Her 1st Primary Three Composition

Big Bee showed me what she wrote for her first composition in primary 3, and I thought it was pretty decent fare. The workload is conspicuously heavier in primary 3, and we are both still adjusting to the level of teaching that I needed to commit, and the difficulty level of the homework, spelling and 听写. And in 1.5 weeks' time, she would have to sit for her 1st continual assessment (also known as CA1). 

I can't help but think these poor primary 3 kids did not have much of a breather since school started. Besides, she had been getting very active in her CCAs, having been admitted into the school performing team for ballet with longer practice hours. That, on top of ballet exams coaching, tennis and a Chinese creative writing supplementary class, she has to stay late in school for 3 days out of 5, sometimes as late as 4.30pm! Whew. 

In the evenings, she does get a wee bit grouchy. I am not sure if this is due to hormonal changes of the tweenhood, or fatigue, or stress. I am still monitoring and observing - as with many parents of P3 kids. Well, by trial and error, I am sure we will emerge calm and steady eventually. 

Till the next academic update on P3, here's her unedited composition. In primary 3, they are required to write essays of at least 120 words, and she completed hers in 235 words. 

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A Frightening Incident

It was a cold, still night. Timid Peter was reading a ghost story. Soon, it was time for him to go to bed. Peter was still thinking about the ghosts in the book. He could not go to sleep. He looked around the pitch dark room. As little Peter was terrified of the dark, he started to shiver with fright. 

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew into his room. It made a howling noise. The curtains were tossing and Peter thought they were creepy ghosts. Peter turned as white as a sheet when he saw shadows around the dark room. He screamed very loudly and hid under his white blanket. 

He screamed so loudly that his mother rushed into his room. She asked Peter what happened, and Peter told her about the ghosts and the eerie shadows. His mother just laughed and assured him that there were no such things as ghosts. His mother went to close the windows, and at the corner of Peter's eye, he saw something funny. There was a blank space in the cupboard! 

Peter thought that a ghost had taken the sheets in the cupboard away. Peter trembled with fear and told his mother about his thoughts. She told Peter that she had taken the sheet in the cupboard to wash that day. Peter heaved a sigh of relief and as his head touched the pillow he fell fast asleep.