CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)

[janet88]

Hi Guppy,

I guess I will get the same titles (which I get for my son) of assessment books but for P1 for my daughter. There are textbooks for other subjects.
Spoken English wise, I think it should be much better than my son's school.

Magic Mushroom,
I meet my daughter's K2 teachers during the Parent-Teacher meeting, but will get newsletters on what they are doing in school.

Appreciate all the information given about IJ. At least I know what to expect now. :thankyou:

[guppy]

magic mushroom:

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?

There's a Parent Teacher's conference after the mid year Common Test before the June hols. 10 mins is assigned to each child. However, you can correspond with the teachers via email or via the planner i.e. you stick a note in the planner and your dd will give it to the teacher. The Form Mistresses are quite prompt in replying to emails.

[janet88]

Guppy,

So I can expect SA1 and SA2. My son’s school also has a Parent-Teacher meeting just before the June hols. We get a chance to meet the teachers and ask which area he is weak in.

[bebe]

janet_lee88:

Guppy,

So I can expect SA1 and SA2.

For P1, their so-called SA1 is like a test and the results will not be included in their year end assessment.

For SA2, the marks will be pro-rated to include alternative assessments, spelling tests and etc. There is no ranking result in their report books but teacher will advise the lowest, median, highest results for each subject per class level as well as cohort (whole of P1) level.

I feel that P1 is still honeymoon period for most kids there. My P2 gal has homework daily, esp English creative/compo writing and Maths. I feel that the sch does not emphasis much on Chinese...hardly see my gal doing Chinese homework, apart from the Chinese workbook and the Chinese newspaper (Hao Peng You).

[Honey]

Actually, we've come across teachers who are really very nice, going beyond their usual call of duties. I am sure your dd will come across them during her years in IJ. The Principal is very motherly so the environment seems to be of a caring one.


Don't worry about the SA1 & SA2. Remember, it's a long journey ahead. You might want to take the PSLE as the 1st major, like you've got 6 years to prepare your dd for that. Let her enjoy all her time in IJ. While the school tries to develop the girls academically, the school also provide opportunities to develop the girls in many areas besides just studies. Take time to discover her other virtues besides trying to do her best in her studies.

She'll have a good time in IJ. The canteen food is quite good & inexpensive :lol: .

[magic mushroom]

pls pardon my ignorance... but wat is dd and ds :?


on the topic of canteen food... wat kind of food do they sell?

do they partake in daily devotion?

[bebe]

Honey:

Actually, we've come across teachers who are really very nice, going beyond their usual call of duties. I am sure your dd will come across them during her years in IJ. The Principal is very motherly so the environment seems to be of a caring one.


Don't worry about the SA1 & SA2. Remember, it's a long journey ahead. You might want to take the PSLE as the 1st major, like you've got 6 years to prepare your dd for that. Let her enjoy all her time in IJ. While the school tries to develop the girls academically, the school also provide opportunities to develop the girls in many areas besides just studies. Take time to discover her other virtues besides trying to do her best in her studies.

She'll have a good time in IJ. The canteen food is quite good & inexpensive :lol: .

Agree that most of the teachers were very friendly, and quite responsive to my email.
The previous principal Mrs Bheem was a very nice and friendly lady. I was told that she has strong rapport with the PVs. I will encourage parents to participate in the PV activities if they can...it can be very enriching experience for the parents, as they get to know more abt their gals' behaviour in school. If not for my family commitment, I would love to contribute more in PV.

Academically, I have gathered feedback from a few parents that the school had high standard for English. But I also find that their Maths worksheets can be quite challenging for my gal, who is not so maths inclined.

[magic mushroom]

pls pardon my ignorance... but wat is dd and ds :?


on the topic of canteen food... wat kind of food do they sell?

do they partake in daily devotion?

[janet88]

Hi bebe,

Thanks for the info :hugs: . So I guess my daughter will enjoy a good time in IJ. At least my stress won't be as high next year with gal in IJ and son in P5.

Magic Mushroom,
DS=Darling son
DD=Darling daughter
DH=Darling hubby

[janet88]

Hi bebe,


I won’t be so stressed if my gal gets into CHIJ Toa Payoh. If SA1 is not included in the year end assessment, at least there are alternative tests to make up for SA2.

My son had 好朋友 in P1/2 in another school but his teachers did not emphasize much on it. So I kept them for him to practice. Did you get many assessment books for the 3 subjects this year ? I understand there is streaming from P2 onwards in this school.

Thanks for all your input, at least I know what to expect. Now is to register her in the school and cross the first hurdle.