My 1st PTA Meeting

I attended my first ever PTA meeting yesterday.

My meeting with Qianyi's class teacher, Teacher Linda was held in a cordial atmosphere. She told me Qianyi has shown improvement in her speech compared to the previous term. She's able to pick up some words from Teacher Linda and use them during class activities, which is a very good progress. She was a very timid girl who used to cry but now she's learning to listen to instructions and her listening skills have improved. She's curious about things around her. Teacher Linda wears full makeup and Qianyi's very curious about that too because her mummy doesn't wear makeup! One day, Qianyi frowned and pouted her lips while staring at Teacher Linda. Teacher Linda suddenly realized why Qianyi did that because she forgot to apply lipstick after having her breakfast. Qianyi must have seen Teacher Linda pouting her lips before when she's putting on lipstick. She told me, "Your girl's very smart!"

Qianyi gets distracted easily. That's why Teacher Linda always makes her sit right opposite her, facing the cubbyhole. If not, she would walk away when she sees someone's coming. She would hold Qianyi's hand to do her schoolwork. After going through her schoolwork with Teacher Linda, I realized she has learnt quite a lot of things in school. I was allowed to bring home some of her schoolwork.

Teacher Linda told me Qianyi's a cheerful girl. She would say hello to everybody (but not the clay teacher) and smile at them. I was shown a photo of the clay teacher's. He's an ordinary looking bespectacled man. Teacher Linda said she loved teasing the man, "Hey Patrick, do something to make yourself look more handsome so that my girl will smile when she sees you!" She laughed happily.... I brought home all her clay artwork too.

I enjoyed my meeting with Teacher Linda very much. Next, I was in the Chinese classroom to review Qianyi's progress with Teacher Lin. She told me almost the same thing... Qianyi used to cry a lot but now she listens to instructions. She can't sit still for too long. Teacher Lin told me Qianyi's the youngest in the class, she's still a baby who needs lots of attention but she's learning and she has shown improvement.

When it's time to leave, Qianyi waved at me and said, "Mummy, bye-bye!" Oh, my girl wanted to stay back! She missed school. She hasn't attended school since last Friday. There was a field trip last Fri. I didn't sign her up for that. There's a staff training on Mon. Tue was Hari Raya Puasa. There's no school on Wed and today as they're having PTA meetings. Never mind, she's going to attend Halloween Party tomorrow and I'm sure she'll have lots of fun!