All About GEP

[sunflowermom]

Thanks vlim for the advice. He loved reading and reads quite a wide varieties of books too (except classic). Sometimes I wonder could it be he speed read and missed out the details?

[vlim]

my ds also read very fast especially when he find the story very exciting or interestin...he will read super duper fast...but never see him use dictionery to check for difficult word

[cluelessmama]

Way2GO:

ksme:

Zann, Way2go, Clueless mama,

The normal worksheets on this are much tougher than the practice papers he brought back and teacher confirmed the test will be on arithmetic sequences.
Hope this helps.

Dear all,
Don't be unduly worried.
Sleep well tonight.
The kids will be alright!
:imcool:

hi ksme : thanks

hi Zann, Way2go : looks like the investigative paper is pretty alright, according to my kid

[phankao]

verykiasu2010:

what school is not ? or is it up to school to decide ?

My boys are from a GEP school. It was opt-in still in year 2008 when my younger boy last took.

[verykiasu2010]

phankao:

verykiasu2010:

what school is not ? or is it up to school to decide ?

My boys are from a GEP school. It was opt-in still in year 2008 when my younger boy last took.

my older child's P3 year was an opt in (2004) (GEP school)

and my younger child's P3 year was an opt out (2007) same GEP school as above

since then, my kids' cousins were an opt out (2009) one same GEP school as above and one another school (non-GEP) in the west = all opt out basis

I will leave it as it is - opt in or out depends on the school itself

[keroppi]

sunflowermom:

Dear GEPers' parents out there. Do u hv any English tutor at CCK area to recommend for my DS? He is in P5 GEP. Since P4, his EL CT is either marginally pass or marginally fail. Can tell he is starting to get demoralise. Thot get him a tutor to improve his grade and boost up his confidence cos I cannot teach EL.

There's 2 parts to EL CT. Cloze and Compre. My DS' GE English grades has always been a dismal marginal pass since P4 despite being an avid reader. I think they need a lot of practice and exposure to such passages. So I let him practice just the cloze passages from the past year top school exam papers (just print that page out from all the schools). For a start, you could guide him through the cloze as well as teach him how to draw references from the passage. For me, it really helped a lot - his CT results for cloze alone went from 8/15 to 12-13/15. No harm trying it during this June school hols. All the best.

[keroppi]

Pen88n:

phankao:

[quote=\"tamarind\"]
I walked pass Morris Allen recently, they had a 10 day GEP preparation course that charges $888 :!: And parents are willing to pay !.

Actually I think S$888 not v expensive wat. *haha* I think we were all discussing other centres/tutors with really cut-throat prices!

10 days $888 = $88.80 per day. How long is their daily lesson? What are they \"teaching\" for GEP selection for English - Morris Allen is more well-known for English, right?

Of course, compared with Dr Peh and some other, this is not that expensive :shock: I think these centres sure know how to create demand for those deparate parents.[/quote]But do you think that 10 days can make a difference?!

[Zann]

cluelessmama:

Way2GO:

[quote=\"ksme\"] Zann, Way2go, Clueless mama,

The normal worksheets on this are much tougher than the practice papers he brought back and teacher confirmed the test will be on arithmetic sequences.
Hope this helps.

Dear all,
Don't be unduly worried.
Sleep well tonight.
The kids will be alright!
:imcool:

hi ksme : thanks

hi Zann, Way2go : looks like the investigative paper is pretty alright, according to my kid :)[/quote]He finished it in 5 mins and one classmate finished in 3 mins... :?

[vlim]

keroppi:

sunflowermom:

Dear GEPers' parents out there. Do u hv any English tutor at CCK area to recommend for my DS? He is in P5 GEP. Since P4, his EL CT is either marginally pass or marginally fail. Can tell he is starting to get demoralise. Thot get him a tutor to improve his grade and boost up his confidence cos I cannot teach EL.

There's 2 parts to EL CT. Cloze and Compre. My DS' GE English grades has always been a dismal marginal pass since P4 despite being an avid reader. I think they need a lot of practice and exposure to such passages. So I let him practice just the cloze passages from the past year top school exam papers (just print that page out from all the schools). For a start, you could guide him through the cloze as well as teach him how to draw references from the passage. For me, it really helped a lot - his CT results for cloze alone went from 8/15 to 12-13/15. No harm trying it during this June school hols. All the best.

I think my ds last yr p4 EL teacher also guided them like what u have did as I saw a lot of highlighting and arrow here and there on their cloze passage worksheets.. :lol:

[Neko]

Does anyone know P4 Science CT’s format ? MCQ ? Open ended ?


Is it the norm not to give past year papers as practice paper ? Science don’t have PP leh.