sure. He just didn't keep the pencil case in his bag before leaving the school.
As a result, I asked him to think of what we should do. He couldn't think. So I hastily told him he has to be punished. And I wouldn't give him a new one until he earn $1 from me to get a replacement.
So I told him he'll use plastic bag and old stationery the next day. And he has to think of how he want to earn $1 from me. He nodded.
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| I was really proud that he didn't complain and accepted them as is. |
Just a moment after that, he presented this beautiful heart and said it was for me. So sweet...
He couldn't think of a way to earn $1 from me. So I decided that he should help me in the kitchen.
He had to weigh 50pcs X 7g of pineapple paste for my pineapple tarts.
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| Weighing so carefully. Find that this task is really good to teach Math and patience too! |
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| Proudly presenting the hard work - 50pcs for $1 (his 1st job ever!) |
The real story:
To cut long story short, actually, he was too excited getting the table leader tag that he forgot to keep his pencil case. And he was chatting excitedly to a friend. Ah Nah and him made a phone call me to right away to announce the good news (ya, which is he is the table leader now), and thus, he lost the pencil case.
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| Proud daddy nonetheless (for a week if there's no misconduct) |
The Central Fire Station: 23rd Jan'16
This term topic: Community Helper
We were asked to bring them to the fire station or library for their show and tell.
I then know fire station open house is held on every Saturday from 9 to 11am. Free admission to all. There's a list of fire stations in the website listed below this post.
His buddy's mom and I chose Central Fire Station as it is located next to the Civil Defence Heritage Gallery. Admission to both premise was free of charge!
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| Mr Tan who actively, passionately encouraging visitors to sign up to volunteer with the Civil Defence. "Training is provided" he says. |
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| Trying out the equipment for continuous resuscitation. IZ says "painful". That's how strong. You need to press 5cm into the chest, even if it means breaking a few ribs. Maintain the right size. Too skinny, this equipment will not work for you. |
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| The brave girl volunteered to be wheeled into the ambulance. |
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| Family member to touch the end of the stretcher. For comfort I supposed. |
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| Introducing some common gears.. |
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| how to carry the hose.. |
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| how to activate.. |
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| How to put on their uniform.. |
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| in split seconds! |
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| Thermal gauge |
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| Kiddos' idol! |
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| While we were there for a mere 1.5 hours, there were already 2 ambulances and 4 fire engines off to rescue. That's how busy the fire station is.. |
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| Demonstrating how firemen gets to fire engines real quick when they are upstairs. |
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| Stacking |
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| The RT111 - unfortunately automatic equipment were not available for demo |
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| Showtime at 10am |
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| Live demo |
Once done at the fire station, we moved next door to the heritage gallery.
We could see how fire fighting / rescue work evolve from 1800s to today. Not that the kids cared, but it was a learning experience for all of us.
It is really interesting that they have interactive activities there for the children to learn more in a fun way.
Then I asked Teacher Xinyi if she could guide IZ to draw something for his Chinese show and tell.
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| I was really impressed that she actually prepared something in advance. |
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| But she said IZ already had an idea in his mind on what he wanted to draw. |
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| Colouring in progress.. |
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| The morning of the Chinese show and tell |
Related information:
1) http://www.scdf.gov.sg/content/scdf_internet/en/scdf_247/others/visit_our_fire_stations.html
2) http://www.scdf.gov.sg/content/scdf_internet/en/general/about-us/cd-heritage-gallery/introduction.html