Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Rayyan's Report Card Day

The day was supposed to be 2 Saturdays ago, but since we had an emergency, we postponed it to 1pm just now. Basically we just meet the class teacher, and look at Rayyan's books that are kept in his class to see how he progressed through the 1st Term. There is an actual report card that records his progress in his academics, emotions, etc as marked by the class teacher.

Masa kitorang (me & Ja) sampai, the class teacher was not around.. had an urgent matter that she needed to settle. So we went to see the Center Manager a.k.a the Principal. Chatted with Teacher Iman for about close to an hour. So far so good. Instructed the teacher to review Rayyan's reading program 'coz I'm not satisfied the reading teacher kept on asking Rayyan to read only 1 page of the Peter and Jane book each day when he is ablet o read the whole book already. (He is now at 2a of the P&J book).

Teacher Iman spontaneously took out the 2b book and asked Rayyan to read all the keywords at the back of the 2b book. Rayyan can read 90% of those. Which prompted the teacher to change Rayyan's reading program by starting him with 3a once the school reopens for the 2nd Term on 15th June. According to Teacher Iman, they too have been instructed by the HQ to assess each student's reading program to provide challenge to them, instead of asking them to read the words they already know.

When we were about to balik, Teacher Nida (the class teacher) arrived. So we went in again and chatted with her for about 15-20 minutes.

So conclusionnya, I am personally happy that my objectives of sending Rayyan to Genius Aulad are met and am happy that Rayyan adapts well to the schooling environment as he participates actively in class, being the first to answer questions in class, etc.

One thing though.... he needs to improve on his writing.. still tak cantik... but there are still 5 year olds in his class who could not write... hmm... kesian la pulak kat budak tu...

2 comments:

faleigh said...

he is far too matured for a normal school...send him to a chinese or english school...

shake said...

Genius Aulad is an English-medium Islamic school. They even recite doa in English and Arabic. Need to get the foundation done right from the beginning.

I don't like the Chinese school system. If Mandarin is to be learned, it can be done outside school hours. Chinese school system teaches students to work hard, but NOT SMART. Hence, the products are merely "robots".

Private primary school is an option, though. There are many of them that make Mandarin a compulsory subject.