Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[4lessStress]

[quote]For the P5 paper, 4lessStress mentioned there were many application questions, but are these questions good, thought-provoking questions (set aside the quality of teachers or teaching)? Is it across the board that P5 did badly for science?[/quote]
I was informed that the highest mark for P5 entire standard is 81. Don't you think that is low? I would also like to know what is the standard average for this subject. Will know by next week and post it here.

[Jennifer]

4lessStress:

[quote]For the P5 paper, 4lessStress mentioned there were many application questions, but are these questions good, thought-provoking questions (set aside the quality of teachers or teaching)? Is it across the board that P5 did badly for science?

I was informed that the highest mark for P5 entire standard is 81. Don't you think that is low? I would also like to know what is the standard average for this subject. Will know by next week and post it here.[/quote]These are the Sc statistics during my elder boy's P5 (CH):
Highest (cohort) 97, Avg (cohort) 74, Highest (class) 97, Avg (class) 86

[janet88]

For the Chinese/Eng/Math paper, I find them acceptable for P4. Will go through the papers with son later (in relaxed mode this week after preparing him for yesterday's re-test).


E3,
Bcos we have not seen the Science exam paper yet, I don't know what the questions are. As for HOD's lack of EQ, I think much needs to be done on it.
I do not want to lose hope too, bcos my son is only in P4...another 2 1/2 more crucial years in the school.

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

Jennifer:

4lessStress:

I was informed that the highest mark for P5 entire standard is 81. Don't you think that is low? I would also like to know what is the standard average for this subject. Will know by next week and post it here.

These are the Sc statistics during my elder boy's P5 (CH):
Highest (cohort) 97, Avg (cohort) 74, Highest (class) 97, Avg (class) 86

Jennifer, your elder ds's P5 statistics were more reassuring...this year's P5 highest score of 81 is indeed rather worrying, not even a band 1. Wonder what had gone wrong?

Janet, glad that you are in a more relaxed mode. I had just recovered from dengue fever. My dd had done well. All subjects above 96. She even scored full marks for Eng pp1 (only 1 in class), which is quite unbelievable. Guess all the effort we put in for preparing for paper 1 was not in vain. I was so worried for her timing then for the pp1s.

Anybody knows how marks will be computed for the Mid Year report? 10% for CA 1, 30% for SA1, 40% overall?

[Jennifer]

E3:

My dd had done well. All subjects above 96. She even scored full marks for Eng pp1 (only 1 in class), which is quite unbelievable. Guess all the effort we put in for preparing for paper 1 was not in vain. I was so worried for her timing then for the pp1s.


Anybody knows how marks will be computed for the Mid Year report? 10% for CA 1, 30% for SA1, 40% overall?

Congrats. Your dd deserves the good grades for all her efforts.

I think the student handbook has a list of the marks computation.

[markfch]

Jennifer:

E3:

My dd had done well. All subjects above 96. She even scored full marks for Eng pp1 (only 1 in class), which is quite unbelievable. Guess all the effort we put in for preparing for paper 1 was not in vain. I was so worried for her timing then for the pp1s.


Anybody knows how marks will be computed for the Mid Year report? 10% for CA 1, 30% for SA1, 40% overall?

Congrats. Your dd deserves the good grades for all her efforts.

I think the student handbook has a list of the marks computation.

E3,
I am impressed. :idea: Can I out-source my DS to be taught by you?

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

markfch:

Jennifer:

[quote=\"E3\"]My dd had done well. All subjects above 96. She even scored full marks for Eng pp1 (only 1 in class), which is quite unbelievable. Guess all the effort we put in for preparing for paper 1 was not in vain. I was so worried for her timing then for the pp1s.


Anybody knows how marks will be computed for the Mid Year report? 10% for CA 1, 30% for SA1, 40% overall?

Congrats. Your dd deserves the good grades for all her efforts.

I think the student handbook has a list of the marks computation.

E3,
I am impressed. :idea: Can I out-source my DS to be taught by you?[/quote]Thank you, Jennifer. I've seen the handbook, %age breakdown is for the whole year, inclusive of 60% SA2. But for mid-year, will it be 40% overall?

Markfch, you are funny. My dd has been consistent in her work and revision since kindy, doing more as she gets older so she would not find schoolwork overwhelming. You can start now with your ds so everything can fall into place easier. My strategy is she must be ahead of the syllabus at all times and continually maintaining good grades for Chinese, a subject which I felt could only go downhill as it gets harder and harder so she has to put in extra effort there. Mind over matter.

My next concern is Science. She reads a lot of books related to Science but answering exam questions is a different story altogether. I felt answering science questions requires maturity, not in terms of physical age, but a thinking that lets the child reads beyond what the question is asking, an active thinking, a thinking that clicks at the right spot. How to develop that? Guess it's not something that can be rushed and not solely from memorising model answers. I will expose her early to process-skill questions but a lot depends on her thinking pattern and maturity.

[markfch]

E3:

Thank you, Jennifer. I've seen the handbook, %age breakdown is for the whole year, inclusive of 60% SA2. But for mid-year, will it be 40% overall?

Markfch, you are funny. My dd has been consistent in her work and revision since kindy, doing more as she gets older so she would not find schoolwork overwhelming. You can start now with your ds so everything can fall into place easier. My strategy is she must be ahead of the syllabus at all times and continually maintaining good grades for Chinese, a subject which I felt could only go downhill as it gets harder and harder so she has to put in extra effort there. Mind over matter.

My next concern is Science. She reads a lot of books related to Science but answering exam questions is a different story altogether. I felt answering science questions requires maturity, not in terms of physical age, but a thinking that lets the child reads beyond what the question is asking, an active thinking, a thinking that clicks at the right spot. How to develop that? Guess it's not something that can be rushed and not solely from memorising model answers. I will expose her early to process-skill questions but a lot depends on her thinking pattern and maturity.

E3,

Thanks for the tips. I fully agree with you on being ahead of the syllabus. I recalled during my sch days that some friends were already reading sec 1 textbooks while we were in P6. Needless to say, we didn't end up in the same sec sch after PSLE :roll:

[IJJ]

Congrats to you, E3, your gal has done well!! Consistency is important, indeed.

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

IJJ:

Congrats to you, E3, your gal has done well!! Consistency is important, indeed.

Thanks, IJJ. To tell u the truth, it's very stressful being in this class.