Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[dyh]

verykiasu2010:

janet_lee88:

Verykiasu,

Agree, agree.
P1-2 are the important 2 years to build foundation. There are 2 'jumps' - P3 and P5. Results may dip at P3, as subject depth will be tougher. P5 is the year schools start to prepare students for PSLE, as P6 is usually for revision. Not much teaching is done according to a cousin whose son is in P6 this year.

P3 will add in new subject - Science

P3 will have GEP testing for selection

P5 will determine whether to continue / drop HMT

P6 - DSA : some schools ask for P4 results too....almost all schools ask for P5 & P6.

Some DSA starts at P5 (!!)

and PSLE will test all the stuff from P3 onwards .....

at end of P4 school briefing, principal stressed that PSLE preparation starts at P5

P6 June holiday will have extra lessons

P6 term 2 & 3 will have supplemental lessons in the afternoons

By July of P6, all syllabus would have been completed

August : revision with full papers

very good summary. thanks for the heads up. Is your child from Pei Hwa?

[dyh]

janet_lee88:

Hi dyh,

All parents want the best for their kids, but not all kids are able to live up to expectations. As such, there are many kids who are visiting psychiatrists now.

My son is in an average class. Hubby and I feel that as long as he can stay put, it's tantamount to putting in effort. It will be a bonus if he moves up but we are ok with where he is.
In Pei Hwa, I feel that there is much pressure on the students to perform and be resilient.

PSLE matters, but the 6 years of primary school life is more important.
Don't you think so ?

Just out of curiosity, any parents here have their kids transferred out of PH to another school before? Would like to hear from their experience whether their kids think the new school is better, same or worse in terms of developing them...

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verykiasu2010:

janet_lee88:

Verykiasu,

Agree, agree.
P1-2 are the important 2 years to build foundation. There are 2 'jumps' - P3 and P5. Results may dip at P3, as subject depth will be tougher. P5 is the year schools start to prepare students for PSLE, as P6 is usually for revision. Not much teaching is done according to a cousin whose son is in P6 this year.

P3 will add in new subject - Science

P3 will have GEP testing for selection

P5 will determine whether to continue / drop HMT

P6 - DSA : some schools ask for P4 results too....almost all schools ask for P5 & P6.

Some DSA starts at P5 (!!)

and PSLE will test all the stuff from P3 onwards .....

at end of P4 school briefing, principal stressed that PSLE preparation starts at P5

P6 June holiday will have extra lessons

P6 term 2 & 3 will have supplemental lessons in the afternoons

By July of P6, all syllabus would have been completed

August : revision with full papers

Hi

P6 June holiday will have extra lessons (my DS has 4 lessons-Spore Discovery Center for EL,Sungei Buloh for Sci, only maths, CL in sch)
P6 term 2 & 3 will have supplemental lessons in the afternoons
Pei Hwa starts supplementary classes from P5 onwards, every tues and thurs 2pm to 3.30pm, alternate subjects for odd and even wks. Take note that u dont arrange tuition on these 2 days.

Rgds

[IJJ]

dyh:

Just out of curiosity, any parents here have their kids transferred out of PH to another school before? Would like to hear from their experience whether their kids think the new school is better, same or worse in terms of developing them...

Know of someone who transfered child from Pei Hwa to Tao Nan due to shifting of house. I don't really know the family very well, but the parents did say the culture was quite different but as nurturing for their child in terms of academic and emotional needs.

Another one or two that I know, transfered as child was selected for GEP, so I guess that was for a different reason to compare.

[Mummy58]

I am just curious for parents with children in Pei Hwa, does your child have homework? My girl is in P2 this year and I think she has been very relax in term 1 and 2. No homework from teacher and the only thing she needs to do is the weekly Ting xie, mo sie and spelling.

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Mummy58:

I am just curious for parents with children in Pei Hwa, does your child have homework? My girl is in P2 this year and I think she has been very relax in term 1 and 2. No homework from teacher and the only thing she needs to do is the weekly Ting xie, mo sie and spelling.

My dd is in P2. She does have the usual EMC homework till now, though not daily. She has weekly journals too, even for the June Hols (4 entries). Her teacher is super fast in reading their journals! My dd also managed to complete the Reading Activity Card during the June hols and a self-authored chinese storybook as Chinese HW.

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

In conjunction with the Math topic on Money, the teachers had been bringing the kids to the supermarket to do marketing! My dd’s class will be going to Cold Storage today. The groups had been planning the items to buy and budgeting for this marketing trip. All items will be consumed tomorrow during lesson. How exciting! Brought back my memories when I brought my older P4s for marketing trip at Giant IMM. Are we still under the Innovation and Enterprise - Teach Less, Learn More strategy?


My dd had never need to worry about marketing…it’s quite interesting to see her getting all serious and feeling important for this little project. It was like her MOST top priority event of the week! Haha.

[Mummy58]

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Thanks for your reply. Dd never have homework during the first half year of P2 and not even during June hol. The class was only told to memerise a Chinese poem throughout the whole hol.

My dd’s class is also going to Cold Storage today which she is very excited about.

[Mrsbongz]

my dh is going PH to register ds1 tomorrow… so excited and worried… I still have colleagues coming up to me to ask if I wanna re-consider sending my son to such a tough environment… sigh… so difficult to make a choice!!


Our current plan to let DS enter PH first… and see how he performs… Dh n I have an agreement to not worry even if ds is the last in the last class… as long as he is learning and still happy… but I’m not sure if I can manage that… hahaha… My husband is the old school boy, and he actually still recalls how sad he was to score 80+ for his subjects and still end up at the bottom of the class… he is worried that DS can’t cope…

If any of you have any tips on managing stress in kids, do share!! I’m actually looking for a student care, preferably one that is well-balanced with play time instead of just drilling of assessment work. But again, I was advised that this will make it harder for my son to fit into PH’s ‘culture’…

sigh… such a tough decision, I actually can’t wait till p1 starts so I can see for myself how best to help my son learn…

[janet88]

Mrsbongz:

my dh is going PH to register ds1 tomorrow.. so excited and worried... I still have colleagues coming up to me to ask if I wanna re-consider sending my son to such a tough environment.. sigh.. so difficult to make a choice!!


Our current plan to let DS enter PH first.. and see how he performs... Dh n I have an agreement to not worry even if ds is the last in the last class.. as long as he is learning and still happy... but I'm not sure if I can manage that.. hahaha.. My husband is the old school boy, and he actually still recalls how sad he was to score 80+ for his subjects and still end up at the bottom of the class.. he is worried that DS can't cope..

If any of you have any tips on managing stress in kids, do share!! I'm actually looking for a student care, preferably one that is well-balanced with play time instead of just drilling of assessment work. But again, I was advised that this will make it harder for my son to fit into PH's 'culture'..

sigh.. such a tough decision, I actually can't wait till p1 starts so I can see for myself how best to help my son learn..

Hubby & I didn't build his foundation and now we are regretting it. It's very important to build up for P1/2. Please don't ignore that.
Son is now in P4, drilling him hard because of subject-banding at the end of the year.

There are many helpful mummies here who can guide you along the way for P1. Don't worry about that.