Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

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E3:

comfy:

Hi E3,


This seem to be jumping the gun, would you consider sending your DD to a GEP school if she is selected (next yr) ? If yes, which school ? Thks.

Nope. Not jumping the gun. Her FT had already had this GEP discussion with the class some months back. I had already given my stand on school transfer with regards to GEP some time back in this forum. I will pm you, don't want to rehash the same story (炒冷饭).

I have pm you.

[janet88]

The former principal has lamented several times that PH loses their best brains to other schools yearly…after the GEP test. It’s such a pity.


E3,
I would need to learn from you how to coach my daughter in EL compo. Although I’ve been through this with my son, I’ve not been successful in their EL.

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janet_lee88:

E3,

I would need to learn from you how to coach my daughter in EL compo. Although I've been through this with my son, I've not been successful in their EL.

Janet, we learn from one another. Jennifer's son, IJJ's daughter can write very well. You can check out those guidebooks I had pmed you before. Most importantly, she must enjoy writing stories.

[janet88]

Hi E3,

I’ve copied down the title you told me…will check it out when I go to Popular. Will go through the CL compo tonight with son…hope he can use some hao3 ci2 hao3 ju4 and some proverbs to spice the compo.
This whole week, I couldn’t do any revision with him as it’s compo week…have to wait till Sat to do past year exam papers with him.

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janet_lee88:

Hi E3,

I've copied down the title you told me...will check it out when I go to Popular.

Just use them as references and guides. Those have good, applicative exercises in which your dd/ds could practise. My dd will observe what her classmates are reading, I told her to trust our own, mainly bcos I don't want her to rely too much on these models. Good to read but I told her she should develop her own style of writing.

[IJJ]

Being an avid reader does help to draw ideas to write better and more creatively. Mine reads about 1-3 story books everyday. I borrow whatever model compo books from library to let her read too. Whenever I have time, we will study a compo or a part of story in detail. We also discuss on how can we rewrite to add in better phases/details or twist it to make it more interesting. Over time, bit by bit. I totally agree with E3 that the child must eventually develop her own style of writing.


For my 4yo, I read same story book over and over again with varieties of twists, and eventually, she starts to develop her own versions.

Both of them daydream alot, maybe that also contribute to a certain extent.

I think mine writes alright for EL, but I definitely cannot say the same for CL. She stubbornly refuses to listen to my advise, she is not reading Chinese books of any kind. I ever joke that the only 2 CL books that I ever see her read are her texts. :roll: I think I may be covered with sweat tmr morning when I pray for her during her CL paper I. :oops:

[newlykiasuparents]

Hi everyone,

Am new to this forum and as parents to a young boy, we are beginning to search for a suitable school, preferably a christian school as we are both christians.

We would like to ask abt church affiliation. Does being a member of a presbyterian church helps in the balloting process if we are keen for our son to attend PHPPS?

Or what can we do to increase our chances of getting a place in the school besides staying within 1km of the school and doing PV?

Appreciate your kind replies.

[Jennifer]

newlykiasuparents:

Hi everyone,

Am new to this forum and as parents to a young boy, we are beginning to search for a suitable school, preferably a christian school as we are both christians.

We would like to ask abt church affiliation. Does being a member of a presbyterian church helps in the balloting process if we are keen for our son to attend PHPPS?

Or what can we do to increase our chances of getting a place in the school besides staying within 1km of the school and doing PV?

Appreciate your kind replies.

Welcome. Believed this is your first post? Maybe you would like to consider introducing yourself at Newbies so that we can get to know you better.

[Jennifer]

My P3 boy’s classmate got into some prob at school with the FT and was given probation for one month. What this probation means, I also dunno.


Actually this boy is quite poor thing, sort of kena sabo by another classmate. He was so angry that he could not defend himself properly other than shouting "I did not do it" repeatedly. The FT also lost patience. With her back turned away, this boy gestured the middle finger and said the F word softly. Some classmates saw n info the FT, leading to the probation been given to the boy.

So pls advise your child to calm down and tell the teacher the facts only. Do not become emotional and lose the chance to defend his actions.

The naughty ones who play the role of angel in school can get away with anything. The more honest ones suffer then.

[VbusyMum]

Jennifer, thanks for sharing. Hopefully, the FT speak with the child/his parent after she has cooled down and investigate if anyone has "framed" the boy. Of course, it is not right for him to do what he has done even though he may be wronged. But you are right…some kids can’t express themselve well in such situations.