St Margaret's Primary

[jacsplace]

Dear Olivia,


The girls already face tough questions, particularly in maths! With what seems like no help from the teacher. We don’t blame him. He has a lot to cover so he doesn’t have time to make sure every girl understands one topic before moving on to the next. Tough questions are fine as long as they are accompanied by closely guided teaching. No wonder parents have to spend extra money on tuition. Teachers, text books, work books, assessment books, past years papers from top primary schools are all not enough. What is needed is one teacher to one child, a teacher who can ensure and guide the child to understand all the different permutations and combinations that are posed in math questions these days. Even my husband, who is very good in maths, is stumped by the complexity of some of these questions. We really wish we had guidance from the maths teachers on how to teach our children.

[doraemo]

jacsplace:

Dear Olivia,


The girls already face tough questions, particularly in maths! With what seems like no help from the teacher. We don't blame him. He has a lot to cover so he doesn't have time to make sure every girl understands one topic before moving on to the next. Tough questions are fine as long as they are accompanied by closely guided teaching. No wonder parents have to spend extra money on tuition. Teachers, text books, work books, assessment books, past years papers from top primary schools are all not enough. What is needed is one teacher to one child, a teacher who can ensure and guide the child to understand all the different permutations and combinations that are posed in math questions these days. Even my husband, who is very good in maths, is stumped by the complexity of some of these questions. We really wish we had guidance from the maths teachers on how to teach our children.

My elder girl in P2 currently and the younger girl will be going to p1 next year , I remember last year we attended a math workshop in model drawing for parents organized by the school , it helps as she has started using model drawing this year and also we're able to teach her on using model drawing for answering questions.
For maths, we'll check her daily works and understanding on the concepts taught on that particular topic . Nearer to CA or SA, we will ask her to do more worksheets from the assessment book. So far so good. hopefully

[happy me]

doraemo:

jacsplace:

Dear Olivia,


The girls already face tough questions, particularly in maths! With what seems like no help from the teacher. We don't blame him. He has a lot to cover so he doesn't have time to make sure every girl understands one topic before moving on to the next. Tough questions are fine as long as they are accompanied by closely guided teaching. No wonder parents have to spend extra money on tuition. Teachers, text books, work books, assessment books, past years papers from top primary schools are all not enough. What is needed is one teacher to one child, a teacher who can ensure and guide the child to understand all the different permutations and combinations that are posed in math questions these days. Even my husband, who is very good in maths, is stumped by the complexity of some of these questions. We really wish we had guidance from the maths teachers on how to teach our children.

My elder girl in P2 currently and the younger girl will be going to p1 next year , I remember last year we attended a math workshop in model drawing for parents organized by the school , it helps as she has started using model drawing this year and also we're able to teach her on using model drawing for answering questions.
For maths, we'll check her daily works and understanding on the concepts taught on that particular topic . Nearer to CA or SA, we will ask her to do more worksheets from the assessment book. So far so good. hopefully

Dear Mummies,

Am I right to say that the standard of SMPS is comparable to other good schools? Kindly advise. Thanks!

[jacsplace]

Hi happyme,


SMPS has excellent standards, otherwise parents wouldn't bother with it. Just look at any year's P1 registration results and you'll see some schools still have lots of vacancies after the exercise. But SMPS is not one of those.

It's like when you go to a hawker centre and you see a long queue at a stall. Food there must be good or people wouldn't waste time lining up right? After all, we are busy Singaporeans :lol:

[SAHM_TAN]

jacsplace:

Hi happyme,


SMPS has excellent standards, otherwise parents wouldn't bother with it. Just look at any year's P1 registration results and you'll see some schools still have lots of vacancies after the exercise. But SMPS is not one of those.

It's like when you go to a hawker centre and you see a long queue at a stall. Food there must be good or people wouldn't waste time lining up right? After all, we are busy Singaporeans :lol:

If you are concern about academic excellence, it is best to look at their PSLE results and decide for yourself

[doraemo]

hi happyme


You may go to this link for more info on SMPS.

A publication by SMPS - Footprints. They have 2009 PSLE results.

http://www.stmargaretspri.moe.edu.sg/wbn/slot/u1495/Footprints/Footprints_%28June_2010%29.pdf

[jtoh]

doraemo:

hi happyme


You may go to this link for more info on SMPS.

A publication by SMPS - Footprints. They have 2009 PSLE results.

http://www.stmargaretspri.moe.edu.sg/wbn/slot/u1495/Footprints/Footprints_%28June_2010%29.pdf

Am I reading the results correctly? Only 2 persons scored 4A* in PSLE last year?

Quoted from magazine:

Pupils scoring
4A* 2
3A* 9
2A* 12
1A* 32

[foreverj]

jtoh:

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Am I reading the results correctly? Only 2 persons scored 4A* in PSLE last year?

Quoted from magazine:

Pupils scoring
4A* 2
3A* 9
2A* 12
1A* 32

I could vaguely recall my own PSLE results. think SMPS is slightly better than my neighbourhood school 20 yrs ago. surprisingly i think the chinese is not as bad as i imagined :lol:

hi jtoh, to be fair, i think from the results, its quite safe to say that most of the girls in the top class would have done well in the PSLE, as in good enough to go to a good sec school (abt 250 and above?). 2 A* is more uncertain, the range of COP can be quite wide. pls note that my observations is based on my own memory/experience with PSLE. Times may have changed.

[foreverj]

just wanted to add that the publication is very interesting. Can see the girls enjoy a fun-filled school life! Great work SMPS! :celebrate:


surprised to see the school has revamped its website and even linked it to the PTA website. quite impressive! on top of that, glad to know that the affiliated sec school was granted autonomous status in 2009 as well! wld be an incentive for many parents to send their girls to the primary school

[yaokel]

I have been thinking for mths which student care to chose?


St Mag YMCA @ SGD 295 + SGD 100 (school bus)
Nearby my house @ SGD 235 + SGD 60 (school bus)

Thinking of saving money and ask my dad to look after her… But afraid he cant control my girl… haiz…