Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Jennifer]

markfch:

Sorry lots of these 12 pages is just men's talk (farcical small talks) between vk2010, php & me. :oops:

I hardly read other schs' threads, but I think once a while we need some small talk to relieve some tension felt while reading this PH thread

[VbusyMum]

IJJ - I also speed read to keep up with the discussions.


Agree that it can be stressful reading PH thread but it is very informative and a very good avenue to share each of PH parent’s concerns and at times anxiety.

By the way, sometime back someone mention PH is looking at "cottage" basis approach – i.e. mixing strong & weak student rather that putting all elite in one class. Did anyone heard that for P1 this year, the class will move up together to P2 rather than doing streaming?

[Jennifer]

The GEP selection results is supposed to be released in early Nov and parents hv up to x date in Nov to decide whether to accept the GEP placement.


The sch report books are to be given to the pupils next week, before the x date of parents confirming GEP placement.

So, wld the class placement for P4 next year be reflected in the P3 report book?

Suppose 20 pupils from the top classes accepted GEP and transferred out of PH, does it mean the 20 vacancies will be filled up by moving all pupils upwards based on the level positions?

Shld anyone has insider info on how many pupils accepted GEP placement, pls post here when possible. I wld like to guage the chances of my boy going to a better class (at least Ho4) or shld I start making other plans?

[VbusyMum]

Jennifer:

Shld anyone has insider info on how many pupils accepted GEP placement, pls post here when possible. I wld like to guage the chances of my boy going to a better class (at least Ho4) or shld I start making other plans?

Jenneifer - I can understand....which is why I was thrilled when I hear there is a chance that P1 this year will move up together to P2. Waiting for anyone in this thread to advice if they had heard the same as there were some discussions on cottage style apprach sometime back. If this is true at least I know there are quite a number of good student in his class which can give him positive influence.

My boy SA2 has improved as compared to SA1 but EL not so good (altho still band 1 since most P1 will score 90+). Using some statistics shared by some of you earlier...my boy average score (estimated) is about 89...not 90 so prob no chance to Gr2.

[dyh]

VbusyMum:

IJJ - I also speed read to keep up with the discussions.


Agree that it can be stressful reading PH thread but it is very informative and a very good avenue to share each of PH parent's concerns and at times anxiety.

By the way, sometime back someone mention PH is looking at \"cottage\" basis approach -- i.e. mixing strong & weak student rather that putting all elite in one class. Did anyone heard that for P1 this year, the class will move up together to P2 rather than doing streaming?

Both banding and cottage approach have their own pros and cons. with the latter, there will be less pressure or incentive on the kids to push themselves so as to maintain their class or strive for a better class. not sure this is good or bad? also the top students in the class will probably be able to consistently go up the stage every year, giving less chance to those weaker pupils to get the top 3 prizes in a weaker class. Will the teacher also have to slow down their teaching to make sure everyone catches up?

[verykiasu2010]

talking about Math Olympiad and DSA, I think Mathspark is the real expert in this forum


generally, if your DSA first choice is for NUSHS, preferably must have NMOS Gold (Pri 5) and SMOPS (Gold / Platinum - Pri 6) and be good in science

there are so many avenues to enter HCI via DSA - sports, math, bilingual, GEP, etc

for RI, if you are not GEP, be the top few in SG in your selected domain, be it arts, math, science, EL or CL

for NYGH: bilingual, GEP, calligraphy (national top 3 consistently), math

for DHS : any of the above (讲废话)

in terms of academic competition, what else besides math olympiad (NMOS, SMOPS, RIPWMC, AMC, PLK, Gauss.... all these vlim is more expert)

my kaypoh info may not be accurate hor

[VbusyMum]

dyh:

Both banding and cottage approach have their own pros and cons. with the latter, there will be less pressure or incentive on the kids to push themselves so as to maintain their class or strive for a better class. not sure this is good or bad? also the top students in the class will probably be able to consistently go up the stage every year, giving less chance to those weaker pupils to get the top 3 prizes in a weaker class. Will the teacher also have to slow down their teaching to make sure everyone catches up?

I agree with you but maybe doing banding at P1 can be a little early...some schools start to do banding at P2 or P3.

[dyh]

IJJ:

Mrsbongz:

Wah.. I can barely keep up with reading this thread.. 12 pages in a day!!

Me too. *panting* I speed-read.

dyh, I did not realise Gr2 last year got all band 1 for Maths. Congrats for your son's maths! He tops the class again!

As for the assessment books, I bought more for Science this year (guide books and practise papers), due to the lack of coverage in class. I like the ACE test practise papers and used them for revision right before actual exam. The others, only 1 each subject.

I have not sent mine to any formal olympiad course yet, just let her work on the books bought from popular. She will be attending a short course coming holiday. Is it absolutely necessary to attend regular formal training?

Thanks. Well there are 2 others with the same mark as him. but he is not very happy that there was a careless mistake. heard that in the whole level, nobody got 100%.

He didn't do well in his EL and CL tho. He came down with fever on the day of his MA exam. So he could not prepare for the CL at all but miraculously he recovered well enough to sit for CL. but obviously not in the best condition. However, i am thankful that he could at least sit for the paper after all his hard work thoughout the year. to me, the result is secondary...

[IJJ]

Jennifer:

The GEP selection results is supposed to be released in early Nov and parents hv up to x date in Nov to decide whether to accept the GEP placement.


The sch report books are to be given to the pupils next week, before the x date of parents confirming GEP placement.

So, wld the class placement for P4 next year be reflected in the P3 report book?

Suppose 20 pupils from the top classes accepted GEP and transferred out of PH, does it mean the 20 vacancies will be filled up by moving all pupils upwards based on the level positions?

Shld anyone has insider info on how many pupils accepted GEP placement, pls post here when possible. I wld like to guage the chances of my boy going to a better class (at least Ho4) or shld I start making other plans?

The briefing for selected kids is at 13 Nov, if I did not rem wrongly, and according to PH's website, report book will be given out on 16 Nov, so I guess the report book should reflect the allocated class, with the list of kids accepted GEP taken out. I am speculating base on the dates given.

Yes, I heard from FT that the 'void' will be filled in by moving up the kids according to level position.

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dyh:

IJJ:

dyh, I did not realise Gr2 last year got all band 1 for Maths. Congrats for your son's maths! He tops the class again!

Thanks. Well there are 2 others with the same mark as him. but he is not very happy that there was a careless mistake. heard that in the whole level, nobody got 100%.

Congrats! So we will be losing one bright spark to GEP?