Yangzheng Primary

[J.041392s mom]

Thanks for the well wishes, visited most of the centers around yangzheng, mostly very academic or big student - teacher ratio. Whilst I prefer if they offer some interesting enrichments to balance out their time. going to take a look at the newly opened one at serangoon gardens this week, otherwise will opt for archers at serangoon central. Anyone has any experience with archers to share?


Could only take leave on weds to get the uniform, seeing the comments posted above , mentally prepared for disappointment, long wait and chaos.
FYI, checked with the Shirley season wear uniform supplier before she said they stopped supplying for yangzheng 2-3 yrs back, just that the school did not update their list posted on the web. ??

How about the school books side, read the books will be given out by teachers when sch starts … I wonder if they are allowed to keep the books in school bringing back only what they need or we have to lug all home on day 1?

[reddiechan]

Hi J’s mom: I like Archer’s. The owner used to work at Cambridge Child Development Centre at AMK Ave 1 when I put my boy there very long ago. She was one of the more popular and lively teachers there. She started the student care later on, and I believe it should have been more than 6 years already. Met her fetching her P1 charges under Archer’s care personally at Yangzheng some time ago. Besides this, she sees to additional enrichment and academic exercises for the children at the centre too. I would believe it’ll be a sound choice.

[reddiechan]

J’s mom: has the school organised the P1 orientation already? I remember there used to be a list of items to be brought in succession each day of the first week. No, don’t have to lug everything on the first day. P1’s get it really quite good at YZ - very good guidance. At least my DD’s P1 form teacher (Mrs Yeo Kim Eng) was very organised - caring and nurturing, not to say the least.

[J.041392s mom]

reddiechan:

Hi J's mom: I like Archer's. The owner used to work at Cambridge Child Development Centre at AMK Ave 1 when I put my boy there very long ago. She was one of the more popular and lively teachers there. She started the student care later on, and I believe it should have been more than 6 years already. Met her fetching her P1 charges under Archer's care personally at Yangzheng some time ago. Besides this, she sees to additional enrichment and academic exercises for the children at the centre too. I would believe it'll be a sound choice.

Heard they had a change in owners about 1-2 years ago, if I am not wrong the centre is currently run by the teacher running the Chinese tuition program \"郭老师\", so far have only met with the centre manager , a lady called : Magdalene (if I remember correctly).

[J.041392s mom]

reddiechan:

J's mom: has the school organised the P1 orientation already? I remember there used to be a list of items to be brought in succession each day of the first week. No, don't have to lug everything on the first day. P1's get it really quite good at YZ - very good guidance. At least my DD's P1 form teacher (Mrs Yeo Kim Eng) was very organised - caring and nurturing, not to say the least.

That's good to hear, P1 orientation for 2014 cohort is this Friday 8th Nov, probably they'll give out more information then. Hope DS gets a good form teacher

[magiccastle]

Hi, mummies n daddies with higher primary kids,

Like to find out for p3 students taking higher Chinese, are the students required to stay back after school to attend the lessons ? If so, how many times a week ?
How did the school allocate the students to the Pri 3 classes ? Is 3A the best class or randomly distributed . My girl told me the 3rd position boy is allocated to 3B while the another girl whose result not better than the boy go to 3A

[reddiechan]

magiccastle:

Hi, mummies n daddies with higher primary kids,

Like to find out for p3 students taking higher Chinese, are the students required to stay back after school to attend the lessons ? If so, how many times a week ?
How did the school allocate the students to the Pri 3 classes ? Is 3A the best class or randomly distributed . My girl told me the 3rd position boy is allocated to 3B while the another girl whose result not better than the boy go to 3A

Once a week - it was every Thursday afternoon for my girl in P3A this year. As far as we know, P3A is the best class this year. Random distribution from C onwards, so I heard.

[bbrooster]

Anyone knows what’s the cut off point to get into HCL?

[magiccastle]

Hi reddiechan,

Thks a lot for the information.
Bbroaster,
Is your child in p2 this year ?
The mean score for Chinese in the whole cohort is 84 whereas my girl 's class is 86 .So likely those offered to take higher Chinese will likely have to score 90 and above.
This year the SA2 paper is easy .My girl scored full mark for it .

This year the school provide mean score of the class n the whole cohort for each subject. I think this is the direction of MOE. This will help us to gauge our child performance within the whole cohort . Not sure do the school do it from p2 onwards in the past or only started this year . Actually should also provide median in addition to mean score which is more reflective of the score that the majority of the students are scoring. Mean score can be afftected by the extreme low n high mark of the students . But I supposed the mean score is still reflective of the performance of the students in general .


Reddiechan or parents from p3 onwards ,
Can share the mean score of the cohort for each subject if u remember.
Which is the toughest subject to score ? Science.? Can share your experience
Thanks a lot .

[magiccastle]

From 2013 , the school will not show the class n level position of the student but merely the mean score of the class n cohort . This is stated in the report book - to align with moe 's direction to move toward student centric n value driven education .

So , only the top 3 position is known , the rest will not be known .