Pei Chun Public

[sembgal]

No offence to anyone but just curious to know if his daughter studies in this school as what I heard from hearsay?


http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/ ... s-teaching

[Precious2.012911lee]

Hi A reliable source! My neighbour's girl also scored above 95%. Her score was slightly higher than my boy so it is weird my boy is offered the MO but not the girl. Haha.. 重男轻女吗？


The MO questions that you shared are definitely not easy but I heard it can be trained. However,one thing for sure, the kid must have the interest. Otherwise, it's also waste of time to be in that class. Isn't it better to make better use of the time to revise 'real' examination type of questions.

I did not send DS for GEP tuition. He is not a GEP material to begin with so I also couldn't be bothered. I am not sure where he learnt from (maybe from his peers) but recently he told me he does need to be in GEP to be able to do well in PSLE. He thinks it is good enough if he can be in one of the high ability classes in PCPS. He even told me many students in 6A and 6B scored above 250. I am impressed our little P3s are so well informed.

[Jojo77]

Just curious, is this the new streaming started from this year for P3? As I understand there’s no more sport class but not sure the streaming. My boy is P4 this year and he’s in sport class. Understand AS is compulsory too for all P3 students. As for the MO, I also not sure how the school selected as my boy also above 95% but not being selected, so it’s not 重男轻女, haha. Can anyone advice if there’s any streaming in P5?

[muska]

​precious2lee,​


​Actually I agreed with reliable source that learning heuristic question is better than MO. I think he meant it wont come out in P3 pcps exam, but I’ve seen those heuristic question came out in top sch paper ranging from P3-P5, so its likely to be PSLE too​. In fact I bought books like on sponge/get me thinking to help ds understand more on heuristic ques to polish up model drawing.

MO in pcps covered too many topics in such short time, if cannot grab, and that particular topic is gone, cos as parent I cant even solve the question to help my DS during his P3 MO times.

And i realised your p3 ds is really well informed, my P4 certainly do not know what is COP for PSLE till now.

jojo77,
did your ds go to MO class in P3? maybe they only invite kids who went in P3?
in fact at the end of P3, I already feedback to the questionaire say I will opt him out of MO for P4…waste time!

[Jojo77]

muska,

He didn’t go to MO in P3. Is it really waste time? Thought they wil be given special training?

[muska]

​jojo77,

​In P3, there were 2 test for MO. He failed first and pass 2nd. But for both test he didnt know why he pass or fail. Even teacher go through the wrong question, he still doesn’t know what was happening! Probaly without the basic from P3 MO (which I doubt most kids could remember), its even harder to catch up at P4 MO.

With your ds in sports class, I think he would be quite bz with tournaments n training, its better to let him have AS for normal math to learn more heuristic in preparation for P5/6 tougher math question. You can get a copy of P4 Getmethinking, the math question is really very challenging…after going through it, his undertanding of model will be much better. I think some sch like ACS let the HA kids do onsponge instead of MO. also heard that NYPS also using getmething as supplementary math for P5 onwards.

Then again, I think for P3 MO, can still try it out, never try, then will never know kids ability…It definitely help in GEP selection though. My ds found GEP math paper was easy due to training in MO.

[Precious2.012911lee]

Hi Jojo77, the only reason I could think of as to why some kids who scored 95% and above are not selected for MO is the \"timing\" issue. My DS received the invitation in Term 3 which means the school base on Mid year results instead of end of year results. Mid year results include AA1, AA2 and MA1. However, if a child did better (less careless) in Semester 2 than Semester 1, will not be selected. I am sure there are also many HA kids in the top 2 ML classes.


Banding applies only to English and Math AS. It is a transparent system where 1st - 40th will be put in E1, 41th - 80th in E2 ... and 320th to 360th in E9. This allows teachers to teach base on ability. It provides a good gauge to a child's positioning but on the other hand, it can be quite stressful too, to keep up with the race. DS asked me what if his banding drops next year.. I told him as long as his grade remains consistent and he continues to be self motivated, it is good enough.

[GTGT]

Hi Parents with children in upper primary


Some schools will have "Fan Maths" , "Onsponge" books or other assessment books in their booklist.

Does Pei Chun have that too ?

[sean wife]

Hi,


Does the school provide school bus service for kids after their supplementary classes? How does it work?

Thanks.

[yellowdirtyfellow]

Hi GTGT,

I graduated from PCPS last year and I don’t think PCPS has ever used assessment books such as Onsponge etc. However, I strongly recommend you to buy those books for your child and he/she can consult his/her math teacher if he/she needs help. (My math teacher helped me with assessment books/ exam papers last year.)