Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[IJJ]

dyh:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"pench\"]Hi all,

what's \"Science Pratical Test\" about?

Science practical test constitutes 5% towards the overall SA2. It's worthwhile preparing for it as is quite easy to score. The test is either on one of the topics taught. No worries.

my son said his practical test is in week 6. so different from what the timetable indicated. :?[/quote]The dates on PH term 3 calender is incorrect. 27/28/29 Jul cannot be under week 2.

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markfch:

E3:

[quote=\"markfch\"]Hopefully all the 2010 batch of PV (me includ.) can get in lor.

All the best! I could still remember the year when we were registering my dd for PH. I was expecting my No. 3 then. I think my blood pressure went up during balloting. Haha....but I think it's all worth it.

I've a niece who I think is the same league as your dd. She could read newspaper & spell out the months in order at 2 plus. Too many amazing things she could do, I can faint. I finally understood the meaning of gifted when I observed her.

I think for the truly gifted kids, it's the school that is fortunate to have them. That's my thought. Of course I'm also very happy with ds. He's also gifted in other ways, like er, spending my money & emotional blackmailing me :|[/quote]Haha. Your niece is way more advanced! Impressive. My girl is just hardworking and a little more blessed cos I had gone thru the local education system enough to... well...know what she should at least know at her age...I probably 'overfed' her a little more...hehe...talk about being kiasu...

I've not discussed with my dd re gifted programme till she questioned me about it last week. Apparently, her teacher had raised the topic in class. Well...I told her straight, we might not even let her take the gifted test next year as my dh and I believe in not labelling our kids. This is just our opinion re gifted programme. We know how our kids are like and in God's eyes, every child is gifted. Furthermore, we have gone through so much to get her into PH, we'll not want to be put in the position that we have to decide to transfer her out. I had taught kids who were really smart but not in the gifted programme, they had progressed steadily over the years into responsible, mature and emotionally stable young people, went to top JCs and in the prestigious courses in the Uni. That's y i know consistency is still important.

Frankly, IJJ is the more discerning mum here when it comes to her girls' education. I wish I could be just as decisive and firm. Looking at my no. 2 who is the more artsy one, sometimes I do wonder whether PH will be the right fit for her? However, I know, out of convenience, we'll probably register her in the same school when the time comes. Hmm...like not very fair to her...haha...

[janet88]

Hi there,

I think what I’m about to put here might surprise some of you.

My hubby & I have ‘by-passed’ Phase 1 for daughter. It has been a roller coaster of sorts for the past few months b4 we decided to make this decision. This Thursday, we will register her at CHIJ TP under Phase 2A2.

My son is an average kid. Coaching him in his studies has been tough on us for the past few years, esp at P3. We coach him as much as we can, although he has tuition for Chinese and English enrichment. For daughter, we plan to use the same approach to coach her, hopefully she will be able to do well and build up her foundation.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

Hi there,

I think what I'm about to put here might surprise some of you.

My hubby & I have 'by-passed' Phase 1 for daughter. It has been a roller coaster of sorts for the past few months b4 we decided to make this decision. This Thursday, we will register her at CHIJ TP under Phase 2A2.

My son is an average kid. Coaching him in his studies has been tough on us for the past few years, esp at P3. We coach him as much as we can, although he has tuition for Chinese and English enrichment. For daughter, we plan to use the same approach to coach her, hopefully she will be able to do well and build up her foundation.

Hi Janet

No problem. You would see the result in due course so long as you are persistent. Last year, DD CA1 Maths was only 66 but after daily working in two problem sum for a period of time finally the SA2 she scored 95. 加油

[janet88]

Since we have decided to register her in another school, we will still be applying the same approach to teach her.


Son’s Math plunged to 65 in P3 for CA. It was very shocking bcos we never expected the dip to be so drastic although we know it will be harder. So now I get him to work on 5 problem sums every week.

[Brenda10]

Yes. Practice makes perfect. Once the child gets more exposure to all types of problem sum, they would find the maths is not that difficult to tackle. I’m sure your son would be very excited once he sees the improvement after the hard work.

[janet88]

Brenda10:

Yes. Practice makes perfect. Once the child gets more exposure to all types of problem sum, they would find the maths is not that difficult to tackle. I’m sure your son would be very excited once he sees the improvement after the hard work.

For Math, fortunately the best and only way to improve is through practice. As such I got him a not so challenging assessment book in June. His thoughtful form teacher has also started remedial for several of them. I hope he can pull himself together to push his grades up for SA2.

[markfch]

janet_lee88:

Hi there,

I think what I'm about to put here might surprise some of you.

My hubby & I have 'by-passed' Phase 1 for daughter. It has been a roller coaster of sorts for the past few months b4 we decided to make this decision. This Thursday, we will register her at CHIJ TP under Phase 2A2.

janet,
You're one good neighbour. Because of your choice my ds has one extra slot to aim for (joking only)

[IJJ]

E3:

Frankly, IJJ is the more discerning mum here when it comes to her girls' education. I wish I could be just as decisive and firm. Looking at my no. 2 who is the more artsy one, sometimes I do wonder whether PH will be the right fit for her? However, I know, out of convenience, we'll probably register her in the same school when the time comes. Hmm...like not very fair to her...haha...

No lah, I am sure you would likely do similar if you were in my shoes. :lol: My child's CL then was inordinarily errr.... behind. :lol: My first child did not have most of her preschool education in Singapore, hence her lousy CL. If she had been in Singapore for entire K1&2, I guess I would not have placed her elsewhere. PH was and is still my top choice considering the Christian environment and academic achievements. Now after 1 year of transfer into this school, my child loves the school even more and this love positively inspired my #2. :lol:

I guess my 2 younger ones would end up in PH when their times come, which I suppose I would not want to go through unnec round of P1 reg in another school. Ain't I bias? :oops: E3, my #2 is also the more artsy one. I have not given any thot yet ...until you mention it, is PH a good fit for her? Hmm...

I kudos Janet for making such decision. Not easy esp you have gone through one round of heart blobbing P1 registration years ago. Thankfully, you have another good school to fall back on. I am sure your children will appreciate all your thots and efforts even before they start their formal education journey.

[IJJ]

markfch:

janet,

You're one good neighbour. Because of your choice my ds has one extra slot to aim for (joking only)

Then more good news, I know at least 2 of my churchmates who qualified for P2B, also decided to give up PH reg to place their children elsewhere. Yeah more slots for you.