Starting Primary 1 during Covid-19: What parents should know

Ms Xie Wanyun, 36, with her son, Travis Teo, six, role played buying food at home. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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SINGAPORE - Travis Teo, six, once found himself stuck in a toilet cubicle at the mall because he did not know how the locking mechanism worked.

That prompted his mother, Ms Xie Wanyun, 36, to include a "toilet segment" when she was preparing him for Primary 1, which he will start on Jan 4.

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