08 K1 - NStar

dinosaur_bb2004

Hi, All,

My son Aaron is sitting in the table near the white board.  I remember that Jeremy is also sitting in his table.

My son did not tell me that they should bring things in Red but I heard that at the school bus station.  When I asked Aaron, he said that they need to bring things in "orange".  He said that someone brought ”福娃"．　I therefore put an orange and orange 福娃 in his school bag.  However, when I checked with Miss Lee, she said that they should bring things in red.  I finally understand that Aaron what to share his own orange 福娃 with classmates.

Keep in touch.

dinosaur_bb2004

Will you go to tomorrow's talk?

LaLa

Hi dinosaur_bb,
Where is the whiteboard?  The place where Ms Lee stood on the first day?  I haven't asked if they have changed seats so far, but assuming they're still sitting on their original seat, then Jeremy's blue table is the one far from the whiteboard (i.e. on the left hand side when you enter into the room).  I guess they haven't changed seats as the boy sitting next to Jeremy is still Chi Hei and the girl opposite to him is still Sum Yu.  I understand that there are Hayley, Nathan and one Aaron in Jeremy's table but you know there are two Aarons in our class, so not sure if he is your son.  Anyway, I will check with Jeremy again tonight about the tables.

The table near the white board is yellow (i.e. on the right hand side).  I only know a boy (Ryan Leung) in the yellow table.

Yes, they have to bring red things to school this week.  And actually Jeremy brought a red 福娃 (Huan Huan).  Perhaps Aaron also likes 福娃 but doesn't want to bring the same red one to the school, and so asked you for an orange one.  And they have to bring green things next week.

Hi Ivan ma,
I have no idea about how many teachers are in the classroom during reception time as I seldom go to school before.

cheungoli

Ooops, Ivan didn't  mention (before or after) he had to bring anything to school and I know that just today (Oh, it's too late).  I think I have to check with Ivan if he has any idea on his matter

tanganastasia

Name          District    Sch Bus No.  B'day     Table
Mani Wong   Lam Tin      8              Oct 05
Aaron Ang    Tsing Yi      18             Aug 05
Ivan SOO     Diamond Hill (媬姆車)   May05
Jeremy Kwan  Olympic    3             Apr 05    Blue
Ana Tang     Lam Tin      8              Oct 05

Hi ManM, still remember me?We talked at the class.

Hi other mami, my daughter Ana doesn't talk much about the school. She've only mentioned Miffy,Mani and Janice but nothing about them, just remember the names. she always told me that mani eats biscuit for tea, is that true,MandM?

she didn't say she have to bring RED, do we bring this on last Friday or next Monday?

LaLa

tanganastasia,
Hi, nice to meet u here! Which table is Ana in?  Seems that she just likes to play with the girls.  Kids had to bring red things last week and green things next week.  No need to worry even if she forgets to bring things, because it's just one of the means that teachers use to train up the kids.  They will pick up the school routines sooner or later.

tanganastasia

hi LaLa,
i show Jeremy and Ivan photos to my daughter Ana, she said she remember them.

she also said Ivan's table is blue and her table is yellow.

i asked her what did Ms. Lee asked you to bring to school, she said "circle" and i asked what color, she said 'red'.

can u tell me which day she should bring "green" Tue?

原帖由 LaLa 於 08-9-13 23:28 發表
tanganastasia,
Hi, nice to meet u here! Which table is Ana in?  Seems that she just likes to play with the girls.  Kids had to bring red things last week and green things next week.  No need to worry  ...

LaLa

Hi tanganastasia,

Teachers won't ask them to bring a different thing everyday as there is one theme each week.  Last week's theme was "red" but I didn't know whether they also talked about shapes.  Perhaps when they talked about the things that children brought, Ms Skye would also teach other useful words, e.g. shapes, animals, etc.

To me, the most important issue is not whether our kids bring the correct thing as told, but rather the learning process that they learn to listen to teachers' orders and attempt to relay the request to parents.  In K1, children may focus on exploring the new world and so not listening very attentively at school.  The most frequent answer to our questions is "Nothing" or "I don't know".  Give more guidance and patience to them.

[ 本帖最後由 LaLa 於 08-9-16 16:28 編輯 ]

MandM

Hi tanganastasia,

My daughter Mani doesn't talk much about the school also. Most of the time, Mani brings bread to school for tea.

Same as your daugher. She didn't say she have to bring RED to school on Monday. She said to bring Circle to school.

Hi other mummy, let's share information here. :loveliness: :loveliness:

tanganastasia

Actuclly i have asked Ana several what teacher asked her to bring to school, she still said 'circle', and i found that they are really learning circle according to the schedule as week.

I asked Ana everyday, what she sing at school, she told me ABC song everyday, it also happened when she was in pre-nursary that she told me "The wheel on the bus' everyday.

but she did remember the name of her classmate even though she doesn't really play with them.

原帖由 MandM 於 08-9-16 22:42 發表
Hi tanganastasia,

My daughter Mani doesn't talk much about the school also. Most of the time, Mani brings bread to school for tea.

Same as your daugher. She didn't say she have to bring RED ...

tanganastasia

After the seminar i can sure that there is no picnic at st. cat. i am quite disappointed. As Ana in pre-nursary at another school, there is picnic with parent, but i missed that as she was sick that day. And even not many outing at st. cat, but only musuem and garden visits.

Another issue, do your kids sleep at schoolbus on the way to home? Ana sleep at schoolbus everyday that make it very hard to make her sleep after lunch.

Regarding the 家長義工,will u join? do u know will it occupy the time of take caring our kids?

dinosaur_bb2004

Lala,

I think my son is sitting on yellow table (near where Miss Lee stands).  I also realize that Aaron wanted to share his orange 福娃 so he said that he needed to bring orange.  Miss Lee said that around 80% kids brought 福娃 for red thing.  Today, Aaron brings an ice-cream cone for "round" thing.

dinosaur_bb2004

Aaron also sleeps at school bus nearly everyday.  His afternoon sleep is therefore delayed, at 3:00 or 4:00.  Yesterday, he did not have afternoon sleep buy sleep more earlier at nite.

Last year's K.1 go to 交化博物館 at Shatin so I think there will be similar event this year.

I have applied for managing booth during parent day.

I met Miss Sky last Sat and she told me that she sometimes asked my son "Chun Hei" as there is 2 Aarons.
As we seldom spoke English with Chun Hei, he is boring in listening English.  Any mama has good English Class to introduce?  We prefer Tsing Yi or Tsuen Wan area.

LaLa

hi all,

I just clarified with my son who confirmed that they need to bring round things to school.  When I asked him why he told me to bring green things, he said he wanted to bring the green 褔娃 to share with friends (we have 2 褔娃s, one red and one green, so after bringing the red one, he wanted to take the green one to school!!!)

Each year, there should be one picnic for K1 and picnic plus visit (for K2-3).  During her SC years, my daughter had been to a farm, Cultural Museum, a dental centre, Science museum, 小白鷺中心, Tai Tong 荔枝園, 龍翔道瞭望台, etc.  But there is no "school picnic" (i.e. the whole school goes on picnic together) as SC is too big, classes will go on picnic by batches.

cheungoli

Hi tanganastasia,

I think your daughter is quite good.  At least, she could recognise Ivan and Jeremy who are not sitting on her table.  Though Ivan will share with me something at school, he knows little about his classmates.  When I show him Jeremy's photo, he first say that he does not know him.  When I told him that it was his classmate, he then said he knows him...

For the things brought to school, Ivan tell me that he should bring red things back home on Friday (actually he has not brought anything to school).  When I talked to Miss LEE on Sat after the talk, she said that there was less than 10 has brought the red things and she already told them to bring round things on Friday.  Still, Ivan cannot tell me this time.  Miss LEE said that I can probe him at home by saying that any colour or shapes.  He can tell me finally after probing but he seems to throw temper because he wish to bring the red things to school.

Ivan will not sleep in 媬娒車as it only takes about 15 minutes.

For the school picnic, I remember Miss LEE has said on the orientation day that there is a picnic but only one parent can join because there is only limited seats for the coach.  They welcome another parent to join but that parent much use other kinds of transportation.

[ 本帖最後由 cheungoli 於 08-9-18 09:19 編輯 ]

cheungoli

原帖由 dinosaur_bb2004 於 08-9-17 12:49 發表
Aaron also sleeps at school bus nearly everyday.  His afternoon sleep is therefore delayed, at 3:00 or 4:00.  Yesterday, he did not have afternoon sleep buy sleep more earlier at nite.

Last year's K. ...

Hi dinosaur_bb2004,

My family does not speak English at home and my maid also speak Cantonese.  Yet, my husband (with Cantonese accent) will spend about 15 minutes everyday to play anything with him in English.  Surprisingly, it works and at least Ivan understands in the class.  Maybe you can try to develop the interest together with the English class.

tanganastasia

hi, every mums,

i have also confirmed with Ms. Lee that last week to bring RED, this week should briing CIRCLE, and i am so happy that Ana told me to bring "CIRCLE" this week which correct. Ms. Lee told me that we should bring color again next week....

yesterday i talked with Ms. Lee on phone and she said that Ana doesn't pay attention when teacher is talking (she didn't complain just beocs i asked her). actually i know Ana doesn't like to look at the people even she does listen. I always tell her that this is respect to look at the people who talk to you.

i will try to upload Ana's photo so u can also show to your kids.

LaLa

haha, when I talked about the colour tables with my kids yesterday.  I still said yellow is in the front while red in the middle.  but jeremy said i have mixed them up .  my daughter also confirmed that she heard yellow table is in the middle!  oh, what a forgetful mom I am!!!

dinosaur_bb,
pl. check PM.

dinosaur_bb2004

Lala,

Thanks for your advice.  Actually, we tried to speak more English with Aaron these 2 weeks and I think his situation will be better.

I will let your photos for him to see and see if he remember his classmates' names.

See if my husband have time to put Aaron's photo to BK profile.

原帖由 LaLa 於 08-9-18 10:51 發表
haha, when I talked about the colour tables with my kids yesterday.  I still said yellow is in the front while red in the middle.  but jeremy said i have mixed them up .  my daughter also confirme ...

tanganastasia

Hi dinosaur_bb2004,

Try to speak English to him, it's much helpful, it maybe difficult at start, just to contimue.

For my case, Ana was taken care by Indo maid (cannot speak english, only cantonese) since born, so i speak Eng to Ana after i go home. sometimes had to supplemented by Cantonese, but now she can understand and speak Eng very well and her Eng is even better than Chinese.

Now i just meet the same problem as you of Mandarin as my Mandarin is not so good that i cannot teach her.

I asked Ana today what to bring to school next week, she said "Blue" firmly. How about your kids? I have checked the English weekly plan and it's still "red" to learn next week and 'blue' on 29sep to 3oct but it sound doesn't make sense to learn RED for 3 weeks?!  

原帖由 dinosaur_bb2004 於 08-9-18 18:44 發表
Lala,

Thanks for your advice.  Actually, we tried to speak more English with Aaron these 2 weeks and I think his situation will be better.

I will let your photos for him to see and see if he remembe ...