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    Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

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      Funx3
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      Hi janet_lee88,


      Just thought of this, with your DS in P5 next year, he can be your DD "Buddy" during the 1st wk in school!

      Don’t think Got Chance for P1/P2 to be morning session next year. Class Rooms seem to be fully utilised now.

      Just Another Anecdote from my DD after this year’s P1 1st wk in school …
      "Why P1 students carry such HEAVY bags??? Got so many things to bring-Meh? It’s heavier than my P5 school bag!!!" - Comments from ALL DD classmates volunteering as "Buddies", who has "Graciously" Help to carry their younger P1 "Buddies" school bags, walking up 3 flights of stairs … Pant … Pant … Puff … Puff …

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        janet88
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        Funx3:
        Hi janet_lee88,


        Just thought of this, with your DS in P5 next year, he can be your DD \"Buddy\" during the 1st wk in school!
        My daughter will not be going to Pei Hwa next year...she's going to CHIJ Toa Payoh. Hubby & I discussed this and decided to put her in my former school.

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          markfch
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          Funx3:
          Jennifer:


          Wld like to check with you on lessons for NC and HCL.

          During my elder boy's time (since P5), the sch does not conduct extra lessons for NC. Is this still the practice now?

          Yeah, still the same.
          Our kids are group into Banding Class for HCL : C1, C2, ....
          Classes conducted for HCL only - but have to take exam for both CL and HCL.
          DD Often complain how come only C1 got so M-U-C-H more assignments / Projects / presentations / even Chinese Debates, etc than other classes. In her own Words - \" Soooo UnFair!\"

          Just curious, I thought HCL is taught from P1 onwards? If there is HCL subject banding, does that mean that in P5 charity, there are also students that don't go to the best performing HCL class?

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            janet88
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            markfch,

            Higher Chinese is taught from P1 and can be dropped at P5.
            I’m still undecided if son should continue with HCL next year or drop it as Jennifer mentioned earlier about the heavier workload at P5 and if he continues with HCL, it will be tougher. Heard there is a lot of copying of 笔记. We don’t speak Mandarin at home too.
            However, someone told me that taking HCL helps at P6 as there are points to be earned.

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              qms
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              janet_lee88:
              However, someone told me that taking HCL helps at P6 as there are points to be earned.

              Helpful only if your child is applying to a SAP school, if I am not wrong.

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                Funx3
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                markfch:

                Just curious, I thought HCL is taught from P1 onwards? If there is HCL subject banding, does that mean that in P5 charity, there are also students that don't go to the best performing HCL class?
                That's possible - Have Heard of Charity class students who are not in HCL C1 Chinese Banding Class.
                Students are grouped according to their CL Language Level - Guess it is Easier for the Subject teacher to devise more effective teaching this way .....

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                  markfch
                  last edited by

                  Funx3:
                  That's possible - Have Heard of Charity class students who are not in HCL C1 Chinese Banding Class.

                  Students are grouped according to their CL Language Level - Guess it is Easier for the Subject teacher to devise more effective teaching this way .....
                  Thanks for the info, Funx3.

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                    Trapwithin
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                    Have heard from various sources with diff version on streaming classes.

                    Does PHPPS stream purely based on result or based on subjects banding?
                    I have the impression that they stream classes based on SA2 result … from No 1 to No 360 into 12 classes for P2 and 9 classes for P3 onwards.

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                      Jennifer
                      last edited by

                      markfch:
                      Just curious, I thought HCL is taught from P1 onwards? If there is HCL subject banding, does that mean that in P5 charity, there are also students that don't go to the best performing HCL class?

                      The sch being a SAP sch uses the HCL textbook from P1 to P6.

                      The only exception is for some classes in P5 n P6 which take only NC, these classes use the NC textbook.

                      Those P5 n P6 classes which take HCL use only one HCL textbook.

                      From my experience, for P2 n P3 classes, only the 1st four classes (CH, FA, GR, HO) learn the last passage \"sheng guang\" (enrichment) in the HCL textbook.

                      My elder boy was in CH (P5 n P6), he was not in C1 (the best perfoming HCL class). For 1st semester P6, he was in C5, the 2nd semester he was transferred to C4.

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                        Jennifer
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                        Trapwithin:
                        Have heard from various sources with diff version on streaming classes.

                        Does PHPPS stream purely based on result or based on subjects banding?
                        I have the impression that they stream classes based on SA2 result .. from No 1 to No 360 into 12 classes for P2 and 9 classes for P3 onwards.
                        I was told that P5 classes are streamed based on P4 EL SA2 results. The cohort then undergoes subject banding for Mother tongue (HCL or NC) and Maths. During my elder boy's time, Science is not banded.

                        I suppose P2 to P4 streaming is based on overall aggregate score.

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