2006年9月TSL小一家長請進

principal

Dear all,

There is a new interview of our school just posted on the school web site.
Go to the home page first and then click the "Growth Magazine" on the right side and have a look.  

ssdiana

Dear parents,

My child joined the school this year, he loves music and is now learning piano and violin, how can he join the school team, e.g. school music team?

Thanks for your sharing

principal

ssdiana,

You may try to contact the Music teacher of your child's class.

If your child has talent in certain musical instruments, the school  should be more than happy to consider your case.

原文章由 ssdiana 於 07-10-3 16:41 硐表
Dear parents,

My child joined the school this year, he loves music and is now learning piano and violin, how can he join the school team, e.g. school music team?

Thanks for your sharing

Odin

請問TSL是否即“保良局陳守仁小學”？

ssdiana

Thank you principal. I was really angry today about the class demonstration, would like to share my feelings here:

1) I did not expect this was a show in the hall. I expected the real class teaching in a normal school schedule, even if the class teachers and students are not "perfectly" performed because then it will be genuine and real. I was a bit disappointed towards school administration on organizing this kind of "show". I have a great doubt on the "rationale" behind this "show".  What kind of philosophy are conveying behind this "show"?

2) The real interaction/communication between school and parents are not through "show"s, but through genuine communication where the school is repsected not because of the "show", but because of your firm upholding of your education mission and philosophy.   My child told me that they were told to behave "good" in the hall. I was really angry about this!! Why our children were put on the "table" and doing this performance. I was not informed of this "show" beforehand!! They should be in the class and attended the normal school schedule.


I need to calm myself down as I really loved the school mission before I chose this school, for their respect of muliticulturalism, equality and children's holistic development. However, I need to observe that longer before I made the judgment on what is the core values behind the school administration. I could be emotional at this stage, yet, these are my real concerns!!

principal

ssdiana,

I attended the same event last year so basically I
know what you are talking about.

1) First of all, you have to realize that the school
hall is a much better place for this event.
Originally, I know you expected this event to be held
in individual classroom.  But I can tell you that the
layout of the classroom is not an ideal place to hold
such event  because when about 30 pupils are all
sitting in the classroom, parents can only look at the
kids through the main door of each classroom.
Assuming that there will be more than 10 parents
joining in each class, they all have to squeeze
together for the limited space near the main door.  
In case the school will organize another occasion
for you to see how your child eat the lunch later on
in individual classroom, you will know what I am
describing now.

2) To be fair, I can recall that almost all of the
kids raised up their hands in order to be chosen by
their English teachers to answer the questions and to
draw something on the board.  We could see that the
kids enjoyed very much the lesson.  Personally, I do
not see this as an issue.

I think we should make judgment based on longer
observation, not just one single incident.

原文章由 ssdiana 於 07-10-5 00:08 硐表
Thank you principal. I was really angry today about the class demonstration, would like to share my feelings here:

1) I did not expect this was a show in the hall. I expected the real class teaching  ...

[ 本文章最後由 principal 於 07-10-5 09:31 編輯 ]

木土土

ssdiana,

I'm a higher form parent and didn't attend any similar event before.

But I just can't understand why you are so angry when your child was told to behave "good" by the teacher.

It's really normal in school that teachers told the student to behave "good' in the hall, in the classroom...etc.

Also, it is also real case in the classroom that when teacher asked for something, many students raised their hands but not all the students could be chosen to do the work. The children should be accustomed to such situation.


I think the school is just organising a gathering with the parent and not intend to put the students on the "table" for a show. Just relax !

原文章由 ssdiana 於 07-10-5 00:08 硐表
... My child told me that they were told to behave "good" in the hall. I was really angry about this!! ...

[ 本文章最後由 木土土 於 07-10-6 17:22 編輯 ]

principal

Dear all,

Did anyone of you participate in the PLK flag-selling day this morning??

We joined it for the first time and we were given a thin pile of flags.
Originally I thought why we were given so few!!

But after trying to sell hard for about 2 hours, we then realised that it
was not  so easy to sell  even one page of flag as we were still holding plenty of flags when we returned to the school.

Anyhow, at least we took part in it and have made some contribution
to help those who are in need.

I think it is a very good training for the kids to try selling 
something in front of the strangers.
They have to learn how to face the embarrassing situation when
they will be refused by somebody, though they still have to keep
very good smile in order to continue/finish their mission!!!

Let's give a big hand to those parernts and kids who have contributed
their efforts this morning.   

For those who have not participated this time, I will highly
recommend you to let your kids join it next year.

[ 本文章最後由 principal 於 07-10-6 18:59 編輯 ]

ssdiana

If you were there, it obvious was not the original idea of inviting parents to come to "class demonstrations" where the parents expected to see the real class. The lunch time demonstration is "real" and not a show, where we saw the kid's lunch hours. They were sometimes messy and noisy, yet we were happy to see that, we saw the interaction between the teachers and students in real class situation and how the teachers handled the situation.

The class demonstration in the hall was not " real" because it was well-organized and the kids were not taught by their class teachers, the hosted teacher was very good in handling mass population of students and was very skillful. However, this was not my concern, my concern was I needed to observe "real classroom" teaching as I was originally invited in the circular, I concerned about the children's interaction, concerned about the teacher's atttitude (not only skills), concerned about the content of the curricumlum. In this way, I knew the school life in the classroom of my kid.

I have class room observation in my younger child's class, obviously not like a "show". I was definitely disappointed and very suspicious on the rationale and philosophy behind this event unless I was clarified by the school!! This was not parents' day or open day, the school invited us to come to understand our child's adjustment in the class.

principal

ssdiana,

1) If you concern about your child's school life and also the interaction 
among pupils and teachers in the classroom, I will suggest you keep on
asking your child to report to you but please let us know your comments
again in 3 months.    Personally, I think 3 months should be long enough
to make some judgement on this.

2) I understand that the content of the curriculum of each subject was
sent to each parent through e-class earlier.   
You should have received it.

3) No matter where the venue for this event  would be (i.e. either
school hall or individual classroom), your observation is only for one
day.  If you want to know more about kids' school life 
at TSL, I can tell you that most of them are very enjoyable.   
If you take my case as one reference, I can tell you that
I am quite satisfied with it personally.   And you should also
take other reference from parents of senior grades whose children
have already been stuyding in the school for hundreds/thousands
of school days.
Then, you should get a more objective comment.

原文章由 ssdiana 於 07-10-7 07:17 硐表
If you were there, it obvious was not the original idea of inviting parents to come to "class demonstrations" where the parents expected to see the real class. The lunch time demonstration is "real" a ...

[ 本文章最後由 principal 於 07-10-7 08:41 編輯 ]

ssdiana

I am not challenging all the aspect of the school. There are many good things I appreciated.  There are good teachers, there are competent students. The curriculum from the paper is excellent! The teacher's feedback on children's homework is with excellent effort.

I am writing here challenging the meaning of this event. What is the school's purpose when they throw out this idea? We are working mums, we made effort during office hours to come to school because we care about our children, we appreciate school's understanding on parents' concern on children's adjustment. That's why I was coming.  My feelings is I was not coming for show, I was coming to see "real" situations.

I may forward my voices to the PTA in the near future.

Fatty

各位家長，有冇覺得升上2年班之後，多佐好多功課做？

仲有再加上有英文默書，仔仔有D唔習慣 。

mamimummy

the class demonstration是讓家長知道老師如何授課, 並不是”上緊堂的真正行為示範”, 小朋友如果知道爸爸媽媽在, 有的會試圖表達自己, 有的會更害羞, if not taught to behave’ good’可能會去找媽媽或揮揮手. 我們某方面要明白他們只是剛完成k.3的小寶貝, 但我們亦要放手, 畢竟他們已走進另一階段. 但那是真的real interaction/communication, 因為老師就是這樣使他們在課堂有interaction/communication, 所以
in the hall亦係 interaction, 因為他們為自己和自己班win而努力, 有些更為比父母知而努力以赴. 我記得你好像提過這樣老師會pick d被labelled”good”的小朋友答問題, 但不要忘記要入school team也要被labelled”good”的. 你不是想你兒子入關於音樂的school team嗎?!
如果你要話呢個係”show”, 你覺唔覺得係睇
”show” ke 人, 唔會左去了幼稚園睇younger child's class呢?
請比多一點時間, 留意兒子的改變, 那才是 "real '和最好的demonstration. 希望不要怪我直言. 我女兒已p.4, 當年我也擔心過想轉校, 但現在我好滿意.
但反而 PTA …..

principal

Fatty,

Yes, I also noticed that.
Judging from the first month of the new school term, I would say the amount of homework is about 10-15% more than that of P.1 but it should still be manageable .
I think we have to get prepared for it psychologically from now on.
Our children should be able to cope with it gradually.

原文章由 Fatty 於 07-10-7 15:46 硐表
各位家長，有冇覺得升上2年班之後，多佐好多功課做？

仲有再加上有英文默書，仔仔有D唔習慣 。

Fatty

仔仔投訴功課多佐，冇時間練琴 (藉口)！

不過我覺得佢比一年班開心佐。

原文章由 principal 於 07-10-7 21:58 硐表
Fatty,

Yes, I also noticed that.
Judging from the first month of the new school term, I would say the amount of homework is about 10-15% more than that of P.1 but it should still be manageable  ...

principal

Fatty,

Every kid is like that.   My girl is of no exception.

They will utilize most of their time for their favourite hobbies.

When we ask them to do homework/revision, they will find out
hundreds of excuses!!  

原文章由 Fatty 於 07-10-7 23:39 硐表
仔仔投訴功課多佐，冇時間練琴 (藉口)！

不過我覺得佢比一年班開心佐。


  

S.Potato

I have some feelings to share about my observations since term started.

1. I appreciate that the school is highly transparent. This is seen in all the efforts put in producing the campus tv programmes. We can easily see what is going on in school. In fact,the more transparent a school is, the more criticism it will receive. And not many schools would open a classroom for criticism. We should be appreciative of what the school has done.

2. The school also encourages participation in all sorts of activities. Take the speech festival as an example, many schools, as far as I know, would not make it open to all students. Only those with a high chance of winning a place are selected to enter the competitions to avoid losing face.

3. Things are organised. Instructions given to both parents and students are generally clear with no confusion.

4. The amount of school work is manageable compared to many other schools. So the kids have time to do other activities.

5. Not many schools can deploy 2 teachers as class teachers so more attention can be given to the kids. THis is particularly important to P.1.

On the whole, I am very satisfied with the school.

principal

S.Potato,

Just one comment on your point 2).

The most important point  of joining all sorts of activities is to let our
children gain different types of experience.
It doesn't matter whether they will win or lose in a competition.
Instead, the experience they can  obtain through the competition is
valuable.
By accumulating more and more experience over time, they will excel one day.  

原文章由 S.Potato 於 07-10-9 21:47 硐表
I have some feelings to share about my observations since term started.

1. I appreciate that the school is highly transparent. This is seen in all the efforts put in producing the campus tv programme ...

[ 本文章最後由 principal 於 07-10-10 12:10 編輯 ]

snowB

principal,

請問 P1 是否已有中/ 英黙書？
另, 請問有沒有家長住麗荔角的？我想查問上學的校車時間。
謝謝

snowB

principal

snowB,

Dictation :-

Chinese : yes in P.1
English : only spelling of vocabularies in P.1

School bus :-

I presume you mean Lai Chi Kok.
I believe the school bus will cover this area as well.
To make sure, please call the school bus hotline at 26255584.

As for the boarding time, you can treat this year's information
as a rough reference only because there will be P.6 graduates leaving
the school and new P.1 pupils joining the school every year.
The final time table will only be available at the end of August
when the parents have made the decision whether to take the school
bus or not.

原文章由 snowB 於 07-10-10 13:57 硐表
principal,

請問 P1 是否已有中/ 英黙書？
另, 請問有沒有家長住麗荔角的？我想查問上學的校車時間。
謝謝

snowB

[ 本文章最後由 principal 於 07-10-10 19:13 編輯 ]