Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Mrsbongz]

*panting fr reading so many pages* I do hope that this new system the P is thinking off can help mitigate the competitive nature of both the kids and parents. For result-wise, we try to focus on effort and discipline rather than results at home, I would hate to see DS's esteem go down bcos the school is too competitive...


I have met some really intelligent kids who are fantastic at their studies.. but not many of them have eh, good character or mannerism.. I rather my son has less than stellar results than to leave a bad impression on everyone he meets.. In fact, I chose PH because of its Christian and CHinese values.. Let's hope the P's idea will reap good results!! :celebrate:

[markfch]

Haven’t heard from our regular contributor Janet for a while. Wonder how did the ops go? As a parent of a P4 kid, I’m sure she’ll have a lot of things to share.

[comfy]

markfch:

comfy:

Actually, I like your idea of getting rid of the level ranking but perhaps not all level 6. The children needs to identirly at lower levels so that teachers can help them and parents need to be aware how well the children are coping. Perhaps at level 3 onwards, can just indicate the mean & highest/lowest scores within the class and cohort. When a std reaches P5 or P6, there will be an indicator to let them know what is his/her PSLE score would be like, so that they will know where they stand.

I'm glad we think alike. My take is that when sch publishes the internal ranking, this makes it obvious that students are competing with each other. But if sch only publishes the mean/std dev/max/min scores, then it looks more like students are competing against the system.

Best part is that parents will not be inclined to overstress the kids. Heard that in one class, all except one kid scored 100% for maths. The remaining kid scored 90+. It will look ridiculous if he/she got 99% but ranking states as last in class :? . This just seems so unfair & best avoided.

This is exactly what I feel too, it really not good for one's morale. Especially when that kid cries in class. So sad ( I personally know on such case, poor kid goes to another room and cries because result although not bad but bottom in class).

[Funx3]

Mrsbongz:

I have met some really intelligent kids who are fantastic at their studies.. but not many of them have eh, good character or mannerism....

Er .... From PH???? HOPE Not !!!! :shock:

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Mrsbongz:

I have met some really intelligent kids who are fantastic at their studies.. but not many of them have eh, good character or mannerism..

This largely depends on the upbringing of the child. Before the child enters formal schooling to be academically challenged, their personality traits and character have more or less been developed. Confucius says, \"三岁定终身\" in the past, furthermore nowadays kids are even more exposed and have better nutrition, their cognitive functioning is more advanced. Therefore be it good in studies or not, kids have already been exposed enough to have a subconscious on how they should be behaving. As they grow older, their environment will further mould them, so putting them in the right environment and continually inculcating the right values from home will be important.

[janet88]

markfch:

Haven't heard from our regular contributor Janet for a while. Wonder how did the ops go? As a parent of a P4 kid, I'm sure she'll have a lot of things to share.

Hi markfch,
My son's op went well...at least the worst is finally over...he was discharged yesterday and now resting at home. Now on soft diet.
Thank you for all your prayers and well-wishes.

Hubby received an SMS from Pei Hwa last night...it seems ALMIGHTY asked interested parents to attend a briefing on 15/11 regarding the change of names for the classes for P5.

Collected son's report book on Friday...other than his Chinese which dropped, the rest are ok. His teacher recommended him to take 4 'standard' subjects ie English, Maths, Science and normal Chinese.

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Janet!! Happy to have you back. Am glad to know your ds’s op went well and that he is resting. Will continue to keep him in prayers and may he have a speedy recovery. Meanwhile, take your time to catch up on the latest news on PH thread.

[janet88]

E3:

Janet!! Happy to have you back. Am glad to know your ds's op went well and that he is resting. Will continue to keep him in prayers and may he have a speedy recovery. Meanwhile, take your time to catch up on the latest news on PH thread.

It's been a crazy and hectic time since Wednesday night (before his op) until Saturday. I accompanied son into OT and left after he knocked out.
I did the day shift while hubby did the night shift. Learnt to clean his stitches and made sure he stuck to liquid diet during his stay. He continued to bug the nurses to discharge him. It was the worse time of his life - to be hooked up to glucose and not able to move, talk nor eat. He has 'regained his freedom' now that he's discharged but cannot eat solids and limping still. Other than that, I am relieved he is at home.

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janet_lee88:

Other than that, I am relieved he is at home.

Can understand your relief and his. My dd was hospilatised twice, when she was 4 years old and 5 years old. Although she was quite coorperative in there, but nothing beats coming back to the warmth of the home.

[Funx3]

janet_lee88:

Hubby received an SMS from Pei Hwa last night...it seems ALMIGHTY asked interested parents to attend a briefing on 15/11 regarding the change of names for the classes for P5.

Hmmm .....
Any Parents Receive Similar One for P6 Next Year?
We Have Not.
Or Is P6 Next Year gonna be the \"LAST HISTORICAL BATCH\" OF CHARITY, FAITH, etc Class in PH?

Maybe Not A Bad thing, A Case of \"Got HEAD, Got TAIL\"
(Please Translate to Chinese .... :lol: :lol: