PTC

We attended Zethan's very 1st Parents Teacher Conference on 18 May, a week before the term break. The daddy is very nice to take some time off to attend it together.

In a nutshell, he is pretty much a leader in class alongside with a few others thus 'arguments' can be quite common among them. He is very well developed in his large motor skills and can be quite vocal though at times he loves to rush through his speech and with the power of language not as developed, the teachers need to slow him down to understand what he is trying to tell. Efforts needed in the department of focusing as he is very much overactive and he can perform his tasks very well when he decide to focus but if not then he tend to be very distracted and rush through his work. He need to be reminded from time to time on his over activeness.

We exchange some pointers on my concern on his fine motor skills e.g. colouring etc. It was suggested that we could spent 5mins everyday sitting with him and get him to doodle and for him to dictate what he has drawn. From the 5mins daily, extend gradually to work on his focusing and fine motor skills.

The whole session took more than the scheduled 15mins  and we were given 3 booklets of his artworks as well as schoolwork for semester 1. Personally I would feel that it would be much more appreciative if the workbooks could be returned after every term for a good feel on how the child is doing in school and should there be a need to, work on what is lacking or the weakness of the child for better improvement for the next term. Easier to monitor for progress or non improvements. What is lacking is the involvement of the chinese teacher's discussion on the child's observation too.

Having said that, I am rather pleased with how Zethan fare in school and what he had picked up from school which I must say is very great improvement be it the academic aspect or social development as well as speech development. He will returned home to share what has happened in school, sing some songs etc.

 Last but not least, term break started which can be a great relief to me especially now at 33 weeks, I could rest at home and save a month's of walking to & from school. Or at the very least need not rush in the morning. Zethan ended school with a term break party, all children will bring some snacks for the 1hr party, decked out in their party clothes.