You are most welcome. 希望幫到手。 I always remind myself not to be 怪獸家長. At young stage is to cultivate their attitude and responsibility. 小時叻不代表大個一定叻, 但對事( like 讀書) 有個正確的態度是重要的. 自小要灌輸
1）prepare a time, a quite environment
2) ask him does he know how to write + how much time needed for writing one line
3) set a reasonable time for him, not too rush against time as we need neat writing as well.
4) tell him if he finish within the time line then he saved some time for watching TV or playing time. Maybe ice cream is a good reward
5) be there with him - remember to keep silent and not response to his question. Remind him of the time.
Tell him you are here to help him. Try this and let me know if this works.
Hi, I was attracted to this conversation and I hope you don't mind I step in to ask a few questions.
Hi GIPW, my daughter is accepted at KCS, would like to seek some answers on below questions, would be very grateful if you could share some insight. Many thanks
1. I personally is not good at reading or writing Chinese, my husband says my level of Chinese is around K3. Does your kid require a lot of help from you with their homework?
2. What is the English standard like at KCS? I read from other comments that they teach one level higher. Want to find out more on sort of things do they start to teach at P1, does it include sentence structuring, grammers etc. Is it necessary to send the child for extra classes outside of school?
3. The exams, do you need to spend a lot of time with your child to revise on each exam?
4. Does the school have a system where if a child does not get a certain pass mark, they have to repeat the entire year?
To answer your question :
1) it is all depends on how willing are you to let go on their homework. If you allow to make mistakes and let the teachers to correct them, then it is fine. I think your child might need your help in the Chinese dictation. Sometimes doing sentence.
Apart from this, Maths and General Studies are all in Chinese so you could not ignore these subjects.
Most of the homework could be done in school already. So I do not have much worried on this.
2) yup, one level higher for English, they will start using Book 2. But this doesn't mean it is lots more harder. If you have worries just simply buy a P1 exercise book and let your child do some of the exercise then they will be fine.
If you talk to your child in English, no extra class is needed. English is just about grammar , conversation and writing idea.
3). As for exam, I did not spent a lot of time on this. I am a working mom, I will talke 2 half days off to help he through. Well sometimes I think not much I have helped her but just let her know that I am there to be with her during the exam.
4) I seldom heard others repeat but know some parents willingly let their child repeat as their child is 'small child' and want their child to build a solid foundation.
1. Would like to know if KCS they have class or activity in pm?
2. English lesson is taught by net teacher?
3. 3 tests and 3 exams in whole year, will you need to spend a lot of time to help your child for review. Test/exam before or after long holiday
Thanks for helping as we are thinking studying in KCS or government school.
1) After lunch, 2activities + 2 classes. If no activities, they will stay in the classroom and finish the homework.
2) Yes. P1 oral by net teacher and English by Chinese teacher. Starting from P2 both oral and English grammar are taught by net teacher.
3) exam before the long holiday ( that is what I like the most). The children are so used to tests and exams, to them are like 吃生菜. To the parents, I helped out a bit in the dictations and some Chinese language revision. I sometimes missed out the test dates and just find out they are doing fine.
Up to now I still do not think the pressure of studying is too much. Could update you later if I go higher level.
發表於 12-5-15 20:58
太好啦. 再接再厲. 
