P1 Orientation

It was early, 9am. Jamie along wif CQ and I were at the school's orientation this morning. We were separated from her the moment we were there. We were ushered to the hall and briefed for an hour's of introductions from the principal and various teachers-in-charge. The next 1/2hr or so was more of administrative whereby we have to fill in & submit various forms. Everything ended around 11am. Didn't buy any textbooks or uniforms at the moment. Oh yes, Jamie said she was "tested" in English & Maths as well as some reading. Overall, she said its easy. Hmm, the school will inform us which class she will be allocated next month. Pray that she will be in one of the better class.

K2 Final Meet the Teachers Session

Today was Jamie's last and final round of meeting her teachers. We were kind of late (reached almost 12noon whereby the latest time to meet the teachers was 1230pm!) and I thought there shouldn't be much crowd afterall it began at 830am. However I was wrong! There were still a handful of parents who were like me, who also came late!

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Anyway, somehow I wasn't very eager to know how she faired this later part of the year but was rather busy bringing her around the school, taking photos wif her friends and giving out farewell gifts to the principal and teachers. After meeting the form teacher and Yan Lao-Shi, it was concluded that Jamie has "run the race well" and I'm happy wif her performance. She wouldn't have gone so far if not because of what God had done in her life. Praise the Lord!!

**extracted from her portfolio that the school has diligently compiled.**

Aural Mental Arithematic Practise

After months of twice weekly training, we finally see some results from Jamie. This was recorded impromptu late last night at almost 11pm.

Closed Up Shots

Taken by CQ. And its so much nicer than those I bought from the school's official photographer which we had paid $12 for the photos cd.

Night Scenary

This is one of the photos that I like. CQ had the opportunity to capture some very nice scenic photographs during his short 4-5days stay.

Farewell Gift

Jamie will be distributing all these to her classmates today. I've also included a self laminated card wif her email address & blog address on it. Aren't the ladybugs cute? And coincidently, there's ONLY 1 yellow coin bank which I've instructed her form teacher to pass to her later on.

And I will prepare some farewell gifts too for her teachers in school....

Yahoo Messenger w Papa

This is Jamie's first time on ym and guess who was she talking to ?? Papa lor who was in Australia for the past few days on work commitment.

Going 3 Months Tomorrow

Canvas Painting

A close fren helped me get a few sets of canvas painting from Gaint and the kids were so excited when they saw it! Jamie wanted to give it to her principal as farewell gift.

Video Clip

This is the one and only one that I captured it down b4 rushing back home to bf Joshua. Jamie can be seen at the 2nd lower platform, 4th standing from the left. Find her?

Invitation

Received this invite from JCK weeks ago. And now it's over... that's fast!! I'm positive that this will leave a good long lasting memory for Jamie in years to come.

Jurong Calvary Kindergarten Graduation Cum Christmas Drama

Brain Blogger IQ Math/Eng lish Book

Bought "Never-Bored Kid" (by Eva Moor) book for Jamie some time ago and since she need not have to go to school in the morning (report to sch by 330pm 4 tonight's graduation), I started her on first few pages. As its meant for age 8-9, grade 3-4, I wasn't prepared to introduce her so early for fear that she might not be able to understand the concept well. Surprisingly, it wasn't that tought afterall!

Full Dressed Rehearsal

Glad I came. Thanks to the bus operator's tipped off. Can see Jamie? She's fourth from the right. I still dun quite like the dress color though the boys do look smart in it.

K2 Graduation Concert

This Friday is Jamie's graduation. Time passed so swiftly. At a blink of an eye, she's gonna graduate from kindergarten 2!! Today finally she took back her performance purple dress. Wif the "improvised" patent shoes (the shoes is about 1" bigger which I managed to put in sole and some tissue papers in front) & lacy socks I've borrowed from a fren, everything is now ready !!

Phonics Programmes

Ever since I've started Jeremy in phonics at home, he has shown obvious improvement in memorising the single sounds of the alphabets. And now we are moving quickly into word families. Who says its too late to introduce at 3yrs 10mths ? I suppose the important note is not whether to introduce it early or at later stage, but whether the child is willing and receptive (which i still believe in early literacy) to learn. And when you are able grasp the child's "right timing", you will see positive results instead. Here's one of the interesting video clips I've managed to source from youtube. Didn't know there's so many of such free resources easily available !

Rising Temperature

The weather has been rather humid and dry ever since days ago and in order to keep the children's body temp cool and comfy, all three of them had a fair time of dipping into the swim tub this afternoon.

Chubby Josh

See his "meaty" chest ?? He is getting heavier each day and bfg him for any time span longer than 15mins will numb my arm!!

Mental Arithmetic Advanced Level

Jamie is now into advanced stage wif over 95% accuracy. On average, she can complete 40 sums, 3 single digit additions/subtraction in about 2mins+. I was told there's still many levels to accomplish but it will be according to whichever books she has completed. And apparently, she still left few more books b4 proceeding to multiplication and division. I think its pretty fast since she started abacus in June 1st this year.

Before School

These days I managed to grab the boy and did some work wif him. Formally started him phonics. Dunno if its "too late" but anyway, he is in "ready-mode" now so I think its the right time to coach him. And since he is back at Little Neuro Tree, there will be some homework for him to do at home as well.

2 Months 18Days

Joshua is growing bigger each day and Jeremy's love for his lil brother grows wif each day too!!

Back to Ballet

Dr Chew called me earlier this week to answer my query regarding "no strenous activities" that was stated on the excuse letter that we received lately. At the end of our conversation, he concluded that as long as Jamie does not engage in any competitive sports, that's fine. Casual, fun sports that dun last long is fine. Ballet? I asked. After telling him what she will be doing in a typical 45mins long ballet lesson, he gave me a green light!! I'm just as glad cos this would means that Jamie will be joining the group for RAD exam next year April!

Ballet RAD Grade 1 Exam 2010

Jamie might not be able to go for the exam in view that she has to continue Aspirin treatment for the next 2 more months till late December. I've wrote in to the dance school to see if she can be allowed to continue the coaching lessons after she completes the medication.

Right Brain Training

Joshua was exceptionally alert today and since he din sleep, I quickly set up the swim tub and there he goes! This time, he was in the tub for longer period as he seemed to be enjoying kicking and floating (its only his 2nd time and he already very seasoned "swimmer"). And I've added the b/w flash card as part of the training session for him!

2 Months 8 Days Old

Joshua some how looks mature for his age.

Nikitin, Tangram, IQ Genius

While Jamie is having her mental arithmetic lesson now, I quickly grabbed Jeremy, sat him down and he did these instead of wasting his time away.

New Position ?

Since yesterday, Joshua has started to turn sideway while sleeping. 1st physical milestone!!

The Joshuas................

This is Uncle Joshua and bb Joshua.

Daryl & Siew Nge visited us this evening. It's so great to see them again and this time, along wif Daryl is her hubby, Joshua.

IQ Cubes

Jamie did this (left) and Jeremy did the simplier one.

Joshua 1st Swimming Experience

Bought this lately and surprisingly Joshua didn't cry or whine. After that, Jamie & Jeremy both had a wonderful time of fun in the swim tub too!!