Sample of Introduction: English Writing Age 9

I am curious...in Singapore, this is the standard (assume high) of what
is expected from a Primary 3 (age 9) child. Can you guys (Australia,
Malaysia, UK, US etc) all have a look at what the 9yo kids are doing in
your side of town and tell me how we fair.....I personally think this is
'Shakespeare'!

"The sun shone brilliantly in the blue sky that was dotted with white
fluffy clouds. The barking of dogs and the laughter of children greeted
me as as I stepped onto the soft, sandy beach. Tall, swaying palm trees
lined along the shore. A nearby ice-cream selling was selling delicious
creamy ice cream to cool the holidaymakers. My spirits was immediately
lifted by the thoughts of a wonderful day ahead."
(emphasis mine, am impressed at those expressions!)

No offence to the teachers (esp Letitia's teacher) but I do think that the
above paragraph is beyond even MY ability to 'dream' up. I am not
able to test out what Letitia can dream up but she has and can do the
above, I truly salute the MOE system, if not, I am not too worried... I think
this is HIGH standards! Wow!

Waiting to hear from ALL of you...what are your kids writing at age 9?

Letitia turned 9...quietly!

This year, amongst all that we have to juggle as a family,
I decided to just celebrate Letitia's last single digit birthday
in a quiet, meaningful yet nontheless happy manner.

We had to wake at the crack of dawn every week day to
get Letitia to school and knowing that her birthday was
on a school week, it kinda put a drag on her feet.

So I decided to source out some non expensive way of
making her 2nd March 2010 a bit special. I found a local
lady passionate in creating ANYTHING with balloons
and she kindly agree (amidst her busy schedule) to fold
out some fancy balloons for Letitia when she finished
school. WHAT an impact, what a smile (a gasp actually)
from Letitia's surprised expressions. Praise GOD for
little somethings like this.


We had a nice dinner of Canadian pizzas with the Wongs
(plus toddler Samantha) and ended it with some really
decadent choc cake, speciality of Rive Gauche.