National Junior College (Junior High)

[mushroomFishball]

Ya sure. Her got 261.

[mommyNg]

Congratulations to all in-coming students to NJC and welcome to the big family! :rahrah: :congrats:

[Attempt impossible]

Can anyone share the event calendar for 2016 Jh1 in NJC? We are planning a overseas trip in May and would like to find out what evens will be missed out. Thanks!

[wonders5]

mommyNg:

Congratulations to all in-coming students to NJC and welcome to the big family! :rahrah: :congrats:

Hi NJC mommies, my DD also joined NJC. I signed up for PV also.. Hope to see you all !

[mushroomFishball]

Hi, anyone knows when will they take (term 1) March break?


Thanks ya.

[adamteo]

According to MOE website, same. 11 Mar week. By the way, where to park the car if any of u driving tomorrow?

[Gemgal]

Hi,


Can anyone share where do NJC students go to for tuition in Maths? Any recommendation?

Thanks.

[mommyNg]

Not sure. The P and the math teachers in NJC all discouraged tuition - I still remembered the P saying that it is the responsibility for the teachers to teach, and not to pass it over to tuition teachers. So far, mine doesn’t go to tuition. And she said if unclear, can always seek consultations with her math teacher and/or ask her friends for help. Also, I heard that NJC syllabus is not the same as most other IP schools, so most tuition centers are not able to teach them well. So unless you try for one-to-one private tuition, or managed to get a group of NJC students together in the same tuition center in one class, otherwise, it may be difficult to find a tuition center that covers NJC syllabus.

[Gemgal]

mommyNg:

Not sure. The P and the math teachers in NJC all discouraged tuition - I still remembered the P saying that it is the responsibility for the teachers to teach, and not to pass it over to tuition teachers. So far, mine doesn't go to tuition. And she said if unclear, can always seek consultations with her math teacher and/or ask her friends for help. Also, I heard that NJC syllabus is not the same as most other IP schools, so most tuition centers are not able to teach them well. So unless you try for one-to-one private tuition, or managed to get a group of NJC students together in the same tuition center in one class, otherwise, it may be difficult to find a tuition center that covers NJC syllabus.

Thanks MommyNg for your reply. I will re-consider my decision again....

[Jennifer]

Although the school discourages tuition, we have to accept the fact that the teacher might not be able to reach out to our child. In such times, we need to seek external help.


Last year my younger boy (who was in sec3) did not fare well during the mid year assessment. The maths teacher advised me that my boy was attentive n participative in class, yet seemed to be stressed out under exam conditions. He recommended my boy to attend conso sesssions which was conducted once a week. During the sessions, the students did practices and the teacher would go through the questions as a group.

At the end year assessment, my boy still did not do well despite going to the conso lessons.

My elder boy had some NS leave to clear towards the end of the year. So I got him to coach the younger brother. The conclusion was the younger brother seems not fully grasp the concepts n does not know how to recognize the question n the applicable solution. These issues can be resolved by more practices.

My recommendation would be to get a private tutor to go over the concepts, not to teach in advance, and for the child to do practices on his own.

Maths proficiency really hinges on constant practices, not short cuts to mastery.