Lessons at home!

[zac's mum]

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972664\" time=\"1587795273\" user_id=\"145858:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1972649\" time=\"1587788091\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1972649 time=1587788091 user_id=53606][quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1972229 time=1587530956 user_id=53606]My DS school did not announce anything about how they will re-apportion the remaining weighted assessments. Maybe not decided yet.

Principal’s letter issued yesterday, indicated that school has decided to reassign slightly higher weightage to the SA2 exam. I expected this and not too bothered about it.

Will be dropping the non-essential tuitions. Decided after evaluation that the online tuition is just too time-consuming, energy-draining & not effective for learning. Wasting my precious money during this period when finances are tight. Anyway P4 is not a crucial year so it’s no big deal to stop now.

Heard some rumors that the school will be streaming the kids at the end of P4 year, based on Maths results only. I don’t really believe it’s true. Firstly it’s strange why use Maths results only. Secondly I thought MOE said no more streaming except for SBB into Foundation/Normal level subjects for P5-6?[/quote]

Not streaming per se, but could be using maths ability to group the kids. Possible, I heard rgps use maths too, because maths will be ramped up in p5 in depth and pace. I heard these pri schs finished main maths topics by p5 so only revision left in P6 to do harder questions.
In those schools the variability in learning among the kids in Eng and Sci is lesser.
Maths is the only subject which split these kids apart[/quote]Thx for your insight. This “streaming rumour” was supposedly told to another class by their Math teacher. But not told to my boy’s class.

Anyway, doesn’t really matter to me whether got HA class or not. Whether Maths ramped up pace or not won’t really matter for my boy.

[6thisnthat9]

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6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972664\" time=\"1587795273\" user_id=\"145858:

[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1972649 time=1587788091 user_id=53606]
Principal’s letter issued yesterday, indicated that school has decided to reassign slightly higher weightage to the SA2 exam. I expected this and not too bothered about it.

Will be dropping the non-essential tuitions. Decided after evaluation that the online tuition is just too time-consuming, energy-draining & not effective for learning. Wasting my precious money during this period when finances are tight. Anyway P4 is not a crucial year so it’s no big deal to stop now.

Heard some rumors that the school will be streaming the kids at the end of P4 year, based on Maths results only. I don’t really believe it’s true. Firstly it’s strange why use Maths results only. Secondly I thought MOE said no more streaming except for SBB into Foundation/Normal level subjects for P5-6?

Not streaming per se, but could be using maths ability to group the kids. Possible, I heard rgps use maths too, because maths will be ramped up in p5 in depth and pace. I heard these pri schs finished main maths topics by p5 so only revision left in P6 to do harder questions.
In those schools the variability in learning among the kids in Eng and Sci is lesser.
Maths is the only subject which split these kids apart[/quote]

Thx for your insight. This “streaming rumour” was supposedly told to another class by their Math teacher. But not told to my boy’s class.

Anyway, doesn’t really matter to me whether got HA class or not. Whether Maths ramped up pace or not won’t really matter for my boy.[/quote]Our kids had streaming in p4, so twins were assigned to classes by results. My boy is doing well in his class now, thanks to streaming, I find him more cheerful and out spoken this year, maybe because he is more \"seen\" and \"heard\" now than before. I have teachers who come to me telling me, he never know my boy can be so cheeky and talkative. ( Just so u know, he didn't get into the top classes so many are aiming. But I am not troubled by it too.)

Yes, I agree, parents know their kids better, so have faith in them. My kids never have tuition b4. Only my boy started Chinese tuition this year because we want him to speak better.

Your boy is already more independent than p5 kids I know. We hv a TV at home but seldom switched it on, but these past weeks, their TV screen time has exceeded the quota for entire 10 years of their lives... Lol
My girl has not stopped reading since HBL started, another set of problems. I scratch my head on how to motivate her to use her time more constructively, making something, rather than just reading. So far I only managed to get her to create a online quiz on a book she has read. She wrote about it in her journal entry to her tr and sch posted it on student sharing space online.

They are practising piano well, tr see them online every week to check on them. Tr organised one online recital and another one next sat. Good for the kids to play and enjoy.

Student care called us to check on the kids! They are planning to do something via online to help parents handle this coming school holidays. Could be online class doing and checking assessment books, or more social stuff like online talent show.
I am thankful

[coast]

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972664\" time=\"1587795273\" user_id=\"145858:

Not streaming per se, but could be using maths ability to group the kids. Possible, I heard rgps use maths too, because maths will be ramped up in p5 in depth and pace. I heard these pri schs finished main maths topics by p5 so only revision left in P6 to do harder questions.
In those schools the variability in learning among the kids in Eng and Sci is lesser.
Maths is the only subject which split these kids apart

This is a myth. There are contents that are to be taught in P6 only. Just look at any P6 textbooks or MOE Syllabus :-

https://beta.moe.gov.sg/primary/curriculum/syllabus/

For certain contents (Patterns, Model Drawing, ...), some schools teach \"more\" than others but all schools will cover the syllabus.

[6thisnthat9]

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6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1972664\" time=\"1587795273\" user_id=\"145858:

Not streaming per se, but could be using maths ability to group the kids. Possible, I heard rgps use maths too, because maths will be ramped up in p5 in depth and pace. I heard these pri schs finished main maths topics by p5 so only revision left in P6 to do harder questions.
In those schools the variability in learning among the kids in Eng and Sci is lesser.
Maths is the only subject which split these kids apart

This is a myth. There are contents that are to be taught in P6 only. Just look at any P6 textbooks or MOE Syllabus :-

https://beta.moe.gov.sg/primary/curriculum/syllabus/

For certain contents (Patterns, Model Drawing, ...), some schools teach \"more\" than others but all schools will cover the syllabus.

Why are you so sure that some schools cannot choose to reshuffle the topics between p5 and P6?
The mum had one girl did psle 2 years ago and one in 1.5 years. Both from sch like that R. The better classes finished the curriculum for p5, P6 by end P5. No reason why that mum lied something like that.
It's this up to individual school?
Yes, schools have to cover all topics but some schools have more autonomy to cover them faster. I thought this is possible. No?

[phtthp]

This Friday (1 May) is Labor day, public holiday, although under Circuit Breaker.


May holiday (no more HBL ) start, wef this Friday, for 1 month, before June Term 3 start school.


this week,
Thursday (30 April) is the last day of school Term 2 closure (HBL)

[zac's mum]

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This Friday (1 May) is Labor day, public holiday, although under Circuit Breaker.

May holiday (no more HBL ) start, wef this Friday, for 1 month, before June Term 3 start school.


this week,
Thursday (30 April) is the last day of school Term 2 closure (HBL)

Erm, not exactly. My DS still has one final day of HBL next Monday, 4 May 2020.

MOE said the May school holidays officially start on 5 May 2020 onwards.

[phtthp]

how GP (General Paper) teacher at Hwa Chong Junior College, allow JC1 students to re-submit tests done


https://mustsharenews.com/hbl-resubmit-tests/

[6thisnthat9]

Our last day of HBL is also on 04 May Monday.

[MrsKiasu]

Thanks for the info. I thought last day is this Thurs. I have asked dds to take note…

[zac's mum]

One of our subject teachers has been scheduling her Zoom lessons at 8.30am. I wish she won’t suddenly whack us with a Monday morning 8.30am Zoom lesson.


Just let us all enjoy our long weekend and sleep in on Monday lah pls…