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[mvelle09]

baby2momma:

sigh....wonder if they are making the qns so difficult
so as to separate the elite ones from the average ones?
:? :roll: :roll:

baby2momma,
I believe so, the 1E MT teacher told me personally during the previous parent/teacher meeting that if my girl is able to do well in SA, she will propose the change of MT class for her. As currently she is with class that is not very strong in MT.

On top of it, dd mentioned that her form teacher told them if they do well in exams they are able to move to another better class next term. Do know whether to believe her.

[Anna Ng]

Stress to parents and stress to the kids also.

[baby2momma]

Anna Ng:

Stress to parents and stress to the kids also.

wah! so fast got 'streaming' already???

it is actually quite unfair to judge the children based on half year's education..... but anyway, life is never fair....

[anniekiasung]

Hi circle,

Yeah,I spotted this mistake too when I was going thru' the maths papers with my girl last week.I just told my DD the answer is 17 and I explained to her that the word \"SHE\" should be referring to Su ling instead of her sister.

Hi mvelle09,
My girl is in MT1A. She told me, so far, there is no streaming for MT leh!
Why is IE MT belongs to the weaker students? blur :? My DD also :? She said their spelling lists should also be the same.
Other parents from P3 told me that there will be 2 classes for higher MT in P2 and the streaming will base on the year end P1 results. They also told me there will be an option to take Malay Language as well.

[Star2003]

Hi


I’m new in this forum. My dd is in 1H & I’m happy to to know more parents at DLS.

During Parents-Teacher meeting, the MT teacher told me they streamed the students in different classes for MT at the beginning of the year. IH is supposed to have higher level of chinese, thus, a few kids from IE join the 1H class during MT. But not so sure about other classes.

[circle]

anniekiasung:

Hi circle,

Yeah,I spotted this mistake too when I was going thru' the maths papers with my girl last week.I just told my DD the answer is 17 and I explained to her that the word \"SHE\" should be referring to Su ling instead of her sister.

Hi anniekiasung,
At least you have explained to your girl before the SA, I only spotted this after her Math SA1. And this was not the 1st time I had told my child the answer from the teacher is incorrect. I am only afraid if this continue, they will be confused with parent and teachers' teaching. They are only children.

[mvelle09]

anniekiasung:

Hi mvelle09,
My girl is in MT1A. She told me, so far, there is no streaming for MT leh!
Why is IE MT belongs to the weaker students? blur :? My DD also :? She said their spelling lists should also be the same.
Other parents from P3 told me that there will be 2 classes for higher MT in P2 and the streaming will base on the year end P1 results. They also told me there will be an option to take Malay Language as well.

Hi anniekiasung,
MT teacher said that they grouped kids that are from non-Chinese speaking family / non-chinese together to facilitate teaching. She is using both English and Chinese during lessons. Btw, my girl is Non-Chinese (Indian/Chinese) so placed in class 1E.

[baby2momma]

Star2003:

Hi


I'm new in this forum. My dd is in 1H & I'm happy to to know more parents at DLS.

During Parents-Teacher meeting, the MT teacher told me they streamed the students in different classes for MT at the beginning of the year. IH is supposed to have higher level of chinese, thus, a few kids from IE join the 1H class during MT. But not so sure about other classes.

Hi Star2003;
Welcome to KSP!

Anyway, my ds is in the same class for MT as yr dd (1H) & he is fm 1E.
However, my ds does not speak Chinese at all to any of us in the family;
unless forced to la. And I can't really guide him in MT as I myself am not
educated in chinese but I am a true-blue Chinese. And his 1H MT teacher told me tat my ds DOES NOT like Chinese characters; but ok with HYPY.
So, when they go to upper pri, it will be quite difficult :?: .
And really, I am surprised they streamed my ds to 1H when he is actually
only so-so in MT (my assessment la). My guess is its still quite early for
the teachers to assess as I strongly believe 0.5 years education can't tell anything yet.

[anniekiasung]

Hi circle,


Yeah, this is not the first time I spotted it too.But I guess sometimes teachers do make mistakes and I think its not easy for the teachers to handle a class of 30 students. That is why I went thru' all the corrections with my DD before her exams. Beside that, my dd does not have any tuition or enrichment classes and I prefer her to learn in school on her own with a little help from me.

Hi mvelle09,
Oh I see, I think I know who your DD is now. Heard from my girl she is a smart kid who always score full marks. :celebrate:

[mvelle09]

Hello Star2003, welcome to KSP's DSL family.


anniekiasung, so far she is coping well and enjoy schooling.

Heard that from 2012, all primary schools will conduct MT entry test to stream kids into respective classses. It will be tough and stressful to both parents and children but Hurray !!!! to Chinese class tuition centers.