Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[janet88]

Pei Hwa known to set tough Maths paper…but for 10%, I don’t want to stretch him too much. Son told me he managed to finish all questions but no time to check. I told him it’s ok.

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Hi periwinklejoy & janet_lee88


CA1 is always very tough. my DS used up the correction tape which i changed the night b4 maths CA. So i can imagine how tough it was.
anyway, recognise the child’s effort!

Rgds

[janet88]

Hi tweet,

CA1 is very tough, esp Maths. I don’t want to push him for 10%. As long as the child has done his/her best, I feel we should give him/her credit.

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For P6, my DS’s subject weightage is different cos he only has CA1, SA1 and prelim.it is either 30%/70% or 40%/60% (CA1/SA1) and 100% for prelim.

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

Hi, how are the science teachers in PH? Good quality ones? Good meaning have analytical minds, set non-routine, challenging ‘thinking’ questions, can explain with good scientific knowledge and will use practical lessons to conduct experiments (not the lazy, give answers kind) and will not confuse the kids with ‘bogus’ questions and answers.

[janet88]

Hi E3,

My son didnt give me any feedback about his Science teacher. What I find ridiculous is asking parents to pay $3 for a caterpillar to watch it develop into a butterfly. It’s optional but my son still bought it, bcos he finds it thrilling to buy things from school.

The textbook they use is not sufficient. I buy another guide book ‘Everything you need to know about Science’ by Patricia Chan but this guidebook turned out to be rather difficult.

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

Thanks Janet for your reply. What I would like to find out is whether the science teachers are competent. It’s not easy to find competent science teachers.

[Jennifer]

My elder boy had a good Sci teacher, Mrs Ee for a semester when he was in P4. Mrs Ee was the level head for Sci. Sadly, she had left the sch the same year Mr Woon came on board. Before Mr Woon in P6, my boy's Sci teachers are also PE teachers. I always have the impression that PH does not emphasise much on Sci.


I came to know that Mr Tan CS was a Sci teacher before he switched to teaching EL full time. Mdm Ling can teach Sci too. But this year, she onlly teaches 2 classes of MA.

I hv been brushing up my P3 boy's Sci revision lately to prepare for CA1. I use EPH lower block assessment book Diversity. Had a difficult time with the topic Plants becos most of the plants stated in the qns are unfamiliar. Plus the fact that my P3 boy refuses to accept that Plants can move (though not freely and not from place to place). In his opinion, growing/bending towards light is not \"Moved\".

Tmr is Sci paper.

Today the FT told the class that they did not do well in the MA paper ytd.

[IJJ]

E3, hmmm…what do u mean by ‘competent’? If we go by result, PH science scores significantly higher than national avg every year. My child’s tr is not using text, I have no idea how she teaches, but she has successfully stirs interest for my child to do her own research, experiement and reading.

[Jennifer]

janet_lee88:

Hi E3,

My son didnt give me any feedback about his Science teacher. What I find ridiculous is asking parents to pay $3 for a caterpillar to watch it develop into a butterfly. It's optional but my son still bought it, bcos he finds it thrilling to buy things from school.

The textbook they use is not sufficient. I buy another guide book 'Everything you need to know about Science' by Patricia Chan but this guidebook turned out to be rather difficult.

When my elder boy was in P3 (@ BPPS), there was an optional guide book titled \"Student's Companion Sci Pri 3\". Then in P4 (@ PHPPS), it was \"Explore Sci - a primary school encyclopedia for scientific inquiry\". Both books are published by Pearson. I also bou Success Publication Sci Guide by Benny Koh. Out of these 3 guides, I find Benny Koh's with too many details.