School Re-open

It has been a busy week for me to prepare Jian to go back to school,which is a new school for us.
So I am like the parents of standard one student who appeared at school to ensure their child are taken good care of. The tasks inculdes submit student particulars,canteen catering,books purchase,fees/charges,school badges,etc.
Finally,after one week, Jian has settled down with the new school,day care/tuition centre. I felt relief that we had made a right choice to transfer Jian since :-
(a) no school bus needed - we can send him to school ourselves and know better of his everyday work.
(b) in the new school,every student is given a locker to keep their books or belongings -this really help to reduce the weight of school bag.
(c) the school facility is better and I especially love the aircond library which has a computerized system to borrow books
(d) Jian can do his homework and attend tuition at daycare.

School Transfer Approved!!

On 16 Dec we received the approval letter from Education Department. I felt relief. Now we confirm Jian can transfer to new school when school re-open.

Before that we will go back to current school to get Jian's report card, student particulars form,dentist check card etc.I called the headmistress and she said the teacher will be around only on 2 Jan 08.So,we schedule to collect and pass to new school on that same day.

So,there are a few thing I need to do following that.
(a) To register for MRC after school care.
It seemed that Jian like to join the MRC nearby his new school.They had a trip to USM as an Astronomy excursion in Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah on 13 Dec as part of this school holiday program. The objective of the excursion is to expose the students to meteorites, sun gazing and a journey into galaxy.Besides, they also experienced the making of water rocket and parachute.

(b) To cancel the school bus service
We will bring Jian to school so school bus service is longer needed which I will call to cancel.

1 Dec: Jian goto MRC holiday courses

Tomorrow 1 Dec, Jian will start joining a holiday courses offered by MRC Bayan Baru for writing composition in English,Malay & Chinese.This MRC centre is within walking distance to Jian's new school. If school transfer is successful,our plan is to send him there for after-school care which includes bathing,lunch,homework guidance,tuition in all subjects. For school holiday now,we let him familiarize with the environment and teacher. The fee for holiday course is about RM300 and the duration is four weeks whereas time from 9-12am. The principle is so kind that she let us send Jian earlier there at around 7.30am before we go to work and we will fetch him back during our lunch time. Actually Jian has attended English course in another MRC centre before when he was four years old and completed level 8 when he was six years old. I like the mind mapping teaching method by MRC which create long term memory in kids and I hope this can help Jian to master the study easily and happily.

Congratulations Jian..

On the last day of school, Jian brought back a trophy to our surprise.
I only knew that he is number three in his standard one study after the school graduation/convocation .There was prize giving for other contests. Of course,I felt happy for him and told him that this would be a good souvenier indicating that he has studied in the school before. As you know Jian will be transfered to a new school next year.

Jian told me that actually he is number 2 initially but somehow teacher deducted 1 mark and resulting his position drop to number 3. Well,this didn't bother me anyway. Congratulations Jian,k eep up with the good work.

12 Nov -Transfer School

On 12 Nov , Piao and I went to Jian's Primary School to sign on the school transfer form officially as requested by the headmistress. Here ,I would like to thank lovely A and the headmaster of our destination school for their precise information and advice. Sad to say that the headmistress for the current school is not that cooperative.Thus, I would like to list out the necessary steps and documents needed for those interested.

Get your documents photostated with the original copy for reference.
(a) IC of parents (both sides)
(b) electrical/water bill for new address or S&P
(c) marriage certificate
(d) envelope with stamps (to be send back by Education Dept)

After that, inform the headmaster of current school and submit the documents. The school will ask the parent to sign on the transfer form. It is being told that by 15 Dec, we will eceive the mail which indicate whether the school transfer application is approved. Another way is the submit the form and documents ourselves to the Jabatan Pendidikan Daerah near the school we applied.This may speed up the process and may only take 1 day to 2 weeks for the results. In our case, we let the school submit the application.

Well, there are a few reasons why we decided to transfer Jian to another school.
(1) Infrastructure of school:
(a) left portion of the school classrooms and area is overtaken by developer for housing project which already in progress.
(b) front portion of school will be allocated for road expansion by government and the basket ball court will be gone.
(2) Teachers' altitude
(a) there are teachers who canned standard 1 students every day for not bringing books, home work etc. In addition, the teacher like to pull hair or pinch student as a punishment for making minor mistakes in Maths. This make me feel students are under pressure.

After much consideration ,we decided to transfer our son Jian to a school for its caring environment and I hope we have made the right decision.

Standard 1 Exam for the third time

Jian had his exam last Thursday and Friday on Bahasa Cina (Writing), Bahasa Malaysia (Writing), Maths (in Eng) and Science (in Chinese). This coming Wed & Thurs, Jian will continue other 5 test papers ie,
(1) Wed - Bahasa Cina (Comprehension),
(2) Wed - English
(3) Wed - Maths (in Chinese)
(4) Thurs - Bahasa Malaysia (Comprehension),
(5) Thurs - Science (in English)

This round, I have lack of time to prepare him for the exam as we have baby Wei Zhi now. But I tried my best to slot in some revision time when Wei Zhi has a nap.Jian show his interests in the exam this time, hoping to score high marks . This is due to the reason that school teachers revised with them and he is motivated since he can answer most of the questions.