Results In and School Almost Out!

As per last year, the hamster's carrot was put up for grab. While the targets for the hamster are super stretched, they are achievable. Zaky even made a deal with Daddy Lim - to buy him a real pet dog if the kids achieve 95 for all subjects. Daddy Lim was quick to promise; Lil Shauna just rolled eyes bcos it was mission impossible. At least my hamster targets for the kids were more realistic. Lol. Zaky then went on to make a side deal with me - he would stop his 天下 enrichment if he scores at least 90 for chinese. Deal!

The results came out last week. Lil Shauna did exceptionally well for her SA2. It was a vast improvement from her SA1 results, exceeding expectations for Maths and Science. Her English was on point and she was 1 mark short of her Chinese target but I was already super pleased. She is afterall a kang tang kia.

I had high hopes for Zaky too. He did very well for his P1 and also his P2 SA1. Then again, he had always been inconsistent, depending on how much efforts and concentration he has for the day. In the end, only his Maths met the target, his English wasnt too far off and let's forget about his Chinese. While I didnt expect him to ace in his Chinese, the result was a disgrace. No dog, no hamster and pls continue with your 天下 classes. Zzzzz. In fact, it was so bad that I can see the money that we had thrown into 天下 burning up. Yes, my fumes and blood pressure went up too. Aaarrggghhhh. At least he knew and was guilty (for a very little while) about how bad he had done.

The end of the year is also the time to gan cheong over class allocation. The kids are streamed into different classes based on their results starting from P3. I was super anxious for Zaky. While the Chinese results are always taken separately, I didnt think he did well enough to gaurantee a place in the top 2 classes.

*Drumroll.....*
Lil Shauna remained in the top class for the 3rd year in a roll! She was mega pleased with herself and so was I. While her Chinese was ok, she was eventually offered higher Chinese bcos she did so well for the other subjects. She hestitated for a while and eventually decided to try out higher Chinese. I left the choice entirely to her bcos I can only expect that much when it comes to Chinese. Haha. More importantly, a couple of her good friends are staying on in the same class as her. Phew.

Zaky made it into the 2nd top class! While he was slightly (so very slightly) disappointed, he was happily telling me which other BFFs are joining him in the new class. I am so relieved that at least he squeezed into the better class. Double phew.

With the results in and school almost out, I was so eager to start packing their own books and throwing away the accumulated worksheets and books. They are stacked so high on the shelf that I thought I wad playing Jenga. The booklist is also out and I was busy last night texting to see if anybody wanted hand me downs.

This morning, I had mega satisfaction when I threw a whole stack of workbooks into the recycle bin. With just 2 days to school closing, I doubt they do decent work in school and was sure that I could start throwing. I am so thrilled at the thought of ripping worksheets out of the files and into the recycle bins. Hohoho.

Bye books, bye worksheets! I am happy with the end of the school year but strangely for a reason so different from the kids. Lol.

Mummy Lim