真道中、小家長聚談

deniset

qq_dad 寫道:
Hi deniset,

My daughter was very excited and happy to tell me that she wanted to join it with her best classmate...
Sure, I'll support my daughter la...no matter what the result is.  At least, let her have more exposure ma.   

deniset

Dear tabo5656,
I'm not sure what exactly had happened but I advise you to contact Mr. Ko immediately and request to change the driver.
Since the school is hosting a parents' night next week, please attend and voice it out to our Principal. I agree that the school hour is too long for FS1 students. The kids will need a much longer time to cope with the time schedule. It all depends on what the school can offer to support the plan.Maybe She ought to give a second thought on this.
Perhaps we can invite parents of FS1 to share their views here.

cutie4gal

Hi deniset,

deniset 寫道:

.........Since the school is hosting a parents' night next week, please attend and voice it out to our Principal........[/quote]

What is the exact time and venue for the parents' night? I did not get any information/notice from the school? ??

deniset

Dear cuti4gal,
What year is your child? I believe they have 2 nights for different classes.  The one for DS1 will be held on Sept. 14.  I don't have a copy on hand at the moment. Please call the school to find out. The notice was distributed to the children yesterday.
deniset

kittty

HI ALL,

想問吓你地小朋友之前讀邊間幼稚園, 會唔會校長較為喜歡收活動教學的幼稚園(e.g.啟思,臻美秀華),  定係讀傳統幼稚園(e.g.根德園, ST. CATHERINES)的小朋友

THANKS!
KITTY

waterdrop

about the speech festival, i think i wil ask my girl to joing, just a bit worried, as the reading ability of FS1 student may not be very good, will it be very difficult for them?

tabo5656,
i think you need to report this to the school, speeding is just much too dangerous, and with all the kids inside the schoolbus...unacceptable!!!

As for adapting the long school hours, i think really have to do something about the bed time.  my girl is FS1 this year, so, she has changed from 4 hours schooling (kindergarten) to all the sudden 8 hours now in Logos.  "Super tiring!" according to her, but still i think she is doing not too bad as she has never fall in sleep during class.  But i did make her go to bed before 9:30pm in order to make sure she has enough rest.

Long hour school may be tiring, but i think it is actually very good.  Instead of watching TV at home with the maid, she spends the time with her little classmates playing and studying which i think the time is better spent.

rogerc

Dear parents in this forum,

The school hours is 8:15am to 4:15pm..it is 8 hours a day..and you have to count the time for queuing to get on the school bus, the transit, kid may back home like 5:45 or in some distant area 6:00pm..

If the kid has to go to bed by 9:30pm, there is only 3.5 hours and they have to taking bath, homework ( there is homework ), dinner, reading story book, mingle with dad, mom or sister / brother.  And this is not one year schedule, this will last for 11 years...FS1 parent...

I am not trying to backmouth the school, but you can hardly find primary school will end by 4:00pm.  EFS starts at 9 and finish at 3.. other DSS starts at 8:15 or 8:30 and finish at 3:30, why the other school can plan the sessions and let the kid back home earlier than in logos..considering FS1 student they coming from K3 that is usually 3 hours schooling but now is 8..too drastic ...kid needs sufficient time to rest and do something on their own, I see parent appreciate this extending hours with the idea that to keep them busy and they dont need to worry what they are doing after school..

The most irritating me is the health issue. My daugther said the so called extended 45 minutes in fact is nothing to do, teacher let them see the "Blue Cat" cartoon..some kid fell in sleep or feel sleepy during the class. My daughter did not want to see that cartoon becasue of her tiring eyes but teacher said she has to.

Do you think this is good to extend the school hour??? I just heard parent at FS2 question and query the school policy but no alternative.

I just cannot imagine why parent in this forum accepts this is OK...

freddielau

Roger,

I think U have 2 alternatives, either move out of Shatin to TKO, or better go to HKBU or Pui Kiu.  It is really hard for a small child to spend such a long time in transportation.

:cry:

littlepig

我讚同rogerc的說法。我是住在將軍澳，但都反對延遲放學時間。

我小孩校車到家樓下大概5:00前. 開學到現在幾天, 不單我自己，甚至我身邊幾位住在將軍澳的家長都說延遲了放學時間, 令小孩很累，而且現在的功課只有Daily Log, 但在晚上的時間郤很緊迫, 令家長和孩子們都不能有充裕的時間親子和歇一歇就要睡覺了。放學後有課外活動的小孩子就更辛苦，有的家長己因放學延遲而放棄了一些課外活動。如果十一年都是這樣，的確對學生來說太不健康了。

rogerc 寫道:
Dear parents in this forum,

The school hours is 8:15am to 4:15pm..it is 8 hours a day..and you have to count the time for queuing to get on the school bus, the transit, kid may back home like 5:45 or in some distant area 6:00pm..

If the kid has to go to bed by 9:30pm, there is only 3.5 hours and they have to taking bath, homework ( there is homework ), dinner, reading story book, mingle with dad, mom or sister / brother.  And this is not one year schedule, this will last for 11 years...FS1 parent...

I am not trying to backmouth the school, but you can hardly find primary school will end by 4:00pm.  EFS starts at 9 and finish at 3.. other DSS starts at 8:15 or 8:30 and finish at 3:30, why the other school can plan the sessions and let the kid back home earlier than in logos..considering FS1 student they coming from K3 that is usually 3 hours schooling but now is 8..too drastic ...kid needs sufficient time to rest and do something on their own, I see parent appreciate this extending hours with the idea that to keep them busy and they dont need to worry what they are doing after school..

The most irritating me is the health issue. My daugther said the so called extended 45 minutes in fact is nothing to do, teacher let them see the "Blue Cat" cartoon..some kid fell in sleep or feel sleepy during the class. My daughter did not want to see that cartoon becasue of her tiring eyes but teacher said she has to.

Do you think this is good to extend the school hour??? I just heard parent at FS2 question and query the school policy but no alternative.

I just cannot imagine why parent in this forum accepts this is OK...

ugly-duckling

我都贊成Littlepig 同 RogerC 的說法.
我們住得遠些, 就更加慘.  放學要5:45先返到屋企.
跟住要快手做和公文練習.  食得飯, 沖涼, 就要瞓覺.
連温習都無時間, 睇電視, 看書, 遊戲....課外活動就
更加無可能. 唯有留返星期六. 日啦.
遲下多啲功課, 我都好驚阿女做唔完.
又證明佢地講一套做一套.

deniset

Dear parents,
Extended School Hour
I contacted the school and expressed my concern. I believe a lot of parents will bring this up during the parents' night next week. At the moment, the only solution for me is to let my girl go to bed early and allow her to have at least 9 hours of rest. Let's see what the principal has to say next week.

zoemaywang

my daugher back home 5;00 take 15-30 min rest finsh homework 6;30 and thentake a bath and eat dinner no time 温習 next week dict and spell  

軒Mother

我都唔係好讚成延遲放學,  但我想問吓d新家長, 校方有無係入學前通知你哋放學時間?   

qq_dad

Parent meeting for FS2 and DS1 will be on Sep 14 (next Thurs), start at 7:30pm at Primary School

For the extended hour, I am fine with it.  My arrangement is
1. no extra-curriculum actitives on weekdays, except practicing piano
2. encourage my daughter to finish most of her assignment at school, during the 45-minute home-teacher class (the 2nd last class)
3. still keep on enjoying playing, reading and talking with my daughter
4. Spent a bit time for revision.  Just like yesterday, use 15 minutes to encourage her reading the Putonghua assignment by playing.
5. Still give some time (about 30minutes if she's doing fast) for my daughter to watch the Cable Children program (pre-recorded) which is quite educational and interesting.
6. For spelling wizard, we use different time to play with her.  Follow the Wizard sheet and review daily words, and overall revision on weekend.
7. My daughter went to bed a bit late in the past few day (at 2200-2230), but will try to regulate back to 2100.

Need to go back home and play with her la.

Cheers!


  

tabo5656

校長在8月26日星期六的家長會告訴我們這批fs1的家長來年度延遲放學的時間及原因。他告訴我們是因應家長的要求，避免學生在放學後仍要去上課餘活動。我其實認同學校的理念，這樣其實可減少交通時間，但我不滿校方在仍未籌備好的情況下，就要求原來只上三小時課的幼稚園生，適應八小時的上課時間，我的兒子告訴我他們在校中看藍貓。我相信這些小朋友需要一些時間才能適應。我的孩子就因為想家而覺得上課時間長，哭著說不喜歡上學，今天還說不舒服呢。我本來想與老師談論這問題，但老師的電話經常接到留言信箱，留了言給她又不回覆。我好清楚知道在家長的層面應做的我已做了，例如和他傾談、要他早點睡覺，小兒自小己習慣9時45分上床，六時多起床，又沒有睡午覺的習慣，所以他在體力和精神方面應可應付得到，只是他是一個較被動和守規的人，他未能在班中認識到新朋友，又常常怕做錯事會被老師罰。我很希望老師能和他好好傾談，因為他到學校仍存有一些誤解，例如我曾向他講解校規，告訴他在課室中不能亂跑，怎想到他連小息也不離開座位呢。我已告訴他小息時可離開座位和同學遊戲，希望他明天回校會有所改善。但今天他回校後就哭，並說頭痛，校方打來要我們接他回家，但我怕他會因此而誤會病就可以不用上學，以後就以病來做藉口。前天他在校中哭了一整天連午餐也沒吃帶回家，但老師竟然沒有和我們聯絡，學生未能適應小學生活也是小問題嗎？我已多次致電老師留口訊給她請她致電給我，但她仍未有回覆，我想明天我會打到學校找她。

qq_dad

Hi tabo5656,

Kids need time to accustom to new environment, especially for "slow-warm-up" one.  They normally have a lot of bad imagination and uncertainty about the new environment at their heart.  One of the way is to help them understand the new environment as clearly as they know about their home... Knowing the School Regulation is one of them.... maybe you could try more.  Some suggestion as follows:

- Arouse his interest to Logos by linking  his hobbies with the school.  Also help him to build up a 2nd home feeling with Logos (frankly speaking, it really will be another home if your son stays for 11 years)

Try go back to school TOGETHER WITH YOUR SON on Saturdays.  Wandering around the campus, the classroom, corridor; playing at playground together.  Just spend a few hours there.  It may help him to feel that Logos is a safe, warm place for him and the family, not a strange, unfamiliar location for himself to face with.  It is usually helpful for those "slow-warm-up" kid.

- Parents try to participate in the school activities, like the Parents' Choir, Christian Gathering, etc.  It's another way to enhance his feeling that Logos is a place where his parents also like to go to, just like a playground nearly his home.

zoemaywang

my daugher sleep8;30

zoemaywang

school has tell us放學時間

軒Mother 寫道:
我都唔係好讚成延遲放學,  但我想問吓d新家長, 校方有無係入學前通知你哋放學時間?   

rogerc

Hi, when did you get back home?  the earliest I heard (those live in TKO) around 5:00 pm.  Can you imagine how the kid have enough time for snack/TV, bathing, dinner, homework, revision, other activities practicing like music, story reading within next 4 hours (you have to select good TV programm for your girl - and this is a way to relax your mind and body and may be try English channel TV as there is their English lesson is not conducting by Net teacher).  Also, there will not be much time for the parents to share with them at all especially for those working parents and only arrive home around 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Also, you did not forsee the kind of homework they are - usually dictation and English spelling (more than 20 words per week) once in a week, plus 2 to 3 assignments per day (by my experience as I am a FS2 parent), and the parent has to finish them with the kid as they are not writing stuff.  I am very frustrated about the extended hour program.  School only notify us by a notice after the summer holiday start on 18 July 06 while you go out school to collect the final term school report - no teacher are there/no inquiry can be made during the whole summer break.  In the notice, principal Y only said to increase English and Maths lesson, plus organizing school team in musical (which is his favorite activity - as he loves choir so much), and help those lack behind kids (actually are there a lot!!!).  Frankly speaking, their curricumlum in FS1 is 1 term in advance than normal school, how come to extend those main subjects.  Is it too much?  Too academic approach. If your kid may not be able in the school team for music (can you imagine 210 students in each level?), whatelse they are offer to you -answer is go to the library.  As per my recent inquiry, the time table and activies for the last 45 mins extension is not ready yet.  They even did not know after this extension of hours, some kids are back home after 6:00 pm.  Frankly speaking, any major change (as this one, as most school ends at 3:00 to 3:00 pm only) should be consulted and communicated with parents before hand.  I did not see them have any survey on this and project the transportation issue.  Not every kid lives in TKO!!! School should consider and plan, and do a testing on the school bus arrangement.
For the past one year school life in Logos, I found their administration, communication with parent are very very weak.  The school curricumlum for FS1 does not offer enough physical/mental, confidence training and exploration to our kids.  

I strongly disagree for this extended school hour arrangement as if Logos turn to be more academic driven, not open for discussion with parents.  How can I let my kid to have such school arrangement for the next 10 years?  Well, better think of next alternative as I'm very worry about my kid's health (more than academic result).  I picked Logos in year 2004 as I agree with their new school concept but how to deliver is a critical issue, and now they turn to become a traditional school style.  Can you name any good primary school will be ended 4:15 pm per day?  We, as adult, can work round the clock but not the little one.

rogerc

Hi, now is just the beginning of new shool term.  Can you imagine for the next few years?  Perhaps you live in TKO and you can back home earlier (before 7;00 pm) to take care of your daugther.  Are there anyone to think of those live out of TKO?  The effect will not be seen in few days time but in a long run do you like your kid to have long hour study (also from FS2 onwards I could only see two hometeacher lesson per week, not five as FS1) - no time to have their day dreaming, playing games and exercise their body, share things with parents/sibling or neigbourhood.  Other than school, kid should also build up their social network.