Mia started at Victoria Kindergarten last week. We withdrew her from Woodlands mainly because we wanted her to go to a pre-school with a stronger Mandarin program. She was very excited on the first day, however by day three, she realised that two of her teachers (she's in the bilingual class with two Mandarin teachers and one English teacher) do not "speak normal like me", i.e English, and that most of the kids in her class speak Mandarin. It's not easy being the only new kid in class, and on top of that, being the only one who doesn't understand or speak Mandarin. She misses her friends and her teachers at Woodlands and tells me that she wants to go back there. Sometimes there are tears when I drop her off at school but we're slowly getting there.
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| All serious ready for school, in her PE uniform |
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| Ah this is more like the cheeky girl we know |
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| After school, still in good cheer |
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| Day 2 in her summer dress |
