Our P6 Journey - March

The school's Chinese teacher has given Caden's class so much work that we saw him spending most of his time on Chinese the last 2 weeks. Although there were some good resources provided but we have some concerns now that he can't spare any time to work on other subjects if this goes on (which I believe will get more intensive).

In the past few weeks, Caden slept near 10 plus pm each night, which is an hour later than the children's usual bedtime. Part of the reason was that he has so many stuff he'll rather do before starting on his homework:

1) playing soccer in the evening

2) watching tv shows

3) playing his rubik's cube

4) reading his storybook (which is done after items 1 to 3 have been completed)

Recently I sat down with him after school and list down all his to-do homework items on the whiteboard and made him estimate the time needed for each assignment. Indirectly I am hoping to inculcate the importance of time management. With this approach he realises how little time he has from late afternoon to his bedtime and helps him to prioritise and forgo some of his personal activities if need be.

We have been talking about how much more effort we need to put in for his English (he is still insistent on not going for tuition, so I will have to support his decision) and get him to set aside some time for this subject before it deteriorates further. At this point, we are still taking BABY steps on getting the momentum build up leading to his first major exam. I hope he will step up and spend more time on his weaker subjects soon.