First Parent’s Meeting
Michael had his first parent’s meeting at school at the mere age of 2! Firstly, the school was definitely not designed for working moms (and dads for that matter)! They smacked us in the middle of a morning and there was no possibility that Ian or I could make it. So we had to change it to the last appointment. So the 3 teachers were really tired by the time they greeted us…
The meeting quickly began by presenting Michael”s scorecard… it has categories such as:
- Social Develpment (do they shares toys, any respect for children, do they follow instructions)
- Care of environment (do they clean up and “respect” for toys, do they have table manners)
- Language Development
- Working time (can they work alone and with others?!)
and mostly Michael was ranked as “developing” as opposed to “Not Shown”, “Established” or “Advanced”… in general the comments from teacher Jenny was as follows:
- Michael’s biting episode was probably prompted by the other child and as long as they’re separated, no such incidence has occurred (what a relief for us!)
- Michael is an independent boy and he is good at sharing his toys (in general)
- Michael is very good in English (got really good esp after learning from the other children) but his Chinese is practically non-existent! (see i am not only bad at teaching Ian Chinese… it’s the same for Michael - must find a better way!)
All in all, he is developing well and is truly enjoying school… when I walked out, I was so impressed with how organized the school… and of course Ian being the ever logical mind simply replied, “you get what you paid for.”
Photos posting has been made really difficult since Google Photos are also blocked in China! Sadly to say, after a year living in this confined freedom, we’re getting used to the lack of it. Enjoy our photos and until we write in Australia during our holidays!!!
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| Michael’s album - Autumn in Shanghai |
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| Michael’s album - he is TWO!!! |
Love from Shanghai,
p.s. We have had two weeks of Gung Gung and Poh Poh’s spoiling for Michael and it was nice to get some grandparents time. Next will be X’mas holiday for Nanna and Poppa by the beach… we CAN’T wait!
