ESF TY mami,How's your kid's first day?

sillybabyq

hi moms,

How's your kid's first day school??

My son is in group B so tomorrow is the first day . I am very excited~~~

What about you??

play

Hi,

According to the newsletter, a meeting with parents and teacher will be conduct after the term break.

原帖由 VVMUM 於 08-10-14 12:29 發表
Hi Mirimiri,

Sorry it's my mistake to say the picnic day on next week, actually is this Thursday too. However, how did they inform you about the parents' meeting, I have not received any notice yet! ...

VVMUM

Hi Mirimiri,

Sorry it's my mistake to say the picnic day on next week, actually is this Thursday too. However, how did they inform you about the parents' meeting, I have not received any notice yet!

mirimiri

the principal did call you, that means they really care about the communication between parents and students, that's good if you can arrange another day. i think it's quite a good chance to talk to the teacher since i really want to know more about my daughter's school life, you know they are still too young to tell in details.
yes, you're right, it'll be pressure to get day off sometimes especially all of their activities are on weekdays, just try best la.......

原帖由 play 於 08-10-13 18:03 發表
thanks.
Our picnic day is Friday this week.
I will try to arrange another day to meet the teacher before term break. Because the principle call me today and urged me to see the class teacher.

How to  ...

play

thanks.
Our picnic day is Friday this week.
I will try to arrange another day to meet the teacher before term break. Because the principle call me today and urged me to see the class teacher.

How to said, the school do care the student very much. But it will give some pressure for the parent.

mirimiri

Vvmum, for my daughter's class, picnic is this thur and parent's meeting will be arranged after term break.  by the way, isn't it term break holiday next week?? why your picnic day is next week?

Play, i think the teacher won't get upset if you can't arrange anyone to go for meeting, but you'll miss the chance to know more about your kid's performance in school, maybe try to ask the teacher to arrange a later appointment, so you/your husband can leave office a bit earlier to attend.  

原帖由 VVMUM 於 08-10-13 16:28 發表
Hi Play,

When did the teach inform you to see them in school? I will go for the picnic day next week but I thought it's just an activities that they want the parents to participate, I don't know they ...

VVMUM

Hi Play,

When did the teach inform you to see them in school? I will go for the picnic day next week but I thought it's just an activities that they want the parents to participate, I don't know they will also speak to the parents.

play

Before the term break, the class teacher wants to talk to us (parents) in person. But we are busy and cannot take leave at the school time. Is it common practise for school? Will the teacher upset? Little bit worried about this.
Anyone has the same expenience?

Cheerfulmama

原帖由 sillybabyq 於 08-9-10 18:44 發表
hi all moms,

can your child settle at school alone now?? my son still cried very badly even I just go to the toilet,teacher said all the children need to go to school without any accompany on next mo ...

Similar to your case, he could play by himself most of the time.  Yet, once he wants to find me but I am not there around, he will cry.

sillybabyq

hi all moms,

can your child settle at school alone now?? my son still cried very badly even I just go to the toilet,teacher said all the children need to go to school without any accompany on next monday even they cry very badly~~~i am quite worry~~~

Willy225

bbjan,
Orh, Gabrielle, the little girl.  My kid is Wilson, the boy with v short hair.

play

My girl cried that I want to go to school on Saturday.

bbjan

hi willy225,

i might saw u this morning, my girl is called gabrielle, what's yr son's name?

agreed that most K2 are really smart, hope that my girl can learn from them and become one too....

however, Michelle's voice is quite low and have to raise a bit...

原帖由 Willy225 於 08-9-2 22:36 發表
I was with my son this morning.  He was led by two K2 classmate to play sand.  I saw a teacher there.  The teacher invited some kids to leave because they usually play sand at studio time.  The teache ...

sillybabyq

The second day is better ,more like normal class practise.

My son was crying very badly even i left  hime for 5 mins (the teacher adviced we leave for an hour).I think we'll need much more time for seperation.

I did give him nappy on the way to school,but I told him bus is not the right place for vv, and I didn't let him drink much before he get on the bus,and..........he didn't wet his nappy when we arrived school,I was so so so happy.

jalenmama

yes i agreed with some mum concern about the hygience.during the snack time or after toilet there is nobody reminding the kids to wash their hands.  It is a bit worry. They can wash by themselves but if someone can remind them then they can do it as a rountine.

I finally take taxi to school and take the public transport home.  It is really a long day.  I may to see again whether the school bus can pick up later in the morning cos 2hr is too long and I think their catchman is too big.

lsw0316

Hi sillybabyq,

It's good that the school bus company is willing to get to your home.  An hour to school is a bit long comparing to the return trip home.  But, there is no better option, right?

My daughter is in Dinosaur class.  The class teacher is Rebecca.  Her voice is loud enough so can attract the kids' attention.  If any kid's attention distracted by the surrounding toys or walking/crawling around instead of sitting on the floor, she will call their name one by one to make sure they are paying attention to her.    She even asked the adults' to discipline their own kids when they're not paying attention or moving around the classroom.  It works out ok.  Most of the kids are listening to her, especially, the K2 kids are self disciplined.  So, I trust my daughter will be able to learn self discipline in her class.     

My daughter is also looking forward to her 2nd school day tommorrow.  Although she said she's not happy when the teacher asked her on the 1st day, she likes this new school indeed.  She is just worrying that I'll go away and leave her alone at school.  I've explained to her that I'll go to the other classroom to see Vicky, the principal.  I'll come back to pick her up at the end of the session and take the school bus home together.  She seems feel more confident that I'll come back to pick her up as I have to go home with her on the same school bus.  I hope she can settle in smoothly on her 2nd day.  

原帖由 sillybabyq 於 08-9-3 21:00 發表
hi isw0316,

i took the school bus eventually ,i took an hour to school and just 20mins on the way back home`~~ actually my home is very close to school by car but the driver picked my son first so it ...

abs

Dear all,

Based on my observation last year, many kids ate snacks with their dirty hands. So did my son! I was also upset by the condition at that time. Besides, many kids even didn't wash hands after going to toilet. Nothing could be done. Their philosophy is to let kids learn what and most importantly how to do instead of pushing them to follow what they should do. Nevertheless, it can't be denied that more guidance has been given after the disease outbreaks. Bear in mind, these two weeks aren't normal school days. Things will be back to normal after it.

When my son was in K1, he didn't wear any nappy as it wasn't encouraged by the teachers. He did wet his uniform on the school bus (a one-hour trip). What I did was to ask the bus mother to remind him to wee wee before going home. I was lucky coz I met a very good bus mother. There were only 9 kids on the bus so she could take care of each well. She did a great job. Due to that training, my son got very dramatic improvement. His 3-month training in school was much more effective than what I did with him for a whole year at home.

The parent volunteer scheme usually starts in the seoncd term. Please be patient!

Hope the information helps!

sillybabyq

thank you abs!!

I think I really need to be relax .

As you mentioned about the toilet training, did you let your kid put on his nappy during the class? My son still doesn't know how to hold up his peepee for a while and some time he didn't tell us he needs to go to peepee , i JUST AFRAID HE WILL WET HIS PANTS during on the way to school as his school bus takes an hour to school.Do you have any suggestion on this??

thank you

原帖由 abs 於 08-9-3 14:13 發表
Hi all,

I'm an ESF (TY) parent and a parent volunteer in school. My boy is in K2. At the beginning of the term in K1, I was as worried as you so I understand very well how you feel at this moment. I' ...

sillybabyq

hi isw0316,

i took the school bus eventually ,i took an hour to school and just 20mins on the way back home`~~ actually my home is very close to school by car but the driver picked my son first so it takes a bit longer on the way to school,but still can be accepted.

Which teacher in your class? The teacher seems quite nice that would talk to you about your kid . My son's class teacher didn't talk to me or other parents and she just "doing her job". Her voice was very low and she just read story and sing songs but she can't draw kids attention,she even can't draw my attention,sometime I even don't know she started already.

But when I asked my son if he likes the school,he says YES ,and this morning,he say "going school" right after he opened his eyes.I think he really enjoyed the school life but I just worry what if I am not with him,will he still enjoy it??


  

原帖由 lsw0316 於 08-9-3 00:16 發表
Hi sillybabyq,

How do you get to school finally?  Do you take school bus or go direct to school by other transportation?

My daughter is group B as well.  Today is their first day, all the new k1 kid ...

lsw0316

Hi abs,

Thank you for sharing.  I agree with you that we need to learn to be relax.  Let the kids learn to be independent without too much intervnece by the adults.  One thing I have noticed when I was at school yesterday.  Even though the teachers did not intervene during the kids' activities, they do keep an eye on them.  For example, during the snack time, the class teacher came to the table talking to the parents one by one asked about the type of language for our communication at home.  All the time she was busy talking to the parents.  When she came to me, before she asked me about the language, she specially highlighted to me that she noticed the little boy who was sitting next to my daugher at the table  (also a new K1 boy), took some pretzels for my daugher putting on her plate.  She explained to me that in normal circumstances, they won't let children to share food during snack time or on their picnic day because the children may not realize if anyone will be allergic to any food.  Since the parents are there in the school yesterday with their kids, they didn't stop them from sharing food.  I was quite surprise that she did notice the little boy sharing food with my daughter as she seemed to be busy in talking with parents.  So, I feel that they well trained to be very alert to the kids' activities even though they are busy at work!  So, I feel confident that the kids can learn to be independent in this kinder.

原帖由 abs 於 08-9-3 14:13 發表
Hi all,

I'm an ESF (TY) parent and a parent volunteer in school. My boy is in K2. At the beginning of the term in K1, I was as worried as you so I understand very well how you feel at this moment. I' ...