Raffles Girls' Primary

[phtthp]

To clarify.


for last year (2014) Psle results -
\"Kiasu parents\" forum reported that the highest Top score achieved for Rgps, was 273, as been indicated here, found on page 49 :-
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... &start=480

On page 1 : #134 (275) was reported
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... 69&t=80631

However, after the Parents' meeting with Principal, school confirmed that the figures, are inaccurate.

But school unable to disclose : according to Moe ruling that primary schools not supposed to reveal the highest Top score.

[phtthp]

for the new Student Care Centre coming up in 2017 Semester 2 (after July), it houses 50 students (maximum capacity), close at 6 pm (not 7 pm)


does anyone know :-
- who run this Centre ?
is it run by an external Operator, or run by our own Rgps school ?

- what selection criteria apply :
to pick 50 students, out of 1800 students ?

[phtthp]

P2 swimming during PE : start in Week 5 (start of February)


P2 : no moxie
Moxie only start in P3 Term 1

[ciaobella]

can some parents share how does the streaming work in the school ?

how do they stream from P2 to P3, P3 to P4, P4 to P5, etc ?
what are the criteria ?

[hoo1688]

phtthp:

P2 swimming during PE : start in Week 5 (start of February)


P2 : no moxie
Moxie only start in P3 Term 1

There is a neighborhood school has started P2 默写 mòxiě today!

[lovinglife]

hoo1688:

phtthp:

P2 swimming during PE : start in Week 5 (start of February)


P2 : no moxie
Moxie only start in P3 Term 1

There is a neighborhood school has started P2 默写 mòxiě today!

Your DD's school?

[hoo1688]

lovinglife:

hoo1688:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]P2 swimming during PE : start in Week 5 (start of February)


P2 : no moxie
Moxie only start in P3 Term 1

There is a neighborhood school has started P2 默写 mòxiě today!

Your DD's school? [/quote]Yes. you may like to have a look on the neighborhood school P2 默写 mòxiě & 听写 tīngxiě, T1!

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[phtthp]

hi hoo1688,


from the sample you had shown us, your P2 daughter’s Higher Chinese standard (HCL) from Compassvale primary is higher than Rgps P2 HCL. Both schools are Non-SAP schools. We are comparing apple to apple : HCL

Compassvale primary P2 HCL had started moxie, in Term 1.
Rgps P2 HCL whole year : don’t have moxie.
Only P3 Term 1 : then start moxie.

Yes, agree with you.
by right, HCL should have moxie.
maybe 1 or 2 sentences, just to expose kids to moxie, let them get used to it.
If is just normal Chinese (not HCL), don’t have moxie : never mind.
perhaps our school Chinese HOD may look into this.

How about other SAP schools ?
Do SAP schools like Nanyang or Catholic High, Tao Nan, Nan Hua, Maha Bodhi P2, have moxie ?

[phtthp]

school had removed Top 2 classes : from P3 onwards.

In the past : classes (E, F) used to be the Top 2 classes.
The Top 80 students, will enter (E, F) classes.
changes had been made.
now (2015) no more Top class : all become Multi-talented classes.

Removed : because some children feel traumatic.

Eg
P3 : some got assigned to Top 2 classes initially, happily.
Then, come to end of P3 to face a second round of streaming into P4, some got "kicked out" of Top 2 classes. They cried, feeling sad, disappointed. Pupils feel stressed, parents also feel stressed, when they see their poor child cry. Then cycle repeat, at end of P4 streaming into P5. This roller coaster effect of having to maintain the position within Top 2 classes : create stress, on both parents & pupils.

Then, others never get a chance to enter Top 2 classes.
Some begin to think & feel that they are not so bright as those in the Top 2 classes, when in actual fact this may not be true : because the difference between the 80th position and the 81st position may be out, just by 1 mark difference.
For this, the 81st ranked position student cannot get in the Top 2 classes. But the 81st position student won’t know about the 1 mark difference, begin to feel disappointed, despondent.
The child think, "since I cannot get in the Top 2 classes, means I am not so clever. I only average … because P3 I studied hard, but did not get in Top class. P4 also the same. Now, P5 … "
Shaken a young child her morale, her confidence level : which is bad
So, school decide to do away, with the Top classes.

substitute by subject Banding, instead.
depend on the ability of each child.
As school always say : " do your personal best. "
So now, depend on the child’s competency level, mastery of the subject content itself.

English : no banding
only Maths & Chinese.

for Maths -
students divided into 4 group(s).
school did not explain how they going to divide pupils, into 4 group(s).

P2 parents having meeting with P this coming Saturday (24 Jan) -
may wish to clarify : how Maths being banded into 4 group, at end of P2 entering P3, or is it at end of P3 entering P4 ?

at end of P4 entering P5 :-
"Foundation" Maths is introduced.


for Chinese -
either HCL or normal Chinese

[dardar63]

Hi


So Multi talented class but it would be subject banded eg E and F class be all band 1 math and HCL. G and H be band 2 math and HCL. D be band 2 math and CL. Is that what you mean ?