CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)
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Hi Mummies,
Can anyone be kind to recommend any assessment books for Eng ?
Still worried about not having a textbook
BTW, how are the teachers in IJ Toa Payoh ? -
janet_lee88:
It is disconcerting without a textbook. However, the teachers will give handouts to learn (e.g. singular-plural, present tense past tense, animals & their movement, young and sounds) over the next few months.Hi Mummies,
Can anyone be kind to recommend any assessment books for Eng ?
Still worried about not having a textbook
EPH assessment books for English seem quite good as they have different books catering to different levels of difficulty. Choose a suitable assessment book on Grammar and Vocab, another book on comprehension based on your dd's capability. or you could buy a 4 in 1 assessment book which has everything in there. I'd bought one for my dd in P1 last year and I find them not as challenging as those separate books focusing on the different aspects of English. But it was sufficient for its purpose esp for P1. -
greentrees:
Honey:
Mummies, please take note or you may have already read either thr' letter from VP or in the news that the school will be temp relocated for 2 years (2011 - 2012) to the a holding school (former Victoria School at Kallang Bahru)? Humm... not so convenient leh ...
Hi, I share your concern. Lat year on last school day, one lady was collecting signatures in front of the Lor 1 side gate, for appealing to the school management on:
1. special school bus arrangement, e.g. 'express' school bus.
2. to delay arrival time.
Reasons: Firstly, majority pupils stay nearby the school, 'express' school bus will help lots of them cut down the traveling time. Secondly, traffic is very congested over there (my hubby works somewhere around, so I know), to delay arrival time will give pupils more sleeping time (I always think sufficient rest is very important to children). It would be too bad if they get up early then sleep on the class. :x
If we are not getting any satisfactory arrangement from the school, anyone interested to form a small group to hire a private van? or a taxi? Starting point: somewhere nearby the current campus?
I'm also very stressed by this issue too. Every morning I send my 4 kiddos to school.. 2 in IJ and 2 in Maris Stella.. I can't imagine next year how I'm gonna to cope as eldest is still in the old site since she's in Sec. Even if i arrange school bus for my 2nd gal in the morning, I guess transport cost will increase as she stays back at least 3 or 4 times per week. Ballet lessons already take up 2 times a week.. I can imagine how tired she will be.. at this moment, I try not to think about next yr.. -
I wonder why the school website is not updated. If you click on to the website & try to find out what are the coming events for Jan, you’ll see " …coming soon…" & that goes for the same for the rest of the year. We are already into the last week of Jan already but still see "… coming soon???
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Honey:
I wonder why the school website is not updated. If you click on to the website & try to find out what are the coming events for Jan, you'll see \" ...coming soon...\" & that goes for the same for the rest of the year. We are already into the last week of Jan already but still see \"... coming soon????
It's always not updated.... sad... I feel they should update the calender few mths in advance and amend it as and when necessary. -
can anyone comment on the quality of teachers? are they patient, kind?
what’s the standard of spoken english like? generally good or singlish?
are most kids christians? -
Blessedmum:
My dd brought home a letter today (check with your dds) regarding Monthly Calendar. The school would like us to access monthly calendar from school website under the Announcements menu as the calendars would not be distributed thr individual classes. Exceptions are made for those without internet access where printed copies can be obtained from the General Office. Let's hope that with this in place, the calendar will be updated & that we can see the events coming up in the next few months as well.Honey:
I wonder why the school website is not updated. If you click on to the website & try to find out what are the coming events for Jan, you'll see \" ...coming soon...\" & that goes for the same for the rest of the year. We are already into the last week of Jan already but still see \"... coming soon????
It's always not updated.... sad... I feel they should update the calender few mths in advance and amend it as and when necessary.
It's good for us to know in advance what's coming up over the next few months so that we can plan, especially since most of us have more than 1 kid, we would like to know if the events clash with our other kid(s)' events who may be from different school. -
Hi Guppy,
Thank you for your reply. I cannot imagine a subject without a textbook.
So one assessment book for each topic - grammar, vocab, comprehension would be sufficient ? I buy this Challenging English 4-in-1 as practice near CA or SA for my older boy.
Magic Mushroom,
I would like to know what the teachers are like too. I left IJ many years ago and wonder how the teachers are now. Do they teach the topics or assume the gals go for enrichment lessons ? -
janet_lee88:
You might want to buy the Challenging English Exams (I think its 6 sample papers with Oral in it as well as Compo). They are quite good as practice papers for exams.Hi Guppy,
Thank you for your reply. I cannot imagine a subject without a textbook.
So one assessment book for each topic - grammar, vocab, comprehension would be sufficient ? I buy this Challenging English 4-in-1 as practice near CA or SA for my older boy.
Magic Mushroom,
I would like to know what the teachers are like too. I left IJ many years ago and wonder how the teachers are now. Do they teach the topics or assume the gals go for enrichment lessons ?
If the girl is weak in a subject, the teachers will actually ask the girl to attend remedial classes (I think its on Friday) This is done before the first Common Test in May and continues till the SA2.
My dd does not go for English & Math enrichment classes (other than Chinese as I don't know the language) and I help her with what was taught in school. So, I would say that they don't assume the girls go for enrichment classes.
The English standard is quite good. I've not heard Singlish from the teachers. I sort of recall that the majority of the students are not Catholics. However, I don't know the % of Christians (Protestants).
There are some teachers who are stricter than others. There are some teachers who are kind and patient. It depends on which teachers your dd get. -
do u actually get to meet the teachers? and how regular is this?
i see my daughter’s kindy teachers every day and i drill them for feedbacks. so i cant imagine not having any kind of contact.
the school administrator mentioned to me once that parents are not allowed in the school premises. that seemed rather peculiar to me. is this true?
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