Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[VbusyMum]

php:

VbusyMum:

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.

The killing shot was the O&E Comprehension. Many kids lost the most of the marks there. Your ds did well with band 1 in EL. dd told me that there was quite a number getting band 2 for EL in her class.

As for class, the top 4 classes are ok according to my dd's FT talk to them. i think likewise because the marks are too close. probably the first break will be in P3 as the kids are more settle down and also new subject in Science.

Yes. O&E he lost some marks but he also lost precious marks on MCQ compre due to careless (never read properly)...sign...that's kid.

[VbusyMum]

E3:

VbusyMum:

That's a rather major decision for the school. Do you mind sharing from which \"source\" did you hear it from? The \"cottage\" class was posted by php some time back on MOE piloting the project and NYPS taking it up. If PHP would be doing the same, I wonder what impact would it make to the school? Perhaps school is taking this early step towards phasing out exams for the P1s by 2013?

Hi E3.. a little sensitive for me to share the source...hope you understand.

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

verykiasu2010:

i thot it is called \"collage\" ?

Haha. This is funny. :rotflmao: so, what should it be?

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

VbusyMum:

E3:

[quote=\"VbusyMum\"]

That's a rather major decision for the school. Do you mind sharing from which \"source\" did you hear it from? The \"cottage\" class was posted by php some time back on MOE piloting the project and NYPS taking it up. If PHP would be doing the same, I wonder what impact would it make to the school? Perhaps school is taking this early step towards phasing out exams for the P1s by 2013?

Hi E3.. a little sensitive for me to share the source...hope you understand.

[/quote]No worries. Just kpo.

[verykiasu2010]

E3:

verykiasu2010:

i thot it is called \"collage\" ?

Haha. This is funny. :rotflmao: so, what should it be?

A collage (From the French: coller, to glue) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
A collage may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of novelty.
The term collage derives from the French \"coller\" meaning \"glue\".[1] This term was coined by both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of modern art.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage

in NYPS they are trying the collage class, as in the class is a mixture of kids with different level of ability

[kohhweelin.010441gmail.010441com]

Haha. I know what collage means. Thanks for the detailed explanation anyway.


So it's collage class, not cottage class. Thanks for clarifying. :lol:

[php]

E3:

Haha. I know what collage means. Thanks for the detailed explanation anyway.


So it's collage class, not cottage class. Thanks for clarifying. :lol:

haha....all the while i thought was \"cottage\". sorry for not verifying the spelling earlier.

[Jennifer]

Someone with a child in P2 this year told me her child heard this: position 1 to 10 across the cohort in one class, 11th to 10th 2nd class, etc. Is this collage class???

[prisnkc]

periwinklejoy:

prisnkc:

[quote=\"periwinklejoy\"]There is a tuition centre based in Beauty World but students hv to attend lessons twice a week and they are very strict with doing homework.

Can I know which centre?

Hi Prisnkc, its YuRen tuition centre. They used to be located at B1 but they have shifted to 4th level near the bridge. Which level is yr darling?
FYi, they are closed from 5Nov to 13Nov and 23 to 31Dec.[/quote]Thanks for the info.

My DS is in P1, overall he should have done better for SA2 than SA1 (based on the Paper 2 papers he brought back).

[Jennifer]

[quote]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?[/quote]
This is not an ideal arrangement for upper pri levels.

Maybe can work out for P2 only since many P1 children are still in the honeymoon period and parents are unaware of the high std in PH.

It is really difficult to cater to pupils with varied capabilities. When my elder boy was in P3 in BPPS, he was not challenged in sch and had refused to work on more challenging tasks (given to him by me) simply becos the sch wont be testing those. The internal drive to excel is lacking.

I wld prefer subject banding as early as possible.