Category Archives: Education

Primary One–The daily schedule

Posted on February 2, 2015 by

When I taught the younger grades, we had a schedule, but it was fairly flexible.  I was the only teacher for my class of 20 or so students and while they had to be at P.E./Art/Music and Recess at a … Continue reading →

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P1 Culture Shock

Posted on January 4, 2015 by

Elanor began Primary 1 on Friday. I would love to talk about the experience thus far, but I don’t think that I should just yet because I’m suffering from serious Culture Shock.  This has been a thoroughly unpleasant dive back … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Elanor graduates K2

Posted on December 18, 2014 by

The K2 big group song Shaking hands with the principal Posing Recorder performance Dancing Family Photo The graduate

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My head is spinning

Posted on December 4, 2014 by

I don’t think I ever imagined a month like the one we just had.  Over the course of November we had Elanor’s Birthday party at home Elanor celebrated her birthday at school with cupcakes We had a parent/teacher conference about … Continue reading →

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Gender and Work Assumptions (MOE form edition)

Posted on October 21, 2014 by

To go along with yesterday’s post about the problem of racially based assumptions, today we’re going to talk about gendered assumptions. I took these photos of the P1 registration form I filled out last week.  Along with a zillion other … Continue reading →

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Her mother tongue isn’t Tamil

Posted on October 19, 2014 by

***A quick note of explanation before I get into the post.  English is the language of instruction in Singapore.  However, all students must take a second language–called a Mother Tongue  (henceforce I’ll refer to it as MT) language.*** I recently … Continue reading →

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P1 Registration—It’s over. Someone get me a drink.

Posted on August 1, 2014 by

It’s over. She got in. Alcohol.  Now.  Please. At the advice of my friends K and P, I waited until the final day to register Elanor.  This means I’ve spent the last few days monitoring numbers and feeling nervous, but … Continue reading →

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