Nan Hua Primary

[Leocub]

Hi, my kiddo will be in P1 next year… understand in the booklist there is recommended and optional titles. Can any parent of existing nanhua pri school kid share if the teachers will make reference to either titles? Do you suggest to buy? Thanks.

[sunny]

There’s no need to buy optional items unless you want to get supplementary books for the child to read.

[sky minecrafter]

Leocub:

...my kiddo will be in P1 next year.. understand in the booklist there is recommended and optional titles. Can any parent of existing nanhua pri school kid share if the teachers will make reference to either titles? Do you suggest to buy?

Hi, Concur with sunny... I assume the 2017 P1 booklist looks similar to the 2016's (school website not updated yet).
EL: Recommended books are not necessary, unless you happen to want to procure a copy for yourself ab initio.
MA: I haven't seen these Optional books, but I imagine P1 Maths is straight-forward enough to not warrant additional reference.
HCL: Unless you need some guidance with 造句 & do not have external Chinese enrichment, otherwise the Optional Handbooks are not useful. (videlicet, sentences in the Handbooks may not be acceptable if 句子没有带出词语的意思。)
SCI: Not required. Lower Block Science is not a problem; it is the Upper Block Science which tends to be mind-boggling.
Stationery: I doubt one needs the Pockets File (mine was never used), the Optional covers... Three-Lined Exercise book is meant for P1/P2, you probably don't need to stock up a lot of them. I tend to buy a stack of Single Line (often used till P4) & Medium Square exercise books.
The school bookshop sells some assessment books too, for a limited period due to lack of storage space. You can check with the proprietress then. For myself, the school bookshop is both reliable & price-competitive; so I'd always opt for the pre-pack service.

[puff]

Hi Leocub,


Where did you get the p1 booklist? Did it comes together with the p1 orientation letter?

[jen]

Booklist for P1s is given out on orientation day itself. You can find a 2016 copy of it on the school website - contact us - school bookshop. Not sure when the 2017 copy will be loaded. The 2017 booklists were just given out to existing students last Friday.

[jen]

Teachers do not reference the optional or recommended titles at all Green pen is a must for corrections. Frixion pen recommended so the kids can erase when they copy the answers wrongly.

[Always21]

jen:

Booklist for P1s is given out on orientation day itself. You can find a 2016 copy of it on the school website - contact us - school bookshop. Not sure when the 2017 copy will be loaded. The 2017 booklists were just given out to existing students last Friday.

The 2017 for P1 booklist will be ready for download on the 14/11. It was written on the orientation letter.

[puff]

Thanks Jen & Always. I still tot the sch have forgotten to attach the p1 booklist on my copy …haha.

[Leocub]

thanks all for the feedback. Really appreciate. Guess I can save some $$ then. Didn’t know about what is Frixon pen until now. lol.


Also I assume p1 still uses pencil right? when will they transit to using pen?

[puff]

Leocub, p1 still use pencil , green frixon pen is for correction. If i remember correctly, p3 they start using pen , that is when you will need to buy lots of correction tape