We had Parent Teacher Meeting recently, even though we were expecting what the teachers is going to say, there were still some good news and a teeny bit of disappointment too.
We were very surprise when DinoBoy's form teacher and Chinese teacher sang praises about him. Both of them said that he is a bright child who is able to grasps concepts and learn new things fast. He has confident in himself, his speech is loud, good and concise, pronunciation is clear and able to converse well in both English and Chinese, something that most 6-7 year old children are unable to do so.
We really have to give thanks to DinoBoy's child care centre teachers for teaching and guiding him since he was there at 1 year old, they put in a lot of effort to nurture him to be what he is today. This call for a trip to the child care centre to show appreciation to the teachers.
Chinese teacher shared with us that she is a little bit surprise with DinoBoy's Term 2 Modular Test result of 26/50. He scored great in his Chinese oral, good in Listening Comprehension but his written paper pulled his marks down. If he had scored well for this he will be going to Higher Chinese class for the 2nd half of the year. Nevertheless, he can still try to improve on his Chinese and perhaps he will be able to switch to Higher Chinese in Primary 2.
I am disappointed about this but not because he is unable to go into Higher Chinese class but rather I'm disappointed with myself. Perhaps if I have paid equal attention to Chinese as I did with English with DinoBoy he probably would have fare better. There is really a difference between able to speak or/and write and able to read and understand what is written. This is what caused DinoBoy to make mistakes in his Modular Test and thus the result of 26/50.
Ok before you parents get all so nerves, anxious or worried about Higher Chinese, DinoBoy 's Chinese teacher says the teaching style for Higher and "normal" (if I may use this word) Chinese class is the same, just that Higher Chinese students learn a little bit more words. Of course we have to agree that the scoring criteria for Higher Chinese may be tougher.
Behaviour wise, DinoBoy is getting better, he is able to work with his peers and have established a good relationship with them. His temper outbursts are lesser, he knows how to calm himself down before he reach level 10 and loses it, his form teacher confirmed that there are no more complaints from other subject teachers about his undesirable behaviour in class. However, we have to deal with his sometimes unnecessary screaming and shouting in class.
Oh did I mention that he was chosen to be in the school's Wushu team? Looks like this little boy is serious about this CCA, hope that this passion will persist and maybe one day he will get to take part in some competition and bring home some trophies.
In summary, DinoBoy is doing well academically as you can see from his Report Book, even in Chinese though I still need to work with him on this subject, especially the grouping of words into sentence 组词成句 and complete the sentences 完成句子 section. Temper flaring have to be checked time to time and reduce his screaming and shouting in class.
Overall, he did well, keep it up son!
In summary, DinoBoy is doing well academically as you can see from his Report Book, even in Chinese though I still need to work with him on this subject, especially the grouping of words into sentence 组词成句 and complete the sentences 完成句子 section. Temper flaring have to be checked time to time and reduce his screaming and shouting in class.
Overall, he did well, keep it up son!
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