Brandon and Caden gave up Music. Alicia stopped cos the class was cancelled. She has been asking to attend piano lessons. I'm still trying to find a suitable time slot when all the kids' class timings are finalised.
Over the past year, I stopped Brandon's abacus class. The teacher said that he gets bored whenever they practise the questions. He'll only be interested for a short while when new things are taught. Most of the time, he'll not behave (sometimes even hiding under the table) and disturb others in class. He knows his work, but it'll just be a waste of $ to let him attend the class.
Alicia pulled out cos of her CCA in school. She was chosen to attend the Maths Olympiad lessons which falls on the same day as abacus.
Brandon also dropped out from Phonics/Creative Writing. I didn't want to push him to hard and make him dislike English, a subject which he loves. Teacher Arina feels that he shld be able to manage with some guidance.
As Brandon was very poor in his Mandarin, I signed him up for Berries class when he was in T4 of K2. He was ok with the lessons which made me very happy. I signed up Alicia and Caden too for 2013. However, Alicia gave up after Term 1 as she didn't like the class.
They are also attending Teacher Lee's Chinese tuition at home and Coach James' swim class on Sundays.
So, who attends the most lessons? Right - it's Caden! He enjoys going for class and is learning very well! Great!!!
Although I mentioned that Brandon is ok with attending Berries class, there are times when he'll throw tantrums. Just this Tuesday, he cried so badly and refused to go for class. I persuaded and bought him over with yoghurt treat and a toy. Yes... This boy needs carrots most of the time. I found out after class that he had Oral test! Luckily the teacher said he showed slight improvements. That made him very happy! Of cos, he didn't forget his yoghurt treat! Caden too wanted a cup on his own. And there they go - a cup each...
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