2019 Secondary Four Week 19 Update

Exams are over and both children are enjoying a weekend of no school, no tuitions and no studying. I’ve given them this weekend off and told them that come Monday they are back to the grindstone.

They both, separately caught the Avengers movie with their friends and loved it! GG said she cried at parts and especially at the end.

When school starts tomorrow, they will start getting the results of their exams and I do hope they have done better than their common tests earlier in the year.

GG also conspired with her brother to buy me a Mother’s Day present. They are still asleep now, so I’ll know what it is when I see it.

Have a wonderful Sunday! To all the mums reading this blog, here’s wishing you a very happy Mother’s Day. You all are the superheroes of your family, and you rock every day!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 18 Update

Exams are on-going and so there’s really not much to report on BB & GG.

Both are pretty focussed on school these days though in the case of BB, I do need to keep an eye on him. He has a tendency to use his phone while studying using ‘taking a break’ as an excuse. While I don’t have issues on using your phone while studying, you can’t take a break every 15-20 minutes right?

Exams end at the end of this week and the children have made plans to watch the final Avengers movie with their friends then. They have been holding back on even reading much about the movie so that their enjoyment of the film does not get diluted.

Once the exams end and papers are marked and given back, then it’s back to the grindstone for both as teachers race to complete syllabus (the subjects where it has not yet been completed). I also want them to start focusing on their O level exams from now on.

Thats pretty much our school week! Have a wonderful and restful Sunday!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 17 Update

This is the start of exams week for both BB & GG. GG’s written exams already started, but BB’s written exams only start from tomorrow. He had his practicals earlier last week.

My nagging mum mode has started and I have warned both of them that if they don’t do well in this exams, then their June holidays will be spent at home doing exam papers and will not be able to enjoy their holidays at all. Hopefully this should spur them to do better in this exam.

After this exam is the prelims which will happen sometime in August and then the final O level exams in October! I will be so relieved once that is over, but then there’s the waiting for the results that will be nerve wreaking!

That is all from our side this week! Happy Sunday folks!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 16 Update

This week was a relatively short one because of the Good Friday holiday.

All CCA has been suspended and for both this is the end of CCA as they start to gear up for their O levels.

GG stepped down as her CCA Vice President to tears and laughter. Her juniors all gave cards, notes and small presents to the seniors and she got more than her share of the goodies! They had a pizza party to celebrate the end this batch and the new CCA leaders.

BB’s CCA has still not thrown a farewell party to the graduating cohort, so this is something that he will still look forward to.

Next week is exams week for both. BB has practicals this week and then the written exams will only start from the week after while GG’s exams including practicals start from next week.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 15 Update

This week was the SYF judging for GG’s choir. They had practiced real hard, but somehow managed to goof up during the actual competition. This is according to their conductor. She was so upset and said some of the girls even cried. They don’t really expect much, and she feels she can’t even brag about it if she wants to use it for college applications.

I rounded the week at BB’s school for their annual day. Because I am fairly active in the parent support group, I was (along with some other parents) given an award by the school. BB had an e-learning day and managed to finish up all the e-learning tasks within an hour or so.

Exams start the week after next and the children are busy with school work. They should also step down from CCA soon and then can utilise that time for more school work. After all, the O levels are less than six months away!

Have a wonderful Sunday.