This is a follow-up of the PSLE COPs thread that I started in the forum.  I have compiled the official COPs from the MOE for both 2009 and 2010 Secondary 1 intake.

Please note that all figures are for the Express Steam only and for Non-Affiliation Intake.   All COPs include  HMT bonus points.  Those schools with an * behind the COPs means that they only took in their own afflilated pupils from the Primary School for the Seconday 1 intake.

Not sure if the figure for ACS Independent is the IB COP or the O level route.  I simply copied from the MOE's website.   I am not very familiar with ACS Independent's system, so regret to say that I won't be able to answer anything relating to the COP for ACS Independent.  I am just doing my bit to compile a list to make it easier for parents to compare the COP for 2009 and 2010.  I seek your understanding in this matter.

Does your boy resist reading?  Having difficulty getting them to pick up that book? The solution? Laughter is indeed the best medicine.

Two years ago, when struggling with getting my then-K2 to start reading on a more regular basis, I picked out a "Humor book" from NLB. I still remember vividly, how ds1 complained that there were a lot of pages (about 60 pages) in that book. Pinning on the hope that he may be enticed by the funny story and finish the whole book in one sitting (actually there are only a few lines in each of the 60 pages), I merely told him that he could stop after 3-4 pages and continue the next day if he wished. 20 minutes later, he told me (proudly) that he finished the whole book and the story is quite funny. Bingo! So hence started our journey down the funny lane....

1.Horrible Series Handbooks (Suitable for K2 to P1)

No generation has more money at their disposal, with more pressure to spend it than those born into the 21st century. The challenge for you as a parent is to educate your children about money; its value and the values of restraint and responsibility that must come with it.

If parents do not step in, your child's peers and the media will. And they will learn the worst things about money: That clothes and gadgets are who they are, video games and allowances are their birthright, and credit cards will satisfy all their whims and fancies.

In short, if your children grow up not knowing the value of money, they will lose control and spiral into money troubles as an adult.

So what should your child know about money?

The early years are crucial. You’ll be amazed how quick kids as young as four can pick up rudimentary money recognition skills. They will if you let them, because before the age of 8, they should grasp:

Came accross this topic so thought of sharing it with you all...

Drinking cranberry juice can lower your blood pressure, according to a new research.

The study conducted by Roger Corder, professor at Queen Mary University of London, has appeared January 28 in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

The Independent quoted Corder, the author of The Red Wine Diet, as saying, "...cranberry juice is a very promising alcohol-free alternative.

We have now identified oligomeric procyanidins as the specific compound in cranberries that can boost the health of blood vessels, helping to prevent blood vessel constriction - a leading cause of high blood pressure".

When helping your child to choose a tertiary institution for higher education, it is important to do your homework before you and your child commits on the university and course of study. Here are some suggestions on what to look out for if your child has just completed “A” levels or Poly diploma and wish to consider higher education.

1. Ensure that the local service provider (or private institution) is established
I know this can be difficult to determine, but visit their websites and their offices/ local campuses to have an idea on how big the campuses are. It helps if the service provider is an established brand name in Singapore and has been around for some time. You don’t want to sign up and they run away with your money.

However, having said that, nothing is guaranteed. A few years ago, even an established service provider closed down due to mismanagement.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale 

This is a simple but heart warming tale about Love and Loyalty. It is base on a true story behind a bronze statue of an Akita dog just outside of Shibuya Train Station in Tokyo, Japan.

The film starts with a young boy telling the story of a dog which belongs to his grandfather, a professor who commutes to work by train everyday. The dog will walk with him to the train station everyday and return to wait for him to return home everyday. 

Just wanna share a bit regards to my younger daughter's bad Eczema that pestered her for the past 3 years....

In fact, the Eczema started from my elder daughter four years ago that last for a year before she outgrown it....

After that, it was 很無奈的傳給了 to my younger daughter without anyone knowing about it...Till one day, my younger daughter complaint the unbearable itchy that falls on her every hour especially during night time that makes her unable to sleep/ even fall asleep already also unable to sleep well..

This happen 3 years ago till this year...I have been sending her to different hospital & even skin centre to have her being treat by different doctors till it was really out of hand & Skin centre tested her blood & told me she was only allergy to furs (Soft toys & nuts) But can eat seafood as mentioned by doctors....

Boy, 5, is 21st to die from H1N1. 

As I read this headline from last week, I knew I should pen this down for the benefits of all parents with young children.

When did this happened?  It was most untimely, it was end-October 2009, when I just got a fresh maid from Myanmar. Both my boy and me were hit by the H1N1 strain of virus. We did not know it.

For the very first time, I went home and heard news that my boy was running a fever.  I was a little shock, as since birth, he never gets fever.  He, has a special ability to release the 'heat' though his skin, i.e. heat rash.  Each time I explain this observation, daddy will scream and think I imagined too much.  Heat rash is heat rash, don't 'over-cloth' him, weather too hot.  But, hey, every child is different.Anyway, I did not think much and started feeding him paracetamol, which I stocked in the fridge.