Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary
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Hi E3/Jennifer,
When my son was in P1/2, he was tested on 识认字 in the glossary but starting from P3, everything (识认字 and 识写字) are tested in the exam. Like what E3 mentioned, Pei Hwa is a SAP school and so it shouldn’t be surprising that whatever can be tested will be tested.
PS: Exam time-table schedule has been distributed. -
janet_lee88:
so it shouldn't be surprising that whatever can be tested will be tested.
Meaning we must teach the sheng guang passage at home in the event the child is not in the 1st 4 classes since it is being tested in exam? -
Jennifer:
IMO, the 深广 passages for the lower primary texts are not really difficult so it should be manageable if a couple of questions taken from these passages do come out for exams. Kids who did not learn the 词语 could easily answer by elimination or if they had understood what was taught to them, they could use their discretion. However, I am not too sure whether 深广词语 was deliberately omitted when setting the chinese papers across all the levels.janet_lee88:
so it shouldn't be surprising that whatever can be tested will be tested.
Meaning we must teach the sheng guang passage at home in the event the child is not in the 1st 4 classes since it is being tested in exam? -
I am getting my son to try and remember every character in the 生子表, be it 识认字 or 识写字. Just learn everything esp 词语 and 汉语拼音…never know what will be tested. These 2 sections always appear on the first 2 pages of exam.
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Can the duration for SA1 and SA2 chinese pp 1 be different? It was 1 hour 20 mins for SA1, the recent memo stated 1 hour for SA2. The test components remained unchanged: one compo plus 10 sentence-constructions.
No matter how super one can be, I doubt I can train my dd to write a good chinese compo plus 10 good sentences in 1 hour.
What’s the duration for P3 onwards like for Chi pp1? What are the test components? -
This is so frustrating and out of hand...
I called the GO to ask to speak to Chinese HOD to clarify the duration for Chi pp1. A clerk picked up and transferred the call, I was put on hold (listening to music) for a long time. Instead of getting back to me to tell me that nobody picked up, she let me hang on the phone, then...a boy picked up and started dialing...he heard my voice and said, \"Oh, sorry wrong number.\"...never mind....I called a second time, another person picked up, didn't know how to do the transfer and hung up on me! I have the patience to call the third time, yet, another person picked up and said she could only take a message, cos \"This is a school, teachers come in and out, we do not know when they will be around so we will take a message and that's all the counter clerk can do.\"
What is this? :roll: :stupid: -
E3:
Hi E3, i understand your frustration. I believe the staff in GO need to improve their communcation techniques. However, contacting a teacher through phone is highly not recommended. Most of the time, teachers are teaching in classes and it is difficult to get them unless you know very well the free slot of that particular teacher. Communication via email is a better method to get in touch with teachers. I tried a few times sending emails to my dd's FT and i got her responses within the same day. Maybe you should just try sending an email to the HOD instead....This is so frustrating and out of hand...
I called the GO to ask to speak to Chinese HOD to clarify the duration for Chi pp1. A clerk picked up and transferred the call, I was put on hold (listening to music) for a long time. Instead of getting back to me to tell me that nobody picked up, she let me hang on the phone, then...a boy picked up and started dialing...he heard my voice and said, \"Oh, sorry wrong number.\"...never mind....I called a second time, another person picked up, didn't know how to do the transfer and hung up on me! I have the patience to call the third time, yet, another person picked up and said she could only take a message, cos \"This is a school, teachers come in and out, we do not know when they will be around so we will take a message and that's all the counter clerk can do.\"
What is this? :roll: :stupid: -
php:
Communication via email is a better method to get in touch with teachers. I tried a few times sending emails to my dd's FT and i got her responses within the same day. Maybe you should just try sending an email to the HOD instead....
Yes php, I did that right after I got the last response from the clerk, now I am waiting for his reply. I had emailed my dd's FT a couple of times before with regard to other stuff and you are right, I got responses within the day. This time round, I was hoping to get a direct answer from the HOD, instead of waiting for him to read his email and then reply me. Oh well...now I know better. Thanks for your advice.
I wouldn't have to resort to this if it's not cos of my dd's chi teacher not able to give my dd a confirmed answer.
Frankly, I was more frust with the admin's way of handling phone calls than getting a reply for my query. I think they should improve their services by having the time-tables of teachers on-hand or even a white board with info of teachers who are on-course or on leave. In this way, any callers, either by phone or walk-in would know whether the teacher is definitely around or not. At least, that was what my ex-school did. -
E3:
Academically, PHPPS is doing better year after year... but in term of administration, i think they are lacking behind and there are plenty room for improvement. Nowadays, it is not an easy job for teachers any more. There are too many non-teaching related jobs they have to undertake. No doubt parents are more demanding nowadays, but i think we as parents need to appreciate the effort they put in in imparting knowledege and values to our kids. As an ex-teacher, i believe you will fully agree with me.php:
Communication via email is a better method to get in touch with teachers. I tried a few times sending emails to my dd's FT and i got her responses within the same day. Maybe you should just try sending an email to the HOD instead....
Yes php, I did that right after I got the last response from the clerk, now I am waiting for his reply. I had emailed my dd's FT a couple of times before with regard to other stuff and you are right, I get responses within the day. This time round, I was hoping to get a direct answer from the HOD, instead of waiting for him to read his email and then reply me. Oh well...now I know better. Thanks for your advice.
I wouldn't have to resort to this if it's not cos of my dd's chi teacher not able to give my dd a confirmed answer.
Frankly, I was more frust with the admin's way of handling phone calls than getting a reply for my query. I think they should improve their services by having the time-tables of teachers on-hand or even a white board with info of teachers who are on-course or on leave. In this way, any callers, either by phone or walk-in would know whether the teacher is definitely around or not. At least, that was what my ex-school did. -
php:
Nowadays, it is not an easy job for teachers any more. There are too many non-teaching related jobs they have to undertake. No doubt parents are more demanding nowadays, but i think we as parents need to appreciate the effort they put in in imparting knowledege and values to our kids. As an ex-teacher, i believe you will fully agree with me.
Agree. I appreciate all my girls' teachers in my own ways. It has nothing to do with their professionalism though. So far, I've only emailed twice to her FT and both times are not complains or demands, but purely academic.
I will teach my girls to the best of my knowledge to be understanding towards their teachers. I will do the \"extras\" that her teachers have no time to do because I understand. So far, I would say my dd was quite fortunate to have encountered mostly passionate and dedicated teachers in her two years of studying in PH.
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