Child's Position in P1 Class

[mummyjoyce]

My DD is in P6 this year and there is no ranking/postion at all since P1. However we will know who is the 1st in class during yr end as she will get a prize.

No point in having position since we are given the range of marks (for all subjects) and thus will know which cat she is by subject - this includes the highest & lowest marks. I think this is good enough.

[anxiousmummy123]

hi mummyjoyce,


yr kid in Nanyang Pri?

[KS_me]

insider:

Most P1 kids' results should be around the 90% range for those who are 'well prepared' in their kindergarten years (my take has always been this group of kids are eating the 'old rice' that they were fed / overfed in those years). So, getting a 90% is sort of like a 'norm'. A position of 1st vs 100th maybe a few points away that makes me feel ranking is not so meaningful in a way in P1 when most if not all are applying 'old knowledge and skills' instead of new ones. P1 ranking is sort of rank for the sake of ranking and therefore is not so meaningful...


I am satisfied to see all his subjects are average 99% and so don't need to see his position in a way. Ranking in P1 may cause unnecessary paranoid among parents in the rat race (I am thinking of a child scoring average 95% and positioned 120th and his parents may 'make face'?)

My DS1 school does ranking at P1 as well. He's doing quite well for my standard but he is 40th position away from the one that scored 2 points above him.

To my surprise, the school even do a partial stream at P2 based on P1 result.

How not to be kiasu & kiasi??

[jedamum]

KS_me:

My DS1 school does ranking at P1 as well. He's doing quite well for my standard but he is 40th position away from the one that scored 2 points above him.

:faint:
last month, P2 boy came home with a low 30+ score (upon 40 marks) for his CL revision paper. he scored the lowest in his class (considered higher ability CL class). irony is while all the while i told him that i will get upset if he is careless, this time, i was actually happy that the low score is due to carelessness and not due to his inability to cope. :siam:

[MOE Hater]

waterfall:

HyperKiasu:

if u want to walk through all HDB to reach the sch, then they are elite ngbd sch.

if u dun like hdb, u can choose to walk through condominum, landed property to reach the sch, then they are pure elite ngbd sch.
in the sch, if u raise ur head to the east, all u can see is HDB flat, then it is elite ngbd sch,
if u dun like hdb, u can raise ur head to the west, all u can see is Condominum, then it is pure elite sch.

:laugh: :laugh:

hyper interesting topic. :lol:

Agreed! :goodpost:

[DesertWind]

HyperKiasu:

ksi:

hmmmm...interesting.

CHS and RI are elite neighbourhood schools because they are in Bishan estate, right?

if u want to walk through all HDB to reach the sch, then they are elite ngbd sch.
if u dun like hdb, u can choose to walk through condominum, landed property to reach the sch, then they are pure elite ngbd sch.
in the sch, if u raise ur head to the east, all u can see is HDB flat, then it is elite ngbd sch,
if u dun like hdb, u can raise ur head to the west, all u can see is Condominum, then it is pure elite sch.

:rotflmao: :goodpost:

Let me do a take on this, the \"South\" side is Industrial Flats and there is now a new \"Marymount MRT\" just opened in one corner. So my take is this is a good old heart-lander school!
:celebrate:

[Trapwithin]

ksi:

Actually I have this wild dream in my mind if the school can customise this to parent's requirement based on the day we register with the school as a value-add service.


Parents who want to know will have it reported on the report book, in any case, these days, most report book results are printed so this can be catered by the computer program.

Parents who do not wish to know will have it not reported in the report book.

In that case, the onus is on the parents to decide how best to interpret the results or not to interpret anything. The school can state that if the information is misused, they reserve the right to revoke access.

Why must we try to be homogenous in everything where there is no need to be homogenous, especially with technological advancement? Just my 2 cts la.

That's an excellent suggestion.
There will always be parents who want to know to better gauge their child's ability and there will always be others that do not want themselves or their children to have unnecessary pressure.

One question though, what happen when one kid find out his classmate has ranking and he doesn't ... will there be issues?

[Trapwithin]

HyperKiasu:

ksi:

hmmmm...interesting.

CHS and RI are elite neighbourhood schools because they are in Bishan estate, right?

if u want to walk through all HDB to reach the sch, then they are elite ngbd sch.
if u dun like hdb, u can choose to walk through condominum, landed property to reach the sch, then they are pure elite ngbd sch.
in the sch, if u raise ur head to the east, all u can see is HDB flat, then it is elite ngbd sch,
if u dun like hdb, u can raise ur head to the west, all u can see is Condominum, then it is pure elite sch.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[eagles]

Can anyone share if Nanyang Primary or RGPS give class position?

[coast]

insider:

I reckon others' P1 and P2 lives are more stressful could it be due to the schools that the children are attending or due to poorer preschool preparation?

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hi insider,

Thanks for sharing.

Each kid is different so even in the same environment, what works for one might not work for another.

E.g., in the kindergarten that my ds attended from K1 to K2, I think they did a pretty good job (not just academic but other areas such as arts, food, annual concerts, ... etc). Some of his classmates (including my ds) are doing very well in P1 now ... but some other parents were not too happy with the kindergarten (one withdrew midway during K2, another put younger sibling in another kindergarten).

In the P1 class that my ds is in now, even though parents with older siblings in the school mentioned that demand is less now with no exams, less homework and tests, some parents still think it is stressful for their kids. I know most of them attend enrichment classes outside school, but that do not \"relieve\" the parents stress or expectations. My ds, on the other hand, is having his \"honeymoon\" (which I think it will last for another year at least) with other parents surprised that he is spending so much time playing sports and other weekly non-academic commitments outside school. I told them it is his interests and I do not see any reason to take them away from him.

So .. same school/teachers/curriculum/class ... but different results/ expectations.