Elementary Phonics

25 Oct 2011 (Tues):

Received a call from my sil this afternoon. She asked if i liked Rachel to be enrol
in the elementary class this evening @ Nee Soon Central CC. She went on to tell me that the sch happened to have a vacancy for Lionel who was on waiting list since last year, but becos Lionel has already been registered with another centre, therefore the school allowed Rachel to be slot in instead.

Fees for 12 weeks @ $100, one lesson per week for 1.5hrs each lesson. There will be a total of 5 modules and each module will last for 12 weeks or so. So by the time Rachel finishes all 5 modules, she should be ready for Primary 1.

Mr Ramesh is the teacher & i was told that usually after the end of every lesson, there will be a debrief for all parents. As it is, after this evening's lesson, we were all invited into the classroom & were shown what he had taught the kids, how we should read with our child together at home & the given homework, etc...

I was told this is a very popular phonics class & the teacher is very caring & sincere in his teaching.

So now both kids are enrolled in phonics (academic) & wushu ( non-academic) for Lionel & ballet (non-academic) for Rachel.

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On the other hand, i have also received news from Lionel's phonics teacher, Ms. Yvonne Seah. She told me that Lionel has progressed very well & they are on to reading short stories now. We were given a task to do; Lionel is suppose to read 10 books from now till December & once he finish reading all 10, there will be a prize given.

You may wonder why i did not enrol for Rachel under this same centre. I did enquire but for nursery classes, there are only Weds evening or Sats afternoon. I worked till 7pm & by the time i reach home, its after 8pm. The evening class begins at 7.30pm. Mil will not be able to send her over due she has her own enrichment too. As for Sats, mil & sil were both against the idea as its usually nap time for the kids. The class starts 3.30pm - 5pm. I am working on alternate Sats & i finished work at 2pm. So 3.30pm will be quite a rush for me too if i am held up. So it doesnt work for both parties. :)