[Bukit Merah] Primary Schools
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I have been reading the posts for 2 years now.
Personally, i like Blangah Rise Primary School.
MOE kindergarten (with full day childcare) is located in the Primary School Premise. From K2 onwards, they will incorporate orientation programmes with the Primary School: students sitting in some of classes, teachers bringing them to tuckshop etc…
then once kids entered Primary1, they also have student care services located in their primary school.
To me, branded school means parents need to spend more time with their kids: the stress and peer pressure might be abit too much for young children to bear. Busy parents must also willing to comit more time teaching them and etc
I still find tat for primary school, select somewhere that is near your place: convenience for parents, and the child can sleep slightly longer (let them play and have their deserved childhood)
During these 6years, get to know your child well: his/her study or learning methods and help him/her to develop their own inner drive/motivation to be independent learners which will benefit them to University. -
MRS_Dawn:
whether schools are branded or not, parents are expected to do their part to make sure their kids are able to cope. the more branded the school is, the more parents are expected to 'do their part'...during PTM, teachers will tell parents indirectly to follow up.
To me, branded school means parents need to spend more time with their kids: the stress and peer pressure might be abit too much for young children to bear. Busy parents must also willing to comit more time teaching them and etc
I still find tat for primary school, select somewhere that is near your place: convenience for parents, and the child can sleep slightly longer (let them play and have their deserved childhood) -
Yeah! Agreed with you. But being human, sometimes parents forgotten the role (or not being aware the amt of time/efforts they need to devoted themselves)... some expect \"auto-pilot\" mode to be activated or well, some just simply sent their child for MORE tution. All these, do not really factor in the mental wellbeing of their child:
Great if they are ahead of others (every parent thought that their child is a genius! But what is the truth? There are always better ones out there)
In the event if their child cant catch up?
The amt of mental stress they subjected their child to go through?
And how impt are these events impacting them when they grow up?
I just personally feel tat in the process of this pursue of good primary school, parents seems to ignore or fogotten to factor in the mental wellness of the child.
Nowadays kids are alot more sensitive...
Just my 2 cents
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MRS_Dawn:
most parents want the best for their kids...so they will rent expensive condos to be within 1km of preferred school. schools now are different from our time when teachers really teach. brother and i had chinese tuition in primary school as we were both failing.
In the event if their child cant catch up?
The amt of mental stress they subjected their child to go through?
And how impt are these events impacting them when they grow up?
I just personally feel tat in the process of this pursue of good primary school, parents seems to ignore or fogotten to factor in the mental wellness of the child.
Nowadays kids are alot more sensitive...
Just my 2 cents
times have changed. parents engage tutors for several reasons...they have no time nor capability to coach themselves, the syllabus is very demanding now and tuition becomes necessary when kids fail to cope in class. parents engage tutors so that their kids stay in the top class...some of these kids have 2 tutors for 1 subject.
primary school kids are still very young...expecting them to be auto-pilot is almost impossible unless the child is mature. kids are not stupid...in fact, they are very intelligent and sensitive.
the sad thing is our demanding education syllabus have robbed them of a childhood. some kids have tuition back to back right after school.
for kids who have tuition, parents cannot expect tutors to perform miracles based on once a week lessons.
tutor goes over once a but the child has to revise other than getting tuition homework done (parents have to supervise)...otherwise there is no progress for the next 6 days as child would have forgotten what has been taught.
sorry for the long-winded message. -
I echoed your views.
well-known universities (overseas or local) are implementing \"flipped-classrooms\" concept; responsibilities are heavier on students now. No more spoon feeding, and students need to do extensive amount of research or their own study etc....
There will come to a breaking point: the drive/hunger needs to come within, there is that much tution can help...
cascading downwards from universities to primary schools, perhaps parents could have the foresight to equip/develop their child on self-learning... their world (when they grew up) the needs and demand will be very unique...
If the end-point of good education means a good career for their kids, then parents might need to have a paradigm shift in their thinking: Unlike the previous wave of automation, more traditional jobs will be lost as they become obsolete... our kids will be competing against AI (artificial intelliengence), how could we assist them then? Mentally...i mean.
shrugs... just my sharing...janet88:
most parents want the best for their kids...so they will rent expensive condos to be within 1km of preferred school. schools now are different from our time when teachers really teach. brother and i had chinese tuition in primary school as we were both failing.MRS_Dawn:
In the event if their child cant catch up?
The amt of mental stress they subjected their child to go through?
And how impt are these events impacting them when they grow up?
I just personally feel tat in the process of this pursue of good primary school, parents seems to ignore or fogotten to factor in the mental wellness of the child.
Nowadays kids are alot more sensitive...
Just my 2 cents
times have changed. parents engage tutors for several reasons...they have no time nor capability to coach themselves, the syllabus is very demanding now and tuition becomes necessary when kids fail to cope in class. parents engage tutors so that their kids stay in the top class...some of these kids have 2 tutors for 1 subject.
primary school kids are still very young...expecting them to be auto-pilot is almost impossible unless the child is mature. kids are not stupid...in fact, they are very intelligent and sensitive.
the sad thing is our demanding education syllabus have robbed them of a childhood. some kids have tuition back to back right after school.
for kids who have tuition, parents cannot expect tutors to perform miracles based on once a week lessons.
tutor goes over once a but the child has to revise other than getting tuition homework done (parents have to supervise)...otherwise there is no progress for the next 6 days as child would have forgotten what has been taught.
sorry for the long-winded message. -
it’s a sad state for our kids. they are facing a demanding education syllabus…whether they like it or not, they have to learn. many of hubby’s tutees hate math models but they still have to learn or else face 0 if they don’t produce the model as working.
for JC, poly and University students, they are mature enough to know what they have to do…it’s the primary school kids who need lots of help from parents and/tutors. when class size is 40, tutors are necessary to reach out to weaker students. from my understanding, there are many teachers now due to falling birth rate…why can’t MOE reduce class size to 30 from P1 to P6? -
Er...I personally find the education syllabus is adequate. Its only demanding when students wanna hv good score...
But understand where you are coming from...
Agreed that smaller classes are better at promoting learning -
MRS_Dawn:
what is tested during exams and what is taught in class are miles apart.Er...I personally find the education syllabus is adequate. Its only demanding when students wanna hv good score...
But understand where you are coming from...
Agreed that smaller classes are better at promoting learning
this is the reason why tutors are required.
smaller classes mean the teachers are more able to reach out to the students and understand their levels. -
janet88:
It's weird how the conversation strayed into this topic.
what is tested during exams and what is taught in class are miles apart.MRS_Dawn:
Er...I personally find the education syllabus is adequate. Its only demanding when students wanna hv good score...
But understand where you are coming from...
Agreed that smaller classes are better at promoting learning
this is the reason why tutors are required.
smaller classes mean the teachers are more able to reach out to the students and understand their levels.
Anyway, every school has their own way of testing. My son's school happens to test only those things that are already taught in class. So far no tuition is needed. -
brother is planning to register his daughter in alexandra primary. how is the school culture?
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