August is here and prelims season has started!

BB & GG has their Mother Tongue prelims on Saturday and BB’s Science practical prelims are next week.

Over the weekend, along with other members of BB’s school parent support group, we hand made Lego keychains to give all teachers, admin and support staff for Teacher’s Day which will be celebrated on the first Friday of September. This PSG always makes handmade items to give the Teachers and this year was no different. It’s the last year for me as part of a parent support group as I don’t know if tertiary institutions have one.

We’re down to 78 days to the start of the O level written papers and I have installed a countdown app which tells so each day.

I am really looking forward to the end of the exams. But before that we will know the results of their EAE interviews later this month, another date I am anxiously looking forward to and dreading to at the same time. I really hope and pray that they both get admitted into the course of their choice.

Anyway, that was all for this week. Hope to get more positive news soon!! Have a wonderful Sunday.

Both BB & GG had an EAE interview this week and GG rounded the week with an aptitude test for her first choice course. This ended all of BB’s interviews while GG still has one more to go.

We also went to the hospital to review GG’s fractured wrist. After removing the cast and reviewing her x-rays by two senior doctors, they conculded that there was no fracture in the first place, but the line the attending doctor at the A&E saw was actually her bones still growing. So that was a huge relief for us, especially since her science teacher mentioned about this saying that if the cast was to be there for a while, they would need to write in to the ministry of education to get her extra time during the O level exams.

Speaking of which, we are now at a countdown to the exams. Prelims start soon and the main exams are less than three months away. If GG & BB don’t get into their course of choice, then they have no choice but to do well in their exams and then make it to the course they want to get into.

Stress levels are going through the roof as we get closer to the exams. I for one can’t wait for the last exam to come soon!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

This was a super eventful week for us.

BB went for one aptitude test for his first choice of EAE and an interview for his last choice. He was not even called for an aptitude test for his second choice which was in the same poly as that of his first choice, just a different school. A friend who had the reverse choices (BB’s first was his second and his first was BB’s second) didn’t get called for the course which BB got called for the aptitude test. We suspect the poly just called for one course per applicant. I wish we knew this before applying as this means we lost one choice, which we could have applied to a different poly. His first choice school also have called him for an interview next week and I have all my fingers and toes crossed. His interview for his last choice was also good according to him, though its a course in which he does not have much exposure or knowledge in.

On to GG now. She had her first interview at a junior college she applied for direct admission under her CCA. She went for the interview at the begining of the week and during the audition, she said her voice cracked at one point. But she is ok if she does not make it to the next round as this crack at the direct admission was only to prove she can make it.

She also got interview calls for both the courses she applied to at one poly. These are to two disparate courses and she got the interview calls after clearing an online aptitude and personality test. Her first choice of course has also called her for an aptitude test which will happen next week.

On Thursday, while running in school during the PE lesson, she tripped and fell down on the concrete and gravel floor. She bruised her right knee quite badly and it even started to bleed and her other knee had some superficial bruises. Her right palm was also bruised. She was given first aid in school and her PE teacher also called me to appraised me about the situation. I did not think too much and when she came home, she said her knee was still paining and bleeding and she could not close her palm. So I took her to the GP who after checking her told me to take her to the hospital A&E since it may be something more serious. We went to the nearest hospital, but they told us to go one a little further away since they dont have a children’s specialist on duty and if we waited, the doctor on duty will send us to the other hospital.

So off we went and after getting checked by a doctor and having her x-ray taken, we came to know that she has a small hairline fracture on the right wrist. She was bandaged and braced and sent home and now we have to go next week to see them again for a review and hopefully it means that she does not have to wear a cast anymore. I am hoping for good news when we see the specialist next week.

That was our pretty eventful week. Have a wonderful Sunday people!

This week I was glued to the internet, trying to see which schools have started sending out their EAE interview and/or aptitude test emails. We were waiting for three each for both GG & BB.

As it stands today, both have gotten two each and are waiting for one more to come in. They are for both interview and aptitude tests. Now we are hoping and praying that they clear the tests and impress the interviewers so that they get a confirmed conditional offer in August.

Of course, getting an offer now does not mean that they can slack at their O levels. Every course has its minimum entry requirements and if they don’t meet that after the results are declared, their conditional offer will be revoked and they join the pool of all those who didn’t get in though the EAE or DSA route.

That was our week, next week looks to be another hectic day with both of them being called for either interviews or an aptitude test, so here’s hoping for the best possible outcome!

Week one of the new term and things are really hotting up in schools. We have gotten the dates and in BB’s case, the timetable for their prelim exams. They will also have their O level English Oral exam sometime in August.

GG had applied to one of the junior colleges for Direct School Admission through her CCA which is Choir, and got called for an audition next week. She was super excited when she got the message even though this was something she was not particularly interested in. So lets see how this goes.

It’s going to be a hectic 4.5 months until mid-November when the O level exams finish. Then, if their EAE results have been declared by then, its time to party until the results are declared in mid-January.

Have a wonderful Sunday!