I'm only mum to one kindy kid and while there are extra curricular activities none are aimed at schoolwork or academic skills for the parents I know! But since there's no homework for kindy and no testing yet maybe I'm missing something. But I do have friends with older primary kids who aren't having them tutored, even where they might be struggling a bit. The parents just seem to put a bit more effort in.
DD does piano, dance and swimming. But not for competitive reasons. Lots of other kids seem to do music, sports and scouts. Not heard of a single private tutor in primary school yet. Not even amongst the private school kids I know. And schooling is taken pretty seriously in our area. Maybe you should just move near us!
I find our school pretty relaxed and friendly, with lots of emphasis on social interaction. There's no competing amongst the parents for what 'level' the kids are at, most are involved, willing to help out and encouraging of each other.
Last edited by Jennifer13; September 1st, 2011 at 10:02 PM.
Wow Onyx! I feel for the kids who have parents and schedules like that.
DD1 is in yr 4 at an independant private school and she does a few activities:
1 - Music bus - she does piano. Run during school hours and at school
2 - after school activities which is run by the school and sport straight after school - she LOVES sports
3 - Little athletics (of course out of school hours) and she wants to do swimming.
None of these are competitive and DD1 only does these things because she wants to.
DD1 also does not have a tutor. Math is not a strong subject for her, however she still maintains a 76% mark in all her math work. I did consider tutoring for her, but after speaking with her teacher tutoring a child with that kind of mark is not really worthwhile IMHO sure there is always room for improvement, but as long as she is passing her grades & doesn't have major issues learning I'm not concerned.
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