Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[janet88]

gracey109:

Hi! My girl is not so fluent in Mandarin. Is the Chinese class in this school tougher compared to others? I enrolled her in Berries to at least supplement her in this area. Thanks.

Honestly there are not many children who speak Mandarin in Pei Hwa. My son's CL teacher bans the class from speaking English during her lessons but son tells me she does use Eng to explain certain terms/phrases to them. Son was surprised his CL teacher's English is so good. HaHaHa.

[gracey109]

Hi janet_lee88! Thanks for the reply. How are the teachers in this school? I know the school fare well in their academic ranks. How about teaching the students moral values, leadership skills, building confidence etc? CCA?

[janet88]

gracey109:

Hi janet_lee88! Thanks for the reply. How are the teachers in this school? I know the school fare well in their academic ranks. How about teaching the students moral values, leadership skills, building confidence etc? CCA?

I find the teachers ok and some of them are really committed to help the students improve in their subjects. My son's Eng teacher this year (P4) is one of them.
As for the school, yes, it does focus on academic excellence. Discipline is very strict too...something I like bcos kids now need to have strict teachers esp if both parents are working and maids cannot control them. However, some teachers tend to be like tigresses.

[gracey109]

ok. thanks for the feedback! whew! tigress!

[markfch]

gracey109:

ok. thanks for the feedback! whew! tigress!

Tigress is good. Tigress keeps monkeys like my ds to toe the line.

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gracey109:

Hi janet_lee88! Thanks for the reply. How are the teachers in this school? I know the school fare well in their academic ranks. How about teaching the students moral values, leadership skills, building confidence etc? CCA?

Hi gracey109, PH is a school founded with Christian values so there will be a lesson on CV each week. They have devotion time before lesson starts each day at the hall. In terms of building confidence, the school organises programmes like \"Pei Hwa Got Talent', \"I am A Star\" to encourage the kids to exercise their abilities on stage. They start having Junior Prefects at P2 to build their leadership skills. There are also various positions in class such as subject reps to teach the kids responsibilities and teamwork.

As for teacher quality, it all depends on how you look at it. There are no perfect teachers. These are the teachers my dd had crossed paths with: strict, no-nonsense teachers who emphasize on the quality of work, jovial teachers who tell jokes to the kids during lessons, meticulous teachers who scrutinise every detail of work, caring teachers who show concern even when they are no longer teaching them. Actually, my dd is only P2 so frankly, she has not had so many teachers yet, but so far, her teachers are rather good.

You can check out the school's website too.
http://www.phpps.moe.edu.sg/index.php

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

Hi all, anybody familiar with Rhythmic Gymnastics CCA?

[janet88]

gracey109:

ok. thanks for the feedback! whew! tigress!

Don't worry about the 'tigresses'. As long as the child behaves, he/she is fine. I volunteered to bring son's class out last year and realized that the teacher had to be fierce bcos the same group of boys were behaving badly outside.

[markfch]

hi parents,


Just got ds's confirmation letter. Orientation is on 19-Nov. What do they do with the kids during orientation? Some yrs back, my friend's kid in another hot sch nearby was given 200 words for spelling during orientation, to be tested in first week of jan. How's that as an introductory gift? :roll:

[el17]

hello good evening,


I would like to check if anyone P1 &P2 kids stay at clementi ave 2 and take school bus at 8am to Pei Hwa? my son need to take morning transport around 8am to care junction in Pei Hwa. Thanks