Bellybutton,
Hp tt the advice here wld help you in yr decision..
Mich,
My son is studying in a neighbourhood school as i told you before, right....during orientation, they asked the students to bring colour pencils, pencil box etc and they were made to do a test...and if i m not wrong, the parents were given a stack of notes to read with information like how to write the letters of the alphabet, some writing exercises and etc etc..those students who need help....be it they dun noe the work or the parents illiterate or foreign students who need it wld go for LSP..learning support program..
I dun noe if all schools practise this, but i was told tt some schools din hv it...
Just ran into an ex neighbour of mine whose ger is the same age as my son...her ger got into the better school tt my son couldnt get it.....its quite stressful and the ger is not catching up....and the mum is quite worried abt it..I dun noe if all schools are the same but i just hope tt my son can make it thru tts and dun be overstressed....
in the cc, they shld hv taught the phonics etc etc...my son's cc though dem lousy in my opinion, still managed to teach him phonics etc...i sent him for julia gab for a few terms, later he got fed up of it..tink in his cc, they taught him tt...
in the cc, they also let the kids do mock tests etc........and learn hanyu pinyin etc.....if in PAP, guaranteed they sure teach all this one haha...
sigh..did u see in bookstores also got assessment books for N1, K1...really vy cham
we can discuss more of tis when u free.....