The year of ever-changing schedules

As though changes weren’t sufficient, they were exacerbated by upheavals, kid you not. Every term, we had to make massive workarounds. Term 1: We had to settle the newly minted Sec 1 with abated breath on the CCA that he made it for. There was also 3rd language to grapple with. Term 2: The reopening …

Life measured in school terms and trainings

The current life stage is measured by school terms. When holidays lapsed, the entire schedule took on a different spin. After work, sitting by the pool to watch X train, deja vu much. I remembered X & Z training in different sections, lanes or even pools back in the days of 2018-2019. How I used …

Jun holidays 2022

The 4-week Jun holidays were finally over. The boys were having too many activities plus heading back to office more also meant limited free time. The only times the boys were “free” coincided with a busy work week, so we couldn’t even squeeze out free time to go for a short trip. Mr H was …

Epic class date post-WA

No thanks to Covid, X had his first class gathering at P3. It was a rather epic afternoon because it was so hot! Only 30% of the classmates joined this epic play date. It was super lovely to see the boys running and playing under the sun without their masks. It was really sad how …

不忘初心

X’s first weighted assessment came and went last week. It was P3 and overall 15%. He had a weighted test for CL & Math, compo writing for EL and project work for Sci. Compared to Z who had the full works of CA1/SA1/CA2/SA2, X was a lucky chap. When he hit P4 next year, he …

End of term 1

We are done for the first term. Amazingly fast it went! What X had been up to: 1. Class chairperson (or monitor) - dealing with all the knick knacks, learning to cope with managing SN kids, attended monitor training 2. Completed 3 non-weighted tests for CL, EL & Science. I would say he was fine, …

Last day of school

Was not a school day! However, we put together an impromptu date. We sent the kids off for their first solo movie on Friday evening. They went to watch Pokémon together. It was a milestone moment for the kids and parents. Even X went along for this solo movie date. It went to show much …

Textbooks & P3 Prep

As usual, I went online to order the books. Within 2 days of collection, I wrapped and labelled the books so that I could pack them aside. In preparation for P3, I also lined up the study and reading materials. Z finally took to Harry Potter and could be seen attached to the story, and …

White School shoes

After buying 2 pairs of school shoes for Z two years' ago, I never bought another pair till now. Both pairs of white Reeboks had cost me $59 for 2 pairs back in 2015. However, the quality was so good that it lasted Z through a year each. Today, it was 2 pairs for $79 …