QQ into KSSR Standard 2
When I was told that QQ would be the first year using the new KSSR Syllabus, I jumped up in joy. I could not be happier than going to buy gold bars at Golden Eagle!
Well, not that their syllabus is easier, but at least the government are making effort to improve something, for instant, less homework. Very very much lesser than KBSR indeed.
Homework load for a Standard Two (under new KSSR)
Now that she is in Standard Two, she comes home only with one homework most of the time, and sometimes even none! Surprising right? And even with one homework, she would not even bother to do her ONE AND ONLY homework, until I bring up the boys to bed, when there is no one else playing with her.
Well, I still feel she is a bit too playful and she should put some effort to do revision. But hubby said, let her play la..since she has been attending tuition in the morning and go to school until late evening which I kinda agree it would be too stressful for a small kid like that to stuck with homework till late night.
But because there is less homework for KSSR, it also means less practice too. I notice QQ is very weak in her counting, and am hoping that her teachers would at least give a least one page homework per day, for subject like Maths.
Examination system under KSSR
Under KSSR, all school has reduce their exam frequency from 4 times per year to only twice per year. Shiok la…now QQ doesn’t have to stress revising for this Semester’s exam which would fall on 28th February, like all her Standard Three onwards Korkor and Jie Jie in school. And for me, I pulak do not have to stress myself pushing her to do revision, LOL!!!
Well, you can see there are pro and con for this new syllabus.
So, is the preschool your kids are attending in line with our new KSSR?
Just in case you have kids in preschool now and you find that your kids are given too much homework, perhaps you wanna highlight the new KSSR syllabus to the principal? Doesn’t make sense right, when Standard 1 and 2 today hardly has homework, while your little ones who goes to play school are already struggling so much.
I do not know how long this KSSR would last, or perhaps the preschool think that they better to equip preschool kids today to standby, just in case our education department would bring back the old syllabus?
I don’t know, but till then, I am enjoying every moment of the new KSSR, and shall just sit back, relax and see what’s gonna happen in the next few years down the road 
*happy*
yeah, my 4yo QQ will have 1-2pages of homework from her preschool especially the mandarin subject. she is now writing 7 & 8 strokes of chinese word, which my dad membangkang kao kao! He said that is too much for a small children, learn to write simple simple enough lah!” @_@ I don’t know lah….i pun a banana. i pun learn to write together with her! i feel stress pulak now. sometimes i really forgot to ask/check her homework. so the next morning when my mom make her milk, she casually ask QQ, already completed your homework? Then mom check her book and found out she haven’t do it. then kelam kabut finish it before send her off. stress stress…
good for the less exams in a year. My son in kindy still have lots of homework to do. *sweat*
Less homework?? Two thumbs up from me!
For my 2 girls in a Chinese school, Std 2 onwards will have 4 exams a year. Sherilyn is still having 2 exams a year. She still has homework but it is so so easy! Good for this girl who has no attention span and very playful. Wait till she goes to Std 3 and I dont know how she will cope. Hopefully she will change, for the better.
My girl is going to Primary 1 next year. Glad to hear some good feedback from you on the new syllabus. I hear it is easy in Primary 1 and 2.
I am pretty unhappy with the KSSR syllabus. My son is in Primary One. I feel that he is going one step backward because his kindergarden syllabus was harder than what he is learning now. It is just too simple. My younger son at 4 years old can do my eldest son’s Primary One work.
I really rest my case.
For P, preschool to K1, huge changes. From no homework to 4 pages of homework everyday. Then spelling in 3 languages every week. He is only 5yo. I get really mang chang and mad when he get ZERO for spelling test and never complete his homework while in the daycare class.
My std 2 still has 4-5 homework each day and has to sit for 4 exams like the others. So I guess it depends on the school… but be warned that his sister who is in Std 4 has 9-10 homework some of which can consist of entire units!
no wonder my girl finds it so easy la…lol! i agree that kids should be so stressed out yet at such a young age. they have the rest of their lives to get stressed out.
I just found out that my boy will be having tests twice a year too. Great. Now I only have to stress out over one kid.
Wow, KSSR is really such a big change, ya?
Over here, my boy gets 2-3 types of homework every day from his kindy but he gets a break once a week.
I like this concept because he keeps in touch with what he has learned. He hates writing exercises though, which is why I dunno if he can do Chinese school.
Anyway, I have one more year to go before he goes to real school
Thanks for sharing this, Chinnee!
Hi Chin Nee,
I think it depends on school and teachers also. My niece who is in Std. 2 still has a lot of homeworks to do everyday. And she still has 4 exams in a year.
When she was in Std.1. She could have 8 homeworks with a few pages to do while her friends from other classes only had 2-3 homeworks.
Yes, practice makes perfect. Since you are sending QQ to tuition, I think she should have some practice there.
My elder one is in KSSR year 2 now, a SJK School in Kajang. The exam of 2 times a year is no longer valid in her year 2, it’s only applied to year 1. And I’ve gone thru some of her text book, esp Bahasa, and I noticed some of the “weird” Bahasa was published on her book. For example - “Makan Besar” & “Lompat Bintang”? I thot this was not proper Bahasa and I’ve asked around my Malay’s friends, and none of them told me that this was a proper Bahasa and what’s funny is they said maybe this is meant for Chinese school only?!! How ridiculous is this?