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2018 Secondary 3 Week 37 Update

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Today GG & BB turn 15! Happy birthday to my babies! I can’t believe that those children who barely fit in the crook of my arm 15 years back now tower over me.

Yesterday was their Hindi year-end exams and while BB was blase as usual, GG was very stressed. I had to text her between her exams to take a deep breath and write the next exam with a more calm and collected mind. When she is stressed, she tends to second-guess herself and as we know when you do that, you are bound to make more mistakes. That’s exactly what happened to her during her PSLE and we all know what happened then. I am now slightly panicking about her O level exams next year. Hope I can research more on how to help her.

Later today, some of their friends are coming over. Since this will probably be the last birthday they can celebrate on the actual day during their schooling years (Next year this time, they will be in intensive prep for the O Levels and I don’t think they will be able to get friends to come over). The cakes and pizzas have been ordered and I will fry some samosas and spring rolls later when the kids come. The drinks and chips have been brought and all that’s left is to clean the house a bit and then have fun!

Exams start in two weeks time and so the next few updates should  be all about it.

Have a satisfying weekend folks and I’ll  come back with the party updates tomorrow.

2018 Secondary 3 Week 36 Update

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This week was the September school holidays.

BB went away for this Secondary 3 adventure camp at the Outward Bound Singapore and was back only on Friday evening. He says he had loads of fun there and since it was only him from his class in his group (there were 4-5 other students from his school and another 5-6 students from another school). They did a lot of hiking, trekking, rowing and slept in tents outside daily. His group was in the mainland and so he didn’t really go to Pulau Ubin except once for the high elements part. The other students also had to write some words about each other and I felt that what the others wrote about BB was spot on! I really hope that he reads those words and learn from it.

GG spent some quality time with me this week and we got to do a girls day out with a movie thrown in as a special treat. It was fun going out with her as she is at an age where she is more a friend than a Daughter. I am hoping to do something similar with BB one of these days.

2018 Secondary 3 Week 31 Update

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Another school week and the timeline for GG’s school learning journey is drawing near. She is going to Vietnam for a humanities learning journey next week and is super excited as well as a bit nervous about the whole trip. Earlier in the week, we had a briefing from the school for both parents and students by the vendor who will be taking the children and they gave us travel tips on the country as well as the recommended packing list. Prior to the talk by the vendor and the teachers, the students had a lecture by a former student, who is currently a history lecturer at a local university about the country. GG loved this lecture and this reignited GG’s desire to become a teacher again. She has been going on and off since Primary school about becoming a teacher.

BB has back to back CCA competitions over two Saturdays. This year, since they are in Sec 3, the school only offered one-way transport for the students which is from the school to the SYFC HQ and they had to make their own way back. I was a bit worried since their HQ is quite far from our home, but he was able to come home quite easily. So that’s one bucket list stricken off, and he has become quite independent.

 

2018 Secondary 3 Week 30 Update

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This was exam week for GG and she said she did ok in all her subjects except for Maths and Science. I am getting a bit worried about her Science and Maths marks and am seriously considering getting tuition for her for the two science subjects since she already goes for tuition for Maths.

BB finally got his NRIC and I can’t believe they will turn 15 in just over 6 weeks time! How time flies….

GG is getting excited about an overseas learning journey they are having next month. Actually, she is both excited as well as nervous. This is a humanities learning journey and the itinerary seems quite interesting. There’s a meeting of the parents with the school next week for those going on the trip and that should give us more information and get answers to our questions. This is not her first overseas trip alone (or with her school) as their primary school also had a compulsory trip for all fifth graders. These two went to Kuching, in Sarawak, East Malaysia and that was a nerve-wracking trip for us rather than them.

Ah well, have a wonderful and relaxing Sunday folks!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 29 Update

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GG starts her common test from tomorrow and she is very stressed about certain subjects. These are subjects she is not very strong and so struggles with them even now.

Yesterday was Racial Harmony Day in Singapore. This is a day which is celebrated every year on 21 July to commemorate the race riots of 1964. This is a day where children across schools in Singapore are encouraged to reflect on what it means to be a racially harmonious nation and how we can learn about the various races which make up Singapore’s diverse population.

I, along with other parents, volunteered at BB’s school for the celebrations. We helped with the serving of food from the various races as well as in manning stalls where traditional games from the different races were played. It was really nice seeing the students dressed up in ethnic costumes and looking lovely.

Happy Sunday folks!!