Pei Chun Public

[love1001]

moohoo:

Not much homework in lower primary

My girls P3 and P4 also very little homework. My friends' kids in P5 also very free, very little homework.

[Mummy_Tang]

love1001:

I heard there is China Cultural Trip for P4. How to sign up? Is the trip open for all students or base on school selection?

It was P5 for my DS time... Based on P4 year end Chinese results and teachers' recommendations... My DS is Sec 1 this year. Before the China immersion trip in June of P5, there will be a 3D2N cultural camp during March holiday in school to let the kids get used to it first..

Hope this helps

[BePersevere]

Hi love1001, the trip is in P5, not P4 and for 36 students only. It is based on P4 overall results and chinese results within top 10%. The students need to go through an interview too (last year for my son’s batch). Girls stand a much higher chance as three-quarter of those who got selected were girls.

[BePersevere]

Hi love1001, the trip is in P5, not P4 and for 36 students only. It is based on P4 overall results and chinese results within top 10%. The students need to go through an interview too (last year for my son’s batch). Girls stand a much higher chance as three-quarter of those who got selected were girls.

[potter]

Dear Parents, have you read the new PN from the school?


I am very concerned that the AS is now scraped. At P5 and P6, having no remedial lesson in school is a very scary idea. HCL lesson is also reduced from 2 hour to 1 hour.

While other top schools are already preparing their P5 by conducting extra lessons for all students, loading them with mountains of homework and endless drilling each day, I am worried that ours is way too relax and unprepared for PSLE.

1 hour of HCL lesson is way too short. Honestly you can’t do much in that one hour.

While I agree weaker students need more help, the above average students also need some push and extra support to excel in the national examination too. Otherwise they will become too complacent.

In many of the other top schools, apart from math activity book, they are using assessment books such as on sponge for their extra lessons. We have nothing. It appears that our school is not doing enough that’s why PSLE math results is very bad every year. Only a handful got A-star.

In a way, I still like the AS structure where students are banded. Stronger students are stretched to their maximum potential whereas weaker students are given extra help to catch up with their peers. They learn at different pace but the end result is all students benefit from the programme and no one is left out. Why stop AS?

I do not mean to be rude but the idea of scraping the compulsory remedial lessons/ AS from P3 to P6, especially P5 and P6 is totally ridiculous and insane. The new leader is making too much drastic changes!

I still believe one needs to put in effort to see the results. If you do not give your plant sufficient nutrients, it will not grow well.

My dear child does not have private tuition from P1 to P4 so does it mean that I should start sourcing for external help?

This year P6 is the first batch of Guinnea pig. God bless that they do well in the PSLE.

[sean wife]

Are the school hours at the holding site longer, that’s why the AS is being scrapped?

[love1001]

Sean wife, because there is still dual sessions, the school hours is still the same.


Potter, when did you get the PN? Both my girls are not aware. Parents chat group has also not started discussing this either. I believe many are still kept in the dark.

My DD1 will be in P5 next year and I am concern too. Instead of just quietly issuing the PN which I did not even know there is one, school should officially inform the parents and let us know what are the plans that you have to prepare the students for PSLE. I believe at this point, the upper primary parents need some assurance. :slapshead:

This is bad news. Even though my girls have tuition, I still feel AS and 2 hours HCL lessons very important.

In the upcoming level briefing, I hope the school will update the parents.

[potter]

PN is dated 1/26 but issued last Thur.

[love1001]

potter:

PN is dated 1/26 but issued last Thur.

I checked with my friend whose kid in P5. They received the letter on Fri. It is confirmed no more AS (scrapped) and lesson time for HCL will be reduced to an hour. The students whatapps group is celebrating whereas parents group is panicking. I am :yikes: of the sudden change too.

[phtthp]

love1001:

I checked with my friend whose kid in P5.

They received the letter on Fri. It is confirmed no more AS (scrapped) and lesson time for HCL will be reduced to an hour. The students whatapps group is celebrating whereas parents group is panicking. I am :yikes: of the sudden change too.

if P5 HCL been reduced to only one hour per / each week, from previously 2 hours in the past : need to find out from your Chinese HOD -

a) what content taught had been missing inside 1 hr, per lesson ?

b) what's the rationale / reason(s), for changing HCL, from 2 hr to become 1 hr ?

One hour is short.