Unfortunate incidents keep happening to Clarisse. I have a bad feeling about this month. But am looking forward to the school holidays and our first family holiday (only the Tangs) on a plane!
3rd May:
Miss Lim informed me that Faith's mom was unhappy that Clarisse drew on Faith's eraser. And also asked me if I am aware of the jelly that Clarisse had asked her to buy. It was upsetting when her mom told me that Clarisse even pinched her during Math class. Clarisse denied and cried badly. I do believe in her as she treats Faith and Esther as her best buddies. She would not playfully pinch Faith. Nevertheless is words versus words.
She asked if I believe her. I told her I do but she must never lie.
I also hit her using the hanger because she took a pencil from Anisa again. She refused to listen and kept telling the friends that she likes it and wish she has it. Her friend then kindly bought it for her. I insisted for her to return the pencil the next day and explained to her I do not want another parent to complain about her.
For the eraser incident, Miss Lim believes it's a misunderstanding when I let her know that Clarisse did not do it on purpose. She had thought of darkening the picture already drawn on the eraser.
Keeping my fingers crossed that with them not sitting together from today onwards, there will not be such accusations anymore.
From last month, Clarisse has been clutching my arm when we are walking. She said she wants to lie on my arm. Haha! It's a sweet gesture and I hope it can last for years to come! 😍
She still doesn't like pork and chicken served in Chinese restaurants, would rather eat plain rice with soya sauce and broccoli. And said she only wants to eat homecooked meat.
Teacher asked them to mark the items that they have helped out at home. In addition, I asked her to wash the utensils and bowls when she finished her lunch so that she can mark it under the Others section. She learned to make the bed and is happy to do so. She also tried to help to throw the trash and fold clothes. A good initiative by the school.
I went for my long awaited massage on 7th May at PS after a few weeks of stress over revision for her mini tests. The therapist is surprisingly good, ensuring every part of my body is taken care of, including the inner thighs. Since my products have been opened for too long, I decided to buy a new set home. And I am so lucky to have a 15% discount this month. My journey to a less cellulite, firmer body awaits. 😂
Clarisse has an aptitude for spelling and she could spell the word - orientation in class and teacher said very good.
7th to 9th May ~ Tests for Term 2
She suddenly recalled a mistake for English - selected fly over the sky instead of in the sky. For Maths, she admitted that she only checked once as teacher said they can do colouring after the paper is finished. I was worried about her making careless mistakes in the calculation although she told me the questions for the word sums and her choices of equation seem correct. Word sums is 3 marks each. As for Chinese, she recalled she made one mistake for 'tai yang'. She wrote 'yan' instead of 'yang'.
She told me Esther said to her during recess that Faith's mummy said cannot play with her. She was so upset that she cried at the tuckshop. A few friends came over to console her, including Esther and Faith. I was taken aback and had wanted to WhatsApp Faith's mum about it but decided not to. I am tired of these nonsense.and decided to exit the group chat. This mom definitely doesn't know how to behave as an adult.
10th May:
She happily told me she had good news and bad news when I fetch her from school. She had a perfect score for Maths but 18/20 for English. Besides the preposition mistake, she made another for pronouns. Chose I instead of we. She even cried when Faith proudly said yes she scored 19.
She suddenly had stuffy nose at night and woke me up.
11th May:
She said she was tired in school and teacher did not let her go home as they need to take Chinese test results.
She had a perfect score for Chinese paper 2, 8.5 out of 10 for listening, perfect score for reading aloud and 7 out of 10 for pick and tell. Mdm Woo told her she did well for all except she couldn't answer some questions for pick and tell. Told her to 加油.
She had slight increase in temperature. I made lin yang for her and thankfully she was all ok the next day.
The efforts taken for revision and practice has not gone to waste. I took the opportunity to tell her that it is her hard work that leads to her excellent results.
I had sharp pain on my right leg while climbing up the stairs and Clarisse held my arms to walk up. She rushed to take water for me and asked me to put a piece of wet wipe on my leg. Then lie on bed and rest. She said she wants to be a doctor when she grows up to help people. Right now she is a little doctor. She even sweetly told me I always look after her and is time to look after me now. 😍
She has been tearing silently in class, thinking that Faith and Esther do not need her anymore as she saw them together. The individual seating for the tests had made her feel bad as she was far from them. When she was back to the original seating after the tests, she also teared when she saw Faith being sad. She had the thought that she was the cause. When she did not get the perfect score for the rolling of balls into the net for PE, she was upset that Faith and Esther had it and felt embarrassed that the rest in her group got it. I had to teach her that is the wrong attitude. She should feel happy for her friends if they do well.
16th: She had sudden headache after we got onto bus on our way home after school. And had slight increased temperature. I let her drink pocari, lin yang and additional dose of elderberry.
She woke me up at 2.30am that her head is painful. Her temperature had slightly increased to 37.7. I was so worried, gave her ibuprofen and rub her feet with peppermint. Praying in my heart for her fever to be gone, I tried to go back and sleep. At 5.45am, her fever is gone. She woke up feeling all good and was chatty.
I think her body is too heaty again after having Pepper Lunch salmon rice and curry udon on 13th.
Some of her friends got a perfect score for Chinese pick and tell. She felt sad and envied them. I had to repeatedly teach her that is not right. She can do it too.
While I was in the shower, she packed her school bag on her own without me telling her to. I was surprised by it.
When she remembered about her pick and tell scenario, she told me she was very nervous and forgot what to say. It then occurred to me that as she grows up, she started to develop nervousness. I asked for feedback from her Berries teacher and she said Clarisse's writing speed is much faster now and would raise her hand for participation. However, she tends not to have confidence in herself. Teacher told Clarisse she can do it, must believe in herself.
She told me she is the only one in the class who does not have correction for her composition practice in class. Teacher showed her piece to the class. She had remembered what teacher mentioned before they started writing.
In this month, I bought a Chinese pictionary to introduce new words to her. This is to prepare her for Chinese oral picture description next term. I also bought a English assessment book for English stimulus based conversation and let her try on what she wants to be when she grows up.
She had to miss her dance class on 20th as she was very lethargic and complained about earache. Thankfully there is no fever.
24th: Parent-Teacher meeting
It went well. Ms Lim began by saying that Clarisse has done well especially in Maths. She has all Grade 1. I was surprised when I was shown the report book by Ms Lim as she got 86.8 for English and 88.8 for Chinese. She did well for the actual tests and I realised later on that even one mark will cause a big difference in percentage. She was quite soft during her show and tell and hence one mark is reduced. She is generally well behaved but sometimes can drift away when she is talking to her classmates. And thankfully Ms Lim will separate them in the yellow group. She felt that they have grown too used to one another. Clarisse would raise her hands, wanting to answer questions and would even stand up if she raise her hand for a long time. But when she answers, teacher can hardly hear her. I didn't know that she is soft spoken in class if I didn't hear from Ms Lim.
Mdm Woo told me she is an excellent helper being the group leader although at times she is afraid to collect books from her classmates. She helps Mdm Woo alot. She can read well and did very well for her written paper, only that she is also quite soft-spoken and can hardly hear her when she answers questions. I mentioned about her being nervous during the oral and I am practising 看图说话 with her to prepare for the tests. Mdm Woo said she is just shy and should get better as she grows. She said Clarisse seldom shares her feelings with her but I told her Clarisse will come home to tell me all about her day. She then gave a thumbs up and commented very good. When we talked about Chinese not being the chosen language in her daily conversations, she emphasized that they only can speak Mandarin during her class and more exposure to English on a daily basis. She then asked me to look for more Chinese cartoons online. Also, her behaviour is good too.
Finally the last day of Term 2 arrived...And the final packing before we embarked on our first free and easy holiday! Yay! 👨👩👧
