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Secondary 2 Week 36 Update

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This was a stressful week for BB & GG since it was their Hindi exams yesterday, which was also their 14th birthday! GG had been especially stressed because she badly wants to do well in this exam.

Year-end exams also start within the next two weeks and so there’s a lot of angst going on in the house, especially since (as I’ve mentioned earlier) this year is streaming year for both of them.

There is also some serious politics happening in BB’s school Parent Support Group. There is a woman, who has been associated with the PSG for the last six years and who had hoped to become the chairperson this year but was not even considered because of her slightly abrasive personality (or so I was told). She was quite close to the current chairperson in the beginning of the year, but I was told, she started taking advantage of this closeness and started demanding things be done her way. I am guessing this friendship soured and so this lady started bossing around in our PSG chat group. The meeting yesterday was forced by her and happened without the chairperson because the chairperson was traveling for work. Actually, I am surprised that this level of politics happens even in school PSGs where all parents are volunteers and there only because they want the best for their child.

This was our school week, have a restful Sunday, all ready for the new week!

Secondary 2 Week 35 Update

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Today is the last day of the September school holidays. GG doesn’t want to go back to school tomorrow because she knows when school starts, she will be under pressure since exams start in two weeks!

Both had a chilled week at home during the holidays, though BB went back to school one day for a supplementary lesson and GG went to her friends place twice to complete some holiday project work.

Stress will begin to build up when school starts as teachers will start pushing the children to put more efforts in their work. This is an important exam for them as it is a streaming year. Especially for those who want to take the popular courses (aka most science options) need to do well as the choices they make and the selections the schools make, depend on the marks they get in total.

This was our school update for the week, next week may bring more updates. Have a wonderful Sunday!

Secondary 2 Week 34 Update

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This is the school holiday week for the children and with just two full days of school, there’s not much to actually update!

On Wednesday, which was celebrated as Teachers Day in Singapore, BB & GG went back to their primary school for homecoming! This is something they did last year too and GG says she will do it all the time. I think it will be till familiar teachers are still in school and when it reaches a point where they don’t know most teachers, they will stop going to homecoming!

GG also got her report card for the term back and it was filled with mostly A grades. She is continuing to do well in school, but I would love her to push herself a bit more. She is hovering at the top, yet not yet there, and I want her to breach that dam and try for top honours.

Today marks the end of the long weekend for us, but the children will continue with their term break. BB has to go back to school one day, but I think GG will be home all days, except for the days she needs to go for tuition!

 

Secondary 2 Week 33 Update

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This was the last full week of school before their term break next week.

Teachers Day is traditionally celebrated on the 1st of September. But this period usually coincides with term break so teachers used to be upset at the loss of a mandate holiday. Then a few years back, the government decided that Teacher’s Day will be celebrated on the last Friday before term break. So the term break got extended by a day. This year that Friday is a public holiday because of Hari Raya Haji or Bakri Id as it’s known in South Asia. So Teacher’s Day is now on the Thursday and the children (and teachers) get an additional day of term break! Schools will celebrate this on Wednesday effectively making just Monday and Tuesday as full and normal school days!

GG’s choir is going to perform the routine they did at the competition last month. She didn’t clear the audition for the duet she was going to sing, but maybe that’s a good thing. I am going to ask her to audition for a solo next year just to see where she stands!

BB had his second flying competition yesterday. He just said it was ok. But before the competition he mentioned that many of the motors his school was using on the planes were faulty, so I wonder if that impacted them in anyway. This is their annual ranking competition and this decides if they can leapfrog a rank next year.

This term break is going to be one where I push them to study as almost immediately they start their end of year exams. A big bummer is that on their birthday is the dreaded Hindi end of year exam. They have been so upset ever since they heard about this!

Have a wonderful Sunday people!

Secondary 2 Week 33 Update

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This was a usual week for the children with the usual school, CCA and tuition routine.

GG auditioned for a singing slot with a friend to sing at the school’s Teachers Day celebrations at the end of the month.

BB has also been busy with school and the CCA competition he has at the end of the month.

School ends on 30 August for a week long term break and when term 4 starts, it’s all about exams and streaming options.