Caden didn't show any excitement as he depart the house, probably he knows that he has to get to know new friends from today onwards and getting a new teacher. We were invited to hang around in the school during his first day and were awed by the excitement which were displayed by other parents.
Before we depart from home, Caden will have Kimi to accompany him to school everyday from now on.
I saw one father holding on his ipad and was literally standing up on the stage to take the video of his child despite the vice-principal sending numerous announcements to inform parents not to crowd around the assembly area in the school hall.
The children were surrounded by parents during the assembly period
When the children were released from the classroom during recess time, parents were participating by joining in the class queue and walking with their kids hand-in-hand (we didn't and stayed out of his sight).
(I got a shot of his seat in class)
The kids were surrounded by paparazzi during their recess time as there were numerous iphones and video cams or cameras filming their every move.. hahaaa..
I only managed to squeeze through the crowd and got myself a shot as a memorial and evidence that I was there in school for him on his first day!
The briefing conducted for parents ended at 5pm, we were so drained by that time, being drowned by all the academic scoring for every subject that Caden has to go through. We were told that there will be questions to test how the children can apply the mathematical concept, for example," what is the meaning of 1 plus 1" and they actually failed a child for answering " chicken plus rice equals to chicken rice".. they will also grade how a child performs during the show-and-tell and I was also told that more points will be rewarded if the child brings along a costume to compliment the presentation! Truly this is the beginning of experiencing the stress of Singapore education system..
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