Preschool Nursery 2 Second Parent-Teacher Conference

Another 6 months have passed since her first Parent-Teacher Conference with her Nursery 2 {N2} teachers and we met them again on her last day in N2 as we were away for holidays and had to reschedule from the original date in early Dec. The year really flew by and I'm finding it hard to believe that I'm going to be a mother of a 5 year-old Kindergarten 1 {K1} kid. Going to let it sink in slowwwwly.

The boy and I met her teachers last Friday while the children were having their afternoon nap. The biggest news of the day was that Lil Pumpkin has shown huge improvement in her Chinese {yay!} thanks in large part to her enrichment class and nightly revision with her daddy. She can now understand simple instructions {reading and speaking} in Chinese, and express her opinions in Chinese more confidently too. Well done Lil Pumpkin!

This semester Lil Pumpkin started going to preschool 4 times a week, in preparation for starting K1 whereby she will go daily. Her English teacher noted again that she picks up new skills very quickly, and because of her more consistent presence in class, she has progressed well academically and is hitting all the learning objectives for her class. Socially, she's always been doing fantastic {no surprise there!}.

One thing they were concerned about is that she doesn't manage her time well e.g. gets distracted and takes too long to eat, or stays too focused on task details and doesn't finish it in time. In K1, the teachers would expect the kids to be more independent and finish each task within a certain time, so if she doesn't keep up, things will pile up.

At home we take things pretty easy. We don't impose time limits like say, she must finish her food or colouring within the hour. When she's done, she's done. However, as she gets older and enters formal schooling, time management and self-discipline are more important especially as she starts juggling school, enrichment classes, play, explorations, family and friends. It's good that her teachers reminded us and we need to start helping her to organise and keep track of her time. Admittedly, I need to work on this area too :P

Other updates for this semester are that Lil Pumpkin:

• is good with patterns and Maths {probably gets it from her father hahaha}
• is able to retell stories
• can make predictions on events and activities e.g. in science experiments
• can write several letters correctly 
• needs to improve with her phonics and recognition of words
• recognises differences and similarities in qualities experienced through the senses and is able to compare and describe these
• is willing to write more in Chinese
• must still continue to practise her Chinese outside school

So stoked for her new year and chapter in preschool! Kindergarteners are the "big kids" in preschool and Lil Pumpkin is definitely excited to be treated more like one, and move to a classroom on level 2 of her school haha. She'll also have a chance to interact with new friends from her level as the kids are put in different classes again. In terms of teachers, I hope that we will get those that we can connect and communicate with better, like when she was in N1.

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