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Secondary 1 Week 33 Update

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This was a very short school week for GG & BB. Monday was a half day with no studies as schools celebrated Singapore’s National Day. Tuesday and Wednesday were holidays for the same, so when Thursday rolled up, it felt like a Monday all over again!

I also went for a PSG Core Committee meeting at GG’s school this week. Since I am not working full-time at the moment, I thought of being more active in their schools. It was an interesting meeting as this school’s PSG is not as active as BB’s school, even though GG’s school is the more established one!

GG also went with her choir to see a programme at the Singapore Choral Festival, which she loved! After she was back, she was raving about the singers and how they were able to pitch their voices real high.

I was very upset with BB yesterday. From my school PSG chat group, I realised that the school has already released the year-end exam school two weeks back! Luckily one of the other parents posted pictures of the schedule. When I checked with him, he just gave me a sheepish smile and said, “I forgot”😱 Boys, I tell you!!

Well that was what happened in our school week. Exams start in about a month’s time so time to start cracking the mom whip. 

Have a happy and blessed Sunday everyone! 

Secondary 1 Week 32 Update

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The week and August started off with some good news from GG. If you remember, before the June school holidays, GG was nominated by her class teacher to try to become a student councilor aka prefect. The good news is that she made it! However, for the rest of this year, she, along with the rest of the Sec 1 student councilors are on probation. They still have to do duties, but they will be assessed on the way they behave in school, on how they maintain their grades and decorum as well as how they go about doing their duties. Then at the end of the year, sometime in November, before school ends, if found to be fit to continue, they go in for a council camp after which they become full-fledged student council members.

I am really happy for GG. She suffered from some serious self-esteem issues, especially when she didn’t do well in her PSLE exams and was placed in a stream lower than her brother and friends. However, she has started shining in her new school, winning the Model Student award for Semester 1, doing well in her Sem 1 exams and now on the verge of becoming a student council member. She has also become more focused in school and now wants to top her level this year.

BB, on the other hand, is still as playful as ever. He seems more interested in playing his games than school work. I guess it’s true that boys mature much later than girls and once his life ambitions kick in, he will start becoming more responsible and start working hard to achieve his goals.

Have a happy Sunday folks!

Secondary 1 Week 31 Update

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We’re at the last day of July, just a few more months for the end of the school year….

The week was the usual one, with school work and CCA activities. GG has been having some class tests and will have the scheduled common tests from tomorrow. BB’s school does not have common tests but have unscheduled tests on an ad-hoc basis.

BB, for his Flying Club, took part in some Flight Simulation competition yesterday. The results are not yet out, but BB says he does not think he will be placed well. Aah well, lets see when the results are declared.

This was our very ordinary school week, but sometimes ordinary is good right?

Happy Sunday!

Secondary 1 Week 30 Update

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Another week has gone by and we’re edging towards the end of the year, just a few more months to go now…

GG has her Common Tests from the week after next, while BB does not have Common Tests, what he has are class tests which will account for a percentage of the final marks.

Yesterday evening, we went all the way to Resorts World in Sentosa to watch GG’s school choir team battle it out for the show choir competition called B-Dazzled. GG’s choir did not win, but they did a great job. GG had some lines to sing solo and I was so proud of her. She is the only Secondary 1 student who has any solo lines to sing. There were loads of students from the other schools who were competing to support their mates, but hardly anyone from GG’s school. Also the students in the audience made so much noise, at times it was so difficult to hear the music. 

In addition to the show choir segment, the competition  also included soloists, two sisters who were fantastic! They sang as if we were in an Opera and I can see a great future for them in music. Their voices went to such high pitches, wow! 

Have a great Sunday….

Secondary 1 Week 29 Update

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One more week which was uneventful! BB & GG are settled in school and preparing for the end-of-year exams.

For the first time this year, GG’s school had a Parent-Support Group meeting and even though it clashed with BB’s school meeting, I decided to go for this one as I wanted to meet the PSG folks. In the beginning of the year, I had written to them but had not gotten any response from them.

I also understood that they have parents class Whatsapp groups, again, this was news to me so I am glad I went for the meeting and hopefully I will now become part of the group.

The other day I learnt that GG had been removed from one of her class chat groups. I am not sure why this has happened and have asked her to check with her other friends. If she is being cyber bullied, then I do want to take steps about this.

GG’s competition is at the end of the week and BB also has an aeromodelling competition next week, so they both are going to be super busy this week….