Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools
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janet88:
top classes definitely have best teachers in the school.
for the weak ones, are teachers willing to invest more effort and time or pass on this responsibility to the parents?
a close friend disclosed her daughter who is not from higher ability class has a teacher always on MC. substitute teachers don't teach.
janet, so far, it doesn't appear to be this case for my kids since Primary School.
They were in the top 2 classes in Primary School but didn't get the best teachers. The average classes got better teachers instead. -
janet88,
Ok I think I’m more enlightened now! Good school doesn’t have to be good and the normal school doesn’t mean kids cannot excel! Maybe the less stressful environment would be a better bet for the next 6years so that they can enjoy the time spent in the primary school and at the same time study hard! -
Vogue:
yup...you really got the picture. :hi5:janet88,
Ok I think I'm more enlightened now! Good school doesn't have to be good and the normal school doesn't mean kids cannot excel! Maybe the less stressful environment would be a better bet for the next 6years so that they can enjoy the time spent in the primary school and at the same time study hard! -
zbear:
every school is different...for some schools, principals put the teachers who are past child-bearing age in the top 2 classes (no interruptions with maternity leave and most experienced) to get the cream. for the other classes, teachers can be of any calibre...frequent MC type or simply bochap type.
janet, so far, it doesn't appear to be this case for my kids since Primary School.
They were in the top 2 classes in Primary School but didn't get the best teachers. The average classes got better teachers instead. -
Vogue:
Pei Hwa primary is better school.janet88,
Yes I truly agree on the flexibility of single session whereby kids will have more time after school, care to share how did your son fare in PHPPS? Seriously I'm not too sure about my girl's stress level at K2 since there is more play than work but overall I think she is able to cope with the spelling and homework so far. I believe most school pushes kids these days so I feel stress is everywhere.
Do you happen to know anything about KPS? I wonder if it will be a pity if I will to choose KPS over PHPPS since its a SAP school which every parents would have made it their #1 choice.
Enrol your child into Pei Hwa, first.
Try out P1 /P2, first.
Can consider transfer back to Keming at end of P1, or mid P2 later on, if logistics cause inconvenience, or for other reasons -
I don’t think it is a good idea to transfer the child to another school after he/she has settled down and made friends. logistics wise, KPS is friendlier because it is in the morning session. vogue is staying at west coast…so her child would need to wake up early to get ready for the school bus. school ends at 630pm for pei hwa. that means a whole day is spent outside compared to studying in KPS.
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janet88:
I don't think it is a good idea to transfer the child to another school after he/she has settled down and made friends. logistics wise, KPS is friendlier because it is in the morning session. vogue is staying at west coast...so her child would need to wake up early to get ready for the school bus. school ends at 630pm for pei hwa. that means a whole day is spent outside compared to studying in KPS.
Actually either way, I will be putting my girl with the student care before or after school be it PHPPS or KPS. So that there will be some help for her on her school work. -
Vogue:
yup...at least she has her school work completed when she reaches home. that is most important.
Actually either way, I will be putting my girl with the student care before or after school be it PHPPS or KPS. So that there will be some help for her on her school work. -
I have read the information day and night. I have to admit that the more I read the more stressful and confused. I just wonder that is there any meet up in the forum to discuss and understand the whole primary school registration and picking the right school. I know some ppl say every school is good school. I do believe that until lately, my nephews who is in the best class of the school come to tell me that his teacher tell them not to study JC as it is too difficult for them to study. I am shocked as how can a teacher demotivated their student. And end up most of the student of the school go to poly.
Anyway, hope I can attend any meet up to understand more to better prepare myself. Thank you -
JC is very tough…I am concerned whether my son can make it to JC and survive. For this reason, I feel polytechnic would be more suitable since there is no MT nor GP.
Stressful daddy,
This thread is on choosing primary schools. Don’t think so far.
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