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2019 Secondary 4 Week 11 Update

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This was an emotional week for me. Early in the week, I was so frustated with BB and his inability to do his school work, especially given that this is a crucial year for him, I decided to have a very emotional heart-to-heart talk with him.

I reached out online and found some answers which I used as ammunition to speak with BB. I told him bluntly how his life will turn out to be if he continues in the same vein and shared statistics with him on what kind of income levels he can expect. There was a bit of crying and the offshoot of this session was that he has decided to work hard so he can get into the course of his choice.

This week is the school term break. While BB does not have to go back to school, GG’s school is asking them to come back almost daily, whether for make-up lessons or for CCA practice. She was moaning the other day that holidays is just a misnomer in her case.

Happy Sunday folks and have a wonderful weekend!

2019 Week 10 Weekly Update

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This week was a very productive week for me. For the first time this year, I managed to tick off all the items on my ‘To Do’ list and I feel so satisfied.

It was a very hectic week for me, both in terms of work as well as parenting. I have been kept busy this week, which was really good and one that I enjoyed doing. I think I like being busy to being free.

I actually live a very boring life and times like this, wonder what the point of this post is. Even though I have copious notes on what I did this week, I don’t want to be too specific because, since I blog anonymously, I don’t want to reveal too much about myself and show my face to the world. This is something all anon bloggers face I guess. We need to tread a very fine line between revealing information and revealing too much which shows the world and people whom you interact on a daily basis realise it’s them you are talking about on the pages of your blog.

Have a wonderful week folks and hope this week is just as productive as my last week!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 10 Update

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This week was the Applied Learning Week in both BB & GG’s school for most of the week.

BB’s school had hired an external vendor to do a motivation and exam techniques camp in their school for around three days. The last day, during the last part, parents were asked to join the students and the trainer gave us tips on how to motivate them and also how to and not to scold and nag them. Quite a few students also went up on the stage and spoke to their parents. There were a lot of tears involved and then the children were asked to give their parents the letters they had written. As expected, BB did not write a letter, just came up to me, gave me a big hug and said “I love you”. I have told him I am still expecting the letter, hopefully he will give it to me later today.

GG’s school also did something similar, but without the use any external vendors. They called some junior colleges and polytechnics as well had talks by their counsellors and former students. Then on Friday, the entire cohort went on a day trip to Universal Studios Singapore, somthing they had been looking forward to since they reached Secondary 3. GG had a wonderful time with her friends and was relunctant to come home.

All in all, this is the penultimate week before the March school holidays. BB will get the balance of his marks and then we need to see what else he needs to work on before his mid-year exams.

Happy Sunday folks!

2019 Week 9 Weekly Update

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Another month bites the dust! Is it me or is 2019 going faster than usual? It just felt like yesterday when we rang in the new year and now we are in month three.

This week was actually quite productive and I managed to tick off quite a few things off my to-do list and hopefully, this week also is the same. I am going to busy with my freelance work this week and so need to be very productive with my writing during the time I am at home to do it.

I have some hopes for March, wanting this to be the month where I can finally say I ticked off all the boxes in my trackers for 2019. That is something only time can tell.

Like last week, this is all for this week. See you next week and in the meantime, have a wonderful and productive week!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 9 Update

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This was mostly test week for both BBc& GG. BB’s school still continued with the traditional common tests, while GG’s school started on the newly introduced weighted assessments. They have not gotten back most results, so that’s news for another week.

Next week in both schools is some kind of learning week. BB’s school has contracted an external vendor to come and do a motivation camp for the O level cohort which means long hours for two days, till 6 pm and then on the last day it will be till 9 pm! The last day is also when parents are invited. I am really looking forward to tips that I can use on BB to get him to become more motivated.

GG’s school, on the other hand, is doing a series of talks by alumni as well as talks on how to get direct and early admissions plus talks on junior college versus polytechnics. They will also be going to Universal Studios Singapore at Sentosa as part of a learning journey. This is something she and her friends are very excited about and have been talking about since school started. There was some talk at the beginning of the year that this excursion would be cancelled this year due to budget constraints and the kids were very disappointed, but I am happy the school decided to keep the tradition alive for the 2019 cohort too.

In other news, the Singapore Examinations and Assessments Board (SEAB) released the timetable for the O level exams and it’s real now! The exam timetable is a convoluted one because they have to take into account all the different subject combinations and this means some days they have more than one paper which means not much time for last minute revision, while for other subjects, they get a couple of days in-between to revise. GG’s exams end earlier compared to BB, mostly because he has an extra subject. She is planning on celebrating while BB continues to study!

That was our news for the week. Have a wonderful Sunday people!