Misha: Standard One

Just a quick update so I don't forget the details. Misha started Standard One this year in the same school as Meera. 

We attended orientation in December so she already knew the location of her classroom and the general lay of things (toilet and canteen being the most crucial). Her teacher, Ms. Goo, seems like a very strict and no nonsense type of person. 

School started on a Wednesday and that weekend Misha developed a high fever. Coincidentally, there was a flu epidemic at the time, so paranoia was high at the time. Because of that, she missed 3 days of school while we waited for the results. Thankfully she just had the garden variety virus.

So far she is adapting well to school. She doesn’t like it (she’d rather stay at home and play all day) but everyday whenever I ask her “How was school?” she will always say “Good!” LOL

She started taking piano classes (JMC course under Yamaha since April 2018). It’s a group class so I attend with her. She likes it and can play quite well. There will be assessment in March and she will finish the course and progress to the next level, JMX, which will be a group class without parents.

Since starting Standard 1, we got her a desk and chair (like jie jie) and she spends a lot of time sitting there and drawing. She loves to draw and is quite good for her age. She puts in a lot of details which surprise me sometimes.

Something I wanted to highlight about Misha. Whenever I send her to school or even when our neighbour sends her to school, she will also hug me goodbye and say ‘see you later’. She used to do this when I dropped her off at kindy but I didn’t expect it to go on especially since there are other people around when I drop her of now. But she is quite insistent about hugging me goodbye. In the mornings I usually drop them off at the entrance so I don’t get down from the car, she will try to touch my shoulder and try to get me to pat her or give some other physical reassurance before leaving the car.