Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[zac's mum]

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Wow zacs mum, so nice of you to utilise your grapevine! For us, there's clarity - strong students congregate for the 4 subjects (for HCL, the usual practice remains, that is the enriched HCL Mainstream pupils come together with the Gep ones). So, instead of which class is the strong class, it'd be - are you in E1, HCL8, M4, S3?...[/quote]

Heh heh @sky...mummy grapevine is important...call it gossip or workplace networking...if u have good friends who are open not selfish type, can find out a lot of unofficial things...eg. In another school, within 1 day we sussed out which are the top 2 classes liao. These 2 classes happened to be assigned the strictest teachers cos of the big class size. The middle ability classes got form teachers who are very kind and patient. I’m happy

[zac's mum]

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2012743\" time=\"1611211298\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2012743 time=1611211298 user_id=53606]Our kids will need to get used to the strange timetables and different classrooms, becos they will continue to encounter it in Secondary school. MOE moving to full SBB (for all 8-10 examinable subjects) in every secondary school, by year 2024.

https://www.moe.gov.sg/microsites/psle-fsbb/full-subject-based-banding/about-full-sbb.html

One question/clarification - do you know if Full SBB in 2024 will impact ALL the secondary students or only the Sec 1s starting in 2024 (i.e. the 2021 P4s)? I originally thought that the 2021 P5s would NOT go through this, as the G1, G2, G3 national exams do not start until 2027 (the 2021 P5s would finish Sec 4 in 2026) and the PSEI admission changes don't kick in until 2028.

I guess you have the 28 Full SBB Pilot Schools right now and they are doing it via Express, NA, NT (with humanities added in Sec 2)? Further, SBB is available for the 4 primary school subjects of Math, English, Science, MT (Express, NA, NT. Although if I am correct this is only moving up/taking at a more demanding level?). So I guess for the 2021 P5s it would just require moving some of them around for the other 4-6 examinable subjects at the end of Sec 1 / Start of Sec 2 (question being how does the PSEI admission work)?

Apologise to others for the thread hijack....[/quote]

As I understand it...currently the full SBB for Secondary schools is under pilot phase, which they will roll out to more and more schools...until 2024 when all secondary schools will have it. I guess it will be for Sec 1 2024.

So those kids in the transition period between now and 2024, still will encounter some SBB (now the 3 subject “levels” are named Express, Normal Academic, and Normal Technical...not yet changed name to G3, G2, G1). How extensive the SBB is rolled out (how many more than EMS MT) depends on the secondary school.

Based on PSLE total mark, kids will be streamed into Express, NA or NT. So for Eg they are assigned to NA stream based on PSLE. But actually only 1 subject (Eg MT) pulled the total score down. The other 3 EMS may possibly be taken at Express level if they scored well. MOE’s PSLE micro site has more information under “the new PSLE system” I think.

For skyminecrafter’s GEP school, i guess they are doing SBB at P4 at a finer level based on their marks. Since Foundation subjects are only available from MOE at P5 onwards (need to be failing Standard subject to “qualify”).

[sky minecrafter]

Yes zacs mum, they call it SBB (at least 85marks to be considered for high progress curriculum). We don't usually stream into Foundation classes until P6 (it can be inferred from school website's booklists)

[zac's mum]

P5 subject combinations are still up to parent to choose or override (even though subject teachers will suggest, Eg Foundation Math, or Higher Chinese in non-SAP schools).


But after P5 SA2 results, schools will decide for the kids (parent cannot override) which subject combi to take for P6 and PSLE.

[beibeidu]

Hi everyone I am new here wish to seek some help on PV in Pei Hwa.

We just bought a property hoping to bring my daughter to top primary schools in 2022. The property is within 1km of MGS and 1-2 km of RGPS and Pei Hwa. Given the previous year ballot history; we think Pei Hwa 2B have the best chance to avoid balloting.

I do understand Pei Hwa has very tight slots in 2B and the school has been very selective on choosing PV. Just want seek your help here to check what are the criteria for school in selecting PV? The profile of the parents and their careers? The flexibility of timing? Or their way to educate their kid?

P.S. I am surgeon / doctor working in public hospital and my wife works as a corporate officer in private hospital. However we are not very capable in playing instruments or teaching kids. Does that mean we have very little chance for PV? We search online for weeks but could not find any information on this…

[Liewje86]

Hi All,


Hope similar plight parent or existing Pei Hwa student parent can share

My eldest will be entering P1 in 2023, we are keen to place the kid (we have 3kids) in PHPPS. We have submitted application for PV.

My wife and I are from neighborhood school, we don’t know what’s it like to study in “brand” school like this. we don’t stay within 1km, we don’t mind moving into 1km to increase our chance though we stay within 1km to South View.

We are both christian, we preferred that the kids to study in a Christian school with Christian values.

Whether you feel the school environment is competitive? The students are self-entitled? How the culture like? Are the homework level high? What’s the parent involvement level? Are there a lot of children coming from rich family?

[phtthp]

If you were to start reading from page 1 of this thread, you should be able to feel the heartbeat, culture of this primary school.

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Hi All,

Hope similar plight parent or existing Pei Hwa student parent can share

My eldest will be entering P1 in 2023, we are keen to place the kid (we have 3kids) in PHPPS. We have submitted application for PV.

My wife and I are from neighborhood school, we don’t know what’s it like to study in “brand” school like this. we don’t stay within 1km, we don’t mind moving into 1km to increase our chance though we stay within 1km to South View.

We are both christian, we preferred that the kids to study in a Christian school with Christian values.

Whether you feel the school environment is competitive? The students are self-entitled? How the culture like? Are the homework level high? What’s the parent involvement level? Are there a lot of children coming from rich family?

If all things remain the same, the likelihood of you being accepted as a PV is low. As PHPPS typically ballots in Phase 2B, it’s unlikely that the school will accept you as a PV (SC > 2km), knowing that there’s a possibility that you may not even be eligible (after fulfilling the hours). It’s usually the case that you have to move before the school will consider you and not the school accepts you first before you move.

“Christian” values is also kinda vague. If you are looking for a school with strong Christian values, De La Salle is right around your corner and you don’t even have to PV to bao jiak.

[zac's mum]

Based on some of my friends’ comments (their kids are currently in this school)…


Yes - the school envt is still highly competitive (has not changed since our time).

Culture is very Chinese-y (from the top). It is a SAP school after all.

Homework level is high. School exam papers are tough. Streaming is pretty competitive and lots of the girls score very well. Be prepared to be highly involved in your child’s studies as a parent.

Depending on which Christian denomination you are, u may or may not agree with the religious teachings there. I suggest you find out more.

[manorway]

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Based on some of my friends’ comments (their kids are currently in this school)...

Yes - the school envt is still highly competitive (has not changed since our time).

Culture is very Chinese-y (from the top). It is a SAP school after all.

Homework level is high. School exam papers are tough. Streaming is pretty competitive and lots of the girls score very well. Be prepared to be highly involved in your child’s studies as a parent.

Depending on which Christian denomination you are, u may or may not agree with the religious teachings there. I suggest you find out more.[/quote]

zac's mum, when you say exam papers are tough, can you also please suggest 1 or 2 schools with comparable difficulty level of exam as this school? Thanks.