All About GEP

[zac's mum]

tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2044256\" time=\"1635639145\" user_id=\"194652:

jkids\" post_id=\"2044242\" time=\"1635605362\" user_id=\"6320:

i tot this round should be tip 1% and not top 10%

The screening stage (1st round) selects for 10% of the cohort.

The selection stage (2nd round) selects for the 1% of the cohort that MOE has identified as being intellectually gifted.

10% of the initial 10% mathematically works out to be 1% of the entire cohort.

[Zeal mummy]

Smartiepants88\" post_id=\"2044487\" time=\"1635811703\" user_id=\"179035:

Typically,

For Selection Round:
Day 1:
1 hour -1.5 hours English
Break
1-1.5 hours | English General Abilities

Day 2
1hour -1.5 hours Math
Break
1hr-1.5hours | Math GA

Bring a snack, can eat during break. Canteen not open.

[Zeal mummy]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2044257\" time=\"1635640238\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2044257 time=1635640238 user_id=53606]

tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2044256\" time=\"1635639145\" user_id=\"194652:

10% of the initial 10% mathematically works out to be 1% of the entire cohort.

Good math there!

[kiasudad1]

Hi folks, I was browsing reddit, and came across this today:


https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/qlplx5/getting_into_a_primary_school/?sort=confidence

On reddit, several students who went through GEP said that they were \"trained\" by enrichment for GEP, and they got in. However, once they were in the GEP programme, they struggled to stay on par with their really gifted peers, who just breezed through difficult tests.

Can any parent who went through this with their children or similar, heard whether this is true?

I have a sibling who went through GEP, and the surprising thing is, his PSLE score was about 15-20 points lower than the rest of us. (Express stream). Can anyone explain whether GEP program helps to prepare for PSLE?

[zac's mum]

kiasudad1\" post_id=\"2044818\" time=\"1635997515\" user_id=\"193855:

Hi folks, I was browsing reddit, and came across this today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/qlplx5/getting_into_a_primary_school/?sort=confidence

On reddit, several students who went through GEP said that they were \"trained\" by enrichment for GEP, and they got in. However, once they were in the GEP programme, they struggled to stay on par with their really gifted peers, who just breezed through difficult tests.

Can any parent who went through this with their children or similar, heard whether this is true?

I have a sibling who went through GEP, and the surprising thing is, his PSLE score was about 15-20 points lower than the rest of us. (Express stream). Can anyone explain whether GEP program helps to prepare for PSLE?

Erm, why don’t u ask your sibling what the GEP program is about? Better yet, ask your child to talk to his uncle/aunt to find out more, see whether your child will enjoy the program.

PSLE and GEP are very separate things. Not sure why people mistake the 2 as related.

[ChiefKiasu]

That’s right. PSLE and GEP are 2 very different things. You might be a genius but you may fail in every examination. Take Einstein, as an example. He flunked his Zurich Polytechnic exam because of his poor grasp of French, which is what the exam is based on.

[skii]

angga888\" post_id=\"2044063\" time=\"1635472702\" user_id=\"50558:

My son went for the 2nd round last year 2020, here was the test timing:

Tuesday:
English (9:00 am - 10.20 am)
General Ability 1 (11:05 am - 12:25 pm)

Wednesday
General Ability 2 (9:00 am - 9:55 am)
Mathematics (10:40 am - 12:30 pm)

As he was from non-GEP school so the school arranged bus to ferry all the students to the test center. The bus left at 7am, and the students were ferried back to own school by 1:30pm.

Hope that helps

jkids\" post_id=\"2043887\" time=\"1635318800\" user_id=\"6320:

Thank u. I know the dates, I need need to know the timing which is not released yet.

If anyone has past years timing, please can u share as I need a gauge to plan my leaves.

I just saw a photo - showing the timing for 22 and 23 Nov 2021. (Don’t know which school’s newsletter)


The above timing and subjects tested (from 2020) are identical to the photo for 2021.

[angga888]

kiasudad1\" post_id=\"2044818\" time=\"1635997515\" user_id=\"193855:

Hi folks, I was browsing reddit, and came across this today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/qlplx5/getting_into_a_primary_school/?sort=confidence

On reddit, several students who went through GEP said that they were \"trained\" by enrichment for GEP, and they got in. However, once they were in the GEP programme, they struggled to stay on par with their really gifted peers, who just breezed through difficult tests.

Can any parent who went through this with their children or similar, heard whether this is true?

I have a sibling who went through GEP, and the surprising thing is, his PSLE score was about 15-20 points lower than the rest of us. (Express stream). Can anyone explain whether GEP program helps to prepare for PSLE?

I can't share from the enrichment side because my son went in without any enrichment. I only bought a few Math Olympiad book for him to expose to the type of questions. Even then, the first semester in P4 was tough, as the curriculum was very demanding and the exam style is different, his result was not good! Going into 2nd semester, he started to get use to it, and the result has improved a lot. I am sure every kids in the programme would have some kind of struggle at the beginning because it's an adjustment from the mainstream. However, form teacher said that every year there are always few students who decide to pull out from the programme.

[ingwei79]

san20sg\" post_id=\"2042881\" time=\"1634644628\" user_id=\"76391:

I am really very vexed with his Chinese and do not know how to help him. He also does not have a good learning attitude in school. Though he is not the naughty kind and is very quiet, all teachers have sent feedback that he is very disinterested in learning and has problems focusing in school and easily distracted. His grades for other subjects may be slightly above average only, but not fantastic. The only thing is that he can get almost perfect scores in science but that is the only subject that I do not have to worry about.

Get tutor for science but in Chinese. Malaysian Chinese schools do Science in Chinese. Use Science as a hook to learn Chinese. Can try zoom classes or any Malaysian tutor who came through Chinese Science there.

[Twinkiestars]

angga888\" post_id=\"2044974\" time=\"1636075234\" user_id=\"50558:

kiasudad1\" post_id=\"2044818\" time=\"1635997515\" user_id=\"193855:

Hi folks, I was browsing reddit, and came across this today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/qlplx5/getting_into_a_primary_school/?sort=confidence

On reddit, several students who went through GEP said that they were \"trained\" by enrichment for GEP, and they got in. However, once they were in the GEP programme, they struggled to stay on par with their really gifted peers, who just breezed through difficult tests.

Can any parent who went through this with their children or similar, heard whether this is true?

I have a sibling who went through GEP, and the surprising thing is, his PSLE score was about 15-20 points lower than the rest of us. (Express stream). Can anyone explain whether GEP program helps to prepare for PSLE?

I can't share from the enrichment side because my son went in without any enrichment. I only bought a few Math Olympiad book for him to expose to the type of questions. Even then, the first semester in P4 was tough, as the curriculum was very demanding and the exam style is different, his result was not good! Going into 2nd semester, he started to get use to it, and the result has improved a lot. I am sure every kids in the programme would have some kind of struggle at the beginning because it's an adjustment from the mainstream. However, form teacher said that every year there are always few students who decide to pull out from the programme.

Didn’t realize it was possible to pull out of GEP once in. As anyone had this experience and how did your child take it?