No Tuition

The girls' tutor is down with shingles. Although my girls have had the chicken pox vaccination, the tutor preferred not to take the risk of exposing my girls to her shingles. She cancelled their tuition for this week and will probably resume next week, to be confirmed, pending her recovery rate. 
I wish their tutor a speedy recovery! 

Cold Storage No More

I took my iPad 1 out of "cold storage". With heavier homework demands, sometimes the girls needed the easy (and quick) access to information and/ or references whereby the iPad comes in handy for them. The girls would share my iPad and use it when doing their homework, e.g. checking the dictionary, etc. But sometimes time is wasted as they took turns to use the iPad. Now with both my iPad 1 and iPad 3 in use, the girls no longer have the excuse that she is not doing her homework because she is waiting to use the iPad. :)

Science Tuition

Trying to look for a Science tutor for Marieann. I have been helping her with Science since she was in Primary 3. She has been passing, however, with her taking Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) next year, the stakes are too high for me to make mistakes with her education. I also feel that I reached my limits in coaching her in Science . I think it is time someone with more skills, especially in teaching her how to answer open-ended questions, should take over the coaching. I can continue to provide the support and monitoring in her homework. Please let me find her a Science tutor soon!

Saturday is Stay Home Day

Due to the change in the girls' Sunday tuition from afternoon to morning (10.30am - 12.30pm), Saturday is now officially Stay Home Day. The girls will have to finish all their school homework as well as tuition homework on Saturday itself. As a reward, I would allow them to stay up later on Saturday night to watch Incredible Tales lol. I would also let them have a break by taking them out for a meal after their Sunday tuition and they could also have Sunday afternoon to relax. In the evening, they would get ready for the new school week such as learning their spelling, etc. 

We used to go out for lunch/ dinner on Saturday and the girls could continue to do their homework on Sunday morning before their tuition in the afternoon. However, I much prefer this new arrangement as the girls could concentrate and gain momentum to finish all their work.  So far, the girls are okay with this arrangement too. :)