We (Mark and I) attended the parents’ orientation for Nursery students at Miriam – CSC last Wednesday. We transferred Miakka to the afternoon class because our driver (her daddy) has a fixed night schedule due to his MBA classes. I felt a little sad because her classmates (and my mommy friends) from First Step are still together in Nursery. Worst is her bestfriend (Bea) did not transfer to another school (like what we’ve heard) and is still classmates with some of the students from FS-3. When I told Miakka about it, I saw a little bit of sadness in her eyes. However, knowing my daughter (who’s emotionally strong and mature for her age), she dismissed it immediately and just asked about her teacher.
Anyway, she’s in N-10 and her teacher’s name is Teacher Elayne. They’re 23 in class (horrors!). There’s no teacher aide (double horrors). And they did not give us a grooming box (triple horrors!). Miakka is really now in BIG SCHOOL.
Now that they’re in Nursery, they will have a grading system of Outstanding, Very Good, Good, and Needs Help (pressure, LOL). They will also tackle now basic subjects such as reading (bring it on!), mathematics (still no problem there), Christian Living Education (ok, that’s good too), and WRITING (the one I think where she’ll struggle the most).
You see, Miakka is very very undisciplined when it comes to writing. She spells, yes. She knows the alphabet by heart, yes. She can write legibly, yes. But she’s not very good with following lines. That’s why she loves to paint and draw as well (she doesn’t need to follow a specific color and lines). Anyway, will just practice that with her as I don’t want her to receive a grade of NH on that one.
Anyway, will blog after her first day of classes 
-ciao-
